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* TheEmperor: The FinalBoss of the second version of the Labyrinth of Death. According to the game's story, he's a giant mutated human who leads the invasion of Earth. [[spoiler:Leonid finds out that the Emperor has somehow become self-aware when it asks him "Who am I?" At the end of the second novel, Leonid lets the Emperor out of the game]].
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* TheEmperor: The FinalBoss of the second version of the Labyrinth of Death. According to the game's story, he's a giant mutated human who leads the invasion of Earth. [[spoiler:Leonid finds out that the Emperor has somehow become self-aware when it asks him "Who am I?" At the end of the second novel, Leonid lets the Emperor out of the game]].
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Whip It Good is now a disambiguation page. Moving entries to appropriate tropes when possible.
Whip It Good is now a disambiguation page. Moving entries to appropriate tropes when possible.* EnergyWeapons: When Leonid uses Maniac's "Warlock 9000" virus, it manifests as an energy whip that he uses against two fellow Divers and then to break open a hole out of the Labyrinth of Death. Maniac reveals that the virus was actually supposed to manifest as an elevator. In the second novel, his new "Warlock 9300" virus does exactly that.
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* WhipItGood: When Leonid uses Maniac's "Warlock 9000" virus, it manifests as an energy whip that he uses against two fellow Divers and then to break open a hole out of the Labyrinth of Death. Maniac reveals that the virus was actually supposed to manifest as an elevator. In the second novel, his new "Warlock 9300" virus does exactly that.
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* AlienInvasion - the plot of the popular MMO game Labyrinth of Death. The sequel is the reverse, with the humans taking the fight to the alien homeworld.
* AlternateHistory - one Russian hacker's trippy video results in an entirely new and cheap method of creating VR and changes the course of the tech industry.
* AttackItsWeakPoint - every monster in the Labyrinth of Death has one and can be, potentially, killed with a basic pistol. However, the stronger a monster is, the harder it is to find and hit that one spot.
* ClusterFBomb - Padla has a trucker mouth and is constantly berated for this by the more cultured Chingiz, especially in front of Pat. However, when Padla visits Leonid's home to replace his burned-out motherboard, he shows up with gifts and behaves himself in front of Vicka, so at least he knows not to do that in front of a lady.
* TheCracker - Maniac lacks Diver abilities but makes up for it with his hacking skills. His "Warlock 9000" virus is capable of breaking any program even a highly secure one.
* AlternateHistory - one Russian hacker's trippy video results in an entirely new and cheap method of creating VR and changes the course of the tech industry.
* AttackItsWeakPoint - every monster in the Labyrinth of Death has one and can be, potentially, killed with a basic pistol. However, the stronger a monster is, the harder it is to find and hit that one spot.
* ClusterFBomb - Padla has a trucker mouth and is constantly berated for this by the more cultured Chingiz, especially in front of Pat. However, when Padla visits Leonid's home to replace his burned-out motherboard, he shows up with gifts and behaves himself in front of Vicka, so at least he knows not to do that in front of a lady.
* TheCracker - Maniac lacks Diver abilities but makes up for it with his hacking skills. His "Warlock 9000" virus is capable of breaking any program even a highly secure one.
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* AlienInvasion - the AlienInvasion: The plot of the popular MMO game Labyrinth of Death. The sequel is the reverse, with the humans taking the fight to the alien homeworld.
*AlternateHistory - one AlternateHistory: One Russian hacker's trippy video results in an entirely new and cheap method of creating VR and changes the course of the tech industry.
*AttackItsWeakPoint - every AttackItsWeakPoint: Every monster in the Labyrinth of Death has one and can be, potentially, killed with a basic pistol. However, the stronger a monster is, the harder it is to find and hit that one spot.
*ClusterFBomb - ClusterFBomb: Padla has a trucker mouth and is constantly berated for this by the more cultured Chingiz, especially in front of Pat. However, when Padla visits Leonid's home to replace his burned-out motherboard, he shows up with gifts and behaves himself in front of Vicka, so at least he knows not to do that in front of a lady.
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** Maniac lacks Diver abilities but makes up for it with his hacking skills. His "Warlock 9000" virus is capable of breaking any program even a highly secure one.
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** Maniac lacks Diver abilities but makes up for it with his hacking skills. His "Warlock 9000" virus is capable of breaking any program even a highly secure one.
