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Deadlock Clock: Feb 28th 2016 at 11:59:00 PM
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Jan 13th 2016 at 6:28:22 AM

Army of The Ages is defined as warriors from different time periods being assembled to create a Badass Army. The image does not illustrate that and instead just shows a technologically advanced foe beating an underdevelopped one, which makes it misleading. If there was some indication of time travel it would fit Conqueror from the Future, but this just looks like a spoof of the tried-and-true method of an in-game RTS technology disparity.

Here's a starting point for a replacement, from Night at the Museum 2.

edited 17th Jan '16 5:15:01 AM by Morgenthaler

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#2: Feb 5th 2016 at 6:39:32 AM

I have to lean in and squint to read the current, which is never a good sign. My objection to the suggestion is that I don't really get "army" from it, it just looks like a bunch of people from different eras put together.

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#3: Feb 5th 2016 at 1:50:47 PM

My objection is that the image doesn't illustrate without the text, and the text is illegible at that resolution.

Actually, even with the text, it still doesn't really explain anything. It's an Indian with nukes that thinks they're rocks. Uh, okay?

OP's suggestion isn't amazing, but better than this.

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#4: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:09:46 AM

Kill current regardless of whether or not it's replaced.

Not a fan of the OP's suggestion due to it being too small to count as an army, plus it doesn't fit the trope's tone.

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#5: Feb 11th 2016 at 9:53:51 AM

Then perhaps Kang the Conqueror's army, aka the Anachronauts?

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#7: Feb 12th 2016 at 12:48:48 AM

Kind of busy...

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#8: Feb 12th 2016 at 9:34:28 AM

Don't really get historical from that.

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#10: Feb 25th 2016 at 8:17:10 AM

5 is okay.

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#11: Feb 25th 2016 at 8:25:00 AM

Not feeling 5. Kinda looks like potential JAFAAC; it may look like they dressed themselves that way.

As for the current, yeah, pull regardless.

edited 25th Feb '16 8:29:04 AM by Berrenta

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#12: Feb 26th 2016 at 12:49:21 PM

Agreed that whatever we pick or don't pick, the current needs to go for being non-illustrative.

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#13: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:15:34 AM

The clock's up and the only consensus decision we have is to pull the current, so it's gone and the page is tagged. Locking up.

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edited 1st Mar '16 6:15:40 AM by Willbyr

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