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* HeroesWantRedheads: BA certainly does.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Patty helped turn the GaryCon UN Simulator into a crime game where she markets heroin and arms to other countries.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Patty helped turn the GaryCon [=GaryCon=] UN Simulator into a crime game where she markets heroin and arms to other countries.
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* TheyDo: Married his fiance, Reese, and became a parent soon after.
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* KillerGamemaster: Used to have this reputation in Junior High. He's mellowed out since then and tells Crutch to be tough but fair.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Tank began working out with Crutch and has taken to it, losing a lot of weight in the process and becoming healthier as well as more self-confident.
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Tank was told by ''Neil Gaiman'' that his notebook lost as a child actually ended up inspiring most of the Eighties and Nineties' fantasy. Terry Brooks confirmed it was the inspiration for the Shanarra Chronicles.
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A long time member of the group. Though Chad fits in socially as a college student, he started gaming in middle school where his munchkin tendencies kept him away from other gaming tables leading Patty to take him in. Today, he's more the team spitfire, easily irritated but a bit more mature as a player. Recently, Chad has been bringing his pacifist fiancee Reese to the table; she's more than a little disturbed by all the violence in these games.
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A long time member of the group. Though Chad fits in socially as a college student, he started gaming in middle school where his munchkin tendencies kept him away from other gaming tables leading Patty to take him in. Today, he's more the team spitfire, easily irritated but a bit more mature as a player. Recently, Chad has been bringing his pacifist fiancee (later wife) Reese to the table; she's more than a little disturbed by all the violence in these games.
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* PromotedToParent: Is one of the few cast members in the comic to get married and have a child.
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* TheyDo: Married his fiance, Reese, and became a parent soon after.
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* CoolOldLady: Well, old is relative but in comparison to the rest of the cast.
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* PetTheDog: Was willing to let Crutch into the Perps because she felt sorry for him and sensed his love of the game.
* PutOnABus: Mo, sadly, moved away and left Patty's Perps.
* PutOnABus: Mo, sadly, moved away and left Patty's Perps.
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* BewareTheNineOnes: Patty helped turn the GaryCon UN Simulator into a crime game where she markets heroin and arms to other countries.
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* BewareTheNineOnes: Patty helped turn the GaryCon UN Simulator into a crime game where she markets heroin and arms to other countries.
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Doesn't read any sort of fiction other than fantasy or game-related books, which defeats the purpose of their book club.
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* {{Foil}}: While the Knights are obsessed with hack and slash, the Black Hands with betraying one another, the Perps are mostly roleplayers who enjoy supporting one another.
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* HasAType: Is attracted to hardcore gamers among men, dating both Dave as well as BA.
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* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Patty actually ''is'' a kindergarten teacher. However, she has difficulties turning the attitude off and ends up treating her gaming group like a bunch of preschoolers, including a "Time Out Corner" with "5 points to ponder".
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* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: LoveInterest: Is originally Dave's girlfriend (who lived with him) before becoming involved with BA.
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** Patty actually ''is'' a kindergarten teacher. However, she has difficulties turning the attitude off and ends up treating her gaming group like a bunch of preschoolers, including a "Time Out Corner" with "5 points to ponder".
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** Patty actually ''is'' a kindergarten teacher. However, she has difficulties turning the attitude off and ends up treating her gaming group like a bunch of preschoolers, including a "Time Out Corner" with "5 points to ponder".
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Doesn't read any sort of fiction other than fantasy or game-related books, which defeats the purpose of their book club.
* CovertPervert: Is a big fan of Literature/{{Gor}} that he insists is a literary masterpiece.
* CovertPervert: Is a big fan of Literature/{{Gor}} that he insists is a literary masterpiece.
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* CharacterDevelopment: One of the few characters to undergo it as he slowly moves from his criminal enterprises and becomes an honest citizen. He also softens his rough edges and becomes a better person, all because of gaming.
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* TheMentor: Takes up this role with Crutch, willingly help him ease into gaming after a bad introduction with the Black Hands.
