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The game was released Halloween 2007. Episode 2 was released about one year later, and Episode 3 launched January 2010.

The game was released Halloween 2007. Episode 2 was released about one year later, and Episode 3 launched January 2010. Can be found, not surprisingly, at http://www.forumwarz.com.

* CreepyDoll: One of the [[VendorTrash junk items]] is a Haunted Doll.

* ItemCrafting: Sets of ".moar" files can be assembled into a document, sound, video or application file. You can equip one of each file type at any given time, and sell duplicates (or outdated/off-class files) as VendorTrash.

* VendorTrash: Junk is given to you by strangers when you pwn forums. It has no use, but it can be sold and is your main source of income.

* MeaningfulName / PunnyName: Rather than being an anarchist [[ImageBoards Anonymous-type]], is Shallow Esophagus actually working for TheMan and playing you, or playing the system from inside? Given the name "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat Shallow Esophagus]]", what do you expect?

* AllegedlyFreeGame: You have to pay to unlock any of the later episodes from the second onwards. You do get to keep playing the community forums and Episode I forums, though, as long as you don't open the notice that your fictional ISP account has been suspended following Episode I's conclusion.
** You can still continue playing- just sentrillion something and play through the Internet Court scene. You still won't be able to access the Episode II forums, but everything else will be reactivated.

* AscendedExtra: The Church of Saiyantology mentioned below was a community forum when it was introduced. Now it's a plot point in Episode II, and one of your clients that is among their organization is [[Creator/JohnTravolta oddly]] [[Creator/TomCruise familiar]]. Paranormal Panorama too, possibly, or it could be a subversion. After all, the mission that tells you take it down does specifically state it's there in the community forums.
** Stalker Central and {{Engrish}} Ressons also get this treatment fairly early in the third episode.

* CaptainErsatz: Pavlov...so very very much.

* CosmeticAward: E-Peen

-->The previous owners of this doll would probably have some spine-chilling stories to tell. You know, if they hadn’t disappeared without a trace.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Death Note attack has the highest damage in the game, but also [[CastFromHitPoints consumes 200 Ego upon use]]. Emo Kids might find it especially useful, since it's the only Aggression move they can learn without being Evil [[spoiler:and thus dooming themselves to a bad ending]], in addition less Ego left means they hit harder with their various attacks.
** For players with eye problems, the Hacker class can be a Dangerous Forbidden Class. Some of its attacks induce InterfaceScrew that can hurt if looked too long at.
* DeadpanSnarker: The player character definitely qualifies.
* DesperationAttack / LimitBreak: Not an exact example, but as Emo Kids lose health their attacks do more damage.
* DownerEnding
** Episode II anyway...
** Having an evil alignment doesn't end well for you.
* EasterEgg: Sentrillioning certain members of the community will get you some...interesting results.
** OMG Easter Egg!

* InfinityPlusOneSword: A few rare .moar files can be ludicrously powerful. Perhaps the most fearsome is the music file "Colonel Sanders and the Chickenheads - Cluck Cluck Pbum.noiz", which most notably grants a massive 60 Offense and Defense - the highest known bonus to those stats. There is also the ''enormous'' (100 parts!) file "compelling evidence for existence of belgium.pres", which gives both 50 Offense and '''2000''' Ego, by far and beyond the highest Ego bonus found on any item.
** The most powerful Special item in the game is "Unborn Baby Brother In Formaldehyde", boasting ++113 Ego and +40 Offense and Defense. However, only Emo Kids can get it (by completing a tedious .moar grinding quest in Episode 3), and only once per character. Once in a blue moon the item shows up on Kyoubai, and can fetch ENORMOUS prices.

* JokeCharacter: The Re-re/Permanoob class.

* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: A type of E-Peen

* ShoutOut: All the time. You can easily spot pop culture references and obviously internet culture references. But one of the more obvious examples of this trope is the Internet Court minigame, where you take up the guise of [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Tucson Lepht]].
** Now including one to this very wiki, with the [[IncrediblyLamePun TvTripes.org]] forum. You're welcome.

* StoneWall: The final fight in Episode 3 is against a thread with 500,000 health, compared to the usual 15,000 a single endgame thread has. Cue battle of attrition.
** This is also how the Troll class works. Being [[{{Troll}} what they are]], Trolls privilege defense over offense and can take a lot of hurt, of course their own attacks tend to be less powerful so as to draw out the agony of the users and their delicious anger.
* SuckinessIsPainful: Exploited in particular by Emo Kids, who can dish out a lot of pain to threads with horrible haikus and depressing poetry. Ophelia's Bad Poetry ability, which you receive for completing her mission, is '''especially''' painful.

* StandardStatusEffects: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin AdHominem]] is poison, problems with the line are like stop/sleep/silence/frozen, and DVORAK is confusion

* TooSoon: InUniverse Example; The Troll ability "Threat Level: Red" involves making fake terrorist threats, something which even the real life Website/FourChan [[EvenEvilHasStandards thinks is a bad idea]].