Hey it's that one guy who used to be around and and now he's back.

[MSperoni]

Originally Posted by tacticslion

Without 8-Bit driving speculation and drawing new members, a lot of people faded away and fewer came back.

The Dreadful is getting a few new members. Not a lot, but some. Which is good. I think the comic could really go places if it got more support (I really ought to take out some more adverts). Though it seems to be getting buzz off-site, which is also good.

Originally Posted by Hawk

since the more popular comics finished...

URGHHHH *throws garlic bread out the window*

Why do comments like this have to pop up every so often and depress the shit out of me? >_<

URGHH *throws spaghetti all over the bedroom*

Anyway, Stabbing, the site is not dead or dying. At worst I'd say it's "lingering". Don't listen to these non-believers! It doesn't have the active membership it once did, but it's got a pretty decent comic that is still going strong (350ish pages over 260 updates).

The site'll be dead when content stops updating, and it's going to be awhile till I give up on The Dreadful, even if it gets ball-breakingly frustrating sometimes. I'm a tenacious semi-delusional mofo.

URRGH *crushes unopened soda can in his bare hand*

All that is left of my supper is my salad. Thanks a lot, jerks.

[MuMu]

Originally Posted by Death by Stabbing

Mark Waid is the man! I have a whole bunch of his stuff (including Daredevil of course). The Unknown is so awesome and Potter's Field really needs a sequel. You have any opinion on the Superior Spider-Man?

Aside from Kraven's Last Hunt and some Ultimate I've never read a Spider-Man run, so I don't feel the outrage the normal fans did. I think it's a interesting turn and it might be a fun villain-redeemed-by-heroism story like some Thunderbolts experience but right now I'm more interested in Scarlet Spider and Superior Foes of Spider-Man.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by MSperoni

The Dreadful is getting a few new members. Not a lot, but some. Which is good. I think the comic could really go places if it got more support (I really ought to take out some more adverts). Though it seems to be getting buzz off-site, which is also good.



URGHHHH *throws garlic bread out the window*

Why do comments like this have to pop up every so often and depress the shit out of me? >_<

URGHH *throws spaghetti all over the bedroom*

Anyway, Stabbing, the site is not dead or dying. At worst I'd say it's "lingering". Don't listen to these non-believers! It doesn't have the active membership it once did, but it's got a pretty decent comic that is still going strong (350ish pages over 260 updates).

The site'll be dead when content stops updating, and it's going to be awhile till I give up on The Dreadful, even if it gets ball-breakingly frustrating sometimes. I'm a tenacious semi-delusional mofo.

URRGH *crushes unopened soda can in his bare hand*

All that is left of my supper is my salad. Thanks a lot, jerks.

If I say something mean about The Dreadful will you throw out the salad too?

[MSperoni]

No I ate the salad already and then I had some cake after.

[Overcast]

Since 2010 I've since joined the military and am currently on its last couple years before my sequence out. Have lost a relationship and gained a superior one while demoting the other to fairly healthy friendship.

The RP section has taken a family friendly turn toward more tabletop games instead of doing mostly free form, and also is mostly taking place on the chat. It is actually doing a great job of keeping my stress levels down even though I have to really push just to get myself into the games due to hilarious connection problems.

I'm steadily moving toward becoming a hermit with internet access, that seems to be the way to live right now.

Also popular isn't the same as good Matt. Feel happy in the fact that of the group that reads your comics we are all pretty certain that you got some nice quality comicthings in there.

[MSperoni]

Originally Posted by Overcast

Also popular isn't the same as good Matt. Feel happy in the fact that of the group that reads your comics we are all pretty certain that you got some nice quality comicthings in there.

Thanks! I appreciate that the people who take the time to read it enjoy it.

I really don't dwell on the comic's (lack of) popularity like I used to. What bugs me is when I see people post things on NPF about how the site is dying/dead and how there's no longer anything of value here.

I'm aware that I'm not entitled to anything, no matter how much work I put into The Dreadful, but it still sorta stings hearing that kinda stuff from fellow NPFrs.

[shiney]

Originally Posted by Loyal

Yeah, tried that briefly. Besides the bugs caused by missing or incomplete scripts, I just really couldn't get into it. I mean Rogues couldn't even Sap without breaking stealth. It was in fact a private server that convinced me to just go back to the real game. Go figure.

