History YMMV / Transformice

** The CGI adaption. Dear God, the CGI adaption. It ranges from those who think it looks good, those who find it funny and have high hopes, to those who's response was ''"OH GOD KILLITWITHFIRE!!"''. The CGI, in particular, has gotten a lot of criticism, with some finding the models of the mice incredibly derp-ish and the jerky frame rate for an animated adaption rubbing some the wrong way. Not to mention the dark jokes they have...

** Many players, especially when playing on Divine mode, struggle with [[https://transformice.fandom.com/wiki/Map_99 Maps 99]] and [[https://transformice.fandom.com/wiki/Map_134 134]] - two levels where the only solid ground is a small area around the mouse hole, while the cheese is located down below in a bottomless pit (or on 99, underwater, which is more or less the same thing). While both levels can be [[IncrediblyLamePun cheesed]] fairly easily on Normal and Hard with the Cloud and Spring skills, an unwilling Divine shamans' strategy for these maps will amount to "get the cheese, suicide, and hope you'll be revived by Ambulance".

* BreatherLevel: Starting with later updates, certain levels are added that don't have an overall goal like collecting cheese to them or such, and mostly seem to be there so one can chat or play around without accidentally falling into a bottomless pit. Mini-game levels and levels where you can trade the current in-game currency for items are also this though certain mini-game levels can [[ThatOneLevel easily be the opposite if you're attempting to get a certain item]].

** Some maps revolve around the mice trying to avoid rapidly spinning planks in the air (but the planks remain in the air thanks to the magic of red anchors), and these planks were affectionately given the nickname of "Fan God", "Plank God" or "Windmill God"

* GeniusBonus: The April Fools mini game seemed rather random, with a luck-based fishing game to earn special fish-themed clothing... until you realise that in France, the holiday is called Poisson d'Avrile and is based on sticking fish to other people's backs... GENIUS (and also strange).
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: It is originally a French game, but it is loved by the English speaking part of the Internet so much, that the number of English servers greatly outweighs the number of French servers. There is also a significant Brazilian fanbase.

* {{Moe}}: In general, the mice are rather adorable and many people playing shamans prefer to help rather than troll (this was not always so, though). [[HeavySleeper Charlotte]] in particular looks kinda miserable when people finally manage to wake her up, so many people would like to give her a hug.
* MisaimedFandom: There are some people who complain about fanmade maps where the shaman is needed.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: It's hard to bring up an update that ''doesn't'' have people claiming this, but several key things since the early alpha version include: backgrounds, more peaceful sounding music, mice costumes, [[RevenueEnhancingDevices ability to buy strawberries with real money to buy costumes for your mouse]], and the general increased focus on cracking down on blatant trolling and the [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]] in action.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Charlotte is a HeavySleeper in a rather fetching night outfit, but because she is the subject of a much-reviled event where people have to wake her up by spamming the chat with her name, she has become an unfortunate [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] to some circles.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The CGI web series has a surprisingly dark tone to the level... Mouse death is often used as a punch line, and [[SadistShow the morality of the characters is very, very questionable]]. Then again, much of the game is really not that different, either.

** The Groundhog Day event, which requires players to wake up a mouse named Charlotte by repeatedly typing her name in the chat box until a meter is filled. The problem with this event is that ''[[GuideDangIt no one]]'' [[GuideDangIt knows exactly what has to be done]] to get the meter to start filling up. Not even the Transformice wiki, usually the definitive authority on monthly events, has an answer. Many times, when the event starts, players will start spamming "Charlotte!" over and over, only for the meter to remain completely empty. To make matters worse, when the event returned unexpectedly at the beginning of March 2018, it replaced the Valentine's Day event, which only lasted for half a month[[note]]for comparison, the Halloween 2017 and Christmas 2017 events lasted two months each[[/note]], denying many players the chance to obtain the much-desired swan and rose cartouches (it didn't help that February/Valentine's 2018 was the first year to introduce the swan cartouche, meaning older players couldn't even console themselves with already having it). As a result, Charlotte herself has become a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] in some circles.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: It's hard to bring up an update that ''doesn't'' have people claiming this, but several key things since the early alpha version include: backgrounds, more peaceful sounding music, mice costumes, [[RevenueEnhancingDevices ability to buy strawberries with real money to buy costumes for your mouse]], and the general increased focus on cracking down on blatant trolling and the [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]] in action.

