Better title: Press X To Jason

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So, I'm not certain that dedicating a button to shouting is tropable, as the effect on gameplay varies wildly. And if we want to keep it it really needs a more intuitive name.

Edit: Taunt Button covers ambient actions, so we can't rework it to be about that.

edited 26th May '10 6:52:45 PM by Hylarn

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Made me giggle. Probably cuttable though.

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Eh, it's a clear description and a good five examples. Seems tropable; I suspect more examples can come.

If we want to refer to any button that seems to only trigger a yell or other sound-effect, not merely calling a name, maybe we can rename it to Press X To Holler.

EDIT: Maybe Holler Button.

edited 26th May '10 4:08:18 PM by Semiapies

Again, the yelling doesn't have a consistent effect. One of the examples is the inventory button, for god's sake.

And we already have Taunt Button for a button that produces only atmospheric effects.

Fair enough.

I'm reminded of the button from Pikmin that whistles and calls all the pikmin to you.

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Dunno if it's really tropeable by itself.

I was expecting it to be a page on the flash parody game.

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.

I vote keep the trope. Maybe add a redirect, something like Push A For Ambient Action?

edited 26th May '10 6:48:23 PM by Earnest

It's not about atmospheric actions. That's covered by Taunt Button. It's about buttons that trigger sound clips.

Eh, much as I feel it's silly, it is a real trope. Just needs a better name. I'd be onboard Press X To Holler.

Best I can figure, this is a subtrope to Taunt Button, and I'm not sure it's different enough to warrant a split.

Perhaps you could expand it to examples of making some kind of noise with a button (And not just "talking") even if it does serve a purpose, but I wonder if there's enough examples? (Whistling in Pikmin and Shadow Of The Colossus, the various chants in {{Oddworld.}}) Or if that's different enough to be its own trope.

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I'm not sure that we need this one, but if we keep it, please, keep this title too, it's silly in a good way.

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Ugh, I enjoy witty titles if they're actually meaningful. This one is just plain dumb, in the Face Palm style. Kill it please, or at least give it a better name.

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I prefer "shout" to "holler". Vote rename to Press X To Shout.

I'm for Press X To Speak, though Press X To Shout is good, too.

Or Press X To Call, since most of the examples are about using the button to call someone by crying out their name.

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Oh, and it overlaps heavily with Taunt Button. It is noted in "Press X To Jason" that pressing X to do that rarely has any other in-game effect — it usually is a Taunt Button, only it's not quite a taunt.

edited 27th May '10 2:11:55 PM by AnonymousMcCartneyfan

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Now that I bothered to look at the page.... yeah. Forget overlap—this is Taunt Button.

I agree, Citizen.

Taunt Button has a bit of an unintuitive name in that the name is rather narrow whereas the trope is rather broad. Maybe merge them as Press X To Taunt?

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Press X For Atmosphere?

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Press X To Do Nothing Meaningful? Nah, that's a bit long. Press X To Do Nothing?

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I like Press X To Do Nothing

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Can we get a page action crowner? Rename vs Merge with Taunt Button.

I was actually for Press X To Jason as a title, because it was stupid, but then

If there's a game by this name, the title should be kept for the game.

Of course, if this can't be differentiated from Taunt Button, there's no point keeping it at all. And I personally don't see a trope in "press button to make voice, may or may not actually have gameplay effect".

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As funny as the title is, it could definitely stand a change.