History YMMV / SurvivalOfTheFittestMini

* PortmanteauCoupleName: In [=TV2=], the couple Vahka Basayev and Regina Aston is referred to OOC as [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Vagina]].

** Evo can easily invoke this. The characters have no friends, some people get permanently and horribly mutilated before the game even starts and even if they win, there's a chance if their change was too great they'd never let them go home and they'd be an experiment forever.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Second Chances.
** Evo can easily invoke this. The characters have no friends, some people get permanently and horribly mutilated before the game even starts and even if they win, there's a chance if their change was too great they'd never let them go home and they'd be an experiment forever.
** The Program is such a dark, depressing setting that some handlers find it too unpleasant to be enjoyable, and have a hard time getting enthusiastic for it as a result.
** ''SOTF-TV'' is an inversion, in that the LighterAndSofter comedic elements caused some handlers to feel less concern for the characters.

* TakeThatScrappy: [[WordOfGod According to site staff]], most of them were not fond of Leonardo Dahnke, the [=TV1=] announcer. A large part of the reason why is because he was created by a single person with no input from the rest of staff ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen In fact, it was originally supposed to be Patrick Buckley, a character who appeared in the prologue]]). It wasn't helped by the fact that his characterization was essentially a retread of main site's BigBad Danya (who was himself an {{Expy}} of [[Literature/BattleRoyale Kamon]]), or that he had a tendency to get details wrong. In the lead-up to [=TV2=], these actually became plot points; there was heavy in-universe speculation that Dahnke was going to get fired, precisely because of his incompetence and egotism. [[PutOnABusToHell Sure enough]], he was, and was replaced by Rhiannon "Ritzy Daggers" Durrett, who had a much more likable personality.

* HoYay[=/=]FoeYay: Program Prologue piles this on with Mina Mashall and Charlie Cade. At its most prominent when Mina wonders about getting with Charlie and then promptly ditches her in her sleep. Appeared to be a victim of ShipSinking when Charlie seemingly died, but then came back online with force when she turned out to survive after all.

** When [=PV3=]'s prologue hit, there was a way to submit [=NPCs=] that would die within ten posts. Multiple [=NPCs=] were named "Scott", to the point where staff actually had to send out a PSA noting that, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny while it was funny]], there was now a ban on the name due to ''10%'' of the version's males being named such.

** Anthony is the hero of [=TV3=]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Over the course of [=TV3=], the formerly [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] Anthony Golden deteriorates into a TautologicalTemplar bad enough to rival [[Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu]], fully convinced he is the hero even as he kills ''seven'' of his former classmates.[[/labelnote]]

** Anthony is the hero of [=TV3=]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Over the course of [=TV3=], the formerly [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] Anthony Golden deteriorates into a TautologicalTemplar bad enough to rival [[Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu]], fully convinced he is the hero even as he kills ''seven'' of his former classmates.
*** [X] is a player. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Anthony tends to [[RationalizingTheOverkill rationalize]] his AxCrazy behaviour by telling himself his victims were "playing" the DeadlyGame, and thus [[AssholeVictim deserved it]].

** Anthony is the hero of [=TV3=]. [[labelote:Explanation]]Over the course of [=TV3=], the formerly [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] Anthony Golden deteriorates into a TautologicalTemplar bad enough to rival [[Manga/AkameGaKill Seryu]], fully convinced he is the hero even as he kills ''seven'' of his former classmates.

* TakeThatScrappy: [[WordOfGod According to site staff]], most of them were not fond of Leonardo Dahnke, the [=TV1=] announcer. A large part of the reason why is because he was created by a single person with no input from the rest of staff ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen In fact, it was originally supposed to be Patrick Buckley, a character who appeared in the prologue]]). It wasn't helped by the fact that his characterization was essentially a retread of main site's BigBad Danya (who was himself an {{Expy}} of [[Literature/BattleRoyale Kamon]]), or that he had a tendency to get details wrong. In the lead-up to [=TV2=], these actually became plot points; there was heavy in-universe speculation that Dahnke was going to get fired, [[RealityEnsues precisely because of his incompetence and egotism.]] [[PutOnABusToHell Sure enough]], he was, and was replaced by Rhiannon "Ritzy Daggers" Durrett, who had a much more likable personality.

** [=PV3=] proper introduced an opaque jar of hornets labeled "BEES" as an assigned weapon. Naturally, many handlers found the concept hilariously amazing, to the point where any discussion of the character who received it (Phoebe Quincey) will eventually devolve into puns or pre-existing memes about bees.

** stinky bnuny
** [=SC3=] deconfirmed.

* FanNickname: Many. Examples include 'Bcarv' for Bryant Carver and Captain American for Tyler Blake.

* HoYay[=/=]FoeYay: Program Prologue piles this on with Mina Mashall and Charlie Cade. At its most prominent when Mina wonders about getting with Charlie and then promptly ditches her in her sleep. Appeared to be a victim of ShipSinking when it seemed Charlie was about to die, but then came back online with force when she turned out to survive after all.

** [SC3] deconfirmed.

* HilariousInHindsight: In Battle Royale AU, Haruka Tanizawa is played as a lesbian with a crush on Yuka Nakagawa. The bonus chapter of the original story, Battle Royale: Angel's Border, that came out four years after the AU would reveal that Haruka is indeed a lesbian, but with a crush on Yuk''ie'' Utsumi, another member of the lighthouse group.

* HoYay | FoeYay: Program Prologue piles this on with Mina Mashall and Charlie Cade. At its most prominent when Mina wonders about getting with Charlie and then promptly ditches her in her sleep. Appeared to be a victim of ShipSinking when it seemed Charlie was about to die, but then came back online with force when she turned out to survive after all.

* HoYay/FoeYay: Program Prologue piles this on with Mina Mashall and Charlie Cade. At its most prominent when Mina wonders about getting with Charlie and then promptly ditches her in her sleep. Appeared to be a victim of ShipSinking when it seemed Charlie was about to die, but then came back online with force when she turned out to survive after all.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original Second Chances was plagued with severe activity issues and had a fairly poor reception, throwing the idea of a sequel into question. When Second Chances 2 came around, it was an instant success, with an incredibly active cast and a lot of action and interesting character concepts right out of the gate. Within one in-game day, [=SC2=] had almost as many total posts as the ''entirety'' of [=SC1=]!

** When [=PV3=]'s prologue hit, there was a way to submit [=NPCs=] that would die in ten posts. Multiple [=NPCs=] were named "Scott", to the point where staff actually had to send out a PSA noting that, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny while it was funny]], there was a ban on the name due to ''10%'' of the version's males being named such.

* MemeticMutation: "Put Blaine back in the barrel", coined after Blaine Eno got stuffed in a barrel early in [=SC2=], only to escape and go on to do [[NightmareFuel very bad things]].

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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The original Second Chances was plagued with severe activity issues and had a fairly poor reception, throwing the idea of a sequel into question. When Second Chances 2 came around, it was an instant success, with an incredibly active cast and a lot of action and interesting character concepts right out of the gate. Within one in-game day, [=SC2=] had almost as many total posts as the ''entirety'' of [=SC1=]!
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