| Didn't think I'd be doing this |
[Aug. 25th, 2007|07:07 pm] |
This is completely unrelated to my comic so if you somehow came here from the comic page there's nothing here for you.
Something has lately come to a head that I thought was over. I'm not making people guess at names or who I'm talking about because there's no point. I don't expect this to be read but if it is, eh, who cares. I'm just blowing off steam at people who aren't going to listen to me.
Specifically Sparrow has restarted her D&D game, which I have ceased to play. This annoys me because I had hoped it was over and that the mantle of DM would be passed to Robin. Sadly this game will not be ending for a good many months, leaving me without a D&D game. Why must the only game that survives the summer school break be the game that I was not having fun in?
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| Yeah, about that comic |
[May. 23rd, 2007|08:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
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I've come to the conclusion that I can't update MadHat anymore. It's not working out. Three years ago I started Nob the Blob. That lasted 2 years. A few months later I started up Playing with Knives. That lasted a year. Now a few months into this comic I've realized something. I've been doing the same comic for the past 4 years. Nob is Devon is Vorticus. Smick is Molly is Sara. Lord High Chief is Big Boss is Texas Bob. Dual/Duel is Coffee Cup. Maku Yan is Mr. Octopus and Impy. And every story has been the "people in a [location] doing wacky things" no story, little character progress, almost no real conflict, and everything neatly resolved in 45 minutes with commercial breaks. Sure the characters were somewhat different but not different enough and the plot was exceedingly similar. If I'm going to do something it needs to be something that isn't SILLY WACKINESS LOLZ! Sorry to end it so soon but I'm not into it at all and the writing is feeling very forced and I don't want to try plowing through it like I have in the past. If I start a new comic I'll post something here on this site so you can find me again. That is all. |
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| Dr Who |
[May. 12th, 2007|10:53 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | dr who, lazy | ] |
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| [ | music |
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Here I am, it's Saturday night and I haven't even got an idea for the comic tomorrow. This will be the second week in a row that I haven't updated on Sunday. I blame Dr Who this time. I've got a bunch of episodes left to watch and I want to watch them. Also I'm waiting to see if one particular person's computer comes back because if it doesn't we won't RP this week. That's no RPing for two weeks now. Kinda sad. I doubt we will since it's getting late and I don't plan to stay up past midnight. One more day of weekend left. I think I'll go to the bookstore.
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| blargh |
[May. 8th, 2007|09:25 pm] |
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Probably no update at least until tomorrow. I don't know why but the ideas aren't coming right now. I suspect it's the lack of sleep. I don't create well when I have a lack of sleep. At least not funny comics. I create other things just fine. The motivation to make a funny just isn't there. Heck I have things I'd like to draw and I'm not drawing them. *shrugs* I hope nothing gets me further down because that would be plain sad.
I fear I have become boring. I get up, go to work come home, and draw/chat/watch tv/play video games and on Thursdays I go dancing. Seriously, it's sad how much I look forward to that one night a week. It's all very cyclic and it's getting too me, especially the whole lack of girlfriend part. Again, I'm tired. I assume that once I have a good nights sleep most of the problems will go away and I'll feel better. |
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| Update! |
[Apr. 28th, 2007|11:54 am] |
I know I missed on the update. Wednesday just didn't work for me. The ideas weren't flowing the way they should. I had some but none of them took the story in the right place, they just spun their wheels on jokes that didn't go anywhere. That and I was engrossed in Hogfather and still am. I intend to get a comic up for tomorrow as well but that may not get up until later in the day.
I had intended to post a bunch of criticisms on my dnd game that wasn't going well but since I like positive things I'm going to tell you why I like my GM for my D20 modern game and why I like my GM for my PDQ game.
1. They're both put a huge emphasis on fun. If a player doesn't exactly know the rules for what they want to do they give suggestions on how to make it work.
2. If things weren't going well I know I could approach them with my concerns.
3. They encourage characters/players who aren't as involved. For example there is one character/player in the PDQ game who is quite quiet. The DMs have thrown plot hooks to the player to encourage them to participate more and it's worked well.
4. They encourage and reward teamwork. These two GMs send challenges that everyone can enjoy and more often than not require the players to work together to solve the problems.
5. They're cheerful and helpful. Unsure of a rule or RP concept? Ask away and they'll do their best to answer you as it applies to the game you're playing.
6. They both run open games. Everything gets asked in main chat so there's no guesswork or assumptions to see that you're being treated fairly.
That's all I can think of at the moment but it makes for an enjoyable game! :D |
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