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1->''"Of course, the problem with playing alone is that when you do finally get your mates around, suddenly you turn into ''that guy.'' Don't pretend you don't know what I mean. That guy who's so much better than everyone because he plays it on his own, the loser."''
2-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''', on ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''
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4That One Player describes someone who has played a game so much, discovered all the secrets, knows all the moves, hell, he might as well have gotten the timing down to the point where he plays with almost super human reflexes. However, this ruins the fun of everyone else who plays with or against that one guy because [[GodlikeGamer he's so skilled, he's either doing all the fun parts or able to take on an army of adversaries without breaking a sweat.]] However, sometimes being That One Guy can be a talent for entertainment, when he can show off his inhuman skills.
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6That One Player, though, may not necessarily mean a [[StopHavingFunGuys stop having fun guy]] or the other way around. Nor is he ThatOneBoss, though if he was a boss, he would be. May possibly be a ChallengeGamer, which would certainly explain their ungodly skill. And chances are they are a {{munchkin}}, and their munchkinry is to blame for their annoyingness.
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8Some video games have a "handicap" option to either make a certain player weaker or everyone else stronger, purely to keep that one player from restricting other players' fun... or [[ItsEasySoItSucks their own]], for that matter.
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10Not to be confused with TheOneGuy, a trope about one male character in an otherwise all female cast. Or with the concept of "[[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/That_guy That guy]]", a tabletop player who ruins the experience for everybody else through creepiness, powergaming, poor hygiene, or general unpleasantness. See also {{Munchkin}} and AlwaysSomeoneBetter.
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14!!Examples:
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19* ''Manga/AiKora'': ClosetGeek Yukari is secretly a fan of video games, and likes to unwind after final exams by going to the local arcade incognito and getting a high score on all her favorite games under the alias "Fantazma".
20* ''Literature/BottomTierCharacterTomozaki'': Fumiya Tomozaki, the main character, is Japan's number one player of the PlatformFighter [[FictionalVideoGame Attack Families]]. Of course, the reason he is so good at the game is that he is bad with dealing with real life, meaning he basically puts all his free time into the game. When Aoi Hinami, number two player, who happens to be a classmate at his school, finally meets him, she doesn't like the idea of her WorthyOpponent having NoSocialSkills.
21* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'': Makoto Kousaka is like this with ''all'' video games, but his skill at fighting games (as well as ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'') in particular makes other otaku quake.
22* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Konata Izumi is seen playing a fighting game at an arcade in one episode. She beats a guy, much to his dismay of finding out who beat him. A strip similar in idea was: since she is [[OlderThanTheyLook excessively short]], the other {{tomboy}} misjudged her ability and got owned. On the next day, that other tomboy beat Konata -- but within such a razor-thin margin that she knew that Konata ''let her win''!
23* ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'': Sora and Shiro. Through teamwork, and years of experience from never leaving their house they are the greatest game players in the world to the point that they catch the God of Games' attention and win an invitation to his world where everything is based on games.
24* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': King can beat very hard games one handed and trounces the protagonist on every game they play. His badassery in videogames is contrasted, in turn, with all the badassery people ''[[BadassOnPaper think]]'' he has in real life.
25* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Ami Mizuno manages to be this on a game she has never played before, ''twice''. First a platforming game in the original series and then a fighting game ''at a tournament'' in the ''Stars'' series. She's just ''that'' smart.
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29* ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', a crossover between [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', has Nanoha perform so well on the Sailor Moon arcade game that she maxes out her score and reaches a KillScreen. She notes that the only thing difficult about it is that it was built for right-handed people (Nanoha is left-handed).
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33* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'' has one of these, who gives the kids a vital clue as to how to handle the eponymous creature.
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37%% ''Film/TheWizard'' features two of these, Jimmy and Lucas. Arguably Lucas is the better fit for this trope, as Jimmy just seems to have his skills as an ExcusePlot.
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40%%[[folder:Literature]]
41%% Wobbler Johnson from the ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy''. Kirsty, even more so.
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45* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Marshall Eriksen has a preternatural skill for board games, such that he can deduce the rules of a complex foreign gambling game just by watching others play for a few minutes, despite not understanding what the players are saying. His friends assigned him to [[KickedUpstairs officiate their game nights rather than playing]], because otherwise he'd win every time.
46* Nestov in ''Series/Tracker2001'' was this with one of the video games in the Watchfire. He could analyze the math and patterns well as a Dessarian, according to Cole. He was making bets and money off it.
47* Death both is this and is stymied by one in ''Series/GoodOmens'', as the other Horsemen find him playing a video game in the diner where they all meet. The high scores list consists entirely of himself, except for the absolute top player, [[Creator/TerryPratchett T Pratchett]], whom he cannot seem to beat - by a margin of one point.[[note]]According to Creator/NeilGaiman, this was included so that [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments his dear friend Terry, who passed away before the series was made, could beat Death]].[[/note]]
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51* The song "Pinball Wizard" by Music/TheWho is about a [[spoiler: psychosomatically]] deaf, dumb, and blind kid who still manages to be That One Player.
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55* reallyjoel's dad (an in-joke of Creator/DanielRemar and the eponymous reallyjoel, which developed into a RunningGag of his games) is a MemeticBadass version of this. reallyjoel's dad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfM3vtVlCTw is said to play]] at ToolAssistedSpeedrun level, and several games use "reallyjoel's dad mode" as an [[UnwinnableJokeGame over-the-top, literally impossible difficulty setting,]] as he's the only person who could beat it.
56* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Viridi]] [[DiscussedTrope makes a quip about this trope]] when Pit plans to avoid [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar's]] Revenge buff by waiting for it to wear off, then [[KillSteal swooping in for the KO.]] It's pretty obvious she's using Yahtzee's definition of "that guy."
57-->'''Viridi:''' Sure, if you want to be THAT guy. Might as well edge-guard while you're at it.
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60[[folder:Webcomics]]
61* In ''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening'', Yuffie is apparently really good at fighting games.
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65* Exaggerated and parodied with AAA, who's essentially the best player in the cosmos.
66--> '''God:''' Who's this guy who always beats my ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' high scores?
67* Posters on Website/FourChan's video game board sometimes post about their (fictional) encounters with the MemeticBadass player known only as "Gregor", who joins a server and proves to be frighteningly competent at whatever role he chooses to play: offense, healing, whatever, and somehow knows exactly how to coordinate with his teammates in every situation despite [[HeroicMime never using any voice or text chat]].
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71* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': the main characters take up ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', but find it unplayable because a griefer has leveled up so high that even the admins can't ban him. In reality, he's just a PerpetualFrowner, morbidly obese BasementDweller.
72-->"But how do you kill that which has no life?"
73* A running gag in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' was that Genie would always lose to Carpet in the many, many games they played.
74* The concept behind ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' is that they brought That One Player into the world of video games, so he could use his skill to help them fight villains.
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