I know this is probably nitpicky to a lot of people, but I just find it terribly redundant to have concepts that start with "Games with...". It's a gaming website.
So can we change this to just "Unlockable Gamer Pics"?
no, why should they do that? if you put unlockable gamer pics, than its a page for all the gamerpics that can be unlocked, while games with, is a list of games where you can unlock gamerpics. they are different concepts.
I'm adding on some games as well right now. Chances are it was created in the wake of Bad Company 2 having an unlockable gamer pic just for putting the game in your tray.
alright. but still, saying unlockable gamerpics sort of implies that the page will show you the gamer pics that could be unlocked, not which game unlocks them. i see a purpose for the two extra words, but sometimes people love conciseness.
Seems to me that an "Unlockable Gamer Pics" page would be a perfect place to add a description of which picture you get for which games, like how the Health From Romance page gives details of how it works in different games. That's what these pages are for, isn't it?
Here's the problem with renaming it to simply "unlockable gamer pics": we don't even have a page for gamerpics themselves, at least not when I just did a search for it. Therefore, wouldn't we be making this a dual page if we were to rename it? Otherwise, someone might want to make a gamerpic page.
I think having it worded as "games with unlockable gamer pics" makes perfectly fine sense as a concept.
Also, I updated the hell out of that with a ton of games. I might go through and bulletpoint list the specific games and how to obtain those gamerpics. Good idea or bad idea?
Also also...HOLY CRAP I ONLY NEED 36 MORE POINTS TO BREAK 5K!!!
For me, a concept that needs to start with "Games with..." is a big red flag that it might not really a concept, but a list. I mean, all concepts could start with "Game With" (e.g. Games With Health, Games With Swords, etc), but they don't need it to be accurate. Concepts aren't lists, they are properties/features of games. That's the way I see it anyway.
@jakob187: I think it's a good idea to add specific game information to that (or any other) concept page. That's what they are for IMO. I wish more people would do that.
" we don't even have a page for gamerpics themselves, at least not when I just did a search for it. Therefore, wouldn't we be making this a dual page if we were to rename it? Otherwise, someone might want to make a gamerpic page. "
I would argue that they're one in the same. A page simply about gamer pics is useless. We don't have (or need) pages for usernames, handles, gamertags, avatars, etc. A page about "Unlockable Gamer Pics" though could have brief info about what gamer pics are in order to explain why they are sometimes used as rewards within games.
@Marino: But as you said, gamerpics can also be purchased, and there are some that can't even be obtained without getting them on a separate disc from a limited edition (such a Halo 3 Legendary edition, Mass Effect limited edition, Gears of War 2 limited edition, etc).
However, I also understand the point of view you are coming from. We are talking specifically about the fact that these are unlockable gamerpics. I think the idea was originally as a list, but we're slowly turning it INTO a concept with this thread.
Nonetheless, did a little more work for a possible structure to the page. Just doing those few things there was a pain in the ass, mainly due to the images not wanting to do what I want them to do. lol I'll be working on it off and on. This will become my magnum opus!!!
Also, what special thing happens when I hit 5,000 wiki points?
" alright. but still, saying unlockable gamerpics sort of implies that the page will show you the gamer pics that could be unlocked, not which game unlocks them. i see a purpose for the two extra words, but sometimes people love conciseness. "
It could do that too. Concepts do have image galleries.
@jakob187: Okay, so we established another way of unlocking them (limited editions). I agree that that's valid and should be included in the wiki of the page. But my previous point was that a "Gamer Pics" concept page is unnecessary and therefore the issue of having multiple concept pages for Gamer Pics is a moot point. If it were not for the fact that they are sometimes used as rewards within games, they would have no place on the site at all. But since the concept of unlockables is valid, we can use that concept page as a place to at least describe what they are in order to accurately explain why they are, or were, considered desirable rewards.
I like "Unlockable Gamer Pics" or something like that. If we can come to a general consensus on what this page should be named, I'll change it...since we can actually change the names of every page in the database now. Yay.
@TheGreatGuero: I think Marino explained it just fine as to why "Unlockable Gamer Pics" is a better title for it. Maybe that's just me, but it makes sense.
"Games with..." prefixes are extremely pointless. Firstly are we on a video game website - meaning it's pretty self explanatory that our concept pages are going to be related to games. And also, it implies that the page exists solely to be a list of games that contain unlockable gamer pics, which is completely untrue, the page has a an article which could go into detail explaining Unlockable Gamer Pics, including pictures of them & details of how to unlock them.
There are some games, and in fact trials of games that give you gamerpics without in forming you via an achievement style 'bink' message. This concept is gonna be a bitch to make comprehensive.
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