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Fin
2010-04-14, 12:03 PM
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The Blast Dragons (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73393) By Jasondoomsblade (dead)
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Search (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77691) By Calamity (dead)
My Name is Q (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71239) By Q (finished)
*Smooth Moves (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130427) By Q (Active)
The Fire Within (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91620) By Firedrake and Chriky (dead)
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The Skornbail Incident (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99901) by Shades of Gray (dead)
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The Pluperfect Plot (aka: Plot 3) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3803944&postcount=963) (also by Mechafox)
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The journey is a little held up at the border.
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Tiffanie Lirle
2010-04-14, 01:31 PM
Random curiosity question is random.

Been looking through the FI comics in the art thread out of boredom. Having some difficulties figuring out where everyone is. I noticed one or two people are in Merinas. (Skimmer and what I assume to be Kumo's characters)

But I'm not really sure about everyone else.

( I haven't been following the threads. Sue me)

Mina Kobold
2010-04-14, 01:39 PM
Random curiosity question is random.

Been looking through the FI comics in the art thread out of boredom. Having some difficulties figuring out where everyone is. I noticed one or two people are in Merinas. But I'm not really sure about everyone else.

( I haven't been following the threads. Sue me)

Threesy, Fin, Zhihai, Q, other Q and Brad are in Skornbail, Scitzland.

And Keveak, Argonath, Orange guy and skull, Skimmer, Nameless, Nilmerg and everybody on the citadel is in Someplace, Merinas

Green-Shirt Q
2010-04-14, 02:19 PM
Threesy, Fin, Zhihai, Q, other Q and Brad are in Skornbail, Scitzland.

And Keveak, Argonath, Orange guy and skull, Skimmer, Nameless, Nilmerg and everybody on the citadel is in Someplace, Merinas

Actually, one of those Qs (the green-shirted one) has joined the others on the Citadel. The comics I showed where he was in Skornbail with other Q take place before the rest of the dudes leave for Merinas.

Also, Fin, The backstory comic Endless is no longer active. Just thought I should let you know so you can change it.

Kumo
2010-04-14, 02:50 PM
Threesy, Fin, Zhihai, Q, other Q and Brad are in Skornbail, Scitzland.

So is elf with eyepatch.

The Gremlin
2010-04-14, 02:51 PM
Fin, I know you're relatively new, but when I was around, we generally linked to the new thread from the old one, for convenience. That's because some people (myself included)in ABR don't watch the Fancomics forum.

Kumo
2010-04-14, 02:52 PM
Fin, I know you're relatively new, but when I was around, we generally linked to the new thread from the old one, for convenience. That's because some people (myself included)in ABR don't watch the Fancomics forum.

Read the end of the thread again. :smallannoyed::smalltongue:

Also, i think Fin was here before but left for a long long time... don't remember where it was said, if at all.

The Gremlin
2010-04-14, 03:04 PM
Read the end of the thread again. :smallannoyed::smalltongue:

Also, i think Fin was here before but left for a long long time... don't remember where it was said, if at all.

Protestation. I was not lazy, but there really isn't any way for me to see there's a new thread unless somebody tells me. I always provide a link if I see the thread (before the genius change in thread creation, that was fairly common), it seems fair for others to do the same. Or at least mention it.

Mad Mask
2010-04-14, 03:24 PM
About the Special Tactics Peacekeepers argument, even though Darklord Bright took the words right out of my mouth, I just want to say that I when I first created them, I never wanted them to be unbeatable god-killing machines or anything of that sort, but rather a force that proves a challenge to the main characters.

When the ALF PCs* encounter them, they should not be simple mooks to be swatted like flies, but worthy opponents that necessitate wits, cunning, hard work and sometimes just pure luck to bring down, hopefully making the PCs look like "badasses" at the same time (just like in Threeshades' excellent comics, which I find to be one of the greatest scenes as of yet in FI). In brief, STPs are not invincible gods of war, but they're not cannon fodder either.

And just like their names say, they should use tactics other than simply running in a straight line and shooting at people. Ambushes, flanking, grenades, chemical weapons and retreats are all part of their arsenal.

*here meaning characters directly owned by someone


Protestation. I was not lazy, but there really isn't any way for me to see there's a new thread unless somebody tells me. I always provide a link if I see the thread (before the genius change in thread creation, that was fairly common), it seems fair for others to do the same. Or at least mention it.

...

You can just click on the Fancomics subforum link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54) and see if there's a new thread in less than 3 seconds.

The Gremlin
2010-04-14, 03:40 PM
About the Special Tactics Peacekeepers argument, even though Darklord Bright took the words right out of my mouth, I just want to say that I when I first created them, I never wanted them to be unbeatable god-killing machines or anything of that sort, but rather a force that proves a challenge to the main characters.

When the ALF PCs* encounter them, they should not be simple mooks to be swatted like flies, but worthy opponents that necessitate wits, cunning, hard work and sometimes just pure luck to bring down, hopefully making the PCs look like "badasses" at the same time (just like in Threeshades' excellent comics, which I find to be one of the greatest scenes as of yet in FI). In brief, STPs are not invincible gods of war, but they're not cannon fodder either.

And just like their names say, they should use tactics other than simply running in a straight line and shooting at people. Ambushes, flanking, grenades, chemical weapons and retreats are all part of their arsenal.

*here meaning characters directly owned by someone



...

You can just click on the Fancomics subforum link (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=54) and see if there's a new thread in less than 3 seconds.

Certainly. And if I know of a new thread, as I did a few minutes ago, then that's all well and good. But we went at least a day before the new thread came up. Am I supposed to be refreshing every few minutes during that time? I could, but I think it seems to make more sense for somebody to just post on the old thread alerting everyone to the presence of a new one. Not even a link is necessary. It's just quicker for all involved, and takes about 10 seconds.

Fin
2010-04-14, 03:56 PM
Also, Fin, The backstory comic Endless is no longer active. Just thought I should let you know so you can change it.

Noted and amended, thanks for the tip Q.


we generally linked to the new thread from the old one, for convenience. That's because some people (myself included)in ABR don't watch the Fancomics forum.

Unfortunately, new threads need time for moderator approval. Until it gets that there is no thread to which I can provide a link. I was offline when this one got it and you all seem to have found it just fine without me. :smallsmile:


Also, i think Fin was here before but left for a long long time... don't remember where it was said, if at all.

Sweet of you to notice, to be honest I have been knocking about the Playground for... *checks* wow, nearly three years. I briefly surveyed ABR when FI was still mostly an idea in Mask's head then had to cool off my time here due to life commitments, but I am back in a full capacity now and that fact has no plans on changing.

Fay Graydon
2010-04-14, 03:58 PM
My backstory isnt on hold >.>

The Gremlin
2010-04-14, 04:00 PM
Noted and amended, thanks for the tip Q.



Unfortunately, new threads need time for moderator approval. Until it gets that there is no thread to which I can provide a link. I was offline when this one got it and you all seem to have found it just fine without me. :smallsmile:



Sweet of you to notice, to be honest I have been knocking about the Playground for... *checks* wow, nearly three years. I briefly surveyed ABR when FI was still mostly an idea in Mask's head then had to cool off my time here due to life commitments, but I am back in a full capacity now and that fact has no plans on changing.

My mistake there? That's irony. My mistake, I forgot about the change for about 3 seconds then mentioned it myself. :smallbiggrin:

Kumo
2010-04-14, 04:11 PM
Protestation. I was not lazy, but there really isn't any way for me to see there's a new thread unless somebody tells me. I always provide a link if I see the thread (before the genius change in thread creation, that was fairly common), it seems fair for others to do the same. Or at least mention it.

Oh don't be a drama queen, i was messing with you. geez.

The Gremlin
2010-04-14, 04:22 PM
Oh don't be a drama queen, i was messing with you. geez.

I got that, and took no offense, but you misunderstood what I was saying. No biggish now, though. :smallsmile:

Threeshades
2010-04-14, 07:39 PM
Whee, thanks for the feedback. It always helps keeping me motivated to make more comics.


Well, after seeing your latest comic I was wondering if perhaps Fin could cross paths with the WereWolf group (and TS's body) en route to the citadel... I always wanted to ride a WereWolf... :smallfrown::smallredface::smallsmile:



Can do that too :smallbiggrin:


EDIT: Also, don't eat rosebuds. At first they seem decent but then some indescribable taste comes through that's disgusting.

Kumo
2010-04-14, 07:48 PM
I think heat magnifies boredom.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-14, 09:32 PM
Anyone considered making a UNA hating desert dweller swoop in and help Fay simply because of shared enemies? You know, like my other ignored post.

Kumo
2010-04-14, 09:34 PM
Anyone considered making a UNA hating desert dweller swoop in and help Fay simply because of shared enemies? You know, like my other ignored post.That'd be only slightly more stupid tha-

........

i've been meaning to have a dragon somewhere... hmmmm...

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-14, 09:37 PM
Yeah you better make a dragon!

Fay Graydon
2010-04-14, 09:43 PM
Myself and Keris have an arangement so I don't need your charity :smalltongue:
Just kidding! :smallfrown: Pls eye has can moneh?

Fin
2010-04-15, 01:21 AM
Can do that too :smallbiggrin:

Sweet, I'll start working on the next one then if you like?

Threeshades
2010-04-15, 04:04 AM
Theres just one more thing i have to do before the Squad can meet him. Unfortunately I dont have the time for that right now, Ill do it in the afternoon when I'm back at home.

Kumo
2010-04-15, 05:44 AM
Myself and Keris have an arangement so I don't need your charity :smalltongue:
Just kidding! :smallfrown: Pls eye has can moneh?

...

Is that a yes or a no?

Never mind just read the irc. =P

Traker
2010-04-15, 10:46 AM
Hey guys, its been a long time and i'm gonna make a comic some time this or next week.

Fin
2010-04-15, 02:00 PM
Theres just one more thing i have to do before the Squad can meet him. Unfortunately I dont have the time for that right now, Ill do it in the afternoon when I'm back at home.

Ok cool, just let me know when you are ready. :smallsmile:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-15, 02:24 PM
FI

I figured since the whole Merinas/finding Lor Nae's emerald bit was my idea. I should at least participate in it. :smallwink:

Also, long and uneventful comic is long and uneventful. I was really just showing what she was doing after appearing in Mad's comic.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7791/fi1.png

What's with the tape recorder you ask? Well partially to give her an excuse to talk. And partially because every character needs a gimmick. :smalltongue:

Awesome comic Tiffy :smallsmile:

Reminds me of how bad mine are :smallfrown: Oh well, needs more practrice :smallbiggrin:

The Gremlin
2010-04-15, 04:04 PM
Awesome comic Tiffy :smallsmile:

Reminds me of how bad mine are :smallfrown: Oh well, needs more practrice :smallbiggrin:

Keveak, I didn't know you were a fisherman.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 04:19 PM
Keveak, I didn't know you were a fisherman.

