Things You Didn't Notice the First Time Around

[Grey Watcher]

Since there's at least one of these threads floating around the OotS forum, I figured I'd make another one for Erfworld.

I was flipping through back pages, and can't believe I missed this one.

Royal Crown Coalition... Royal Crown Cola? An actual reference, or just the result of me still being up at 1:30 AM?

Anyone else have any references or gags they didn't put together on the first read?

[DevilDan]

I did get the Royal Crown Cola one.

I still don't get "Foxmud."

[Winterdusk]

I think foxmud refers to this:

http://www.thancode.org/foxmud/

its a text based online RPG

[DevilDan]

I think foxmud refers to this:

http://www.thancode.org/foxmud/

its a text based online RPG

Thanks, WD. I didn't even try searching for it because it because I assumed that whatever it alluded to was not written exactly the same way.

[Kyouhen]

I didn't catch the Soft Rock/Acid Rock/Hard Rock/Metal Golem thing the first time. XP

[DevilDan]

Took me about five minutes to realize that "WTB" stands for "what the boop."
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0094.html

[SteveD]

I didn't realise the lyrics from the car radio were from a jonathan coulton song, mostly because I hadn't heard of jonathan coulton back then. Oh, and Hawk from Applegeeks is one of the guys sitting round the games table, anyone recognise the rest?

Not too long ago I read a (fantastic) book by Matt Mason that touches on the effects of mash-up culture, and more recently the book by Larry Lessig on Remix.

It's only just struck me that Erfworld is almost the comic-book form of music remix culture, stuffed full of not only pop-culture references but pop-culture mash-ups, like the Jetson/Flintstones thing. Great way of adding detail to the comic without having to over-complicate the artwork like some comics do.

[Allandaros]

The fist pound here (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0097.html)? NWOBHM!

(New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden, Saxon, et. al.)

[Kyouhen]

I didn't realise the lyrics from the car radio were from a jonathan coulton song, mostly because I hadn't heard of jonathan coulton back then. Oh, and Hawk from Applegeeks is one of the guys sitting round the games table, anyone recognise the rest?

Looking back at the page with the radio and just realized Parson has a bookmark to Goblins

[Mikie_]

Did anyone else see the Tron reference: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0017.html

[fangthane]

Did anyone else see the Tron reference: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0017.html

Feh, that whole page is a TRON reference, visually at least.

Though I have to admit, I didn't have a clue (and am still not positive) of the significance of "scruby" - though a search turns up the fact that a J.E. Scruby was heavily involved in wargame miniatures, which might be what that's about. The authors strike me as geeky enough that it could also be related to the packet sending/sniffing app for Unix, but my lack of money's still on the miniatures guy.

[MrPhil]

Just spotted this one:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0025.html

Panel nine gives us the warcry 'my life for Jetstone'.
In StarCraft and Broodwars the Protoss warriors shout 'My life for Aiur'.

Possibly a reference?

[DevilDan]

I only recently realized that the "flying log" (I assumed the "log" was a play on words on "hog" as motorcycle, given the Evel Knievel look that Ansom sometimes sports) that Ansom rides is actually the rolled-up flying carpet.

Oh, and are the mounts in the first panel here horndogs?

[BRC]

Just spotted this one:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0025.html

Panel nine gives us the warcry 'my life for Jetstone'.
In StarCraft and Broodwars the Protoss warriors shout 'My life for Aiur'.

Possibly a reference?

"My Life for X" is a pretty generic warcry.

[SilverClawShift]

I only JUST THIS MINUTE realized that of the coalition forces, and the wide variety of elves?..

...that the Eager Elves are apparently represented by none other than LINK himself.

[DevilDan]

The radish-tents.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0007.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0009.html

[luffy316]

so many things... i make myself read each comic at least twice before the next one comes out, because i'll always catch some action or hint that I missed last time

[Enlong]

The joke behind the Knights In Stanley's Service escaped me for the LONGEST time. It wasn't until the strip with "I love it LOUD" that someone finally *ahem* spelled it out for me.

[Grey Watcher]

The radish-tents.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0007.html
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0009.html

Wow, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out! Hehe, Jillian was right in the torture scene. Ansom really WOULD redecorate Gobwin Knob in pastels and royal radishes....

[Charlicat]

I hate to admit this, but I didn't catch the Magic Kingdom reference until I was vacationing in Orlando, FL. It's even divided up into "lands" like the park.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0011.html

[ValDonovan]

I only recently realized that the "flying log" (I assumed the "log" was a play on words on "hog" as motorcycle, given the Evel Knievel look that Ansom sometimes sports) that Ansom rides is actually the rolled-up flying carpet.

Oh, and are the mounts in the first panel here horndogs?

The "log" is actually his carpet rolled up. You can see the tassels hanging off the side...

[DevilDan]

The "log" is actually his carpet rolled up. You can see the tassels hanging off the side...

I know my first sentence was a little long, but surely you can actually glean enough sense from it to realize that I said precisely that?

[ValDonovan]

I know my first sentence was a little long, but surely you can actually glean enough sense from it to realize that I said precisely that?

No...clearly I've been up waaaaaaay too long and am seeing crosseyed.

[WoodStock_PV]

One little thing I didn't noticed was that Ansom was using a flying carpet "rolled-in" (or whatever is the right way to say this) as a mount the whole time. Even when he used it unrolled to meet with Zamussels I wasn't able to figure it. =/ Looked like a piece of a tree..