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There's a general policy against hotlinking images. So, it wouldn't surprise me that people just abide by that, because even if this thread were some exception, how would you know?
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That's great but I'd prefer if we didn't rationalize nickel and diming authors and artists by responding to links to an authors webpage with a rehosted image and alt-text devoid of context. You think their comic is funny, okay. Meanwhile you just cut the kneecaps out from under someones entire business model, one they probably rely on for food for a 2-second chuckle.
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May 7, 2014 14:13
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AriadneThread posted:There's a general policy against hotlinking images. So, it wouldn't surprise me that people just abide by that, because even if this thread were some exception, how would you know? This thread is not an exception. It is encouraged to post images and content. Nobody is taking anything away from Whomp by posting an update here and encouraging people to actually click the site rather than just saying "oh well this update is fun" and no other content.
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May 7, 2014 14:15
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But... this is word-of-mouth advertising? It's not like the link has been removed or that this is a substantial portion of the archives. One of the best things that can happen for a comic is that audience members raise its profile by sharing it with potentially interested communities.
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May 7, 2014 14:16
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Rei_ posted:Reading SFP as someone who has spent a lot of time in University, all I can think about it is how content-less her presentation is. Honestly, SFP is at its best when it does away with the college drama framing and gets down to business with the direct consequences of superheroing. The whole chapter with Feral was the best the comics ever been because it directly attacks the inherent nature of a comic book setting, but this whole tortured ring of gyges metaphor is rapidly outstaying its welcome. Similarly, I dunno if its supposed to be intentional that Alison sounds like an automated tumblrbot until someone cracks her facade but her conversation with her sister last chapter was pretty bad until the "nobody is special" snap.
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May 7, 2014 14:36
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It might be a bit different if we were posting Whomp every day so you never went to the site at all, but if anything we're probably posting too few images in here, not too many. Comics are a visual medium, and seeing what people are talking about can have a huge influence on making you want to read it. Since Pick just asked about Strong Female Protagonist, let's see some of it!  SFP is a comic about superheros.  Except, actually, the main character has decided that being a superhero is kind of dumb, because she's not really doing that much good for the world by just punching people.  Unfortunately, she feels like that's all she's really good at.  She's trying hard to change the world, but even if you're invincible and have super strength, changing the world isn't easy. Strong Female Protagonist is about someone whose only tool is brute force trying to find another way to make things better, while simultaneously trying to have some kind of semi-normal life.  Some dudes still get punched, though, don't worry about that.
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May 7, 2014 14:41
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AriadneThread posted:There's a general policy against hotlinking images. So, it wouldn't surprise me that people just abide by that, because even if this thread were some exception, how would you know? 'Hotlinking' means linking to the file on the author site and screwing with their bandwidth. Thankfully, I didn't do that! As for pros and cons of occasionally posting updates into the thread, others have already explained my view on that.
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May 7, 2014 14:53
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idonotlikepeas posted:It might be a bit different if we were posting Whomp every day so you never went to the site at all, but if anything we're probably posting too few images in here, not too many. Comics are a visual medium, and seeing what people are talking about can have a huge influence on making you want to read it. I was about to pipe in with a contrary response about how links should be enough, but then you posted all those pages from SFP. I follow this thread (even if I don't post much) because the phone app makes it easy, but up until this point, nothing that has ever been said about SFP in this thread has made me even remotely interested in reading it until just now. So thanks for that, gonna add it to my binge read list.
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May 7, 2014 15:00
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Awesome. I hope you enjoy it.  I think we're all united in our desire to not take money away from hard-working cartoonists, which is why we're not posting links in here to zipfiles of every SFP strip or anything like that (and why we talk about Patreons and products and shops and such). Just a matter of finding a good balance.
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May 7, 2014 15:18
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The alt-text of that Whomp comic raises the strip's most haunting question, how Ronnie is able to keep his rent paid. My guess, secret Hawaiian shirt sales magnate. The ways in which he acquires stock are dark and terrible.
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May 7, 2014 16:00
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In the many years all the webcomic threads on SA existed since the beginning of whenever I don't think a single creator has ever popped up and said "stop posting my comic you're taking views away from me." A lot of creators have accounts here and post occasionally and there are several threads devoted to them.
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May 7, 2014 16:01
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There have been issues before (I mean, years ago) where somebody would start reposting their favourite comic every time it updated. That is pretty dickish and it's still something people do on some other forums, so I'm glad we avoid it. Realistically, though, ad revenue from individual pages isn't what keeps a comic afloat in the long term. It makes way more sense to let (free) pages go out into the wild and bring new readers home to your archive/store/patreon than it does to hoard every potential page impression. On the most basic level, I'm way more likely to click through from one full page of art and narrative that engages me than from twenty nondescript links reassuring me I'll like what's on the other side.
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May 7, 2014 17:56
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7c Nickel posted:
I wonder why the band has the Trellick Tower on their poster, even though they are supposedly not celebrating mid 20th century concrete architecture.
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al-azad posted:In the many years all the webcomic threads on SA existed since the beginning of whenever I don't think a single creator has ever popped up and said "stop posting my comic you're taking views away from me." A lot of creators have accounts here and post occasionally and there are several threads devoted to them. These forums are pretty good about using imgur or waffleimages or whatever else to rehost a page, and discussion always sends traffic to your site regardless. The Penny Arcade forums are a long-time offender in that regard- its great that they like your stuff but they tend to hotlink every page everyone posts so everyone sees it in their referrals. I think its cool that people share and enjoy your work in a way where new people can seek out more of it but rehosting images is a bandwidth courtesy (or a holdover from the early days where bandwidth was more of a premium).
