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* BadassGay: Strife is playing the protagonist, the Courier in Fallout: New Vegas this way.

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* {{Crossover}}: Aside from other Yogscast members such as [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parv]], Strife has played games of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' against gamers such as LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez, and other Youtubers such as Music/TayZonday.



* MrExposition: His "designated role", given his number of tutorials. Invoked in his Minecraft tutorial introductions, when he notes the lack of an official, up-to-date tutorial.

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* MrExposition: His "designated role", given his number of tutorials. Invoked in his Minecraft ''Minecraft'' tutorial introductions, when he notes the lack of an official, up-to-date tutorial.
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* WhenHeSmiles: Well, when he ''laughs''. It's rare but fantastic.
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* AscendedFanboy: To the {{Yogscast}}, and ''how''!

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* AscendedFanboy: To the {{Yogscast}}, LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}, and ''how''!

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* HypercompetentSidekick: One of the few members who isn't very quirky, and thus his ability at games isn't overshadowed.

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** Now fully averted, as the Yogscast wiki has a photo of him.
* HypercompetentSidekick: One of the few members of the Yogscast who isn't very quirky, and thus his ability at games isn't overshadowed.
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* OneOfUs: A known Yognaught before he joined the team, Strife is also a fan of many anime and TV series and can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ60EfkUTPI&list=UU5sXnom8S8EyddkLLNjgONg ramble on for an hour about Bioshock]], giving him a decidedly OneOfUs appearance.
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Okay, the formatting is fixed. However, my point still stands.


* MoralityChain: For [[Music/AlexParvis]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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* MoralityChain: For [[Music/AlexParvis]] [[Music/AlexParvis Alex]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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See discussion for reasons as to why this has been reversed.


* {{Badass}}: Strife is definitely one of the more competent gamers in the Yogs.



* MoralityChain: For [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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* MoralityChain: For [[Music/AlexParvis]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.
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* MoralityChain: For [[Music/AlexParvis Alex]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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* MoralityChain: For [[Music/AlexParvis Alex]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.



* OddCouple: With Music/AlexParvis, in ''LetsPlay/SolutionsInChaos''.

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* OddCouple: With Music/AlexParvis, Parvis in ''LetsPlay/SolutionsInChaos''.''Solutions In Chaos''.

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Adding another link to Parv but keeping the other one in. Should Parv belong under \"Music\" or \"Lets Play\"?


* MoralityChain: For Music/AlexParvis. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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* MoralityChain: For Music/AlexParvis.[[Music/AlexParvis Alex]] [[Music/{{Area 11}} Parvis]]. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.



* SelfImposedChallenge: His ''Fallout 3'' playthrough has one of these- Strife chooses to specialize in Big Guns and Explosives, while keeping his Repair skill at around 40. He is not allowed to increase it unless he finds a Skill Book.

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* SelfImposedChallenge: Strife enjoys these to spice up the video, as otherwise he'd likely just mop the floor with games.
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His ''Fallout 3'' playthrough has one of these- Strife chooses to specialize in Big Guns and Explosives, while keeping his Repair skill at around 40. He is not allowed to increase it unless he finds a Skill Book.
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* MoralityChain: For Parvis. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.

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* MoralityChain: For Parvis.Music/AlexParvis. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.



* MotorMouth: More prevalent in his older videos, where he summed up tons of information in under 10 minutes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpoRyokBQeA This video]], where Stirfe covers Vampirism in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' in its entirety, is a good example.
* MysteriousPast: His Minecraft persona, who apparently went to college with Lewis Brindley and LetsPlay/{{Sips}}, owes Lewis "a favour" of some kind (leading to him getting roped into teaching Parv Minecraft). He also appears to have dabbled in Blood Magic... ''"What happens in college stays in college".''
* OddCouple: With Parvis, in Solutions in Chaos.