Groaaaan. :smallannoyed:

Kumo
2010-04-15, 04:21 PM
*looks at Tiffy and TS's comics*

The feelings of inadequacy make me shrivel.

EDIT: MY inadequacy. Sorry.

The Gremlin
2010-04-15, 04:22 PM
Groaaaan. :smallannoyed:

What's the matter? Did I make a triple entendre (stupid useless spellcheck)? :smallconfused:

Kumo
2010-04-15, 04:24 PM
What's the matter?

I think he's groaning because that's a horrible joke.

I can't tell because i didn't catch the joke.

Threeshades
2010-04-15, 04:25 PM
New FI up.

@Fin
Next one's for you to do, what the team would do next was to load Threeshades back onto Wolf-form-Gorb's (the Ogre) back, have Liz mount up on Gorb too to make sure TS doesn't fall off and the rest of them also would go to wolf form (complete wolf form, not hybrid) and then head back towards the citadel. You can put yourself in there wherever you like.

Here is a picture of all 5 of the wolves in each of their forms, and with their weapons:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/Tobi-Sean/Lycantroupeoverview.png

Mad Mask
2010-04-15, 04:35 PM
So Gorbog's machine gun is a bit like a Gatling? Good... :smallamused:

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 05:10 PM
Do you think it would be frowned upon if I made a young werewolf thug?

Kumo
2010-04-15, 05:31 PM
Aren't goblins small in Avbaroy?

Threeshades
2010-04-15, 05:43 PM
So Gorbog's machine gun is a bit like a Gatling? Good... :smallamused:

As far as i know that's how they made the cranked ones.


Aren't goblins small in Avbaroy?
Plotgoblins are. I should know, I introduced the first ones.

Threeshades
2010-04-15, 06:27 PM
Do you think it would be frowned upon if I made a young werewolf thug?

As long as not every one suddenly wants to join the unit with a werewolf i guess its alright. Theyre a commando unit so they shouldnt be too many.

Tiffanie Lirle
2010-04-15, 07:07 PM
So the IRC has been fixed, we have op's again and all the shinie's are back in place.

On a more random, yet still ABR related note, I've been thinking about those werewolves. How do they work? I assume they can shapeshift whenever they want?

Is it a disease? A form of magic? Does the moon play any role in their wearwolf'ness? Why did it take so long for Werewolves to be introduced to abr? Etc etc

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 07:25 PM
Who wants to be in my intro comic. You have to be away from the main casts, wandering the streets or something. If noone can do that i'll just use my character. It wouldn't be as fun though.

Threeshades
2010-04-15, 07:50 PM
So on a somewhat related and somewhat not related note. Kumo broke the IRC.* :smalltongue:

Go figure, we have ops again. Trying to make the best of a strange situation I tried to see if I could reactive auto-ops. But sadly the list is only available to Keris. (Who doesn't even use the IRC anymore, after "fixing" it. *cough*)

So I suppose it's only a temporary thing.

*Yes yes, I was kidding. It was probably just a normal error.
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8072/1432.png


On a more random, yet still ABR related note, I've been thinking about those werewolves. How do they work? I assume they can shapeshift whenever they want?

Is it a disease? A form of magic? Does the moon play any role in their wearwolf'ness? Why did it take so long for Werewolves to be introduced to abr? Etc etc

They are basically like DnD werewolves in their workings: In this gase we have 5 natural lycanthropes. They all can shapeshift between the three forms at will by day and night, independent of moon phases. They can afflict people with lycanthropy through biting, but they usually bite to kill because all of them are well aware that they might be causing civilian casualties if they allowed an afflicted werewolf to go home.

Afflicted versions also work like the DnD version, they can shapeshift at will once they know they are werewolves but if they do they become bloodthirsty monsters (or in DnD terms they become Chaotic Evil) and have no control over the beast they become, and they automatically shapeshift to one of the wolf versions at full moon, also out of control of their bodies.


I actually took the Pathfinder werewolf version to determine the way they work, so don't wonder if any of this is different from how werewolves in DnD usually work. (I havent really seen a 3e book since i got my Pathfinder books and our former GM took his 3e books back) The pathfinder Lycanthropy template allows any animal as base animal for a lycanthrope, so Gorbog is actually a Were-dire-wolf. (otherwise he would shift into something really small compared to his usual size)

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 07:53 PM
Awww, Kris it is, then.

DoomITP
2010-04-15, 08:09 PM
Strange, I can't get on the IRC...

Kumo
2010-04-15, 08:14 PM
Who wants to be in my intro comic. You have to be away from the main casts, wandering the streets or something. If noone can do that i'll just use my character. It wouldn't be as fun though.

I'm making a UNA sarge with a pistol fetish. or i could use Kumo since he just got captured and is lord-knows where.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 08:15 PM
Were is Kumo, I thought he was in some sort of box... Pics oh sarge pleaze?

Kumo
2010-04-15, 08:18 PM
Were is Kumo, I thought he was in some sort of box... Pics oh sarge pleaze?

still making his outfit, gimme a while.

Basically Kumo's on a train transport to somewhere to be locked up.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-15, 08:19 PM
I'll just use Kris, then. I'm almost done, I need to do the last panel and the text.

Kumo
2010-04-15, 08:31 PM
Ah. Ok.

Ten char limit

The Gremlin
2010-04-15, 09:38 PM
So the IRC has been fixed, we have op's again and all the shinie's are back in place.

On a more random, yet still ABR related note, I've been thinking about those werewolves. How do they work? I assume they can shapeshift whenever they want?

Is it a disease? A form of magic? Does the moon play any role in their wearwolf'ness? Why did it take so long for Werewolves to be introduced to abr? Etc etc

I think somebody already has a werewolf in ABR (he's a crazy ALF guy, right?).
At any rate, my idea:
I think lycanthrope should be the result of the first attempted merging of magic vs. science (the first real merging, that is, a lot of more 'minor' attempts, like enchanting ships and stuff, don't count). A potion of beast shape was combined with a chemical designed to [doesn't really matter:smalltongue:], by a curious Lockutian mage. He first tested it out on his familiar. Seeing no adverse effects, he tried it himself.

Nothing happened.
Unfortunately, angry people with pitchforks assumed that the man was creating a 'werewolf' (which already existed in folklore), and killed him. The familiar, however, escaped, and complained to the Moon Elf Empire and asked for justice. Intrigued, a moon elf alchemist in the court suggested that the familiar's request be granted.

When a troop arrived in the village, they found the workshop had been burnt to the ground. But the mage had kept some of his work underground, so they investigated further. They found the man's notes.

The moon elf alchemist worked them out, and realized what the foolish mage had not: The man had come very close, completely by accident, to creating a new species, a merging of animal and humanoid. The elf worked further, and using his own magic, managed to complete the unfinished work. Using melted iron from a meteorite as the focus for the spell, he took blood from a rat and a human prisoner, and injected the formula into a third man (Basically, the first two for the man form and the rat form, and the last for the hybrid is how I see it). He succeeded in creating his goal--a wererat.

There were two problems, though. The first one: The iron was corrupted and impure. Therefore, the success was only partial, and the merging was imperfect. The second was, of course, that the experiment, in a rather cliche manner, killed him.

However, this wererat was actually very intelligent. He had killed his creator carefully, and calmly. Calculatingly. [Another synonym for carefully here]. He waited until his creator's notes were complete.

With his master dead, he endeavored to make more of his kind (the iron was expensive, but his master had a large supply). He made a great deal of wererats, and then decided to branch out. Werewolves, werevultures, even wereserpents (although reptiles didn't 'take' as well).

Eventually, the Empire wondered why the alchemist had gone missing, and investigated. Discovering what had happened, they attacked, and killed many of the abominations. They locked the details were nobody would find them. But a few escaped, and bred, and some remain to this day.

kpenguin
2010-04-15, 10:44 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement...

I AM NOW IN CONTROL OF THE IRC.

Thank you.

The Gremlin
2010-04-15, 11:34 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement...

I AM NOW IN CONTROL OF THE IRC.

Thank you.

It's a takeover! Liberation front, mobilize!
*Cuts gibberish in wall with rapier*
*Tries again*
*Again*
Stupid Gs...I give up.
*Cuts 't' in wall and rides off into sunset*
...
...see, this is why I don't lead the ALF. :smalltongue:

Fin
2010-04-16, 01:28 AM
New FI up.

@Fin
*snip*

On it, but that is a lot of templates so it may take me a little while, will be up no later than tomorrow though!

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 04:53 AM
Keveak, I didn't know you were a fisherman.

... I don't fish.

How did I indicate that?

Kumo
2010-04-16, 05:55 AM
... I don't fish.

How did I indicate that?

it's supposed to be a double entendre.

A very very horrible double entendre.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 07:52 AM
it's supposed to be a double entendre.

A very very horrible double entendre.

I still don't get it.

Please enlighten me to how it has anything to do with anything?

Threeshades
2010-04-16, 09:29 AM
I decided that it would be wise to give some more information on the werewolves so we avoid mistakes:

About their biology: As I've said they are pretty much like DnD/Pathfinder werewolves, but what I forgot to add is that they have claws that can and do serve them as weapons.

Now on their personalities:

General: When talking to each other all of them use dog references sometimes. Orders and commands are often very similar to the commands you would teach a dog (such as "sit", "fetch" or - as you have seen - "sic 'em"), however if a non-werewolf would talk to them like that they feel offended. (It's similar to that black people and the "N" word cliché)

Neekah: She's very proud of being a werewolf, being a goblin she has a connection to wolves even from her humanoid side. Neekah always maintains a resolute manner and tries her best to assess any situation right and make the best of it for the team. She has a deep respect for Gerald and often turns to him for advice on combat situations. She empathically keeps the group working in harmony, as without her supervision squabbling would not be an uncommon sight amongst the team.
In her professionalism emotions usually fall flat and are usually buried inside her sometimes bursting out in desparation, especially when she realizes to have made terrible mistakes.

Gerald: Jerry of the whole team has the most combat experience. There are two reasons though why he is not team leader: 1, in his years at war he learned to establish close relationships with his teammates and hates the thought of being put above them in any way, 2, he is good at tactics due to his experience but Neekah is an even better tactician and manages to frequently choose methods without getting personal feelings involved. However sometimes experience is better than academic knowledge, this is why he often acts as a tactical advisor for Neekah.
Gerald is your typical grumpy old veteran, more often than not seeming very introverted and with a sadistic sense of humour, but he respects every single one of his teammates and would never treat any one of them as less than an equal and considers all of them close friends.