Now I've got a Warlock and Death Knight progressing through endgame stuff and I'm having so much fun.

Apart from some NPC dialogue, the server I play on has been almost entirely bug free. Two level 30+ characters and no significant bugs (read: some quests didn't do the script execution and instead auto-complete) yet. It is good times.

Edit: Matt, the cake is/was a lie.

[MSperoni]

Maybe it was a brownie?

[Death by Stabbing]

Originally Posted by tacticslion

Welcome back! I... honestly don't remember you (we may have just missed each other time-wise, I'm not sure), but I'm still glad you're back!

A combination of random internet drama and 8-bit finally finishing up.

Without 8-Bit driving speculation and drawing new members, a lot of people faded away and fewer came back.

Thanks to internet drama (usually unrelated to 8-bit stuff), many got burned and left. A few who left are starting to drift back now, though, so that's nice. Hopefully all that kind of stuff is behind us!

Outside of those two main things, life circumstance has gotten in the way for many - they just fade off due to other important things in their life, whether good, bad, or other.

That said, there's still activity going on here - it's just moved and changed compared to how it was before. There were a couple of times when there was even question if the forums were dead... but they revived, and have continued going! It's hard to truly keep this place down.

Well I'm glad I wasn't around for all that drama. I remember getting caught up in some back in the day. I was going to keep on fading out but I just got this itch to come back so here I am. It's good to know there are still folks on here. I honestly don't remember you either but I'm glad we get to meet now! I did, however, end up in the dead thread section and saw a lot of familiar names. Seems like 2012 was a big purge year. Lots of folks that I knew stopped posting then. But hey I'm back after so long so maybe it will start some kind of cosmic domino effect and lots of other folks will come flooding back. Or I have a huge ego problem and like to picture myself as the center of the universe. Eh, either one is cool with me.

Originally Posted by Hawk

tactics man you've been around even longer than I have and I still remember that guy, Murder by Shanking.

But yeah, welcome back DBS and all that jazz. Like tac says, there's not much going on these days, since the more popular comics finished and the RP/games forums got run into the ground (I blame the over-saturation of Mafia).

But the important thing to remember is, I'm still here.

It's always good to remember the important things, Hawk. Good to see you! I remember you too! And I remember the old Mafia days. Actually not so long ago I found some of my plans for mafia games I was going to run all that time ago. I'm probably a hoarder. Or maybe a Hodor? There was also an old Star Wars RP I was a part of that I remember. Don't know what happened there...people just stopped playing as I recall. Anyways glad to see you're still kicking.

Originally Posted by Kim

I worship Lilith because of who she is. Mother of monsters. Left rather than be beneath a man. Her associations with sexuality. Etc.

All of these are things I either identify with or feel I relate to on some way. For example, the mother of monsters thing. I identify heavily with monster girls. I like seeing Lilith as a mother figure to myself as an extension of that.

I like her associations with sex/sexuality because of how big a part of me those things are.

Stuff like that.

Ah, as I said I didn't really know that much about her. I might wear a cross everyday but that doesn't mean I'm all crazy like the folks you see on TV. I like the Bible quote "My Father's house has many rooms." Basically I like to know what people in the other rooms are up to! I've always loved really about Greek and Roman Mythology. It really helps me as a writer. Right now I'm in to Norse stuff since I've finally been able to find good books about it. The identifying with the monsters stuff makes a degree of sense. Sometimes folks want to root for the other guys. Not necessarily bad. I mean it's all a matter of perspective like in the book Grendel which is in the POV of the monster from Beowulf. Plus comic book characters like Swamp Thing and Man-Thing are popular monster protagonists.

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

Hey Death By Stabbing! Good to see you again! Welcome back!

Yeah, things have kind of slowed down over the past few years, but there are still a few holdouts who refuse to give up on this place.

It is good to be back and see you as well MM! You can count me in the number of folks that won't give this up. You know now that I am not so busy. Being out of work really helps free up your spare time .

Originally Posted by Grandmaster_Skweeb

As long as you concede that pie is superior to cake then I shall welcome you back with open arms.

If not, well. Something.

Sorry I can't in good conscience say that pie is better. I like some pies but I like more cakes than I like pies. So I guess...something?

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Death by Stabbing

Transhumanism, eh? I've been reading a little on that lately. Interesting ideas. I'd like to read your article.

Well, since you asked