A point at which the player may not turn back. You may not revisit any prior locations or start any missed sidequests; you MUST continue your journey until you beat the game, and any content you avoided up to this point may not be reached.
The Point of No Return is always preceded immediately by the Point of Safe Return, which is the last chance to do sidequests or stock up for the journey. Similar Plot Tunnels lock the player onto a set course for a while, but they don’t lead straight to the end of the game. Game Levels are where you’re frequently prevented from returning to previous areas.
The term “Point of No Return” originates in aviation, where a plane that crosses this point must continue toward its destination.
Point of No Return, Plot Tunnel, and Game Level all have pages on TV Tropes, where you can read more about them and what games they’re in.
The Point of No Return is always preceded immediately by the Point of Safe Return, which is the last chance to do sidequests or stock up for the journey. Similar Plot Tunnels lock the player onto a set course for a while, but they don’t lead straight to the end of the game. Game Levels are where you’re frequently prevented from returning to previous areas.
The term “Point of No Return” originates in aviation, where a plane that crosses this point must continue toward its destination.
Point of No Return, Plot Tunnel, and Game Level all have pages on TV Tropes, where you can read more about them and what games they’re in.
SAVE GAME?
This is your last chance to save the game. You are about to cross the Point of No Return. If you do decide to save your game, keep the save file handy should you need to come back.
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This is your last chance to save the game. You are about to cross the Point of No Return. If you do decide to save your game, keep the save file handy should you need to come back.
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In some shooters, this is either completely impossible or only possible under certain circumstances. For example, you can only get collateral kills in Splatoon 2 with charger-class weapons.
In some shooters, certain weapons might still qualify for collateral damage despite having splash damage. For example, the Spartan Laser in Halo qualifies for collateral damage because the laser can pierce through players.
Alternatives: Pierce Kills, Penetration Kills, Chain Kills, One-Bullet Combos, X Birds with One Stone/Bullet
Shortened: Collateral
In some shooters, this is either completely impossible or only possible under certain circumstances. For example, you can only get collateral kills in Splatoon 2 with charger-class weapons.
In some shooters, certain weapons might still qualify for collateral damage despite having splash damage. For example, the Spartan Laser in Halo qualifies for collateral damage because the laser can pierce through players.
Alternatives: Pierce Kills, Penetration Kills, Chain Kills, One-Bullet Combos, X Birds with One Stone/Bullet
Shortened: Collateral
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Oh, baby a triple! Oh yeah! And that was my triple collateral in Free-For-All.
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Would you believe that some player with a charger got insane collateral damage on us?! One shot with the E-Liter, and my team was wiped. We lost that Turf War HARD.
Oh, baby a triple! Oh yeah! And that was my triple collateral in Free-For-All.
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Would you believe that some player with a charger got insane collateral damage on us?! One shot with the E-Liter, and my team was wiped. We lost that Turf War HARD.
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You would not believe what just happened! I just spawned and was walking out into the fray when someone else spawned right in front of me with a rocket launcher and blasted me to bits! Spawn-to-spawn kills can be insane.
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Get the Friday Night Funkin' mug.A world of lies and misdirection. Entering one means to fall for those lies.
This phrase can be more easily defined by comparing what happens when one enters a normal metaphorical rabbit hole versus a magic rabbit hole. Entering a normal rabbit hole means to delve very deep into a subject to make proper discoveries, while entering a magic rabbit hole means one falls victim to numerous falsehoods.
Developed as a more clear distinction between discovery through investigation and being misled in numerous ways.
This phrase can be more easily defined by comparing what happens when one enters a normal metaphorical rabbit hole versus a magic rabbit hole. Entering a normal rabbit hole means to delve very deep into a subject to make proper discoveries, while entering a magic rabbit hole means one falls victim to numerous falsehoods.
Developed as a more clear distinction between discovery through investigation and being misled in numerous ways.
Person A: Vaccines cause autism, the moon landing was faked, and 9/11 was an inside job!
Person B: No, none of that is true. Get out of the magic rabbit hole.
Person B: No, none of that is true. Get out of the magic rabbit hole.
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A randomization process named n-bag randomization has n elements (for example, 5-bag randomization has 5 elements, 8-bag has 8 elements, and 14-bag has 14 elements).
A randomization process named n-bag randomization has n elements (for example, 5-bag randomization has 5 elements, 8-bag has 8 elements, and 14-bag has 14 elements).
Tetris is a famous example of bag randomization. It provides each Tetrimino (piece) once every 7 times.
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