Considering the Donkey Kong board

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It says "Mario's first best friend? That's up for debate.".

I doubt that you can have two superlatives after each other. It should be either "Mario's first good friend" or "Mario's early best friend", don't you think?
 
Actually, that whole description should be scrapped (cause Mario and Donkey Kong were trying to kill each other in their first appearance) and replaced by something like "Mario's first nemesis, and the titular character of Mario's first video game" or something like that.
 
Looniju said:
That wouldn't be accurate though... And it sounds weird. "Mario's first best friend" sounds fine, we're not all grammar nazis. I wasn't even aware of such a thing...
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Yeah I guess

Son_of_Suns said:
Actually, that whole description should be scrapped (cause Mario and Donkey Kong were trying to kill each other in their first appearance) and replaced by something like "Mario's first nemesis, and the titular character of Mario's first video game" or something like that.
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Bullseye. Who ever made the original description is a huge mo--*is shot and taken away*

Uh, I mean, yes, they (really) weren't exactly friends. Who knows their real relation anyway?
 
"Mario's first best friend"...

Well, going in a sort of timeline (can't think of the exact term), Mario and Donkey Kong would have first met during the events of Yoshi's Island DS. In which, they didn't show traits of being "best friends", but in the same aspect, none of the babies really showed any relationship with one another. So the debatable part of DK being Mario's "first best friend" is fine.

Nonetheless, if you want correct grammar in the description, I'd go for switching "first" with "original".
 
Stooby Dooby Doo said:
"Mario's first best friend"...

Well, going in a sort of timeline (can't think of the exact term), Mario and Donkey Kong would have first met during the events of Yoshi's Island DS. In which, they didn't show traits of being "best friends", but in the same aspect, none of the babies really showed any relationship with one another. So the debatable part of DK being Mario's "first best friend" is fine.

Nonetheless, if you want correct grammar in the description, I'd go for switching "first" with "original".
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Yeah, that's correct. "Mario's first best friend" would almost be correct if DK was both Mario's first friend and his best friend (in which case I actually think it should be "Mario's first and best friend".
 
The whole description just sounds lame though. We should change it...perhaps even to "Without Donkey Kong, there wouldn't be Mario" or something like that.
 
Son_of_Suns said:
The whole description just sounds lame though. We should change it...perhaps even to "Without Donkey Kong, there wouldn't be Mario" or something like that.
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A lot of our board descriptions are incredibly lame, unfortunately.

And yeah, that could work.
 
Looniju said:
Stooby Dooby Doo said:
A lot of our board descriptions are incredibly lame, unfortunately.
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LarryTheCableGuy27 said:
Uh, I have a question: Who cares? ._.
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You could probably think of much better descriptions and than replace the ones we have with the new ones in less than three minutes.
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Unless I'm mistaken, only Steve can change the forum descriptions/layouts/etc.
 
Stooby Dooby Doo said:
Looniju said:
Stooby Dooby Doo said:
A lot of our board descriptions are incredibly lame, unfortunately.
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LarryTheCableGuy27 said:
Uh, I have a question: Who cares? ._.
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You could probably think of much better descriptions and than replace the ones we have with the new ones in less than three minutes.
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Unless I'm mistaken, only Steve can change the forum descriptions/layouts/etc.
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I guess we could suggest new descriptions and then go tell them to Steve-O.
 
Stooby Dooby Doo said:
A lot of our board descriptions are incredibly lame, unfortunately.
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At least, they beat those of the Userpedia forum:

"Movies":

Some people are so stupid when they go to the movies & see no-one under 17, they go get 16 friends.
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"Comics & Books":
Requirement: you need to able to read.
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"Television":
Put down the remote and post here
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"Music":
Nothing for the deaf... except for Beethoven.
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