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Post by Harkovast on Nov 16, 2008 20:05:33 GMT -5
(WARNING- The following post is evil and should not be read by anyone. By reading it after reading this disclaimer you are subscribing to my own brand of smelly evil and have only yourself to blame.) Okay, this is not some PC, lets all be friends and have a socialist, left wing, hippie love-in forum. This is TD! Where we call a spade a spade and then hit you with it if you disagree with how we define a spade. So, with this in mind, I am sick of hearing what people "love" or think is "awesome" on the drunk duck sites, where the reviews are so sickly sweet they sound like marriage proposals! I want to hear what comics people truly and completely hate! But there must be method to my madness, so comics must have at least 10 pages to qualify (filler art and title pages count, because that shit pisses me right off!). After all, I can show you a million 2 page long comics that suck goat balls, and with so little content it's hard to hate anyone of them more then any of the others. I want to hear about the comics that offend you, insult your intelligence, have a glaring horrible flaw that makes it impossible to take them seriously, are stacks with Mary Sues or just plain stink! But lets keep it fair! If you are going to propose a comic as the worst ever, you must give well thought out reasons and valid argument! Not just wild insults and swearing (though thats always a bonus). What would people like to nominate?! "IF ANYONE NOMINATES HARKOVAST I WILL FIND YOU!"
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Post by Hippie Van on Nov 16, 2008 20:41:10 GMT -5
What's wrong with hippie love-ins?! This isn't a hate forum either, man...
I have to say, I can't really think of any horrible webcomics, because if I start reading one and I don't like it I just stop.
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 17, 2008 6:52:59 GMT -5
It's that sort of socialist thinking that keeps America from catching Osama Bin Laden.
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 17, 2008 7:13:08 GMT -5
Tell you what, if you want to be nice and not crush anyones fragile dreams, how about this question- "What things make a web comic suck?!" Which features or tropes do you read and just X out right away?! Personally, there is no single thing I hate more in a comic then when the opening page has the main character facing the reader, breaking the forth wall and stating something along the lines of- "Hello, my name is *insert character name*, and this is the first page of a new web comic" When I read that opening, I basically don't read anymore. To me it is a lazy way and unoriginal way to introduce characters and situations and it has been over done to the point of being utterly unfunny. The forth wall gets broken so much these days that unless you can do it in a brilliantly clever and original way (ala Order of the Stick) it is best left alone. "FIX THAT WALL!"
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Willicus
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Thanks, that was fun.[on:The doctor is in.][of:On call.]
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Post by Willicus on Nov 17, 2008 10:58:19 GMT -5
I don't reallt hate any webcomics. I only read the good ones.
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Post by Bittenbymonk on Nov 17, 2008 15:52:03 GMT -5
Cru the Dwarf. I dislike it with an intense passion, and I dislike its standing as number one webcomic on drunkduck. I think you know why.
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 17, 2008 17:47:45 GMT -5
I am exalting Ironscarf for that pearl of wisdom! Bittenbymonk I always assumed it was number one because it is on the front page and so always gets a million hits a day and because it shows massive jugs on the cover which make people click on it (even though it is about a dwarf, not a pair of massive jugs). A few weeks ago I noticed it had switched picture to a close up on a chicks face and it's position dropped to about number 3 till it went back to the jug picture. No joke. The most disapointing web comic I ever read was that one called The Dreamer where it is in the American Revolution. It is not that it is badly drawn or badly written, quite the opposite, it is very high quality. What annoyed me was that the cover picture showed a guy in a red coat uniform kissing some chick. What's this I thought?! A story abut the American Revolution that features a sympathetic British character as one of the main people?! I was stunned! What an exciting story about lovers torn apart by the cruelty of war, caught on either side of conflict, was awaiting me?! Then about twenty pages in it turns out the guy is a plucky yank fighting for freedom IN DISGUISE! Bugger. From there on in the british prove themselves to be the two dimensional, effeminate, nazi impersonating swine we have come to expect from the American media. Now it is a well made comic, and I am sure lots of people (Americans for example) will love it. But I couldn't recover from that initial cruel disapointment. "THIS POST IS TOO LONG!"
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Post by Bittenbymonk on Nov 17, 2008 17:50:57 GMT -5
yeah, I mean if we were truly nazi-like, then maybe we would have pulled most of our army out of india to take back the colonies. just maybe.
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Post by Seventy2 on Nov 17, 2008 18:04:02 GMT -5
i can't think of one
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 17, 2008 18:54:13 GMT -5
If you cant think of a web comic you hate, I am surprised no one can think of at least any features they've noticed recurring in web comics that get on their nerves. I guess we are just a really positive bunch! "EXCEPT FOR ME!"
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 17, 2008 20:20:33 GMT -5
Does that count?! Hell yes that counts! That is possibly the most moronic boast in the universe. Beside, I can crank out TD smiley comics quicker then the lot of em! I'm also on a bit of a rampage against filler pages. If you don't have time to draw it and put something else up, okay I can understand that. Things happen in real life. But when I go to a new comic I have never read before and find that out of 30 pages 15 are filler, then things have gone a bit wrong! Maybe if you stopped drawing such huge elaborate filler pages in such quantity you might actually complete some comic?! Oh no a cliff hanger at the end of the page?! how will our hero escape?! Cant wait to see what happens...oh wait, here is a filler picture of the characters striking poses....okay well next page will have it....oh no, this is a page with the female character doing a "sexy pose".....and then there is a picture of the hero looking broody....and finally the resolution of the cliff hanger, though by now I'd forgotten there even was a cliff hanger! Do people realise that drunk duck has an edit button?! If you post something and find yourself saying sorry for it in the comments - TAKE IT DOWN AND EDIT IT TO SOMETHING ELSE! Just because you put up your 5th filler in a row, does not mean you have to leave it there to break up the excitement of your story for future generations. When you do the actual page, you can replace it! Is this button invisible to some people?! "FILLER THIS!"
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Post by Hippie Van on Nov 17, 2008 21:44:42 GMT -5
Well, it's a bit annoying when people try to illustrate things for webcomics that they're not really capable of. But I can understand that. What I really hate is when the writing is totally illegible, or I can't even tell what's going on in the drawings. If you're going to make enough of an effort to actually post it online, you should be able to make your comic a little more clear.
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Willicus
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Thanks, that was fun.[on:The doctor is in.][of:On call.]
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Post by Willicus on Nov 18, 2008 9:11:14 GMT -5
Agree.
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Post by Harkovast on Nov 18, 2008 21:01:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I mean making mistakes or not doing things to a perfect standard is understandable (after all, most of us don't get paid to do this!). But don't people stop, look at what they've written and consider whether it is actually legible to humans before putting it on line for the universe and his mum to look at?!
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Post by Hippie Van on Nov 18, 2008 23:03:20 GMT -5
And if it's already going on the computer, I don't imagine it would take long to type it instead of writing all of it in their chicken scratch.
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