Have you ever read The Gamer?
No, no no no, not the crappy movie with the weird gesturing and all that.
The Gamer. It's a Korean manga focusing on a guy named Han Jee-Han. One day, he wakes up and status windows start appearing around him and he learns that he is himself like a game character. He went up a level, put his points in strength, and his strength actually went up!
So anyway, the first weapon he uses is a bat. A baseball bat. The same one I managed to find on a table among a litany of other overpriced props. Portal gun, Clouds sword, an infinity gem, this freaking merchant had it all. But I chose the stupid, freaking bat.
Guess where I am now? If you said anything other than acting as a 'willing host' to a borderline psychotic unicorn wizard lady named Twilight, then FUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU.