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Waffnuffly posted:Wait, what? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3351001&pagenumber=83&perpage=40#post394974181
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Nov 9, 2011 09:22
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The best kind of fanservice. Yes, I do like swords. 
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Nov 9, 2011 11:13
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Geez, look at all the robot gaze in today's Gunnerkrigg. And I'll just bet it's a symbolic bot, isn't it?
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Nov 9, 2011 12:34
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Fecha posted:Fanservice without a single inch of skin I guess I don't really know a whole lot about swords, but does this epee/longsword matchup seem a little... unbalanced to anyone else? Poor Robot was at a disadvantage from the start 
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Nov 9, 2011 14:09
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Haledjian posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3351001&pagenumber=83&perpage=40#post394974181 Holy loving christ what the hell is wrong with that guy Anyway I don't wanna dredge that poo poo back up so consider me informed. Thanks  Back on track. There is something genuinely, absurdly hilarious about a fencer fighting a robot that I just can't explain.
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Nov 9, 2011 14:40
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I wonder if Robot is constrained by Asimov's three laws.
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Nov 9, 2011 14:45
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loquacius posted:I guess I don't really know a whole lot about swords, but does this epee/longsword matchup seem a little... unbalanced to anyone else? Poor Robot was at a disadvantage from the start Robot knows his way with swords. Still, a bad match up sword-wise. Fangz posted:I wonder if Robot is constrained by Asimov's three laws. Of course, but with additional caveats. Saoshyant fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Nov 9, 2011 |
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Nov 9, 2011 14:45
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loquacius posted:I guess I don't really know a whole lot about swords, but does this epee/longsword matchup seem a little... unbalanced to anyone else? Poor Robot was at a disadvantage from the start (Speaking as someone who has done fencing for a couple of years.) Well, the epee is a lighter weapon. But that also means it's faster, so Robot should have an offensive advantage. Overanalysing, but his problem seems to be that he's overreaching with his lunges when his sword favours a more cautious, probing approach. Fangz fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Nov 9, 2011 |
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Nov 9, 2011 14:51
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Epee? I see a fencing foil with a saber guard. Also there's some serious over-lunging going on in panel 3. 
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Nov 9, 2011 14:59
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Haledjian posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3351001&pagenumber=83&perpage=40#post394974181 Please tell me these two pages were a response to that insanity.
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Nov 9, 2011 15:28
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Nah, Tom's got like a three month buffer and more integrity than that.
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Nov 9, 2011 15:57
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Over-analyzing the strategy in this particular bout seems a bit unnecessary, guys. It's a beautiful page with an excellent sense of motion. And swords. Swords are cool. Also the longsword clearly has the range advantage as well as the advantage of being an actual weapon instead of sports equipment. Besides, the starting range is clearly too close for both fighters, and furthermore... 
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Nov 9, 2011 16:01
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Robot probably still has a range advantage here even with a shorter sword. He's using a one-handed fencing stance, whereas Parley is forced to hold her sword with both hands. He can extend it to the full length of his arm, but she's limited to what she can reach with the opposite arm. Take a look at that first "panel": she's got her sword about as far forward as she could possibly put it while keeping her back straight, whereas he's got his elbow, shoulder, and back all bent backwards to keep their swords in same space. You can also see that her stance forces her to present a full-body target to Robot, whereas his target area is just his side. She's bigger than he is, which helps with the range but means her target area is even /bigger/. I'd say robot has definitely got an offensive advantage here even with a foil. Robot isn't really capitalizing on his advantages, though. I wonder if it's just the warmup, or if he's taking it easy on her. Or if he isn't as good a swordsman when Bullfighting Mode is inactive. (That said, even that was a pre-arranged show, not necessarily a generic sword-fighting program.) Also, this page is wonderful and I don't care if it's fanservice.
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Nov 9, 2011 16:40
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All I'm saying is that if Parley thinks beating Robot means she can match Jeanne then she's got another thing coming. Also I wonder if Diego gave Robot a special secret anti-Jeanne battle mode, haha. EDIT: Also if she really wanted to beat Jeanne she should be brushing up on her English quarterstaff technique. If you want to read some medieval weapon-sperging (and plentiful anti-Italian rhetoric), check out section 21 of http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html Fangz fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Nov 9, 2011 |
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Nov 9, 2011 17:11
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Fangz posted:All I'm saying is that if Parley thinks beating Robot means she can match Jeanne then she's got another thing coming. Also I wonder if Diego gave Robot a special secret anti-Jeanne battle mode, haha. Parley did say in the previous strip that she knows that she can't beat Jeanne, but the least she can do is by the rest enough time to do something about the situation. So my guess will be she's training herself as best she can to counter or block quick strikes enough to at least stalemate. Should be interesting to watch when it comes up. I wonder if Smitty will be there too. What happens when you put order to a sword fight.
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Revolver Bunker posted:Parley did say in the previous strip that she knows that she can't beat Jeanne, but the least she can do is by the rest enough time to do something about the situation. So my guess will be she's training herself as best she can to counter or block quick strikes enough to at least stalemate. Should be interesting to watch when it comes up. I wonder if Smitty will be there too. What happens when you put order to a sword fight. I would imagine you'd end up with a rpg like scenario, where parties just stand on opposite sides and take turns cutting the other person.
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Nov 9, 2011 19:43
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Fangz posted:I wonder if Robot is constrained by Asimov's three laws.
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Nov 9, 2011 21:04
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Haledjian posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3351001&pagenumber=83&perpage=40#post394974181 I like how ChibiSoma never posted in this thread again after that.
