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** And there was the time the devs included Limb-Loss (a parody of Stat-Loss as was used in a [[Ultima Online|real game]]) for PKers when they were killed as a form of karmic retribution. This is the reason Fred the Dread has a hooked hand. And Drakoola had killed so many players before dying himself, he is literally only a nose by this point.
* [[Loud of War]]: OhForf is punished by listening to the bards, and temporarily goes crazy.
** [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=299 Also], [[Nerf]] vs. [[Bragging Rights Reward]].
* [[Old Shame]]: Before he became a PKer, Dakilla was part of a role-playing guild.
* [[Overused Copycat Character]]: Spoofed, with all the elves trying to think of new ways to call themselves [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]]).
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** Given the name of Clichequest, it's not exactly likely to be a coincidence...
*** The Noob shouts out to Everquest repeatedly. Over and over again. From the gag about the elven population dwindling because the newbies walk out of the treetop city and fall to their deaths (city of Kelethin), or when the new expansion was marketed by including a 3D bustline on the package (Firiona Vie), to the author acknowledging that one of the strips was based on an experience of "camping" a monster for 17 days...
** Allusions to movies are pretty frequent as well - there have been references to, at least, ''[[Blade Runner]]''<ref>Sir Bob's "I've seen things you newbies wouldn't believe..." speech</ref>, ''[[Doctor Strangelove]]'', ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''<ref>the id-monster</ref>, ''[[The Graduate]]''<ref>Cyborella's attempted seduction of Ohforf</ref>, ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''<ref>the PK guilds chasing the Outcasts - "[http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=279 Outcaaasts! Come out to play-aaay!]"</ref> and probably some others too.
** ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'': [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=236 Quantum entanglement and exploits]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=389 seen on a dev's computer]. And the [http://thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=412 cofounder] as well.
▲** ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'': [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=279 Outcaaasts! Come out to play-aaay!]
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: Apparently, the lead dev trying to outdo ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|bigger shoulder pads]]. One rejected design had cranes on it to assist lifting [[BFS|epic weapons]].
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: The lead developer, and several players.
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* [[Vendor Trash]]: Lampshaded in [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=17 this] strip.
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[Zerg Rush]]: By an [[Fun with Acronyms|aptly named]] guild. See also: "[http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=296 Fundamentals of Zergology]".
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