OOTS #858 - The Discussion Thread

[WindStruck]

you mean until the next villain comes along/Tarquin leaves the story?

New villian comes along? Tarquin will kick his ass or simply outclass it. And even if Tarquin loses, he still wins. In fact, even if Tarquin leaves the story, he's still in the story!

[Forikroder]

Of course it wasn't "worth the wait". No single comic page could ever be worth sitting in front of your computer hitting the refresh button for over three straight weeks...

id say it was worth the wait, if it wasnt worth the wait you wouldnt be reading the comic anymore

[Red XIV]

It's just one of the things you have to deal with when it comes to webcomics. Or any other serialized story, but it's more prevalent with webcomics since they're self-published. Delays happen, and you just have to live with it.

Also, nice to see Haley taking a page out of Hawkeye's playbook.

[oppyu]

By now you must know that the Fandom can never be turned from the Tarq Side. So will it be with you!

Tarquin: Darth Vader
Malack: Emporer Palpatine
Elan: Luke Skywalker
Haley: Han Solo
Nale: Princess Leia
Durkon: Chewbacca
Vaarsuvius: Admiral Ackbar
Belkar: Ewoks
Roy: Lando Calrissian
Julio Scoundrel: Yoda

Am I missing anyone?

Sidenote: In this version, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo get together.

EDIT: Actually, swap Roy and V around.

[Forikroder]

Tarquin: Darth Vader
Malack: Emporer Palpatine
Elan: Luke Skywalker
Haley: Han Solo
Nale: Princess Leia
Durkon: Chewbacca
Vaarsuvius: Admiral Ackbar
Belkar: Ewoks
Roy: Lando Calrissian
Julio Scoundrel: Yoda

Am I missing anyone?

the more i try to think of why this is wrong the more i see its right ><

though aside from looks Malack and puppeteen dont have much in common

[ti'esar]

EDIT: Actually, swap Roy and V around.

But neither Roy nor V is a rogue...

[WindStruck]

Tarquin: Darth Vader
Malack: Emporer Palpatine
Elan: Luke Skywalker
Haley: Han Solo
Nale: Princess Leia
Durkon: Chewbacca
Vaarsuvius: Admiral Ackbar
Belkar: Ewoks
Roy: Lando Calrissian
Julio Scoundrel: Yoda

Am I missing anyone?

Sidenote: In this version, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo get together.

EDIT: Actually, swap Roy and V around.

Well, I think Vaarsuvius would be a better 3CPO. They are both very very long-winded... and considering how much V has been conveniently missing every time the party REALLY needs him, he's just about as useless.

So who will take over Admiral Ackbar? I think Driz'zt. Just love how we'd go from IT'S A TRAP!! to trap.

Now R2D2... flying kobold? (forgot his name)

Oh and there's also Obi Wan...

[oppyu]

the more i try to think of why this is wrong the more i see its right ><

though aside from looks Malack and puppeteen dont have much in common

Ok, replace Malack with the IFCC. Perfect.

But neither Roy nor V is a rogue...

Hmm... Lando can be Sabine. V can be Ben Kenobi.

EDIT: The person above me is right, I was wrong, V can be C3PO. And let's make Durkon R2D2, and Chewbacca can be Mr. Scruffy.

[Forikroder]

Ok, replace Malack with the IFCC. Perfect.

if V was luke then Quarr could be puppeteen

[oppyu]

Oh and there's also Obi Wan...

Shojo! I love that guy.

if V was luke then Quarr could be puppeteen

... thus making ABD Darth Vader! Which would make Familicide fatal for V, which I'm sure would make a lot of forumites very happy.

[Forikroder]

Shojo! I love that guy.

... thus making ABD Darth Vader! Which would make Familicide fatal for V, which I'm sure would make a lot of forumites very happy.

or Leia was more wild then she let off

[Chessgeek]

Of course it wasn't "worth the wait". No single comic page could ever be worth sitting in front of your computer hitting the refresh button for over three straight weeks...

I guess you just aren't a true fan then.

[Ranzear]

Excellent. If you can't beat them with force, use guile!

You mean if you can't beat them with Ken...?

[BungleBee]

And here's hoping that the next strip will be a little sooner than three weeks. No pressure though, your Giantliness. You're the boss and all.

Three weeks, three months, doesn't matter, This comic is well worth the wait.

[irenicObserver]

Either way, it's kind of pathetic to spend your time clicking refresh for three weeks straight. Don't you have better things to do? If you don't that's your problem not really the comics.

