Hrm. Well, in the meantime, I'm going to get more wicks to prove misuse just in case.
Next 25:
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Misuse, despite the Invoked tag. It's invoking someone who looks down on a different sport, which isn't this trope.
- Battlefield Heroes: Seems to actually be referring to Scrub. Not sure, though. I'm calling it neutral unless someone can figure that out.
- Ben Drowned: Misuse. People saying "guys the ARG isn't real" has nothing to do with the trope.
- Big Brother: It's not referring to a video game, but otherwise the context is similar (people criticizing the way people are playing the game, saying that they're doing it wrong). Still technically misuse, though (especially since they're criticizing the way they're playing because they don't think it's as effective).
- Big Brother 11: Presumably the same thing, though it's on a character page and not YMMV.
- Big Brother 13: Ditto.
- Billy vs. SNAKEMAN: Correct.
- WMG/Bioshock: Correct
- Black Adventures: Correct
- Bloody Roar: Misuse for someone not liking the game.
- Blue Hour: Misuse for... honestly I don't know. Just definitely wrong, though.
- Bob Chipman: Misuse for people who are Complaining About Consoles They Don't Like.
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Misuse for the same.
- Body-Count Competition: Close enough.
- Book Burning: Misuse for party pooper.
- Brawl in the Family: A Correct invocation!
- Bridge In The Menagerie: No real context. Probably correct given the work.
- Tabletop Game/Brikwars: Misused for Serious Business.
- Brütal Legend: Misuse. Not sure exactly what it's about, but it's not about gaming.
- Characters/Canimals: Misuse for a party pooper.
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood: Misuse for making fun of someone for using a specific character because they're girly, not because their ineffective (or because she's [[Scrub too effective. Either way, misuse).
- Character Tiers: Correct
- Cheat Code: Correct
- YMMV/Chuggaaconroy: Misuse. He thinks people should play like him even if it's not the most effective way.
- Company of Heroes: Misuse for someone who wants others to take something seriously.
7 correct. 1 probably correct. 16 wrong. One unclear.
So that puts us at:
15 correct, 3 probably correct, 28 wrong, 2 probably wrong, 2 unclear.
At least ZC Es haven't really been an issue. I feel like some of the inbounds have to be from XKCD's popularity... which is weird since the comic the name comes from is Not An Example. Thus contributing to the misuse to boot.
edited 26th Nov '13 11:57:57 AM by Larkmarn
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Yeah, unclear title and clear evidence of misuse. Also, description could use a little clarifying: another interpretation is that it's a militant, elitist min-maxer who insists that his way to play is the only way to play.
edited 26th Nov '13 7:17:35 PM by StarSword
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Then shouldn't we expand the definition to allow such examples?
The thing is, the way it's currently misused, it's often a decent character trope. The misuse of "character is bitter his friends are having fun, but the wrong way" isn't a YMMV item since it's not an Audience Reaction.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Then make this trope more Exactly What It Says on the Tin, take it out of YMMV and make it a character trope, and start a new YMMV item for the current definition with a new name?
How about turning "Stop Having Fun" Guys into a Disambiguation between a new page for a character who is a wet blanket and the current definition, which is about competitive gaming.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.I say it depends on the externals:
- If the majority favor the "wet blanket" mode, move the "gamer" examples.
- If the majority favor the "gamer" mode, move the "wet blanket" examples.
- If both combine for an overwhelming majority but neither is the clear winner, then disambig.
- And if the plurality is neither, then we need to create new tropes and lock this one.
To me, the "wet blanket" definition ("We shouldn't do this, it's against the law/someone will get hurt/I don't wanna!") is different from the "gamer" definition ("Do it right/competitively or don't do it at all!")
They're both against Fun for Fun's sake, but from different standpoints. So from what I see, there's two Tropes here, not one narrowly-defined one.
It's two different ways of being a wet blanket. There's no need to waste the manpower it would take to comb through and move hundreds of wicks when it's close enough to Lump.
@Troacctid: By that definition we might as well lump in Scrub as well, because that guy's being a wet blanket about everyone else being too good.
They're sister tropes. Similar connotation, totally different ways to get there.
edited 16th Feb '14 2:53:38 PM by StarSword
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This gets chronically misused as someone who's a wet blanket or a killjoy around his friends, trying to get them to stop doing something wild. I also see it used for people who just criticize people for liking certain works. Oddly enough, I can't find a perfect trope for this (closest I can find is Grumpy Bear or Only Sane Man, but that doesn't seem to be quite the same).
In actuality, it's about a Gamer who doesn't play games to have fun, but to win and thinks anyone who doesn't do the same is a noob and "playing it wrong."
First 25 out of 662 wicks:
First 25 wicks: 8 correct, 2 correct-ish, 12 wrong, 2-wrong-ish. One no context.
Not to mention the punctuation in the title makes no sense. It should be either "Stop Having Fun, Guys!" or "'Stop Having Fun!' Guy."
I think at the very least, the definition could be expanded to video game players who insist that there's a "right" way to play, even if it's not the best. The Ascended Glitch example seems like it has the right spirit, but it is still technically misuse.
edited 26th Nov '13 10:25:14 AM by Larkmarn
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