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* MotorMouth: More prevalent in his older videos, where he summed up tons of information in under 10 minutes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpoRyokBQeA This video]], where Stirfe Strife covers Vampirism in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' in its entirety, is a good example.
* MysteriousPast: His Minecraft ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' persona, who apparently went to college with Lewis Brindley LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/{{Sips}}, owes Lewis "a favour" of some kind (leading to him getting roped into teaching Parv Music/AlexParvis Minecraft). He also appears to have dabbled in Blood Magic... ''"What happens in college stays in college".''
* OddCouple: With Parvis, Music/AlexParvis, in Solutions in Chaos.''LetsPlay/SolutionsInChaos''.
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* OneOfUs: A known Yognaught before he joined the team, Strife is also a fan of many anime and TV series and can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ60EfkUTPI&list=UU5sXnom8S8EyddkLLNjgONg ramble on for an hour about Bioshock]], giving him a decidedly OneOfUs appearance.
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** Also has a fear of hospitals (see AbandonedHospital above).
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims to be an acrophobic bad enough that it stresses him out to encounter high places in game as well as real life.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims to be an acrophobic acrophobic. This fear is apparently bad enough that it stresses him out to encounter high places in game as well as real life.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims to be an acrophobic bad enough that it stresses him out ''in games' as well as real life.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims to be an acrophobic bad enough that it stresses him out ''in games' to encounter high places in game as well as real life.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Claims to be an acrophobic bad enough that it stresses him out ''in games' as well as real life.
-->'''Will (Playing Fallout 3)''': It's just disconcerting, I can ''see'' through the ''walls'' of the elevator.
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* MysteriousPast: His Minecraft persona, who apparently went to college with Lewis and Sips, owes Lewis "a favour" of some kind (leading to him getting roped into teaching Parv Minecraft). He also appears to have dabbled in Blood Magic... ''"What happens in college stays in college".''

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* MysteriousPast: His Minecraft persona, who apparently went to college with Lewis Brindley and Sips, LetsPlay/{{Sips}}, owes Lewis "a favour" of some kind (leading to him getting roped into teaching Parv Minecraft). He also appears to have dabbled in Blood Magic... ''"What happens in college stays in college".''

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* TheFaceless: Semi-averted. Strife's profile picture on YouTube has always been his face, but always in shadow. When asked if he'd ever show his full face, Strife thought about it before rejecting the idea.

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* TheFaceless: Semi-averted.
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Strife's profile picture on YouTube has always had for a long time been his face, but always in shadow. When asked if he'd ever show his full face, Strife thought about it before rejecting the idea.



** NotSoStoic: He definitely has his moments of [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal funniness, fear and frustration]].

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** NotSoStoic: He definitely has his moments of [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal funniness, fear and frustration]]. When things start to hit the fan in ''Fallout 3'', he sounds like he's almost in tears (granted, it's partially acting).
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Examples Are Not Recent, but besides that, Strife has expanded considerably into Minecraft content as of late, to the point where he put a post on Tumblr explaining why he\'s less interested in the Bethesda games yet still loves Minecraft. Only sorta skimmed it though.


[[http://www.youtube.com/user/Linkthe1st William "Link The 1st" Strife]] is a YouTube based game guide creator, best known for guides on recent games from Bethesda, namely ''Fallout 3'', ''Fallout New Vegas,'' ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''. He is best known for his attention to detail in his guides, and his straight-cut style in place of humor has earned him a loyal fanbase.

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[[http://www.youtube.com/user/Linkthe1st William "Link The 1st" Strife]] is a YouTube based game guide creator, best known for guides on recent games from Bethesda, namely ''Fallout 3'', ''Fallout New Vegas,'' ''Oblivion'' ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas,'' ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''Skyrim''.''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. He is best known for his attention to detail in his guides, and his straight-cut style in place of humor has earned him a loyal fanbase.
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* Even EvilHasStandards: While not strictly 'evil', even ruthless businessman Strife has an innate disgust for [[DarkMagic Blood Magic]].

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* Even EvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards: While not strictly 'evil', even ruthless businessman Strife has an innate disgust for [[DarkMagic Blood Magic]].
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* Even EvilHasStandards: While not strictly 'evil', even ruthless businessman Strife has an innate disgust for [[DarkMagic Blood Magic]].
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* MoralityChain: For [[Area11 Parvis.]]

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* MoralityChain: For [[Area11 Parvis.]] Parvis. Half the reason for teaching him Blood Magic is Parv will probably cause serious trouble if he tries to learn alone.
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* MoralityChain: For [[Area11 Parvis.]]
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* MysteriousPast: His Minecraft persona, who apparently went to college with Lewis and Sips, owes Lewis "a favour" of some kind (leading to him getting roped into teaching Parv Minecraft). He also appears to have dabbled in Blood Magic... ''"What happens in college stays in college".''
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That was on the wrong page. My apologies.


