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Am I the only one who doesn't mind the speed of things and is just enjoying seeing where things go?
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Oct 18, 2008 16:46
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Pope Guilty posted:Am I the only one who doesn't mind the speed of things and is just enjoying seeing where things go? Nope, I'm with you. I'm still enjoying the hell out of the strip, it's the characters that are the draw for me, far more than the over-arching story.
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Oct 18, 2008 17:02
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Pope Guilty posted:Am I the only one who doesn't mind the speed of things and is just enjoying seeing where things go? Pretty much this. I can't bring myself to honestly care how fast he's going given that this is a webcomic I check every three or four days and spent MAYBE 3 minutes on. If in that time I am entertained in any way then it's a success.
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Oct 18, 2008 19:31
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I'll admit, I think I enjoyed that pedicure joke more than I should have. 
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Oct 18, 2008 21:30
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Pope Guilty posted:Am I the only one who doesn't mind the speed of things and is just enjoying seeing where things go? I'm with you. It's a comic strip, I don't expect rapid advances in the story all the time. As long as it gets a chuckle out of me, I'm good. But the 600th strip still pissed me off.
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Oct 19, 2008 02:06
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Anybody who complains about OotS's pacing clearly never was a regular reader of Sluggy Freelance. In comparison Rich could smear poo on his tablet and still have better pacing and editorial restraint.
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Oct 19, 2008 06:54
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Pope Guilty posted:Am I the only one who doesn't mind the speed of things and is just enjoying seeing where things go? I'm just worried that the creator of OotS, who I'm pretty sure is ill, will die before he finishes the comic. I really like the comic and I want to see it finished satisfactorily.
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Oct 19, 2008 06:57
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ConfusedUs posted:I'm with you. It's a comic strip, I don't expect rapid advances in the story all the time. As long as it gets a chuckle out of me, I'm good. I thought it was a classic bit of The Simpsons-style "gently caress what you were expecting" comedy.
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Oct 19, 2008 07:25
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Kahrytes posted:I'm just worried that the creator of OotS, who I'm pretty sure is ill, will die before he finishes the comic. I really like the comic and I want to see it finished satisfactorily.
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Oct 19, 2008 08:44
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The Werle posted:Anybody who complains about OotS's pacing clearly never was a regular reader of Sluggy Freelance. In comparison Rich could smear poo on his tablet and still have better pacing and editorial restraint. Yes, there being something worse out there always justifies things. If you think my Buffy self-insertion fanfic is bad you must never have read Dave's Buffy self-insertion fanfic. I don't think anything is wrong with the pacing, yet. If the tension build up doesn't pay off well enough then I'll change my mind.
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Oct 19, 2008 11:09
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We who don't mind the pacing don't post and whine about the pacing, which is why you don't hear fom us so often 
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Oct 19, 2008 14:51
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Remember that the series started out as a bunch of one-off gag strips set in a generic dungeon. All of this storyline crap is just a bonus, it's not the point of the strip.
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Oct 19, 2008 16:25
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The Werle posted:Anybody who complains about OotS's pacing clearly never was a regular reader of Sluggy Freelance. In comparison Rich could smear poo on his tablet and still have better pacing and editorial restraint. I used to read Sluggy. I loved it, until sometime after Bun-Bub's massacre of the holidays.
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Oct 19, 2008 16:30
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ConfusedUs posted:I used to read Sluggy. I loved it, until sometime after Bun-Bub's massacre of the holidays. You got out when it was just bad and not yet totally awful. It got so much worse. I quit reading a year or two ago. In regards to OotS, hopefully Roy's focus on Haley and Celia will mean the strip focuses on them for a bit. I expect them to find a toe in Roy's boots, leave the golem alone, and get outta dodge while whatserface tries to hunt them down.
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Oct 19, 2008 16:36
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ConfusedUs posted:I used to read Sluggy. I loved it, until sometime after Bun-Bub's massacre of the holidays. Did Torg and Zoe ever get together or are they still Ross-and-Racheling that one after 11 years?
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Oct 20, 2008 20:24
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CapnAndy posted:Huh. That's exactly where I dropped it too. After this discussion I loaded up sluggy (and was suprised it still existed) and read from Feb '07 till sometime about October '07, and as of that point, they were still Ross-and-Racheling
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Oct 20, 2008 20:51
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CapnAndy posted:Huh. That's exactly where I dropped it too. They're vaguely kinda together right now. It could at least be argued they're dating, even if they don't say it. I have no idea why I still read it at this point, because it really is pretty awful now. Doing so irregularly and skipping chunks is probably the secret. Bun-Bun's arcs really were the worst though. Edit: Heads up to anyone else this occurs to, just because Bun-Bun's were the worst does not mean there's anything remotely worth going back for. vvvvvvvvvvvv shadysight fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Oct 20, 2008 |
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Oct 20, 2008 21:06
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I also went and loaded up Sluggy to see what had happened in the last three years (or whatever). I was greeted by some sort of abomination that seems to involve Torg, Bacon, and Aylee in some bizarre Anime-look. Close Tab, forget.