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* {{Cyberspace}} - the Deep actually has very poor 3D graphics. It's the hypnotic pattern that causes the human brain to "fill in the blanks" and perceive it as a full-blown virtual reality. People still use the typical keyboard-and-mouse controls, but while in hypnotic trance they don't feel it. Instead, they feel like they're walking and doing everything normally.
* TheEmperor - The FinalBoss of the second version of the Labyrinth of Death. According to the game's story, he's a giant mutated human who leads the invasion of Earth. [[spoiler:Leonid finds out that the Emperor has somehow become self-aware when it asks him "Who am I?" At the end of the second novel, Leonid lets the Emperor out of the game]].
* FallingDamage - Gravity in Deeptown is specifically programmed to mimic RealLife as much as possible in order to avoid being responsible for anyone thinking they can jump from the roof of a building to the street with little to no damage. So, anyone doing that in Deeptown will have to reload from a previously-saved point.
* [[invoked]] GameBreaker - Leonid uses his Diver abilities in this manner to get through the Labyrinth of Death. Most people aim and fire their weapons the way they would do it in RealLife. Leonid breaks the illusion and uses the old mouse-and-keyboard to aim the crosshairs with much better precision.
* KissMeImVirtual - Certain virtual suits include additions that stimulate certain areas, allowing people to have sex in the Deep without the risk of catching anything. Vicka runs a virtual brothel allowing people to have virtual sex with anyone they wish (the girls simply turn on a different avatar).
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane - Jinx is either an incredibly-skilled hacker playing a prank on everyone or a being from another world who can only interact with humans through virtual reality.
* MysteriousStranger - Jinx is certainly a strange character whose origins are never fully revealed. As Leonid observes, Jinx is a crack shot and appears to be fully capable of completing the level on his own, but dumb luck keeps preventing him from doing that.
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill - The first book opens with Leonid breaking into a high-security Cyberspace facility of a pharmaceutical corporation to steal corporate secrets for his client. He gets intercepted, however, and learns that his client is the same corporation who set up a fake heist that only a Diver like him can pull off, because they are in dire need of one and want to offer him a much bigger job.
* SequelDifficultySpike - The popular ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''-based Deep MMO game ''Labyrinth of Death'' involves players fighting through hundreds of monsters in the midst of an AlienInvasion. Players compete and frequently shoot one another. However, the sequel, introduced in the second novel, moves the plot to the alien homeworld, with the humans trying to pay the aliens back. The monsters are tougher and smarter, requiring players to work as a team (individuals barely make it through the first several levels).
* ShoutOut - When playing the ''Labyrinth of Death'' in the first novel, whenever Leonid kills another player, he announces his current avatar's name with "I'm Literature/TheGunslinger!" Whenever he tells that to people (those he doesn't kill), they ask him if he's a fan of Creator/StephenKing. Leonid usually replies that he isn't, but he likes the name.
* {{Technopath}} - The Man Without a Face theorizes that the advent of the Deep will eventually result in all humans being able to log into it without a phone line. [[spoiler:Leonid possibly gains this ability at the end of the first novel through his interactions with Jinx]].
* TranslatorMicrobes - while 3D technology hasn't advanced much, real-time voice translators are, apparently, so good that no one can tell the difference, which explains Leonid's surprise when he finds out that a fellow Diver with whom he was working with turns out to be Canadian and was speaking English all this time.
* TheEmperor - The FinalBoss of the second version of the Labyrinth of Death. According to the game's story, he's a giant mutated human who leads the invasion of Earth. [[spoiler:Leonid finds out that the Emperor has somehow become self-aware when it asks him "Who am I?" At the end of the second novel, Leonid lets the Emperor out of the game]].
* FallingDamage - Gravity in Deeptown is specifically programmed to mimic RealLife as much as possible in order to avoid being responsible for anyone thinking they can jump from the roof of a building to the street with little to no damage. So, anyone doing that in Deeptown will have to reload from a previously-saved point.
* [[invoked]] GameBreaker - Leonid uses his Diver abilities in this manner to get through the Labyrinth of Death. Most people aim and fire their weapons the way they would do it in RealLife. Leonid breaks the illusion and uses the old mouse-and-keyboard to aim the crosshairs with much better precision.
