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I was wondering if someone should go through the article and make sure all the characters are in the correct sections. Mostly becasue I noticed that Matoya and Bahamut were in the major character section despite only two appearences (albeit with some degree of importance to the plot) while EPS and King Steve are only in the minor characters section despite having whole comics devoted to them. -- Bisected8 17:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
But with Bahamut, he will most likely never appear again! At least Matoia has a chance to be repeated. I think Bahamut is done for and should be moved to the minor characters... Timebender13 13:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Can we discuss a consensus for how exactly to explain this reference? I've seen it linking to at least three different articles, and right now there's just an explanation in brackets. I don't mind either way, but maybe there's a best way to do it? -- R. Wolff 09:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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I've been wondering, is Jeff really significant enough for this article? He's not really a running gag (2 appearances compared to Akbar's appearances in most of the arcs, even appearing more than once at times), nor is he as important as, say, Bahamut. He's on about the same rank of importance as the Mob Boss. Maybe a minor mention in Akbar's description, like "There is also Jeff, whose business is just as shoddy, but tends to be honest about his services and has helped the Light Warriors travel to their destinations." -- Jopasopa 01:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyone have an objection to me archiving some of the older discussion on this page? It's pretty long now. bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 21:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm thinking we should come up with a criterion for which characters have images. We could upload fair-use images for just about everyone on the list, but do we need to? My first thought is to include major characters only, but then it might also be beneficial to a reader to see a face to match to the name (it took me a bit of memory searching to remember who Akbar was). My final conclusion was that we can justify a small image of any character notable to make it on the list. Thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 21:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I was searching the "Help me find a comic" thread on the NP forums and found something interesting: [1] Good enough proof that his name is just Messenger? It fits the naming scheme found in the Light Warriors, Other Warriors, White Mage, Black Belt, Dragoon, King Elf, Mob Boss and maybe something else I forgot. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 20:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Another thing, how does this "closely resemble" "Now Shut Up"? Unless I'm missing something, it involves using his pieces in Gurgu, not the the "stone BB from 1 second ago" like Brian used. Secondly, it was written over a year after the episode. ( Now Shut Up: Nov. 10, 2005, Post: Dec. 5, 2006). Perhaps someone has a better link showing what the episode was in response to? -- Jopasopa ( talk) 23:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Muffin is never called Tiamat in the comic. We have no good reason to call her Tiamat in the article; we do have reason to point out that she's the comic's version of the game's Tiamat, but that should be the extent of it. If at any point she is called Tiamat we can still change it.
Same goes for Kraken/Ur by extension. Voices? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 20:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Allow me to propose the following:
-Move Princess Sara, King Steve, and Dragoon to main characters. (Reasons: Sara and Dragoon have had entire story arcs practically devoted to them; Sara and Steve remain to be regular characters, even having their own side-stories along with other characters such as Gary and Hank.)
-Move Matoya and Bahamut to minor characters. (Reasons: Matoya's reappearances after they finished her quest have been mostly cameos; Bahamut, while very important, was only seen a few times.)
-Give Gary (Steve's left-hand man) his own section under minor characters. (Reasons: He's more than just a gag; if Megahedron can get his own section after only an episode and 1 joke, I think Gary can.)
I could maybe understand leaving Steve under minor since he's not too important, and I could definitely understand leaving Dragoon under minor until the current arc is finished. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 17:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
-I'd like to know why my edit about Bard was removed. I mean I don't mind if there's a reason. I just thought it was as worthy of adding as anything. It seemed pretty official.
Sorry, I don't have much to do with this wiki, so it put my ip address. I didn't like the idea so I signed up for a username. When I noticed it was putting my IP address again I assumed it was a hickup and so removed it. sorry again. [Virkokka] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Virkokka ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
On a general note: I think we can't say for sure who's a main or minor character until the comic's over and everyone's role in the plot is completely clear. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 11:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I see someone added the Forest Imps. I was thinking we could maybe add a list of truly minor characters, something like this, except only like a sentence or 2 for each. Characters that can go there can be the Forest Imps, Queen Jane, the Sulk, Mob Boss (and his assistant), King Elf, and the Dwarf King. (I was also thinking Jeff and, if by the end he's nothing more than a gag, Megahedron. Maybe Gary, too.) Although I guess like 5 of those might be considered running gags. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 18:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I understand that the current convention for what order a character appears in is chronologically, but I think we might explore a few other options. Today, I noticed that LHM Gary wound up pretty distant from King Steve, with whom he shares an image, and Princess Sara. It occurred to me that the three are pretty much exclusively seen in each other's company since around episode 100 or so. It made more sense to group them (if only for the image). Then I realized that Dr Swordopolis, Darko, and Megahedron would all have to be grouped as well for consistancy. Matoya and Bahamut would make sense together, since they have seen similar levels of import and "screen time" in the comic. The Raven and Dr. Malpractice have seen so little significance, they could be toward the bottom...
