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The noob
Author(s)	Gianna Masetti
Website	http://www.thenoobcomic.com/
Current status/schedule	Twice weekly.
Launch date	June 2004

The noob is a webcomic by Gianna Masetti. The plot revolves around a new gamer named Ohforf'sake (generally referred to as "Ohforf") The name was a mistake made during charactor creation. Ohforf represents the typical noob in a MMORPG. He encounters the various groups in the game called Clichequest such as the PK'ers who try to kill other players for loot or fun. The comic serves as a social commentary and parody of the MMORPG genre. The noob is currently a full color comic, although in the beginning this was not always the case.

Characters

• Ohforf'sake: A neophyte player, Ohforf is the comic's main character. He is neither a role player, nor a PK'er, but simply wants to have fun and become more experienced.
• Hypatia: A slightly more experienced player, she is a friend to Ohforf, and the comic's romantic interest.
• Darkie: Known in full as Sir Darkblade Wolfeyes Orcbane, he is an extreme role player. He is a friend of Hypatia, and hates PK'ers.
• The Guild of the Righteous Protectors of the Crimson Star: A group of role-players. In one of the cartoons, this guild tried to organize into an army, with disastrous results (possibly a jab at attempts to organize guilds in World of Warcraft).
• The PK'ers: The primary antagonists of the comic, they kill other player characters for loot. The major PK'ers are Your Name Here, Dakilla, D43dly-d34dly and Fred the Dread. Due to a "limb loss" punishment introduced by the GMs in the past, several of them are missing limbs, and one of them is simply a disembodied nose. There are also several other PK'ing guilds who are generally rivals to the outcasts, which are the perviously named PK'er's guild, one of the other PK guilds are the Deathsquad, who expertise in using a cheat in which you put your hand(s) on your behind and continually press the jump button, this allows you to move twice as fast, it is known as Arsemode.
• The Developers: Shown in asides to the main story, the developers of Clichequest plot to make the game more profitable (generally with a very poor success rate - all of their quests seem to involve the collection of one kind of tail or another).
• The GMs: The game masters of the Clichequest game, they wear white sheets and zap gamers for fun. Some of them are also known to hold a belief that no exploitable bugs exist in the game.

External links

• The noob