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2012-10-12, 12:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Game of Sticks
Game of Sticks
Volume One
Recorded here are the beginnings of a strange tale of heroes, villains, and hip hop enthusiasts.
Prologue
A Villain and His Minions
SpoilerPage #1: Birds of a Feather
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Page #2: He Died With Honor and Snark
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Page #3: Minions Expendable
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Page #4: Skill Points in Mandarin
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Page #5: He'd Rather Be in the Casket than Giving the Eulogy
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Page #6: The Saga Begins
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Chapter One
The Usual Incompetents
SpoilerPage #7: Voyeurism (Ex)
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Page #8: Over-Thinking It
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Page #9: The Fortunate Misfortune of Wesley Wilfoot
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Page #10: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition/Return of a Long-Dead Webcomic!
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Page #11: He Cannot, in Fact, Retroactively Change his Answer
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Page #12: Shadowing
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Page #13: Nightmares
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Page #14: The Whispering Wind
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Current PageChapter One: Page #15: It's Always Sunny in Baldur's Gate
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Comments welcome. (:Last edited by CountD; 2015-03-27 at 01:41 AM.
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2012-11-04, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Roll Initiative! A Classic Dungeon & Dragons Adventure (sort of)
This is really good. Clear writing, nice art.
More please!Beware the Ordinary
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2012-11-04, 08:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Roll Initiative! A Classic Dungeon & Dragons Adventure (sort of)
Nice comic. The premise sounds good and I hope you can keep it up.
Also some friendly tips, you might want to organize your post to contain a spoiler with all the comic links in it, and place it somewhere nearer to the top of your post. First time, I went past the link because the large text'd title looked like a banner, so i thought that was your signature, and I total missed the link that said pages 1 and 2.Currently playing a "blind" (Miraluka) sniper in a Star Wars SAGA Edition RP
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2012-11-05, 08:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Roll Initiative! A Classic Dungeon & Dragons Adventure (sort of)
Heehee. looks good so far.
I like that type of villian, the one with a reason that is not a fraudian excuse.
Hope you will make more.Despite everything, its still me.
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2012-11-06, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Updated and altered. This comic was actually made and submitted for posting about a month ago. In that time I redefined what I wanted it to be, and came up with something more akin to a parody of A Song of Ice and Fire, hence the current title, Game of Sticks.
Hope you enjoy and, of course, thanks for the support, I really appreciate it.Last edited by CountD; 2012-11-06 at 06:00 PM.
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2012-11-08, 12:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Sorry for the double post, just figured I'd let you know that I've updated the comic with Issue #4: Skill Points in Mandarin, a brand new page. Hope you enjoy.
Also I've decided that I'll be updating every Thursday from here on out, with bonus updates every once in a while to keep you guys on your toes.
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2012-11-09, 03:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Triple post for another update.
I have the Prologue finished and I've got a few pages done in Chapter One, so I figure I might as well just throw up the prologue to garner some interest before slowing updates down to give me a nice buffer. Anyway, hope you enjoy the latest update, Issue #5, and look for the conclusion to the Prologue before this Tuesday because arbitrary dates are fun.
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2012-11-10, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
C for Cool?
i like where this is going.Despite everything, its still me.
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2012-11-10, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Could be a symbol of something else...
The breaking of a cycle of poverty and woe for the green people, perhaps...
But then, I'm probably reading into things too much. It could just be a C.Mauve Shirt, Savannah, Gnomish Wanderer, Cuthalion and Smuchmuch get cookies for making me avatars. (::)
(::) Current avatar by Smuchmuch (::)
Co Founder of LUTAS - For all your less than useful heroes out there.
My Deviant Art. Careful, it's full of ponies.
Dragons!
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2012-11-10, 04:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Ooh, very interesting so far
Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard.
Be evil.
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2012-11-10, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
People!
Hey guys, thanks for the compliments, I appreciate it! The "C" is actually the symbol of the Hollowrock Clan, and is actually supposed to be a crude representation of a hollow rock. Deep, I know.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I got some work done on the future comics so I decided to throw up the last panel of the Prologue. Additionally, I'm working on an archival website through Weebly. The OP here is going to get cluttered eventually, but with an off-site archive I can keep it nice and tidy.
