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Deadlock Clock: Aug 26th 2016 at 11:59:00 PM
Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Jul 24th 2016 at 1:18:39 PM

Same issue as the image that used to be on SoBadItsGood.Film: it just shows a work cover with no indication how the work is supposed to be So Bad, It's Good as opposed to either good, average, or straight-up horrible. Looks like the SoBadItsGood.Advertising and SoBadItsGood.Fan Fic have the same problem. I think we're better off making this trope a BUPKIS case, since you can't really get the trope across without some sort of review or lampshade.

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#3: Jul 24th 2016 at 8:47:26 PM

BUPKIS sounds like a good idea.

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#4: Jul 24th 2016 at 10:44:01 PM

BUPKIS

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#5: Jul 25th 2016 at 9:41:59 AM

BUPKIS.

(Annoyed grunt)
TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#6: Aug 7th 2016 at 6:16:16 AM

Bump. Any more for making this BUPKIS?

(Annoyed grunt)
Arutema Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#7: Aug 7th 2016 at 8:32:03 AM

Throwing in a vote for BUPKIS.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#8: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:12:21 PM

Big Rigs is a good example, so screenshots of its more fun glitches (driving diagonally, driving through buildings, escaping the level, etc...) might be worthwhile.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigrigs.png

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigrigs2a.png

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigrigs3.png

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#9: Aug 7th 2016 at 2:55:34 PM

[up]

I also think having a screenshot showing how bad Big Rigs is would be a good idea, but I'm not sure if any of these screenshots represent that clearly.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#10: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:23:21 PM

[up] Would it make any difference if I mentioned that it's actually three options; the middle one of which is actually two screenshots; rather than four one-screenshot options?

edited 7th Aug '16 4:23:53 PM by neoYTPism

Someoneman Since: Nov, 2011
#11: Aug 7th 2016 at 4:54:09 PM

[up]

I guess in that case #2 plus a caption along the lines of "Yep. That truck just drove straight through a house" could work.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#12: Aug 7th 2016 at 5:31:34 PM

How does that show So Bad, It's Good? Remember, this is about an audience reaction to an amusingly bad work.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#13: Aug 7th 2016 at 7:22:54 PM

Are other subpages held to that standard, though? The only other ones with images are Fan Fics, which apparently features some illustration of/for some fanfic, and Advertising... scrolling down reveals it to be from this ad... in other words, from the very work it's describing as So Bad, It's Good.

I suppose we could show AVGN's reaction to the game, but the trouble is it's hard to distinguish "from a video reviewing the game" and "from a generic reaction meme that had nothing to do with this game" from each other.

Should I go for it anyway?

edited 7th Aug '16 7:28:32 PM by neoYTPism

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#14: Aug 8th 2016 at 1:50:51 AM

There is no reason why some subpages should be held to a different standard. A picture has to accurately depict a trope—if it doesn't or is even misleading, it's better not to have one. We can allow some leeway for things like Visual Puns or tropes that are otherwise hard to picture, but those are the exception to the rule.

I can think of *some* ways to depict it, but those are usually In-Universe reactions (i.e. a Discussed Trope). Like a webcomic where the characters are watching a movie and concluding that it's So Bad, It's Good.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"
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#16: Aug 23rd 2016 at 3:52:20 PM

I agree with BUPKIS for this and the other subpages.

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TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#18: Aug 24th 2016 at 9:21:24 AM

Thirding it, then.

(Annoyed grunt)
Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
How sweet it is
#19: Aug 24th 2016 at 11:40:19 AM

Factoring in the previous votes on top of those, guess we're going BUPKIS. Pulling any image currently in place and tagging.

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Update: Looks like we're done now. Closing.

edited 24th Aug '16 12:06:53 PM by Berrenta

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