Eddie: Most of the time he is scatterbrained and seems sadistically psychotic. As a matter of fact he does have an affinity to killing, but he would never go over to pointless slaughter. If he kills, then it's in a fight, and if he fights then it's for a reason. His definition of fighting however also includes stealth attacks, such as backstabbing and throatcutting and that is what he is best at. Eddie usually has a short attention span but as soon as he is on a mission his mind suddenly switches and is focussed as a laser beam.
His connection to the rest of the team hardly goes beyond that the fact that they are all werewolves, but that is enough for him to go to any length for them. He knows just too well what it means to be a lycanthrope and that is why he would always help another one the best way he can.

Liy'zann: Little can the short lived races imagine of how the mind of this drow works. Liz can bring up amounts of patience that are simply impossible for maintain anything that has a shorter life span than an elf. She could sit and wait for weeks only to get a single target in front of her scope if she has to. And this seemingly unlimited patience is what brought her such a close relationship with the slow-minded Gorbog. Liz has learned much about him that the others never were able to take the time to learn (they would just give up after waiting half an hour for the ogre to answer a single question, or get angry with frustration which in turn would cause the ogre to get angry too, and being near an angry werewolf ogre is a thing you wouldn't want to do even if you're a werewolf yourself).
Liz is generally a warm and friendly person although her face rarely shows much emotion. She is ready to take care of her team mates well-being, both physical and mental at any time.

Gorbog: Gorbog is - and anyone who has ever seen him can confirm - very slow witted, he seems to be little more than brawn and hair, but despite his lack of sharp wit, he is not simple-minded, much to the contrary, he is very wise and always knows wrong from right. He is observant and incredibly hard to manipulate. His remarkable ability for reason however still can't stop him from easily getting angry, which usually happens more as a mode of defense than anything else. For example if someone around him shows anger he feels threatened and when he feels threatened or sees someone helpless being threatened or attacked he can turn into a raging berserker. No matter how strong his rage Gorbog always manages to stop before injuring someone he knows is innocent.
Gorbog has little relationship with the other team members, he likes them because they are friendly to him and the others like and value him, but that is as far as it goes, when it comes to Liy'zann however it is an entirely different story. The drow is the only team member who is able to understand him at all, and she can read him like a book and actively helps him understand her too. This is why he is especially protective of her, he takes care of her as if she were his baby sister. Liz and Gorb are unseparable and only a fool would dare to try.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 10:08 AM
I decided that it would be wise to give some more information on the werewolves so we avoid mistakes:

About their biology: As I've said they are pretty much like DnD/Pathfinder werewolves, but what I forgot to add is that they have claws that can and do serve them as weapons.

Now on their personalities:

General: When talking to each other all of them use dog references sometimes. Orders and commands are often very similar to the commands you would teach a dog (such as "sit", "fetch" or - as you have seen - "sic 'em"), however if a non-werewolf would talk to them like that they feel offended. (It's similar to that black people and the "N" word cliché)

Neekah: She's very proud of being a werewolf, being a goblin she has a connection to wolves even from her humanoid side. Neekah always maintains a resolute manner and tries her best to assess any situation right and make the best of it for the team. She has a deep respect for Gerald and often turns to him for advice on combat situations. She empathically keeps the group working in harmony, as without her supervision squabbling would not be an uncommon sight amongst the team.
In her professionalism emotions usually fall flat and are usually buried inside her sometimes bursting out in desparation, especially when she realizes to have made terrible mistakes.

Gerald: Jerry of the whole team has the most combat experience. There are two reasons though why he is not team leader: 1, in his years at war he learned to establish close relationships with his teammates and hates the thought of being put above them in any way, 2, he is good at tactics due to his experience but Neekah is an even better tactician and manages to frequently choose methods without getting personal feelings involved. However sometimes experience is better than academic knowledge, this is why he often acts as a tactical advisor for Neekah.
Gerald is your typical grumpy old veteran, more often than not seeming very introverted and with a sadistic sense of humour, but he respects every single one of his teammates and would never treat any one of them as less than an equal and considers all of them close friends.

Eddie: Most of the time he is scatterbrained and seems sadistically psychotic. As a matter of fact he does have an affinity to killing, but he would never go over to pointless slaughter. If he kills, then it's in a fight, and if he fights then it's for a reason. His definition of fighting however also includes stealth attacks, such as backstabbing and throatcutting and that is what he is best at. Eddie usually has a short attention span but as soon as he is on a mission his mind suddenly switches and is focussed as a laser beam.
His connection to the rest of the team hardly goes beyond that the fact that they are all werewolves, but that is enough for him to go to any length for them. He knows just too well what it means to be a lycanthrope and that is why he would always help another one the best way he can.

Liy'zann: Little can the short lived races imagine of how the mind of this drow works. Liz can bring up amounts of patience that are simply impossible for maintain anything that has a shorter life span than an elf. She could sit and wait for weeks only to get a single target in front of her scope if she has to. And this seemingly unlimited patience is what brought her such a close relationship with the slow-minded Gorbog. Liz has learned much about him that the others never were able to take the time to learn (they would just give up after waiting half an hour for the ogre to answer a single question, or get angry with frustration which in turn would cause the ogre to get angry too, and being near an angry werewolf ogre is a thing you wouldn't want to do even if you're a werewolf yourself).
Liz is generally a warm and friendly person although her face rarely shows much emotion. She is ready to take care of her team mates well-being, both physical and mental at any time.

Gorbog: Gorbog is - and anyone who has ever seen him can confirm - very slow witted, he seems to be little more than brawn and hair, but despite his lack of sharp wit, he is not simple-minded, much to the contrary, he is very wise and always knows wrong from right. He is observant and incredibly hard to manipulate. His remarkable ability for reason however still can't stop him from easily getting angry, which usually happens more as a mode of defense than anything else. For example if someone around him shows anger he feels threatened and when he feels threatened or sees someone helpless being threatened or attacked he can turn into a raging berserker. No matter how strong his rage Gorbog always manages to stop before injuring someone he knows is innocent.
Gorbog has little relationship with the other team members, he likes them because they are friendly to him and the others like and value him, but that is as far as it goes, when it comes to Liy'zann however it is an entirely different story. The drow is the only team member who is able to understand him at all, and she can read him like a book and actively helps him understand her too. This is why he is especially protective of her, he takes care of her as if she were his baby sister. Liz and Gorb are unseparable and only a fool would dare to try.

*Claps*

Well done, very well done.

I don't think I could have done it half as good myself :smallsmile:

Mad Mask
2010-04-16, 11:02 AM
FI
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/496.png

Why would anyone give very expensive gold to a beggar child? The beggars' strategy seems to be a bit far-fetched, as the odds of a random passerby carrying gold in their pockets at night (or even at day) seem to be very low.

The Gremlin
2010-04-16, 11:10 AM
I think somebody already has a werewolf in ABR (he's a crazy ALF guy, right?).
At any rate, my idea:
I think lycanthrope should be the result of the first attempted merging of magic vs. science (the first real merging, that is, a lot of more 'minor' attempts, like enchanting ships and stuff, don't count). A potion of beast shape was combined with a chemical designed to [doesn't really matter:smalltongue:], by a curious Lockutian mage. He first tested it out on his familiar. Seeing no adverse effects, he tried it himself.

Nothing happened.
Unfortunately, angry people with pitchforks assumed that the man was creating a 'werewolf' (which already existed in folklore), and killed him. The familiar, however, escaped, and complained to the Moon Elf Empire and asked for justice. Intrigued, a moon elf alchemist in the court suggested that the familiar's request be granted.

When a troop arrived in the village, they found the workshop had been burnt to the ground. But the mage had kept some of his work underground, so they investigated further. They found the man's notes.

The moon elf alchemist worked them out, and realized what the foolish mage had not: The man had come very close, completely by accident, to creating a new species, a merging of animal and humanoid. The elf worked further, and using his own magic, managed to complete the unfinished work. Using melted iron from a meteorite as the focus for the spell, he took blood from a rat and a human prisoner, and injected the formula into a third man (Basically, the first two for the man form and the rat form, and the last for the hybrid is how I see it). He succeeded in creating his goal--a wererat.

There were two problems, though. The first one: The iron was corrupted and impure. Therefore, the success was only partial, and the merging was imperfect. The second was, of course, that the experiment, in a rather cliche manner, killed him.

However, this wererat was actually very intelligent. He had killed his creator carefully, and calmly. Calculatingly. [Another synonym for carefully here]. He waited until his creator's notes were complete.

With his master dead, he endeavored to make more of his kind (the iron was expensive, but his master had a large supply). He made a great deal of wererats, and then decided to branch out. Werewolves, werevultures, even wereserpents (although reptiles didn't 'take' as well).

Eventually, the Empire wondered why the alchemist had gone missing, and investigated. Discovering what had happened, they attacked, and killed many of the abominations. They locked the details were nobody would find them. But a few escaped, and bred, and some remain to this day.

Um, is there any response to my idea?

BRC
2010-04-16, 11:12 AM
Why would anyone give very expensive gold to a beggar child? The beggars' strategy seems to be a bit far-fetched, as the odds of a random passerby carrying gold in their pockets at night (or even at day) seem to be very low.
Unless he was using "Gold" as a slang term for "Money" which isn't that far fetched.

The Gremlin
2010-04-16, 11:36 AM
I don't mean to be whiny, but I just thought I'd point out that when people ignore my ideas, I'll probably assume they're okay with it.
A 'yes' or 'no' generally suffices. :smallsigh:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 11:50 AM
I think somebody already has a werewolf in ABR (he's a crazy ALF guy, right?).
At any rate, my idea:
I think lycanthrope should be the result of the first attempted merging of magic vs. science (the first real merging, that is, a lot of more 'minor' attempts, like enchanting ships and stuff, don't count). A potion of beast shape was combined with a chemical designed to [doesn't really matter:smalltongue:], by a curious Lockutian mage. He first tested it out on his familiar. Seeing no adverse effects, he tried it himself.

Nothing happened.
Unfortunately, angry people with pitchforks assumed that the man was creating a 'werewolf' (which already existed in folklore), and killed him. The familiar, however, escaped, and complained to the Moon Elf Empire and asked for justice. Intrigued, a moon elf alchemist in the court suggested that the familiar's request be granted.

When a troop arrived in the village, they found the workshop had been burnt to the ground. But the mage had kept some of his work underground, so they investigated further. They found the man's notes.

