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Thanks! I know the thread's dogpiled you but I actually agree that those were a few very awkward panels, and it's nice to get the ambiguity straightened up by Rich.
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Wait, wait, this is the same T-rex that already turned on its masters once before? That doesn't seem like a good idea to start with. (For them to bring it out of its cage, I mean)
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Speedball posted:Wait, wait, this is the same T-rex that already turned on its masters once before? That doesn't seem like a good idea to start with. (For them to bring it out of its cage, I mean) Before it was set loose without a rider and was just kind of rampaging indiscriminately. Although, that makes me wonder what difference the rider actually makes....
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D1Sergo posted:Before it was set loose without a rider and was just kind of rampaging indiscriminately. Although, that makes me wonder what difference the rider actually makes.... Well, think about it. A dinosaur is pretty cool. A guy riding a dinosaur is even cooler.
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I'm sure the rider had enough npc levels to have a decent handle animal. But Belkar has a much higher charisma obviously.
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Shugojin posted:Well, think about it. And a halfling riding a dinosaur is the coolest. Just look at Eberron.
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Shugojin posted:Well, think about it. Not cool enough until the guy riding a dinosaur is shooting laser and missiles. 
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Oct 4, 2013 19:03
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Dino Riders. Best idea or greatest idea.
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The Best.
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BexGu posted:Not cool enough until the guy riding a dinosaur is shooting laser and missiles. MY god. Dimetrodon, Stegosaurus, and a Pachycephalosaurus all in one picture.  Permian and late Cretaceous.
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Eifert Posting posted:MY god. Dimetrodon, Stegosaurus, and a Pachycephalosaurus all in one picture. Yeah, that's what's scientifically inaccurate about Dino Riders.
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Random Stranger posted:Yeah, that's what's scientifically inaccurate about Dino Riders. You leave the Hammerhead Shark-people, Ant-people, and Snake-people led by a Frog-person out of this!
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I start hearing hair metal whenever I look at the picture. Is that supposed to happen?
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Voyager I posted:I start hearing hair metal whenever I look at the picture. Is that supposed to happen? No, Hair Metal wishes it was that awesome.
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BexGu posted:Not cool enough until the guy riding a dinosaur is shooting laser and missiles. My childhood rejoices.
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cbservo posted:My childhood rejoices. What is that dino-laser picture from?
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sebmojo posted:What is that dino-laser picture from? Affi posted:Dino Riders. Best idea or greatest idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino-Riders
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enigma105 posted:You leave the Hammerhead Shark-people, Ant-people, and Snake-people led by a Frog-person out of this! Look I can buy Aliens, but the fossil record is pretty clear on eras. 
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Eifert Posting posted:Look I can buy Aliens, but the fossil record is pretty clear on eras. Besides that, those people were all destroyed by lasers shot from dinosaurs, which is why there's no evidence of them left. 
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flyingkiwi posted:Is Rich OK? He's pretty good, definitely the best stick figure D&D webcomic artist. So, yeah, pretty OK in my book.
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I just hope he's alright. Ya got a problem with me spending some good will on the guy. 
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Maybe he's powered by pedantic of topic arguments, and no one really had anything dumb to say about the last comic. Or maybe the next comic is a giant five page splash panel.
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It'd be fine for me if the comic ended here, with Belkar riding a giant dinosaur into the sunset.
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greatn posted:Maybe he's powered by pedantic of topic arguments, and no one really had anything dumb to say about the last comic. I'm gonna assume the latter, since I get the idea people are just waiting for this arc to finish up already, and there really isn't all that much left to get in the way of whatever the finale for this will be.
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Regalingualius posted:I'm gonna assume the latter, since I get the idea people are just waiting for this arc to finish up already, and there really isn't all that much left to get in the way of whatever the finale for this will be. There's maybe one last important plot 'thing' that will happen before the end of the arc. But yeah, the last dozen or so strips have really been treading water and I just want the story to move on now.
