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Robot Bastard posted:OMT OMT OMT! What's an OMT? Google is not particularly useful right now.
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May 21, 2007 13:13
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I started reading Erfworld because people were mentioning it in this thread, but I just can't like it. Is it a matter of not being a big enough nerd in whatever game they're sort of spoofing? Is OoTS this terrible to people that don't play DnD?
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May 22, 2007 00:18
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Ashcans posted:Is OoTS this terrible to people that don't play DnD? As a person who doesn't play DnD, let me be the first to say that it absolutely is not. The difference is that Erfworld is more drama based, I suppose, with the occasional joke, and OotS leans slightly more comedically with dramatic moments.
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May 22, 2007 00:27
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BlueArmyMan posted:As a person who doesn't play DnD, let me be the first to say that it absolutely is not. I would classify it as OotS being a funny epic story, whereas Erfworld is kind of a quirky (in this case, used as an insult) drama.
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May 22, 2007 00:28
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Wolfsheim posted:I would classify it as OotS being a funny epic story, whereas Erfworld is kind of a quirky (in this case, used as an insult) drama. I got curious and read the first 40 strips of Erfworld and I'd simply classify it as being bad, since I didn't find it to be funny and its story isn't engaging or interesting. The presence of stupid internet catchphrases such as the "oh really" owl and all the cutesy names certainly don't do it a favor; and the ham-fisted attempt to spice up the comic via lesbian B&D was also quite stupid and unnecessary. I wonder how much of that webcomic is simply what its author wishes he could be.
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May 22, 2007 00:46
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ZorbaTHut posted:What's an OMT? Google is not particularly useful right now. edit: Gah, I shouldn't have looked at the GITP forums for Erfworld. The first page is full of "LOL LEEEEEROY JENKINS LOLLLLL". That, and someone who doesn't understand why "Bat 21" has a radar screen... 
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May 22, 2007 01:35
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I've mentioned this before but I think it's based on how much of a boner the idea of a world controlled by the rules of a boardgame gives you. That and how much "cute" names for common fantasy elements amuse you (LOL DWAGONS).
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May 22, 2007 01:53
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RentACop posted:That and how much "cute" names for common fantasy elements amuse you (LOL DWAGONS). Good Lord that got disgusting to read after the first instance, let alone the 10th.
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May 22, 2007 02:41
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BlueArmyMan posted:As a person who doesn't play DnD, let me be the first to say that it absolutely is not.
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May 22, 2007 02:49
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I just realized something. The current OotS comic is named "The Longshot." Haley is literally making a long shot. Holy poo poo!
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May 22, 2007 03:41
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 New strip is up.
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May 22, 2007 04:45
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Heh. Is that an intentional reference to one of Peter Jackson's many mistakes, or is it just a coincidence?
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May 22, 2007 04:51
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Fool, fool, fool, fool, fool the gullible hobgoblins!
If you write, I will make it better.
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May 22, 2007 05:12
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Robot Bastard posted:Heh. Is that an intentional reference to one of Peter Jackson's many mistakes, or is it just a coincidence? Wait if you're talking about the "mistake" I think you are talking about, that was intentional (and could not have been a mistake considering all the Uruk Hai are completely CGI)
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May 22, 2007 05:14
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RickoniX posted:Wait if you're talking about the "mistake" I think you are talking about, that was intentional (and could not have been a mistake considering all the Uruk Hai are completely CGI)
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May 22, 2007 05:24
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I hope the Eye of Fear and Flame sticks around after the battle, I like him 
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May 22, 2007 05:26
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Bingo posted:I hope the Eye of Fear and Flame sticks around after the battle, I like him
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May 22, 2007 05:30
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Robot Bastard posted:The bit where the guy yells for his troops to fire their arrows? drat it, I'm a horrible nerd for not noticing that error till you just pointed it out.
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May 22, 2007 06:05
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Archyduke posted:I call Belkar showing up to deal with the goblin masses. 
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May 22, 2007 06:06
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Gyges posted:drat it, I'm a horrible nerd for not noticing that error till you just pointed it out.
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May 22, 2007 06:14
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Robot Bastard posted:Heh. Is that an intentional reference to one of Peter Jackson's many mistakes, or is it just a coincidence? What are you talking about? Also, Erfworld isn't based on a specific game so there's no real rules lawyering that we the audience can infer. It's all writer fiat.
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May 22, 2007 06:56
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clockworkjoe posted:What are you talking about? It doesn't make sense saying fire when you're shooting an arrow. The term is usually meant for guns and firearms and cannons and such.
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May 22, 2007 07:06
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I always thought open fire was what you said to archers?
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May 22, 2007 07:32
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The nerd in me desperatly wants that shirt now.
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May 22, 2007 07:33
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Ze Pollack posted:I always thought open fire was what you said to archers? When dealing with such a mass-release, I believe they were called for by 'volley', but such things typically were not exactly recorded. As far as I know, we don't really know for certain. In fact, they could have shouted Bagels or something else nonsensical.
