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* Website/FourChan, specifically /v/, has been known to [[MemeticMutation share tales]] of their encounters with a legendary [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]] player known only as "[[OnlyOneName Gregor]]". He [[TheVoiceless never says a single word]] in either voice or text chat. His profile is completely blank and he never accepts friend requests or replies to messages. He utterly dominates all opponents with his amazing skill. In team games, he's the best teammate you could ever ask for, always extremely well-coordinated with the rest of the team whether anyone bothers to tell him what to do or not, and if he picks a support class, you can always count on him to act in a completely selfless manner. [[note]]He also doesn't actually exist, obviously.[[/note]]

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* Averted in the {{manhwa}} ''Id_Entity''/''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}''. There are several master level characters, although it is generally acknowledged that Basara is the strongest.
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* ''Webcomic/FlintlockesGuideToAzeroth'' has The Wuuf, who is described to be super hardcore. So hardcore that the developers are terrified of him. [[spoiler:He craps himself and runs away after learns that Flinklocke and co. are searching for the Ultimate Goblin Engineered Weapon]].

* In ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', the characters all chatter about a player known simply as "The Guy", that seems to be elevated to the point of being TheChosenOne in the game world. Juni claims to be him to get the other players on his side, but the ''real'' "The Guy" shows up and gives a rousing pep talk to the characters...[[spoiler:then marches into the last level, triggers a trap, and is promptly killed]].

* Takumi in ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead''.

* ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' [[UnbuiltTrope gives one before the trope (or MMORPGs) was born]] with "Taku", the absolute ace at the arcade game Lovely Fighter. Being this an Unbuilt Trope take, this is {{Deconstructed}}: he's a loner who treats as a ''personal insult'' that anyone but the most dedicated gamers could ''dare'' to enter an arcade, especially if the 'invaders' are girls, and when Minako (who actually has a life outside of video games and is a girl to boot) beats his record he flips out and accuses her of being a crossdresser. In the end his own craziness and Minako playing with her transformation ability leads him to lift Minako's skirt while she's transformed in Sailor V, resulting in a much deserved kick in the face (from [[SuperStrength Sailor V]]).
* ''Anime/{{Saki}}'': Nodocchi, aka Nodoka Haramura, is the Ultimate Gamer 386 of online [[SeriousBusiness mahjong]]. She have the reputation of being a unbeatable player who have even defeated a few profesional mahjong players and there are forum threads [[EpilepticTrees suspecting]] that Nodocchi might be a pro in real life or is actually a bot. Few peoples know that she is just a High-school girl.

** Durial321 is a name we'll never forget. His mass-murder during the Falador Massacre was legendary.

-->-- '''Stan''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

-->--'''Stan''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

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* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': As the series mostly takes place inside of [=MMORPGs=], [[TheHero Kirito]] both becomes and meets several of these across games. In the first game, he becomes famous for being a solo player on the assault team (the single most dangerous role in the game, which most consider to be suicide without a large group to back you up). While it's implied there are others like him, he's the one everybody recognizes. This gets downplayed in later stories; most of the people who recognize the name "Kirito" instantly are fellow SAO survivors, and most other player bases don't really have any idea who he is. That being said, Kirito has a knack for quickly making a reputation for himself in any game he tries and rapidly became famous in both ALO and GGO after only a few days spent in each game.
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': The series is about two NEET siblings who together form "Blank", who is this in every game they play.
* Played a bit more realistically in ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', in which over half the Adventurers, even the bit characters, are at or near the level cap and just about everyone has at least one legendary item. Shiroe, the protagonist, is very well-known among the upper tiers of players, but for his strategy and leadership, not his character's abilities (as an Enchanter, he's actually a support player, and is very weak in one-on-one fights). In fact, most of the former members of "Debauchery Tea Party" have this status, as do the Guildmasters of particularly large or well-known guilds.

* Also both averted and played more realistically in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}''. Our main protagonist Momonga was '''not''' one these back in the game ''YGGDRASIL'' - his build was AwesomeButImpractical for player versus player combat, and despite his heavy investment of both time [[BribingYourWayToVictory and money]] into the game and consequently above-average skill, he was only middling among high-level players and mostly served as a [[RedMage utility caster due to his massive selection of spells]]. The guild Ainz Ooal Gown, while widely renowned, feared and reviled by the playerbase, was not actually the top-ranked guild in the game (although that was mostly due to very stringent entry requirements that left it with only 41 members at its peak). However, one of the guild members - Touch Me, holder of the PurposelyOverpowered World Champion class - could be considered as an Ultimate Gamer 386. The class was only ever awarded to nine players (one for each region or "realm" in the game) through a tournament, making it very likely that Touch Me was somewhere among the top 10 players of ''YGGDRASIL''. Even moreso in the web novel version, where he is outright stated to be in the top three players and capable of taking on every Floor Guardian at once (most of them being powerful level 100 [=NPCs=]) and winning.

