History Webcomic / MacHall

* ArtefactTitle: They only lived in Mac Hall during the earlier strips

* ConRecap

** Micah at one point jumps off a three-story balcony because he's in the middle of dancing to "Weapon Of Choice" and forgets that he ''can't fly.''

* HeadPet: Ian has one in-universe, an unnamed cat that does not actually seem to be his if one strip is to be belived. Its based on a convention ancedote where someone placed a plush cat toy on Ians head during a panel, and he didnt notice for hours.

** It has to do with the way search engines work: Early in the strop, several top search hits for "Mac Hall" resulted in Web sites of that nature. [[FromBadToWorse It kinda spiraled outta control from there]].

* TheSlacker: Everyone in the strip has this by degrees, with Micah and Ian by far being the worst offenders. Micah succumbs to malnutrition at one point due to being too lazy to leave his compuer for food, and Ian once forgot ''Thanksgiving'', and attempted to subsist on Tic-Tacs so he wouldnt hav to get up and eat.

** Joked about in one strip when he accidently walks into the girls bathroom because his sunglasses makes it hard for him to read the signs in the dim dorm hallways.

** Micah at one point jumps off a three story balcony because he's in the middle of dancing to "Weapon Of Choice" and forgets that he ''cant fly.''

* ForgotToPayTheBill: Ian neglects to pay the electric bill in lieu of buying some new video games. Oops. (Of course, in a later strip when the power goes out again, Ian is immediately blamed, even though that time it isn't his fault)

* SchmuckBait: The above "Buttsex" storyline. Ian warned the guys ''not'' to talk about...

--> '''Ian''': No.

--> '''Matt''': Then this is going to be a rough week...

* [[RoadMovie Road Trip]]: A spontaneous road trip, at that. The guys spend the entire trip talking about buttsex, to wear out the subject before they get to the party theyre crashing.

* TheVerse: ''Mac Hall'' is part of a pseudo-canonical "Macverse" with ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}''. Its also directly followed by ThreePanelSoul.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: Ian has a Good Conscience (an angelic Ian), and ''Cthulhu''.

* [[RoadMovie Road Trip]]: A spontaneous road trip, at that.

* TheSlacker: Everyone in the strip has this by degrees, some more so than others.

* TeenyWeenie: Micah, at least according to his ex-girlfriend's blog. (Helen says she thinks it's cute.)

** Micah at one point jumps off a three story balcony because he's in the middle of dancing to a song and forgets that he ''cant fly.''

* TheVerse: ''Mac Hall'' is part of a pseudo-canonical "Macverse" with ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}''.

* FictionalSport: Australian Indoor Rules Quidditch.

* HeadPet: Ian has one in-universe (see RealLifeWritesThePlot)

* FacePalm: Helen's reaction when her little sister is sent home early because she drew a picture of a duck wearing pants, which according to the teacher might cause trouble.

''[[http://www.machall.com/ Mac Hall]]'' was created through a bet between the creator, Ian [=McConville=], and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like ''PennyArcade''". After the 15th comic, [=McConville=] was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic. It follows the exploits of a group of college students, Ian and Matt, for example, who are typical slackers. The series primarily focused on the events that occurred between classes and after hours, and only rarely references actual class work. The comic takes its name from [=MacDonald=] Hall, a dormitory at Bowling Green (OH) State University. Later in the series, the cast moves into a house, where they reside until graduation, and the comic's conclusion.

''Mac Hall'' concluded on September 22, 2006, with Ian explaining that creating the comic was no longer fun. He also mentioned that the comic would continue in a new phase in October 2006, and after some delay a new project began. Thus, ''ThreePanelSoul'' was born.

* ArtEvolution: The strip started out with [[ThickLineAnimation thick outlines]] and went through many different styles (often for only a few comics) before gradually moving to its final style, which is reminiscent of ''SamuraiJack''.

* RecapEpisode: Various [[{{ConRecap}} convention recapping]], as well as other trips or delays in updates.

* RunningGag: People apparently come to [[MacHall the Mac Hall Web site]] looking for ''Digimon'' porn. When the guys mentioned it, the relevant hits went up. Repeat.

* SunglassesAtNight: Ian wears them. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; they're prescription sunglasses and Ian has to wear them everywhere. Yes, ''even in real life''.

* TooDumbToLive: A brief series had Ian trying to subsist on nothing but Tic-Tacs. The doctors say he has every single nutritional defect, including a few which hadn't been discovered yet, which they end up classifying as a new medical condition called DOGE[[hottip:*:Deficiency of Goddamn Everything]].

* TheVerse: ''Mac Hall'' is part of a pseudo-canonical "Macverse" with ''{{Megatokyo}}'' and ''{{Applegeeks}}''.

* CalvinBall: Australian Indoor-rules [[HarryPotter Quiddich]]. From the rules: "The winner shall be [[ShapedLikeItself the one who wins]]."

''[[http://www.machall.com/ Mac Hall]]'' was created through a bet between the creator, Ian [=McConville=], and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like ''PennyArcade''". After the 15th comic, [=McConville=] was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic. It follows the exploits of a group of college students, Ian and Matt, for example, who are typical slackers. The series primarily focused on the events that occurred between classes and after hours, and only rarely references actual class work. The comic takes its name from [=MacDonald=] Hall, a dormitory at Bowling Green (Ky.) State University. Later in the series, the cast moves into a house, where they reside until graduation, and the comic's conclusion.

