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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

Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#22126: Jan 12th 2025 at 10:59:41 AM

There seem to be a lot of Paper Mario and Bug Fables fans on Forum Games all of a sudden. (admittedly, I say "all of a sudden" because I've been on hiatus)

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#22127: Jan 12th 2025 at 8:10:46 PM

Sometimes I wonder if tropes like Author Appeal (which I've been wanting to do something about for a while because we really shouldn't be speculating about real people's fetishes IMO) would be allowed on the wiki if they were created today.

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#22128: Jan 12th 2025 at 8:27:27 PM

[up] I think that trope shouldnt allow speculation, it should have to have AT LEAST Word of God.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#22129: Jan 12th 2025 at 10:08:39 PM

I wonder why some of the URLs of our subforums (specifically, the parts after (“https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/conversations.php?topic=”) are just a bunch of numbers and/or letters (for example, Wiki Talk is “0000000000000000000000f3” and Western Animation is “00000000000000000000005c”) while others are actually meaningful (like how Image Pickin’ is “images” and Fan Fiction is “fanfic”.

Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#22130: Jan 12th 2025 at 10:35:36 PM

Maybe they were made in a later era, where the coding was less sensical.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
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)
#22131: Jan 13th 2025 at 3:02:28 AM

I'm guessing the ones with names that aren't strings of random characters are newer, since the two newest additions, Content Violations Morgue and FAQs Morgue, have URLs that simply contain their names.

I got a rock for Halloween.
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#22132: Jan 13th 2025 at 3:43:25 AM

I would really like to play the Draco in Leather Pants Game and Ron the Death Eater Game more, but they're really hard to play when you don't know the character, which I seemingly never do. I guess I could read their character page, but I feel like it's not the same thing.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
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)
#22133: Jan 13th 2025 at 8:22:00 PM

Part of what burned me out on Forum Games in general was the reliance on character and avatar based games, mostly because I felt like a lot of the works being discussed were out of my wheelhouse while the works I like to discuss are more niche, so I was never really compatible with it. So I get you.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#22134: Jan 13th 2025 at 9:05:24 PM

[up][up] It goes either way, really. If you were expecting a more detailed outline for the character you mentioned and you get a single sentence that, while accurately describing the character, doesn't really say much else, that's just kinda disappointing.

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
AnotherOnlinePersona Killed by Chills from Harlequin Forest Since: Dec, 2022
Killed by Chills
#22135: Jan 13th 2025 at 9:09:55 PM

[up][up]I probably feel the same way. I'm relatively active in forum games but still have yet to get involved in the many avatar threads despite having made my first avatar for the site a couple of weeks ago, as my avatar is not meant to be any particular character.

I tend to feel out of place due to the heavy emphasis on anime/manga, fanfiction, and video games (plus web content and 21st century kids' cartoons to slightly lesser extents). My time for TV/movies has been limited in recent years (not helped that I tend to waste an unholy amount of time on this site instead of studying), which is one of the main reasons why I focus mainly on music.

So far I have launched a grand total of three non-music work pages: a music-based fanfic I wrote many years back, a collection of assorted tropable commercials I could find on YouTube, and one of the books I was reading for class at the time. I have every intention of bringing more Troper Works to the site when they're properly published, including the first part of a serialized novel I've had in Development Hell for years, though it may still take a while before anything sees the light of day.

HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#22136: Jan 14th 2025 at 12:43:38 AM

[up] I have the same issue. The avatar I use is from The Brittas Empire, which no one is really aware of, so that makes avatar games difficult for me.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#22137: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:01:57 AM

Observation: the Edit Banned thread is quite quiet lately. Must not be a lot of suspensions lately — good.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#22138: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:20:46 AM

[up] I would hesitate to even speculate on that.

Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#22139: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:32:02 AM

I am scared to click on the thread "10000 Monkey Genocide" and find out what it is.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#22140: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:34:02 AM

those poor monkeys

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#22141: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:41:58 AM

Okay, I clicked it and it's... what you'd expect.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#22142: Jan 14th 2025 at 7:45:32 AM

Those monkeys have been jumping on the bed for too long.

Your melody still remains in this room and it rings
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#22143: Jan 14th 2025 at 8:10:06 AM

Did one of them write “It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times”? ;P

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
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)
#22144: Jan 14th 2025 at 3:24:11 PM

Observation: the Edit Banned thread is quite quiet lately. Must not be a lot of suspensions lately — good.

While I haven't kept track of Ask The Tropers for a while, you might be right. While I initially wondered if the reason mod discussion of Edit banned had slowed down because of the holiday season (which it possibly did), the fact that it's still been relatively slow-paced almost two weeks later might just be a result of there being less to discuss.

I would hesitate to even speculate on that.

As stated in this thread's header, discussion of Edit Banned isn't a banned subject on its own. Only discussion of specific suspension/ban cases (not just ones that went through Edit Banned, but the ones that do are the most visible to the general public) is forbidden, but that's not what was done here.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 14th 2025 at 5:24:38 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
ReginaldOgron5 Est Ut Squimplex Ut from Two blocks down from the Undead Burg Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: I want you to want me
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#22147: Jan 15th 2025 at 5:11:29 AM

Apparently my TRS thread for The Problem with Licensed Games is officially my 80th TRS thread!

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#22148: Jan 15th 2025 at 10:56:48 AM

I just noticed on the phone browser version of TV Tropes, the “post” button for when you make a post is highlighted.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
animuacid The girl of the window from Astyr residence in Lilysthia's grounds Since: Jan, 2024 Relationship Status: I love you for psychological reasons
The girl of the window
#22149: Jan 15th 2025 at 11:04:35 AM

[up][up] Now I wonder who's the person with the most TRS threads ever. Or a Top 5.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#22150: Jan 15th 2025 at 12:21:56 PM

TIL (via a TRS admin announcement) we have almost 50,000 tropes. Always wondered what the number was.

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