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SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-04-15 14:33:03

It's indexed under Video Game Genres. And in fact, a genre is a trope.

However, tropes are only to be listed on works that actually exhibit the trope.

So if you see Game Mod on the page for a work that is a Game Mod, it's legit. If you see it on the page for a work that has a Game Mod, nuke it on sight.

i.e., if you go to The Legend Of Zelda and see "Game Mod: Title X is a mod that turns the game into a Space Opera," nuke it.

If you go to the page for Title X and see "Game Mod: This game is mod of The Legend Of Zelda that turns it into a Space Opera," that's legit.

It's similar to how you don't put Shout-Out on a work that is being shouted at (that's what the Referenced by… trivia is for), you put it on the page for the work that is doing the shouting.

Edited by SolipSchism
bwburke94 (Y2: Electric Boogaloo)
2015-04-16 02:04:01

The same thing applies for Let's Play (even creator-made LPs), in case you're wondering.

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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
2015-04-16 08:19:47

Generally speaking, Game Mod is one of those self-evident category tropes that goes above the line, in the article's description. There is no need to list it discretely in the examples.

Edited by Fighteer "It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-04-16 09:13:47

^ Actually, that makes way more sense, IMO.

Edited by SolipSchism
mlsmithca (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-05-13 22:32:27

Sorry for dredging up a month-old ATT thread, but relevant to this, should the genre of a work (be it a film, book, television series, video game, whatever) be listed as a trope in its trope list? I've been deleting genres-as-trope-entries where I find them, but for all I know I'm enforcing a rule that only exists in my head.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-05-14 01:30:16

Questionable. That information belongs in the description, not the example list.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-05-14 09:36:32

^ This is the response I usually see, and it makes sense. Genre and Medium and overarching defines-the-entire-work stuff like that (not to mention the fact that such things would have really, really generic and repetitive example context) should be mentioned, but in the description, not in the example list.

TheNerfGuy Since: Mar, 2011
2015-05-14 11:33:40

So, going by this query, can I assume that this also goes for all other game genres, such as Party Game, Role-Playing Game, First-Person Shooter, etc?

SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-05-14 11:34:38

^ All genres. Game genres, film genres, the works.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2015-05-14 13:24:02

Think of the work description line as the ultimate example of the work, and information on what defines that work. A synopsis/summary/plot belongs in the Recap namespace. The description gives what the work is, and the recap is "what happens" in the work.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-05-15 10:12:59

^ You know, I never thought of it that way. I like that explanation. I'mma remember that.

mlsmithca (Edited uphill both ways)
2015-05-15 11:05:29

The recap and the trope list alike are "what happens" in the work, I suppose. (While YMMV pages are "what people thought" and Trivia pages are "what happened behind the scenes".) It is a good way to think of it, I agree. Anyway, thanks to all for clearing the lingering uncertainty on my end.

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