* KissMeImVirtual - Certain virtual suits include additions that stimulate certain areas, allowing people to have sex in the Deep without the risk of catching anything. Vicka runs a virtual brothel allowing people to have virtual sex with anyone they wish (the girls simply turn on a different avatar).
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane - Jinx is either an incredibly-skilled hacker playing a prank on everyone or a being from another world who can only interact with humans through virtual reality.
* MysteriousStranger - Jinx is certainly a strange character whose origins are never fully revealed. As Leonid observes, Jinx is a crack shot and appears to be fully capable of completing the level on his own, but dumb luck keeps preventing him from doing that.
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill - The first book opens with Leonid breaking into a high-security Cyberspace facility of a pharmaceutical corporation to steal corporate secrets for his client. He gets intercepted, however, and learns that his client is the same corporation who set up a fake heist that only a Diver like him can pull off, because they are in dire need of one and want to offer him a much bigger job.
* SequelDifficultySpike - The popular ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''-based Deep MMO game ''Labyrinth of Death'' involves players fighting through hundreds of monsters in the midst of an AlienInvasion. Players compete and frequently shoot one another. However, the sequel, introduced in the second novel, moves the plot to the alien homeworld, with the humans trying to pay the aliens back. The monsters are tougher and smarter, requiring players to work as a team (individuals barely make it through the first several levels).
* ShoutOut - When playing the ''Labyrinth of Death'' in the first novel, whenever Leonid kills another player, he announces his current avatar's name with "I'm Literature/TheGunslinger!" Whenever he tells that to people (those he doesn't kill), they ask him if he's a fan of Creator/StephenKing. Leonid usually replies that he isn't, but he likes the name.
* {{Technopath}} - The Man Without a Face theorizes that the advent of the Deep will eventually result in all humans being able to log into it without a phone line. [[spoiler:Leonid possibly gains this ability at the end of the first novel through his interactions with Jinx]].
* TranslatorMicrobes - while 3D technology hasn't advanced much, real-time voice translators are, apparently, so good that no one can tell the difference, which explains Leonid's surprise when he finds out that a fellow Diver with whom he was working with turns out to be Canadian and was speaking English all this time.
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* {{Cyberspace}} - the {{Cyberspace}}: The Deep actually has very poor 3D graphics. It's the hypnotic pattern that causes the human brain to "fill in the blanks" and perceive it as a full-blown virtual reality. People still use the typical keyboard-and-mouse controls, but while in hypnotic trance they don't feel it. Instead, they feel like they're walking and doing everything normally.
*TheEmperor - TheEmperor: The FinalBoss of the second version of the Labyrinth of Death. According to the game's story, he's a giant mutated human who leads the invasion of Earth. [[spoiler:Leonid finds out that the Emperor has somehow become self-aware when it asks him "Who am I?" At the end of the second novel, Leonid lets the Emperor out of the game]].
*FallingDamage - FallingDamage: Gravity in Deeptown is specifically programmed to mimic RealLife as much as possible in order to avoid being responsible for anyone thinking they can jump from the roof of a building to the street with little to no damage. So, anyone doing that in Deeptown will have to reload from a previously-saved point.
* [[invoked]]GameBreaker - GameBreaker: Leonid uses his Diver abilities in this manner to get through the Labyrinth of Death. Most people aim and fire their weapons the way they would do it in RealLife. Leonid breaks the illusion and uses the old mouse-and-keyboard to aim the crosshairs with much better precision.
*KissMeImVirtual - KissMeImVirtual: Certain virtual suits include additions that stimulate certain areas, allowing people to have sex in the Deep without the risk of catching anything. Vicka runs a virtual brothel allowing people to have virtual sex with anyone they wish (the girls simply turn on a different avatar).
*MaybeMagicMaybeMundane - MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Jinx is either an incredibly-skilled hacker playing a prank on everyone or a being from another world who can only interact with humans through virtual reality.
*MysteriousStranger - MysteriousStranger: Jinx is certainly a strange character whose origins are never fully revealed. As Leonid observes, Jinx is a crack shot and appears to be fully capable of completing the level on his own, but dumb luck keeps preventing him from doing that.
*SecretTestOfThievingSkill - SecretTestOfThievingSkill: The first book opens with Leonid breaking into a high-security Cyberspace facility of a pharmaceutical corporation to steal corporate secrets for his client. He gets intercepted, however, and learns that his client is the same corporation who set up a fake heist that only a Diver like him can pull off, because they are in dire need of one and want to offer him a much bigger job.