The moon elf alchemist worked them out, and realized what the foolish mage had not: The man had come very close, completely by accident, to creating a new species, a merging of animal and humanoid. The elf worked further, and using his own magic, managed to complete the unfinished work. Using melted iron from a meteorite as the focus for the spell, he took blood from a rat and a human prisoner, and injected the formula into a third man (Basically, the first two for the man form and the rat form, and the last for the hybrid is how I see it). He succeeded in creating his goal--a wererat.

There were two problems, though. The first one: The iron was corrupted and impure. Therefore, the success was only partial, and the merging was imperfect. The second was, of course, that the experiment, in a rather cliche manner, killed him.

However, this wererat was actually very intelligent. He had killed his creator carefully, and calmly. Calculatingly. [Another synonym for carefully here]. He waited until his creator's notes were complete.

With his master dead, he endeavored to make more of his kind (the iron was expensive, but his master had a large supply). He made a great deal of wererats, and then decided to branch out. Werewolves, werevultures, even wereserpents (although reptiles didn't 'take' as well).

Eventually, the Empire wondered why the alchemist had gone missing, and investigated. Discovering what had happened, they attacked, and killed many of the abominations. They locked the details were nobody would find them. But a few escaped, and bred, and some remain to this day.

Dunno about werewolves but I had/have a werebadger character.

I think it kinda removes the mystical feel from lycantrophy but I guess it could technically work in the Avbaroy universe *shrug(ery)s*

T-O-E
2010-04-16, 12:58 PM
Why would anyone give very expensive gold to a beggar child? The beggars' strategy seems to be a bit far-fetched, as the odds of a random passerby carrying gold in their pockets at night (or even at day) seem to be very low.

Better than begging for silver.

Threeshades
2010-04-16, 01:12 PM
Why would anyone give very expensive gold to a beggar child? The beggars' strategy seems to be a bit far-fetched, as the odds of a random passerby carrying gold in their pockets at night (or even at day) seem to be very low.

Why do you go through all that trouble and don't just say that currency has changed from noble metal coins to money in the token value sense as it is known in the modern world?

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 01:47 PM
Why do you go through all that trouble and don't just say that currency has changed from noble metal coins to money in the token value sense as it is known in the modern world?

Because he already did that, when he made that Igon Minoblendy wanted poster.

The Gremlin
2010-04-16, 01:54 PM
Why do you go through all that trouble and don't just say that currency has changed from noble metal coins to money in the token value sense as it is known in the modern world?

Not a bad idea.
How about this: UNA coins are square-shaped for practicality. There are three major coins:
Hearts: Copper coins, worth two Crowns.
Crowns: Aluminum-based alloy, nicknamed 'gold' because of the color. Worth five Stars.
Stars: Slips of paper with a serial number on them. These are not true coins, but are very prominent, as the UNA uses them for most transactions. Their value remains low because a lot of people are hesitant to use such delicate--and flammable--money.

/\Ah, right. Dang. Guess I'll have to save this system for my homebrew...

Mina Kobold
2010-04-16, 01:59 PM
Not a bad idea.
How about this: UNA coins are square-shaped for practicality. There are three major coins:
Hearts: Copper coins, worth two Crowns.
Crowns: Aluminum-based alloy, nicknamed 'gold' because of the color. Worth five Stars.
Stars: Slips of paper with a serial number on them. These are not true coins, but are very prominent, as the UNA uses them for most transactions. Their value remains low because a lot of people are hesitant to use such delicate--and flammable--money.

/\Ah, right. Dang. Guess I'll have to save this system for my homebrew...

Quite humorously Crowns (the Danish word for those anyway) are actually the name of Danish currency.

They're wortha hundred ears* :smalltongue:

*Danish currency is silly.

The Gremlin
2010-04-16, 02:39 PM
Quite humorously Crowns (the Danish word for those anyway) are actually the name of Danish currency.

They're wortha hundred ears* :smalltongue:

*Danish currency is silly.

'Crown' is a fairly common name in both RL and fictional currencies. Being rather fond of the trend, I thought I'd use it as well.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 02:50 PM
I keep forgetting FI isn't a game setting. :smallannoyed:


Why do you go through all that trouble and don't just say that currency has changed from noble metal coins to money in the token value sense as it is known in the modern world?

Sh'yeah.

Mad Mask
2010-04-16, 04:59 PM
Basic foodstuff and shelter are freely given to registered citizens by the UNA (the Individual Nourishment Shipments and the Intermutual Normal Shelters, respectively), so money is used mostly for buying luxuries and black market products.


I keep forgetting FI isn't a game setting. :smallannoyed:

What does this have to do with the fact that you don't give gold to beggars? :smallconfused:

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 05:01 PM
Fine, how about I kill people on the side of the road and loot the bodies?

Kumo
2010-04-16, 05:01 PM
What does this have to do with the fact that you don't give gold to beggars? :smallconfused:

You do know what currency is in a crapload of games, right?

Mad Mask
2010-04-16, 05:04 PM
You do know what currency is in a crapload of games, right?

Yes... but in D&D for example, the average peasant uses copper pieces, not gold. That's reserved for adventurers and nobles, and they certainly don't give them to children on the streets.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 05:06 PM
Then I could
A. rob rich looking peoples, probably having to kill them anyway or
B. kill enough nameless peasants and accumulate massive monies.

Kumo
2010-04-16, 05:07 PM
Yes... but in D&D for example, the average peasant uses copper pieces, not gold. That's reserved for adventurers and nobles.

True. But gold refers to all currency (when currency is gold, silver, copper) for some inadequately explored reason.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 06:36 PM
Alright, if I kill the little girl and have the kid try to join the UNA in spite, would they accpet him?

Mad Mask
2010-04-16, 07:18 PM
Alright, if I kill the little girl and have the kid try to join the UNA in spite, would they accpet him?

What do you mean by "joining the UNA"? Do you mean becoming a registered citizen, having a job, living in the house they give you? Do you mean joining the Peacekeepers? Do you mean joining the Navy? Do you mean trying to become a politician?

The UNA is an international organisation designed to ensure co-operation between nations, create world peace, promote sapient rights and eventually form a world government, with several diverse branches, not a club you can just "join".

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 07:22 PM
Oh, i'm going for the big job, I want my toddler to be president. How about you make an inference for once- the peacekeepers.

Mad Mask
2010-04-16, 07:26 PM
Oh, i'm going for the big job, I want my toddler to be president. How about you make an inference for once- the peacekeepers.

If he's a toddler, they won't accept him. Child soldiers (and policemen for that matter) are illegal in UNA countries (for the same reason they are in the real world). He'll be put in an orphanage, where he belongs.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 07:28 PM
Agh. Maybe I should by a nice pair of stilts...

EDIT: Wait, toddler is too young. He's 7.

Darklord Bright
2010-04-16, 08:17 PM
Crim, does every one of your female characters die in the introductory comics?

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-16, 08:22 PM
Not Ami! Or... :smallfrown:

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:46 AM
By the way, Nameless, I just noticed that in one of your old comics you say you're the head of Magic & Science. That sounds an awful lot like head of Supernatural Studies, the minor title that Nilmerg Eht holds. I also pointed this out numerous times. :smallconfused:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 02:33 AM
By the way, Nameless, I just noticed that in one of your old comics you say you're the head of Magic & Science. That sounds an awful lot like head of Supernatural Studies, the minor title that Nilmerg Eht holds. I also pointed this out numerous times. :smallconfused:

It also sounds like the Magical Inventions Department that Keveak works in but I assumed the MID was a sort of sub-branch where they placed the crazy ones to see if they could come up with something :smalltongue:

Supernatural Studies sounds more like research for already existing but unknown knowledge in the field of magic (such as the spells of deceased wizards or the secrets of dragons blood), at least to me.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 06:26 AM
Alright, if I kill the little girl and have the kid try to join the UNA in spite, would they accpet him?

Why would the death of his sister make him want to join the peacekeepers? And even if he wasn't too young, you implied he's a wanted criminal, I don't see how he would get that past the registration.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 07:22 AM
They aren't related, vengeance (although I could probably just make him hunt Kris down), and I would use a clever mask. Maybe a mustache and giant purple hat.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 08:08 AM
They aren't related, vengeance (although I could probably just make him hunt Kris down), and I would use a clever mask. Maybe a mustache and giant purple hat.

"Someone killed my friend while we were robbing him, so I'm gonna join the police to hunt down... criminals like her and me?" :smallconfused:

Given his powers, if he was 18+ he could have became a mercenary, but never a Peacekeeper. However, UNA laws on child abuse and inalienable rights prevents both things from happening, so it doesn't matter.

Lyinginbedmon
2010-04-17, 08:41 AM
Yes, because the real-world laws on theft, murder, rape, arson and such are doing so well to prevent crime ever happening...

Kumo
2010-04-17, 08:54 AM
Yes, because the real-world laws on theft, murder, rape, arson and such are doing so well to prevent crime ever happening...

He's asking to join the police about 8 years too early after robbery and attempted murder. :smallannoyed: And it's already been mentioned he's on wanted posters.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 09:43 AM
Yes, because the real-world laws on theft, murder, rape, arson and such are doing so well to prevent crime ever happening...

What? :smallconfused: I meant that UNA laws prevented minors from joining their quasi-military forces, the same way you don't see children in the MPS.

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 11:34 AM
It also sounds like the Magical Inventions Department that Keveak works in but I assumed the MID was a sort of sub-branch where they placed the crazy ones to see if they could come up with something :smalltongue:

Supernatural Studies sounds more like research for already existing but unknown knowledge in the field of magic (such as the spells of deceased wizards or the secrets of dragons blood), at least to me.

Supernatural Studies has to do with investigating magical activities and attempting to broaden the ALF's influence through magic. Magical Inventions sounds like a part of Supernatural Studies. Or perhaps Keveak co-leads the department with Nilmerg. Nilmerg's focus would be research, and Keveak would in turn see what he could do with the information.

Right now, I'm imagining only about 10 people being in the Department of Supernatural Studies, not counting the leader/s.

A fun fact: the Albino was actually a member of the DoSS, and was sent as the ALF's counter to the away team. But the plot died before I could reveal this.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 11:41 AM
Supernatural Studies has to do with investigating magical activities and attempting to broaden the ALF's influence through magic. Magical Inventions sounds like a part of Supernatural Studies. Or perhaps Keveak co-leads the department with Nilmerg. Nilmerg's focus would be research, and Keveak would in turn see what he could do with the information.

Right now, I'm imagining only about 10 people being in the Department of Supernatural Studies, not counting the leader/s.

A fun fact: the Albino was actually a member of the DoSS, and was sent as the ALF's counter to the away team. But the plot died before I could reveal this.

Keveak was never supposed to be their leader, as he really don't have much significance beyond being an ambassador for a tribe with no actual power politically.

