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I think the real Xykon is probably waaay up in the air on an undead dragon or something... the undead dragon is as suspiciously missing as he is, at least.
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Noonsaliwah posted:I think the real Xykon is probably waaay up in the air on an undead dragon or something... the undead dragon is as suspiciously missing as he is, at least.
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Mar 15, 2007 19:20
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Noonsaliwah posted:I think the real Xykon is probably waaay up in the air on an undead dragon or something... the undead dragon is as suspiciously missing as he is, at least. That would be pretty sweet, although at the moment it really looks like the Xykon who's hanging back with Redcloak is the real deal. I am going to reiterate once again that I totally called the decoy thing 
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Mar 15, 2007 19:42
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Those amulets have to be important, because up until this strip Xykon didn't wear any amulets.
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Mar 15, 2007 23:29
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Battlestar Ferrinus posted:That would be pretty sweet, although at the moment it really looks like the Xykon who's hanging back with Redcloak is the real deal. But the one hanging back with Redcloak didn't know who Greenhilt and the Order of the Stick were.
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Mar 16, 2007 00:12
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That's actually in character. 371 panel 6 He's got a lot of enemies he can't be bothered to remember who's who.
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Mar 16, 2007 00:16
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Reacean posted:Those amulets have to be important, because up until this strip Xykon didn't wear any amulets.
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Mar 16, 2007 01:58
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lavhoes posted:But the one hanging back with Redcloak didn't know who Greenhilt and the Order of the Stick were. It's a long-term gag that he has no idea who the OotS are. Remember when he first fought Roy and Roy had to get embarassingly specific about who he was seeking revenge for? http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0110.html
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Reacean posted:Those amulets have to be important, because up until this strip Xykon didn't wear any amulets. There was one strip where he did and in this arc too! It was orange. Hint maybe?
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Mar 16, 2007 04:29
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That is the strip where "Hey, it is a decoy" was first called.
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Mar 16, 2007 04:36
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TheFuzzyLumpkin posted:It's a long-term gag that he has no idea who the OotS are. Remember when he first fought Roy and Roy had to get embarassingly specific about who he was seeking revenge for? Oh yeah, that's right. Can't believe I forgot that. Oh well then yeah, that's probably him. Damnit, I thought there'd be more of a twist to it.
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Vanadium posted:I don't get the new strip What's not to get? V's a badass.
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Sock posted:What's not to get? V's a badass. But all that buildup just to end with "hay I have another buff spell  "?
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Mar 17, 2007 04:47
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Vanadium posted:But all that buildup just to end with "hay I have another buff spell That's basically what wizards are good at, though. Unless you can cast Fireball, but who memorizes THAT spell?
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Mar 17, 2007 04:53
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Endrite posted:That's basically what wizards are good at, though. Unless you can cast Fireball, but who memorizes THAT spell? I was expecting some unexpected side-effect of the combination of spells that V chose, or perhaps an arcane reason for the exact number of soldiers he chose to buff. I guess I am just disappointed that it was only about just how awesome V is.
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The arcane reason V chose 13 is because the mass line of buffs affect one person per caster level. I guess this confirms that V is level 13. Also, any more than that probably wouldn't fit.
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Spaz mk. 2.0 posted:The arcane reason V chose 13 is because the mass line of buffs affect one person per caster level. I guess this confirms that V is level 13. Also, any more than that probably wouldn't fit. You may have noticed that my explanations tend to consume more time than the plans themselves.  Vaarusvius. 
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Why do I feel that this showcasing of how cool V. is is only gonna lead to tragedy?
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Why do I feel that this showcasing of how cool V. is is only gonna lead to tragedy? A one sided duel vs. Xykon perhaps?
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Elan of all stick people got to showcase how badass he can be, I don't see why someone like V can't either. Not to mention how game breaking wizards are supposed to be at the higher levels, especially when they have a good idea of what they'll be facing before they prepare their spells at the beginning of the day.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Why do I feel that this showcasing of how cool V. is is only gonna lead to tragedy? It's been foreshadowed for a long time.
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Sock posted:It's been foreshadowed for a long time. I suspect that this might be referring to the Snarl itself rather than to Xykon. Xykon after all doesn't possess ultimate power, so I fail to see how he'd be able to impart it onto V. The Snarl on the other hand must have such power for Xykon to seek it out.
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I wonder if Bluecloak will ever get a callback. That strip may as well be called "Callback City - Population: Oh You'll See."
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Sock posted:It's been foreshadowed for a long time. Heh. That's a very interesting strip--because it tells us that Xykon is not going to be permanently destroyed in this story arc! (And hopefully the characters will remember the Oracle's answer when they try to decide where to go next.)
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Well Erfworld has gotten into territory I honestly don't care about at all. Shame, the strip had a good start but has failed on so many levels at this point.
