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The best part is the author comments, which are always some variation of: quote:There's no use denying it. A gamer version of Wally would monitor Dilbert with security cameras. This is how it would go. quote:If Dilbert were a gamer, the cast of Dilbert would revere him as a conquering hero.
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So is this comic just lampooning Dilbert and early 2k gaming webcomic man children, or is there something more to it? Edit: and then I got to this page. Donkringel fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Jul 20, 2020 03:36
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I made it to the second one before I couldn't take any more, and even that was probably one too many considering how bad the first one was.
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Jul 20, 2020 12:51
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it's hilarious anti-humour
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Jul 20, 2020 13:16
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I’m an old fart who prefers jokes that are funny.
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Jul 20, 2020 13:19
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If you were a gamer you would understand
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Jul 20, 2020 13:27
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They're trying for the "so awful it's good" angle but I don't think they quite succeeded
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Jul 20, 2020 13:39
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The one thing that elevates it is that it's still better than Actual Dilbert.
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Jul 20, 2020 13:40
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It isn't "so awful it's good" it's just good. The idea of Dilbert explicitly as a self insert who does everybody's job and everybody loves him is hilarious. It's a great mockery of Scott Adams
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Jul 20, 2020 13:45
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The first few strips aren't great but once the story gets going it's much better.
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Yeah, it's great. The art is also amazing. Don't want to spoil it, but there is a breathtaking depiction of Dilbert using sick parkour skills.
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It’s by the same guys that do Powerup comics. It’s earnest, yet a mockery. Character driven, in an ironic, sarcastic celebration of the characters. In the same vein of pokey, Tails gets trolled and Mr. Boops, Gamer Dilbert deconstructs popular characters, and the comic medium at large. Today in my TED Talk, we will explore.... * continues to ramble on for what seems like an eternity*
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Jul 20, 2020 16:38
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Gamer Dilbert is the hero we deserve.
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Jul 20, 2020 17:33
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Irony was a lot better when it was about the dark sense of humour of an uncaring universe, instead of extremely online people doing [thing] while claiming they don’t endorse [thing].
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DoctorTristan posted:Irony was a lot better when it was about the dark sense of humour of an uncaring universe, instead of extremely online people doing [thing] while claiming they don’t endorse [thing]. Sounds like someone’s upset that they aren’t lucky enough to be married to Betty Boop.
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Jul 20, 2020 17:41
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Powerup Comics (and, by extension, Gamer Dilbert) is simply an idiosyncratic parody.
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Jul 20, 2020 17:44
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Johnny Aztec posted:Tails gets trolled Almost a decade ago, Lazerbot and I were friends on facebook. Man, time flies
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Jul 20, 2020 19:02
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TGT was... one hell of a trip when the whole arc with Amy’s backstory happened.
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DoctorTristan posted:Irony was a lot better when it was about the dark sense of humour of an uncaring universe, instead of extremely online people doing [thing] while claiming they don’t endorse [thing].
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Jul 20, 2020 20:52
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loving hell, people, I could barely justify to myself reading Gamer Dilbert, don't make me want to read Tails Gets Trolled too
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paradoxGentleman posted:loving hell, people, I could barely justify to myself reading Gamer Dilbert, don't make me want to read Tails Gets Trolled too Don't. It's a Trainwreck.
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There Bias Two posted:Don't. It's a Trainwreck. Stop threatening me with a good time
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Jul 21, 2020 06:35
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No, but for real, some of the later chapters of TGT get loving dark. It goes from stoner-level humor to... very disturbing subject matter that’s played completely dead serious. Plus an overly long fight across multiple chapters between two minor villains.
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Jul 28, 2020 17:32
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The Goblin's Republic of Goblins would be a good name but also an inveterate lie. In less jokey news, Durkon has now been brought up to speed with Redcloak's issues. We just have to see how he'll play it now.
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Jul 28, 2020 17:37
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This conversation is rather timely, considering recent statements made by WOTC about future changes to races in D&D.
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Goblin McGoblinface
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Since we just had a discussion on the disconnect between Redcloak and his purple god, it makes me think: even if Redcloak is being genuine here and considers Gobbotopia as much expansion as his people need (and I suspect he's bluffing a little here), does TDO agree? He's a war god, who in life was betrayed at peace talks. Seems like he wouldn't be content to one little corner of the world. Actually, I now think the real problem that will eventually arise is that Thor's plan goes around TDO, using Redcloak's connection to his god to get at the purple juice, rather than going to TDO directly. Redcloak has dithered before between his mortal obligations to his people (staying and keeping Gobbotopia as safe as possible) and his duties to his god (leaving with the lich to pursue the portal plan), and I think it's interesting that in this negotiation, he's mostly arguing for mortal measures, not anything related to TDO. We might get a scenario where he is willing to consider the plan, until he finds out that he has to deliberately subvert his god to do it, and that may be his breaking point.
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"Grog" for short.
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I mean at this point it's up to Durkon, who looks variably sympathetic at different points. Here's hoping he doesn't blow this.
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Pope Guilty posted:I mean at this point it's up to Durkon, who looks variably sympathetic at different points. Here's hoping he doesn't blow this. It's not Durkon's place to say or decide anything about any earthly kingdoms. He is there on a higher order. Gobbotopia shouldn't get any special protections. No other kingdom or provenience has protection agaisnt attack or invasion. They can be equal, the same as everyone else.
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Bobulus posted:Since we just had a discussion on the disconnect between Redcloak and his purple god, it makes me think: even if Redcloak is being genuine here and considers Gobbotopia as much expansion as his people need (and I suspect he's bluffing a little here), does TDO agree? He's a war god, who in life was betrayed at peace talks. Seems like he wouldn't be content to one little corner of the world. Even if TDO doesn't think Gobbotopia is enough, the point still stands: so far goblinoids have been subjected to systemic racism. If equality is established, I would expect that they would instead be treated like any other nation, i.e. there'll still probably be wars between them and other countries, but because of territorial gain, not because of racism.
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Jul 28, 2020 18:04
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drat, some good Marxist analysis by Redcloak!
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Johnny Aztec posted:It's not Durkon's place to say or decide anything about any earthly kingdoms. Being run by a Non-monster race is a protection against attack or invasion.
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Remember the Thor plan is to spot weld rifts as they reoccur, indefinitely. Thor cannot pull one over on TDO and steal purple power for Kraagor's Gate without leaving the other Gates and all future rifts as gaping problems.
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maltesh posted:Being run by a Non-monster race is a protection against attack or invasion. For who, exactly? We've seen that not work well for multiple nations in this comic.
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Johnny Aztec posted:It's not Durkon's place to say or decide anything about any earthly kingdoms. The problem is that some people are more equal than others, and that's unacceptable to Redcloak too. It doesn't matter if the are equal on paper if they are not equal in practice.
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Ugly John posted:For who, exactly? We've seen that not work well for multiple nations in this comic. Attacking another non-monster nation is treated as an act of war. Attacking a monster nation is treated as earning a reward and your choice of prince and/or princess to marry.
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ImpAtom posted:Attacking another non-monster nation is treated as an act of war. Attacking a monster nation is treated as earning a reward and your choice of prince and/or princess to marry. By this metric the Azure City and Gobotopia are at war and Gobotopia should have no special protection against the government in exile of Azure City and their efforts to gather allies, build an army and reconquer Azure City.
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