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Deadlock Clock: Aug 29th 2011 at 11:59:00 PM
neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#1: Mar 27th 2011 at 7:03:16 AM

Since people in the High Octane Nightmare Fuel thread were suggesting to have a thread per subsection rather than one for all of them, I figured I would start separate threads for a few of the subsections.

Anyway, yes I am the user who put up the Ecco one in the first place, despite that Ecco had its own section, but at the time I figured that it was such a clear case of High Octane Nightmare Fuel that it was worth it. However, in the HONF main thread, some have expressed doubts that it was even that scary to begin with: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1294842216073477100&page=5#116

In any case, here are some suggestions for alternatives from the HONF main page: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1294842216073477100&page=6#126

Of those suggestions, I would be partial to Alone In The Dark.

EDIT: By the way, look at the HONF page images for Pans Labyrinth, The Legend Of Zelda, or Web Animation, and a pattern seems apparent that unconventional, unique HONF tends to be more impactful, or at least make for a better image.

edited 27th Mar '11 7:36:31 AM by neoYTPism

magnum12 Since: Aug, 2009
#2: Mar 27th 2011 at 11:21:19 PM

For the Metroid Page, we have this little treat.

[1]

Reason: Infamy. Probably the most triumphant example in the series.

As for Mega Man, this.

[2]

Since Mega Man has its own page, we can assume that any pic candidates are something you would have to be a fan in order to comprehend the horror. As for non-fans, I'm sure the lighting giving Omega a demonic looking (evil glowing eyes, helmet looking like horns, general murderous blood thirsty expression) appearance should give the general idea. Omega fits as one of the rare examples of Fridge Horror turning into full blown HONF.

Context: Through either people he has personally slaughtered or driven to Ax-Crazy blood lust via his Hate Plague powers (he's so blood thirsty and psychotic that he can turn other normally sane Reploids into murderous psychopaths), he killed 75% of all sentient life on the planet (60% of humans and 90% of reploids). Where the Fridge Horror comes in is that Omega is EXACTLY what Dr. Wily intended the original Zero to be (and in fact he was indeed an Ax-Crazy, blood thirsty Robotic Psycho Path before Sigma cleansed him). As a result, the ensuing fight is symbolic of Zero confronting his personal demons.

dontcallmewave Brony? Moi? surely you jest! from My home Since: Nov, 2013
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#3: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:28:08 PM

this one looks good to me

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nuclearneo Nuclearneo577's puppet from Not my main computer. Since: Feb, 2011
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#4: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:29:46 PM

[up]Not from a video game.

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#5: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:30:13 PM

where is it from, then?

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#7: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:40:34 PM

D'OH! posted the wrong link! here, lets try again!

edited 1st Apr '11 12:40:54 PM by dontcallmewave

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Zikiel Since: Feb, 2010
#8: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:41:56 PM

[up] From a webcomic. It's already on Monster Clown anyway.

Of the ones suggested so far, Alone in the Dark, from the previous thread.

Edit: ..ah, that was an odd coincidence. Still.

edited 1st Apr '11 12:44:06 PM by Zikiel

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#9: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:43:41 PM

I'm pretty sure my second try was to the right link.

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Zikiel Since: Feb, 2010
#10: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:44:52 PM

I went looking for images while writing my post, so it ended up getting ninjaed. The second one is correct.

dontcallmewave Brony? Moi? surely you jest! from My home Since: Nov, 2013
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#11: Apr 1st 2011 at 12:47:41 PM

so it seems that we all agree on the picture, right?

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#12: Apr 14th 2011 at 4:26:05 PM

Bumping this along with the other HONF threads that I let slip.

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#13: May 18th 2011 at 2:00:16 PM

Bumping again after weeks untouched. (Was reminded of my series of High Octane Nightmare Fuel threads by the recent Star Wars one.)

On a sidenote, here is another suggestion; the character-select skeleton from Golden Axe.


some caption text

sirnoob Smárling Lendrmaðsson Since: Jan, 2011
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#14: May 18th 2011 at 6:33:06 PM

[@magnum12]: Omega could work as an image.

"badass" doesn't anything in after used end fail be fine.
dontcallmewave Brony? Moi? surely you jest! from My home Since: Nov, 2013
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#15: May 18th 2011 at 6:40:03 PM

I think the alone in the dark pic is good.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#16: May 19th 2011 at 11:47:02 AM

For what it's worth, here's the Alone In The Dark one resized and cropped to within the TV Tropes width limit.


some caption text

One problem with the image (though it isn't necessarily a bad thing) is the logo in the bottom-left corner. Should we look for a version without the logo, or is the current one good enough?

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#17: May 19th 2011 at 1:23:09 PM

I'd say it's good enough. The logo is practically invisible.

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neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#18: May 19th 2011 at 1:58:01 PM

I put it up, then. No caption idea came to mind though, so I figured I would leave it captionless.

As for the Metroid section... meh, that image looks crudely drawn. Perhaps we could find an actual screenshot of that character?

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#19: May 22nd 2011 at 4:37:39 PM

Actually, should this be the thread for discussing the page images of subsections of video games, or should that be for other threads?

Naysayer child of a dark lexicon Since: Aug, 2010
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#20: Jun 3rd 2011 at 6:30:52 AM

I think the picture of Giygas we had before was better. He's pretty much the iconic scary video game enemy.

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crazydrman Since: May, 2011
#21: Jun 3rd 2011 at 10:54:08 PM

I think we should use a different picture instead for the main page, cause the current picture is just...eh in my opinion.

edited 3rd Jun '11 11:01:11 PM by crazydrman

neoYTPism Since: May, 2010
#22: Jun 5th 2011 at 6:21:29 PM

Main page as in main video game HONF page, or main page as in main HONF page altogether?

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#23: Jun 5th 2011 at 6:46:34 PM

I just asked that the main page's IP thread be locked (which it was), so this is probably still for the video game page.

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#24: Jun 5th 2011 at 6:49:32 PM

Don't see anything wrong with the current image, bit I think a crowner should be made, just to be sure.

He who fights bronies should see to itthat he himself does not become a brony. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, Pinkie Pie gazes Also
crazydrman Since: May, 2011
#25: Jun 6th 2011 at 11:44:22 PM

Main video game HONF page BTW

26th Aug '11 3:42:52 AM

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