*SequelDifficultySpike - [[invoked]] SequelDifficultySpike: The popular ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''-based Deep MMO game ''Labyrinth of Death'' involves players fighting through hundreds of monsters in the midst of an AlienInvasion. Players compete and frequently shoot one another. However, the sequel, introduced in the second novel, moves the plot to the alien homeworld, with the humans trying to pay the aliens back. The monsters are tougher and smarter, requiring players to work as a team (individuals barely make it through the first several levels).
*ShoutOut - ShoutOut: When playing the ''Labyrinth of Death'' in the first novel, whenever Leonid kills another player, he announces his current avatar's name with "I'm Literature/TheGunslinger!" Whenever he tells that to people (those he doesn't kill), they ask him if he's a fan of Creator/StephenKing. Leonid usually replies that he isn't, but he likes the name.
*{{Technopath}} - {{Technopath}}: The Man Without a Face theorizes that the advent of the Deep will eventually result in all humans being able to log into it without a phone line. [[spoiler:Leonid possibly gains this ability at the end of the first novel through his interactions with Jinx]].
*TranslatorMicrobes - while TranslatorMicrobes:
** While 3D technology hasn't advanced much, real-time voice translators are, apparently, so good that no one can tell the difference, which explains Leonid's surprise when he finds out that a fellow Diver with whom he was working with turns out to be Canadian and was speaking English all this time.
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** While 3D technology hasn't advanced much, real-time voice translators are, apparently, so good that no one can tell the difference, which explains Leonid's surprise when he finds out that a fellow Diver with whom he was working with turns out to be Canadian and was speaking English all this time.
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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening - it's implied in the second novel that Divers' abilities awaken due to a specific kind of psychological trauma. In the short story, [[spoiler:the prison warden is trying to artificially create Divers from inmates by re-creating their traumatic crimes]].
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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening - it's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening:
** It's implied in the second novel that Divers' abilities awaken due to a specific kind of psychological trauma. In the short story, [[spoiler:the prison warden is trying to artificially create Divers from inmates by re-creating their traumatic crimes]].
** It's implied in the second novel that Divers' abilities awaken due to a specific kind of psychological trauma. In the short story, [[spoiler:the prison warden is trying to artificially create Divers from inmates by re-creating their traumatic crimes]].
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* WhipItGood - when Leonid uses Maniac's "Warlock 9000" virus, it manifests as an energy whip that he uses against two fellow Divers and then to break open a hole out of the Labyrinth of Death. Maniac reveals that the virus was actually supposed to manifest as an elevator. In the second novel, his new "Warlock 9300" virus does exactly that.
* YourMindMakesItReal - the hypnotic pattern makes human brains perceive any 3D graphics as real. However, death in the Deep simply kicks the user out without any physical harm. Virtual weapons (basically, viruses made to appear as guns) are made in two varieties: 1st generation weapons only harm the software of the user; 2nd generation weapons can also harm the hardware. The main events of the second novel are kicked off when an old friend of Leonid's is killed by a newly-created 3rd generation weapon.
* YourMindMakesItReal - the hypnotic pattern makes human brains perceive any 3D graphics as real. However, death in the Deep simply kicks the user out without any physical harm. Virtual weapons (basically, viruses made to appear as guns) are made in two varieties: 1st generation weapons only harm the software of the user; 2nd generation weapons can also harm the hardware. The main events of the second novel are kicked off when an old friend of Leonid's is killed by a newly-created 3rd generation weapon.
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* WhipItGood - when WhipItGood: When Leonid uses Maniac's "Warlock 9000" virus, it manifests as an energy whip that he uses against two fellow Divers and then to break open a hole out of the Labyrinth of Death. Maniac reveals that the virus was actually supposed to manifest as an elevator. In the second novel, his new "Warlock 9300" virus does exactly that.
*YourMindMakesItReal - the YourMindMakesItReal: The hypnotic pattern makes human brains perceive any 3D graphics as real. However, death in the Deep simply kicks the user out without any physical harm. Virtual weapons (basically, viruses made to appear as guns) are made in two varieties: 1st generation weapons only harm the software of the user; 2nd generation weapons can also harm the hardware. The main events of the second novel are kicked off when an old friend of Leonid's is killed by a newly-created 3rd generation weapon.
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