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Tev · 09-10-2013, 07:38 PM

Does anyone remember a comic or comic-esque blog written by a lowly goblin who is fated to guard the first room of the first level of a dungeon and how he sort of turns the place around and actually makes it a better dungeon and keeps getting rewarded by his superiors? I think the name was something like "I'm probably going to die tomorrow." or something like that. That was the way he signed off on each of the posts.

Does anyone remember that? Or can link me back to that? I'm having trouble finding it again.

Amake · 09-10-2013, 09:16 PM

I remember playing a text based game about that, where you stood and guarded a hallway until an adventurer came and killed you. That comic sounds more interesting, and I too wish to read it.

tacticslion · 09-11-2013, 10:16 AM

I don't believe I've ever read that one, Tev, but it sounds neat.
EDIT: Googling it for a bit yields nothing I can really point to either.

On a similar topic, does anyone remember an old sprite comic about a guy obsessed with playing games who, through falling out a window, gets a head injury and comes to believe he's actually in a video game? I vaguely recall him skulking about the hospital collecting a cactus as a party member (at a crazed old man's suggestion) and there was an insane woman who's delusions (different than his) kind of lined up, forming a "party" to slay things (like the hospital jellos).

It was written by somebody named "Q-tip" or "W-tip" or something like that?
EDIT: Similarly, google searches have been fruitless.

tacticslion · 09-12-2013, 06:21 PM

So, I just recently caught up on years of missed Megatokyo comics. I'd kind of forgotten it existed. Pretty good story. Interesting mythos being built up around itself.

I like how it plays with the ideas of the "real" world and the "fantasy" world, and presumes both are entirely true, but in different ways, and the "true fantasy" that happens right out in front of everyone isn't noticed by most people because, you know, it's "obviously not real, so I couldn't see it" or something.

EDIT: By the way, the latter mostly is explained in chapters 10 and 11... which I actually generally recommend that you shouldn't start reading unless you're okay with waiting for a while. Basically I'd recommend stopping at comic 1125. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but it generally feels a lot like the ending, and it functions extremely similarly to many Anime in its own way.

Kind of similar, in some regards, to themes found in The Unwritten in a way (a great print comic that you should totally read, by the way. It does contain nudity and swears, though, so, you know).

tacticslion · 09-16-2013, 10:25 AM

... does anyone know what Coyote is saying in gunnerkrigg? Or what that sound means or is?

Intern Nin · 09-16-2013, 01:29 PM

He just keeps repeating the letters "L", "I", "A", and "R". Could mean anything really.

tacticslion · 09-16-2013, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Intern Nin

He just keeps repeating the letters "L", "I", "A", and "R". Could mean anything really.

Thank you. My poor screen resolution plus my blurred contacts meant I wasn't making it out.

Tev · 09-17-2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Amake

I remember playing a text based game about that, where you stood and guarded a hallway until an adventurer came and killed you. That comic sounds more interesting, and I too wish to read it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tacticslion

I don't believe I've ever read that one, Tev, but it sounds neat.
EDIT: Googling it for a bit yields nothing I can really point to either.

Ha ha! Found it! Enjoy, everyone.

It has like 24 parts and you'll have to scroll down to find the beginning because they are sorted in reverse order for some reason.

tacticslion · 09-17-2013, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tev

Ha ha! Found it! Enjoy, everyone.

It has like 24 parts and you'll have to scroll down to find the beginning because they are sorted in reverse order for some reason.

Sweet! Thanks, Tev!
(Now to attend fatherly duties...)

MuMu · 09-16-2013, 06:18 PM

There's probably a Rail somewhere

09-10-2013, 09:16 PM	#2
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I remember playing a text based game about that, where you stood and guarded a hallway until an adventurer came and killed you. That comic sounds more interesting, and I too wish to read it. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

09-11-2013, 10:16 AM	#3
tacticslion Regulator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,842	That reminds me of another webcomic, actually... I don't believe I've ever read that one, Tev, but it sounds neat. EDIT: Googling it for a bit yields nothing I can really point to either. On a similar topic, does anyone remember an old sprite comic about a guy obsessed with playing games who, through falling out a window, gets a head injury and comes to believe he's actually in a video game? I vaguely recall him skulking about the hospital collecting a cactus as a party member (at a crazed old man's suggestion) and there was an insane woman who's delusions (different than his) kind of lined up, forming a "party" to slay things (like the hospital jellos). It was written by somebody named "Q-tip" or "W-tip" or something like that? EDIT: Similarly, google searches have been fruitless. __________________ Make the best decision ever. I look forward to seeing you there! You should watch this trailer! It's awesome! (The rest of the site's really cool, too!) I have a small announcement to make. And another! Last edited by tacticslion; 09-14-2013 at 04:21 PM. Reason: later for another note

09-12-2013, 06:21 PM	#4
tacticslion Regulator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,842	Megatokyo So, I just recently caught up on years of missed Megatokyo comics. I'd kind of forgotten it existed. Pretty good story. Interesting mythos being built up around itself. I like how it plays with the ideas of the "real" world and the "fantasy" world, and presumes both are entirely true, but in different ways, and the "true fantasy" that happens right out in front of everyone isn't noticed by most people because, you know, it's "obviously not real, so I couldn't see it" or something. EDIT: By the way, the latter mostly is explained in chapters 10 and 11... which I actually generally recommend that you shouldn't start reading unless you're okay with waiting for a while. Basically I'd recommend stopping at comic 1125. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but it generally feels a lot like the ending, and it functions extremely similarly to many Anime in its own way. Kind of similar, in some regards, to themes found in The Unwritten in a way (a great print comic that you should totally read, by the way. It does contain nudity and swears, though, so, you know). __________________ Make the best decision ever. I look forward to seeing you there! You should watch this trailer! It's awesome! (The rest of the site's really cool, too!) I have a small announcement to make. And another! Last edited by tacticslion; 09-14-2013 at 12:09 AM. Reason: I forgot to mention the stopping point.

09-16-2013, 10:25 AM	#5
tacticslion Regulator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,842	Gunnerkrigg say whaaaaaaaaa...? ... does anyone know what Coyote is saying in gunnerkrigg? Or what that sound means or is? __________________ Make the best decision ever. I look forward to seeing you there! You should watch this trailer! It's awesome! (The rest of the site's really cool, too!) I have a small announcement to make. And another! Last edited by tacticslion; 09-16-2013 at 10:25 AM. Reason: fix the tag

09-16-2013, 06:18 PM	#10
MuMu Rocky Wrench Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio Posts: 1,197	There's probably a Rail somewhere