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* Also both averted and played more realistically in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}''. Our main protagonist Momonga was '''not''' one these back in the game ''YGGDRASIL'' - his build was AwesomeButImpractical for player versus player combat, and despite his heavy investment of both time [[BribingYourWayToVictory and money]] into the game and consequently above-average skill, he was only middling among high-level players and mostly served as a [[RedMage utility caster due to his massive selection of spells]]. The guild Ainz Ooal Gown, while widely renowned, feared and reviled by the playerbase, was not actually the top-ranked guild in the game (although that was mostly due to very stringent entry requirements that left it with only 41 members at its peak). However, one of the guild members - Touch Me, holder of the PurposelyOverpowered World Champion class - could be considered as an Ultimate Gamer 386. The class was only ever awarded to nine players (one for each region or "realm" in the game) through a tournament, making it very likely that Touch Me was somewhere among the top 10 players of ''YGGDRASIL''. Even moreso in the web novel version, where he is outright stated to be in the top three players and capable of taking on every Floor Guardian at once (most of them being powerful level 100 NPCs) and winning.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': A player character who goes by "let me solo her" made rounds within the community for the sheer skill he displayed against the game's hardest {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler:Malenia]]. He's been seen placing summon signs for other players to summon him so that he can proceed to kill the boss all by himself, while also [[FullFrontalAssault wearing nothing]] but a jar on his head. By his own admission, he simply [[NiceGuy likes to help other people]] deal with a unbelievably hard boss, which only adds to his reputation. He was even [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TsuboiKlein/status/1544772979988520960 recognized by Bandai Namco]] for his accomplishments.

* Also both averted and played more realistically in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}''. Our main protagonist Momonga was '''not''' one these back in the game ''YGGDRASIL'' - his build was AwesomeButImpractical for player versus player combat, and despite his heavy investment of both time [[BribingYourWayToVictory and money]] into the game and consequently above-average skill, he was only middling among high-level players and mostly served as a [[RedMage utility caster due to his massive selection of spells]]. The guild Ainz Ooal Gown, while widely renowned, feared and reviled by the playerbase, was not actually the top-ranked guild in the game (although that was mostly due to very stringent entry requirements that left it with only 41 members at its peak). However, one of the guild members - Touch Me, holder of the PurposelyOverpowered World Champion class - could be considered as an Ultimate Gamer 386. The class was only ever awarded to nine players (one for each region or "realm" in the game) through a tournament, making it very likely that Touch Me was somewhere among the top 10 players of ''YGGDRASIL''.

Bonus points if this character is someone the main character(s) already know. They'll likely be a BasementDweller {{Nerd}} and this will surprise those who were ExpectingSomeoneTaller.

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* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': a player who goes by "let me solo her" made rounds within the community for the sheer skill he displayed against the game's hardest {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler:Malenia]]. He's been seen placing summon signs for other players to summon him so that he can proceed to kill the boss all by himself, while also wearing nothing but a jar on his head. By his own admission, he simply [[NiceGuy likes to help other people]] deal with a unbelievably hard boss, which only adds to his reputation.

* ''VideoGame/Payday2'' has [[AwesomeMcCoolname GeneralMcBadass]]. If it exists, he has done it on the hardest difficulty, and stealthed it even if the heist is impossible to stealth by programming.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': a player who goes by "let me solo her" made rounds within the community for the sheer skill he displayed against the game's hardest {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler:Malenia]]. He's been seen placing summon signs for other players to summon him so that he can proceed to kill the boss all by himself, while also wearing nothing but a jar on his head. By his own admission, he simply likes to help other people deal with a unbelievably hard boss, which only adds to his renown.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': a player who goes by "let me solo her" made rounds within the community for the sheer skill he displayed against the game's hardest {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler:Malenia]]. He's been seen placing summon signs for other players to summon him so that he can proceed to kill the boss all by himself, while also wearing nothing but a jar on his head.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': a player who goes by "let me solo her" made rounds within the community by placing summon signs for the game's hardest {{Superboss}}, [[spoiler:Malenia]], then proceeds to kill the boss by himself, while also wearing nothing but a jar on his head.

* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': During the Alien Screwdriver Arc, when Gin and the gang join a MMORPG called MonHun, they hear about a Legendary Player called M and set out to find him. Of course, it turns out to be Hasegawa, who's a bum in real life. One can only wonder how he affords a monthly subscription(or even a PC)while being a penniless hobo.