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	~~[[Image:Awesome.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Standard awesome image. If you don't know what it means, gb2/gaia/.]]~~
	~~{{awesome}}~~
	An image with a long, murky history with [[4chan]] and Something Awful. Popular with probably every board, including /tg/. In its primordial roots, it was created on a now-defunct [[Pokemon]] fansite (Pokemopolis) of all places, where it was known as the :cheesy: smiley. The creator also posted in on Something Awful, where the Goons made it into what it is now.

	If someone replies to your post with this image attached, he is essentially saying something along the lines of "fuck you" or "you're a fucking retard". This person is probably correct, since the purpose of /tg/ is /to generate/ [[RAGE]].

	~~Often blends with [[METAL]], which is similarly employed in irony against shit that's just too ''much''.~~

	~~== What is Awesome ==~~
	~~awe·some~~
	~~/ˈôsəm/~~

	~~'' adjective ''~~


	~~causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear:~~
	~~an awesome sight.~~

	~~exhibiting or marked by awe; showing reverence, admiration, or fear.~~


	~~'' Slang ''~~

	~~very impressive.~~





	~~Things that ARE awesome include:~~
	* [[Vecna]] is the primary example of awesome in [[D&D]], since he's the [[Batman]] [[wizard]] who broke the game so hard in 2nd edition, that he caused the edition change to 3rd. He avoids [[Mary Sue]]dom primarily by being awesome, and by ultimately losing, though he had a partial success since he ultimately went from demigod to lesser god.
	* Some (not all) [[Old School Roleplaying\|Old School]] modules in D&D - the ones which established the tropes. ''[[Scourge of the Slavelords\|In the Dungeons of the Slavelords]]'', ''[[Tomb of Horrors]]'', and (as late as 1996) ''[[Gates of Firestorm Peak]]''. ''[[Rappan Athuk]]'' for that First Edition Feel.
	** A subset are old modules which are still playable, brought some interesting ideas, and are regarded with nostalgia; but are dated, to modern audiences. That would be a majority of 1e: ''e.g.'', ''[[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]]'' and ''[[White Plume Mountain]]''.
	* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'': a universe guided solely by Rule of Cool and [[GRIMDARK]], with the Imperium being the essence of [[Humanity Fuck Yeah]]. In eternal war against Extradimensional Cosmic Horrors straight out of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s worst nightmares.
	** In the lore itself, the biggest examples of awesome are the [[Adeptus Astartes]], all of the [[Imperial Guard]], [[Sanguinius]], [[Dante]], [[Kharn\|Kharn the Betrayer]], the [[Lamenters]], [[Commissar Yarrick\|Commissar Yarrick]], Scout Trooper MkVenner, [[Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt]], and [[Sly Marbo]]!
	* In [[WFB\|fantasy]], the second biggest example of awesome is FUCKING [[Norsca\|NORSCA]]. BECAUSE VIKINGS. TEN FOOT TALL VIKINGS ON CRACK CLAD IN BLACK ARMOUR FORGED IN THE FIRES OF HELL.
	* If you play ''older editions'' of 40K, draw this face on your blast templates for lulz.
	* In [[battletech]] there is a mech named the Awesome, it is indeed pretty awesome.
	* But by far the most amazing and awesome of all is the king of all kings, [[Settra the Imperishable]] the most arrogant biggest egotistical lovable skeleton in all of warhammer. Imagine being an undead pharaoh, imagine putting up a valiant fight against a God of undeath, imagine being brought before him and offered immense power, minor godhood, a body of solid gold - just as long as you pledge to serve him... and he will destroy you down to your head and leave you in the sand if you refuse. Settra, undead pharaoh, replies thusly: "SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE! SETTRA RULES!!" Settra is a Chad, nuff said.
	* A close second to the king above is a slightly more... robotic version. And another. [[Silent King\|Szarekh]] and his hyper-pimp throne, complete with rape-beam-carrying walls of doom orbiting it, is the guy who led his people against their C'tan overlords. It is because of this lad that there are [[Cheese\|C'tan shards]] on the tabletop. The other guy is [[Imotekh the Stormlord]]- this guy has a hyper pimp staff and is incredibly smart, to the point where logical attacks on his forces just [[FAIL\|don't fucking work.]]
	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8LNTCLQs0M/ BRIAN BLESSED!!!!]- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGZbU7tFr44/"GOTREK'S (Gordon) ALIVE!!!!"]
	* You. You're awesome. Unless you're [[That Guy]].
	* [[Old Man Henderson]], the mentally-ill ''fake'' Vietnam vet who blew up an evil god and ''won'' [[Call of Cthulhu]].
	* The glorious return of [[Makari]], the luckiest Git to ever live.
	* [[Imperial Guard]]
	** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]
	* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]
	* [[Total War: Warhammer]]

