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openBlanking an overshadowed with controversy entry Videogame
Hi,
Not sure if this should be flagged but troper Link Mario Samus just removed unanimously the Civ VI controversies off https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=OvershadowedByControversy.VideoGames with the edit reason "I wouldn't have known about those controversies if I hadn't seen this site."
I feel like this is perhaps not the right move, especially if they only heard it here doesn't mean there isn't controversy about it. This is my first ATT though, so I could be misreading, or misunderstanding
openAbout Rescued From The Scrappy Heap gameplay examples Videogame
If a character's gameplay was not liked but was reworked later on and is better-received, when's the waiting period for it?
openEdit war over captions Videogame
Nitramy changed captions to say something else on Characters.FateGrandOrderSabersGToM, Characters.FateGrandOrderLancersGToM, and Characters.FateGrandOrderArchersNToZ, then TPPR 10 reverted them with this given edit reason on the first of the three, "Please keep things consistent with other profiles." Nitramy changed them back to the captions he set up.
openUnused video game characters Videogame
Hi. I'm wondering if there's any rules or policies against discussing cut video game characters. There are two unused characters in Hitman (2016) that are unused, but have sufficient tropes and are mentioned by other characters. I would prefer to ask before adding any further information.
resolved Pronoun Confusion Videogame
I noticed on the tropes page for Oakwood that Madison and at least one other character that I'm reasonably certain is a girl are referred to by 'they' type pronouns. I was wondering if there was any specific reason for that? I just felt I'd ask since I'm genuinely curious (though admittedly tempted to change the pronouns).
openSupercell (the mobile game company) TV Tropes page Videogame
I saw that there used to be a Page for the Finnish mobile game developer Supercell that was cut for being a stub. I think it's safe to recreate, right?
openWas it too inappropriate to describe an example on a trope page? Videogame
So I discovered an unfamiliar trope named Looks Like She Is Enjoying It (When someone screams in pain but it sounds like they enjoying it) and begin to read this page. And then I find this example from Metroid Prime Trilogy, where I find it inappropriate. Bold lines means it's highlight.
- The first two games of the Metroid Prime Trilogy have Samus gasp softly when taking damage, nothing objectionable there. Then the third game rolls around and adds a new voice clip where she lets out a loud moan that sounds like something really nice just happened between her legs.
openSubpage requirement (SMTV) Videogame
I was checking the YMMV page for Shin Megami Tensei V, and I noticed that the Memetic Mutation entry was starting to get rather long. So I wanted to know what exactly was the requirements for a subpage, or more specifically, how long does it have to be at minimum.
openTrope Namer mistake Videogame
TropeNamers.Video Games lists Fire Emblem as the Trope Namer for Secret Shop. That can't be true, can it?
openEdit war on YMMV.CookieRun Videogame
Tropers/Camwood is edit-warring over a Broken Aesop example on YMMV.Cookie Run. (I don't think the example counts, but this is a report for the edit war, not that)
openPlagiarism in Friday Night Funkin's VideoGame/TheBlueballsIncident mod page Videogame
So...I read the page of the Friday Night Funkin' mod, The Blueballs Incident, then some time later I read the mod's wiki page in the Funkipedia Mods Wiki, and...I found plagiarism in the TVT page's Foil section from the latter page, stemming from how identical the text is, with the only changes being the title of the The Blueballs Incident mod.
openAre solved games, technically, Unwinnable? Videogame
During my cleanup of Clubhouse Games, I came across the following entry:
- Unwinnable: A couple of games have been "solved". While Nine Men's Morris is solved for a draw (and is mentioned to be as such in its trivia), Hare and Hounds is solved in the Hare's favor, and it is trivial to show it as the Hare can force a looping pattern until the turn count hits 30, giving the Hare a win by default. Thankfully, the medals for Hare and Hounds don't care which side you play as.
Obviously this isn't a proper example, as Unwinnable isn't a trope but rather a disambiguation. But is "only unwinnable if both players play perfectly" worth mentioning? Is there another trope that fits it better?
