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openNo Title Videogame
The troper nxrmdkjdlsejm made a Homefront Complete Monster subpage with one example (against cleanup thread policy), that's a group (against cleanup thread policy), without consulting the cleanup thread (self-explanatory) and it's an example that we had previously voted unanimously to cut. Mods might want to tap them on the shoulder since they seem content to ignore the cleanup thread.
EDIT: Nevermind, it looks like the mods got around to that over a year ago and it's just taken us this long to notice the subpage. False alarm.
Edited by ShaokenopenNot responding to PM Videogame
What is the correct thing to do if someone else doesn't reply to a PM regarding the misuse of a trope, and I cannot change the page back myself for that would constitute edit warring?
For the record, the troper in question is plcthecd and the page is Age of Empires II.
openNo Title Videogame
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=YMMV.ProfessorLaytonVSAceAttorney
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ProfessorLaytonVSAceAttorney
Issues involving raging at Layton being a Spotlight-Stealing Squad when his name is in the title of the game.
Example:
"* Dude, Not Funny!: Layton, the Spotlight-Stealing Squad of this game, calling himself a "mere side character" in the German version of the game."
" Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Even thought he's absent for a good part of the game."
Edited by lalalei2001openVideoGame/PrimusUnderfell Videogame
Alright, where do I begin? The page is full of ZCEs, is only indexed to Undertale's fanworks page, and is possibly importing offsite drama. At the least, it's not related to the game itself and shouldn't be there.
Also, aside from fixing what I assumed to be a spelling error, Reptiny is the only one who's edited the page.
openLooking for Specific Titles Videogame
Is there a way to request new entries or something? I wanted to read about a few specific games, but they don't come up in the search, which I assume means they don't exist here. But, I would really like to read more into them and be able to find some quotes and stuff (the rest of the Internet has nothing). So, I was hoping that I could request for their pages to be made, if it's okay. I can't contribute myself since I'm not that good at these things. It would be great if there were a section for requested titles. Anyway, the games I'm looking for are "Gone in November" and "Far From Noise"; there are a few other titles I'd like to see as well, but can't remember what they were, right now. Thanks!
openIndentation example I need clarification for Videogame
This is for the Dissidia Opera Omnia page and to also be wary of any indentation issues I've come across that lead to my suspension.
So far, I've planned to do a portion on Thancred's Folder for the character pages of DFFOO in this format:
- Charge Meter: Thancred's new mechanic via his EX Ability's passive which nods to how ninjas work back in FFXIV as a Mythology Gag. A scroll icon with a number above his head (and above any buffs placed on him) will indicate how much "Ninki" (lit. Stealth Qi/Ki) he has left. The following actions below described interact with the number like so:
- Using his normal BRV Attack or HP Attack when under 3 stacks will raise his Ninki counter up to 1, while using either Jugulating Wasp or Shadow Fang will grant 2 stacks instead.
- If up to 3 stacks, his BRV Attack will be enhanced by his Ninki, where it deals higher damage to poisoned targets, has high chance of a 4 turn poison infliction on the target, and allows his next skill usage to be zero cost on his next turn. However, using it will consume the Ninki amount by 3.
- His EX Ability also turns into a plus version of itself where it can overflow up to 200% Max BRV instead of the normal 120% when at 3 Ninki stacks or higher, but will also consume 3 Ninki likewise when used.
Is this formatting plausible? I might replace the Charge Meter trope part with something else if I can find a better substitute.
Edited by SneaselSawashiroopenNo Title Videogame
I had requested a custom title for Kid Icarus: Uprising, and I think it was accepted, because on the page for the game itself, it has a colon in there - Kid Icarus: Uprising. However, it doesn't seem to show the custom title on any other page. How does this get fixed?
openNo Title Videogame
So i am a somewhat new troper, and i don't have much ( read: not at all) experience with editing pages, such as how to put Spoilers or writing for other Troper rather than myself. Currently in trying to enrich the Kana Little Sister pages, particularly the Heartwarming page, which didn't have anything still until i started. The question is: Could please another Troper who is also a fan of the game, help here? at least with learning the editing? the wiki doesn't help much with that.
openNo Title Videogame
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me why the indexing doesn't work properly on the 5 subpages present in Woobie/Videogames. Reason I asked this is that I created a new subpage for Dark Souls, and added it to a mini-index on the media subpage. Then I find out all 4 other previous subpages have never been indexed properly either. I went out to change each subpage's page type, but to no avail. Could it be that the entire trope's indexing was wrong from the very start, given the Woobie/Videogames subpage itself is indexed under Imagelinks?
openNo Title Videogame
I have two questions, actually, but since one requires a simple answer and one is a request, I suspect one post will be sufficient.
The simple answer: Are square brackets actually, officially the TVTropes default for stage directions, rather than curved brackets? I've been handed that edit reason a few times, but it doesn't seem to be consistent (or even close to the majority usage) across the wiki. I went through all the instructional entries I could find that seemed relevant and can't find a single reference either way. Personally, I think square brackets look ugly used that way and already serve a typographical/markup purpose - if they're also used for stage directions, there's scope for some very broken formatting - but I'll abide by the rules if the rules exist.