* SpiritualLicensee: This is possibly the greatest multiplayer ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' game ever!

*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together to grab presents and bring them back to a sleigh. Better hope your team all knows what they're doing (and that nobody's away from the keyboard), or you'll ended up getting stamped in the face.

** The Soulmate maps mechanic. In them, you're [[ChainedHeat tethered to another player]] and forced to cooperate to get the cheese. Unfortunately, nine times out of ten, one of the following happens; your soulmate immediately rushes towards the cheese with reckless disregard, getting you both killed in the process, or you get an away from keyboard soulmate who despawns after not moving for a while, or just immediately pops as soon as the map starts, usually making it [[UnwinnableByMistake unwinnable]] or [[NintendoHard harder]] for you. Or you get a soulmate who doesn't understand how the map works, won't cooperate or even ''refusing'' to help you and would go for cheese and first place. As a result, soulmate maps are widely hated, and most players get angry over having to play these maps.

** Vanilla maps, administrator-created or approved levels that are designed to be easy; usually requiring minimal (if any) building on the shaman's behalf, few hazards, and fairly straightforward platforming. In the vanilla game mode, these are the only levels that appear.

** Vanilla maps, administrator-created or approved levels that are designed to be easy; usually requiring minimal (if any) building on the shaman's behalf. In the vanilla game mode, these are the only levels that appear.

** ''[[https://transformice.fandom.com/wiki/Stat_pad Statpadders]]'' are the bane of many players, shaman and regular mice alike, due to the simple fact that many of them are willing to do whatever it takes to rack up "firsts" - even if it means screwing over the rest of the room.

* GodDamnedBats: Many rebellious mice can be this to the shaman, as many players can get themselves killed using LeeroyJenkins tactics, and most often, they blame it on the shaman.
* GodDamnedBoss: The Halloween Event's giant skeletal cat boss. It's a DamageSpongeBoss that has easy to dodge attacks and was designed to be fought in a large group. In a small group, it's almost impossible to beat them. To make matters worse, ghost spawn on the map. On their own, they're not too hard to deal with, but often unintentionally (or [[{{Griefer}} intentionally]]) mice will end up pushing the ghost into other mice in their attempts to [[UnwantedAssistance ruin the battle]] and end up taking out a large chunk of the team in the process. Beating the cat often comes down to pure luck of how many people are in the room, and how many of them are smart enough to ''not'' push ghosts into the mice who are focusing on the cat. Thankfully use of consumables were removed to stop further incidents in 2015.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: It's hard to bring up an update that ''doesn't'' have people claiming this, but several key things since the early alpha version include: backgrounds, more peaceful sounding music, mice costumes, [[RevenueEnhancingDevices ability to buy strawberries with real money to buy costumes for your mouse]], and the general increased focus on cracking down on blatant trolling and the {{GIFT}} in action.

** Of all things, the game creators and Mods cracking down on the {{GIFT}} in action. Considering {{Troll}}s made up a ''large'' part of the game's earlier demographic in alpha and beta stages, it's only natural it'd be met with scorn from those who considered this game to be "Trolling: The Game". Naturally though, non-trolls find it nice the community isn't made up of people screaming profanities and racial slurs at each other anymore, enjoying the game for what it is and welcome the more mature and well mannered community that formed in later updates.

* GodDamnedBats: Many "normal" mice can be this to the shaman, as many players can get themselves killed using LeeroyJenkins tactics, and most often, they blame it on the shaman.

** The animated adaption. Dear God, the animated adaption. It ranges from those who think it looks good, those who find it funny and have high hopes, to those who's response was ''"OH GOD KILLITWITHFIRE!!"''. The CG, in particular, has gotten a lot of criticism, with some finding the models of the mice incredibly derp-ish and the jerky frame rate for an animated adaption rubbing some the wrong way.

