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The one example that got my attention was Shock and Awe. That trope is supposed be about lightning and electricity-based powers, not describing awesome things performed by the player. The rest, I don't even. This editor needs a tap by the mods for sure.
Good lord, I'm almost for nuking the page and starting over. There are very few legitimate examples in there.
"Some female human players are hot and below the age of 20"
Um, ew.
Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Please alert them to their mistakes ASAP.
We have ZCE notifier, murky example notifier, would a Stub page notifier be valid here?
I don't know if a multitude of notifiers would be enough, in this case. It might be better for the mods to step in.
That Little Miss Badass one is way over the line.
We'll see what they have to say.
If you're going to rewrite this; I'm jumping in to say Easy Logistics doesn't really work that way. It might if you could build several thousand units and have them take over several regions and move them elsewhere in one turn. But as it is now, it looks like someone has failed to do the some research.
But the Zerg Rush can be legit, depending on the context.
Answer no master, never the slave Carry your dreams down into the grave Every heart, like every soul, equal to break
A new TLP about 'Player Invoked' tropes reminded me of this, and while looking back at it I noticed that a troper by the name of Age Of Conquest has added a lot of similar "This trope might apply if players do/are certain things" examples back to the page. Another cleanup might be in order.
Ok, so this is a bumped query that was posted in October, but that page VideoGame.Age Of Conquest is horrible.
Are there any valid examples? The real people, players of the game, are treated as if they were characters, even though some of it was cleaned up.
Others are just plain misuse — e.g. Lady of War: Female player who defeats others. — Um, that is not what a Lady of War is. At all.
I'd support the cut and starting over, like Arctimon suggested.
^I'm pretty sure the websites cleanup thread cut pages for sites that were troping users instead of the content, so I'm assuming the same applies to players of video games.
Edit: I agree with the above that starting from scratch would be a good idea, due to the page's current state.
Edited by GastonRabbit Patiently awaiting the release of Paper Luigi and the Marvelous Compass.
Popping back in to say that there are way too many examples on that page that are either zero context, or are just plain bad.
It also looks like the original person was just looking on every single trope page for stuff that would maybe kinda sort of fit, which annoys me to no end.
I also don't know anything about Ao C, so if someone who is more knowledgeable about it can salvage something on there, be my guess. Otherwise, I'm still for burning it to the ground.
EDIT: It's also worth noting that this new account is adding tropes very similarly to Co Ro, who (AFAIK) never appealed their suspension back in August. Possible the same person?
Edited by Arctimon
Yeah, that looks like a ban-evade. I've cut the page and bounced both CoRo and AgeOfConquest.
The problematic editor is CoRo
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He/She created the page AgeofConquest.Ageof Conquest with lots of newbie mistakes, including the wrong namespace and index. Now that's not the worst, and I've already moved the page to Age Of Conquest.
What are more worrying are the grammar issues (especially using "u" instead of "you"), lots of Zero-Context Examples, shoehorned tropes, and generally not quite grasping how tropes are used, especially with the following examples (which I've removed from Age Of Conquest) that are borderline troping real people (emphasis mine):
- Action Mom: Some human players are a mom in real life.
- Badass Back: If a high-ranked player takes a 3-day or more break and returns.
- Distractedbythe Luxury: Money is an aphrodisiac for some players.
- The Evilsof Free Will: Many players are cruel.
- From Badto Worse: When an opposing player defeats several enemies.
- Good with Numbers: There are different attack and defense statistics when attacking or defending with a king so some players who are good at math can use this to their advantage in game.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: If a player hesitates to ally or make peace, that SOMETIMES, NOT ALWAYS means the player is ready to attack.
- I'm Not Doing That Again: U learn from ur mistakes.
- Japandering: This game has Japan in several scenarios and has its own scenario in feudal Japan.
- Little Miss Badass: Some female human players are hot and below the age of 20, but that doesn't stop these girls from winning multiple games.
- Murder Isthe Best Solution: TV Tropes doesn't condone murder, but in Ao C, u can murder another person's king to conquer the territory.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If you make stupid decisions, like rushing with your king at a bigger force.
- Now You Tell Me: Beginner players realize this after defeat.
- Older Is Better: The players who have been multiplayer participants longer usually do better in multiplayer games.
- Shockand Awe: When a player does something amazing.
- Showdownat High Noon: Game that is played at noon.
- The Stoic: Some human players are this.
- Super-Persistent Predator: In multiplayer games, a player can target a certain nation.
- Surprise Checkmate: Underdog player defeating favorites in game.
Edited by StFan