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openSlender Games Web Original
Can someone please update FamousLastWords.How It Should Have Ended with quotes from this video? I haven't seen The Hunger Games enough times to figure out the order in which the Tributes get defeated.
open Did the Add Liveblog button get removed? Web Original
So I'm on the Live Bloggin page, but I haven't seen the "Add Liveblog" button. Is it removed? Clicking on the + Blog button just makes it so that it adds the page to the watch list.
Edited by Psyga315openProblem with a Troper's Edits Web Original
On the WMG.Death Battle page, troper vh1660924 added this:
I've had problems with this troper's past edits on the Death Battle page, as they seem to be very opinionated (i.e. calling Mewtwo a Dirty Coward, calling out Dragon Ball fans, etc.) when they make edits. Additionally, they seem to target the fans of the show, calling them "butthurt", "Sore Losers", and "rampant angry fanboys" as mentioned above.
Overall, I feel that this troper is trying to use the Death Battle pages to try to complain. Are their edits justified?
openYMMV.PokemonRusty Edit war Web Original
On December 1st, 2015, The Jayman 49 added an Designated Hero to YMMV.Pokemon Rusty even though the trope cannot apply (Designated Hero requires the narrative and other characters to treat a character as an ideal hero even though said "ideal hero" is a jerkass or worse). I removed it on December 18th that same year on grounds of it being factually incorrect.
Then, on the 29th of April this year, The Jayman 49 re-added it, and is now trying to claim the audience reaction is deliberately invoked even though, from the context of the series itself, it isn't. Here is the extended edit history detailing it.
[ETA] I checked the discussion page, and there was no discussion on the subject.
Edited by TheNerfGuyopenDeath Battle DMOS Web Original
We banned those, right? Because someone just posted one on Web Original.
openTAWOTA YMMV Web Original
I noticed that some of you Tropers have deleted the YMMV pages of The Autistic World Of The Autist and, since that "creator-made subjective trope sub-pages are not kosher", I was wondering if some of you guys could watch the series and create new YMMV pages with your opinions on it for me. Please!
Edited by SeptimusHeapopenWhat is That?! Web Original
NewMedia.Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
What exactly is that? Is it supposed to be a work, a trope? WTF?
For starter, NewMedia/ isn't a valid namespace; it's the only page using it.
Is it even a thing? I've never heard of it before, and honestly it looks like some pseudoscience or new-agey nonsense.
Salvageable, or should we cut?
Edited by StFanopenLack of Content on Created Page Web Original
Troper Fourze 99 started a Fanfic Recs page for DEATH BATTLE! without adding any content to it, just two sections. Is this allowed?
openSeeking permission to use image Web Original
I like your vaudeville hook cartoon. Wondered if I could display it free-of-charge on a website for a local PAC that will end its run on 12/15/16. I'd be glad to credit the artist and / or tvtropes. Thanks!
openCan I create a new page? Web Original
It is for a fan series my friend is making. It has gone really far so far, though.
open Troper removing a bunch of stuff with no reason Web Original
Kendall (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Kendall) Is deleting a bunch of stuff from pages with no reason and it seems like they're just removing stuff about LGBT community
Edited by BerrentaopenSuggestion for new medium (or possibly submedium): "Quests." Web Original
So there's a category of web stories similar to roleplaying that I've noticed has gone completely overlooked, even resulting in some examples of it being intentionally miscategorized to fit in TV Tropes' list of mediums.
This category is known as "Quests." A Quest is a cross between a Web Serial Novel, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure story and a Roleplay, and almost exclusively forum-based. At a glance, a Quest seems very much like a standard Fanfic or Web Serial Novel, with a writer(s) (AKA a "Quest Master," or QM for short) posting the story in incremental updates. The twist is that the readers of the story get to vote on the actions of one or more protagonists, using pre-defined choices or write-ins, sometimes radically changing the course of the story. The protagonist can be anything from a single hero, a family, an entire organization, a nation, to even a deity. Frequently, tabletop RPG elements are used to derive the results of certain sequences, such as combat or diplomacy.
A key example of a Quest (and one that's been miscategorized by TV Tropes), is Age of Strife, a Warhammer 40,000 fanfic quest, which you can read about here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/AgeOfStrife
I just wanted to inform the community of this medium's existence, and let you all figure out what to do with it.
Edited by GenonopenWMG or Complaining? Web Original
Troper vh1660924 made this edit in WMG.Death Battle:
Let's be honest with ourselves, underneath the characters they are playing, Wizard and Boomstick, you can somewhat feel the jokes they make are forced and are just used to bring atmosphere to the show. This could be the reason why Season 3's quality is much worser than previous seasons: They've finally given up. They probably realized that people will always complain no matter how they depict the matches, so they basically let the winner come by chance. Research is still used to determine the winner, but to them, it's now more of a way to get broad view of their abilities, less about knowing who should win.
This comment got deleted already, but I feel like it was worth mentioning. I've already mentioned that I have problems with several of this troper's edits, and I'm aware that they got suspended once already for that same reason.
openThe weekly pull podcast Web Original
I'm having trouble making a page for this podcast, such as the page title. Any tips on how to help?
openShould i make a page for this thing i made? Web Original
I recently started a MS Paint joke anime and i wanted to know if it was okay to make a page for it and it's tropes, or should i let someone else make a page? Sorry if this isn't the right spot to ask.
openLocking Death battle's YMMV Web Original
Recently there has been a troper that has been going onto the Death Battle YMMV page and spreading lies on it related to a certain Death Battle.
The thing is, if this one troper does it, many more will do the same thing. Can we lock the YMMV page on Death battle please? Let only a handful of trusty people edit please? I
openTropers.Flamethrowerman09 trying to stop a FlameWar Web Original
There's a bit of a Flame War in Headscratchers.Death Battle Part 3. The aforementioned Troper is bashing the creators and telling the other editors to "STFU".
resolved Edits to Yogscast YMMV page Web Original
Hi, user Kendall has deleted a substantial amount of content on the Yogscast's YMMV page, found here. When confronted, they said that the stuff they deleted was "not opinions".
Is there any thread or at least a troper where it can review my story: Earth Warriors? I really need to know if I have good skills as a writer, any answer would be appreciated.