Note that this only affects multiplayer mode, as the games don't have Perfect Play A.I..
opennew work draft questions Videogame
Hey, I'm new.
I'd like to make an article for an otome that doesn't have one yet. I have much of it written in a word doc, a working summary, found over 100 tropes for it so far, in alphabetical order. I have a few questions I haven't found answers for yet by searching the site before continuing it.
First, where should a new page for a work be posted? On the TLP?
It was released in 2018 on the Japanese sever but the English server has only been up for less than a year. I know T Vtropes is written with English readers in mind. Should I include tropes from the Japanese sever content that hasn't been released in English yet, should I mark these as spoiler until they are released on the English server too, or should I just include them unmarked with a spoilers warning?
Should the title be the official English name? If so, where in the article can the original Japanese title be mentioned?
I expect similar questions have been asked before about other works, so if there are already policies on these can I be linked to them? Because I don't know where to find them.
openAkiba's Trip H&D trope page editing please Videogame
Hey Y'all,
So Akiba's Trip H&D has been released after a few weeks now and I think its about time someone a bit more capable than me(I am but a measly and lazy troper who is both a little shitty at describing and getting myself to actually do something) can actually try to take a look and update the page a little more if possible. That being said, kindly also take a look at my edits(especially in the character page) and edit them as required because I'm pretty sure I didn't get them entirely right.
Let me know when any one of you who have actually played the game and take a look at it!
I'm also currently collecting Akiba's Trip extra materials to add in extra information that's All in the Manual stuff that elaborates more on the characters themselves and designer stuff(along with a few bits of Wordof Saint Paul). When I get that stuff translated(...eventually, I'm having a hard time looking for someone to translate them), I'll prolly let those who help out with editing know.
openTroper with atrocious grammar, possible ban evader Videogame
AdventureTim5120 has shown a complete lack of understanding for present and past tense, along with other issues like plural and singular, resulting in butchered entries. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be anyone checking the quality on the pages they edit (I don't for Sword Art Online, at least), as is (unfortunately) standard for several anime and videogame pages.
I don't think further notifiers are necessary; they've done a fair amount of damage for the past months, made even worse by their sporadic activity shutting down any chance of communication (my last notifier got no response, which is awfully common for a lot of offending tropers I try to reach out to).
As for ban evading suspicions, I have a hunch that it might be the same editor from long ago who keeps jumping IP addresses, if their few entries on Honkai Impact 3rd pertaining to spoilers from the Chinese version (which is always one update ahead of what we can publicly trope) are any indication.
Edited by AnoBakaDesuopenWeird example Videogame
I didn't know where to put this so I put it here.
While wandering around this site I found this example on YMMV.My Singing Monsters:
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: When Party Island was released some monsters like Furcorn & Kayna were suddenly given the ability to speak & sing in English.
Not only this seems to be BLAM misuse, but it also has grammar issues.
openCharacter page for glitches. Videogame
Should Pokémon Glitches really be a thing? They aren't real, official canon characters. This seems more like it should be in under Just for Fun like Bowsette.
openThis got used as an example. Videogame
In the trivia page for Minecraft, this was apparently used as an example for Names The Same as shown here.
- This also applies to the Super Mario Wiki bureaucrat Glowsquid, who occasionally is pinged by the Minecraft community as his Twitter handle @Glowsquid makes it an easy target by fans of the Glow Squid mob.
Now forgive me for being unfamiliar, but like, is this okay?
Edited by Tylerbear12
A few days ago, I added a Content Leak example to Trivia.Nickelodeon All Star Brawl:
On the day the game was announced, several retailers put up pages to order the game. Many of these featured its box art for the first time, including silhouettes of several characters that were unannounced at the time.
My edit reason explained why I didn't go into more detail:Two days later, Andy Mouse edited the example to mention the characters in question. I don't want to risk edit warring by removing his additions - partially because I'm not 100% sure if my interpretation of the anti-leak policy is correct - so I wanted to ask about the matter here.