But as so many have said so wisely before me: Sure, why not :smalltongue:

EDIT: MID of the DSS sounds funny, don't you think?

licoot
2010-04-17, 12:29 PM
I've been thinking of posting to this thread for a while now, but because of the fact that all the stories are thought out and all the characters are yours i decided to ask for some suggestions on what I could do

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 12:52 PM
I've been thinking of posting to this thread for a while now, but because of the fact that all the stories are thought out and all the characters are yours i decided to ask for some suggestions on what I could do

make a character, join a plot, don't god-mod or Mary Sue, have fun :smallsmile:

Hey! Don't I know you from Our Comic Lab In The Playground or something?

EDIT:

No stories are thought out by the way, only their setting and the general powerlevel :smallwink:

licoot
2010-04-17, 01:06 PM
make a character, join a plot, don't god-mod or Mary Sue, have fun :smallsmile:

Hey! Don't I know you from Our Comic Lab In The Playground or something?

EDIT:

No stories are thought out by the way, only their setting and the general powerlevel :smallwink:


I thought about that but what I've been having trouble with is what plot to join, because it feels a bit like jumping right in someone elses story.

Also whats Mary Sueing and yes you do know me from Our Comic Lab In The Playground

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 01:08 PM
None of us would be here if we didn't jump right in. Just try not to destroy the story in the intro comic.

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:09 PM
Another member! Quick, get him!
Kidding, of course. Welcome! A bit of advice:
1. As Kev said, don't godmod. You can control most characters without complaints, but if the characters are created by somebody else then show them respect and don't make any major decisions for them.

2. The plot's about everyone, so don't get hung up on how awesome you think your character is. I made that mistake once, and I still haven't lived it down.

3. No matter what everyone says, decent art makes a difference. If you use MS Paint (looks like you don't)expect to get slightly less respect. And... *continues self-victimizing*

4. Try not to introduce a whole separate subplot. Even in FFFR, this is frowned upon. You can feel free to introduce a subplot related to the main one, but bringing in a bunch of inter-planar neogi who oust the Sovice/pretty much ignore them is definitely something you should get permission for.

5. A new plot is difficult to maintain. Expect it to go in this order: Interest, super-fast comics, slowness, death. We've created about...a dozen plots, no exaggeration. Of those, one concluded, two are still running, and the rest are dead.

Above all, avoid the newts. Good luck! :smallcool:

EDIT: Ah, the plots. Well, take a look at the FFFR and FI archives. A lot of characters coming in? They pretty much jumped in. With FI, it's common to create a sort of 'character sheet' to briefly explain who your character is, but besides that, you can enter however you like.

Note, however, that the two plots are different. FFFR is silly and the plot is surreal. FI, however, is dark, and breaking the fourth wall/major rules references are basically not allowed. Humour is encouraged, of course, though a lot of it is grave humor.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 01:14 PM
I thought about that but what I've been having trouble with is what plot to join, because it feels a bit like jumping right in someone elses story.

Also whats Mary Sueing and yes you do know me from Our Comic Lab In The Playground

That's how we've been doing since the dawn of ABR (before the plots even) plots are made for it :smallbiggrin:

Mary Sue (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue) If my knowledge is correct its a character who is perfect with no flaws and who never loses and always knew what the enemy was planning, etc.

In short it's a boring character who's creator can't stand there being anyone better than hir character.

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:15 PM
That's how we've been doing since the dawn of ABR (before the plots even) plots are made for it :smallbiggrin:

Mary Sue (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue) If my knowledge is correct its a character who is perfect with no flaws and who never loses and always knew what the enemy was planning, etc.

In short it's a boring character who's creator can't stand there being anyone better than hir character.

Not quite. Actually, Mary Sues are just really feminine characters. Gary Stues are closer to the mark, being common owners of the 'badass' trope. Also, neither means the guy always wins, just that no matter whether they win or lose, they look cool doing it.

EDIT: Looks like there's some controversy. Here's the best thing I found:

The closest thing to a widely agreed-on definition is a character who has too many positive characteristics, and too few genuine flaws to be believable or interesting.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 01:25 PM
I thought about that but what I've been having trouble with is what plot to join, because it feels a bit like jumping right in someone elses story.

There are two plots who are currently running: Fat Fish Fury: Reboot, and Future Imperfect.

Fat Fish Fury: Reboot is, obviously, eponymous. It tells the story of a band of heroes, led by the humanoid penguin Kpenguin and the flying landfish Salmon, trying to find the Talisman of the Dragon King before the villains, and is generally a very light, silly, humour-centred story.

Future Imperfect is a continuation of the original Fat Fish Fury, taking place 15 years in the future. The world is now under the influence of the benevolent United Nations of Avbaroy, an international organisation that is slowly becoming a world government, founded by the extraterrestrial nano-mechanical Sovices and their human-formed leader, Ins.

The story involves the rebellious Avbaroy Liberation Front, who, thanks to their now-insane leader, Igon Minoblendy, believe that the UNA is not as good as it seems, as the Sovices have suspicious motives and a mysterious plan. The morality of both sides is not clear-cut, as the ALF is an unscrupulous terrorist organisation unafraid to slaughter thousands of innocents to achieve their aims, while the UNA appears ethical on the surface but deep down is full of conspiracies, assassinations, mercenaries and the Sovices' unknown master plan.

You can read some of the archive here (http://fi.thecomicseries.com/comics/1/). I'll update it soon.

Hopefully that'll clear some things up.

Nameless
2010-04-17, 01:36 PM
Not quite. Actually, Mary Sues are just really feminine characters. Gary Stues are closer to the mark, being common owners of the 'badass' trope. Also, neither means the guy always wins, just that no matter whether they win or lose, they look cool doing it.

EDIT: Looks like there's some controversy. Here's the best thing I found:

Wait, what? I though Mary Sue was a character that has everything the creator of that character likes. Kinda like Nameless.

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:37 PM
There are two plots who are currently running: Fat Fish Fury: Reboot, and Future Imperfect.

Fat Fish Fury: Reboot is, obviously, eponymous. It tells the story of a band of heroes, led by the humanoid penguin Kpenguin and the flying landfish Salmon, trying to find the Talisman of the Dragon King before the villains, and is generally a very light, silly, humour-centred story.

Future Imperfect is a continuation of the original Fat Fish Fury, taking place 15 years in the future. The world is now under the influence of the benevolent United Nations of Avbaroy, an international organisation that is slowly becoming a world government, founded by the extraterrestrial nano-mechanical Sovices and their human-formed leader, Ins.

The story involves the rebellious Avbaroy Liberation Front, who, thanks to their now-insane leader, Igon Minoblendy, believe that the UNA is not as good as it seems, as the Sovices have suspicious motives and a mysterious plan. The morality of both sides is not clear-cut, as the ALF is an unscrupulous terrorist organisation unafraid to slaughter thousands of innocents to achieve their aims, while the UNA appears ethical on the surface but deep down is full of conspiracies, assassinations, mercenaries and the Sovices' unknown master plan.

You can read some of the archive here (http://fi.thecomicseries.com/comics/1/). I'll update it soon.

Hopefully that'll clear some things up.

By the way, Mask, this (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5530814&postcount=763) list needs updating. As has been recently discussed, Nilmerg isn't a soldier, Keveak exists, and Nameless is no cook.

/\ See previous mention of controversy. So, Nameless, what's this about ripping off my rank? Unless, of course, you would like to serve under me. :smallamused::smallwink:

Fin
2010-04-17, 01:38 PM
Just a quick apology to TS I said I would have a comic up today but it will have to be tomorrow I am afraid, been a busy day in RL, plus I have like a million wolf based templates still to make... :smallsmile:

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 01:41 PM
That's how we've been doing since the dawn of ABR (before the plots even) plots are made for it :smallbiggrin:

Mary Sue (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarySue) If my knowledge is correct its a character who is perfect with no flaws and who never loses and always knew what the enemy was planning, etc.

In short it's a boring character who's creator can't stand there being anyone better than hir character.


Not quite. Actually, Mary Sues are just really feminine characters. Gary Stues are closer to the mark, being common owners of the 'badass' trope. Also, neither means the guy always wins, just that no matter whether they win or lose, they look cool doing it.

EDIT: Looks like there's some controversy. Here's the best thing I found:



Wait, what? I though Mary Sue was a character that has everything the creator of that character likes. Kinda like Nameless.

You guys might want to read the first paragraph of the article Keveak linked to:


Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fan Fic circles to describe a particular type of character. This much everyone can agree on. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person.

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:45 PM
You guys might want to read the first paragraph of the article Keveak linked to:

Apparently, TS, you didn't see the quote I made. I know about the controversy, but what I quoted is the closest we have to fact.

By the way, I'm having trouble logging on to the IRC. How do I go on it? I use Mibbit.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 01:50 PM
Apparently, TS, you didn't see the quote I made. I know about the controversy, but what I quoted is the closest we have to fact.

The thing about ninja quotes is, that you don't see them. That's why they're ninja quotes.

EDIT
oh you mean that one. Well it's still your fault :smallannoyed:

The Gremlin
2010-04-17, 01:51 PM
The thing about ninja quotes is, that you don't see them. That's why they're ninja quotes.

Cursed ninjas.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 01:58 PM
By the way, I'm having trouble logging on to the IRC. How do I go on it? I use Mibbit.

In the first rectangle, select DAL, and enter #AvatarBattleRoyale in the Channel section.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 02:23 PM
Not quite. Actually, Mary Sues are just really feminine characters. Gary Stues are closer to the mark, being common owners of the 'badass' trope. Also, neither means the guy always wins, just that no matter whether they win or lose, they look cool doing it.

EDIT: Looks like there's some controversy. Here's the best thing I found:

They word it better but weren't my description basically an exagerated version of their's?

licoot
2010-04-17, 03:32 PM
OK, so I thought I'd start of with a character, what do you think of this for FI:

His name would be Feevor(pronounced like a fever) McBird.
He would essentially be like a cleric, although be less purely healing based then a conventional cleric.
He wouldn't be a bit like a wizard more like a ranger or fighter.
He would be armed with a large wooden staff and be proficient with fighting with it.
I've designed two versions of what he would look like:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FeevorMcBird.png?t=1271537183
I havn't decided which is better yet.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

EDIT: I just realized that its unclear what I meant, he would be like a slightly below average cleric who had multiclassed to fighter or ranger

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 03:35 PM
Isn't there an ALF page on the ABR wiki? I can't find any :smallconfused:

And in the light of this unanswered question stands another question:
Do we have any uniforms for ALF regulars?

