Basic
Both words in one sentence
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The Generic Guy: Each side has a general that doesn't really specialize in anything and serves as the basic army general for said faction.
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Fearless Fool: He has never acts very scared in any of the horror games he has played (compared to an average player) (and he has played an impressive lot), yet sometimes he is completely oblivious to the most general and basic mechanics of those games.
Source: Lets Play / Over The Gun - The basic Kremling enemies had those in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, fitting the general pirate motif of the game.
Source: Seadog Peg Leg
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