Here's a sneak peek at the archive, currently updated for the most recent comic. I'm still in the process of making finishing touches and generally making it nicer, but it is what it is.
tl;dr You can check out the archival website here, and there's a new update.
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2012-11-10, 04:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Oh dear.... Speaking Orc would definitely have been useful there
Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard.
Be evil.
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2012-11-11, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
You know, I don't comment on other fan-comics often, but, well...
While you could certainly do with a little practice using the art style, I'm going to come out and say that your humour is actually really fun to read. What you've posted so far has been enjoyable, and you write better than a lot of early fan-comics I've seen. Keep up the good work!
Like I said, the OotS art is a little clumsy right now, but I'm assuming you just haven't used the style much. It doesn't look bad (again, better than some were when they started out - my very first comics in this style were horrendous, and I'm glad imageshack ate them to death), but it could definitely use some fine-tuning. I recommend you periodically work with your templates and fiddle with them to see what you can do with them or alter about them to make them look better to you, but that might just be a me-thing. I have a habit of going through a few different base templates every couple months or so for fun, but hey - I've gotten way better at using inkscape as a result.
All in all, definitely a good start. Hope my post helped and wasn't just me rambling like a mad thing.
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2012-11-12, 09:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Yeah, I'm new at this. I pretty much just picked up the style because I wanted to make a comic. Two months later and here we are.
Of course, some of the differences between Order of the Stick and this fan comic are stylistic. While I was trying to replicate the OotS style female body I wound up with the template I'm now using, and I'm really happy with it. I love Burlew's style but I think the one I have here complements the male physiques I'm using a little better.
Then there's the actual flaws in the comic. Eyes still frustrate me, to be honest, and getting the proportions right between the mouth, eyes, and hair is difficult. But I think that'll all come with time.
But hey, I appreciate the support, it means a lot, and I'm glad you're enjoying the comic so far. Hopefully I'm able to keep you reading.
And, also, updated. I shifted to larger panels for the next few comics because I want to be able to get up close and personal with the characters while still maintaining a sizable cast. If you guys like it I'll keep the larger panels. If I'm right it should give me more room to portray expressions.
And also we see half of our heroic adventurers for the first time. Cheers.
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2012-11-13, 07:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-15, 03:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
You're actually touching on one of themes of the overarching story, namely the conflict between skill and optimization. There are going to be at least a few warblades and swordsages along the way.
And updated, because Thursdays are now our Arbitrarily Chosen Update Days. Enjoy. (:
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2012-11-22, 02:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and I can think of no better way to celebrate the holiday than with a fresh update of this here fan comic. Issue 9: The Helpful Misfortune of Wesley Wilfoot, is now posted in the OP. Enjoy!
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2012-11-22, 03:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Looks like things are going to get interesting....
I strongly suggest putting a black outline around the woman's green eyes, and possibly toning down the green as well -- at the moment, it's kinda hard to look at her face because of how the green and pink interact.Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard.
Be evil.
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2012-11-22, 06:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-23, 05:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
I used to be an adventurer like you....
Despite everything, its still me.
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2012-11-26, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Alright, so I'm glad everyone likes the comic. Unfortunately, it's going on a semi-hiatus on account of the fact that finals and term papers are coming up as my semester here at college comes to a close. It's not over, and I'll update as often as I can imagine, but I wouldn't expect more than a few comics until mid-December or so.
I'll try to get one out on time by this Thursday, if not this weekend.
Thanks for reading.
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2012-11-27, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-02, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-08-08, 11:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Game of Sticks
Nice humour in your writing !
I have a suggestion for colours though - the colours you're placing next to each other all have very high brightness and saturation (like Ollie's hair, eyes, skin, and shirt).
This has the effect of assaulting the reader's eyes, as well as leading to a bit of confusion since we're drawn to the brightest part of the page.
Especially with the background (that grass!), you could tone down the brightness and saturation.
I suggest strategically contrasting low-saturation-low-brightness with high-saturation-high-brightness complementary colours (opposite to each other on the colour wheel) to create tension,
or placing similar-brightness-and-saturation analogous colours (next to each other on the colour wheel) for them to blend in.