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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
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#1: Nov 13th 2014 at 5:02:46 PM

The current is a good example, but it's not very clear if you're not familiar with Final Fantasy. What if we were to replace it with the last two panels from this comic? Illustrative and funny.

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#2: Nov 13th 2014 at 7:48:22 PM

The current is definitely weak, but I don't know that the suggestion will be legible at wiki size without serious Photoshopping.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#3: Nov 13th 2014 at 8:02:59 PM

I don't find that suggestion more illustrative than the current.

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#4: Nov 13th 2014 at 8:21:33 PM

From the last two panels, the first word baloon comes off as more of an order or a statement instead of a verification of disbelief without the context of the panel right above it.

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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#5: Nov 13th 2014 at 9:59:03 PM

[up][up][up] I should be able to 'shop the panels into something more wiki-appropriate if there's enough support for the image itself.

[up] It seems to communicate the context fine on its own, to me.

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#6: Nov 13th 2014 at 10:07:18 PM

I don't really see too much of a problem with the current, personally.

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#7: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:48:15 PM

I prefer the current, but would like to expand it to double size to make it more legible.

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ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#8: Nov 14th 2014 at 4:45:52 PM

[up] Won't work. 240px * 2 = 480px, which is 130px too wide.

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#9: Nov 15th 2014 at 2:58:12 AM

Neither current nor suggestion are that good for me.

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Specialist290 Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Nov 23rd 2014 at 5:31:00 PM

I seem to recall a better one from the same comic about an argument between two characters, one in critical health asking for the other to use a vulnerary (i.e. a healing potion, for those not familiar with the Fire Emblem series). The second says he's saving them for emergencies, to which the first objects that this is an emergency.

Unfortunately, I can't remember which one it is sad

EDIT: Ah, here it is!

edited 23rd Nov '14 5:33:36 PM by Specialist290

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#11: Nov 24th 2014 at 7:37:50 AM

The Awkward Zombie comics are excellent examples, but I'm honestly not finding a decent single (or two or three) panels that will really work on their own. I'd rather keep the current. The claim they're not clear if you haven't played FF doesn't hold water, given, well, I haven't played the games other than Tactics and it seems obvious to me.

edited 24th Nov '14 7:38:34 AM by Larkmarn

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#12: Nov 24th 2014 at 8:29:59 AM

I don't see why we can't use the first 3 panels from 10's post

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#14: Nov 24th 2014 at 5:47:43 PM

[tup] For using the first 3 panels from 10.

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#15: Nov 24th 2014 at 6:58:43 PM

I have severe doubts that those three panels will be legible at wiki size.

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#16: Nov 24th 2014 at 7:37:12 PM

Tried my best to get a reasonable crop of 10.

edited 24th Nov '14 7:38:27 PM by VeryMelon

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#17: Nov 24th 2014 at 7:39:15 PM


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edited 24th Nov '14 7:54:11 PM by rodneyAnonymous

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#18: Nov 24th 2014 at 9:06:49 PM

Yeah, I have to squint to read that.

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#19: Nov 24th 2014 at 9:42:34 PM

Really? I can read it just fine.

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#20: Nov 24th 2014 at 11:37:03 PM

Having 50 of them is more Awesome But Practical, if he had 1 or 2 then it would be this trope.

edited 24th Nov '14 11:41:45 PM by Memers

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#21: Nov 25th 2014 at 4:22:48 AM

[up]The fact that the other guy insists on conserving the stuff is what makes it this trope. Awesome Yet Practical is not even a trope anymore, so I'm not sure what you're getting at there.

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#22: Nov 25th 2014 at 6:21:21 AM

Rodney's version works better than I anticipated.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#23: Nov 25th 2014 at 7:04:41 AM

Rodney's version is good. It's pretty clear that they have a bunch of them, and the guy is refusing to use them anyway.

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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
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#24: Nov 25th 2014 at 9:46:56 AM

It's really debatable whether that's an example. I'd anticipate another thread down the line if we go with that.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#25: Nov 25th 2014 at 10:46:33 AM

It's... actually not an example. It's closer to being a Player Tic than an example, because they're common and not that great.

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