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* [[Genius: The Transgression]]: Referenced.

** ''"Kid geniuses" aren't as common as many people think. (Though they are often as annoying as people think.) Minors make up 14% of the Inspired population, with one genius in 50 being under the age of 13. These characters show a slight proclivity for computer science, with dimensional research also being popular.''

* The [[Old World of Darkness]] setting had Samuel Haight, arguably the worst [[Villain Sue]] ever published in all of pen & paper roleplaying. The writers just kept giving him more and more rule-breaking, crossover powers<ref>Sam was a ghoul, a skin dancer, a true mage who didn't suffer paradox, and the owner of a sword that let him steal even more powers</ref> and kept instructing GMs to ensure he lives for another adventure before they finally clued into the massive [[Hatedom]] he had accumulated and [[Author's Saving Throw|killed him off brutally]]. (Then, ''in the afterlife,'' he was turned into a (still sentient) ashtray.)

* The [[Old World of Darkness]] setting had Samuel Haight, arguably the worst [[Villain Sue]] ever published in all of pen & paper roleplaying. The writers just kept giving him more and more rule-breaking, crossover powers<ref>Sam was a ghoul, a skin dancer, a true mage who didn't suffer paradox, and the owner of a sword that let him steal even more powers. To translate that for those who haven't played the Old of Darkness -- most of them are directly against the rules as written, most are mutually contradictory in that no single being can possess both (any more than you could simultaneously be a mage and a vampire, for example), and at least two would get you thrown out of tournament play just for asking.</ref> and kept instructing GMs to ensure he lives for another adventure before they finally clued into the massive [[Hatedom]] he had accumulated and [[Author's Saving Throw|killed him off brutally]]. (Then, ''in the afterlife,'' he was turned into a (still sentient) ashtray.)

* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'', there is a bet every new set: "Which new strategy will be so imbalanced that players will [[Scrub|bitch about how unfair it is]] and blame Mark Rosewater?" In the case of infect, Rosewater took blame because he loved poison counters so much.