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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

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#8426: Aug 4th 2022 at 5:52:42 PM

That might be more descriptive nowadays, but as a preexisting phrase with 100k inbounds, it's very unlikely to be changed. tongue (Good alt title, though)

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8427: Aug 4th 2022 at 5:54:46 PM

the NE Shard would be a good name for a MacGuffin.

CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8428: Aug 4th 2022 at 6:35:15 PM

Be thankful the trope isn't (re)named "Dark Souls Hard". tongue

But yeah, the name Nintendo Hard is heavily inaccurate nowadays now that Nintendo shifted away from their arcade and NES difficulty standards, but truth be told, I think the name still holds up because it's going to be difficult finding something that can even top that while still remain relevant. Just don't go for the "Dark Souls" option mentioned above.

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I <3 Zinnia
#8429: Aug 4th 2022 at 6:48:16 PM

Maybe Elden Ring will stay relevant. People are meming on it hard enough.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8430: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:16:02 PM

Speaking of RL Troping, ever find it weird that writers and youtubers have Trope Pantheon entries?

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#8431: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:18:26 PM

Eh, not personally, it's all just one big silly crossover and I don't think it's any different from parodying an actor on TV.

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8432: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:19:31 PM

it's kinda like shipping real life people. i find it distasteful, but as long as it doesn't cross into Fan Dumb, it's not actually doing any harm.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8433: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:20:56 PM

I was already aware that Nintendo Hard referred to the NES and not Nintendo consoles/games in general, though that could be because I'm a '90s kid who played the NES and SNES quite a bit growing up.

And either way, I don't think it needs to be renamed.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 9:22:10 AM

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#8434: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:21:22 PM

I mean, if they were actually being treated disrespectfully that's one thing, but saying that Gary Gygax is the god of Tabletop Games isn't creepy or disrespectful at all, it's just fans giving creators they like places of honor.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 4th 2022 at 10:23:45 AM

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8435: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:27:15 PM

[up]i just personally find it in poor taste to treat real people with desires and feelings and opinions as if they were fictional characters in any capacity. just my opinion, i wouldn't try to stop people from doing it unless aforementioned Fan Dumb occurs.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#8436: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:30:08 PM

I get it. Personally like I said, I see it more akin to an actor being parodied on, say, SNL or South Park where it's like... clearly not the actual person anymore and just a fictionalized exaggeration of them. But that's my take.

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#8437: Aug 4th 2022 at 7:46:03 PM

To be fair, some of the YouTubers are already playing characters.

Edited by BackSet1 on Aug 4th 2022 at 10:46:44 AM

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8438: Aug 4th 2022 at 8:32:09 PM

i know the odds of this are pretty gosh darn slim, but i wonder: those of us who work on improving and maintaining the wiki often lament that communications are split between so many different areas. if ATT was converted into a forum (really, i can't think of a good reason why it's not one), would some of these problems be solved?

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#8439: Aug 4th 2022 at 8:37:06 PM

If anything I think it would just make it harder since only a fraction of people use the forums and only a fraction of those people use the workshop forums... which ATT would def be part of.

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#8440: Aug 4th 2022 at 8:53:10 PM

Yeah, ATT I think ATT is fine where it is. Not everyone is interested in the forums and it's a convenient way to get reports from all sectors of the site. Also, we do private queries in ATT for security stuff and certain situations.

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8441: Aug 4th 2022 at 9:08:58 PM

ideally the users of the old ATT would migrate to the new forum and spread out from there, but im really just spitballing, im not seriously suggesting anything.

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Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles
#8442: Aug 4th 2022 at 9:27:38 PM

Is it just me or is the big header not that different from the medium header?

For example, this is the biggest one, with !.

This is the medium header, with two !!.

And this is the smallest one, with three !!!.

It just seems there's a big jump between the second and the third.

Edited by good-morning on Aug 4th 2022 at 1:29:02 PM

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Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#8443: Aug 4th 2022 at 9:39:45 PM

Really? I would say the second and the third are more similar. On mobile, anyway.

Edited by Walkinshadows on Aug 4th 2022 at 12:41:47 PM

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#8444: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:03:57 PM

^ Same here. I can tell the difference between all three on the computer.

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#8445: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:31:35 PM

[up][up][up]Okay, all three looked different on my computer, but now I’m on my phone and indeed the first and second ones look the same.

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#8446: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:32:22 PM

Yeah, on computer they're all very different.

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#8447: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:33:19 PM

I'm looking on a tablet at the moment, and they all seem reasonably different.

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8448: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:41:59 PM

Really? I would say the second and the third are more similar. On mobile, anyway.

I'm on a laptop and I got the same result.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 12:43:33 PM

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#8449: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:43:21 PM

I just moved from my tablet to my laptop and they seem reasonably different. The last one stands out from the other two because it's not bolded though.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8450: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:44:03 PM

I agree that the lack of bold text on the smallest is noticeable.

My screen is a little over 17" with 1920x1080 resolution, if that matters.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 12:45:51 PM

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