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Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Oct 26th 2020 at 7:07:14 AM

The image shows Artificial Stupidity and/or Leeroy Jenkins, which are different tropes. Nothing about the image shows that either stick figure is escorting the other. A possible example, or maybe that.

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#3: Oct 26th 2020 at 9:55:16 AM

I think a non-parody image of an actual escort mission would work. Maybe this from Paper Mario: Sticker Star?

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#4: Oct 26th 2020 at 10:06:48 AM

1.1 is basically just a wordier version of the current. 1.2 isn't an Escort Mission, if anything that would fit on a Herding Mission page, but we don't seem to have a trope for that yet.

3 is the best out of the suggestions, but I have no real problem with the current.

Edited by Primis on Oct 26th 2020 at 10:09:26 AM

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#6: Oct 26th 2020 at 12:45:12 PM

[tup] 3. Aside from the issues with the others that have already been discussed, I'd prefer a more neutral pic that doesn't carry the connotation of Artificial Stupidity being inherent to the trope. Tropes Are Tools and all that.

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#7: Oct 26th 2020 at 12:58:35 PM

[up] That's fair, however, I feel it's worth mentioning that the vast majority of Escort Missions do have Artificial Stupidity in play. There's a reason they're so derided and you don't see them as often these days, and I feel a pic illustrating that is harmless.

If we do go with 3, it needs a quality upgrade.

Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#8: Oct 26th 2020 at 1:06:40 PM

[up] I don't think that the majority of escort missions have stupid AI. I think that the escort missions people most talk about have stupid AI, because there's just not much to talk about if an escort mission just works.

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#9: Oct 26th 2020 at 6:42:26 PM

Yeah, I think we shouldn't be trying to portray a trope negatively. Even if it has a bad reputation, that doesn't mean it can never be done well.

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#10: Oct 26th 2020 at 7:33:19 PM

Maybe move the current to Artificial Stupidity, which is imageless?

Edited by rjd1922 on Oct 26th 2020 at 9:34:05 AM

Keet cleanup
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#13: Nov 2nd 2020 at 10:37:15 AM

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#15: Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:21:46 PM

[tup] for moving.

Kappaclystica Since: Jan, 2019
#16: Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:29:20 PM

[tup] For moving. 7 people including 2 mods is def enough concensus for me. I've moved the image and tagged both pages.

Former Image (for Escort Mission):

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Escort_Mission_Unmark_9561.PNG

Edited by Kappaclystica on Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:29:34 PM

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#17: Nov 2nd 2020 at 6:35:40 PM

Good deal, thanks. [tup] Locking up.

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