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Deadlock Clock: Nov 21st 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Oct 21st 2014 at 12:28:43 PM

No, seriously? The picture is incredibly confusing with its weird cropping, and does a very poor job of illustrating the trope. I don't have a suggestion for a replacement, but nothing is better.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Oct 21st 2014 at 1:34:08 PM

Agreed, this one's got a lot of problems.

shigmiya64 Somebody get this freaking duck away from me! from a settlement that needs our help, General Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#3: Oct 21st 2014 at 2:35:47 PM

I'm not sure this is the best example, but this is a screenshot I took in City Of Heroes when I was amused at the mass panic that broke out over the scuffle between my hero and a nameless enemy scientist mook.

Fixed the link; the URL and the potholed text were the wrong way around - Septimus

edited 21st Oct '14 2:36:48 PM by SeptimusHeap

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#4: Oct 21st 2014 at 2:49:10 PM

[up]Not sure who the guy's supposed to be fighting, there. Looks more like chaos.

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Oct 22nd 2014 at 5:32:15 AM

Not fond of the style, but it's still an improvement over the current.

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#6: Oct 22nd 2014 at 7:10:36 AM

3 does the job, but I don't like it either. Let's look for more. Either way, pull the current. It's impossible to tell who's saying "UNH!"

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shigmiya64 Somebody get this freaking duck away from me! from a settlement that needs our help, General Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Somebody get this freaking duck away from me!
#7: Oct 22nd 2014 at 7:35:40 AM

[up]Well, who's saying "unh" isn't really important.

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#8: Oct 22nd 2014 at 7:46:15 AM

I mean, that's supposed to be the bystander, but it's not made clear who that is. It could be a character with the little context given.

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shigmiya64 Somebody get this freaking duck away from me! from a settlement that needs our help, General Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Somebody get this freaking duck away from me!
#9: Oct 22nd 2014 at 7:48:05 AM

I'm pretty sure the Unh is from the fighting we can't see, that the bystanders are gaping at.

Earnest from Monterrey Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#10: Oct 22nd 2014 at 9:22:54 PM

Well, there's the yuppie couple from Gargoyles, who were Those Two Guys as applied to this trope and background characters.

aNinjaWithAIDS Mario's not the only Wonder here. from Animal Town Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Puppy love
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#11: Oct 25th 2014 at 11:13:46 AM

[up] That more strongly resembles Taken for Granite.

These two may literally be more bark than bite, but they are no less tenacious than everyone else.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#12: Nov 15th 2014 at 2:15:19 AM

Clock is set.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#13: Nov 15th 2014 at 7:28:26 PM

Pull the current, regardless of a replacement.

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Carnildo Since: Jan, 2001
#14: Nov 15th 2014 at 8:31:59 PM

Digging through my old Co H screenshots, I found this one, where it's more clear who's fighting and who's a bystander.

(Taken in just about the same spot as #3 — an AI glitch makes it a popular place to make crowds of bystanders flee for their lives.)

edited 15th Nov '14 8:32:26 PM by Carnildo

Earnest from Monterrey Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#15: Nov 15th 2014 at 9:30:10 PM

Okay, this one is a rampaging grey Hulk with just a bunch of innocent bystanders around. (And here's a better rez version of it.

edited 15th Nov '14 9:32:25 PM by Earnest

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#16: Nov 16th 2014 at 7:11:16 PM

[up] I'm not seeing bystanders there, everyone looks like they're either running from the Hulk or too injured or dazed to do so.

14 doesn't work well either; everyone looks like they're running from the shooters.

edited 16th Nov '14 7:11:56 PM by Willbyr

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#17: Nov 18th 2014 at 11:25:13 AM

Re-clocking; any other votes to pull the current, regardless of replacement?

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
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#19: Nov 18th 2014 at 3:31:51 PM

Yes.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#21: Nov 22nd 2014 at 2:14:06 AM

I've removed the image.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#22: Nov 23rd 2014 at 3:35:53 PM

Cool. The new clock's up; locking up.

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