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SlimGoodbody posted:Man, is Burlew okay? It feels like he hasn't posted in quite a while. It never fails. Every time there's a long break all it takes for a comic is for someone to say "Man, is Burlew okay?" Bam. Comic in 24 hours. I have to say, I was not a fan of Elan before this story arc but he's really growing on me.
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It's always nice seeing Elan's little moments of cleverness.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:It never fails. Every time there's a long break all it takes for a comic is for someone to say "Man, is Burlew okay?" Bam. Comic in 24 hours. Man, is Burlew okay? Just doing my part to keep the comics rolling.
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It doesn't work if you do it like that. You must be unaware of it and a certain amount of time must have passed.Pope Guilty posted:Tsukiko would never go for Haley, she has all that horrible life in her. Yeah but it's a nice thought.
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I love how Elan's competence levels spike every time Nale's around. It must be a class feature.
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CapnAndy posted:I love how Elan's competence levels spike every time Nale's around. It must be a class feature. I actually like the theory that Nale and Elan have the exact same stats, meaning that Nale is actually just as dumb as Elan is, just a lot better at making himself not look like it. Thus, being at equal intellectual levels, Elan is perfectly equipped to outsmart his brother.
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inthesto posted:I actually like the theory that Nale and Elan have the exact same stats, meaning that Nale is actually just as dumb as Elan is, just a lot better at making himself not look like it. Thus, being at equal intellectual levels, Elan is perfectly equipped to outsmart his brother. Elan's Int is lower because Nale smacked him upside the head a lot when they were infants. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html
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Mylan posted:Elan's Int is lower because Nale smacked him upside the head a lot when they were infants. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0050.html
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CapnAndy posted:And I really don't think Nale's got an 18 charisma. He's as pretty as Elan, but not even in the same zip code when it comes to charm. A lot of roleplayers seem to think Charisma only means appearance and attractiveness. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a character trait based on more RPGer stereotypes, like Tsukiko's whole character was(The inflexible Paladin).
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inthesto posted:I actually like the theory that Nale and Elan have the exact same stats, meaning that Nale is actually just as dumb as Elan is, just a lot better at making himself not look like it. Thus, being at equal intellectual levels, Elan is perfectly equipped to outsmart his brother. Makes sense, Haley's nemesis always gained a level when Haley did regardless of her actions. Nale being Elan's nemesis just makes good storytelling.
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rotinaj posted:A lot of roleplayers seem to think Charisma only means appearance and attractiveness. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a character trait based on more RPGer stereotypes, like Tsukiko's whole character was(The inflexible Paladin). It's also a force of personality. If I can break genre to another RPG, in Vampire, the Nosferatu have Appearance ratings of 0 and can never raise them. Their Charisma and Manipulation stats are usually higher than average, since they only have 2 social stats to split their points between. Nale can drum up just as much in the drama department as Elan can and they both use similar skill sets. The difference is that Elan uses Bluff and Diplomacy to get people to befriend him, Nale uses the same skills to get people to follow him.
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rotinaj posted:A lot of roleplayers seem to think Charisma only means appearance and attractiveness. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a character trait based on more RPGer stereotypes, like Tsukiko's whole character was(The inflexible Paladin). Miko, you mean... Tsukiko is the goth necromancer.
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SuperKlaus posted:If it's entertaining I don't care. The stuff like the half-orc ninja arc grated because it was pretty much never funny. But shots at bad feats, "playtesting the grapple rules with your tongue," that is what OOTS used to be made of. If Burlew can keep a little smile on my face it doesn't matter if it takes Elan 100 strips to find Durkon. Humor first. I think it's the other way around - he's using D&D to talk about relationship,s not relationships to talk about D&D. I think there are strong parallels between Roy choosing the objectively worse but more personally fulfilling class and, say, someone deciding to become an artist or game designer rather than an accountant or engineer or something.
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Man, is Burlew okay? *cough*
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The front page of the site mentions something about the next OotS book having substantial problems, which may explain his extended absence.
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Wanderer posted:The front page of the site mentions something about the next OotS book having substantial problems, which may explain his extended absence. That post was from May, though  Also, I'm still waiting on the damned book I pre-ordered.
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Wanderer posted:The front page of the site mentions something about the next OotS book having substantial problems, which may explain his extended absence. Legal problems and printing problems, apparently.
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Yeah, just got the following email from Ookakdook:quote:This is certainly long overdue, but here's some updated info
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I think Rich is dead.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:I think Rich is dead.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:I think Rich is dead. I wonder if he has a backup plan that kicks in if he dies.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed posted:I wonder if he has a backup plan that kicks in if he dies. A big diamond and a cleric. I mean, right? Anything else would be a big disappointment.
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His son will take over but he will change the name to The Order of the Stack and make the comic about Civ IV instead
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If he became a lich, he wouldn't have a digestive system to get all irritable.
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I was overseas for most of June and not reading threads, but I still checked post counts on the Awful app when I had wifi. I was all "Sweet! 160 posts in the OOTS thread, there must be some updates!" Then I got back and it was all wizard arguments :I
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TremendousMajestic posted:I was overseas for most of June and not reading threads, but I still checked post counts on the Awful app when I had wifi. I was all "Sweet! 160 posts in the OOTS thread, there must be some updates!" Then I got back and it was all wizard arguments :I You're welcome 
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TremendousMajestic posted:I was overseas for most of June and not reading threads, but I still checked post counts on the Awful app when I had wifi. I was all "Sweet! 160 posts in the OOTS thread, there must be some updates!" Then I got back and it was all wizard arguments :I That moment of hope was the only gift we could give you 
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I appreciate your insights Ferrinus...too easy to forget about this when the strips aren't flowing though! I'll think about it some more and come back soon, probably.
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I found this in the Fandom!Secrets thread and well I'm sure you guys will totally appreciate it.
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What, what does that even mean? The grammar in the blue text is just confusing.
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Johnny Aztec posted:What, what does that even mean? The grammar in the blue text is just confusing. It's better that you don't know, trust me, you'll be happier that way.
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Renoistic posted:It's better that you don't know, trust me, you'll be happier that way. No I won't be, tell me please.
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"shipped" is short for "relationshipped", which I guess is the replacement term for slash in the fan fiction community. Probably because slash originally described homosexual relationships, starting with the original use, Kirk/Spock, while shipping can go either way. edit: And I don't know why I know any of this. 
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Affi posted:No I won't be, tell me please. It's a painfully stupid thing that a particular sort of strange and obsessive person does where they decide that two fictional characters (or in even creepier cases, real people) should be in a romantic and/or sexual relationship. They call it "shipping" because they think it sounds cute or something hell I don't know. e: beaten
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Renoistic posted:It's better that you don't know, trust me, you'll be happier that way. I profusely apologize, you were right, I was much happier.
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Affi posted:I profusely apologize, you were right, I was much happier. At least I tried, but I guess it was inevitable
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"Ship" allegedly comes from the pre-internet days, when slashfic was shared person-to-person by mail and through fanzines, and people would literally ship the slashfic to people. I'm not sure I believe that, though.
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Pope Guilty posted:"Ship" allegedly comes from the pre-internet days, when slashfic was shared person-to-person by mail and through fanzines, and people would literally ship the slashfic to people. I'm not sure I believe that, though. I can't imagine being at a point in my life where I would think it was cool to ask some sweaty nerd across the country to send me his/her poorly written fuckfic featuring Spock and Kirk on the planet of the gays. The shame when it finally arrive would probably kill me on the spot.
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Oh well, 5 new posts, I guess there must be a  NEW STRIP
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