[Forikroder]

Either way, it's kind of pathetic to spend your time clicking refresh for three weeks straight. Don't you have better things to do? If you don't that's your problem not really the comics.

twitter is a wonderful invention

[Bulldog Psion]

Either way, it's kind of pathetic to spend your time clicking refresh for three weeks straight. Don't you have better things to do? If you don't that's your problem not really the comics.

To be fair, the person who said that said absolutely nothing about this bizarre scenario that you've made up for them, and flung at them in a rather accusatory manner, IMO.

They merely stated that a three week wait is not really compensated for by getting a comic that's read in a few seconds, and declared their intention to not check for about a year so that there's a decent amount of stuff to read.

I'm considering doing something similar myself. Actually, the only reason I come to the site any more is to banter around on the forums a bit. The comic has become a very distant second to a bit of interaction with fellow geeks.

However, since the topics aren't really "grabbing" me lately, I might buzz off for a hiatus myself. Who knows.

[ti'esar]

Actually, his "bizarre scenario" is hardly coming out of nowhere:

Of course it wasn't "worth the wait". No single comic page could ever be worth sitting in front of your computer hitting the refresh button for over three straight weeks...

Granted, I doubt it was meant literally, but you never know.

[Omergideon]

Of course it being Scalenex who said he was going to back off for a while, and Lio45 who mentioned clicking and refreshing I still don't see calling someone pathetic as appropriate. Not that you did that mind, just saying.

And Twitter I think is a purely evil thing that has little to no value and may indeed be the cause of the downfall of western civilisation
(More realistically, I never saw the point of it)




And Malack as the Emperor? Really? Is there anyone not called Xykon who would be suited for that role? The man even has lightning powers for goodness sake. If we need to do some shoehorning of people into roles that is.

And remember in the EU Lukes eventual love interest Mara Jade was a redhead with a penchant for rougeish smuggling and the like

[Shawnis]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already,but in the strip,doesn't Haley look a bit on the undead-grey side with her skin color?

[EmperorSarda]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already,but in the strip,doesn't Haley look a bit on the undead-grey side with her skin color?

She's in the shade/shadows.

[RMS Oceanic]

She was emerging from a dark room.

[Emperordaniel]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already,but in the strip,doesn't Haley look a bit on the undead-grey side with her skin color?

She's in the shadows.

[t209]

Aside from the fact that that would seem a more logical thing to say in the discussion thread for #857, where your future tense would be referring to the actual future instead of to an alternate present...

...why are you cheering for the Linear Guild, now?

Actual future and I am not cheering for Linear Guild.

[Nightpenguin]

Actually, I don't think that's right. The arrow deals as much damage as a dagger of it's size, but in all other respects keeps the stats of an arrow, except as otherwise noted. I think the damage type remains unchanged, as piercing only. I could be wrong, though.

Arrows have no listed damage type - bows deal piercing damage.

In other words: "Arrows don't kill people, bows do!"

[Tanngrisnir]

You mean if you can't beat them with Ken...?

Brilliant.

[Kish]

Actual future and I am not cheering for Linear Guild.

Whatever your description of hoping the mummy wrecks the Order's ambush, why are you doing it?

[rgrekejin]

Arrows have no listed damage type - bows deal piercing damage.

In other words: "Arrows don't kill people, bows do!"

I suppose, but since that interpretation would lead to the conclusion that an arrow being used as an improvised weapon would deal damage of no type at all, and thereby render moot the original topic under discussion, I think we can discount it as a possibility.

I mean, would a bow being used as an improvised melee weapon deal piercing damage? I don't think so. I would assume it would deal bludgeoning damage, similar to a quarterstaff or something.

Seriously, though, it doesn't make sense to me that an arrow could function as an improvised slashing weapon. It just doesn't have a sufficiently long cutting edge.

[MeanMrsMustard]

I guess you just aren't a true fan then.

This one made me laugh as hard as Qarr in 856.
EDIT: About the whole "refreshing continuously for 3 weeks" thing, my advice is to join a PbP. Then you can check the sidebar when you come to post, and there'll be less worrying.

[Forikroder]

I suppose, but since that interpretation would lead to the conclusion that an arrow being used as an improvised weapon would deal damage of no type at all, and thereby render moot the original topic under discussion, I think we can discount it as a possibility.

Seriously, though, it doesn't make sense to me that an arrow could function as an improvised slashing weapon. It just don't have a sufficiently long cutting edge.

there are so many things in the rules that make so much less sense though

its like saying a small dagger is too tiny to be used as a slashing weapon, or cats claws are too small to be used as a slashing weapon its not the size of the blade that counts its how you use it