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[[folder:Patty's Perps]]
The third name level gaming group to gain continual focus in the strips. The group is known for its eclectic group of hardcases, people who mostly wouldn't fit in with normal society or even other gamers in many places. Like the other gamemasters, Patti has her quirks which include a swear jar, a time out corner, and the use of M & M's to track experience points, all of which come from Patti's background as a school teacher.
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* GoodCounterpart: Unlike the Black Hands who are worse than the Knights, the Patty's Perps are optimistic and loving.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They have nothing in common but gaming.
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[[folder: Patty]]
!!Patty Gauzweiler
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patty_9.jpg]]
The Gamemaster. Patty is a school teacher who hosts games in her trailer and tends to take in lost souls or anyone who looks like they need some mothering. This, perhaps, explains why she was shown in her earliest appearances relentlessly pursuing [[ManChild Dave]] to resume the relationship they once had. Patty is also the Gamemaster for the local but seldom shown Ladies of Hack group consisting of most of the regular female characters. Though she has a basically good heart, Patty is also a master of the evil situation, once manipulating her group's entire party into jumping into a lava pit just so she could win a bet with the other Gamemasters in town.
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* EightiesHair: Has a particularly lush and large do.
* FriendToAllChildren: She seems to adore and be adored by all of Muncie’s kids.
* HeroesWantRedheads: BA certainly does.
* InformedAttractiveness: She's supposed to be quite attractive, but drawing attractive women isn't really Jolly's strong point. Her appearance is kind of an artifact; later 'pretty girl' characters are drawn more attractively, but changing Patty's model might make the character unrecognizable.
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Patty actually ''is'' a kindergarten teacher. However, she has difficulties turning the attitude off and ends up treating her gaming group like a bunch of preschoolers, including a "Time Out Corner" with "5 points to ponder".
** Given the way some gamers act in this comic, treating them like preschoolers might be giving them too much credit.
* TeamMom: All up and down the line, she cares for her group very much but also disciplines them like her students.
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[[folder: Chad]]
!!Chad Aguilar
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chad_a.jpg]]
A long time member of the group. Though Chad fits in socially as a college student, he started gaming in middle school where his munchkin tendencies kept him away from other gaming tables leading Patty to take him in. Today, he's more the team spitfire, easily irritated but a bit more mature as a player. Recently, Chad has been bringing his pacifist fiancee Reese to the table; she's more than a little disturbed by all the violence in these games.
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* ClosetGeek: Chad was very, very reluctant to reveal his hobby to Reese - to the point of hiring [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Trish]] to impersonate her when the group insisted on being allowed to meet 'Reese'.
* HotBlooded: To a lesser extent than Bob but still present.
* SatelliteCharacter: He's less flawed, and therefore less amusing: he doesn't get much screen time of his own.
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[[folder: Eddie]]
!!Eddie "Tank" Rodriguez
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tank_kodt.jpg]]
Pretty much the embodiment of the modern gamer geek stereotype, Tank is a large, obese, hairy, timid, thoughtful man who is awkward around women (even by KODT standards.) He's gentle to the point of being an emotional doormat for the rest of the group. For a long time, the only other character he was known to associate with outside of the Perps was Trish, from the Ladies of Hack. This was expanded slightly by the Java Joint spinoff strip, which showed him in a book club with Patty and Sara.
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* AscendedExtra: One of the stars of the Java Joint strips with Sarah and Patty.
* GentleGiant: He's a larger character but one of the least violent gamers in Muncie.
* PlatonicProstitution: He hired Trish to game with him. She enjoyed it enough to join the Ladies of Hack and came to like Tank enough to give him gifts that probably offset most of what she was paid.
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[[folder: Leslie]]
!!Leslie "Crutch" Humphries
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crutch.jpg]]
An ex-con gone straight. Crutch met the Black Hands when they decided to game at Hawg Wallers. Crutch and others around thought the Hands were planning a bank heist (in fact, they were playing a Western RPG and were plotting to rob a bank in-game). After spending a few nights in jail with the Black Hands over this misunderstanding, Crutch fell in love with gaming and began seeking gaming groups. Unfortunately, his enthusiasm for Hack and Slash extended to killing other player's characters at the table so he couldn't find a group until BA directed him to Patty, who has made him her latest project. He has recently become a surprise hit [=GMing=] "Crime Nation," bringing realistic grittiness into his game thanks to his personal experience in crime.
