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ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Nov 29th 2010 at 1:50:40 PM

Something that has bugged me for some time is that people will place voice actors in the trope list for characters on a character sheet. They are most definitely not a trope, not even a YMMV/audience reaction "trope."

Would it be possible to start moving towards the style found on Characters.Resonance of Fate, where the names of the VAs are listed in the character description?

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Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#2: Nov 29th 2010 at 7:25:49 PM

I agree. They should be treated no differently from Live Action actors in that regard.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Nov 29th 2010 at 9:37:45 PM

Character pare or trivia page if it doesn't have a character page.

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ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Nov 29th 2010 at 9:42:39 PM

They're currently on the character pages. This is about how they're put on the character page.

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#5: Nov 29th 2010 at 10:43:58 PM

Yes, absolutely, ccoa. I did exactly what you proposed when I saw Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex listed the VA's as tropes.

edited 29th Nov '10 10:45:01 PM by MetaFour

ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#6: Dec 3rd 2010 at 6:26:18 AM

Lacking any objections, I'm just going to go ahead and start doing this and hope it catches on.

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Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Dec 3rd 2010 at 6:34:11 AM

The way The Simpsons does this also looks good.

ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
#8: Dec 3rd 2010 at 6:56:24 AM

That's even better looking, but could look awkward on character sheets with quotes at the top of each entry.

edited 3rd Dec '10 6:59:55 AM by ccoa

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Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#9: Dec 3rd 2010 at 7:08:08 AM

I agree with this even if they don't have a page this should be listed up top, and IMO it should be its own line like this. (using Six ! before the text.) it does not come out bold on the wiki just the forums.

Negi Springfield

Yada yada yada

Voiced by: Rina Satou, (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)

If ya want I can try and do this to Mahou Sensei Negima One to see how it looks.

edited 3rd Dec '10 7:29:47 AM by Raso

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ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
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#10: Dec 3rd 2010 at 7:45:27 AM

Sure, go for it.

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Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#11: Dec 3rd 2010 at 9:39:13 AM

Ok this is going to be a lot more work than I thought, Most of them donmt even have their voice actors arnt listed anywhere on those pages and I got to go to work... will do tonight.

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AllanAokage Since: Dec, 1969
#13: Dec 4th 2010 at 5:32:07 AM

Is the Dissidia Characters page acceptable? It uses the suggested format, but there might be some minor coding issues that might need to be clarified...

ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
#14: Dec 4th 2010 at 9:59:51 AM

I like it up towards the top like it is on the Dissidia page, but prefer the !!!!!! formatting Raso used.

Of course, that's just my opinion. :P They both are infinitely better than listing VAs as tropes.

EDIT: Wow, quite a few character sheets done already! Nice!

I'm going to try to get two or three done a day. Hopefully other editors out there will see one and adopt it themselves.

edited 4th Dec '10 12:04:19 PM by ccoa

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