Am I appealing to anyone's sense? Or should we leave it as is? At least the chronological order would be incontrevertable and unarguable, while we could bicker for days who is more significant to the plot to go on top.... bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 00:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see the proxy war aspect at all. You could certainly interpret it from the current situation, but it's not immediately obvious and a different outcome is entirely possible. They should probably remain separate until something definite has been said. As for Megahedron, I believe we discussed him in the past and agreed not to mention him in the article until there's proof he actually exists outside of Red Mage's head. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:04, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Upon further thought, they should not be grouped together at all, as all other groups summarized under one heading are individuals who work together (as far as 8BT characters do) and appear as one unit, whereas the gods have always appeared as singular characters. After all there's no section called "The Kings" that groups King Steve and the kings of Elf- and Dwarfland. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:16, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Quoting myself from the discussion archive:
"I specifically put the running gag characters under one heading so the list at the top wouldn't get overly long. They are extremely insignificant to the plot (being, well, nothing but running gag characters) and, as such, don't merit their own section (if it was up to me entirely, I'd have removed them altogether months ago). Hardly anyone will want to look for, say, the messenger specifically as much as, say again, King Steve."
This point still stands, the contents list is a terrible mess as it is and having sub-sub-sublinks in there so readers can jump directly to the part about the Lawninja who were in two or three comics out of 1079 isn't helping. I suggest reverting the structure back to grouping the fiends and Other Warriors under one heading respectively; also once again to remove the running gag characters entirely as per the above, or if not that, to group them under one heading likewise. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:10, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Due to the nukclear power site changing its format, all the ref links to the comic are broken and need to be fixed. I know, pain in the ass, but unfortunately its true. The Clawed One ( talk) 05:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Copied from User talk:bahamut0013 I suggest you review WP:NFCC and WP:NFLISTS before removing invalid tags, especially with patronising edit summaries. Black Kite 09:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't think we could make free alternatives since even in the comic itself the sprites are used under the fair use doctrine. I don't honestly see any other way we could illustrate this article. That said: I do see the point, and it's probably true that not every character needs an image. Ones like Astos or the cultists could easily be removed with no detrimental effect to the article quality. Let's see: we could have one for the Light Warriors with White Mage and Black Belt, one for the Dark Warriors, one for the Fiends and one for Sarda. Maybe one for King Steve as well since the one that's there illustrates his character perfectly. So, four or five - would that be acceptable? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 18:19, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
I have to question this, because I've seen it mentioned before. Yes, I know how Brian works with the comics. But to discount events and exclude them from the page because he might pull a fast one on readers is foolish. For all we know, next comic Onion Kid could pop back up and go "BTW, I'm not really Sarda's past self, he was lying", or the Four Fiends could appear and say "Hi, we're not really dead", or something else equally out-there could happen. Point is, excluding information based on the presumption it may not be true is irrational. At any time, something presented as fact on this page (and in the comic) could be disproved on Brian's whim. Should this page not exist then on the principal anything stated here may not be the truth? Brian could turn around and have Black Mage take off his robe to reveal it's actually Garland, we don't know! Presumption of truth or presumption of falsehood, which is it?
