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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs and imitators continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen harm or death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]]. That the cursor is in the shape of a female hand (like so many other "failure to play the game correctly" adverts) only makes things worse, as it implies that women are idiots who can't play the game competently.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. trouble]] (not that it's stopped them in the long run). Its spin-offs and imitators continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen harm to both women and children alike or death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]]. That the cursor is in the shape of a female hand (like so With this, [[FollowTheLeader again]], having many other "failure to play imitators and unrelated games and apps advertise the game correctly" adverts) only makes things worse, as same way with worse results and incurring an even larger backlash against everyone using it implies that women are idiots who can't play the game competently.to advertise their products.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]]. That the cursor is in the shape of a female hand (like so many other "failure to play the game correctly" adverts) only makes things worse, as it implies that women are idiots who can't play the game competently.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs and imitators continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen harm or death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]]. That the cursor is in the shape of a female hand (like so many other "failure to play the game correctly" adverts) only makes things worse, as it implies that women are idiots who can't play the game competently.
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* ObscurePopularity: Hundreds of millions of players have played the game, despite it rarely making headlines in the gaming news.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]]. That the cursor is in the shape of a female hand (like so many other "failure to play the game correctly" adverts) only makes things worse, as it implies that women are idiots who can't play the game competently.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit DownerEndings featuring things like homelessness, onscreen death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]].
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit DownerEndings {{Downer Ending}}s featuring things like homelessness, onscreen death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]].
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* OvershadowedByControversy: Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]]. Its spin-offs continue the trend of controversy, this time by having ads with explicit DownerEndings featuring things like homelessness, onscreen death, and a [[EpicFail generally incompetent "player" causing it all to happen]].
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Austin is nicknamed "Bald cunt" by many of the game's detractors.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Austin is nicknamed "Bald cunt" by many of the game's detractors.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The game's better known for its notoriously terrible advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The game's Outside of fans of casual games, this game is better known for its notoriously terrible misleading advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits. The ubiquity of such advertising has also not done it any favors.favors, and [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509970 has even gotten Playrix into trouble]].
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* GoodBadBugs: During the Disco Season event from August 2020, it could happen that the game doesn't register correctly that you accepted the levelup reward, allowing you to take it twice.
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* GoodBadBugs: During the Disco Season event from August 2020, it could happen that the game doesn't register correctly that you accepted the levelup reward, allowing you to take it twice.twice.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The game's better known for its notoriously terrible advertising (popularizing the infamous "WHY IS THIS GAME SO HARD" style of advertising among others) than any of its own merits.
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* GoodBadBugs: During the Disco Season event from August 2020, it could happen that the game doesn't register correctly that you accepted the levelup reward, allowing you to take it twice.
