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Then there are more problematic forms of [[The Real Man]]:
* [[Leeroy Jenkins|The Leeroy]]: The guy with no patience for long-term strategy, deliberations, or diplomacy. He usually has one tried-and-true solution to every problem: the headlong charge. This may even work, on occasion, depending on how strong the Leeroy is. However, more often it leads to him getting in over his head (and even getting the [[Total Party Kill|entire party killed]] trying to bail him out) or getting mauled by a trap. Even worse is if he gets bored and starts a [[Bar Brawl]] during delicate negotiations because it's been more than ten minutes since the last fight. Named after the [[Trope Codifier|most famous recent example]], [[Leeroy Jenkins]].
* [[Munchkin|The Munchkin]]: Maligned as he is, the [[Munchkin]] may simply be a form of Real Man who stopped caring about the action alone and fixated on "winning" at any cost. This may be why most Real Men hate him so much; because of [[Not So Different|the fine line between them]] (some [[Fan Dumb|especially extreme]] [[The Roleplayer|Roleplayers]] may see little difference between the two, equating any love of combat [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|with munchkinism]]).
This is probably the most common player archetype to appear in a MMORPG, next to the outright [[Munchkin]] types.
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== Roleplaying Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D's]]'' 4th edition seems to be built to easily accommodate this kind of player. Mechanics favor the "awesomeness" in moves present above, with very little squishy or loner character traits. Near to a middle ground between the other archetypes.
** However, it also regulates it by more carefully standardizing the damage each class can do at each level. The class descriptions even give advice for min/maxing since they've taken steps to (in theory) ensure you can't take it too far.
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* Bob and Dave of ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''.
** And biker turned gamer Crutch who's priest is named Friar Swayze.
* Fighter from ''[[8-Bit Theater
** But thanks to the [[Rule of Cool]] they work very effectively.
* Ben from ''[[Fuzzy Knights]]''.
* Possibly, Belkar from ''[[Order of the Stick]]''.
* Vriska from ''[[Homestuck]]'' is one of these, playing a [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|character]] who has 'gained all the levels. All of them.' This leads her to butt heads with her RP partner, who is [[The Roleplayer]] and plays a class that's useless but fits his personality best.
* Cory of ''[[One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5]]'' is both this and a [[Munchkin]], who pimped out Zoro to an insane degree in order to maximize his killing ability. He's extremely frustrated when the GM bars him from playing his character at first, instead sticking him with the pre-made [[Non-Action Guy|Coby]].
* ''[[Friendship Is Dragons]]'' has Rainbow Dash, whose player repeatedly complains about the lack of ''awesome'' action and the setting in general.
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