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 03:35 PM
CrimsonAngel quit like one with jacket. CrimsonAngel think jacketless one easier to draw. CrimsonAngel wonders if that is a staff.

CrimsonAngel wants to know what plot you joining.

licoot
2010-04-17, 03:36 PM
CrimsonAngel quit like one with jacket. CrimsonAngel think jacketless one easier to draw. CrimsonAngel wonders if that is a staff.

Its a staff and I guess I'll stick with the one without the jacket, and I'll be joining FI

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 03:38 PM
CrimsonAngel welcomes to team.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 03:39 PM
Licoot, I forgot to add, Future Imperfect's technology level is about that of 19th/early 20th century (with zeppelins and coloured newsreel with sound, however), so that character would be kinda out of place... Especially since there is no "adventuring party" to stick around, and D&D rules have limited influence, being present mainly in magicians' spells, and even there it's but a loose guideline at best.

-skimmer-
2010-04-17, 03:41 PM
Licoot, I forgot to add, Future Imperfect's technology level is about that of 19th/early 20th century (with zeppelins and coloured newsreel with sound, however), so that character would be kinda out of place... Especially since there is no "adventuring party" to stick around, and D&D rules have limited influence, being present mainly in magicians' spells, and even there it's but a loose guideline at best.

Actually, that's what makes his char awesome....

also, I liked the jacket:smallfrown:

Kumo
2010-04-17, 04:01 PM
Isn't there an ALF page on the ABR wiki? I can't find any :smallconfused:

And in the light of this unanswered question stands another question:
Do we have any uniforms for ALF regulars?

It was stated at some point that there's no uniform for the ALF.

T-O-E
2010-04-17, 04:04 PM
Licoot, I forgot to add, Future Imperfect's technology level is about that of 19th/early 20th century (with zeppelins and coloured newsreel with sound, however), so that character would be kinda out of place... Especially since there is no "adventuring party" to stick around, and D&D rules have limited influence, being present mainly in magicians' spells, and even there it's but a loose guideline at best.

Because he uses a staff? Doesn't seem that impactical, especially considering that he can use magic.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 04:10 PM
What color magic does Feevor use?

Mina Kobold
2010-04-17, 04:10 PM
Because he uses a staff? Doesn't seem that impactical, especially considering that he can use magic.

I have a character who wanders around in a grey karate outfit.

A staff is perfectly fine, I believe he meant the part about his powers in relation to DnD terms :smallsmile:

Kumo
2010-04-17, 04:15 PM
I have a character who wanders around in a grey karate outfit.

A staff is perfectly fine, I believe he meant the part about his powers in relation to DnD terms :smallsmile:

Haven't we all discussed our character's powers like that at some point? >.>

-skimmer-
2010-04-17, 04:16 PM
Do we have any uniforms for ALF regulars?

It was stated at some point that there's no uniform for the ALF.

Nameless made long time ago some grim reapish looking outfit which was supposed to be ALFs uniform(I'm not sure and I don't want to dig it up now)....anyway, he used it for all mooks from citadel already:

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x203/tomshaer/4-7.png

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 04:17 PM
Those are more like nameless goons then uniforms... I'm not even sure if they're human.

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 04:20 PM
Those are more like nameless goons then uniforms... I'm not even sure if they're human.

Maybe they're Unseen Servants, the original magical "crew" of the Citadel?

No, the ALF doesn't have uniforms. They don't have enough money or interest to hire professional tailors.

-skimmer-
2010-04-17, 04:22 PM
Those are more like nameless goons then uniforms... I'm not even sure if they're human.

They are....Nameless just took his white faceless templates and dressed them up:smalltongue:


Maybe they're Unseen Servants, the original magical "crew" of the Citadel?


Aren't unseen servants unable to go outside the citadel?:smallconfused:

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 04:22 PM
Thanks. Okay another random question: How do you pronounce "Sovice"?

Like "service" with an "o" instead of an "er" or like "Miami Vice" with a "So" instead of a "Miami "?

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 04:25 PM
Thanks. Okay another random question: How do you pronounce "Sovice"?

Like "service" with an "o" instead of an "er" or like "Miami Vice" with a "So" instead of a "Miami "?

I believe Lying said it was "soh'vis", but I'm not sure.

Emperor Ing
2010-04-17, 04:27 PM
I'm quite certain it's So (so as in "So, what's up?") - Vihse (As in "vice" in "Service")

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 04:29 PM
I always pronounced it like So (So what?) Viss.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 04:35 PM
"We are the OPM - Oddly Pronounced Machines. And we shall destroy you all."

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 04:49 PM
Good then I was pronouncing it right. *goes back to waiting for fin to finish his comic*

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 04:53 PM
I need to run into someone, i'm getting on a zepelin right now.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 04:54 PM
I need to run into someone, i'm getting on a zepelin right now.

you could get onto a train as i bust out of it.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 04:55 PM
Yeah sure, why not.

licoot
2010-04-17, 04:59 PM
What color magic does Feevor use?

Its a bit plain and boring but white.

Also by the whole cleric to fighter/ranger thing I just meant that he could use magic to heal and other, although basic, spells and other wise was like a fighter, weather with guns or with weapons.

EDIT:
I made a FI comic for feevor and decided to run it past here before actually posting it:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FI1.png?t=1271543279

Mad Mask
2010-04-17, 05:13 PM
Its a bit plain and boring but white.

Also by the whole cleric to fighter/ranger thing I just meant that he could use magic to heal and other, but basic spells, and other wize was like a fighter, weather with guns or with weapons.

You're not constrained by D&D in FI, in fact there is no game system at all. You can remain with it if that's what you're comfortable with, but no-one is forcing you to. EDIT: Also I should remind you that any D&D healing spell, if facing a bullet wound, won't do much. You have to remove the bullet before applying any Cure X (or Heal) spell.

Is your character going to be with the ALF or the UNA?

^What's happening? Where is he? What is he doing? Who is targeting him?

licoot
2010-04-17, 05:19 PM
You're not constrained by D&D in FI, in fact there is no game system at all. You can remain with it if that's what you're comfortable with, but no-one is forcing you to. EDIT: Also I should remind you that any D&D healing spell, if facing a bullet wound, won't do much. You have to remove the bullet before applying any Cure X (or Heal) spell.

Is your character going to be with the ALF or the UNA?

He's with the ALF

Also I thought it wasn't clear that's why I posted it, he is basically being chased though the city everyone is in by a group of soldiers, like a normal generic squad

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 05:21 PM
The door vaguley resembles the one from my comic...

Emperor Ing
2010-04-17, 05:27 PM
Yes, because every single door throughout the world is completely and inexplicably unique.

licoot
2010-04-17, 05:29 PM
The door vaguley resembles the one from my comic...

Its just a normal door, the area has similar colours because I didn't want to have an obviously brown building in an area full of green/blue ones etc.

Lyinginbedmon
2010-04-17, 05:33 PM
Yes, because every single door throughout the world is completely and inexplicably unique.

Well, technically...

Emperor Ing
2010-04-17, 05:37 PM
Well, technically...

Superfically....no.

licoot
2010-04-17, 05:43 PM
Do you think I should post that comic or not? And should I make any changes?

-skimmer-
2010-04-17, 05:54 PM
Do you think I should post that comic or not? And should I make any changes?

You mean what you posted earlier was a finished comic? Well, no one's stopping you, but maybe would be wise to add few panels to show us what's going on before you post it....
Where is he running to? Why is he running? And so on....

Kumo
2010-04-17, 06:32 PM
Well, technically...

TECHNICALLY my underwear can be a hat.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 07:16 PM
TECHNICALLY my underwear can be a hat.

Go for it! And don't forget to take pictures.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 07:51 PM
Don't be afraid to hire a coreographer.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 07:53 PM
Go for it! And don't forget to take pictures.

My face would drive you insane from horror.


Don't be afraid to hire a coreographer.

Why would i need to do that? i'm not going to be dancing.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 08:02 PM
Awww comeon, do a dance.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 08:49 PM
My face would drive you insane from horror.


I doubt that. I consist of insanity. Insanity and cheesecake. And now go take pictures of yourself wearing your underwear on your head! :smallmad:

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 09:14 PM
There you go, Kumo.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 09:15 PM
There you go, Kumo.

Making a comic...

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 09:15 PM
I'm sorry, i'm not very patient.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 09:20 PM
How'd he get out of that situation with crims? and what happened to crims?

And why don't I have a bagel?

Kumo
2010-04-17, 09:21 PM
I'm sorry, i'm not very patient.

.....

*looks at completely blank paper*

uh... it's... ok?


How'd he get out of that situation with chris? and what happened to chris?

And why don't I have a bagel?

i think it's spelled Kris, actually =P

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 09:22 PM
It is Kris, and i'll let you imagine senarios in which he escapes. Because.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 09:23 PM
Alright fixed it.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 09:25 PM
Not much better ,as both chracters are technicaly crims.

Threeshades
2010-04-17, 09:30 PM
Then I will now call them Krims and Lims. And make a sitcom of it.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 10:10 PM
Does it matter how stupid the regular UNA peacekeepers are?

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 10:15 PM
I would think they would be atleast average intelligence.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 10:19 PM
I would think they would be atleast average intelligence.

I didn't mean as a whole

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 10:21 PM
This is like the yellow hat thing again, Kumo. You phrased it that way.

Kumo
2010-04-17, 10:24 PM
This is like the yellow hat thing again, Kumo. You phrased it that way.

...

*looks back*

... oops, sorry... i meant, does it matter how smart/dumb an individual regular peacekeeper is?

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-17, 10:28 PM
I'd ask MadMask.

Silverraptor
2010-04-17, 11:14 PM
Uhhh, guys? Why are there 2 discussion threads?:smallconfused:

Kumo
2010-04-17, 11:26 PM
Uhhh, guys? Why are there 2 discussion threads?:smallconfused:

Accidental posting most likely.

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 01:34 AM
Wait, doesn't he know about the invasion plans?
First we attack the Fox Inn, and subdue them. Pretend it was self-defense. Then...
*Notices people staring at him*
Um, nevermind.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 02:20 AM
And why don't I have a bagel?

I think that was my breakfast, sorry :smalltongue:


Wait, doesn't he know about the invasion plans?
First we attack the Fox Inn, and subdue them. Pretend it was self-defense. Then...
*Notices people staring at him*
Um, nevermind.

Interesting theory you've got there, we must test it.

To the Town!...

*Comes back*

:smalleek: S-sc-scary-y

Kumo
2010-04-18, 02:25 AM
... where's fffr?

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 02:46 AM
... where's fffr?

In the art thread?

Or maybe Pluto, I like that planet :smallsmile:

Kumo
2010-04-18, 02:58 AM
In the art thread?

