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NOTE: Edited with OP's permission.
Edited by Twiddler on Aug 6th 2023 at 11:53:14 AM
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Well, the changes are generally nothing too big and editting the page bits by bits would be the best...Then again, it would be too much unnecessary and boring works for you guys (I suppose editting locked pages are more complicated than editting pages that are not?).
Oh, and there is no sandbox page for the character sheet for The Bible, as far as my searching ability goes.
edited 29th Sep '11 3:49:06 PM by dRoy
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Use Sandbox.Characters The Bible.
Also, can The Bible be moved to Literature.The Bible and be re locked?
edited 29th Sep '11 4:20:05 PM by nuclearneo577
On The Bible, please add A Child Shall Lead Them under the Trope Namers.
The Magic The Gathering example on the Griefer page needs to be cut as Square Peg Round Trope. It's not griefing if you're playing a competitive game and using the cards for exactly what they're intended by the designers.
Seems like a perfectly good They Plotted A Good Waste example to me. Not seeing an issue with it.
It's just resource denial, a strategy which has been part of the game since the first set was released. You might piss the opponent off a bit by doing it, but that's a side-effect rather than the main goal. Griefing in a game of Magic would involve throwing your opponent's cards around the room or, in a tournament, deliberately letting your clock run down just to keep everyone waiting.
You don't have to break the rules of the game to be a griefer. Most griefing is done via legitimate game mechanics. The point of griefing is that you're playing to prevent other people from having fun. Resource denial is a legitimate game mechanic and can be used legitimately, but it's also a powerful tool for griefing.*
Like I said, They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste; Word of God backs it up, so it should be good.
edited 2nd Oct '11 2:50:53 AM by troacctid
Rhymes with "Protracted."
In PvE games and Wide-Open Sandbox games such as Minecraft, where it's expected that other players will not sabotage your work, you're right: griefing can and and does involve legitimate mechanics. The same can be said for team-based games, so it is possible to grief a multiplayer game of Magic by deliberately screwing up your teammate's gameplan.
In PvP games, however, trying to win the game is not griefing, so the only way to grief such a game is to go beyond the workings of the game itself and simply be a Jerkass.
As for the Word of God quote, I think he's misusing the term.
edited 2nd Oct '11 3:57:52 AM by IronLion
Having read some of those statements, I'm inclined to agree - he's talking about griefing as general motivation, not in the specific sense we use it.
Request for Complete Monster - add to the hottip attached to the criteria please.
"The YMMV banner on this trope DOES NOT give you leave to ignore these requirements. It's there because things like Alternate Character Interpretation and the debated nature of Evil make examples contentious."
edited 2nd Oct '11 3:02:16 PM by Elle
Request for False Rape Accusation to be added to the locked page club.
It was discussed in the YKTTW and decided that it was trope-able, but would need locking on launch due having managed to have a minor flame war even in YKTTW stages over shoehorning and soapboxing.
Lost in Space
Done. And
edited 2nd Oct '11 6:24:05 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
To the bottom of the False Rape Accusation trope description, right above No Real Life Examples Please, please add:
See also either Frameup or Abomination Accusation Attack, depending on how the false rape accusation is done.
On The Irate Gamer, can someone please do the following:
- Move Manatee Gag to Cutaway Gag.
- Move Sure, Why Not? to the Trivia tab.
- Under Ninja Editor, put a space between "Original" and "MUSCLE".
- Change "Background Event" back to Funny Background Event. Removing the "Funny" part is a subtle Take That!, I believe.
and done. Funny Background Event had no details; dropping that one.
In The Chick, ChipAndDaleRescueRangers -> WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers
On Evil Overlord List Cellblock A, can the words "the prisoner is perched above the lintel waiting to strike them with it" from item 140 be potholed to the newly-created Fakeout Escape?
On My Immortal, A Day in the Limelight, A Date With Rosie Palms, and An Offer You Can't Refuse are improperly alphabetized.
132 is the rudest number.
Lost in Space
No Dragon Power
My Little Pony Friendshipis Magic has been vandalized again. I want the offender dead.
With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.
Lost in Space
Already reported and dealt with. This show sure does attract the idiots.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Can you change Law And Order to Series.Law And Order in False Rape Accusation, please?
A stranger
My Immortal is missing Said Bookism. Fix it. Now. I demand my money's worth. I pay good money for a Premium account. :p
Things of mine keep getting deleted. I curse too much.
Did anyone sandbox the accumulated changes to The Bible the way I requested?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"