	~~==Rule Of Cool==~~
	A derivative of Awesome meets [[Rule Zero]], the Rule of Cool is basically permission to do something ''not'' in the written rules solely because it is Awesome. If you want to be a nerd about it, it's the suspension of disbelief and leaving things like logic or Rules Lawyering at the door so you can have some fun for a change.

	~~In Settings, the Rule of Cool is what gives us [[Imperator Titan\|walking cathedrals full of guns]] and defines the [[Cyberpunk 2020\|Edgerunner's]] way-of-life.~~

	In TTRPGs, RoC is often invoked when you want to do something really imaginative, [[Old Man Henderson\|insane]], or derivative (i.e. you wanna do something you saw on TV). That last bit is important, because not everyone has the same idea of what's cool or not: some players try to abuse it by trying to force everyone to go along with their anime fixations or novice DMs may try to fill the world with so many cool things it becomes less of a campaign and more of a guided tour through their [[magical realm]].

	~~[[Exalted]] has Rule of Cool as an actual mechanic called '''Stunting''', and some 5e DMs award Inspiration for those who attempt to do something Cool.~~

	~~==External Links==~~
	*[https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Awesome ED's awesome article, featuring XBAWKS HEUG gallery of Awesome mutations]

	~~==Gallery==~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~File:Awesome_Face_Song.jpg\|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR-6-9S7GI Awesome Face Song]~~
	~~Image:Awesomecat.jpg\|Awesome is back, IN CAT FORM!~~
	~~Image:Red_spy.jpg\|SPY SAPPIN MAH AWESOME~~
	~~File:40k v starwars.jpg\|AWESOME~~
	~~File:Awesome guardsmen.jpg~~
	~~File:Awesome Chaos.jpg \| <s>Even Chaos can be a little awesome.</s> {{BLAM\|HERESY!}}~~
	~~File:Awesome Beholder.png~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	~~[[Category:Meme]]~~

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1d4chan>MiaoKobayashisDragonMaid: Idk if "Rule of Cool" deserves its own page, just want to hyperlink to something

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Idk if "Rule of Cool" deserves its own page, just want to hyperlink to something

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	* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]		* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]
	* [[Total War: Warhammer]]		* [[Total War: Warhammer]]

			==Rule Of Cool==
			A derivative of Awesome meets [[Rule Zero]], the Rule of Cool is basically permission to do something ''not'' in the written rules solely because it is Awesome. If you want to be a nerd about it, it's the suspension of disbelief and leaving things like logic or Rules Lawyering at the door so you can have some fun for a change.

			In Settings, the Rule of Cool is what gives us [[Imperator Titan\|walking cathedrals full of guns]] and defines the [[Cyberpunk 2020\|Edgerunner's]] way-of-life.

			In TTRPGs, RoC is often invoked when you want to do something really imaginative, [[Old Man Henderson\|insane]], or derivative (i.e. you wanna do something you saw on TV). That last bit is important, because not everyone has the same idea of what's cool or not: some players try to abuse it by trying to force everyone to go along with their anime fixations or novice DMs may try to fill the world with so many cool things it becomes less of a campaign and more of a guided tour through their [[magical realm]].

