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In ErfWorld news, Rob Balder is falling deep into a money pit because of his wife's medical bills (which is tragic), his refusal to use ads (which is admirable but unsustainable), and his attempt to fund the site with cryptocurrency crashing and burning (which is hilarious). His response to this has, of course, been to redouble the girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Nov 30, 2018 |
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Nov 30, 2018 23:29
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I'm so glad I stopped paying attention to rob balder.
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Nov 30, 2018 23:55
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Imagine if we had universal healthcare and Rich and Rob didn't have to worry about paying ridiculous medical bills 
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Dec 1, 2018 00:11
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Edit: not actually funny
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Dec 1, 2018 00:12
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ikanreed posted:I'm so glad I stopped paying attention to rob balder. God, no kidding. There was interesting enough world-building and some really well written arcs, but after a while it’s just like get to the goddamn point already, and preferably in under 5000 words per update.
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Dec 1, 2018 00:12
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Okay, hands up: who else would gladly buy the OOTS edition of Monopoly?
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Dec 1, 2018 03:44
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I'd prefer he license a better board game tbh
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Dec 1, 2018 04:01
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Rygar201 posted:I'd prefer he license a better board game tbh I dunno I think I'd rather play Monopoly than the actual boardgame. I mean the expansion exists to make the game shorter.
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Dec 1, 2018 04:14
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Rygar201 posted:I'd prefer he license a better board game tbh I don't have much faith. The OOTS board game managed to be longer and grindier than Monopoly. Being Belkar was fun though.
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Dec 1, 2018 04:32
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I actually managed to finish that a few times because my brother LOVES board games, but even for that crowd it could be a bit long.  Unrelated: What are the best examples of long term foreshadowing used in this comic? I know there's a few mind blowing examples people thought of, but I forget them.
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Dec 1, 2018 09:45
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Cuntellectual posted:I actually managed to finish that a few times because my brother LOVES board games, but even for that crowd it could be a bit long. That's a great question... Maybe tarquin? Belkars death is still on the cards... The shadow guy and xykons instructions from start of darkness...
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Dec 1, 2018 10:42
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HisMajestyBOB posted:Imagine if we had universal healthcare and Rich and Rob didn't have to worry about paying ridiculous medical bills Indeed, UHC tends to be a great boon for creative types who don't necessarily enjoy the benefits of a steady job with benefits.
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Dec 1, 2018 15:22
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Cuntellectual posted:Unrelated: What are the best examples of long term foreshadowing used in this comic? I know there's a few mind blowing examples people thought of, but I forget them. We see the letter to Haley about Ian's imprisonment in strip #131 and actually see him for the first time in #744. Tarquin has him beat, though, since he's mentioned by Nale in strip #50 and shows up for the first time in #722. The one he held onto longest that's paid off, though, was the "Durkon turns undead" gag strip from the alternate version of strip #3. You can find the original #3 (where Durkon "turns undead" by becoming a ghoul) as bonus material in the print version of "Blood Runs in the Family". Rich decided then that it was something he wanted to do for real, so he pulled the gag strip and held onto the idea....which finally paid off in #878! If you want to use #16, where Durkon mentions how much he hates undead and how he turns undead at the slightest mention of them as foreshadowing then that's the longest currently competed bit, going from #16 to #878! The absolute king, of course, is the Monster in the Darkness who appeared first in #23 and as of the current strip #1147 still hasn't been revealed yet!
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Dec 1, 2018 16:43
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Has Elan used his Neutralize Poison spell yet? It's not nearly as far back as MitD, but I'd hope that he gets to save the day and make Therkla's death meaningful.
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Dec 6, 2018 08:59
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TunaSpleen posted:Has Elan used his Neutralize Poison spell yet? It's not nearly as far back as MitD, but I'd hope that he gets to save the day and make Therkla's death meaningful. He used it on Roy once, but it didn't really help much.
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Dec 6, 2018 09:49
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It saved V from getting killed by the bounty hunters, but the paralysis was enough to keep V from being able to overpower them. Prediction time! Minor one first. I'm betting that the Tinna story is going to be used to vouch for Durkon's identity. It meant that (in the context of the afterlife) Minrah trusted Durkon enough to tell it to him, since there's no other way he could have known about it. Major one- I think Tiamat's going to turn out to have been a big player all along. That post from awhile back about one of Odin's nonsensical ravings turning out to be true conspicuously left out the first thing he said- that kicking Durkon out of his homeland just so he could eventually meet them in the afterlife was a dickish thing to do that was very unlike Odin. What if that prophecy was actually Tiamat's doing, to the same purpose? She's explicitly been stated to also have the power of prophecy. Given how incomprehensible Odin is lately, all she would have to do is present the prediction to Odin's priest in such a context that either he believes it came from Odin directly or that he would be motivated to lie about the true source. The latest worldbuilding about how Outsiders aren't supposed to know also fits in to this. Thor just ignored all the prohibitions about telling people backstory just becuse Minrah had some vague information and that's the chief loophole. I could easily see Tiamat doing the same if the Archfiends approached her about it. At minimum it seems unlikely looking back that she actually accepted their dumb marketing gimmick story. Even the little demon with a weird name I can't remember realized what was going on pretty fast, as did V once she'd calmed down and had time to think the sequence of events through rationally. Surely Tiamat would've known what was going on if she didn't already, and demanding the death of fivefold dead good dragons would have seemed pretty out there if she didn't have some inkling that the Archfiends could actually do it.
