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[–] Broc_Lia 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago 

Lord of the Rings. Half of the fantasy novels out there want to be long rambling epics which are more about the world of the novel than advancing the plot.

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[–] middle_path 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not to mention the invention of elves, orcs, and dwarves as we know it.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Right, and their novelty was very cool (heck, he pretty much invented the fantasy book) but they've gone on to become every stereotype of the genre.

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[–] mcwilshire 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Creed et al. probably wouldn't have existed without Nirvana.

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[–] greycloud 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

its spooky how many people in places of power are replicating the orwell horror story.

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[–] profanion [S] ago 

Especially if it seeps into real life.

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[–] pepepepepe 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

The original Call of Duty. United Offensive was a fucking masterpiece. When the series stopped having the main games be PC exclusive it started to go downhill. After Modern Warfare people started copying the formula. By MW2 the bad design choicesa were cemented and the series was finished. Terrible ADS shooters have ruled the market ever since and FPS games as a whole never recovered.

There is a very small chance the new UT could bring back arena shooters but I highly doubt it.

a - No dedicated servers, auto-aim in multiplayer, focus on individual achievement and not teamwork, "first to aim is first to kill", tiny levels, questionable spawn system, forcing the pseudo-console war battles between Battlefield and Call of Duty fans, hitscan weapons with no bullet drop...

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[–] middle_path 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is amazing, but everyone wanted to copy it. Fun fact - Vampires prior to Bram did not have fangs, they used to have to make an incision with something else to let the blood flow.

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[–] CttCJim 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

they also were more like ADD zombies. Bram Stoker's work and also Varney the Vampire are held as the origins of the "Victorian Vampire" archetype.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire

Varney actually predates Dracula, but didn't have as good of marketing.

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[–] SteelKidney 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Anne Rice's Vampire books. Pretty sure Twilight wouldn't have happened if Meyers hadn't been influenced by Rice.