The Noob: Difference between revisions

* [[Lord British Postulate]]: Of course. Applies not only to killing. NPC valets aren't any good because "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/381/ people will glitch them into corners and steal all the canapes]".

** "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/426/ I am Rainz, the killer of Lord British.]"

* [[Loud of War]]: OhForf is punished by listening to the bards, and temporarily goes crazy.

* [[Nerf]]: [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/235/ Thank you, GM!]

* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: The lead developer of the game, not that his employees are much better. Some are even worse.

* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/413/ Generic Salutations From Clichequest!]"

* [[Purple Prose]]: Many [[The Roleplayer|roleplayers]] talk like this.

* [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]]: [[Lampshaded]] of course, but Sir Bob's outfit actually wouldn't look out of place as a medieval noble.

* [[Rewarding Vandalism]]: [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/422/ Why] they are hiding [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/424/ those barrels?]

* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: It's a MMORPG, what do you expect? The beginners quest building has a floor for "Rogues and Rouges"

** Mithril-hunting level 200 robots. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/397/ Back from beta]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/412/ Big spoiler]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/436/ Call them] "[[Dwarf Fortress|Hidden Fun Stuff]]", if you will.

** [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/404/ Divine] [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/407/ interventions] due to bugs.

*** 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>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/383/ the id-monster]</ref>, [[The Godfather]]<ref>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/352/ Don Vito], with obligatory "unicorn head in the bed" gag</ref>, ''[[The Graduate]]''<ref>Cyborella's attempted seduction of Ohforf</ref>, ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''<ref>the PK guilds chasing the Outcasts - "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/279/ Outcaaasts! Come out to play-aaay!]"</ref> and probably some others too.

* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/355/ Apparently], the lead dev trying to outdo ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (or Warhammer?) in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|bigger shoulder pads]]. One [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/357/ rejected design] had cranes on it to assist lifting [[BFS|legendary weapons]].

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: The lead developer, and several players.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: "Switch yourself off, fool! You'll [[Lampshade Hanging|attract attention]]!" - Sir Bob to a spy disguised as a [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]].

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: D34dly D34dly.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: In-universe; the GM default model looks an awful lot like a Klan member. Other moments from the devs like this are a [[Running Gag]].

** The Klan-costumes are intentional. The [[Alt Text]] mentions how the GMs in early MMOs really looked so intimidating. And it's also used as a [[Running Gag]]

* [[Vendor Trash]]: Lampshaded in [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/17/ this] strip.

* [[Walking the Earth]]