* TrueNeutral: Makes a point of trying to maintain this [[CharacterAlignment alignment]] for the duration of his ''Fallout 3'' playthrough, though due to karma imbalances he ends up leaning more towards NeutralGood.
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* TrueNeutral: Makes a point of trying to maintain this [[CharacterAlignment alignment]] for the duration of his ''Fallout 3'' playthrough, though due to karma imbalances he ends up leaning more towards NeutralGood.
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* AscendedFanboy: To the {{Yogscast}}, and ''how''!
-->'''Will:''' Isn't that like a prerequisite to be part of the Yogs, having to watch all of the content other people put out?
-->'''Parv:''' No, that's to be a Yognau(gh)t.


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** NotSoStoic: He definitely has his moments of [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal funniness, fear and frustration]].
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* ScheduleSlip: Generally averted, as Strife manages to get his videos out rather quickly. The largest case involves ''Skyrim'', where William's first video for the game came out almost ''nine months'' after the game was released.
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[[http://www.youtube.com/user/Linkthe1st William "Link The 1st" Strife]] is a YouTube based game guide creator, best known for guides on recent games from Bethesda, namely ''Fallout 3'', ''Fallout New Vegas,'' ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''. He is best known for his attention to detail in his guides, and his straight-cut style in place of humor has earned him a loyal fanbase.

William can be found at his blog, B 10G.net, [[http://www.b10g.blogspot.ie/ here]], his Twitter, [[https://twitter.com/WStrife here]] and his Facebook, [[https://www.facebook.com/visage.guides here.]]

He has joined the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} as of December 2013.

!!Tropes relating to William Strife include:
* AbandonedHospital: While trawling through one in his ''Fallout 3'' playthrough, Strife explained that he has a fear of hospitals after playing ''VideoGame/SilentHill''.
* BadassBaritone: His voice is very deep.
* CrazyPrepared: Strife prefers using a bundle of hard-saves over quick saves in his ''Fallout 3'' playthrough, as it is in the event of the game crashing (Which was supposedly more common at the start of release). He also tells a story of how he once found a Cherry Bomb in a toilet bowl, and since then searches every toilet he can unless he's full on weight.
* TheFaceless: Semi-averted. Strife's profile picture on YouTube has always been his face, but always in shadow. When asked if he'd ever show his full face, Strife thought about it before rejecting the idea.
** His profile picture is now a cartoon rendition of his face.
* HypercompetentSidekick: One of the few members who isn't very quirky, and thus his ability at games isn't overshadowed.
* LetsPlay: Strife has done several playthroughs, including a three-part LP of ''Oblivion'' (Only doing side-quests that earned places in the journal), to help celebrate the release of ''Skyrim'', one of ''VideoGame/ZombiU'', which lasted almost 40 parts before Strife finished it, one of ''Fallout 3'', which is bi-weekly and released on Saturdays and finished on December 7th, 2013, and one of the ''Skyrim'' DLC, ''Dragonborn'', with a release date of once every two days (Finished in Autumn 2013). The last is unique as Strife is going in blind and without any knowledge of the area outside of having gone there in an expansion pack for ''Morrowind''.
* LockAndLoadMontage: Every weapon in his guides to the important weapons in ''Fallout New Vegas'' has one of Strife loading the gun/pulling out a weapon and pulling off a V.A.T.S shot of a foe dying.
* MrExposition: His "designated role", given his number of tutorials. Invoked in his Minecraft tutorial introductions, when he notes the lack of an official, up-to-date tutorial.
* MotorMouth: More prevalent in his older videos, where he summed up tons of information in under 10 minutes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpoRyokBQeA This video]], where Stirfe covers Vampirism in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' in its entirety, is a good example.
* OddCouple: With Parvis, in Solutions in Chaos.
* RageQuit: During ''Dragonborn'', after dying over 11 times in 20 minutes (Which also included Strife picking up a companion who didn't help), Strife ended the episode early, and the words "Rage Quit" [[FreezeFrameBonus even went by on screen for a split second]].
* ScheduleSlip: Generally averted, as Strife manages to get his videos out rather quickly. The largest case involves ''Skyrim'', where William's first video for the game came out almost ''nine months'' after the game was released.
* SelfImposedChallenge: His ''Fallout 3'' playthrough has one of these- Strife chooses to specialize in Big Guns and Explosives, while keeping his Repair skill at around 40. He is not allowed to increase it unless he finds a Skill Book.
** ''Dragonborn'' also has him playing as a rather low-level mage who specializes in Conjuration- specifically Bound Swords. He eventually was forced to (offscreen) join the College of Winterhold to acquire more high-level gear because he kept getting his ass kicked by a boss.
* TheStoic: A bit more straight to the point, although he's NotSoAboveItAll.
* StraightMan: More serious than the others in the Yogscast.

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