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My first "last page" of the comic was Durkon sleeping with Hilgya. No idea how I found the comic originally. I did find my old highschool comic bookmarks and OOTS and Penny Arcade are the only ones still running, with only a few more with still functioning websites.
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I think I started near the end of book 1. Maybe start of book 2.
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Feb 12, 2020 14:32
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Who What Now posted:I think I started near the end of book 1. Maybe start of book 2. End of book one was retrieving the dumb cure from dester. Start of book two plops you in a Hamlet and lets you explore End of book two was an annoying dungeon crawl up the host tower.
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Feb 12, 2020 14:40
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Ahaha over 1,600 patreons! I think this is one of those rare examples where it's like literally a case of, "Yeah that's right! You better succeed and get lots of money!" and getting the same sort of visceral reaction of triumph as a result.
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Feb 12, 2020 14:57
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I learned of the comic on the strip of Elan and Thog being in prison together. For some reason it didn't click with me that time. I think I actually started reading it during the between-book-hiatus after Don't Split the Party, but I have no idea what prodded me back to it.
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Feb 12, 2020 15:00
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Does Patreon not show the total $ amount anymore? I’m more than happy to see him getting some actual funds coming in, but at the same time I’m afraid that he’ll start feeling guilty about it and do something crazy to ‘repay’ the money, like sending every patron a postcard each month or similar.
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Feb 12, 2020 15:31
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DoctorTristan posted:Does Patreon not show the total $ amount anymore? It's an option they give creators whether to show it
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Feb 12, 2020 15:37
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I don't quite remember when I started reading. I def remember when he cut up his thumb and the several month(3?) hiatus as he healed.
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Feb 12, 2020 17:17
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I was saying this thing would never be finished more than a decade ago. I also read Berserk, so I'm kind of a Connoisseur
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Feb 12, 2020 17:45
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VanSandman posted:I started reading before they beat up Xykon the first time. I remember following a link from 8-Bit Theater, I think. ZearothK posted:Yeah, I think I learned about Order of the Stick from 8-Bit Theater too. nthing this. I remember that I started reading because Rich did a guest comic for 8BT and went down the rabbit hole. Seems like that was May of 04, so 15+ years reading this for me.
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Feb 12, 2020 18:08
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Daikloktos posted:It was during this hiatus Seamus Young ended DM Of The Rings and linked it in his afterword.
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Feb 12, 2020 18:08
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Wait, 8BT would have also been my first exposure to Dominic Deegan, come to think of it.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:25
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I had just finished all the goblins pages and decided to look for something similar.
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Feb 12, 2020 19:36
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Regalingualius posted:Wait, 8BT would have also been my first exposure to Dominic Deegan, come to think of it. Michael Terraciano is doing a semi sequel to Dominic Deegan right now.
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Donkringel posted:Michael Terraciano is doing a semi sequel to Dominic Deegan right now. Oh, I’m well aware. I only got to experience DD just after the strip ended, so I missed out on the mock threads on here when it was still ongoing.
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I came in right before this thread started, my first new page being Miko Miyazaki’s Excellent Decision. This comic has had a profound effect on my life, helped me make a few friends, and I can only hope that one day I can write characterization that doesn’t look frankly embarrassing next to it.
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Feb 12, 2020 22:28
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trucutru posted:I had just finished all the goblins pages and decided to look for something similar.
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Feb 12, 2020 22:39
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Pretty sure I first heard of it when a friend referred to comic 197, back in 2005. Didn't start actually following it until #260 though.
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Feb 13, 2020 02:21
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I think I've been reading for *checks notes* ...15 or 16 years  Also I can give this dumb jackass $2 a month now and he can't stop me!
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Feb 13, 2020 02:27
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Shugojin posted:I think I've been reading for *checks notes* Patreon definitely beats my plan B of "find out where he lives and leave wads of cash in his mailbox." I may still proceed with plan C of "order additional copies of the books and donate them to the local public library."
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Feb 13, 2020 02:54
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Shugojin posted:I think I've been reading for *checks notes* give him $2.69 and chortle maturely imo
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Feb 13, 2020 03:10
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HisMajestyBOB posted:I may still proceed with plan C of "order additional copies of the books and donate them to the local public library." Knowing him this would somehow cost him money
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Feb 13, 2020 03:22
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I started reading just before the end of Book 4, right after V broke into Xykon's tower. One of those pages was actually my first exposure to the comic and I remember wondering for a good long while during my first read through how the hell Evil V was going to come into play.
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Feb 13, 2020 03:54
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I've been reading since strip 10. But then I didn't read it again for a few years. I bookmarked it after that.
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Feb 13, 2020 05:05
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I’ve been reading since the one where they argue about going up a level or down a level. That’s a really long time. What’s the prediction for a timeline for it to finally finish? Five years?
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Feb 13, 2020 07:43
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The first strip I saw was when Miko killed Shojo. That was one hell of a jumping on point.
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Feb 13, 2020 07:56
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I think I hopped on when Miko captured the party? I'm an old man.
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Feb 13, 2020 08:48
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Sanford posted:I’ve been reading since the one where they argue about going up a level or down a level. That’s a really long time. What’s the prediction for a timeline for it to finally finish? Five years? Ha I think that was mine too. And yeah, 5-7 years should see it done.
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sebmojo posted:Ha I think that was mine too. And yeah, 5-7 years should see it done. I know a couple of other people who say that was their first strip, too. I wonder if it got linked from somewhere?
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I can't remember which strip I started on as it's been so long. Had to be somewhere around the end of 2004-start of 2005. A co-worker recommended it along with some other webcomic I can't remember the name of other than it was about drow and I stopped reading when the little kid drow's pet surface kitten was killed to teach her a lesson or something. I feel I made the better choice sticking with OotS.
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Feb 13, 2020 09:38
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trucutru posted:I had just finished all the goblins pages and decided to look for something similar. How's that search going? I arrived around the time of the siege on azure city I think. It took a long rear end time to catch up.
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Regalingualius posted:Drow Tales? I think that might be it.
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The first OotS comic I read was actually a guest comic done by the author of the Hellbound comic; it's one that has the OotS playing DnD, done in a much more realistic style. So it was very confusing to come back and see it was all stick figures. I guess that was 2005, oof.
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I wanna say I started reading around the "haley loses her voice but is on a date with nale" arc but I can't remember. Its weird, I probably read around twenty different webcomics back then and now OOTS is the only one I keep up with. And I still re-read it every few years! Sometimes I'm tempted to go back and read a bit of something like Bob and George or even 8BT but I feel like that would be a mistake.
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I remember getting to the end od the archives, with that last comic being Redcloak and Xykon watching Miko ride off after the encounter at the watchtower. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0376.html Which was apparently in 2006. Time flies.
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Wolfsheim posted:I wanna say I started reading around the "haley loses her voice but is on a date with nale" arc but I can't remember. Its weird, I probably read around twenty different webcomics back then and now OOTS is the only one I keep up with. And I still re-read it every few years! Sometimes I'm tempted to go back and read a bit of something like Bob and George or even 8BT but I feel like that would be a mistake. 8-Bit mostly actually holds up. Bob and George should be left in its grave.
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8BT is hilarious because the punchline of "anticlimax" is as old as time, and still holds up.
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for some reason "Astos? More like yo rear end is toast!" has stuck in my brain for the past fifteen years
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Sanford posted:I’ve been reading since the one where they argue about going up a level or down a level. That’s a really long time. What’s the prediction for a timeline for it to finally finish? Five years? The last two books took five years each, and Rich estimates that this one will be "at least" as long as either of those. Five years is the conservative estimate, but I'm personally banking on seven or eight.
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