The request is for someone to do...something...about Spec Ops: The Line, because the entire page is riddled with Natter and worse. Entries arguing with other entries, an incoherent and badly-formatted rant about something I can't even parse, and lengthy entries in Fridge Logic, which I thought were supposed to go to Headscratchers. The game attracts incendiary opinions no matter what, I know, but can it at least be kept down to a dull roar? I'd do it myself, but I've made my own stupid edits in the past and I don't think I have the clout or wisdom to clear it all up for good. Or even a little while.
Edited by NanoMooseopenNo Title Videogame
There's a Edit War in inFAMOUS over The Scrappy entry. This is the removed entry in question:
- The Scrappy: The Voice of Survival makes himself very easy to hate. It's hard to feel bad when the First Sons shoot him.
- Trish. She never misses an opportunity to remind Cole that the Raysphere blast was his fault, makes sure to remind him at several times that it's his fault her sister died, and leads you on an infuriatingly annoying Escort Mission atop a bus.
- Zeke is probably even worse. He is a useless, stupid mooch... in addition to being a traitor. He is apparently Cole's best friend but we are never given any real reason to like or even tolerate him.
I remember posting the Trish part of it awhile back when both the In Famous and In Famous 2 pages were fused, and there have been back and forth edits over it recently, with the last edit deleting it completely. I'd like to know if this should stay off the page or if it should return. Although I personally really do hate Trish, there does seem to be a general enough opinion of her that she deserves her Scrappy status (not sure if this is a good enough evidence, but "hate trish infamous" is a search suggestion on Google with the first several links titled along the lines of "I hate Trish" or "Does anyone hate Trish?"). Same with Zeke from the first game and Voice of Survival. Or do they maybe need to be moved under Base Breaker and have their entries fixed?
Edited by AkoSiKuya23openNo Title Videogame
Why is Polished Port a YMMV trope? It says on that page itself it's like Updated Re-release but on a different system, and that trope isn't YMMV.
openNo Title Videogame
I'm editing the Character pages for Injustice Gods Among Us. Do you think that only tropes that apply to the characters that show up in the game should be listed there?
I'm talking about all the cameo characters listed in particular. Darkseid, Trigon, Atrocitus, Kilowog, Alfred, and the others.
Darkseid for starters: In his portrayal in the comics, He's one of the most powerful characters in the universe. He's worshiped as a god on his own planet and claims himself as one. He's just as powerful as he is smart, and he wants to eradicate all life in the universe.
In the game, he makes a five second cameo appearance during a stage transition where he grabs the character who gets thrown into his lair through the portal, smashes them into the ground, throws them back through the portal, and shoots his Eye Beams on the way out. That's it. Nothing that justifies any of his character backstory because he plays no importance to the story in the game.
Trigon as well. He's listed as the Big Bad for the Teen Titans. While this is true, the Teen Titans have nothing to do with the Injustice game's storyline. Trigon does show up as part of Raven's S.T.A.R. Labs missions in the game and in her super move, and deserves any tropes associated with him there, but not his entire backstory.
Alfred Pennyworth: What does being a Retired Badass who used to work at MI 6 have anything to do with his brief appearance in this series?
Yet Red Hoods Shadow insists on practically policing the page, making sure nothing gets by without his approval, and he insists that because the character is in the game, and that it is how they are portrayed in the comics, that it is justified to give these cameo characters full background tropes. Last week almost started an edit war over it, but I decided to back off to get this straightened out.
Other tropers agree on my standpoint that only tropes pertaining to the characters as they appear in the game or corresponding comic book (takes place in a seperate continuity from the rest of DC comics) should be listed.
Edited by DRCEQopenNo Title Videogame
Okay, I kinda goofed with something here. I made a new page for a game, Cargo Commander , as seen here:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/CargoCommander
I took a cue from the Prototype2 and thought that putting it in as a Videogame entry was the correct way to do it, but it turns out I've made it difficult to link to, and the stuff like the YMMV page for it doesn't have the Main button. The thing is, I thought it would do redirects automatically, like it did with the Prototype 2 one here, but evidently I was mistaken -
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Prototype2?from=Main.Prototype2
Could someone please fix this, or better yet, tell me how to fix it myself so I don't screw a page up like this in the future, please?
openRequested 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.
openAdvanced Edit Request Videogame
Will someone who has played the game please edit the NFS Payback trope page?
I made a few additions, but I haven't played the game myself.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/NeedForSpeedPayback
openIsn't the Splatoon series a case of Gray and Gray Morality? Videogame
I thought about the Splatoon series and one thing came to mind: On one side, you have the selfish Inklings who only care about style and sports while the Octolings are destructive and militarized. Because of the these two sides, isn't this case of Gray and Gray Morality?
openSuggesting material Videogame
I'd like to add a something to the God of War (2018) page of tropes. Specifically to the Nightmare Fuel page. I don't want to add it myself. I only want to point this thing out to a troper who had previously worked on/edited the God of War Nightmare Fuel page.

I just learned there used to be a Self-Demonstrating page for Shadow the Hedgehog, but it got deleted because it wasn't "distinct enough and an uninteresting SD page for a stoic character." Is it a good idea to recreate it, but better than the last one?