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#52: Jan 8th 2013 at 3:01:30 PM
So like the Apocolypse spell in the Ultima games, then? How common is that, I wonder?
#53: Jan 8th 2013 at 10:26:18 PM
So we need to:
- Re-draft the description to be more clearly a supertrope, as per crowner.
- Change the laconic. I'd go with "Allowing players to willfully kill themselves."
- Double-check the examples to make sure nothing's too far off the mark.
- If enough examples are off the mark, sweep the wicks too.
- Draft up new subtropes in YKTTW as necessary.
Is that about right?
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#54: Jan 9th 2013 at 5:12:41 AM
@51: When you say "Sierra Death", I want to say "Death Ex Machina".
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#55: Feb 16th 2013 at 9:01:51 PM
That's not a very good name either.
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#56: Feb 16th 2013 at 9:25:43 PM
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That's probably one of the best Deus ex Machina snowclones I've ever seen on this site.
Still a terrible name, mind you.
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#57: Feb 17th 2013 at 4:44:15 AM
"Sierra Death" is the trope known as Everything Trying to Kill You. Besides, those Sierra games are all 15-25 years old now, I'm not sure every reader knows what they are any more.
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#58: Feb 17th 2013 at 4:58:55 AM
Never heard of Sierra. Also, since there was misuse, I don't agree on keeping the current name.
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#59: Apr 22nd 2013 at 10:58:44 AM
Apparently no one's interested in this, so I'm going to lock it.
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What would be the best way to fix the page?
Total posts: 59
@47 and 49: That definition sounds like Sierra's infamous no-warning, arbitrary deaths to me, so I'd suggest Sierra Death for that trope. But because new Trope Namers are discouraged, something like No-Warning Death would be more acceptable. Or if the definition should be broader than just deaths, No-Warning Punishment.
edited 8th Jan '13 2:29:56 PM by Laukku