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Deadlock Clock: Dec 26th 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#26: Nov 25th 2014 at 10:51:44 AM

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Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
piearty Hello world! from The clouds Since: Oct, 2009
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#27: Nov 29th 2014 at 7:20:54 PM

The problem I have with it is that the trope is the item is very rare, while the image has items that aren't rare at all (which is why not using them is funny)

MrL1193 Since: Apr, 2013
#28: Nov 29th 2014 at 7:48:13 PM

Yep, the humor comes from the fact that one guy is acting like the items are Too Awesome to Use even though they're clearly not.

troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#29: Dec 1st 2014 at 7:40:41 PM

I'd rather just stick with the current one. Maybe scale it up if it's not visible enough. It's important for this trope that the item is rare, and the suggestion confuses that.

Rhymes with "Protracted."
theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#30: Dec 1st 2014 at 8:00:29 PM

I don't like the current image. Nothing in the pic itself says anything about conserving the rare item.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#31: Dec 1st 2014 at 8:03:33 PM

That is only one piece of information, which could be supplied by a caption.

edited 1st Dec '14 8:05:07 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
troacctid "µ." from California Since: Apr, 2010
#32: Dec 1st 2014 at 10:49:17 PM

And it is supplied by the caption. Also, by the title.

But I think that's also the least important part of the trope as far as the image is concerned. Remember that this isn't an Audience Reaction trope—it's not about the way a player hoards items, it's about a specific type of item that incentivizes hoarding behavior because of how rare and valuable it is.

Rhymes with "Protracted."
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#33: Dec 1st 2014 at 11:10:37 PM

Yeah, in the image there are multiple of every item but that one item which only has 1.

Honestly power doesn't even matter, a single use vanity item that only works once qualifies.

edited 1st Dec '14 11:10:56 PM by Memers

piearty Hello world! from The clouds Since: Oct, 2009
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#34: Dec 2nd 2014 at 8:23:07 AM

The pic is really tiny though and hard to read for me. That's the only reason I don't like it.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#35: Dec 23rd 2014 at 1:42:45 AM

Clock is set.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#36: Dec 27th 2014 at 4:56:46 AM

Clock is up with no progress; closing this.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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