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ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#1: May 8th 2020 at 9:46:27 PM

Not-So-Cheap Imitation is when a work derivative of another work manages to become more popular than the work it's imitating. Despite the clear YMMV nature of this page, as it deals with critical and audience reception, it is listed as Trivia. This is also the opposite of They Copied It, Now It Sucks, which is YMMV. It probably ended up being listed as Trivia because its Super-Trope, Follow the Leader, is Trivia, but that shouldn't be an issue since several now-Trivia items are listed as Sub Tropes of Follow the Leader, including They Copied It, Now It Sucks itself. A Sub-Trope doesn't have to be the same page type as its Super-Trope.

I suggest making Not-So-Cheap Imitation YMMV.

Edited by ADrago on May 8th 2020 at 12:47:18 PM

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#2: Jun 9th 2020 at 8:22:36 AM

Opening.

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#3: Jun 9th 2020 at 9:25:29 AM

Yeah, this does sound YMMV. I agree with the comparison to They Copied It, So It Sucks!.

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jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#5: Jun 9th 2020 at 1:09:19 PM

Make it YMMV.

back lol
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#6: Jun 9th 2020 at 3:55:53 PM

I know you have to make a thread in one of the "Projects: Long Term/Perpetual" threads if you want to move something to Trivia. Do you have to do the same to move something to YMMV?

Regardless, [tup] to moving to YMMV.

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#7: Jun 9th 2020 at 5:15:58 PM

[tup] YMMV; such a LTP project described [up] would be fine with me.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8: Jun 10th 2020 at 9:50:41 AM

I don't think we need to do a project. With 13 wicks that can easily be taken care of in TRS.

Make it YMMV regardless.

Edited by Synchronicity on Jun 10th 2020 at 11:50:51 AM

FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
#9: Jun 10th 2020 at 11:39:23 AM

[up] Those are very few wicks. Should we send it back to TLP?

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jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#10: Jun 10th 2020 at 11:40:28 AM

[up] There's a good amount of on-page examples, so all we need to do is some crosswicking.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jun 10th 2020 at 2:41:20 PM

back lol
ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#11: Jun 10th 2020 at 11:56:23 PM

I agree we should crosswick the on-page examples to give more wicks to Not-So-Cheap Imitation.

Edited by ADrago on Jun 10th 2020 at 2:56:27 PM

ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#12: Jun 14th 2020 at 3:51:39 PM

It's been more than three days since the thread was open, and the consensus is to make YMMV.

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ADrago Since: Dec, 2015
#14: Jun 26th 2020 at 1:41:02 PM

Bump. Should we go ahead with the move to YMMV?

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#15: Jun 26th 2020 at 1:46:29 PM

Another [tup] vote for YMMV in case.

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SeptimusHeap MOD from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#17: Jul 27th 2020 at 1:57:33 AM

Clock is set.

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Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#21: Jul 29th 2020 at 9:39:47 AM

11 for YMMV, none against.

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#22: Jul 29th 2020 at 1:01:23 PM

Yeah, this is obviously a YMMV page.

SeptimusHeap MOD from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#23: Jul 29th 2020 at 1:05:04 PM

Seems like there is consensus to turn this into a YMMV item. Make it so!

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Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#24: Jul 29th 2020 at 2:10:22 PM

Wicks are taken care of. All 12.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#25: Jul 29th 2020 at 2:17:14 PM

Seems like some Crosswicking may be warranted, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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