Oh hey, we are launching the Trenches!

antifuse

Yay! I was just reminded by somebody the other day how this got announced, and then nothing happened. And hey, here it is! I look forward to seeing where the story goes, and also to an RSS feed whenever they get around to implementing it.

SalmonOfDoubt wrote:

that was pretty dry for the very first comic

They already have an entrenched audience (the combined readership of PvP and PA) who are likely to give it at least a couple weeks before giving up. It's a story based comic, so hopefully they don't try to shoehorn a gag into every strip if it doesn't serve the story.

Oh, and:

Mr. G wrote:

Judging by all these repeat questions, it'd probably be an alright idea to have the Forums link direct to the first post of this thread, and not the last one.

That implies that people are going to read the whole thread before posting their repeat question.

maritzac

If this comic runs T-T does that mean there's going to be a new one tomorrow?

Rock Lobster!

What crazy world are you people living in where you turn in a resume/application and get an interview the same day? Do companies not keep things on file in this world? Do they not have fax machines?

Bedlam

maritzac wrote:

If this comic runs T-T does that mean there's going to be a new one tomorrow?

Yeah, probably.

faits

Mr. G wrote:

Judging by all these repeat questions, it'd probably be an alright idea to have the Forums link direct to the first post of this thread, and not the last one.

It only goes to the last post in the thread if you're already logged into the forum and have also read the entire thread

that's just how the new forum works.

Aneurhythmia

Rock Lobster! wrote:

What crazy world are you people living in where you turn in a resume/application and get an interview the same day? Do companies not keep things on file in this world? Do they not have fax machines?

I read each panel as being a separate event. I can see how people would connect the two car shots though.

Speed Racer

Maybe he's not applying because he got fired/laid off/whatever

maybe he's applying because he quit his high-paying job so he could try and get his DREAM JOB of PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR A LIVING

and will proceed to have his soul crushed down into a fine paste as the comic progresses

redfenix

o hey, i'm back home in SE++ from over there

sadly, this comic speaks to me

ASimPerson

Speed Racer wrote:

Maybe he's not applying because he got fired/laid off/whatever

maybe he's applying because he quit his high-paying job so he could try and get his DREAM JOB of PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR A LIVING

and will proceed to have his soul crushed down into a fine paste as the comic progresses

This my angle.

Kochikens

I actually really love the concept of this, especially the, "There will also be a weekly story from a real-life tester about their real-life bug-questing experiences." and know this comic will be a HUGE hit at the office emails. Especially in the testing department. : )

Aneurhythmia

ASimPerson wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

Maybe he's not applying because he got fired/laid off/whatever

maybe he's applying because he quit his high-paying job so he could try and get his DREAM JOB of PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR A LIVING

and will proceed to have his soul crushed down into a fine paste as the comic progresses

This my angle.

I don't imagine many folks sit in their expensive car in the rain with the top down, because they're hopeful about something that has just happened. Maybe in a bad 80s movie? I dunno.

faits

we already established the roof is open because his big head won't fit in the car with it closed

TankHammer

Maybe he borrowed the car from a wealthy relative and he doesn't know how to operate the roof!

Rock Lobster!

Also quite a few convertibles have such difficult to put up roofs that if you're close enough to your destination when it starts raining you'd probably get wetter trying to put it up than just driving with the top down.

Bedlam

He cant put the top up because the car is haunted.

This is also why he cant sell or trade it. Because even in the this tough ecconomy the nations citizens are still staunchly anti-ghost.

FireWater

looks like a great comic! Also goose, your sig pic is the best one I have seen in a long time.

SabreMau

If the relative was wealthy enough, he could have had one of the really easy to put up roofs.

j03n1nj4

Hooray for the trenches! I look forward to seeing what is in store with the new comic.

Sekkyo

@cwgabriel: The Trenches now has an RSS feed!

If not a pretty hilarious bug, I guess the The Trenches RSS button is Mike's and Scott's idea of a joke? At least The Trenches has an RSS icon, if not RSS functionality.

agilemania

Sekkyo wrote:

@cwgabriel: The Trenches now has an RSS feed!

If not a pretty hilarious bug, I guess the The Trenches RSS button is Mike's and Scott's idea of a joke? At least The Trenches has an RSS icon, if not RSS functionality.

What joke? It works for me.

