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* Murphy's Law, [[Finagle's Law]], [[Sturgeon's Law]] and their many variants are all intended to be this, whether you agree depends on where you stand on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]].

* Everyone at this wiki may as well count. [[Meta Concepts|The idea on its own]]. But especially in the [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page sometimes. It's possible to become so savvy about the genre and the creator's themes and habits that you can predict certain revelations and plot points way before they happen. To the point that some viewer ideas are better than what the writers had planned and become a case of [[Ascended Fanon]].

* Most gamers ''usually'' become [[Genre Savvy]], especially those who specialize in playing a couple of computer or board games. This also makes some things ''easier'' for them -- such as when people learn common tricks and obstacles, or variations of them. For example, players of [[Role Playing Game|RPGs]] shall be aware of [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]] and may roll out a mage on their first quest. Players of Shmups would know common tactics that can make even new games ''much less'' frustrating. And players of [[First-Person Shooter|FPSes]] will know how weapons work and what the best situation is to use them. This, coupled with age and experience, causes many gamers to cry "[[It's Easy, So It Sucks]]".

* Most gamers ''usually'' become [[Genre Savvy]], especially those who specialize in playing a couple of computer or board games. This also makes some things ''easier'' for them -- such as when people learn common tricks and obstacles, or variations of them. For example, players of [[Role-Playing Game|RPGs]] shall be aware of [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]] and may roll out a mage on their first quest. Players of Shmups would know common tactics that can make even new games ''much less'' frustrating. And players of [[First-Person Shooter|FPSes]] will know how weapons work and what the best situation is to use them. This, coupled with age and experience, causes many gamers to cry "[[It's Easy, So It Sucks]]".

* People who watch plenty of movies can't help but notice certain casting patterns: if it's [[Sean Bean]] - [[Chronically-Killed Actor|he probably won't survive]], [[Denzel Washington]]'s character gonna be real rough, and so on. While most of the time it's no big revelation, this can blow surprises when you notice that out of X characters, only 1 is played by famous actor - you naturally expect that character to turn out the most relevant. This in turn is sometimes played with by authors, when the real surprise is always intended for said recognized-face character to not have a secret or relevance in the end.

* A few people in reality TV shows were often [[Genre Savvy]] -- Todd of ''[[Survivor]]'' fame, Kevin in the American ''[[Big Brother]]'', and the list goes on.

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