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2006-09-27, 12:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by arronan
What kind of dwarf is Durkon??
Really!, one can understand he was stressed and all, but is that a reason to throw away a perfectly good cultural tradition?
He should be ashamed of himself
;DIf it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... it might be Elan. They\'re about the same int range, but no self respecting duck would be caught dead with a kazoo
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2006-09-27, 03:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
B E S T S T R I P E V E R !!!
Couldn´t stop laughing for minutes!!
Soooo GREAT !!! :D
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GIANT!!!
"Best of"-List:
* Great contrast from the "emptyness" of the first few panels to the punchline
* Look - boobs [...] always works
* catatonic gay dwarf
* weathercontrolcontrolweather- when Julia gets it (she was way to overconfident)
* the big picture of what the BIG flash of lightning alone is causing
*V´s smiling face!!! S/He KNOWS what Durkon is up to :-)
* The Druid telling it was 4 miles away and Durkons counting ...three Mississippi, four mississippi, NOW!!!
Didn´t see any of that coming!!!
Great picture of all the trees being shattered!
Durkons old fear of trees really payed out this time!Hooray for magic Roaches!!!
They´re most helpful - and quite tasty on toast...
But watch the heartburn...
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2006-09-27, 03:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Bakta
It was NO countDOWN at all and the other strip referred clearly to NEW years eve.
sorry. ???Hooray for magic Roaches!!!
They´re most helpful - and quite tasty on toast...
But watch the heartburn...
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2006-09-27, 04:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Antina
ZebWant to meet some of the most awesome people on the internet? Come to the Baltimore/DC Area RenFest Meetup 2012!
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2006-09-27, 05:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by firespitter
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2006-09-27, 05:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Zeb the Troll
I've allways learned 3 seconds for a kilometer.
I mile is longer, so I'd say that 4 or 5 seconds should be around a Mile.
Since I think Julia is reacting almost directly to the flash, Durkon could only put the "one mississipi" in before that. So I still say that Durkon only counted 4 mississipies. Therefore about 1 mile.
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2006-09-27, 06:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Wow... just goes to show you that you do NOT piss of a Dwarven Cleric of Thor! That was damn cool! Good work man!
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2006-09-27, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by humanpylon
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2006-09-27, 07:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Well, hope no one find out it was Durkon that shattered all of the glass in a 4+ mile radius...
I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.
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2006-09-27, 07:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by battleburnI laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.
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2006-09-27, 07:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Wow. #1, Durkon must have his ranks in concentration maxed to not falter at the idea of seeing boobs!
#2. I have always loved control weather, but raraley use it because of the long casting time. Go Durkon!
#3. great comic!
BOOM!
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2006-09-27, 09:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Definitely one of my favorite strips!
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2006-09-27, 09:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Delgarde
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2006-09-27, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Max Sinister
Personally, I liked the window into her personality. I'm hoping we see some more of her.
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2006-09-27, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
no, the unfair part I think is because he doesn't want to look at HER ta-tas, he must be gay. That's a little egocentric, but that's what we love about Julia. And again, he just has a whole lot of ranks in concentration.
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2006-09-27, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Loki_d20
However, it's commonly taught that it's 1 mile per second in the US (though I think I was taught 1:4 or 1:5, but that was way too long ago to remember). Therefore, Rich was using the "common knowledge" of 1 mile per second in the comic strip.
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2006-09-27, 10:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Granted... I do agree, the assumption that our dwarf, holding a scroll and his holy symbol, concentrating on a spell, and assuming that he must be gay because he's not dropping everything to find her captivating... yeah, clearly she gets her grades through social interaction and not from her INT bonus. Or she's REAL low level (ie. inexperienced).
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2006-09-27, 10:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by GoofyHiding the little one away so he doesn't get hurt...
Belkar is Chaotic Evil because the Giant says so. Deal with it.
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2006-09-27, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Felinoid
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2006-09-27, 11:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Loki_d20
At sea level, the speed of sound is 761 miles per hour (check any encyclopedia for that). Divide that by 60 and then by 60, and you get 0.211 miles per second.