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Oct 20, 2008 21:13
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ConfusedUs posted:I used to read Sluggy. I loved it, until sometime after Bun-Bub's massacre of the holidays. That's about the point I stopped caring, but thanks to inertia I didn't stop reading until the second or third Harry Potter parody arc. We should be grateful that Rich doesn't run the same extended plot arc into the ground more than once.
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Oct 20, 2008 22:53
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Sluggy gives me the impression that it would be a lot more readable if the dude put more effort into the art. I am not sure that would work with OOTS!
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Oct 20, 2008 23:57
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Vanadium posted:Sluggy gives me the impression that it would be a lot more readable if the dude put more effort into the art. I am not sure that would work with OOTS! Burlew is a really good artist. I mean I know he uses stick figures but that's a style choice, not a skill iimit. The little touches are great, and he has done some really great splashes with perspective and detail.
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Oct 21, 2008 00:35
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Ashcans posted:Burlew is a really good artist. I mean I know he uses stick figures but that's a style choice, not a skill iimit. The little touches are great, and he has done some really great splashes with perspective and detail. The style choice makes for a lot of really bland shots, though, and most characters have a range of about four facial expressions. I am still following OOTS because its updates at least have a decent portion of moving the plot forward and the art is way less annoying to look at.
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Oct 21, 2008 00:45
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The last couple of weeks have really been slow on updates. This makes me sad.
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Oct 21, 2008 01:41
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Update Time! Click here for the full 754x1818 image. PLOT! Okay, interrupted plot, but plot nonetheless.
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Oct 21, 2008 10:59
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MikeJF posted:Update Time! Okay, I'm happy with this. It's a little wordy (my god he's been getting wordy lately), but the cutaway panel joke at least shows me he still cares, dammit!
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Oct 21, 2008 11:20
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Isn't Loki the trickster god? I think Pete's not gonna get exactly what he wants. But it looks like the party may have a new cleric (at least temporarily).
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Oct 21, 2008 12:51
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Understanding genre conventions really is the most powerful ability anyone could possibly have.
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Oct 21, 2008 17:43
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That was a very excellent strip =) I didn't even suspect Blind Pete of trechery, mainly 'cause they'd been holed up in his basement for a week. Little did I know he was using that time to bargain with their lives :P
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Oct 21, 2008 19:23
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OK, that was actually pretty damned funny. I like the cleric's reaction to the cutaway panel.
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Oct 22, 2008 01:29
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I could have sworn that I called that one.
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Oct 22, 2008 04:13
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Nosy_G posted:I could have sworn that I called that one. When even the characters in the comic itself call it, I don't think it's all that hard to call.
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Oct 23, 2008 04:22
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There's a new comic up! And rehosted. 
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Oct 23, 2008 12:27
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The last few panels got a laugh out of me. And it looks like it's full steam ahead here. I'm back into this again.Amused Frog posted:And rehosted. Huh, I've never noticed this before, but there are no external ads on the comic page at OOTS. Just the one there for his own book. Surely a few subtle Adwords might pay for some better hosting?
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Oct 23, 2008 13:27
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MikeJF posted:The last few panels got a laugh out of me. And it looks like it's full steam ahead here. I'm back into this again. Here's hoping the cleric gets the message through.
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Oct 23, 2008 14:14
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MikeJF posted:The last few panels got a laugh out of me. And it looks like it's full steam ahead here. I'm back into this again. It hasn't been crashing on me since he added the RSS feed. I don't think he needs it.
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Oct 23, 2008 14:20
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Well, I'm pretty sure that cleric buddy is going to break Belkar's MoJ so that he (the cleric) has a better chance of survival with another combatant in the mix. At least most of the people she's facing have d6 HD. Hmm... won't the warding of this room block the Sending spell? edit: I don't really remember if speculation is supposed to be spoilered or not, but I'd rather not risk it. LightWarden fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Oct 23, 2008 |
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Oct 23, 2008 14:27
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Amused Frog posted:Here's hoping the cleric gets the message through. My bet is the Sending reaches some other bald dwarf named Durkon.
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Oct 23, 2008 19:19
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They should be sending for Vaarsuvius 
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Oct 23, 2008 19:34
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Vanadium posted:They should be sending for Vaarsuvius But then there'd be no plot! Considering the priority is to raise some dead, I can understand this though. Besides, to send to V, they'd probably have to specify a gender.
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Oct 23, 2008 20:15
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Vanadium posted:They should be sending for Vaarsuvius V can't teleport either. It's a conjuration spell, which is his barred school. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0340.html
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