I'm not saying i hate OOTS but i have to say that LFG comic simply is better in both humor and it's action.
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LFG's plot is so hard (read boring) to follow. The art style is generally confusing, and that annoying little gremlin who doesnt use spaces when he talks is back, which makes it incredibly hard to understand what he says.
On the other hand, OOTs dialogue is always exceptionally well done, and the art style is ... well, unique.
OoTS by far. LFG is a mediocere comic that authors take way too seriously. It's moderately interesting, but neither jokes nor plot can hope to match OoTS. It also cannot hope to spark any actual emotion in me, while OoTS achieves that even though it's supposedly humorous comic.
This should probably be moved to the webcomics section.
True. Also, the forum here is likely to be a bit biased. (FWIW, I think LFG is good, but OotS is great. )
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Personally, OOTS. Though they both have their strong points.
LFG has much better action, though that is largely because a stick-figure art style dosn't exactly lend itself to action scenes the way LFG's style does.
As for the humor, it's good, but most of it boils down to either A: Richard is Evil, or B: Richard's name can be shortened to "****" LOL DIRTY WORD!
OOTS has a much better story and writing than LFG however, so I prefer it.
OOTS has a much better story and writing than LFG however, so I prefer it.
I never really cared about plot and story i just really like Richard's mere existence because he's hilarious .
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I like em both, but I would have to say OoTS is better. LFG is funny, and the art style is pretty damn good, but it seems like Richard is the only Character worth reading it to see.
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I hesitate to dignify LFG by calling it a webcomic. It's more like a screed by the author against some MMORPG players with whom he disagrees on the content of that MMORPG. (That is to say, all the humor in it goes, "The Horde in World of Warcraft is evil and the Alliance is good, ha ha! Look how evil the Horde is, ho ho! Look how stupid anyone who thinks it isn't evil is, hee hee hee! Aren't I funny?")
OotS is brilliant--I nearly said "by comparison," but particularly after reading SoD, it's brilliant with or without the comparison.
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I tried to read LFG, and I had to stop reading it for the same reason I stopped reading 8-bit theatre. The characters were utterly one dimensional, and the plot was told to me... it really didn't feel accurate, it was happening because it was happening, not because the characters would actually DO that.
Though, granted, the lack of character development makes it hard for me to believe the characters would do anything.
So yeah, OOTS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LFG.
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Richard is a complete and UTTER clone of black mage. Frankly, it almost qualifies as plagiarism level.
On top of that, i don't find any of LFG's "battles" to inspire any sort of drama. You always know how they're going to end. Hell, the heroes are hardly even shown getting knocked around. All they do is cheap anime bull rush moves that send enemies flying like bowling pins.
Order of the stick there is legitimate concern for the characters in fights. They're beaten to a pulp, many are taken out of a battle, MANY side character allies die, and Even main characters are in grave danger of imminent death (though one knows that they can be rezzed in D&D, it still does not lessen the fact that they COULD truly die).
Hell, These stick characters show more character development than most movie or book characters.
Yeah... LFG has Richard...But what else does it have? A insanely confusing nonsensical storyline? Oots wins. I check Oots at least once a day. LFG? like once every two weeks if that. But i do have to admit, "Slaughter your world" was one of the best things ever created by mankind.
Okay, for anyone who doubted that LFG is a complete rip-off of 8-bit Theatre, I offer this evidence: LFG for last week, 8-Bit three years ago. If that's not plagiarism I don't know what is.
Richard is a complete and UTTER clone of black mage. Frankly, it almost qualifies as plagiarism level.
How on EARTH do you come up with that? That they both like to kill things? Because that is the only REAL similarity I see. And that can be used to describe 80% of villains - including Xykon.
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Okay, for anyone who doubted that LFG is a complete rip-off of 8-bit Theatre, I offer this evidence: LFG for last week, 8-Bit three years ago. If that's not plagiarism I don't know what is.
Two different webcomic characters being trapped in a plane of featureless existence hardly makes for plagiarism. Not to mention, of course, that the plots, characters, circumstances and overall ending are TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
That said, I really, really love LFG, and I'm surprised so many people don't like it. It's one of the funniest things I've ever read. But I don't like comparing webcomics, because so many of them are written with different goals in mind. OotS, overall, is humor first, plot second, while LFG is more plot-focused. Not to mention, OotS is based on DnD, while LFG is based on MMORPGs. OotS breaks the fourth wall, while LFG doesn't. OotS parodies . . . not sure what I'm looking for, but it parodies a different range of things that LFG does, which parodies fantasy books most often. So I don't feel that they're very easy to compare, and trying to figure out which I like more would just make my brain explode.
Of course, LFG has Richard. Who is HILARIOUS. And I listen to "Slaughter Your World" like three times a day.
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I tried to read LFG, and I had to stop reading it for the same reason I stopped reading 8-bit theatre. The characters were utterly one dimensional, and the plot was told to me... it really didn't feel accurate, it was happening because it was happening, not because the characters would actually DO that.
The main difference here being, 8-Bit Thearte isn't supposed to have multi-dimensional characters or coherent plot. It's supposed to be absurd, and it does that well- of course, it's not for everyone's tastes. LFG on the other hand, is clearly meant to have serious plot and characters, but the former is confusing and uninteresting and the latter are one dimensional.
Richard stopped being funny rather quickly. It takes more than random, heartless murder to create morbidly funny character. Also, while Belkar and Black Mage operate on similiar type of humor, they aren't unstoppable and unpunishable. Richard is, which makes him less amusing by far.
How? The story seems to completely change every 5 strips, Im not even sure who the main villain is supposed to be... we actually have no idea why anyone is fighting... "because magic says so" seems to almost be a motto for this plot. Heck, im not even sure which time period they are supposed to be in.
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I can compare them easily :
LFG is a small sucky human- OOTS is godly dwarven ale. A.K.A. A holy. B OMG good. C makes everything funny. D Is unique in a good drawn art-style. E Good explained plot which has sub-plots which yet do not make the main-plot suffer. F I can go on for a while but I won't.
Secondly, if you have already created a copy of this thread in the Webcomics Section, then please edit the title so mods can see this one needs/is wanted to be closed.
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