* GeniusBonus: The April Fool mini game seemed rather random, with a luck-based fishing game to earn special fish-themed clothing... until you realise that in France, the holiday is called Poisson d'Avrile and is based on sticking fish to other people's backs... GENIUS (and also strange).

* GodDamnedBoss: The Halloween Event's giant (skeletal) cat boss. It's a DamageSpongeBoss that has easy to dodge attacks and was designed to be fought in a large group. In a small group, it's almost impossible to beat him. To make matters worse, ghost spawn on the map. On their own, they're not too hard to deal with, but often unintentionally (or [[{{Griefer}} intentionally]]) mice will end up pushing the ghost into other mice in their attempts to "[[UnwantedAssistance help]]" and end up taking out a large chunk of the team in the process. Beating the cat often comes down to pure luck of how many people are in the room, and how many of them are smart enough to ''not'' push ghosts into the mice who are focusing on the cat.
* MemeticMutation: The dreaded anvil monster/god created by anchoring multiple anvils and boards together and setting some of them to rotate. An official level later turned it into an AscendedMeme by using it as a pseudo-BossBattle. There's even RuleThirtyFour of it already.

* {{Moe}}: In general, the mice are rather adorable and mmany people playing shamans prefer to help rahter than troll (this was not always so, though). [[HeavySleeper Charlotte]] in particular looks kinda miserable when people finally manage to wake her up, so many people would like to give her a hug.

** The "Soul" maps mechanic. In them, you're [[ChainedHeat tethered to another player]] and forced to cooperate to get the cheese. Doesn't sound too bad, except for the fact that, nine times out of ten, one of the following happens; your teammate immediately rushes towards the cheese with reckless disregard, getting you both killed in the process, or you get an AFK (away from keyboard) teammate who despawns after not moving for a while, or just immediately pops as soon as the map starts, usually making it [[UnwinnableByMistake unwinnable]] for you. Or you get a soulmate who doesn't understand how the map works or just plain won't cooperate. As a result, soul maps are widely hated, and most players groan over having to play them.
*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together to grab presents and bring them back to a sleigh. Better hope your team all knows what they're doing (and that nobody's away from the keyboard), or no presents for you!

** The Groundhog Day event, which requires players to wake up a mouse named Charlotte by repeatedly typing her name in the chat box until a meter is filled. The problem with this event is that ''[[GuideDangIt no one]]'' [[GuideDangIt knows exactly what has to be done]] to get the meter to start filling up. Not even the Transformice wiki, usually the definitive authority on monthly events, has an answer. Many times, when the event starts, players will start spamming "Charlotte!" over and over, only for the meter to remain stubbornly empty. To make matters worse, when the event returned unexpectedly at the beginning of March 2018, it replaced the Valentine's Day event, which only lasted for half a month[[note]]for comparison, the Halloween 2017 and Christmas 2017 events lasted two months each[[/note]], denying many players the chance to obtain the much-desired swan and rose cartouches (it didn't help that February/Valentine's 2018 was the first year to introduce the swan cartouche, meaning older players couldn't even console themselves with already having it). As a result, Charlotte herself has become a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] in some circles.

* ThatOneBoss: The ANVIL GOD. A trolling Shaman (or the Shaman in the survival room) can also qualify.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Charlotte is a cute HeavySleeper in a rather fetching night outfit, but because she is the subject of a much-reviled event where people have to wake her up by spamming the chat with her name, she has become an unfortunate [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] to some circles.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The cartoon web series has a surprisingly dark sense of humor... Mouse death is often used as a punch line, and [[SadistShow the morality of the characters is very, very questionable]]. Then again, much of the game is really not that different, either.

** The addition of cosmetics initially caused quite a rift between players; mainly because they can be bought with cheese you successfully brought back to the hole, thus actually giving incentive to playing the game instead of just dicking around, the latter of which made up a large part of Transformice's initial userbase. The same thing happened when Shaman levels and abilities were introduced since it incentivized actually helping mice players instead of [[{{Griefer}} sealing off the hole or summoning the anvil God on your turn]]. Those against it hated out it took out what people largely found fun about the game initially ([[{{Griefer}} screwing over other players]]) while those for it liked how it promoted ''actually playing the game'' instead of being dicks to everyone in the room. Largely [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] nowadays, as the initial player base has long since either moved on or taken to playing the game as it was intended.

