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Citing homages?

So, I think it's clear that if someone is well-versed in fighting games, each characters' inspirations will be fairly obvious to them (if not outright explicit in the case of The Baz, seeing as how the guys who popularized him got him in by backing the Kickstarter), but that's obviously still OR and doesn't solve the problem of reliably sourcing the information, especially for those based on real-life figures like Marn and Jebailey, who wouldn't be NEARLY as well known by the general public as someone like Wolverine or Kung Lao. Is there any way to find something a little more concrete we can use to cite their parody elements? -- 136.181.195.25 (talk) 18:37, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was confused about how to get this done, as well, but I think that it's possible that referencing YouTube videos might be acceptable in this case, seeing that as of right now there are no other official sources detailing the game's characters other than the PlayStation Blog post on character bios up to Jefailey. Haha, I didn't know that Iron Galaxy had been uploading the eSports Hours in the first place, they'd be really useful here. There might be some question as to whether or not this is the "official" Iron Galazy YT page, but seeing that the official Divekick homepage uses a video from that account it seems clean to me. That is, of course, assuming that somewhere in all those videos the inspirations for the characters are covered. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 01:35, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are loads of news articles about Divekick and character announcements from sites like Joystiq if you look hard enough.--FLStyle (talk) 11:54, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that few of them actually cover the inspirations for said characters, especially stuff like "Dr. Shoals uses Doom's MvC3 foot dive!" or "Mr. N = Marn and both are jerks!" Perhaps that means those references don't really meet WP's standards of "layman must understand", but that's another discussion.

But maybe I just suck at checking websites? Has Joystiq or someone else actually gone over character inspirations? TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 02:56, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know Keits mentioned why he made a character based on Jebailey in one of the eSports Hours; I think he made reference to Mr. N = Marn as well. I'll keep an eye out for any articles that go into the inspirations behind the characters, but for now, I think the best option is for someone to watch through the eSports Hours and try to find any citable moments. -- 136.181.195.25 (talk) 12:41, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added a few articles to source Jefailey and The Baz's origins. I'd expect one to go up soon regarding Markman as well. -- 98.250.7.156 (talk) 04:00, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work, I didn't know Destructoid had been doing some character backgrounds. Anyway, on an unrelated note, the new character "MarkMan" or "Markman"? TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 13:11, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Julio uses the intercapped version for his own screenname, so unless Iron Galaxy says otherwise, i.e. in a future roster post, that's what we should stick with. -- 136.181.195.25 (talk) 14:58, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that Redacted is also a reference to the former pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who's nickname was "the Rabid Wolverine" and is referred to as "Name Redacted" by the Internet Wrestling Community at times due to the actions of WWE making no reference to him due to the nature of his death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.14.40 (talk) 11:15, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That might need more proof to back it up. TheStickMan^[✆Talk] 13:47, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. The single reason Redacted is called Redacted is because Iron Galaxy couldn't legally call her Wolverine for the official release, which was her original name in the prototype version debuted at UFGT8 back in May 2012.--FLStyle (talk) 15:33, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighty, just seemed like too much of a coincidence to not've been a reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.14.40 (talk) 12:14, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replace the gameplay screenshot

Can we get that screen of Dive and Kick replaced? It's from before the game was even kickstarted, and and as a result, it's using outdated graphics and a UI that's missing a lot of elements present in the final release, including both characters' gems, round counters, and air/ground special indicators. This screen from the official website would be a suitable replacement. -- 69.136.149.237 (talk) 00:24, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]