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: A hulking, brutish ex-con motorcyclist.
* BreakoutCharacter: He's become one of the most popular characters; he's the oddball who can't quite fit into an otherwise fairly well-adjusted group.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has mostly recovered from this but even to this day he charges for the healing his cleric "Friar Swayze" doles out.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Leslie.
* HeelFaceTurn: When introduced, he's an ex-con who still seems willing to engage in criminal behavior but he makes an earnest effort to go straight for his old lady and eventually becomes an honorable JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** The turning point comes when [[ItMakesSenseInContext he winds up locked up in prison]] with the Black Hands and insists on playing the Western RPG Cattlepunk. These were his [[AlwaysChaoticEvil earliest days]] in the hobby, so the Black Hands spent most of their time rolling up new characters and trying to avoid being gunned down by Crutch for their starting money - [[AlwaysABiggerFish even Stevil.]]
* KillerGamemaster: He couldn't get accredited to run Hackmaster, but found his niche running an old gang-violence RPG called ''Crime Nation.'' The body count is so high that even ''Weird Pete'' thinks it's high. A lot of cast usually found at other tables have turned up at Crutch's ''Crime Nation'' game, apparently for love of the challenge.
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[[folder: Mo]]
!!Mo
[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mo_6.jpg]]
A middle aged widow/ex-housewife living off life insurance and inheritance, Mo met Patty volunteering at an after school program and was excited about trying out Hackmaster. At the table, she's very outspoken and blunt but nice, which makes it all the more surprising when she kicks your teeth in and steals your loot.
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* TheMunchkin: Mo is the unique case in pretty much all of fiction of a middle aged female that fits this trope. Probably the only difference between her and the other munchkins is its all fun and games for her and she's not going to get overly upset if things don't go her way.
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[[folder:Patty's Perps]]
The third name level gaming group to gain continual focus in the strips. The group is known for its eclectic group of hardcases, people who mostly wouldn't fit in with normal society or even other gamers in many places. Like the other gamemasters, Patti has her quirks which include a swear jar, a time out corner, and the use of M & M's to track experience points, all of which come from Patti's background as a school teacher.
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* GoodCounterpart: Unlike the Black Hands who are worse than the Knights, the Patty's Perps are optimistic and loving.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They have nothing in common but gaming.
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[[folder: Patty]]
!!Patty Gauzweiler
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patty_9.jpg]]
The Gamemaster. Patty is a school teacher who hosts games in her trailer and tends to take in lost souls or anyone who looks like they need some mothering. This, perhaps, explains why she was shown in her earliest appearances relentlessly pursuing [[ManChild Dave]] to resume the relationship they once had. Patty is also the Gamemaster for the local but seldom shown Ladies of Hack group consisting of most of the regular female characters. Though she has a basically good heart, Patty is also a master of the evil situation, once manipulating her group's entire party into jumping into a lava pit just so she could win a bet with the other Gamemasters in town.
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* EightiesHair: Has a particularly lush and large do.
* FriendToAllChildren: She seems to adore and be adored by all of Muncie’s kids.
* HeroesWantRedheads: BA certainly does.
* InformedAttractiveness: She's supposed to be quite attractive, but drawing attractive women isn't really Jolly's strong point. Her appearance is kind of an artifact; later 'pretty girl' characters are drawn more attractively, but changing Patty's model might make the character unrecognizable.
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Patty actually ''is'' a kindergarten teacher. However, she has difficulties turning the attitude off and ends up treating her gaming group like a bunch of preschoolers, including a "Time Out Corner" with "5 points to ponder".
** Given the way some gamers act in this comic, treating them like preschoolers might be giving them too much credit.
* TeamMom: All up and down the line, she cares for her group very much but also disciplines them like her students.