* SlasherSmile: Look at Ian in [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2001-07-31 this strip]]. [[NightmareFuel Now look at the dummy.]]

** It has to do with the way search engines work: Early in the strop, several top search hits for "Mac Hall" resulted in Web sites of that nature. [[ItGotWorse It kinda spiraled outta control from there]].

** "Inconvenient"? They sic a ''deathbot'' on Ian because he played a borrowed CD. The strip doesn't seem to be as anti-piracy as that summary makes it sound... rather, it points out the problem of digital distribution and peer-to-peer, while also pointing out that the industry and government seem to be willing to cross the MoralEventHorizon in punishing pirates and legitimate consumers alike.

* TooDumbToLive: A brief series had Ian trying to subsist on nothing but Tic-Tacs. The doctor says he has rickets, beriberi, and pretty much every other kind of vitamin or mineral deficiency...but he did compliment Ian's fresh breath.

* DeadpanSnarker :A shorter list would be who ''isn't'' one.

* TeenieWeenie: Micah, at least according to his ex-girlfriend's blog. (Helen says she thinks it's cute.)

[[http://www.machall.com/ Mac Hall]] was created through a bet between the creator Ian [=McConville=] and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like PennyArcade". After the fifteenth comic, [=McConville=] was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic. It follows the exploits of a group of college students, Ian and Matt, for example, who are typical slackers. The series primarily focused on the events that occurred between classes and after hours and only rarely references actual class work. The comic takes its name from [=MacDonald=] Hall, a dormitory at Bowling Green State University. Later in the series, the cast moves into a house, where they reside until graduation, and the comic's conclusion.

Mac Hall concluded on September 22, 2006, with Ian explaining that creating the comic was no longer fun. He also mentioned that the comic would continue in a new phase in October 2006, and after some delay a new project began. Thus, ''ThreePanelSoul'' was born.

* ArtEvolution - Started out with [[ThickLineAnimation thick outlines]] and went through many different styles (often for only a few comics) before gradually moving to its final style, which is reminiscent of ''SamuraiJack''.
* AuthorAvatar - Ian and Matt
* CalvinBall - Australian Indoor-rules [[HarryPotter Quiddich]]. From the rules: "The winner shall be [[ShapedLikeItself the one who wins]]."

* CowboyCop - [=McGillicutty=], poster boy of said trope.
* DeadpanSnarker - A shorter list would be who ''isn't'' one.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil - Arguably justified. [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-15 A]] [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-21 three]] [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2002-08-30 strip]] arc, which points out that while anti-piracy measures may be inconvenient, all the blather pirates throw around doesn't change the fact that they'll pirate from ''anyone'', bad DRM or not. The strip was done in 2002, and still remains relevant.

* EscalatingWar - A "whiteboard" war, which was ultimately and ''cruelly'' subverted after only [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-18 two]] [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-11-29 volleys]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - The titular [=MacDonald=] Hall dormitory, where most of the comic was set
* ForgotToPayTheBill - Ian neglects to pay the electric bill in lieu of buying some new video games. Oops. (Of course, in a later strip when the power goes out again, Ian is immediately blamed, even though that time it isn't his fault)
* GamerChick - Helen, later on.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom - Drew.
* GoodAngelBadAngel - Ian has a Good Conscience (an angelic Ian), and ''Cthulhu''.
* HeadPet - Ian in-universe (see RealLifeWritesThePlot)
* HeroicSociopath - Drew again.

* NoAccountingForTaste - Helen's boyfriend in the early strips, Jason, who is a total nerd [not the [[{{Nerdcore}} cool kind of geek]], either]

* OnlySaneMan - JM
* RecapEpisode - Various [[{{ConRecap}} convention recapping]], as well as other trips or delays in updates.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter (An unnamed cat appeared on Ian's hat for a while. This was started after one convention, when someone placed a kitty plushie on Ian's head at his booth and ''[[RealLifeWritesThePlot Ian forgot it was there for three-and-a-half hours]].''
* [[strike:RoadMovie]] [[RoadMovie Road Trip]]: (Spontaneous road trip, at that)
* RunningGag - People apparently come to [[MacHall the Mac Hall website]] looking for Digimon porn. When the guys mentioned it, the relevant hits went up. Repeat.
** It has to do with the way search engines work: early on, several top search hits for "Mac Hall" resulted in websites of that nature. [[ItGotWorse It kinda spiraled outta control from there]].
* SchmuckBait - The above "Buttsex" storyline. Ian warned the guys ''not'' to talk about...
* SlasherSmile: Look at Ian in [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2001-07-31 this strip]]. [[NightmareFuel Now look at the dummy]].
* SpiritualSuccessor - ''Three Panel Soul''
* SunglassesAtNight - Ian. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; they're prescription sunglasses and Ian has to wear them everywhere. Yes, ''even in real life''.
* TheChick - Helen, who later evolves into a GamerChick.
* TheSlacker - Everyone in the strip has this by degrees, some more so than others.
* TheVerse - Part of a pseudo-canonical "Macverse" with {{Megatokyo}} and {{Applegeeks}}.
* UnsoundEffect - '''VOIP''' and '''VERY ADVANCED VOIP'''