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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

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#17201: Apr 25th 2023 at 11:37:04 AM

[up][up] Oh whoops my bad. Forget me assuming those were alternate spellings of the same thing.

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#17202: Apr 25th 2023 at 11:39:03 AM

...why the heck is the ARG icon a piece of toast anyway?

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It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#17203: Apr 25th 2023 at 11:44:15 AM

There's an ARG called TOAST.

I mean, it's probably the best they could think of but it makes no sense if you don't know.

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we must dissent (it/they)
#17204: Apr 25th 2023 at 12:48:20 PM

Maybe when we have the opportunity to get new namespace icons we should run them through Image Picking to try to prevent that kind of Fan Myopia.

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Word Up
#17205: Apr 25th 2023 at 12:50:51 PM

I don't mind Fan Myopia for namespace images since it's not like with tropes where a bad image can lead to misrepresentation. It actually makes it funnier. Like sure, ARG is represented by toast. Fun.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
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)
#17206: Apr 25th 2023 at 12:55:22 PM

If the big guys decide to implement more namespace icons, I'd be down to draw some.

I feel like the fact that the current admins take a hands-off approach to running the site means the mods are the big guys and the admins are men behind curtains, so with that in mind, I have no control over namespace icons, such as the fact that the Theatre/ namespace's icon is attached to Theater/ despite us using the former spelling.

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They're back!
#17207: Apr 25th 2023 at 7:34:52 PM

I'm surprised that the image on Incompatible Orientation was Image Pickin-approved; it's not good.

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It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#17208: Apr 25th 2023 at 7:36:40 PM

What's wrong with it?

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Bluethorn They're back! from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
They're back!
#17209: Apr 25th 2023 at 7:38:56 PM

All I get from it is "this person is uncomfortable being kissed out of nowhere". There's no mention of orientation in there.

Edited by Bluethorn on Apr 25th 2023 at 7:39:10 AM

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#17210: Apr 25th 2023 at 7:41:15 PM

I mean, it's heavily implied; if you think it's too vague you could always make a thread for it.

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#17211: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:02:28 PM

Oh? Interesting.

Edited by Amonimus on Apr 25th 2023 at 7:14:49 PM

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#17212: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:08:57 PM

I appreciate Kory

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#17213: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:18:31 PM

I'm loving having an active coder on board. Things are finally getting done.

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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)
#17214: Apr 26th 2023 at 3:30:58 AM

I've been impressed by Kory's work so far. If I'm not mistaken, Septimus said the idea for green links for disambiguation pages dates back to the Eddie days, and Kory was able to get it implemented not long after getting hired.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#17215: Apr 26th 2023 at 4:04:16 AM

To be honest, it doesn't sound too difficult, adjusting display based on target pagetype. With the redirects, yes, I can only wish luck.

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#17216: Apr 26th 2023 at 6:47:52 AM

Forgot to say this, I thought expressing my appreciation on that ATT thread for Kory was enough, but I'll say it again. Kory's codework for adding new and long-wished-for features is greatly appreciated.


You know what's weird? We don't have drinking games for Lackadaisy, Boardwalk Empire and The Great Gatsby. They're set in the 1920s, where booze was banned and smuggled by gangsters. I wonder if it's very risky to drink with period-accurate moonshine?

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Apr 26th 2023 at 10:17:51 PM

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#17217: Apr 26th 2023 at 6:52:16 AM

Kory's work is greatly appreciated by everyone here.

It's interesting looking into the forks of TVT. It's pretty clear that these days, a lot of their "advantages" are gone now that TVT has improved much more. Only thing left is not having to worry about advertisers leaving them, which means standards are far less stricter when it comes to a certain side of things.

Edited by CardboardBot on Apr 26th 2023 at 4:52:38 PM

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
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#17218: Apr 26th 2023 at 7:25:11 AM

[up][up] You hath summoned me.

Oh, that'll be fun to see. Perhaps I could make a Drinking Game page for Gatsby as that's the one I'm most familiar with rn. But I'm not sure if Drinking Game pages are still allowed to be made.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Apr 26th 2023 at 7:25:43 AM

CG for short
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#17219: Apr 26th 2023 at 7:39:59 AM

Of course they are. I think the only criticism from the cleanup thread is when the game is made intentionally unplayable ("take a shot every time a character uses the word 'the'").

I'd like to apologize for all this.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#17220: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:16:44 AM

[up] I see. I don't have an access to a PC for a while, so I'll work on a draft on Google Docs first.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Apr 26th 2023 at 8:16:53 AM

CG for short
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🍊orange fursona🧡
#17221: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:27:36 AM

Also there were concerns about alcohol for drinking games for shows aimed at children below 6. Like Sesame Street.

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#17223: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:42:32 AM

Of course... And TV Tropes is a website that's mostly PG-13 (obviously underage drinking is wrong, but it does not consist of the group who would be convincible enough to go for this for real). I actually kind of addressed it on the DrinkingGame.The Fairly Odd Parents page (which could probably be bigger).

Edited by Piterpicher on Apr 26th 2023 at 5:45:51 PM

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#17224: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:54:25 AM

There's also the fact that TVT does allow children on it, you can probably make a drinking game about how many users said they were 12 or less when they joined.

Edited by CardboardBot on Apr 26th 2023 at 6:54:39 PM

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
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#17225: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:54:44 AM

There's also concern about making using the drinking game to bash the work. Pointing out single flaws is fine, but avoid commenting on the whole thing. DrinkingGame.The Clique has come up for being too complaining.

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