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geekgecko Since: Jan, 2016
#1: Jan 20th 2017 at 6:48:32 PM

I've seen a fair amount of misuse for this trope. As far as I can see, this trope is about when a fandom becomes disgruntled that their favored work has become more mainstream and starts appealing to a wider audience, which leads to criticism of the work/creator for bringing the "normies" in. For example, this is a good example of this trope:

  • Minecraft, now that Notch has received an interview in a popular PC magazine and been plugged on the Team Fortress 2 blog, some people are calling the demise of the game. The cries of "Notch is a sellout!" became even more common among fans once he announced Minecraft would come to the Xbox 360, which happened because of the game's huge success. And then, the game was handed to Microsoft. It was received as well as you would imagine.

As one can see, fans were angered that Notch became more of a public figure and how Minecraft moved to "mainstream" home consoles instead of staying as a simple indie game on the PC. Yet, people seem to be confusing this with Hype Backlash or Overexposure Backlash. Like, what does an entitled group of fans have to do with this?

  • Undertale took off in popularity almost as soon as it launched, making it one of the most popular games of 2015 and also winning the GameFAQs Best Game Ever bracket. A lot of people who don't care for the game or hate it outright are angry that any video featuring the game can rise beyond one million views and they also accuse some people covering/playing the game just to get more hits. Not only is the game popular overall, but it's also very popular within the furry fandom. Because of this, people often view the fanbase as atrocious and full of furries.

This would work if the Undertale fandom was disappointed in the game's immense popularity and preferred it to stay an underground hit; however, that's not happening at all, rather, members of other fandoms are angered that Undertale received more praise and popularity than their preferred games. This trope page needs an overhaul.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Jan 21st 2017 at 2:01:51 AM

Sorry, but we need a bit more than that to start a TRS thread. Too much anecdotal evidence.

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