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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2021-12-21 17:44:24

If the work isn't publicized, we can't trope it anywhere but Darth.

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Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2021-12-21 18:19:57

Well, if it's either private use only or not accessible to the public, it either needs to be cut or put in Darth/

Unless Daisyesque can shed some light on the situation.

BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
2021-12-21 19:12:16

Should I summon her to the thread? (I'm not entirely sure how to go about doing that.)

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Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2021-12-21 20:26:14

I mean, all you really have to ask them is where you can find the podcast. If it's public, then it's fine (for the most part). If it's not, go from there.

megagutsman (Seven Years' War)
2021-12-21 20:36:18

Well, sent them a PM. Now I am waiting for their reply.

BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
2021-12-30 03:48:00

Giving this another bump to get it back on the first page.

I admit I don't think there's too much that can be done at the moment, though the troper in question was edit warring in part (as I mentioned in the OP, they uncommented out at least one example that they had previously added - Bland-Name Product).

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Tonwen Since: Dec, 2021
2021-12-30 15:12:44

Can't help too much but I did my own digging and also came up totally blank on finding the podcast in question.

Strangely though, multiple people have made edits on the WMG page, so it MAY exist, but it's extremely obscure and the page itself contains no links to the podcast in question.

Edit: On a reanalysis

of the editors of the WMG page that are not Daisyesque.

One of them, godsquito, has only ever edited pages related to the supposed podcast.

The other two people who have edited the WMG page are Willowleaf 24 and Twiddler, who fixed an incorrect work page link and an incorrect pot hole, respectively, neither of them added new theories (only godsquito and Daisyesque have added to the page in that manner.)

So it would seem that the only people who have ever added anything to the work in its entirety and not just fixed formatting or commented out ZC Es are Daisyesque and godsquito. (Daisy did most of the main page edits, the YMMV page was godsquito's creation).

This pushes me back into the camp of "the work is not publicly accessible or may outright not exist".

Edited by Tonwen "Grandmaster Combat, son!"
megagutsman (Seven Years' War)
2021-12-30 15:56:08

Daisy hasn't replied to my PM yet, however, seeing how she only touched the Podcast itself and that's it and how she hasn't edited anything since, I think that she might simply never reply back.

I had a theory that this might have been auto-erotic editing (and either godsquito, Daisy or both created the podcast), but seeing how said podcast cannot be found anywhere, that weakens my theory.

BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
2021-12-30 16:19:45

From what I've seen on Twitter, the "podcast" is a TRPG session that a fairly small group of people played together. One or two tweets I saw mentioned a recording of it in passing, but I haven't seen it publicly uploaded anywhere.

I'll admit I'm still a bit worried about the risk of drama importation if I link any of them here, but there's one detail that I believe is important to mention at this time. The Twitter account that inadvertently pointed me to the page in question - the one which tweeted about getting into an edit war with a moderator about a work they called nonexistent - says in its bio that it's an alt account of "godsquito." Of course, this is identical to the handle of one of the two primary tropers who edit that page.

The weird thing is, the tweet in question came the same day Daisyesque reverted Tabs' changes.

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Tonwen Since: Dec, 2021
2021-12-30 16:58:17

I think it would be fair to assume the whole thing is auto-erotic editing by two people involved in the "podcast", although that's just an assumption.

I think it would be fair to move the page to darth because nobody can prove it is publicly available, although if you want to try asking those externally involved parties about its existence/a recording, I think that would not be a bad idea.

"Grandmaster Combat, son!"
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