Transplant should help. And I'm actually baffled as to why this has examples from other media when the description is strictly limited to video games.
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Missing supertrope syndrome. The trope people are looking for does not exist so they shoehorn examples into the closest trope that sounds like what they're looking for.
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Speaking as the original creator of the page: while creating it, I wasn't certain if there were enough examples of both to properly differentiate between them for the purposes of a trope. Given that there are, I'll endorse a Trope Transplant.
My sole question: What to name the new subtrope?
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Loads And Loads Of Playable Races? Loads Of Playable Races? Swap out races for species?
I like a healthy trope transplant. 
I'd say the new supertrope can keep the current name (Loads And Loads Of Species doesn't imply they're intelligent) and the transplanted subtrope should be renamed Loads Of Playable Races.
I do think the supertrope description should mention that "races" here means intelligent species, not "black people, white people, Asians, etc."
edited 9th Feb '12 8:31:16 AM by ArcadesSabboth
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Yeah, races tends to be the term used for intelligent species. Species tends to be used much more broadly.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickI agree, the name is good for a supertrope. Using it for a medium-restricted trope would provoke misuse.
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Looking at those type labels in the description, they're all getting at different tropes:
- Sequels tend to introduce more races
- A game lets you choose your race
- A setting has lots of races
Despite being written as games only, 2 is the only actually game-specific one. 3 fits the name.
So you think #1 is a separate trope to send to YKTTW?
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If the current definition is #2 (large playable race/species selection), we could almost call it Choose Your Species.
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Bumping for votes. This is close to being call-able.
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Calling the crowner with an 18:1 score in favour of a trope transplant.
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So that means the current definition gets transplanted to a new page, which will need an Alt. Titles Crowner.
Then the current page and title has to go back to YKTTW to write the supertrope description, or can it be written here?
Then examples have to be sorted.
edited 17th Feb '12 2:23:19 PM by ArcadesSabboth
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There is now an alternative titles crowner for the game mechanic trope here
. Feel free to add names as you see fit.
I think getting a few more examples wouldn't be bad. Do not that you will have a lot of people calling duplicate though and it can tend to drowned out anything else.
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Question: What makes the video game variant a separate (sub)trope?
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The fact that it's about races as as an option to give mechanical variations in character creation and more character customization. None of the rest are really about the game mechanic. None of them can be.
edited 17th Feb '12 7:04:49 PM by shimaspawn
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Then what makes it different from having Loads And Loads Of Classes?
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They're sister tropes honestly and they tend to both customize different things. While classes tend to define all your core abilities, races just tend to tweak a couple of stats and give different dialogue options. Many games use both and the effect on game play tends to be much different.
edited 17th Feb '12 7:11:02 PM by shimaspawn
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Indeed, maybe it should be Loads And Loads Of Splats and encompass both races and classes.
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For one thing, a splat is a completely different thing other than a race or a class so that would just be confusing, for another, they don't have the same role in games.
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OK. See, I don't play video games or know anything about them.
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I could get behind a trope encompassing both under a title of Loads And Loads Of Character Customization Options or something.
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Crown Description:
The games-only subtrope Massive Race Selection now has a minimum number: 6 playable races. Loads And Loads Of Races is the non-gaming supertrope (non-playable races in fiction). Shall this supertrope have a minimum number of races in its definition? What should that number be? Note that the examples and wicks are all over the place. If any number is chosen, cleanup will be necessary. Also, should the description allow the trope to be an Informed Attribute, or should a "race" need at least a little description or screentime?
I do think it's very telling that the misuse is so consistent for a missing supertrope. That's a sign that it will be a very healthy Trope Transplant. Once the transplant is done it's looking like it's going to be used correctly with very little misuse.
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