JAFAAC: The Most Dangerous Video Game

Not only that, but the same exact image is on Polybius.

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

Yes, pull this, no question. Completely meaningless to all but the extremely small minority of people who know what Polybius is. And even then it doesn't demonstrate the trope in any way.

edited 12th Aug '11 6:50:06 PM by Unknownlight

Motion to pull.

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

Seconded.

Thirded.

Infinite Tree: an experimental story

Holy vague memories batman. I am pretty sure I remember an old show with that plot line. Fuck that seems so long ago.

Voting to pull

Reasons stated by others.

Please.

How's this for a replacement?

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

Pulled:

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That doesn't appear to be covered by the trope as written. That looks like a trope where the game "comes alive" and breaks it's own fourth wall.

edited 12th Aug '11 7:56:28 PM by Camacan

I dunno, it kinda looks like that's what's happened in that pic.

I don't understand. I was trying to say the image proposed in post 7 appears to be for a different trope than the one we're discussing. Do you agree?

edited 13th Aug '11 12:25:18 AM by Camacan

Um, this isn't a good name. I thought it was a snowclone of Hunting the Most Dangerous Game, so I thought it was something completely different.

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.

A crop of the poster◊ for Stay Alive?

This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.

The poster for Stay Alive would be excellent on The Game Plays You — that one is specifically " When the game is in full swing, the players realize that there are consequences in Real Life, and that either they or their loved ones are game pieces. The stakes have been drastically raised, and the players will have to fight to get out alive and sane. "

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Here's an idea: Use an image from Homestuck.

You should put that poster on The Game Plays You.

edited 13th Aug '11 9:38:47 AM by blackadder98

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

"Here's an idea: Use an image from Homestuck."

Isn't that the exact same as putting the Polybius picture back up but from a different thing? You complained about a JAFAAC and suggested another JAFAAC.

Nnn...

No. I meant an image showing how dangerous the game they're playing has become. Maybe two images. Does anybody here read Homestuck?

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

x4 So.. The Game Plays You is about games that affect the players in unforeseen ways, while The Most Dangerous Video Game is about games that are somehow evil? The text on the poster is indicative of both tropes, and I think the picture is more indicative of The Most Dangerous Video Game.

I follow homestuck. I don't think there are any two images that would properly demonstrate.

This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.

The Game Plays You is "You get involved in what you think is a perfectly normal game, then discover that what happens in the game has direct Real Life consequences — usually bad ones."

edited 13th Aug '11 2:07:55 PM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Yeah, there's nothing of that in the poster, except for the tagline. Both the tagline and the picture, however, are demonstrative of this trope.

This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.

Blackadder: Ahh, that explanation is better. Excuse my quick 'nnn'ing - but, to me, the way it was said sounded. I thought it was a Polybius-like game or something.

Looking through the examples (Homestuck isn't on there if it is an example, by the way) I don't think many of them are going to good to get an image off. Actually... how would you get it to clearly say "this video game is EVIL"... minus the one with the devil's face there, which I kind of like because it's a representation of the evil of the video game. I can see why others wouldn't like it though.

No, it looks like the game's villain came out of the game...if that's not what the trope's talking about, then I'm probably misinterpreting it.

edited 13th Aug '11 9:50:57 PM by Willbyr

^It's not the entirety of what the trope's talking about, but it's an extremely common form.

Infinite Tree: an experimental story

Guess what, it's a bump!

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.

I'm fine with using the image from Homestuck or from Regular Show. They both pretty much cover the trope as it stands. FYI, this article is older than the one for Polybius; I'm not guilty of ripping it straight from that.

And, honestly, the Polybius story / urban legend / thing is the trope maker anyway, so I don't see how it isn't appropriate as an article image.

"Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse." —Mycroft Next

How do we know it's evil by looking at it if we don't know what it is, and it's on Polybius too. Bad argument.

Always hiding my keys in the bug bucket, you bastard dog.