In the latest comics. Chaos directly states "Sarda's body has become a portal for me", and identifies himself as Chaos. There's no reason to not mention this except for the rather POV opinion Brian could later change his mind. If a later comic establishes this isn't Chaos, oh well, we'll just change it then. In the meantime there's no real reason to not mention it now. I'll also note nothing has been said about the Chaos section on the page, and it mentioning Chaos possessing Sarda's body. If Chaos' section mentions he possessed Sarda, why shouldn't Sarda's section? The Clawed One ( talk) 05:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Isn't this incredibly detailed listing of which sprite was used for which character technically original research? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Looking through this article, it seems to be based entirely on the primary source. I'd like to suggest redirecting this page to 8-Bit Theater#Characters, which also lists the most important characters of this webcomic. The cast of 8-Bit Theater simply doesn't seem to be notable at all, and this list consists entirely of a certain type of original research that webcomics are prone to. Before boldly turning this in a redirect, however, I figured I'd go and ask other people's opinions on the topic. As a general reader, I for one much prefer the short section on the main article over this huge list of minor characters. ~ Mable ( chat) 15:23, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
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I was wondering if someone should go through the article and make sure all the characters are in the correct sections. Mostly becasue I noticed that Matoya and Bahamut were in the major character section despite only two appearences (albeit with some degree of importance to the plot) while EPS and King Steve are only in the minor characters section despite having whole comics devoted to them. -- Bisected8 17:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
But with Bahamut, he will most likely never appear again! At least Matoia has a chance to be repeated. I think Bahamut is done for and should be moved to the minor characters... Timebender13 13:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Can we discuss a consensus for how exactly to explain this reference? I've seen it linking to at least three different articles, and right now there's just an explanation in brackets. I don't mind either way, but maybe there's a best way to do it? -- R. Wolff 09:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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I've been wondering, is Jeff really significant enough for this article? He's not really a running gag (2 appearances compared to Akbar's appearances in most of the arcs, even appearing more than once at times), nor is he as important as, say, Bahamut. He's on about the same rank of importance as the Mob Boss. Maybe a minor mention in Akbar's description, like "There is also Jeff, whose business is just as shoddy, but tends to be honest about his services and has helped the Light Warriors travel to their destinations." -- Jopasopa 01:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Anyone have an objection to me archiving some of the older discussion on this page? It's pretty long now. bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 21:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm thinking we should come up with a criterion for which characters have images. We could upload fair-use images for just about everyone on the list, but do we need to? My first thought is to include major characters only, but then it might also be beneficial to a reader to see a face to match to the name (it took me a bit of memory searching to remember who Akbar was). My final conclusion was that we can justify a small image of any character notable to make it on the list. Thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 21:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I was searching the "Help me find a comic" thread on the NP forums and found something interesting: [1] Good enough proof that his name is just Messenger? It fits the naming scheme found in the Light Warriors, Other Warriors, White Mage, Black Belt, Dragoon, King Elf, Mob Boss and maybe something else I forgot. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 20:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Another thing, how does this "closely resemble" "Now Shut Up"? Unless I'm missing something, it involves using his pieces in Gurgu, not the the "stone BB from 1 second ago" like Brian used. Secondly, it was written over a year after the episode. ( Now Shut Up: Nov. 10, 2005, Post: Dec. 5, 2006). Perhaps someone has a better link showing what the episode was in response to? -- Jopasopa ( talk) 23:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Muffin is never called Tiamat in the comic. We have no good reason to call her Tiamat in the article; we do have reason to point out that she's the comic's version of the game's Tiamat, but that should be the extent of it. If at any point she is called Tiamat we can still change it.
Same goes for Kraken/Ur by extension. Voices? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 20:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Allow me to propose the following:
-Move Princess Sara, King Steve, and Dragoon to main characters. (Reasons: Sara and Dragoon have had entire story arcs practically devoted to them; Sara and Steve remain to be regular characters, even having their own side-stories along with other characters such as Gary and Hank.)
-Move Matoya and Bahamut to minor characters. (Reasons: Matoya's reappearances after they finished her quest have been mostly cameos; Bahamut, while very important, was only seen a few times.)
-Give Gary (Steve's left-hand man) his own section under minor characters. (Reasons: He's more than just a gag; if Megahedron can get his own section after only an episode and 1 joke, I think Gary can.)
I could maybe understand leaving Steve under minor since he's not too important, and I could definitely understand leaving Dragoon under minor until the current arc is finished. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 17:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
-I'd like to know why my edit about Bard was removed. I mean I don't mind if there's a reason. I just thought it was as worthy of adding as anything. It seemed pretty official.
Sorry, I don't have much to do with this wiki, so it put my ip address. I didn't like the idea so I signed up for a username. When I noticed it was putting my IP address again I assumed it was a hickup and so removed it. sorry again. [Virkokka] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Virkokka ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
On a general note: I think we can't say for sure who's a main or minor character until the comic's over and everyone's role in the plot is completely clear. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 11:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I see someone added the Forest Imps. I was thinking we could maybe add a list of truly minor characters, something like this, except only like a sentence or 2 for each. Characters that can go there can be the Forest Imps, Queen Jane, the Sulk, Mob Boss (and his assistant), King Elf, and the Dwarf King. (I was also thinking Jeff and, if by the end he's nothing more than a gag, Megahedron. Maybe Gary, too.) Although I guess like 5 of those might be considered running gags. -- Jopasopa ( talk) 18:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I understand that the current convention for what order a character appears in is chronologically, but I think we might explore a few other options. Today, I noticed that LHM Gary wound up pretty distant from King Steve, with whom he shares an image, and Princess Sara. It occurred to me that the three are pretty much exclusively seen in each other's company since around episode 100 or so. It made more sense to group them (if only for the image). Then I realized that Dr Swordopolis, Darko, and Megahedron would all have to be grouped as well for consistancy. Matoya and Bahamut would make sense together, since they have seen similar levels of import and "screen time" in the comic. The Raven and Dr. Malpractice have seen so little significance, they could be toward the bottom...
