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Cuchulain posted:Plot to strips. I have Crohn's Disease so I'm not a big jerk about Rich not updating. But holy poo poo this whole desert bit has been a loving glacially paced. The trend continues.
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Jul 19, 2011 02:48
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Hey that was actually a reasonable wait for an update.
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Jul 19, 2011 03:37
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Christ, I have never seen a more entitled fanbase than webcomics fans. The dude is loving diseased and you're not paying one thin red cent, quit bitching.
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Cabbit posted:Christ, I have never seen a more entitled fanbase than webcomics fans. The dude is loving diseased and you're not paying one thin red cent, quit bitching. Bad pacing is bad pacing. It does not magically become good pacing because the dude is loving diseased.
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Jul 19, 2011 04:44
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Pacing is distinct from updating speed.
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Brannock posted:Pacing is distinct from updating speed. Yes I know. Quite update or not this story is dragging.
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Then stop loving reading it. The pace is perfectly fine for me and I'm enjoying the fights between the Incredible Hulk, Our Hero, a devil and a super-advanced-flying-stealth-dinosaur.
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I would probably be more upset about the glacial update pace if OotS was a thing I worried about on a daily basis as opposed to a thing I occasionally remember to check on, derive amusement from, and move on. Quit gettin' mad about web comics.
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Brannock posted:Pacing is distinct from updating speed. Hear, hear. Jeez, people.
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I'm not complaining about the pacing. If it were a two-a-week update speed no one would notice.Cabbit posted:Christ, I have never seen a more entitled fanbase than webcomics fans. The dude is loving diseased and you're not paying one thin red cent, quit bitching. Actually I've bought all the books and that's his main source of income. We're talking about 200$ in total. So... I'm pretty sure people everywhere in every medium get pissed when things are unreasonably delayed. Look at Steven King and Dark Tower IV, or how people flip their poo poo when a series does a repeat or a clip show. Of course video game delays also spark plenty of vitriol. All of these represent a hell of a lot more effort than one page of a stick figure comic. The "Free entertainment gawsh" argument doesn't work with this comic because it's the artist's primary income and three weeks is loving ridiculous, let alone a month.
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The man has been seriously ill and pretty much has to organize everything in this tiny two-dimensional empire himself. Don't white knight unnecessary bitching, it's ridiculous.
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Nilbop posted:The man has been seriously ill and pretty much has to organize everything in this tiny two-dimensional empire himself. Don't white knight unnecessary bitching, it's ridiculous. This would be a legitimate argument if he had at least given some sort of comment in between the weeks with no updates. These days you can text an update on your website using your phone while lying naked in bed if you want to. Considering the availability of the Internet leaving your fan base in the dark for a month is completely unacceptable, I would argue it never was acceptable even before 3g phones. He really should reinstate a schedule. At least that way he would have a structured time to either post a comic or an update on when to expect the comic. I would much rather have a one-a-week schedule than the current system.
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Nilbop posted:The man has been seriously ill and pretty much has to organize everything in this tiny two-dimensional empire himself. Don't white knight unnecessary bitching, it's ridiculous. I can recognize he has a good reason for the delays and still be frustrated by it.
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Holy poo poo, what? Maybe the guy wants his privacy and doesn't feel like discussing whatever illness he has with random stranger on the internet #57. You paid for his books. That's it. That was the extent of whatever business transaction you had with him. He doesn't owe you a drat thing afterwards.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:This would be a legitimate argument if he had at least given some sort of comment in between the weeks with no updates. Actually the only thing I hate worse than delayed free web site content is a stupid no-content apology update. I would much prefer that anybody just update their web site with the content I'm expecting when they get around to it then grabbing my attention just to tell me that they got nothing for me. I guess its because I consume a lot of content using Google Reader. I'm totally happy just reading what is updated and not worrying about what isn't.
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^^^ That's a good point, GITP is the only webcomic/blog I still bother with so that's a large part of the reason I'd like updates. Superstring posted:
The dude is hurting himself, not me. It's mildly annoying to me when I have to wait a month for an update. For him it's jeopardizing his main source of income. I'm invested enough in the characters that I'll keep reading and buying as long as it's available, but a lot of people won't. Limiting your market when you have a niche product is not smart.
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Are we talking about market limitations in this thread? Really?
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Wow. I'd almost rather an Alignment debate over this Update Debate. God drat.
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Is it just me or is this most recent update seem way too rushed? It's like he couldn't think of anything so he released a comic that does nothing but acknowledge that Roy is still alive. The punchline doesn't even have anything to do with the storyline; it's a complete throw-away joke with no relevance to anything! Rich Burlew needs to stop putting together shoddy work.
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Nosy_G posted:The punchline doesn't even have anything to do with the storyline; it's a complete throw-away joke with no relevance to anything! A joke? In a humor-driven comic strip? NO SIR, I DO NOT LIKE THIS AT ALL *serious face*
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I sure hate things that are given to me for free, too.
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Nosy_G posted:Is it just me or is this most recent update seem way too rushed? It acknowledged that the bird is an actual concern and that the demon's entire purpose for being there is pretty much to kill it, which in turn hints that there's some way he can screw things up for the bad guys when it comes to the V's Soul thing. That's not exactly nothing plot.
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ImpAtom posted:It acknowledged that the bird is an actual concern and that the demon's entire purpose for being there is pretty much to kill it, which in turn hints that there's some way he can screw things up for the bad guys when it comes to the V's Soul thing. That's not exactly nothing plot. Yeah, Rich has done enough seemingly irrelevant strip elements that tie back into important plot elements to show that actually every strip is pretty well thought throught and relevant. Also for all the complaining that the stip has too many words (I happen to like that), Rich can stil pull off stips like this. e: the Crown Roy had on him for a couple of hundred stips up until that point is a pretty good example actually. Alchenar fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Jul 20, 2011 |
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It was a good strip, I didn't think it seemed rushed at all.
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Iggy Johnson posted:Wow. I'd almost rather an Alignment debate over this Update Debate. God drat. 
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Zereth posted:So is updating irregularly Chaotic? Not just Chaotic! Chaotic Evil.
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So what do we say for strip 800? Roy dying again? What's his name, the guy guarding the gate, Girrard showing up? Nale finally getting gutted? Xykon?
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Toussaint Louverture posted:So what do we say for strip 800? Roy dying again? What's his name, the guy guarding the gate, Girrard showing up? Nale finally getting gutted? Xykon? Belkar dies?
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An army made up entirely of flumphs saves the day.
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I was sure we'd get a he hid it up his rear end joke :p
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Affi posted:I was sure we'd get a he hid it up his rear end joke :p Why do you think the interest rates are reasonable?
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Slime posted:Why do you think the interest rates are reasonable? 5% compounded daily, I'm sure.
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I'd just like to point out that after all that beating Thog dished out, Roy is still capable of getting up and formulating a tactical plan. It's subtle, but when you catch on you have to say holy poo poo Roy is a badass.
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Vicissitude posted:5% compounded daily, I'm sure. Gross dude.
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terminal mehmet posted:Gross dude. But not crass!
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inthesto posted:I'd just like to point out that after all that beating Thog dished out, Roy is still capable of getting up and formulating a tactical plan. He must be a 4e fighter
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inthesto posted:I'd just like to point out that after all that beating Thog dished out, Roy is still capable of getting up and formulating a tactical plan. Or, if you're a D&D nerd you think "damage doesn't matter until you lose that last point of HP".
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Hypocrisy posted:Or, if you're a D&D nerd you think "damage doesn't matter until you lose that last point of HP". Isn't that a bit redundant?
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