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Dec 6, 2018 12:20
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The Thor chat seemed to indicate that their scheme didn't have a lot of parties and was mostly just his and Loki's and Odin's (sorta) idea. My wager is that Tiamat is sponsoring the IFCC's goal of destructive, unnecessary conflict, but her endgame is recreating the conditions of The Dark One's apotheosis. If bloody warfare is what it takes to raise up one unsponsored god, why shouldn't it be able to create another? One who then will not get the same welcome as TDO and might be more amenable to the idea of a four-quiddity seal on the Snarl. The fiends may or may not be in on it, but it is a good point that they do know the secret lore of the Sapphire Guard.
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Dec 6, 2018 13:12
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HisMajestyBOB posted:Imagine if we had universal healthcare and Rich and Rob didn't have to worry about paying ridiculous medical bills The Goblins comic author would be dead or destitute if he was American instead of Canadian from that brain hemorrhage he had.
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Dec 7, 2018 09:17
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I sure hope Rich is okay.
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Dec 10, 2018 06:19
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Phenotype posted:I sure hope Rich is okay. It has been a long couple weeks waiting for durkon's comeuppance about irresponsible sex
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Dec 10, 2018 15:29
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ikanreed posted:It has been a long couple weeks waiting for durkon's comeuppance about irresponsible sex You'd think the priesthood would warn about STDs (sexually transmitted dwarves)
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Dec 12, 2018 13:50
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Phenotype posted:I sure hope Rich is okay. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1148.html Rich is okay.
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Dec 12, 2018 17:25
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Minrah is pretty cool, too.
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Dec 12, 2018 17:37
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This must be why the casting time for these spells are so long
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Dec 12, 2018 17:37
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I feel like I should have predicted this, Minrah didn't strictly need to exist in those scenes aside from the obvious.
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Dec 12, 2018 17:49
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PMush Perfect posted:I feel like I should have predicted this, Minrah didn't strictly need to exist in those scenes aside from the obvious. Is her role in the story to die again tragically? To carry on durkon's legacy in a way that his son and baby mama can't after he dies tragically?
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Dec 12, 2018 17:55
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ikanreed posted:Is her role in the story to die again tragically? To carry on durkon's legacy in a way that his son and baby mama can't after he dies tragically? to replace Belkar?
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Dec 12, 2018 18:04
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ikanreed posted:Is her role in the story to die again tragically? To carry on durkon's legacy in a way that his son and baby mama can't after he dies tragically? Or just to help out and survive? She doesn't have to die, but even if she does she dies fighting to protect the world she knows for a fact she's going to Valhalla. Sad, but not really that tragic.
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Dec 12, 2018 18:10
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seaborgium posted:Or just to help out and survive? She doesn't have to die, but even if she does she dies fighting to protect the world she knows for a fact she's going to Valhalla. Sad, but not really that tragic. Oh dammit. Just realized. She's gonna cast one specific low level cleric spell to save them: cure disease
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Dec 12, 2018 18:20
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ikanreed posted:Oh dammit. Just realized. She's gonna cast one specific low level cleric spell to save them: cure disease I forgot all about that. It'll be a one panel side joke where Roy sneezes, and she casts it on everyone so they don't get a cold or something.
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Dec 12, 2018 19:01
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He IS the best god.
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Dec 12, 2018 19:01
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ikanreed posted:Oh dammit. Just realized. She's gonna cast one specific low level cleric spell to save them: cure disease I don't get it.
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Dec 12, 2018 20:09
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NihilCredo posted:I don't get it.
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Dec 12, 2018 20:13
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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NihilCredo posted:I don't get it. They've all got the Sphinx Pox, and will die in six weeks from it.
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Dec 12, 2018 20:15
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misguided rage posted:Sphinx pox Durkon is a cleric too.
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Dec 12, 2018 20:16
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Mystic Mongol posted:They've all got the Sphinx Pox, and will die in six weeks from it. When the hell did that happen?
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Dec 12, 2018 20:33
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blastron posted:When the hell did that happen?
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Dec 12, 2018 20:34
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Hel mentioned it to Thrym following the frost giants' attack on the airship. Apparently she infected Mr. Scruffy with it back when the party was over on the Western Continent, and used him as the vector to spread the disease to the party.
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Dec 12, 2018 20:38
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That kind of direct intervention seems illegal
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The whole story will be done before the pox matters, that was the joke.
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