Or maybe Pluto, I like that planet :smallsmile:

Smart aleck. :smallannoyed: i was referring to updates.

licoot
2010-04-18, 04:14 AM
OK, I finished my first comic and wanted feedback so I could tweak it,
Incase what happens is unclear, Feevor is basically being targeted by some slightly above averagely trained UNA soildures and making a break to get out of the area.
I'm not saying he can take them on on his own, thats why hes running
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FI1-1.png?t=1271582732
Sorry it will stretch the screen, havn't quite got the hang of making it the right size

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 05:05 AM
OK, I finished my first comic and wanted feedback so I could tweak it,
Incase what happens is unclear, Feevor is basically being targeted by some slightly above averagely trained UNA soildures and making a break to get out of the area.
I'm not saying he can take them on on his own, thats why hes running
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FI1-1.png?t=1271582732
Sorry it will stretch the screen, havn't quite got the hang of making it the right size

The UNA 'territory' is basically the entire world sans what's uninhabitable or unknown to them (e.g. Goldunscael, which haven't officially entered world politics for centuries) why would a peacekeeper think a terrorist stupid because he's there?
ALF is a resistance movement, not a faction. remember that.

Otherwise it's a pretty good comic, certainly better than mine were when I joined :smallsmile:

licoot
2010-04-18, 05:08 AM
The UNA 'territory' is basically the entire world sans what's uninhabitable or unknown to them (e.g. Goldunscael, which haven't officially entered world politics for centuries) why would a peacekeeper think a terrorist stupid because he's there?
ALF is a resistance movement, not a faction. remember that.

Otherwise it's a pretty good comic, certainly better than mine were when I joined :smallsmile:

I'll change that.
And thanks, but I find it hard to believe that it's better then yours were when you started:smallsmile:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 05:41 AM
I'll change that.
And thanks, but I find it hard to believe that it's better then yours were when you started:smallsmile:

Oldest comic I could find:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7412/rect4130bigfanaz1.png

Still think a thirteen year old (back then, not now) was better than you are now :smalltongue:

chriky
2010-04-18, 05:47 AM
Or maybe Pluto, I like that planet :smallsmile:

Pluto's not a planet. :smalltongue:

Emperor Ing
2010-04-18, 05:48 AM
Pluto's not a planet. :smalltongue:

This is why I hate smart people. :smalltongue:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 05:56 AM
Pluto's not a planet. :smalltongue:

Dwarf planet is still a kind of planet :smallmad::smalltongue:

chriky
2010-04-18, 06:34 AM
This is why I hate smart people. :smalltongue:

I tried not to say it but I just had to.

Mad Mask
2010-04-18, 06:37 AM
Oldest comic I could find:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7412/rect4130bigfanaz1.png

Still think a thirteen year old (back then, not now) was better than you are now :smalltongue:

Don't try to hide the truth, Keveak. :smalltongue:

http://b.imagehost.org/0558/rect3911-Keveak.png

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 06:44 AM
Don't try to hide the truth, Keveak. :smalltongue:

http://b.imagehost.org/0558/rect3911-Keveak.png

I stopped using Imagehost shortly after that and completely forgot I had ever used anything but Imageshack, so my statement is still true.

And now stop digging up embarrassingly bad comics of mine!

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 06:49 AM
Pluto's not a planet. :smalltongue:

http://www.shirtlog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ItsOkayPluto_Fullpic_1.gif



FI: Threeshades, if anything here is totally out of character let me know, also I apologise I never used all the gang but it was getting unwieldly so I just used the characters I felt I needed.http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9296/abrcomicfoura.png
Seems okay to me, just make gorbog a bit bigger, and he also is capable of using first person. His grammar and syntax are quite decent, its only vocabulary he really lacks.

As for the font size, use something from 12-14 that should do it. I use 10 but only because my comics sometimes tend to get wordy.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 08:00 AM
Comics I made when I was 12:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/oots2_9.gif

Comics I make now that i'm 13:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/183.png

licoot
2010-04-18, 08:06 AM
Comics I made when I was 12:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/oots2_9.gif

Comics I make now that i'm 13:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/183.png

Now that's just showing off:smallwink:

and the ones you made when you were twelve weren't in any way bad, the lines were just a bit thin

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 08:09 AM
I'm thinking of doing the same thing I did with my other comic, WAR GAMES!, and redo all of the comics.

Kumo
2010-04-18, 11:04 AM
Where does the UNA think Lor Nae's missing piece of her crystal eye is?

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 11:09 AM
I accidentally bout super mario world 2 instead of one. :smallfrown:

I wanna make a comic but I can't really come up with anything to continue from Fin's

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 11:20 AM
Where does the UNA think Lor Nae's missing piece of her crystal eye is?

I thought it was just a really big crystal, not a crystal eye (in the newest comic featuring it it is larger than Lor Nae)

They presumably believe it to be in Merinas, as they're looking there and Lor Nae never seems to leave the country.

Kumo
2010-04-18, 11:37 AM
I thought it was just a really big crystal, not a crystal eye (in the newest comic featuring it it is larger than Lor Nae)

They presumably believe it to be in Merinas, as they're looking there and Lor Nae never seems to leave the country.

Where, specifically? Evidently they think it's in that city everybody's dive bombing but where in that city?

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 11:41 AM
Where, specifically? Evidently they think it's in that city everybody's dive bombing but where in that city?

Well given the fact that nobody's at the same place I think it's safe to assume that they haven't got it more specified.

-skimmer-
2010-04-18, 11:47 AM
Where does the UNA think Lor Nae's missing piece of her crystal eye is?

http://kinogo.com/victor/fi/comics/fi9.png

See that large tower in the last panel? Where else it would be?:smalltongue:

Kumo
2010-04-18, 11:50 AM
http://kinogo.com/victor/fi/comics/fi9.png

See that large tower in the last panel? Where else it would be?:smalltongue:

Somewhere less incredibly obvious?

Honestly, if i stole something and wanted to keep it hidden, i'd put it somewhere where people WOULDN'T look for it!!!!

EDIT: Oh, and Thanks.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 11:51 AM
http://kinogo.com/victor/fi/comics/fi9.png

See that large tower in the last panel? Where else it would be?:smalltongue:

That's where I'd believe the crystal itself to be, but why would a piece of it that Lor Nae lost be in there?

licoot
2010-04-18, 12:01 PM
Does anyone know which thread FI starts on I went back but where I thought I saw the start, it turns out I didn't go far enough, and I can't remember when I stopped going back:smallfrown:

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 12:06 PM
Does anyone know which thread FI starts on I went back but where I thought I saw the start, it turns out I didn't go far enough, and I can't remember when I stopped going back:smallfrown:

A link to Mad Mask's archive on FI comics can be found on the first page of the current Art Thread and the first that was made ever was The Q's intro to FI in the last Art Thread (Though chronologically it's number five or so)

licoot
2010-04-18, 12:07 PM
A link to Mad Mask's archive on FI comics can be found on the first page of the current Art Thread and the first that was made ever was The Q's intro to FI in the last Art Thread (Though chronologically it's number five or so)

thanks:smallsmile:

-skimmer-
2010-04-18, 12:09 PM
That's where I'd believe the crystal itself to be, but why would a piece of it that Lor Nae lost be in there?

Think. Why would we need to search for it in her own necropolis? Especially if she has thousands of loyal minions that could find that stone in no time? Also, if you want peace with someone, you don't usually go and butcher all their troops in the process:smalltongue:

This is obviously a different town with different tower and different necromancer(?) inside....


A link to Mad Mask's archive on FI comics can be found on the first page of the current Art Thread and the first that was made ever was The Q's intro to FI in the last Art Thread (Though chronologically it's number five or so)

Speaking of archive, last time I checked the number of comics actually decreased from 21 to 12 for some reason....

Kumo
2010-04-18, 12:12 PM
Think. Why would we need to search for it in her own necropolis? Especially if she has thousands of loyal minions that could find that stone in no time? Also, if you want peace with someone, you don't usually go and butcher all their troops in the process:smalltongue:

This is obviously a different town with different tower and different necromancer(?) inside....

That, and if they dive bombed the capital Lor Nae would tell all of her undead to sic 'em before she even considered why they came.

Mad Mask
2010-04-18, 12:35 PM
Think. Why would we need to search for it in her own necropolis? Especially if she has thousands of loyal minions that could find that stone in no time? Also, if you want peace with someone, you don't usually go and butcher all their troops in the process:smalltongue:

This is obviously a different town with different tower and different necromancer(?) inside....

True that.


Speaking of archive, last time I checked the number of comics actually decreased from 21 to 12 for some reason....

The number should be increasing by now, as I'm uploading new comics.

They're in a different order than in the art thread, being in an easier-to-follow chronology. That's why it takes more time to update the archive, I have to wait for a series to have a significant amount of comics.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 12:44 PM
Hmm, it looks like some minor things are missing from some of my comics. The elevator music and a sound effect are missing. :smallconfused:

Kumo
2010-04-18, 12:45 PM
Hmm, it looks like some minor things are missing from some of my comics. The elevator music and a sound effect are missing. :smallconfused:

Hey, at least yours are there :smalltongue:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 12:51 PM
My first comic is so bad I refuse to repost it. I was one of those really annoying guys, who copy-pasted other peoples' artwork and felt like he was supposed to be the main focus of the plot. :smallannoyed:

Kumo
2010-04-18, 12:58 PM
My first comic is so bad I refuse to repost it. I was one of those really annoying guys, who copy-pasted other peoples' artwork and felt like he was supposed to be the main focus of the plot. :smallannoyed:

Up until the one where Annah stabs me my comics make me wanna cry.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 12:58 PM
My first comic is so bad I refuse to repost it. I was one of those really annoying guys, who copy-pasted other peoples' artwork and felt like he was supposed to be the main focus of the plot. :smallannoyed:

When do we get to the part where it's different from the rest of us' :smalltongue:

Lyinginbedmon
2010-04-18, 01:04 PM
Anyone that locates and reposts my first ever ABR comic will experience a sharp stabbing pain in their chest, right after I stab them.

Followed by a burning sensation over the rest of their body.

licoot
2010-04-18, 01:10 PM
My first comic:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FI1-2.png?t=1271615104
Now:
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab238/licoot/FI1-2.png?t=1271615104
Hmmmm...:smallbiggrin:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 01:15 PM
Anyone that locates and reposts my first ever ABR comic will experience a sharp stabbing pain in their chest, right after I stab them.

Followed by a burning sensation over the rest of their body.

Alright, you heard the man! FIND THAT COMIC!

SinisterPenguin
2010-04-18, 01:15 PM
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9836/rect3567.png

I thought I'd try joining this. :smallsmile:

...My first comic was pretty bad.

