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        <![CDATA[ I have relatively recently come across the website tvtropes.org and have quickly become addicted to it. I finally decided to post about it because I spent several hours just reading though the stuff there yesterday, not including the three hours I spent reading it the first time I found the site. The wikipedia based website explains and gives examples of various things that TV, movies, and video games do, and gives examples of such things. The simplest example is the Red Shirt, which is... ]]>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry for playing <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.ThreadNecromancer">Thread Necromancer</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> with you all.  I just wanted you to know I've been having quite a blast for the last 6 weeks or so over  <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://chattydm.blogspot.com/search/label/Tropes">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. I've been writing about the different ways you can adapt tropes to RPGs and I've had quite a nice response so far.... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I love the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.poalo.com/cafe/laws/index.htm" target="top">Laws of Anime</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->   <br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>32. Law of Follicular Permanence</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Hair in anime is pretty much... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:19:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Failed Will save and clicked 2d8+3 links, avoiding an hour or so of actual work.<br><br>Wow.<div class='signature'>*******<br>Fairy tales are more than true  not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.<br>    --G K Chesterton</div> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I consider a lot of these tropes to apply to all forms of narrative entertainment.  RPGs are one such forms and you do see, on forums here and there, discussions on RPG Tropes.<br><br>I plan on tackling a few of them and how the can be applied to RPGs on my blog in the following week.<br><br>Take Mooks, Dragon, Always Chaotic Evil, Yield I have Higher Ground... <br><br>All these, to me, translate easily (or were actually inspired) from RPGs.<br><br>Jag Dell (Phil)<br>I have a <!--EZCODE LINK... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:39:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Avoid *Contrived Coincidence* for one.  That's one of the big reasons I hated the last season of Smallville.<br><br>Somebody should work on making a listing of good and bad tropes... or at least a list of useful tropes for gaming purposes. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Lampshade Hanging has to be one of my favorite tropes (along with just breaking the fourth wall in general).<br><br>Some of the fan-speak stuff is interesting, such as the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewedByTheNetwork">'evil producer'</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> stuff.<br><br>I had considered using tropes to help my DMing (or maybe character development), but have yet to come up with any decent way of doing so.<div class='signature'><!--EZCODE... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:12:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Great site. Much better than working. ;) Thanks for the link!<br><br>~ Pitch<div class='signature'><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.delverssquare.com" target="top">Delver's Square</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>2A1S-062402-060408-N-W-348/1000-M<br><br>&quot;<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>[T]hat's why you're the Dungeon Master, and not the Dungeon Read-Out-Louder.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->&quot; - Monte Cook 2007</div> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ The Rule of Cool quite possibly triggered an epiphany in my <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://chattydm.blogspot.com/2007/09/rule-of-cool.html">Approach to DMing</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. <br><br>Thanks for the link, it won't ruin my life, it will make me a better DM!<br><br>I so back this Rave.  <br><br>Cheers<br><br>Jag Dell (Phil)<br>I have a <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://chattydm.blogspot.com/">DM Blog</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> now. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ This morning, I didn't know what lampshade hanging was. Tonight, I can't watch the movie without seeing dozens of them. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ *rolls 20 on will save and doesn't follow link*<br><br>Kadh, who should add the ever important final tag... this time<div class='signature'><hr>The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.</div> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I love that site as well.  Every once in a while someone links it up, and I spend another couple of hours on it.<div class='signature'><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><br>&quot;If ze rockets go up, <br>/who cares vere zay come down? <br>/Zat's not my department! <br>/Says Wernher von Braun!&quot;<br>~<!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START--><span style="text-decoration:underline">Wernher von Braun</span><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END-->, Tom Lehrer</div> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ What are you trying to pull?  You're trying to distract me from my plans for world domination aren't you!  Well it won't work I tell... oooo the <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool">Rule of Cool</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I have relatively recently come across the website <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.tvtropes.org">tvtropes.org</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> and have quickly become addicted to it. I finally decided to post about it because I spent several hours just reading though the stuff there yesterday, not including the three hours I spent reading it the first time I found the site. <br><br>The wikipedia based website explains and gives examples of various things that TV, movies, and video games... ]]></description>

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