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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
All you need to scry is a shiny surface? In that case, Dominic doesn't even need anything to scry with. He can just use what's been literally in front of his face the whole time: HIS GLASSES.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Traab
Ill see that and raise it another 5$ that says when he DOES penetrate the wards, he will be spotted after he learns what he needs to know.
Wait... Maybe the Wards are the active and observing Battlemages.
And Dominic will use the sword to stab then with the projection of the blade, causing psychic backlash.
Maybe this scrying business will start looking a little cloak and dagger.
And of course, the return of the He - Dom.
I HAVE THE POWER... Beam spam...
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Johnny Blade
Hey, it's not like Dominic's that interested in history, right?
So there's really no reason for him to know his field's history.
Obviously. Being a seer is about looking into the future, not the past. He doesn't need to know, he needs to know anti-history.
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Originally Posted by
Johnny Blade
Just to make sure I remember this right, Sword of Truth was that terrible crap that's kind of like what Ayn Rand would have written if she'd been
1. a stereotypical neckbearded neard that never touched a boob,
2. obsessed with BDSM,
3. more insane,
right?
Not...exactly. Rand had quite heterodox views on rape and relationships that puts her on par with Goodkind in regard to BDSM, insanity and the need to get laid. Altough she didn't have a beard.
And Goodkind is quite bad at being an actual objectivist. He apparently dislikes social security and government regulation, but proposes a very strong government when it comes to national security. And his views on the necessity of violence are the total opposite of what Rand said.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Didn't Rand hate fantasy books though? Or did Terry justify it?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
According to Goodkind, he doesn't write fantasy because fantasy is about worldbuilding and his books are about "important human themes." Or something. He gets kind of ranty in interviews. The Westeros community had some really good Goodkind snark threads a while back, if you care to learn more.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
I just wonder. Does mookie EVER think about his dwindling fanbase? Or about his mistakes?
How much denial does it take to ignore your official forum mostly talking smack about your comic?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
He hasn't had an official forum since he left Keenspot. And how do we know that his fanbase is dwindling?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Kizor
He hasn't had an official forum since he left Keenspot. And how do we know that his fanbase is dwindling?
Well, even the snarkers are leaving. :smalltongue:
But more seriously, there were some other communities with actual fans; the more sincerely supporting of the comic being the livejournal community, IIRC... or was it the Domination one? Either way, looking at those links, the communities seem to be rather... in a terminal condition.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
He does link to the unofficial ones, at least. DomiNATION appears to be a less active snark forum, Keenspot is... not surprising anyone, and the LJ hasn't had a post in months. It also looked like it might have been getting some snark, but complete inactivity seems to have stifled that.
I seem to recall that he at least knew he was controversial, which doesn't really prove anything, now I think about it.
I threw a couple artists into Twitter to compare followers, and while Mookie was somewhat lower than most of them, there are probably enough confounding factors that it doesn't mean anything.
So, I guess the question is, where do DD fans go now?
(Slowpoast. :smallcool: :smallannoyed:)
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
mwchase
So, I guess the question is, where do DD fans go now?
I think the leading theory is that (usually) as soon as someone starts to think about DD he begins to see the flaws and long-term turns into a snarker. So inevitable any forum becomes a snark forum and, if there are no rules enforcing civil behaviour, finally a hate forum.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Welf
I think the leading theory is that (usually) as soon as someone starts to think about DD he begins to see the flaws and long-term turns into a snarker. So inevitable any forum becomes a snark forum and, if there are no rules enforcing civil behaviour, finally a hate forum.
But does this mean that, if Mookie were to think about DD, he would become a snarker?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
TheLaughingMan
But does this mean that, if Mookie were to think about DD, he would become a snarker?
If a tree falls in the forest...
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
All the Snarkers are threatening to leave. However, if I read the flowchart on the first page properly, that's only temporary. They're all ultimately addicted to reading DD for one reason or another.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
TheLaughingMan
But does this mean that, if Mookie were to think about DD, he would become a snarker?
Yes. Or a troll of epic proportions. The latter a theory that is brought up here at least once a month.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
mwchase
So, I guess the question is, where do DD fans go now?