[Edit] It looks like a bunch of people already posted this response while I was typing this.... I should be more speedy [/Edit]
So it will take 4.74 seconds for sound to travel one mile not one missisippi (unless you say it slowly).
I also remember learning that one second was one mile when I was a kid.... I guess that's just an urban legend.
Anyway, this is assuming the speed of sound in our world, who knows what the speed is in the OOTS universe. There is no reason that it has to be the same.
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2006-09-27, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Sanctu
Spot, sense motive... etc
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2006-09-27, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Always thought the full round VC of casting was more complicated but....
POWERGAMER!
:PEstis servatus etsi estis obscenus
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2006-09-27, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Goofy
I also wouldn't rely on an equation that doesn't take into account atmospheric conditions.
I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.
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2006-09-27, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Loki_d20
As for the equation not taking atmospheric conditions into account: Obviously I was using the simplest equation possible, using (not even the exact value of) the speed of sound as it's commonly reported in air at normal atmospheric conditions. I wasn't trying to teach fluid dynamics, just illustrating the derivation that about half of us have been using.
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2006-09-27, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Goofy
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2006-09-27, 01:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by Goofy
While you may have come to the same conclusion that The Giant was using the false method of measurement commonly spread to children in the U.S.A., the majority of your post was aimed at correcting me of something of which did not need correction and which further took the conversation outside of the realm of the comic and into the realm of real world science and physics. An area in which I was not venturing.I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away.
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2006-09-27, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Originally Posted by SanctuFounder, Chief Eviscerator and resurrected Leader of The Belkar Fanclub - Because our psycho is better than your psycho .
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2006-09-27, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
The false one second/mile rule persists because it makes sense to laypeople who've never been told better, and because if they're wrong, usually nothing bad happens. Hikers & backpackers, however, are completely clear that 5 seconds/mile is closer to reality, and close enough to guage the distance to know when it's necessary to find cover. Additionally, atmospheric conditions will not affect the speed of sound enough to be of much consequence - certainly not enough to get the speed up to 1 mile/second.
That said, there are several possible explainations for the comic:
- The speed of sound is different in OOTSland. Certainly plausible, since V and others make a point of "telling the laws of physics to sit down and shut up" routinely.
- Leeky was wrong about the distance.
- Gnomish miles and/or OOTSland miles are shorter than real-world miles.
- It takes a much longer time to say "Miss'ssippi" in Durkon's accent than it does for a normal human.
- Rich flubbed. He's done it before. With the material he puts out being as funny as it is, I forgive him.
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2006-09-27, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
Magic works because people believe it does. That's why in the modern times magic doesn't exist. The belief that it cannot be, exersised by bilions of people make it impossible. Then the logical step is to assume that magic works in methods thought to be right. Magic works with the four elements. Why, because people believed in four elements. In the modern day a lightning bolt would require extensive knowledge of static energy production, molecules, etc.
So when a magical lightning bolt strikes 4 miles away in a time where people believe its one mile a second. Then it is. Because its magical sound.
A normal lightning bolt would take about 5 times as long probably.
How about that for a theory?
-Battleburn
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For the awesome 'The Wolf'-sigatar I thank Sampi.
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2006-09-27, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #352 - The Discussion Thread
The only thing that would have made that lightning panel more perfect would have been a huge transparent background of Thor, beer mug in one hand, hammer in the other, laughing his butt off.
I'd say that was the point in the gaming session when the DM just kinda stares at the player.
Player: "I'm casting Weather Control"
DM: (wrinkles brow) "Okay, what do you want to do?"
Player: "Create a huge lightning bolt, but concentrate all the thunder in a 10' radius, centered on Leaky."
DM: (agog) (sputter) "Allright, somebody get me a Player's Handbook. WITH Errata!"
Great stuff, Giant. Waiting with bated breath for the Damage Machine to get rolling, and the tide to fully turn.
JIM
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