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One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM

Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#6226: May 12th 2022 at 1:42:20 PM

On the Rocks and On the Tropes. They're on the home page. Maybe some do, but I watch and listen to other stuff, for better or worse.

Edited by Piterpicher on May 12th 2022 at 10:43:09 AM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#6227: May 12th 2022 at 1:45:59 PM

Yeah, those two podcasts. I never hear anyone talk about them.

I did watch Echo Chamber. It wasn't my thing but it's nice to people create creative works based on TV Tropes related content.

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#6228: May 12th 2022 at 1:53:52 PM

Oh, I've never even noticed those podcasts mentioned, hehe... whoops.

Well, in my defense, I don't listen to podcasts period.

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FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#6229: May 12th 2022 at 2:00:48 PM

I don't listen to podcasts, they're for boomers. cool

Joking aside, I really haven't.

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Veteran Editor IV
#6230: May 12th 2022 at 2:03:49 PM

Neither do I. (Though I'm a trans baby boomer born in Gen Z.wink) Really more into YT vids, where TVT doesn't have much of a presence.

Edited by Piterpicher on May 15th 2022 at 10:32:20 AM

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KaabiiFan13 Since: Apr, 2022
#6231: May 12th 2022 at 5:25:18 PM

Recently read through the past couple of pages in this thread; this Fast Eddie guy sounds... disagreeable, at the very least. Kind of makes me glad I discovered the site after he left...

Though back on the current topic, I don't really listen to podcasts in general, but they do sound interesting. I mainly see them as modernized radio shows.

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#6232: May 12th 2022 at 5:35:33 PM

If it were on youtube I'd listen to it, I like having stuff left open in the background while I do something else.

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#6233: May 12th 2022 at 7:36:03 PM

I noticed that the game that the page image for Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds comes from doesn’t actually have a page on this site, though it is mentioned on the trope’s Visual Novel page.

Edited by GenericGuy2000 on May 12th 2022 at 10:36:34 AM

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#6235: May 12th 2022 at 7:50:58 PM

[up]I see. I’m not very knowledgeable in general when it comes to image picking so thanks for pointing this out.

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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#6236: May 12th 2022 at 8:07:48 PM

Cases like that, you can almost always see something to the effect of "scrungus's adventures in hell was removed for failing the P5 standards, do not pothole it" in the page source.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
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#6237: May 12th 2022 at 9:34:49 PM

My. What an... interesting example you've come up with.

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#6238: May 12th 2022 at 9:49:15 PM

[up][up]I sometimes check the source on those pages and looking up the work either on Google or in the Content Policy forum to see why it can't be here. (And usually not touching the work after that...)

Some of them seem fairly innocent without context (Drives Like Crazy, Backup Twin, etc.) but then you have ones like World of Buxom and She Is All Grown Up where you can kind of... guess the vibe.

And then there's the ones like Class Representative where it seems like a pretty normal picture, then you check the page for the source and it's a hilariously on-the-nose cringe title like After School Sex Slave Club.

Edited by mightymewtron on May 12th 2022 at 12:49:42 PM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
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#6239: May 12th 2022 at 11:24:50 PM

If it weren't for the Image Source pages, I'd think that the images for Student Council President and Absurdly Powerful Student Council came from the same work.

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#6240: May 13th 2022 at 4:55:37 AM

[up][up]...honestly, the Drives Like Crazy image weirds me out now in how utterly non-questionable it is. It's kind of surreal that a little chibi cartoon like that apparently originates from a pornographic work.

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#6241: May 13th 2022 at 6:03:25 AM

[up][up] SNIP per [down]

World of Buxom [...] where you can kind of... guess the vibe.

After watching a couple of anime-themed YouTubers' episodes about Eiken, it's actually not as bad as it seems in terms of content; it's just a visual gag taken to severely cringey levels with crude ecchi humor slathered on like dollar store peanut butter.

[down] Edited Student Council President to note the short's title in the tag for consistency's sake.

Edited by Willbyr on May 13th 2022 at 8:10:04 AM

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#6243: May 13th 2022 at 8:38:38 AM

Out of the two tropes I launched, Royal Bastard has more wicks yet Historical Domain Superperson has more edits. How does that happen? I'm not complaining but from what I seen, more wicks usually means more edits, so this is quite weird.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#6244: May 13th 2022 at 8:43:30 AM

From the sound of it one seems to be a way more common concept than the other. Also people not crosswicking perhaps.

Edited by Amonimus on May 13th 2022 at 6:43:54 PM

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Player 222
#6245: May 13th 2022 at 8:51:56 AM

[up] I mean I figured that Royal Bastard would have the higher wick as it managed to reach the 100 mark when I was crosswicking it on its launch date. But even with people not crosswicking their examples on the trope page, I don't think it's the sole reason. 60+ edits and around 21 edits are kinda a big gap.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on May 13th 2022 at 8:52:11 AM

CG for short
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It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#6246: May 13th 2022 at 12:29:01 PM

I've noticed a trend with TRS crowners, where because these threads are more advertised now than ever, we get a massive influx of votes, but a lot of people vote for things that protect the current state of the trope as much as possible even if the problem is much more complex than that. I'm not shaming anyone for not wanting to just start swinging their axe at things, but it does hurt my heart a little when it's obvious the majority of voters didn't read the actual thread or even look at the OP before voting.

It's impossible to make sure every thread voter is also informed of the whole situation, but damn I wish there was a way to make it possible.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#6247: May 13th 2022 at 12:32:01 PM

Not without something absurd like hiding a crowner behind a quiz.

Just another "average tropers don't read" thing.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#6248: May 13th 2022 at 12:33:21 PM

Make it so you can only post in the polls if you've posted in the topic at least once

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It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#6249: May 13th 2022 at 12:37:18 PM

That would work for TRS and IP crowners, but not so much for, say, TLP crowners which can only be made on this thread now.

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Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#6250: May 13th 2022 at 1:25:54 PM

It would be nice if there were a way to search for threads by title that actually works.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.

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