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owlturd is a comic. Sometimes the strip answers a submitted question. Sometimes it does not. I find the end result to be endearing.  Q: Would you kiss me if I gave you $100.00?    Q: you make me smile when I'm sad - thanks, shen *kisses your cheek*  Check out owlturd. Yes, I'm a rebel.
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May 7, 2014 22:06
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Alopex posted:Nimona then. Nimona now. 
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I always liked the whole "The King is dead. Long live the King!" thing because it implies the transfer of kingship is instantaneous and then I start thinking about how you might send faster-than-light messages through the murder and subsequent resuscitation of a king and then I'm reminded that the news that a king is dead and there is a new king can only travel as fast as light which makes the whole thing moot. Physics: it prevents regicides.
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May 8, 2014 19:04
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So in Poppy, Friedrich has shown up and while it's quite possible that my vision and ability to process imagery are failing me, that Friedrich fellow looks like he has only one arm.
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May 8, 2014 21:00
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Ofaloaf posted:So in Poppy, Friedrich has shown up and while it's quite possible that my vision and ability to process imagery are failing me, that Friedrich fellow looks like he has only one arm. Correct? He's always only had one arm. A bit earlier he used magic to summon another arm, but he's only ever had one physical one. He normally covers it up with his dress uniform though. Seen here, I think it's fairly apparent. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 21:17 on May 8, 2014 |
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May 8, 2014 21:10
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Phy posted:I always liked the whole "The King is dead. Long live the King!" thing because it implies the transfer of kingship is instantaneous and then I start thinking about how you might send faster-than-light messages through the murder and subsequent resuscitation of a king and then I'm reminded that the news that a king is dead and there is a new king can only travel as fast as light which makes the whole thing moot. Wasn't this a Dinosaur Comic?
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Ofaloaf posted:So in Poppy, Friedrich has shown up and while it's quite possible that my vision and ability to process imagery are failing me, that Friedrich fellow looks like he has only one arm. This has always been the case. His lack-of-arm has usually been obscured by his stylish half-cape though.
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PleasingFungus posted:Wasn't this a Dinosaur Comic? It was in a Pratchett novel.
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Correct? He's always only had one arm. A bit earlier he used magic to summon another arm, but he's only ever had one physical one. He normally covers it up with his dress uniform though. Seen here, I think it's fairly apparent. Green Intern posted:This has always been the case. His lack-of-arm has usually been obscured by his stylish half-cape though. Well poo poo, guess I'm not a master of observation. Figured that one full shot in that linked page was just him with his right arm behind his back, in a sort of hoighty-toighty noble pose.
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Ofaloaf posted:Well poo poo, guess I'm not a master of observation. Figured that one full shot in that linked page was just him with his right arm behind his back, in a sort of hoighty-toighty noble pose. It's okay, I thought exactly the same thing. I see it now though.
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May 8, 2014 22:18
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Phylodox posted:It was in a Pratchett novel. Quite possibly both.
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quote:Many, many months ago, the one and only bullet on my character notes for Friedrich was just the sentence, "Cool dude: performs Capoeira-esque moves, BUT WITH SWORDS" Friedrich: basically Raiden? I have no idea if foot-thumbs is another weird marsupial fact or just something about this guy; based on the comic so far though I'm guessing it's the former.
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May 8, 2014 23:39
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Pick posted:It's okay, I thought exactly the same thing. I see it now though. It's worth noting that when he diced up that other fake princess, he used magic to manifest two arms from the stump. Ricky don't give a gently caress about symmetry.
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The raddest dream
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I need Octopus Pie to do another straight goofy story again because I can already tell this night is going to be horrible for Will.
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May 9, 2014 03:40
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Dangerous Person posted:I need Octopus Pie to do another straight goofy story again because I can already tell this night is going to be horrible for Will. First it turns out that Hanna and Marek aren't the unbeatable power couple for the twenty-first century. Now are we going to find out that Will can't beat up an entire party worth of bros all by himself?
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Dangerous Person posted:I need Octopus Pie to do another straight goofy story again because I can already tell this night is going to be horrible for Will. Yeah, I get crazy stressed out whenever I read the current comic 
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May 9, 2014 06:12
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Nimona: oh dear the next chapter is the last.  That scares me more than anything.
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In other news, Tom Siddell and Zack Morrison are teaming up to destroy the hearts of their mutual readers 
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Rand Brittain posted:First it turns out that Hanna and Marek aren't the unbeatable power couple for the twenty-first century. Now are we going to find out that Will can't beat up an entire party worth of bros all by himself? It's pretty clear that everyone's life is changing, could be that whatever happens next makes Will give up dealing.
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May 9, 2014 10:25
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Rei_ posted:Reading SFP as someone who has spent a lot of time in University, all I can think about it is how content-less her presentation is. well, that got explained in todays comic
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May 9, 2014 11:54
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Now I'm just hoping she doesn't have the presence of mind to go for step three.
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May 9, 2014 18:24
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Anybody else still waiting for an RPGWorld update?
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FactsAreUseless posted:Anybody else still waiting for an RPGWorld update? Didn't that end like 10 years ago?
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FactsAreUseless posted:Anybody else still waiting for an RPGWorld update? Ian J has moved on to bigger and better things. Hero got a cameo in a recent episode of Steven Universe. We're very proud of him, officially.
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Fried Chicken posted:Didn't that end like 10 years ago?
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