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gothfae posted:You may have noticed that my explanations tend to consume more time than the plans themselves. "Truly, it is a poor omen when elves are doing stonemasonry." I wonder if he will be right in the end.
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Gally posted:Well Erfworld has gotten into territory I honestly don't care about at all. Shame, the strip had a good start but has failed on so many levels at this point.
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Robot Bastard posted:Yeah; at this point, I'm reading it because A: it's free and B: it's on the same site as "Order". its so slowly paced its ridiculous.
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Gally posted:Well Erfworld has gotten into territory I honestly don't care about at all. Shame, the strip had a good start but has failed on so many levels at this point. Seriously, they're superdeformed little computer game people who speak in things like "Erf" and "Dwagons", why are we supposed to give a poo poo about their politics? EDIT: Oh, and can't forget "Croakamancer" 
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Zereth posted:Seriously, they're superdeformed little computer game people who speak in things like "Erf" and "Dwagons", why are we supposed to give a poo poo about their politics? I actually liked the Dirtamancer guy
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Zereth posted:Seriously, they're superdeformed little computer game people who speak in things like "Erf" and "Dwagons", why are we supposed to give a poo poo about their politics? Um... I'm almost certain that that's the whole *point*. You'll note that Parson has been treating the world with precisely the same attitude, and it's starting to bite him in the rear end. I mean, they even specifically touched on the issue of the infantilized names for things. Erfworld is deliberately trying to subvert as many of the cliches and expectations of the "ordinary kid gets SUCKED INTO A GAME!" story as it can. It's even a little heavy-handed about it, but that may just be because it's still getting warmed up. The point of the comic is, you wouldn't expect to care, or even expect that the story would *want* you to care, about the politics and morality of the factions in the game world, but they're actually turning out to be both important and ambiguous. Personally, I'm enjoying it. It would be nice if it updated more frequently, but the story isn't moving all that slowly on a strip-by-strip level. And I think it is funny, so there. 
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I mostly enjoy Erfworld too. It seems to me like most of the people in this thread who dislike it are mainly just angry about things it's not trying to be. If you don't like the idea of a Croakamancer, then you probably won't enjoy Erfworld.
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The problem that I have with Erfworld is that it's all over the place. Is this supposed to be a cute superdeformed RPG world? Is this supposed to be a grim exploration of war in a fantasy setting? Is this supposed to be a self-insertion fanfic? Is this supposed to be a parody of computer-RPG cliches? Pick one. Oh, and O RLY? Oh  .
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Robot Bastard posted:Is this supposed to be a cute superdeformed RPG world? Is this supposed to be a grim exploration of war in a fantasy setting? Is this supposed to be a self-insertion fanfic? Is this supposed to be a parody of computer-RPG cliches? Yes. Robot Bastard posted:Pick one. Why?
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Robot Bastard posted:The problem that I have with Erfworld is that it's all over the place. Is this supposed to be a cute superdeformed RPG world? Is this supposed to be a grim exploration of war in a fantasy setting? Is this supposed to be a self-insertion fanfic? Is this supposed to be a parody of computer-RPG cliches? Pick one. It's not self insertion, the guy who writes Hamstard is someone completely different from Rob Balder (unless Hamstard is just some really weird meta joke comic made to supplement Erfworld).
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Occultatio posted:Why?
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I don't really mind Erfworld much, aside from it's glacially slow pace. I don't make a regular habit of reading it like I do OotS, but every now and then i'll remember to check it and catch up. I don't see why it has to be one thing or the other, rather than all of the above, either. And I especially really really doubt it's meant as a self-insertion fanfic because jesus christ just look at the guy. He's so intentionally repugnant. I know self deprecation is all the rage among most nerds, but I doubt anybody would actually make their own representation that severely unlikeable.
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Zereth posted:Seriously, they're superdeformed little computer game people who speak in things like "Erf" and "Dwagons", why are we supposed to give a poo poo about their politics? Vorxnyx posted:I mostly enjoy Erfworld too. It seems to me like most of the people in this thread who dislike it are mainly just angry about things it's not trying to be. I don't tghink the creators are trying for some kind of nega-cliche or anything of the sort. I just think they took a one-joke idea (nerd in the game), attached it to an obnoxiously wierd setting, and ran with it. Efreet saiid fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Mar 19, 2007 |
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Robot Bastard posted:Because the "sudden, ironic shift from parody to pathos" is a cheap ploy for sentiment. You can't just say "THIS ARE SERIOUS COMIC NOW" and expect that we're all going to jump on board with you. One might even say that the "sudden, ironic shift from parody to pathos" was a fantasy/webcomic cliche. Either it's a self-aware parody, or it's an unintentional parody, and either way I think it's funny. Leikr Elferston posted:Yeah the only think i'd read for is just to see more of the plot/exposition revealed, but even if I was was willing to wait through al the other poo poo for plot, if would still be a plot about dwagons and ending the turn and the king of the loving bippity boos or something. Oh happyelf 
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