Have a question about how the TVTropes wiki works? No one knows this community better than the people in it, so ask away! Ask the Tropers is the page you come to when you have a question burning in your brain and the support pages didn't help.
It's not for everything, though. For a list of all the resources for your questions, click here. You can also go to this Directory thread
for ongoing cleanup projects.
I'm inclined to think that, per Tropes Are Flexible, an example needn't have an actual cycle to fit the spirit of the trope. As I see it, the core idea here is that of "there are multiple elements, and they are related to each other by virtue of a given element being strictly better or worse than one or more others".
For example, imagine a system in which the elements form a chain, with element one being better than element two, element two being better than element three, and so on, but with the final element not being better than element one. In this case I would argue that it still fits the basic concept.
Edited by ArsThaumaturgis My Games & Writing
Even if a cycle wasn't originally part of the definition, I wouldn't mind splitting it on that basis, since there's clearly a subtrope there.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
Hmm... What would the sub-trope be? If it's just the question of whether the relative effectivenesses produce one or more cycles, I'm not sure that I feel that it's distinct enough to be a separate trope.
My Games & Writing
Okay guys, my trs is now open! Here is the link to voice your opinion: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1562254886004510700&page=1#1
Thanks for letting us know! I'm moving over to that thread. ^_^
My Games & Writing
Continued from https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15642442120A46747000&page=1
.
What would be the best way to fix Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors. Apparently, it started out as part of an rps like Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors, but it has been decaying by example that does not have elements forming a cycle of one being weak against another. I have created a trs
, but it's been two months since it stays locked.
Edited by Kindle4Light