Here, I'd always assumed.
You talk like there's a difference between Snarkers and Fans besides what they call themselves...
Is there? I mean, I call myself a fan because I like something despite acknowledging it has flaws, but it doesn't occur to you that the snarkers are, for all claims of disinterest and leaving, fairly dedicated to the comic and interested in what happens next even if they will never, ever admit they like it? :smallconfused:
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
BlackDragonKing
Here, I'd always assumed.
You talk like there's a difference between Snarkers and Fans besides what they call themselves...
Is there? I mean, I call myself a fan because I like something despite acknowledging it has flaws, but it doesn't occur to you that the snarkers are, for all claims of disinterest and leaving, fairly dedicated to the comic and interested in what happens next even if they will never, ever admit they like it? :smallconfused:
This just in: Snarkers are ironic fans!
Just to clarify: when we say "fans" we mean sincere fans who think the story, art and writing are genuinely good, or at least OK. Snarkers say those things are so bad they are good. Huge difference. :smalltongue:
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Castel
This just in: Snarkers are ironic fans!
Just to clarify: when we say "fans" we mean sincere fans who think the story, art and writing are genuinely good, or at least OK. Snarkers say those things are so bad they are good. Huge difference. :smalltongue:
Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying. I was wondering if there was supposed to be a readily apparent difference for a while, irony didn't even come into it. :smalltongue:
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
BlackDragonKing
Ah, I see, thanks for clarifying. I was wondering if there was supposed to be a readily apparent difference for a while, irony didn't even come into it. :smalltongue:
It's mostly the whole "so bad it's good" sort of thing. I almost see it as if I'm reading a guide on "how not to write an epic story".
Lately though it's just been a dull sort of bad, not "cosmic entity is beaten by Halloween mask" sort of bad.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Sorry, am I getting this wrong, or is the solution to 'find a non-obvious way to scry' really going to be 'Find literally anything shiny but untraditional. They'll never see it coming!'? I realize that Mookie doesn't actually have any rules for his magic system, but come on, this is ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by
T-O-E
What if Dom scries on
Scarlatti's sword? Will the scry magic allow him to see through magic wards because the sword is resistant to magic?
And also logic.
Oh dear gods. I'm calling it now - the solution is to scry on his resistant sword, and nobody will be able to detect the scry because of the sword's resistance. It's like Mookie found out how much we make fun of that whole "resistant sword" debacle and decided that the best way to stop us complaining was to do something even worse.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
I'm finding the current batch to be enjoyably crazy. It's the right sort of frustrating. The bits I hate are someone goes somewhere supposedly interesting (like recently the Plane of Destruction) because Mookie spends weeks on them and does nothing except very slowly describe the scene. At least now we've got Dominic acting like an idiot.
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Originally Posted by
Garland
Might I suggest inverting mouths in future dominikudigans? It makes strips so much better, they would be improving plot AND art!
Dominikudigan merely translated the original words into a language the readers can understand. Altering the art further isn't the role for the translator. (And changing the art would take actual effort. :smalltongue:)
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Originally Posted by
Fangly
So um. If the magical wards are so incredibly effective, what with the scrying and the battlecasters and whatnot, it has to be taking up a lot of resources. And attention. Why not take advantage of that by trying to spy on the King in a more old fashioned way? Just sneak in his castle. He'll never suspect it.
This is one of those maddening cases where there's half a decent plot point that will never get acted upon. Despite how awesome he thinks he is, Dominic is a one-trick pony. He relies on his second sight for everything. So it's natural for him to only think of using his seer powers to solve his problems.
Occasionally the comic hits a situation where Dominic can't use his powers or gets his powers taken away from him (like Maltak). Or very occasionally (not often enough) a villain will use that against him (mostly Jacob). But it's never followed though. Dominic never learns anything from these situations, and the villains never do anything more inconvenient than letting Dom see something icky.
