1 | ''A Customer Draws Near'' is the story series of a man named BTB, a prolific Morrowind Modder who IRL used to do computer tech support and is a fan of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons. |
2 | |
3 | Also, since he seems to be a fan of parody, this series is an attempt to make amusing the dull, thankless world of giving people help with their computers (in the style of a D&D campaign), which, if one believes his parody to be truth, is a task meant only for those who have unlimited patience and sanity. |
4 | |
5 | The series can be found [[http://btb2.free.fr/acdn_00.html here.]] |
6 | |
7 | ---- |
8 | !!Tropes common to the series are: |
9 | * AmericansAreCowboys - Well, BTB being a cowboy is debatable, but it's even a story point he's Texan, which gives him immunity to liquid/heat based attacks. He is also openly referred to as a hillbilly by the Dungeon Master on several occasions. |
10 | * AntiHero - BTB is probably this, seeing as it's stated in universe he's Lawful Evil yet is supposed to help people with their computers, or a really sympathetic VillainProtagonist if only because his enemies are a deranged inverse of IdiotHoudini with some JerkAss and hefty amounts of InsaneTrollLogic thrown in. |
11 | * AuthorAvatar - BTB. |
12 | * AuthorAppeal - Apparently hot strippers and ice cold beer. Also, in universe and out, Swedish redheads. |
13 | * BigNo - One episode ends with one of these. It crosses over into the next episode. |
14 | * BoozeBasedBuff - Beer is regarded as such by BTB, despite evidence it's actually a debuff. |
15 | * CrazyCatLady - The featured customer from ''The Late, Great Mr. Fluff-Fluff''. |
16 | * DeadpanSnarker - Both BTB and the Dungeon Master, though more often the latter. |
17 | * DisproportionateRetribution - BTB often wants to inflict this on most customers. |
18 | * DumpStat - Charisma (everyone) and intelligence (customers). |
19 | * DungeonMaster |
20 | * ForTheEvulz - BTB indulges in this when dealing with customers he really hates, just because he can. |
21 | * JerkAssGod - The Dungeon Master most of the time, though he can be occasionally civil with BTB. |
22 | * JokeItem - Potions of awakening. BTB even lampshades his own idiocy in buying them. |
23 | * {{Hatedom}} - In universe, BTB loathes AOL, and even suffers status penalties for thinking about them. |
24 | * HammerSpace - BTB's inventory has so much implausible crap that this trope is blatantly lampshaded. |
25 | * HeroicBSOD - BTB is prone to these whenever dealing with his dumber customers. |
26 | * ImprovisedWeapon - BTB once makes a set of [[InstantChucks Beer Chucks]] out of some empty beer cans and string when his main weapon gets destroyed at one point. |
27 | * OnlySaneMan - BTB, and, at times, the Dungeon Master. |
28 | * {{Satan}} - The VP of marketing for BTB's company. |
29 | * RandomNumberGod - The Dungeon Master. Unfortunately, he often doubles as a JerkAssGod. |
30 | * ShoutOut - [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater ''Beerchucks, yo!'']] |
31 | * TooDumbToLive - Pretty much every single person BTB has to help with their computer. |
32 | * VulgarHumor- In "Get Off My Internets", BTB tries to explain how the internet works to a customer. [[NauseaFuel Using a metaphor that involved naked fat gay men sodomizing each other.]] It's so gross and over the top even the DM gets a severe case of {{Squick}}. |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Literature / ACustomerDrawsNear
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load