Many thanks to:

• Andrea and Gloria for the idea of the elven duck ships in strip #44 (I'd been thinking swans but ducks are much better).
• Kibby for the concept of the Lord Ironman character, including the oversized armor and the eagle droppings on the back.
• A_Fighter for suggesting the name D34dly-D34dly, for the cactus and sombrero idea in #115, for the reversed spyglass idea in #117.
• Lann for suggesting the name Seowyn Snowlock for the cybering fiancee' of Bacon of Hope's jeweller.
• Devilmouse for inventing the expression "preowned" when applied to gamers' ownage.
• Gloria for the idea of the rope in #39.
• Gloria for suggesting that the wallet in #25 should contain a letter from the rat's child rather than a family photo like I was thinking.
• Claus for suggesting the names Your Name Here and Drakoola.
• Tomasz for writing the script for the dropdown menus
• Megan for hosting the forums. Her comic is End World.
• Corrado for giving me the idea for episode #109.
• Gradivus for the excellent idea of the upcoming strip's sneak peeks for TWC voters.

"The noob" is dedicated to the memory of my best friend Gloria Sadun, who passed away in February 2005. I miss her very much.