Bah. The review was alright. I still think 8-bit deserved Higher. And the weighting system was kind of week.

I guess we have no choice but to send black mage to Hadoken their asses!

:bmage:
"You don't mess with the Mages."

I don't think Brian will be too crushed by this review.

As for my comments on it:

I had to laugh when I read that. I mean, duh? You expected a fresh load of characters in each comic?

Also, you notice that this review complains about the running gags, one of the best parts of 8-bit humor? And have you ever actually seen a running gag get old in 8BT? Brian knows how to spread them out, and does so excellently.

Furthermore, their comments on "characters" and "backgrounds" sound like they deserve a 7 or 8, rather than 6's. They probably lowered them down a notch so they could "screw" 8BT.

Finally, you notice they never actually say where they've seen the "better" effects? I hate people like that. Back up your statements!

Done.

I agree with you on this. It seems to me that during comic 504, the guy who enjoyed it must of edited this to appear it was just made by adding 2005 in it and other current things.

Yes, it is a joke. But after you scroll past & ignore all their stupid banter, I think their final critcisms are supposed to be legitimate. The thing is, much of what they say doesn't seem right & can only be applied to the early comics.

SWK

I'd kinda like to know why this matters so much to everyone? Yea, we like 8-bit, but that doesn't mean we should flame and bash any reviewer that bashes the comic. So what if they didn't like it, it shows they have no taste, hell, they probably still watch shows like Barny and Teletubbies for entertainment, and most likely say Anime has crappy animation values. Judging by how they misspelled Hadoken, they obviously don't pay much attention to details of comics they review. And I have a question...aren't sprite comics by nature, essentially the same sprites over and over again? Just wondering.

I admit, I didn't put much effort on the 8BT screw. Probably should have... will probably redo. Don't know. You all bring up some valid points, yet I think most of you are pissed because I gave it a "low" score.

I'll clear up some things. First of all, it's not a joke. Second of all, I DID read all of the comics. Third of all, Chargos, it is "Hadouken". Apparently, you don't pay much attention to the actual Street Fighter games. Fourth of all, I've had some personal problems these past few weeks, probably messed me up a little. And finally... I appreciate all of your efforts to defend 8-Bit Theater. It's much better than when people defended Reploid Hunter Iris, in which they acted like morons.

I'll probably fix a few things up. I have nothing against 8-Bit Theater personally... in fact, it's a good comic.

I actually think that, if you disregard the jokes for a moment, this was a fairly accurate, even-handed review. Whilst I don't agree on a couple of issues (I would have given a higher score on the "characters" and "backgrounds" sections), the final scores were a reasonable representation of 8BT's strengths and weaknesses, and they never try and present opinion as unassailable truth, as some reviewers can.

No offense to Nestea, the rest of the STC crew, or any of the other posters, but I really can't understand why anybody here cares what some group of random people with a website think of 8BT. We went through basically this same thing a month or so ago when some other site dissed the comic. Really, why do we give a crap? We like 8BT, some other people don't. What's the difference? Why are we getting all worked up? To be fair, people don't seem to be as upset over this review as they were over the other one...

I hate the Mr. Author thing. He only appears in the first few comics. They DID mention the running gags, but then againn there were some of those even earlier on.

That's because I don't hate 8-Bit Theater. And I have more experience with reviewing comics, as my other 87 reviews prove.