Am I appealing to anyone's sense? Or should we leave it as is? At least the chronological order would be incontrevertable and unarguable, while we could bicker for days who is more significant to the plot to go on top.... bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 00:45, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see the proxy war aspect at all. You could certainly interpret it from the current situation, but it's not immediately obvious and a different outcome is entirely possible. They should probably remain separate until something definite has been said. As for Megahedron, I believe we discussed him in the past and agreed not to mention him in the article until there's proof he actually exists outside of Red Mage's head. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:04, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Upon further thought, they should not be grouped together at all, as all other groups summarized under one heading are individuals who work together (as far as 8BT characters do) and appear as one unit, whereas the gods have always appeared as singular characters. After all there's no section called "The Kings" that groups King Steve and the kings of Elf- and Dwarfland. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:16, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Quoting myself from the discussion archive:
"I specifically put the running gag characters under one heading so the list at the top wouldn't get overly long. They are extremely insignificant to the plot (being, well, nothing but running gag characters) and, as such, don't merit their own section (if it was up to me entirely, I'd have removed them altogether months ago). Hardly anyone will want to look for, say, the messenger specifically as much as, say again, King Steve."
This point still stands, the contents list is a terrible mess as it is and having sub-sub-sublinks in there so readers can jump directly to the part about the Lawninja who were in two or three comics out of 1079 isn't helping. I suggest reverting the structure back to grouping the fiends and Other Warriors under one heading respectively; also once again to remove the running gag characters entirely as per the above, or if not that, to group them under one heading likewise. -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:10, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Due to the nukclear power site changing its format, all the ref links to the comic are broken and need to be fixed. I know, pain in the ass, but unfortunately its true. The Clawed One ( talk) 05:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Copied from User talk:bahamut0013 I suggest you review WP:NFCC and WP:NFLISTS before removing invalid tags, especially with patronising edit summaries. Black Kite 09:20, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't think we could make free alternatives since even in the comic itself the sprites are used under the fair use doctrine. I don't honestly see any other way we could illustrate this article. That said: I do see the point, and it's probably true that not every character needs an image. Ones like Astos or the cultists could easily be removed with no detrimental effect to the article quality. Let's see: we could have one for the Light Warriors with White Mage and Black Belt, one for the Dark Warriors, one for the Fiends and one for Sarda. Maybe one for King Steve as well since the one that's there illustrates his character perfectly. So, four or five - would that be acceptable? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 18:19, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
I have to question this, because I've seen it mentioned before. Yes, I know how Brian works with the comics. But to discount events and exclude them from the page because he might pull a fast one on readers is foolish. For all we know, next comic Onion Kid could pop back up and go "BTW, I'm not really Sarda's past self, he was lying", or the Four Fiends could appear and say "Hi, we're not really dead", or something else equally out-there could happen. Point is, excluding information based on the presumption it may not be true is irrational. At any time, something presented as fact on this page (and in the comic) could be disproved on Brian's whim. Should this page not exist then on the principal anything stated here may not be the truth? Brian could turn around and have Black Mage take off his robe to reveal it's actually Garland, we don't know! Presumption of truth or presumption of falsehood, which is it?
In the latest comics. Chaos directly states "Sarda's body has become a portal for me", and identifies himself as Chaos. There's no reason to not mention this except for the rather POV opinion Brian could later change his mind. If a later comic establishes this isn't Chaos, oh well, we'll just change it then. In the meantime there's no real reason to not mention it now. I'll also note nothing has been said about the Chaos section on the page, and it mentioning Chaos possessing Sarda's body. If Chaos' section mentions he possessed Sarda, why shouldn't Sarda's section? The Clawed One ( talk) 05:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Isn't this incredibly detailed listing of which sprite was used for which character technically original research? -- R. Wolff ( talk) 14:02, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Looking through this article, it seems to be based entirely on the primary source. I'd like to suggest redirecting this page to 8-Bit Theater#Characters, which also lists the most important characters of this webcomic. The cast of 8-Bit Theater simply doesn't seem to be notable at all, and this list consists entirely of a certain type of original research that webcomics are prone to. Before boldly turning this in a redirect, however, I figured I'd go and ask other people's opinions on the topic. As a general reader, I for one much prefer the short section on the main article over this huge list of minor characters. ~ Mable ( chat) 15:23, 1 February 2017 (UTC)