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openStarCraft and HotS Locked Page Videogame
StarCraft used to show up as one word like how it's usually stylized, but now it's been split into two.
Also, Heroes of the Storm: Warcraft Support has the lock bug on it still.
open Spurious lock: Icewind Dale characters page Videogame
Backed out instead of cancelling while editing Icewind Dale. Going to have to remember to stop doing that.
open Spurious Locks Videogame
This page has a lock on it.
openYMMV Hearthstone Locked Videogame
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has a spurious lock.
openI need some help Videogame
I’m trying to replace the image of “Bendy” of the Nightmare Fuel section of Bendy and the Ink Machine via my iPad, but I’m having difficulty in doing so. Whenever I add the image, the image text doesn’t appear.
Edited by CaptainRustbolt21openRequested edit Videogame
On Read Only Memories, Back Stab should probably be changed to In the Back, since Back Stab is only used if it's a game mechanic (and it's an Adventure Game). I don't want to do it myself since I'm considering buying this game and don't want to be spoiled.
openINSIDE page is red-linked. Videogame
Why does the page for the Video Game INSIDE (successor to LIMBO) seemingly not exist anymore? Did someone cut the page?
openZelda Oracles page title Videogame
Recently there was a split of the Super Smash Bros. page to give each entry in the series its own page. In the forum thread, it was mentioned that the page for the 3DS and Wii U games should be Super Smash Bros For Nintendo 3 DS Wii U rather than "Super Smash Bros. 4" because those are official titles. Going by that I think the The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Games page title could use a change. The Legend Of Zelda Oracle Of Seasons And Oracle Of Ages would probably be too much to type every time... maybe by analogy to the SSB 4 page it could be "The Legend Of Zelda Oracle Of Seasons/Ages" as a custom title.
open Player turned enemy? Videogame
Is there a trope where a player character/party member has to be fought? Not like a Heel–Face Turn where it's for the rest of the game, but it's only for one or two battles and then you have control of them again. An example that comes to mind is in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story where you have to fight Bowser out of the blue in the middle of the story.
Edited by Linker3openVideoGame/{{Tyranny}} Videogame
The character "Voices of Nerat" was approved sometime ago as a Complete Monster. However, on the YMMV page for the game, people keep adding sentences to the entry that was approved. First M84 added "In addition to all of that, Sirin's dialogue reveals that one of the minds in Nerat lusts after her." without consulting the thread and though I deleted it, another troper, Ominous Nominous Nom, added a different unapproved final line, "Sirin also heavily implies that Nerat tried to rape her. Bear in mind that Sirin is, at most, in her late teens, and is quite possibly younger." So as to avoid a potential edit war, I thought I'd bring it here first to see the response. Thoughts?
Edited by 43110openWriting Minimum Videogame
Ok, I'm working on writing a So You Want To page for Danganronpa. I've got a decent amount so far, but I'd like to know what the minimum amount of information I need to have before posting is.
I know for pages on works, there has to be at least 3 trope examples, but for So You Want To pages, I don't know what the minimum is.
open Does anyone know this game??? Videogame
Its been on my mind for weeks. It was a 2000's game that was in an escaped the room style. I believe it was some kind of ship they were on. There were multiple rooms and possibly multiple people.
Some key things I can recall are: -a scratch off bakkini girl poster -a schrodinger's cat book being in the game -lots of combinations with the combinations hidden around the room(s) -shapes and numbers were combinations at times -Possibly different people locked in rooms and radioing each other (maybe not but mildly sure)
That's all I can recall but it was a distinct game. Lots of grey on walls and such.
Thank you so much for any help!
Edited by nombretomadoopenHow should I handle a page, for a fanfic quadrilogy. Videogame
So, I've been wanting to make a tropes page for Iceangelmkx's The Ketsueki Quadrilogy. A four part fanfic crossover series, that combines the worlds of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken and Soul Calibur. So far the first three have been released, with the fourth one being dormant. However, since it is four fanfics, I want to make sure I handle the page right, and am a bit unsure on how to treat each story. Should I make a trope page for each individual fanfic, or just one page, with all of them together?
openUndertale path name policy Videogame
Just to be clear — our policy is that Undertale's Kill Em All path can be referred to as either "No Mercy" or "Genocide", right? Because most of the subpages have a commented note indicating this, but Funny.Undertale had one claiming that we should only use "No Mercy".
openNeed help getting a Work page off the ground Videogame
I'm trying to write a page for the game A Noble Circle, but I'm not much of a gamer. I'd really appreciate some help from someone more well versed in video game tropes. I highly recommend the game. It's from the creators of A Dark Room and The Ensign, and in my opinion, it's a little piece of magic. It's available on the App store, and with a bit of dedication, you can play through it in an afternoon.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ANobleCircle
openAn important cleanup mission to the page I worked with for over a year. Videogame
Taking profit off of Kuruni's scan on the Blazing Souls page, I noticed that this reminds me how I can't just do the whole work on my own if I am to follow the rules, so I decided to get some help.
The page, after over a year of work, is near completion due to what amounts to be solo work, but I am not in full understanding of all tropes, so I'll get tons of examples brought up from the page, as well as ask for things that should be cleaned or solved.
To sum it up: In 2017, I, as someone who played Blazing Souls and got into the Neverland franchise, noticed how the page had only up to Bridgette's trio in the character page. I decided to take up the task and play the game from the start again, adding the info and tropes as I came along. I came a long way into making the page the most complete possible, and I am close to finally achieving that.
The main problem is that I know no single soul in this site that has any knowledge of such an obscure franchise as the Spectral series. This, of course, left me scavenging for information, such that I'm planning to tackle Spectral Souls II as soon as I'm finished with Blazing Souls.
Kuruni's edits and warnings while I was banned reminded me that I could get banned if I don't get into form with making these pages. So yeah, I'll need to ask the Tropers a little help with Trope examples and other things in order to make the page cleaner and more presentable.
So, are you guys up with helping me out?
Edited by ZeroDozeropenShould the first Half-Life game fall under the 5th generation or 6th generation of video games? Videogame
I'm debating whether to put Half-Life 1 and its expansions in either The Fifth Generation Of Console Video Games or The Sixth Generation Of Console Video Games. The reason for this is because video game generations are primarily defined by the duration of their consoles, but since Half-Life 1 was originally released on the PC, this technically skewers that rule. This is combined with the fact that according to The History Of Video Games, the sixth generation started in 1998, and Half-Life 1 was released in 1998. So what should I do here?
Edited by DivineFlame100

Video Game.Ultimate Custom Night has been locked, alongside its Nightmare Fuel, Funny and Trivia sections.