Sekkyo

It just takes me to another version of the page sans-RSS icon, and there's no functioning feed in sight. Nothing a browser recognizes, anyways.

Titipu

If I hit the << button the URL changes to http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/9811. I see major problems ahead with a DMYY date format, if that's what it is.

Rock Lobster!

Sekkyo wrote:

It just takes me to another version of the page sans-RSS icon, and there's no functioning feed in sight. Nothing a browser recognizes, anyways.

Might want to say what browser you're using, 'cause it's working just fine for me on Firefox 5.

End

Sekkyo wrote: »

It just takes me to another version of the page sans-RSS icon, and there's no functioning feed in sight. Nothing a browser recognizes, anyways.

what url does it send you to?

http://trenchescomic.com/feed is the address of the feed, and it looks right to me

faits

Rock Lobster! wrote:

Sekkyo wrote:

It just takes me to another version of the page sans-RSS icon, and there's no functioning feed in sight. Nothing a browser recognizes, anyways.

Might want to say what browser you're using, 'cause it's working just fine for me on Firefox 5.

IE5.

Fatty McBeardo

Isaac Cox?

For reals?

hopalong

Just to point out that whilst on the website the story at the bottom is anonymous on the RSS feed the first post puts a name in front of the story. I am not sure it is the correct name as I remember one member of the PA office staff discussing testing a baseball game and it was not the one mentioned in the RSS feed.

The Geek

hopalong wrote:

Just to point out that whilst on the website the story at the bottom is anonymous on the RSS feed the first post puts a name in front of the story. I am not sure it is the correct name as I remember one member of the PA office staff discussing testing a baseball game and it was not the one mentioned in the RSS feed.

What's the name on the RSS feed? Is it Porkfry? Because Porkfry was a game tester.

Ten

The Geek wrote:

hopalong wrote:

Just to point out that whilst on the website the story at the bottom is anonymous on the RSS feed the first post puts a name in front of the story. I am not sure it is the correct name as I remember one member of the PA office staff discussing testing a baseball game and it was not the one mentioned in the RSS feed.

What's the name on the RSS feed? Is it Porkfry? Because Porkfry was a game tester.

It was Erika, and since she would have been something like 9 years old when that game came out, I don't think she wrote the post.

jerodast

Titipu wrote:

If I hit the << button the URL changes to http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/9811. I see major problems ahead with a DMYY date format, if that's what it is.

The QA geek in me thought the exact same thing! So I spent the last hour working out exactly when it'll cause a collision. Assuming they stick to Tuesdays and Thursdays only, it won't be a problem until December 1, 2016. Maybe with the "seasonal" format, they'll work around it? Time will tell! See you in 5 years!

Gaslight

faits wrote:

Rock Lobster! wrote:

Sekkyo wrote:

It just takes me to another version of the page sans-RSS icon, and there's no functioning feed in sight. Nothing a browser recognizes, anyways.

Might want to say what browser you're using, 'cause it's working just fine for me on Firefox 5.

IE5.

Spoiler:

Nah, I dunno.

Grimdis

wow, the first comic was posted on my birthday, awesome!

apotheos

I'm confused how the first panel connects. There is no water in either the second or third panel.

I have spent 16 hours QA'ing super exciting video games so I'm wondering if I'm *insanely dense* just now.

Antimatter

he got fired, he's sad, he's going to a new job, he's referring to his doing something not very good in the last panel

wavecutter

mentok1982 wrote:

The Geek wrote:

That guy is too tall for his own car and that's why he has the top open in the rain.

Why didn't his resume get all wet from the rain? Is it laminated?

It was an application getting wet. The document in the interview is a resumè.

Jars

Lord Dave wrote:

Maybe a hobo pooped in it and now nobody will buy it from him

chocolate? this is doodoo baby

Opty

It's actually just a Power Wheels version of the Tesla, which is why it has no roof and is so tiny.

CroakerBC

Oh, my. I think this is going to go down very well in my department...looking forward to more.
(and now, back to QAing VoD platforms..not super-exciting-videogames )

ozzy105

If anyone is interested in what the text on the Personnel Files says on the New Readers page, try pasting the text into this tool and select Base 64 decode as the option. http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/encrypter/index.php

chirlin

Just curious, but why is the copyright on the comic 2010?