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May 22, 2007 07:48
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Aaaaarrrrgh what is happening with Xykon and the ghosts 
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May 22, 2007 07:58
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Robot Bastard posted:The bit where the guy yells for his troops to fire their arrows? Efreet saiid fucked around with this message at 09:15 on May 22, 2007 |
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May 22, 2007 09:11
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Parahexavoctal posted:Fool, fool, fool, fool, fool the gullible hobgoblins! And many of the Azure City Soldiers who may be still alive, be in the vicinity, and have been watching Lord Hinjo. It may have gotten Hinjo out of the tower alive, but it could have disastrous consequences for Azure City's forces.
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May 22, 2007 11:01
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I didn't see anyone mention why "fire" is wrong in this case. You don't fire an arrow, you fire a gun, as in set fire to the powder dealy. Or at least you used too. And like Efreet saiid said it doesn't really matter plus I think I've read them use "fire" before. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0425.html
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May 22, 2007 14:05
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maltesh posted:And many of the Azure City Soldiers who may be still alive, be in the vicinity, and have been watching Lord Hinjo. Efreet saiid fucked around with this message at 15:01 on May 22, 2007 |
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May 22, 2007 14:15
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RentACop posted:I didn't see anyone mention why "fire" is wrong in this case. You don't fire an arrow, you fire a gun, as in set fire to the powder dealy. Once upon a time, yes, but now it's a generic english word for shoot the thingy at the other thingy. Setting fire to powder is merely word origins, and is covered under they don't speak English but they are anyway clause.
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May 22, 2007 14:48
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Efreet saiid posted:Um, all the guys who can see that are already dead. Well, there are at least five azure city guardsmen on the wall Hinjo and the Order in #454. Two of them make it into the towe with them, and while it's possible that the other three are killed by the arrowstorm, I doubt that there are only ten people on the outer wall. WHether or not Hinjo is alive is an important question to a large number of people, and so i imagine a lot of people are watching him, both in person, and through agents.
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May 22, 2007 15:44
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Robot Bastard posted:That, and someone who doesn't understand why "Bat 21" has a radar screen... Well, c'mon. That movie was awful. But I got it right away. I think that makes me an immense nerd
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May 22, 2007 16:53
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What the hell word would you expect them to use instead of "fire"?
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May 22, 2007 16:57
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Cowcaster posted:What the hell word would you expect them to use instead of "fire"? Aside from the part where it's a completely acceptable word to use, there are plenty of other choices. Missile combat has been around for a long, long time  But really it DOES NOT MATTER, everyone reading this comic knows what fire means in this context and ugh I'm not talking about this any more.
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May 22, 2007 17:26
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maltesh posted:WHether or not Hinjo is alive is an important question to a large number of people, and so i imagine a lot of people are watching him, both in person, and through agents. On the other hand, anyone who's actually on the wall would probably be able to see that that was an illusion, given what Elan had them saying, and how their bodies disappeared after falling off the wall. Also, they could probably see Elan and Haley from that angle. Wanderer fucked around with this message at 19:45 on May 22, 2007 |
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May 22, 2007 17:35
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I can't believe this. People here are actually arguing that you can "fire" an arrow from a bow. Hey, I've got a gun, it unstacks bullets. And my car prances down the road, taking me to the restaurant where I'll adsorb some food. As to the illusion: I think that the tremendous cheesiness is part of the joke. Remember that this is (or at least was) a comic about the humorous things that you'd get if you actually lived life according to the D&D rules. Remember that early comic where a dragon breathes fire on the party. Everyone falls over screaming, except Haley, who is completely untouched--she's got Evasion, see? So even though she doesn't actually do anything and the fire completely surrounds her, she isn't hurt by it. \/\/\/ haha, "adsorb" doesn't go through anything... Robot Bastard fucked around with this message at 04:10 on May 23, 2007 |
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May 23, 2007 04:05
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Robot Bastard posted:the restaurant where I'll adsorb some food. Through your intestinal lining!
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May 23, 2007 04:07
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Really why is everyone getting so bent out of shape about the word fire? When used as an intransitive verb fire is correctly used to indicate the launching or sending off of a projectile, but it really doesn't matter it's a humor comic not a treatise on the english language, modern readers know the word fire means to shoot, so the writer uses the word fire to mean shooting. PS. Volley is first attributed in 1573 (from the middle French Volee [flight]), Fire in the shooing sense to ~1530 so volley wouldn't have been the historic word either. To get back to the comic, does anyone else hope they remove the mark from Belkar soon?
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May 23, 2007 04:41
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I almost wish the Mark of Justice was worded differently - if it specified "within the bounds of Azure City" then it wouldn't have to ever be taken off. I'd also like to mention that the Wikipedia entry for OotS is kind of terrifyingly long. Note the links at the bottom for other related pages.
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