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For play styles, High-Tier Scrappy for characters/strategies ridiculed for being too good, and Low-Tier Scrappy for characters/strategies ridiculed for being too bad.
Skill Gate Characters is related, where it's good at low-level play but bad at high-level play because it's easily countered (but low-level players don't know the counters).
I feel like your first example still could qualify as a Scrappy Mechanic. You could say the trade markets are a scrappy mechanic due to players overinflating the prices of items, making them frustrating to use.
The second, as mentioned above, would seem to be a classic Low-Tier Letdown.
I think I understand. Thanks so much for both of your input.
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Hi there, I'm going through a variety of online games, and was wondering if there was a YMMV trope similar to Scrappy Mechanic, but it's something scrappy caused by the players rather than the game itself? (Ex: Players overinflating the prices of in-game items for trade, or a certain playstyle being ridiculed because it's considered low tier).
(May not use it if it's more considered flame bait, but would like clarification regardless)