History YMMV / RPGWorld

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20050602.html parodied]]

* ArchiveBinge: what happens to most people who stumble across the comic, and what devoted fans of it did for years, and still do on occasion.

* {{Anvilicious}} - Mocked when the party fought a Marlboro (a recurring ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' monster that attacked with bad breath). This one wore a cowboy hat, smoked cigarettes and died of cancer mid-battle.
* ArchiveBinge - what happens to most people who stumble across the comic, and what devoted fans of it did for years, and still do on occasion.

* BadassDecay - Jeff seems to suffer from this, as he gets one-upped and humiliated by Galgarion at every turn. Though this may be just to prove Galgarion DOES deserve the name of BigBad. Or [[ObfuscatingStupidity obfuscating wussiness]] on Jeff's part...
* HoYay - Galgarion and Jeff get this a lot. Jeff being a bit of a {{Bishonen}} doesn't help at all. It's {{lampshaded}} in a couple of strips where the two are [[NotWhatItLooksLike caught in]] [[MistakenForGay compromising positions.]]
* LesYay - There's a bunch of Cherry/Reka stuff. [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20021103.html Big time]]. And here's [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20030926.html some more]]. Subverted in [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20010520.html this comic]]. The girls aren't happy, but Eikre is.

* LesYay - There's a bunch of Cherry/Reka stuff. [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20021103.html Big time]]. And here's [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030926.html some more]]. Subverted in [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20010520.html this comic]]. The girls aren't happy, but Eikre is.

* LesYay - There's a bunch of Cherry/Reka stuff. [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021103.html Big time]]. And here's [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030926.html some more]]. Subverted in [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20010520.html this comic]]. The girls aren't happy, but Eikre is.
** Not to mention that Reka has [[http://rpgworld.keenspot.com/d/20030702.html become flustered by the suggestion]], and [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021106.html protested a bit too directly]] when questioned whether she had past boyfriends.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050602.html parodied]]

** Not to mention that Reka has [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030702.html become flustered by the suggestion]], and [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20021106.html protested a bit too directly]] when questioned whether she had past boyfriends.

* ArchiveBinge[=/=]ArchiveTrawl - what happens to most people who stumble across the comic, and what devoted fans of it did for years, and still do on occasion.

* CreatorWorship: Inverted. The previously mentioned vocal HateDom hated Ian but loved the comic. This was even LampShaded by Ian in an interview.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - The [[http://forums.keenspot.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=66128&start=0 "Unlikely Heroes"]] fansong.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050602.html parodied]]

* CreatorBreakdown: The author seemed to turn against his own work based on what he expected from his fans vs. what he got. This inevitably lead to...
** CreatorBacklash.
*** However, time seems to have mellowed this out; he recently said on his tumblr that [[http://ianjq.tumblr.com/post/104265216139/hi-there-i-am-a-huge-fan-of-yours-from-your?is_related_post=1 "I would love to end RPG World eventually, or at least restore the archives. Maybe when I’m not so freaking busy!"]]
*** Definitely no longer the case, as he finally [[http://ianjq.tumblr.com/post/166049167579/here-it-is-the-final-rpg-world-comic-a-recent finally finished the comic on his tumblr]], using the old inks and scanner for extra nostalgia!

* MissingEpisode: Since Ian J's and Josh Mirman's blogs have shut down a lot of pages are missing from the RPGW/Stubble crossover: Party of Terror, which can only partially be found on the Wayback Machine. Plus the whole site domain of RPGW is now up for sale. Thankfully, the whole archive can be downloaded (see the main page).
* MoneyDearBoy: Outside of the creator's newfound love for random events humor over a structured story, ''RPG World'' may have died due to being caught up in a dispute over creative rights. Namely, the fact that Jones probably wouldn't have had any due to the fact that Keenspot turned into a full-fledged publishing house towards the end of the comic's life.

* {{Uncancelled}}: 9 years later, someone purchased the rights to the comic and is trying to finish it.
** ...Who were eventually beaten to the punch by Ian himself, who finally finished it in October 4, 2017, in his tumblr.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20050602.html parodied]]
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The author offered a contest for people to write the ending for him. Most people used this to insult him in one way or another for the comic having NoEnding and[=/=]or make fun of his photography (which he considered to be the best part). The contest was closed, and the last strip was a huge picture of him and a friend saying, more or less "fuck you, I'm-a go play ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''" (or, rather, their speech bubbles show an hand FlippingTheBird and an alien from the game). He is quoted as saying "I don't owe you anything". Although he did later clarify that this was aimed at the VocalMinority and not the decent majority of fans.

* ArchiveBinge / ArchiveTrawl - what happens to most people who stumble across the comic, and what devoted fans of it did for years, and still do on occasion.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The author offered a contest for people to write the ending for him. Most people used this to insult him in one way or another for the comic having NoEnding and[=/=]or make fun of his photography (which he considered to be the best part). The contest is closed, and the last strip is a huge picture of him and a friend saying, more or less "fuck you, I'm-a go play ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''" (or, rather, their speech bubbles show an hand FlippingTheBird and an alien from the game). He is quoted as saying "I don't owe you anything". Although he did later clarify that this was aimed at the VocalMinority and not the decent majority of fans.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The author offered a contest for people to write the ending for him. Most people used this to insult him in one way or another for the comic having NoEnding and[=/=]or make fun of his photography (which he considered to be the best part). The contest is closed, and the last strip is a huge picture of him and a friend saying, more or less "fuck you, I'm-a go play SpaceInvaders" (or, rather, their speech bubbles show an hand FlippingTheBird and an alien from the game). He is quoted as saying "I don't owe you anything". Although he did later clarify that this was aimed at the VocalMinority and not the decent majority of fans.

* MoneyDearBoy: Outside of the creator's newfound love for random events humor over a structured story, RPGWorld may have died due to being caught up in a dispute over creative rights. Namely, the fact that Jones probably wouldn't have had any due to the fact that Keenspot turned into a full-fledged publishing house towards the end of the comic's life.

* {{Uncancelled}}: 11 years later, someone purchased the rights to the comic and is trying to finish it.

* {{Uncancelled}}: 11 years later, someone purchased the rights to the comic and is trying to finish it. See [[http://rpgworld.the-comic.org/newreaders/ here]].

* BadassDecay - Jeff seems to suffer from this, as he gets one-upped and humiliated at Galgarion at every turn. Though this may be just to prove Galgarion DOES deserve the name of BigBad. Or [[ObfuscatingStupidity obfuscating wussiness]] on Jeff's part...

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The author offered a contest for people to write the ending for him. Most people used this to insult him in one way or another for the comic having NoEnding and[=/=]or make fun of his photography (which he considered to be the best part). The contest is closed, and the last strip is a huge picture of him and a friend saying, more or less "fuck you, imam go play SpaceInvaders" (or, rather, their speech bubbles show an hand FlippingTheBird and an alien from the game). He is quoted as saying "I don't owe you anything". Although he did later clarify that this was aimed at the VocalMinority and not the decent majority of fans.