Darklord Bright
2010-04-18, 01:17 PM
Sinister is NAKED.

NAKED PENGUIN.

Mad Mask
2010-04-18, 01:18 PM
Anyone that locates and reposts my first ever ABR comic will experience a sharp stabbing pain in their chest, right after I stab them.

Followed by a burning sensation over the rest of their body.

Oh really? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3112178&postcount=1295) :smalltongue: It wasn't that bad, certainly better than other peoples'...

My first comic was horrible, I never want to see it again. Even the panels were all messed up. :smalleek:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 01:20 PM
Oh really? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3112178&postcount=1295) :smalltongue: It wasn't that bad, certainly better than other peoples'...

My first comic was horrible, I never want to see it again. Even the panels were all messed up. :smalleek:

I thought it was okay, from what I recall of it.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 01:27 PM
Oh really? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3112178&postcount=1295) :smalltongue: It wasn't that bad, certainly better than other peoples'...

My first comic was horrible, I never want to see it again. Even the panels were all messed up. :smalleek:

Dang your godspeed imagefinding!

As revenge I will find and repost YOUR first comic :smallmad::smalltongue:

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 01:30 PM
Awesome, Kev. I was wondering what it looked like.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 01:49 PM
This was the oldest I could find, it's even labelled FFF1

http://www.kinogo.com/victor/fff1.gif

Still better than mine :smallfrown:

licoot
2010-04-18, 01:50 PM
This was the oldest I could find, it's even labelled FFF1

http://www.kinogo.com/victor/fff1.gif

Still better than mine :smallfrown:

That's ridiculous, its 10x better then mine now:smallfurious::smallbiggrin:
(even though I just started comics, I've been making avatars and one panel things scince I before I joined the forums)

Is that really his first:smallconfused:

Mad Mask
2010-04-18, 01:56 PM
That's ridiculous, its 10x better then mine now:smallfurious::smallbiggrin:
(even though I just started comics, I've been making avatars and one panel things scince I before I joined the forums)

Is that really his first:smallconfused:

No. This (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3311613&postcount=1068) is my first comic.

The other comic was posted 08-19-2008, it was my definite return into ABR after a long period of sporadic updates.

Mina Kobold
2010-04-18, 01:57 PM
That's ridiculous, its 10x better then mine now:smallfurious::smallbiggrin:
(even though I just started comics, I've been making avatars and one panel things scince I before I joined the forums)

Is that really his first:smallconfused:

He posted three comics on that page of that thread and none on the three pages before that so it probably was (it was the oldest thread I could find any of his posts in)

So yeah, he's talented and we suck :smallfrown:

EDIT: ninja'ed

EDITEDIT: And it's still better than mine! :smallfurious::smalltongue:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 02:03 PM
No. This (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3311613&postcount=1068) is my first comic.

The other comic was posted 08-19-2008, it was my definite return into ABR after a long period of sporadic updates.

You know those comics about kid versions of characters in comics we already know? And how they make little references to how the characters became what they are now (a non-comic example is the Monk episode where they show Monk as a kid being told that he should carry 'wipes' around with him)? Well, this is like that. Because, in that first post, you came up with the original incarnation for FI. :smallbiggrin:

licoot
2010-04-18, 02:07 PM
No. This (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3311613&postcount=1068) is my first comic.

The other comic was posted 08-19-2008, it was my definite return into ABR after a long period of sporadic updates.

Well that makes more scence, but it's still better then it should be:smallmad::smallsmile:

Fin
2010-04-18, 02:20 PM
I wanna make a comic but I can't really come up with anything to continue from Fin's

A monkey was just handed a revolver and you can't think of anything to draw!? For shame... Actually I couldn't think of anything either, that is why I left it there :smallredface::smalltongue:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 02:46 PM
Just thought I'd cheer up Kev here. My first comics:

Hope you guys don't mind. but I have two strips.
If this messes up anyone's plans for the comic, I'm sorry.
Strip One:http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1360/abrintroductorycomickh1.png
Strip Two:http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1932/abrintroductorycomic2dt5.png
EDIT: Damn it! I didn't notice the extra comics! Pay no attention to these two comics then.
EDIT AGAIN: Okay, fixed now.

These were rules non-canon. My first canon appearance ironically is the reverse, starting out non-canon.

Non-canon (obviously).
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9958/abrnoncanonaj8.png

EDIT: Hmm. Reading old comics, I kind of like the way Jason Doomsblade drew me (the first time, not the later times where I'm an oval with legs). It looks a lot simpler for Paint. :smallsmile:

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 02:50 PM
Put up a random comic.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 02:56 PM
Put up a random comic.

Curse you, that background is remarkable!

T-O-E
2010-04-18, 02:59 PM
I'm glad my first (and only?) comics were parodies of other people's. Also that I deleted them.

I remember Tiffany complaining about my erasing Calamity, Mad Mask and Lying from existence and butchering the English language. :smalltongue:

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 03:08 PM
I just realized why my "Random" page was so slow... I had a giant dragon in the corner away from the rest of the drawings!

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 04:15 PM
Curse you, that background is remarkable!

The game background or my room?

As for the latter, if I would have gone into detail, there would be at least 3 more stuffed pandas on the bed and piles of books and paperstuff around it.

Kumo
2010-04-18, 04:16 PM
Oh really? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3112178&postcount=1295) :smalltongue: It wasn't that bad, certainly better than other peoples'...

My first comic was horrible, I never want to see it again. Even the panels were all messed up. :smalleek:

Mine didn't have an outside border >.>

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 04:17 PM
The game background or my room?

As for the latter, if I would have gone into detail, there would be at least 3 more stuffed pandas on the bed and piles of books and paperstuff around it.

Mind if a become paladin of Threeshades?

Nameless
2010-04-18, 04:31 PM
Threeshades, I don't think you understand how much I love you right now.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 04:33 PM
Oh, i've been meening to ask you something, Threeshades, how do you keep the gradients in your comics stay in the same place each panel?

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 05:41 PM
Threeshades, I don't think you understand how much I love you right now.

I think I do :smallamused:


http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/EmperorIng/zombiegoast.png

And the pants were dead...


Oh, i've been meening to ask you something, Threeshades, how do you keep the gradients in your comics stay in the same place each panel?

I just duplicate the objects and then move them.


Mind if a become paladin of Threeshades?

Sure don't. Get me some clerics too and I will think up a holy symbol.
My preferred weapon by the way is the big ass knife and my domains are water, chaos, darkness, video games, nature, fire and cheesecake

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 06:30 PM
Er, you mean when you move the objects
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/g785.png
dosen't happen?

The gradient always stays in the same spot, for me.

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 07:09 PM
Er, you mean when you move the objects
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/g785.png
dosen't happen?

The gradient always stays in the same spot, for me.

I can move them, duplicate and move the clones or copy and paste them anywhere I damn well please and the gradient stays with the object.

Only problem i ever have is when i copy and paste an object from another file more than once, the following copies won't have the gradient at all. Which is why I usually copy/paste something like a master copy from the template file and then copy or duplicate that one.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 07:13 PM
Aw shucks, what version inkscape do you have?

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 07:16 PM
Hell if I know. I think it's an older one.



Also that thing with Yoshi's Island really happened to me.

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 07:19 PM
Paladin me is almost done. Just needs a holy symbol.

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 07:41 PM
Paladin me is almost done. Just needs a holy symbol.
Where are my clerics? :smallamused:

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 07:46 PM
Where are my clerics? :smallamused:

Ah, great, a competitor religion. You realize this means war. :smallannoyed:

Everyone, I have a minor announcement to make. I'm leaving ABR!
Ah, sorry, old habit. :smalltongue:
Anyways, I think I've figured out Nilmerg's appearance, once and for all. What do you guys think?
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9619/nilmergeht.png

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 07:47 PM
Good thing I haven't made your template yet.

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 07:49 PM
Here goes the symbol of Threeshades
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/Tobi-Sean/HolySymbol.png

CrimsonAngel
2010-04-18, 07:51 PM
I'd tap warship dat.

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 08:41 PM
Shouldn't you have the hat n' stache combo in your symbol?

EDIT: Out of curiosity, guys, I know that copy-pasting in comics is generally frowned upon, but what about copy-pasting backgrounds? Not that I do this, but I was wondering whether I could get away with less work. :smallconfused:
:smalltongue:

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 09:03 PM
Shouldn't you have the hat n' stache combo in your symbol?

Nah that's the ceremonial dress for my clerics.

Kumo
2010-04-18, 09:06 PM
Shouldn't you have the hat n' stache combo in your symbol?

EDIT: Out of curiosity, guys, I know that copy-pasting in comics is generally frowned upon, but what about copy-pasting backgrounds? Not that I do this, but I was wondering whether I could get away with less work. :smallconfused:
:smalltongue:

i didn't even know copy+paste from frame to frame was frowned upon, period >.>

Threeshades
2010-04-18, 09:14 PM
are we talking about copy pasting your own stuff or others?

Because I only draw everything once, and from that point on its all copypaste.



I think tomorrow I will write spell lists for the Cheesecake and Video Games domains.

SinisterPenguin
2010-04-18, 09:29 PM
Er, you mean when you move the objects
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/oots/g785.png
dosen't happen?

The gradient always stays in the same spot, for me.

Make sure you have the selector tool selected, then maximize Inkscape. See the symbols on the far right of the top toolbar? Click on the third (I think. If not, mouse over them until you see one that talks about gradients.) one to the right. That should allow you to move gradients around with the objects.

The Gremlin
2010-04-18, 10:04 PM
are we talking about copy pasting your own stuff or others?

Because I only draw everything once, and from that point on its all copypaste.



I think tomorrow I will write spell lists for the Cheesecake and Video Games domains.

The former.

EDIT: Woo! Two comics done in one day! That's the most I've gotten done since...a long time ago.
Also, I tried out some shading in the last comic. I kind of like it, I think I'll keep using it. :smallsmile:

-skimmer-
2010-04-19, 01:43 AM
@Grem:
Are you going to tell us why is Nilmerg suddenly glowing green, or we have to wait for the next comic?:smallsmile:

Green-Shirt Q
2010-04-19, 05:54 AM
Out of curiosity, guys, I know that copy-pasting in comics is generally frowned upon, but what about copy-pasting backgrounds?

are we talking about copy pasting your own stuff or others?

The former.

Wait, so copy-pasting your own stuff was sudenly frowned upon? :smallconfused:

Is there a single person here who re-draws their characters every single time? I'm guessing no.

I mean, we may alter templates, but we don't just re-draw the entire thing! Copy and paste as much as you want, as long as it's your own work.