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Nov 9, 2011 21:52
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I'm pretty sure those were the pages that precipitated the meltdown, actually. Never mind how accurate that whole exchange was, WHY WON'T THEY JUST ADMIT THEIR LOVE  But my favorite thing is the cool-dude finger guns Kat gives her. Truly the smoothest method of extricating yourself from an awkward conversation.
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Zenzirouj posted:I'm pretty sure those were the pages that precipitated the meltdown, actually. Never mind how accurate that whole exchange was, WHY WON'T THEY JUST ADMIT THEIR LOVE Yeah, the page that brought on the meltdown was the one right after those two: this one. Because look how close together they're standing!  Then the thread spent the next few weeks relentlessly mocking Chibisoma as it was proven time and time again in multiple ways that Annie and Jack weren't into each other. At all.
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Nov 10, 2011 00:45
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That guy cared way too much about shipping two 13(?) year old girls together. Maybe someone can introduce him to Avatar: The Last Airbender (it attracts all kinds of psychotic shippers) and people can laugh him out of that thread too. I wonder if Parley will work her teleporting into her fighting. Why parry an oncoming attack when you can just bip behind someone?
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Nov 10, 2011 06:27
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sitchelin posted:I wonder if Parley will work her teleporting into her fighting. Why parry an oncoming attack when you can just bip behind someone? I was thinking this, myself, actually. I like a comic that makes me think about it during my day.  Also wondered if it would work in the ether, or if they could bring Smitface in with them to stack the odds.
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sitchelin posted:I wonder if Parley will work her teleporting into her fighting. Why parry an oncoming attack when you can just bip behind someone? I was under the impression that Parley still doesn't have a whole lot of control over her teleporting unless Andrew is helping her. Not to mention teleporting around in a fight would probably be disorienting as hell. If she were to pop behind Jeanne but facing the wrong direction, she'd likely end up with two feet of ghost sword sticking through her chest.
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1stGear posted:I was under the impression that Parley still doesn't have a whole lot of control over her teleporting unless Andrew is helping her. Not to mention teleporting around in a fight would probably be disorienting as hell. If she were to pop behind Jeanne but facing the wrong direction, she'd likely end up with two feet of ghost sword sticking through her chest. Reminds me of this: 
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FactsAreUseless posted:Geez, look at all the robot gaze in today's Gunnerkrigg. And I'll just bet it's a symbolic bot, isn't it? I laughed at this quite a bit.
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Nov 10, 2011 16:42
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Calm down, Kat. Not everyone thinks you're a lesbian!
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dumb brunette posted:Yeah, the page that brought on the meltdown was the one right after those two: this one. Because look how close together they're standing! And it just keeps getting better.
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Nov 11, 2011 09:11
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Fecha posted:Calm down, Kat. Not everyone thinks you're a lesbian! Ahahaha, I guess that whole Paz thing hosed with her head a bit.
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Nov 11, 2011 09:14
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Haha, oops. Someone had enough.
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Nov 11, 2011 09:21
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Poor Kat, you fall in love with one bird and everyone just assumes you are into chicks from there on out.
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Talorat posted:Poor Kat, you fall in love with one bird and everyone just assumes you are into chicks from there on out.  Kat's definitely a bit overly self-concious now. A touch I also liked on the previous page, was Shadow 2 moving around on Robot through-out the match.
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Nov 11, 2011 09:39
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Yeah that was pretty cool. I like pretty much everything about the whole robot and shadow 2 dynamic they got going.
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Nov 11, 2011 09:43
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I guess everyone just assumes Kat's a lesbian because she's a mechanic and wears overalls a lot. Obviously the truth is that she was staring at Robby, though.
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I think it's more just her reading too much into stuff after Paz interpreted her and Antimony's friendship was more than that, I guess? She's getting defensive now. E: Renyardine acting like some kind of lady connisuer is sort of weird given he's a fox come on Renyardine you are/ were kind of a creeper when you lust after human women
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Right, that seems to be exactly the case. On another note, I'm up nights due to my work schedule. It's cool that the update schedule is so reliable. Plenty of other comics with a "regular" schedule can't be depended on, but I can get my Gunnerkrigg fix. I'm loving this chapter so far. Madrox fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Nov 11, 2011 |
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Nov 11, 2011 10:43
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Andrew is so chill he doesn't even mind that the fox god sitting next to him is ogling his girlfriend too. Has Kat ever worn anything like that pink, flowered hairband before? That conversation with Paz has really shaken her  .
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Oneiros posted:Andrew is so chill he doesn't even mind that the fox god sitting next to him is ogling his girlfriend too. Now I can just picture Kat's appearance getting girlier and girlier with each chapter until she's wearing caked-on makeup, hair extensions, and a long flowy evening gown with a fifteen-foot train held up by robot manservants. And then Paz will walk by and go "wow, I didn't know drag queens went to our school".
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Ironic Twist posted:Now I can just picture Kat's appearance getting girlier and girlier with each chapter until she's wearing caked-on makeup, hair extensions, and a long flowy evening gown with a fifteen-foot train held up by robot manservants. We've been close before, I guess. e: also that's the part of the archives where I noticed the art getting better and got excited 
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mrpwase posted:also that's the part of the archives where I noticed the art getting better and got excited Speaking of that, I just found this piece Tom made for Halloween ages ago. It's great. This is also the point where GC started to stick to a more unique art style, as can be seen by this recent canvas when compared to the image above.
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