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Deadlock Clock: Sep 27th 2013 at 11:59:00 PM
lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#1: Sep 3rd 2013 at 9:35:25 AM

The previous thread settled on keeping imageless. I'm fine with it, but here's an option that wasn't presented.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#2: Sep 3rd 2013 at 11:11:03 AM

I kinda like that. A single image with clear numbers, and green usually represents healing. If it's poison, I tend to see it in a different shade. It does require the basic knowledge of what those numbers are, but on a Video Game trope, that much can be assumed to be common knowledge.

edited 3rd Sep '13 11:11:48 AM by AnotherDuck

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Earnest from Monterrey Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#3: Sep 3rd 2013 at 11:20:59 AM

I kinda like it too. Would it help if we had the spell's name in the image, or mention it in the caption?

lu127 Paper Master from 異界 Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#4: Sep 3rd 2013 at 11:29:27 AM

The skill is called "Drain". It's from Final Fantasy X. The game uses a help bar at the top to identify attacks during battles.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#5: Sep 3rd 2013 at 11:46:23 AM

I think it would help if that box could be edited in, if it's done well enough to not clash.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#8: Sep 28th 2013 at 2:29:43 AM

Is there still time to [tup] the OP suggestion?

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#9: Sep 28th 2013 at 3:41:02 AM

[up] I've run out of time to do significant work in here, so this can certainly sit and gather more [tup]s.

DiamondWeapon Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Sep 28th 2013 at 10:58:06 AM

[tdown] I say the flashes of light illustrate nothing. And the trope is not so hard to understand that two differently-colored numbers would make it any clearer, even for a reader familiar with RP Gs.

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#12: Sep 28th 2013 at 8:38:08 PM

^

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#13: Sep 28th 2013 at 10:19:14 PM

[up] I like that better than the OP. It's more interesting.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#14: Sep 29th 2013 at 1:45:40 AM

That seems better, yes.

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AceNoctali A lil' bentô ? from France Since: Nov, 2009
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#15: Sep 29th 2013 at 11:40:21 AM

[up][up][up] I dunno, it looks good indeed, but it could also be interepreted as Your Soul Is Mine!.

edited 29th Sep '13 11:40:35 AM by AceNoctali

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#16: Sep 29th 2013 at 12:06:01 PM

Yeah, tht's Your Soul Is Mine!.

I like the OP. The smaller points of light flowing to Wakka illustrate movement, which works for this trope.

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#17: Oct 1st 2013 at 5:54:15 PM

+1 for "the last suggestion looks too close to Your Soul Is Mine!".

...that brings the question - would it work better on that page? The pic on there seems more like soul destruction than soul stealing.

edited 1st Oct '13 5:56:44 PM by Willbyr

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#18: Oct 1st 2013 at 5:58:59 PM

I think it's slightly better on that page. Not a lot, but a little.

edited 1st Oct '13 5:59:09 PM by AnotherDuck

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#19: Oct 1st 2013 at 8:52:27 PM

^^ Agree. That would be a major improvement I think.

edited 1st Oct '13 8:53:09 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#20: Oct 1st 2013 at 11:02:21 PM

Same for me.

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#21: Oct 2nd 2013 at 7:30:23 AM

Alright, I'll start a thread for that one soon. Here's the OP at 350...thoughts?

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#23: Oct 2nd 2013 at 10:12:23 AM

It works well enough for me.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#24: Oct 2nd 2013 at 10:23:43 AM

Restating my previous support.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#25: Oct 2nd 2013 at 6:25:09 PM

I don't like it. Two differently-colored numbers? The entire message is "an attack that damages your opponent and heals you", which is communicated clearly by those words. It is not communicated clearly by that image.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.

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