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I wouldn't say treading water. It's good solid action, and the first time in what feels like a very, very long time of the group working together cohesively as a unit. I can't even remember the last time they weren't separated for combat.
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ikanreed posted:He's pretty good, definitely the best stick figure D&D webcomic artist. So, yeah, pretty OK in my book. Nice. How long have you been sitting on that one? Alchenar posted:There's maybe one last important plot 'thing' that will happen before the end of the arc. But yeah, the last dozen or so strips have really been treading water and I just want the story to move on now. Action scenes that don't end in one strip tend to feel like that until they're all done and you can read them all at once. Although the zingers at the end can interrupt it a little even then.
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terminal mehmet posted:Action scenes that don't end in one strip tend to feel like that until they're all done and you can read them all at once. Before webcomics took off, had anyone ever tried telling a story in this half-and-half sorta way? Single strips with self-contained punchlines like newspaper comics, but long connected storylines like monthly comics? It definitely has its pros and cons, but sometimes reading day-to-day is only slightly better than if you had to wait several days between each page of, say, Batman.
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Phenotype posted:Before webcomics took off, had anyone ever tried telling a story in this half-and-half sorta way? Single strips with self-contained punchlines like newspaper comics, but long connected storylines like monthly comics? It definitely has its pros and cons, but sometimes reading day-to-day is only slightly better than if you had to wait several days between each page of, say, Batman. I don't know if any of them went full-bore long-term narrative. I don't think so. I vaguely remember Peanuts had a handful of short arcs. But that could be me misremembering based on all the other Peanuts media like movies and books. Dilbert's definitely had some loose story arcs. But by and large, most print comics were far more concerned with now than with later, and only a few even acknowledged the past.
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Add Garfield to the list of newspaper comic strips that used to do story arcs. Yes, that Garfield.
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Phenotype posted:Before webcomics took off, had anyone ever tried telling a story in this half-and-half sorta way? Single strips with self-contained punchlines like newspaper comics, but long connected storylines like monthly comics? It definitely has its pros and cons, but sometimes reading day-to-day is only slightly better than if you had to wait several days between each page of, say, Batman. Nearly every page of Tintin ends with a cliffhanger.
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Does Doonesbury count? It seems to alternate between gag-a-day and long running story lines.
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Bongo Bill posted:Nearly every page of Tintin ends with a cliffhanger.
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SEE?! SEE?! This is how you do fanservice. Not poorly drawn female anatomy, but high level adventuring parties riding gymnastically inclined Tyrannosauridae into the sunset while flipping the bird at an unpopular villain. Rich is pretty OK. Phenotype posted:Before webcomics took off, had anyone ever tried telling a story in this half-and-half sorta way? Single strips with self-contained punchlines like newspaper comics, but long connected storylines like monthly comics? It definitely has its pros and cons, but sometimes reading day-to-day is only slightly better than if you had to wait several days between each page of, say, Batman. Uh, Dickens? Pretty much all novels were serialized back in the day. Most of Dickens novels came out in 20 or so monthly allotments of about 30 pages. People used to complain about novelists padding out stories much like we do with modern serialized media, too. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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Good show, Rich. I'm wondering if Tarquin is going to give chase, or be impressed enough by their dramatic escape that he just lets them go.
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Eifert Posting posted:Uh, Dickens? Pretty much all novels were serialized back in the day. Most of Dickens novels came out in 20 or so monthly allotments of about 30 pages. People used to complain about novelists padding out stories much like we do with modern serialized media, too.
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Honestly, so much of this arc has been the heroes struggling against stupid obstacles that the villains overcome effortlessly (the Windy Canyon, the epic illusion, traps in the floor) that a long extended sequence of the Order kicking rear end is justified, maybe even necessary.ConfusedUs posted:I don't know if any of them went full-bore long-term narrative. I don't think so. I vaguely remember Peanuts had a handful of short arcs. But that could be me misremembering based on all the other Peanuts media like movies and books. Prince Valiant? Dick Tracy?
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