** The addition of cosmetics initially caused quite a rift between players; mainly because they can be bought with cheese you successfully brought back to the hole, thus actually giving incentive to playing the game instead of just dicking around, the latter of which made up a large part of Transformice's initial userbase. The same thing happened when Shaman levels and abilities were introduced since it incentivized actually helping mice players instead of [[{{Griefer sealing off the hole or summoning the anvil God on your turn]]. Those against it hated out it took out what people largely found fun about the game initially ([[{{Griefer}} screwing over other players]]) while those for it liked how it promoted ''actually playing the game'' instead of being dicks to everyone in the room. Largely [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] nowadays, as the initial player base has long since either moved on or taken to playing the game as it was intended.

*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together to grab presents and bring them back to a sleigh. Better hope your team all knows what they're doing, or no presents for you!

** The Fire fur is already insanely expensive at 15,000 cheese coins (more than twice the price of most already-expensive furs), but, for some idiotic reason, you have to buy the Wind fur (5,000 coins) and the Leaf fur (10,000 coins) to make it available in the shop, so its real price tag is a whopping '''''30,000''''' cheese coins. And, just to rub salt in the wound, you can't even buy them with [[BribingYourWayToVictory fraises]]. Better hope it wasn't part of your dream outfit...

** The Groundhog Day event, which requires players to wake up a mouse named Charlotte by repeatedly typing her name in the chat box until a meter is filled. The problem with this event is that ''[[GuideDangIt no one]]'' [[GuideDangIt knows exactly what has to be done]] to get the meter to start filling up. Not even the Transformice wiki, usually the definitive authority on monthly events, has an answer. Many times, when the event starts, players will start spamming "Charlotte!" over and over, only for the meter to remain stubbornly empty. To make matters worse, when the event returned unexpectedly at the beginning of March 2018, it replaced the Valentine's Day event, which only lasted for half a month[[note]]for comparison, the Halloween 2017 and Christmas 2017 events lasted two months each[[/note]], denying many players the chance to obtain the much-desired swan and rose cartouches. As a result, Charlotte herself has become a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] in some circles.

*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together to grab presents and bring them back to a sleigh. Better hope you have good teammates, or no presents for you!

** The "Soul" maps mechanic. In them, you're [[ChainedHeat tethered to another player]] and forced to cooperate to get the cheese. Doesn't sound too bad, except for the fact that, nine times out of ten, one of the following happens; your teammate immediately rushes towards the cheese with reckless disregard, getting you both killed in the process, or you get an AFK (away from keyboard) teammate who despawns after not moving for a while, or just immediately pops as soon as the map starts, usually making it [[UnwinnableByMistake unwinnable]] for you. As a result, soul maps are widely hated, and most players groan over having to play them.
*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together to grab presents and bring them back to a sleigh. Better hope your team members are in a cooperative mood, or no presents for you!

*** Even worse is one of the Christmas events that takes it UpToEleven by tethering ''three'' or more mice together. Better hope none of your team is away-from-keyboard, or no presents for you!

** The Groundhog Day event, which requires players to wake up a mouse named Charlotte by repeatedly typing her name in the chat box until a meter is filled. The problem with this event is that ''[[GuideDangIt no one]]'' [[GuideDangIt knows exactly what has to be done]] to get the meter to start filling up. Not even the Transformice wiki, usually the definitive authority on monthly events, has an answer. Many times, when the event starts, players will start spamming "Charlotte!" over and over, only for the meter to remain stubbornly empty. To make matters worse, when the event returned at the beginning of March 2018, it replaced the Valentine's Day event, which only lasted for half a month[[note]]for comparison, the Halloween 2017 and Christmas 2017 events lasted two months each[[/note]], denying many players the chance to obtain the much-desired swan and rose cartouches. As a result, Charlotte herself has become a [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] in some circles.