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Over Exaggeration is ©2000/2001
Alex "Plutonium.M" MacKay
and Paul "Nikells" Nicholls.
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Cast

Name Alex MacKay
Personality Technophile, Gamer, Semi-Antisocial
Age 18
Character Description The main character based on the author (uhh ... me) Alex is a hard-core gamer and technophile. He rarely gets excited about anything and if he is excited it's usually technology related. Being the only person in the immediate family that knows anything about electronics has it's disadvantages, because if it has anything to do with electricity "He should have no trouble being able to fix a problem with it because he uses the computer so much". Talks in a monotone voice most of the time and smiles ... uhh ... rarely.

In Real Life

Alex is a much more positive person then what he appears in this comic. He is often cracking jokes and tries to lighten up situations. Not everything that happens in this comic happens to him in real life, but some did.
Name John
Personality "Tough-guy"/All around freak
Age 18
Character Description One of Alex's oldest friends. They have known each other since kindergarten and know each other fairly well. While Alex tends to be more calm, John tends to be more out there. Anything goes with this guy and crazy stuff happens when you are around him.
In Real Life Not as crazy as he may appear in this comic. John is a legend for doing weird and ... not so smart things. He's a good guy though ... most of the time.
Name David
Personality Logical, Smart
Age 18
Character Description Declared Legally blind you can tell that he is kinda bitter about it whenever somebody mentions it. He can see ... just not that well. He can be a very opinionated person, not like that's a bad thing, it's just how he is. He sees little use in such subjects as English, because in the end no one really care's about a old English playwright that is now dead. He instead puts his mind into something more logical, such a math.
In Real Life ... This is actually a pretty close description of David. He is mostly a serious guy but he can be funny in his own unique way just like everyone else. Just with him his sense of humor is insulting people who are usually .. not very smart, they usually deserve it anyway.
Name Ryan
Personality Gamer, Musician
Age 17
Character Description Probably Alex's only friend who is into PC games as much as he is. Ryan is a game music fanatic. Always searching for the best remixes and then making his own. While in reality Ryan lives a 2 hour car drive, and a 1 and a half hour ferry ride away, in the world of OE, he lives in Alex's neighborhood.
In Real Life A pretty easy going guy. Not alot of things bother him, but if they do he lets them be known to all.
Name Robert
Personality Excessive Gamer
Age 17
Character Description Alex's Cousin. He probably plays just a bit to much Counter-Strike. He rarely gets up to play any other game and believes himself to be one of the best CStrike players. While he is good his temper rises quickly when he fails to win a game. Of course anybody that manages to defeat him is "so obviously a cheater".
In Real Life That is a pretty good description of him

Soon to be characters

Alex's Dad Alex's Dad is the source of all order and discipline in the household. He knows a fair amount about computers but feels that any problem on the computer can be fixed by his son.
Sara Alex's younger sister. Although it would be nearly impossible to tell if you met them together. Sara is much more positive and outgoing. She likes bright colors and really "cute" things, while Alex ... doesn't. If there was ever a personified Ying-Yang these two would be it.
Nina Alex's Dads very serious girlfriend. She was born in Croatia but spent most of her life in Canada. She has 2 kids that supply an endless amount of annoyance to Alex.
Stephen and Kristina

Ninas kids. Stephen is a beginner game fanatic who Alex is "training" at UT.
Christina is the girl and seems to have taken up many of Sara's traits, much to Alex's horror.

Andrew and Stephen Alex's 5 and 3 year old cousins. Both look up to Alex for some strange unknown reason. Maybe it's because he is their oldest cousin, maybe it's because he is so tall. Or maybe it's because when Alex first met them he pretended to like Pokemon so he wouldn't make the kids feel bad.
Kissa, Leroy and Snoopy

Kissa and Leroy are two cats that belong to Alex's Family. They are brothers and despise each other. Kissa is older and more mature. He doesn't like anybody except Alex who saved him from the pound. Leroy is fat and likes everybody, except Kissa. His stupidity is only surpassed by one creature. While the two cats do despise each other, they do have a common enemy.
Snoopy belongs to Ninas family. He is a small poodle dog and isn't very smart at all. He doesn't really understand why Kissa and Leroy don't like it, but he tends to take everything in stride.

Patrick Alex and Patrick have been friends since they were in diapers. They know each other very well, but Patrick is a more social person than Alex.
Alex's Mom Alex's Dad and Mom have recently gone through a rather messy divorce. She was born in Finland but now lives in Canada. She is very proud of her Finnish roots and taught her kids the Finnish traditions so now that they are living with their "Canadianized" father things feel very different.
Peter The only "made-up" character. The all-around idiot of the cast. He knows nothing about anything and tries to make up for it with a overly cheery attitude that Alex naturally despises.
(Made up because I didn't want to use any real people and end up really insulting them)
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