Just once I'd like a villain to beat Dom due to Dom being a predictable smug jerk. Just once.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Helanna
Oh dear gods. I'm calling it now - the solution is to scry on his resistant sword, and nobody will be able to detect the scry because of the sword's resistance. It's like Mookie found out how much we make fun of that whole "resistant sword" debacle and decided that the best way to stop us complaining was to do something even worse.
Oh no... You're totally right... :smallannoyed:
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Helanna
Oh dear gods. I'm calling it now - the solution is to scry on his resistant sword, and nobody will be able to detect the scry because of the sword's resistance. It's like Mookie found out how much we make fun of that whole "resistant sword" debacle and decided that the best way to stop us complaining was to do something even worse.
Ha! I can't wait. Not only does it perfectly follow the current "logic" of the comic, it is so bad we are snarking it in advance. Seeing Dominic all smug doing something this dumb will be glorious.
Edit: Well that came off gleefully antagonistic. :smallfrown:
Srsly though, this theory rings so true. It sounds "clever" unless you think about it to any degree at all, when it all falls apart. Perfect DD material.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Sneaky Gate
Future Link
Dominikudigan:
Guess we were wrong. It's just the regular kind of stupid. Drat. :smallannoyed:
Although judging by that up-close battlecaster I'd say Dominic shouldn't be all smug. His expression should be more "busted".
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Sword swings
DO
NOT
under any circumstance
WORK
LIKE
THAT
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
Trazoi
This is one of those maddening cases where there's half a decent plot point that will never get acted upon. Despite how awesome he thinks he is, Dominic is a one-trick pony. He relies on his second sight for everything. So it's natural for him to only think of using his seer powers to solve his problems.
Occasionally the comic hits a situation where Dominic can't use his powers or gets his powers taken away from him (like Maltak). Or very occasionally (not often enough) a villain will use that against him (mostly Jacob). But it's never followed though. Dominic never learns anything from these situations, and the villains never do anything more inconvenient than letting Dom see something icky.
Just once I'd like a villain to beat Dom due to Dom being a predictable smug jerk. Just once.
There was a point when he used to actually cast spells that weren't just "scry," "magic videophone," "enter random psychoplane," and (while on random psychoplane) "blast of stupid metal awesome DBZ stupid." I wonder when that last was?
Anyway, I'm surprised at how early Sneaky Gate's up. I think it looks promisingly slayable, don't you folks?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
I'm guessing the idea is that by moving the sword, Szark is giving Dominic a focus, but while he's scrying using a particular segment of the arc, the sword no longer occupies that bit of space. In other words, the lightspeed delay means that, from the perspective of the Battlecasters "on the other side", while he's scrying, there's no focus, and where there's a focus, he isn't scrying.
PROBLEM, LOGIC?
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
mwchase
PROBLEM, LOGIC?
GOD, YES. God has nothing to do with this
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
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Originally Posted by
mwchase
I'm guessing the idea is that by moving the sword, Szark is giving Dominic a focus, but while he's scrying using a particular segment of the arc, the sword no longer occupies that bit of space. In other words, the lightspeed delay means that, from the perspective of the Battlecasters "on the other side", while he's scrying, there's no focus, and where there's a focus, he isn't scrying.
PROBLEM, LOGIC?
Meh, it makes sense to me. If you can scry through dreams, you can scry through sensory illusion (such as that of a lingering visual input).
Am I the only one not bothered by this development? The "alternative scrying methods" were sufficiently useless (negating a lot of critisism here), and this looks like a pretty complex scry while keeping kinda in touch with already established rules.
But I am kinda interested in the tea leaves, smoke and bones thing. If you can read bones, what's to stop Dom from throwing down a few rocks and calling it a new method?
Ah, well, I'm willing to just let that slide in the name of fanciness.
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
Szark looks like he should be going "WHOA, WHOOOAAAA!" as he incompetently tries to swing that sword around. And from the looks of things, literally anyone can see what the battle casters are doing as long as they scry on literally anything that's kinda shiny. And yet the only people that've picked up on it or care are the Deegans.
Hah, literally half the battlecasters have already seen him. Way to go Dom!
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Re: Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables
This would be like still scrying through the bubbles after they've been popped.