			[[Exalted]] has Rule of Cool as an actual mechanic called '''Stunting''', and some 5e DMs award Inspiration for those who attempt to do something Cool.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

1d4chan>Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord: /* Gallery */

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Gallery

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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Awesome_Face_Song.jpg\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR-6-9S7GI		File:Awesome_Face_Song.jpg\|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR-6-9S7GI Awesome Face Song]
	Image:Awesomecat.jpg\|Awesome is back, IN CAT FORM!		Image:Awesomecat.jpg\|Awesome is back, IN CAT FORM!
	Image:Red_spy.jpg\|SPY SAPPIN MAH AWESOME		Image:Red_spy.jpg\|SPY SAPPIN MAH AWESOME

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			File:Awesome_Face_Song.jpg\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR-6-9S7GI
	Image:Awesomecat.jpg\|Awesome is back, IN CAT FORM!		Image:Awesomecat.jpg\|Awesome is back, IN CAT FORM!
	Image:Red_spy.jpg\|SPY SAPPIN MAH AWESOME		Image:Red_spy.jpg\|SPY SAPPIN MAH AWESOME

1d4chan>Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord: Undo revision 876409 by Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord (talk)

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	File:Awesome Chaos.jpg \| <s>Even Chaos can be a little awesome.</s> {{BLAM\|HERESY!}}		File:Awesome Chaos.jpg \| <s>Even Chaos can be a little awesome.</s> {{BLAM\|HERESY!}}
	File:Awesome Beholder.png		File:Awesome Beholder.png
	~~https://youtu.be/NWR-6-9S7GI~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	[[Category:Meme]]		[[Category:Meme]]

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	File:Awesome Chaos.jpg \| <s>Even Chaos can be a little awesome.</s> {{BLAM\|HERESY!}}		File:Awesome Chaos.jpg \| <s>Even Chaos can be a little awesome.</s> {{BLAM\|HERESY!}}
	File:Awesome Beholder.png		File:Awesome Beholder.png
			https://youtu.be/NWR-6-9S7GI
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	[[Category:Meme]]		[[Category:Meme]]

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	* [[Imperial Guard]]		* [[Imperial Guard]]
	** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]		** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]
	* [[JRR Tolkien]] telling the [[Nazis]] off during World War II for perverting northern European culture, and calling out their racist Aryan ideology for the crock it was.
	* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]		* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]
	* [[Total War: Warhammer]]		* [[Total War: Warhammer]]

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	** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]		** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]
	* [[JRR Tolkien]] telling the [[Nazis]] off during World War II for perverting northern European culture, and calling out their racist Aryan ideology for the crock it was.		* [[JRR Tolkien]] telling the [[Nazis]] off during World War II for perverting northern European culture, and calling out their racist Aryan ideology for the crock it was.
	* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]].		* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]]
			* [[Total War: Warhammer]]

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	* [[Old Man Henderson]], the mentally-ill ''fake'' Vietnam vet who blew up an evil god and ''won'' [[Call of Cthulhu]].		* [[Old Man Henderson]], the mentally-ill ''fake'' Vietnam vet who blew up an evil god and ''won'' [[Call of Cthulhu]].
	* The glorious return of [[Makari]], the luckiest Git to ever live.		* The glorious return of [[Makari]], the luckiest Git to ever live.
			* [[Imperial Guard]]
			** [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]
	* [[JRR Tolkien]] telling the [[Nazis]] off during World War II for perverting northern European culture, and calling out their racist Aryan ideology for the crock it was.		* [[JRR Tolkien]] telling the [[Nazis]] off during World War II for perverting northern European culture, and calling out their racist Aryan ideology for the crock it was.
	* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]].		* [[The End Times: Vermintide]] and [[Vermintide 2]].