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[[folder: Chad]]
!!Chad Aguilar
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chad_a.jpg]]
A long time member of the group. Though Chad fits in socially as a college student, he started gaming in middle school where his munchkin tendencies kept him away from other gaming tables leading Patty to take him in. Today, he's more the team spitfire, easily irritated but a bit more mature as a player. Recently, Chad has been bringing his pacifist fiancee Reese to the table; she's more than a little disturbed by all the violence in these games.
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* ClosetGeek: Chad was very, very reluctant to reveal his hobby to Reese - to the point of hiring [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Trish]] to impersonate her when the group insisted on being allowed to meet 'Reese'.
* HotBlooded: To a lesser extent than Bob but still present.
* SatelliteCharacter: He's less flawed, and therefore less amusing: he doesn't get much screen time of his own.
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[[folder: Eddie]]
!!Eddie "Tank" Rodriguez
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tank_kodt.jpg]]
Pretty much the embodiment of the modern gamer geek stereotype, Tank is a large, obese, hairy, timid, thoughtful man who is awkward around women (even by KODT standards.) He's gentle to the point of being an emotional doormat for the rest of the group. For a long time, the only other character he was known to associate with outside of the Perps was Trish, from the Ladies of Hack. This was expanded slightly by the Java Joint spinoff strip, which showed him in a book club with Patty and Sara.
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* AscendedExtra: One of the stars of the Java Joint strips with Sarah and Patty.
* GentleGiant: He's a larger character but one of the least violent gamers in Muncie.
* PlatonicProstitution: He hired Trish to game with him. She enjoyed it enough to join the Ladies of Hack and came to like Tank enough to give him gifts that probably offset most of what she was paid.
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[[folder: Leslie]]
!!Leslie "Crutch" Humphries
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crutch.jpg]]
An ex-con gone straight. Crutch met the Black Hands when they decided to game at Hawg Wallers. Crutch and others around thought the Hands were planning a bank heist (in fact, they were playing a Western RPG and were plotting to rob a bank in-game). After spending a few nights in jail with the Black Hands over this misunderstanding, Crutch fell in love with gaming and began seeking gaming groups. Unfortunately, his enthusiasm for Hack and Slash extended to killing other player's characters at the table so he couldn't find a group until BA directed him to Patty, who has made him her latest project. He has recently become a surprise hit [=GMing=] "Crime Nation," bringing realistic grittiness into his game thanks to his personal experience in crime.
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: A hulking, brutish ex-con motorcyclist.
* BreakoutCharacter: He's become one of the most popular characters; he's the oddball who can't quite fit into an otherwise fairly well-adjusted group.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has mostly recovered from this but even to this day he charges for the healing his cleric "Friar Swayze" doles out.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Leslie.
* HeelFaceTurn: When introduced, he's an ex-con who still seems willing to engage in criminal behavior but he makes an earnest effort to go straight for his old lady and eventually becomes an honorable JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** The turning point comes when [[ItMakesSenseInContext he winds up locked up in prison]] with the Black Hands and insists on playing the Western RPG Cattlepunk. These were his [[AlwaysChaoticEvil earliest days]] in the hobby, so the Black Hands spent most of their time rolling up new characters and trying to avoid being gunned down by Crutch for their starting money - [[AlwaysABiggerFish even Stevil.]]
* KillerGamemaster: He couldn't get accredited to run Hackmaster, but found his niche running an old gang-violence RPG called ''Crime Nation.'' The body count is so high that even ''Weird Pete'' thinks it's high. A lot of cast usually found at other tables have turned up at Crutch's ''Crime Nation'' game, apparently for love of the challenge.
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[[folder: Mo]]
!!Mo
[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mo_6.jpg]]
A middle aged widow/ex-housewife living off life insurance and inheritance, Mo met Patty volunteering at an after school program and was excited about trying out Hackmaster. At the table, she's very outspoken and blunt but nice, which makes it all the more surprising when she kicks your teeth in and steals your loot.
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* TheMunchkin: Mo is the unique case in pretty much all of fiction of a middle aged female that fits this trope. Probably the only difference between her and the other munchkins is its all fun and games for her and she's not going to get overly upset if things don't go her way.
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