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CryptidProductions Since: Mar, 2019
#1: May 22nd 2019 at 1:20:35 PM

It's a really tiny image of what I think is a dialog path flowchart in a VN that isn't even in English. Not really something legible that clearly demonstrates the trope.

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#2: May 22nd 2019 at 1:36:54 PM

Yeah, that's entirely reliant on the caption for context...we may not be able to get away from this, but we can do better than the current for sure.

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#3: May 22nd 2019 at 2:02:43 PM

I'm going to put in a weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested. It's not a very good image, but it meets the bare minimum for describing a trope.

CryptidProductions Since: Mar, 2019
#4: May 22nd 2019 at 2:12:01 PM

[up]I'm going to have to challenge that because it doesn't really illustrate at all without the context in the caption that's is a story progression flowchart for dialog choices. The fact all the choices and buttons are Japanese and this the English-language wiki makes it even more obtuse.

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#5: May 22nd 2019 at 2:22:25 PM

I'd say pull.

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#6: May 22nd 2019 at 2:28:57 PM

Weak Keep Until Better Image Suggested; the Image Suggestion crowner voted in favor of it.

EDIT: Huh, I thought I remember seeing it on a recent Image Suggestion crowner, but according to the history it was actually added in 2015. It would look better at the native DS resolution (256px), and I don't think the bottom screen is necessary. Anyone have other suggestions?

Edited by rjd1922 on May 22nd 2019 at 4:38:17 AM

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#8: May 22nd 2019 at 2:34:07 PM

Yeah, I... don't really get it or care for it. Pull.

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CryptidProductions Since: Mar, 2019
#9: May 22nd 2019 at 3:00:31 PM

What about a screenshot of a game like the Resident Evil 2 remake offering you a switch to easy mode after several deaths in a row? That one actually lists the anti-frustration features it has like easier enemies and auto-aim right in the dialog.

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#10: May 22nd 2019 at 8:54:58 PM

Pull. At least replace it with a screenshot from an English translation, if one exists.

Edited by GastonRabbit on May 22nd 2019 at 10:56:18 AM

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#11: May 22nd 2019 at 9:46:17 PM

[up]There is no English translation, and I don't think the bottom screen adds anything anyway.

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#12: May 22nd 2019 at 10:02:28 PM

Outside of the aforementioned problems, the image is also very difficult to parse on mobile due to the small size.

Pull it.

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#14: May 23rd 2019 at 1:36:12 AM

Let's see how this looks...

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anti_frustration_arrow_cut_8.png
"After getting stuck and swimming across boiling hot lava back to the beginning of the maze several times, it occurs to you that you could shortcut this whole stupid sonofabitch by simply swimming to the goal."

Uncut, unedited picture:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anti_frustration_3.PNG

(after the fact) mmm, kind of small.

Edited by Inediblecake on May 23rd 2019 at 7:59:06 AM

CryptidProductions Since: Mar, 2019
#15: May 23rd 2019 at 4:12:30 PM

It's still an improvement over the current because the "skip this stupid bastard maze" button is pretty self-explanatory.

Edited by CryptidProductions on May 23rd 2019 at 4:14:02 AM

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Albert3105 Since: Jun, 2013
#17: May 23rd 2019 at 7:35:43 PM

[tup] 14.1 until better image suggested.

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#19: May 24th 2019 at 12:04:18 AM

[up]

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#21: May 24th 2019 at 7:17:06 AM

14.1 works fine. It's in and tagged...are we good with the suggested caption?

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hayarigami_2_ds_screen.jpg
A path flowchart system in Hayarigami 2. Very handy for a visual novel game.note 

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#22: May 24th 2019 at 7:22:55 AM

I'm fine with it.

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#24: May 24th 2019 at 12:58:49 PM

It works for me, too. It's added and tagged; locking up.

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