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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]].

 

This is probably the most common player archetype to appear in a MMORPG, next to the outright [[Munchkin]] types.

A [[Player Archetypes]] subtrope, along with [[The Roleplayer]], [[The Loonie]] and the [[Munchkin]].

 

 

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* ''[[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.

*** There are some classes and builds than can dish out so much pain in such a short time that even Boss enemies can fall or at least become serioulsy crippled within one turn. A two-weapon Ranger using Blade Cascade (even the errataed version) with a few build-ups beforehand can easily instagib most lieutenant level mobs, and with a bit of luck rolling the dice sometimes even bosses. The major disadvantage is that this only works once a day, so it'd best be saved for that one big enemy.

** The Monk class was basically made with [[The Real Man]] in mind. For instance, one of his powers is punching so hard that his fist]] ''[[Rocket Punch|flies across the room with the rest of him still attached to it.]]''

* Bob and Dave of ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''.

** And biker turned gamer Crutch who's priest is named Friar Swayze.

** 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 (Webcomic)|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.

* ''[[Friendship Is Dragons (Webcomic)|Friendship Is Dragons]]'' has Rainbow Dash, whose player repeatedly complains about the lack of ''awesome'' action and the setting in general.