I recall Buckley wanting to set up a battlefield server and some forum members paid a bit of money to support that. Some say Buckley sucked at the game and didn't like it or whatever so he shut down the server without informing anyone and kept the money he got and used it for something else. Nobody ever saw any of the money back.
Oh and naturally he bans people who talk about that.
*sigh* He can actually make some nice art if he wants but CAD is just ctrl c/v.
Cymoro is banned for forum raiding. Core Tactic is banned for incitement. Have a nice day.
Saw that coming.
I considered trying to (constructively) offer some advice on their forum, but I decided it wasn't worth it. It looks like they simply don't want to hear anything negative.
The other problem is that there's very little to be constructive about. It's not like the thing was well written, but poorly produced. Every aspect of it needs a lot of work. They need to come up with a decent script, they need to establish characters, they need to fix the awful, awful pacing, they need to get the sound right, they need to get better at acting (at least to the extent where they're not looking at the damn camera), they should be concerned about the sheer volume of material they're including to which they don't own the copyright, they need to at least rest the camera on some kind of solid object (you don't even need to buy a tripod. Rest it on a pile of books on a table or something).
Finally, they need to find some actual humour to work in there. I don't know if it's my sense of humour or what, but half of what I suspect were meant to be the jokes are this particular group's favourite in-jokes (like the thumb wrestling thing, what the hell was that meant to be about?).
There's simply nothing you can point to and go; "this is good, build on this."
About the CAD guy being a dick to his forums:
I seem to remember hearing that Gabe shut down the original PA forums after some stupid shit. I don't know if it's the same thing as on CAD, though.
All I know is that one time some developer from Bungie (iirc) came in, made a thread, and he was flamed to hell because nobody knew it was a developer; everyone thought it was just a random Bungie fanboy. Gabe/Tycho got superpissed about that, but I don't think they ever shut it down.
Ok. I need an ego boost. Someone please tell me if my video is better than their show. It's from 2000, and was really funny when shown to friends, and horrible when shown to strangers. It aged horribly and I cringe a bit awhile watching it (but yet love it because it's me).
I don't want to watch the show at work and by comparison I'll know just how horrible the OP's show is.
I haven't watched the OP's show yet, so this is really off-topic, but... Why is there so much disdain for CAD on these forums? I mean, it's not the greatest comic in the world, but I've read it off-and-on for a couple of years, and never found it to be TOO offensive.
Was there something in particular that Tim Buckley did to piss off the general populace of the PA forums, or is this a "my comic is better than your comic" thing? I'm just genuinely curious. Not defending either side, you're all welcome to hate whatever you want.
I hate him because he's a total douche. He went and made a WoW guild, then got drunk, and decided he didn't want to play, and disbanded the guild.
All I know is that one time some developer from Bungie (iirc) came in, made a thread, and he was flamed to hell because nobody knew it was a developer; everyone thought it was just a random Bungie fanboy. Gabe/Tycho got superpissed about that, but I don't think they ever shut it down.
I think it was actually an I Love Bees post with a new clue, and the real hubbub was over all the new users registering and posting without reading the rules. More like PAFAQs and such.
All I know is that one time some developer from Bungie (iirc) came in, made a thread, and he was flamed to hell because nobody knew it was a developer; everyone thought it was just a random Bungie fanboy. Gabe/Tycho got superpissed about that, but I don't think they ever shut it down.
I think it was actually an I Love Bees post with a new clue, and the real hubbub was over all the new users registering and posting without reading the rules. More like PAFAQs and such.
The forums being taken down was waaay pre-ILB, because I was here during ILB.
All I know is that one time some developer from Bungie (iirc) came in, made a thread, and he was flamed to hell because nobody knew it was a developer; everyone thought it was just a random Bungie fanboy. Gabe/Tycho got superpissed about that, but I don't think they ever shut it down.
I think it was actually an I Love Bees post with a new clue, and the real hubbub was over all the new users registering and posting without reading the rules. More like PAFAQs and such.
The forums being taken down was waaay pre-ILB, because I was here during ILB.
the guy came on to advertise some new update/patch for halo 2 i think..yeah..it was bad
He was also a right dick to all his forum members so there's a lot of bad blood there.
i remember that. that was fucking heinous what he did. If I remember correctly, someone asked when the next CAD comic was going to be, and rightfully so, as the comic hadnt been up in a bit.
i think the guy got banned or something. it was a long time ago, so i dont remember, but it was worse than I can explain.
i remember when he came out with that cartoon on his paysite, and Penny-Arcade came out with it's ultimate membership that could be joined by coming to the site. Burn.
He was also a right dick to all his forum members so there's a lot of bad blood there.
i remember that. that was fucking heinous what he did. If I remember correctly, someone asked when the next CAD comic was going to be, and rightfully so, as the comic hadnt been up in a bit.
i think the guy got banned or something. it was a long time ago, so i dont remember, but it was worse than I can explain.
i remember when he came out with that cartoon on his paysite, and Penny-Arcade came out with it's ultimate membership that could be joined by coming to the site. Burn.
Well to be honest, PA used to do a "Special membership" thing back in the day. But I think it was based on donations. And PA is cool while CTD sucks...
As for the PA forum shutdown, I heard a story of someone calling Gabes wife something he didnt like, which prompted him to close the forum...
And not to diverge too far off topic.... those fucking videos make me want to gauge my eyes out. Kinda like that dude in Event Horizon....
I didn't watch whatever crap this person came to whore out, but the video linked here was awesome. As awesome as anything in French can be.
It got mild chuckles from me most of the way. Then I got to the part where the guy in the boba fett helmet was fucking the paladin in the ass. Then I got a boner.
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I was expecting something like Mega64 (which wasn't the best, but a nice distraction good for a laugh, especially the metal gear riff). I feel sad now for watching that. And the opening page when you click on his link was deceptive; it made the site look better than it is.
Anyways, Scott Kurtz is the best for making the Batman-My parents are dead comic. I've never laughed more at any comic than I did at that one.
Ok. I need an ego boost. Someone please tell me if my video is better than their show. It's from 2000, and was really funny when shown to friends, and horrible when shown to strangers. It aged horribly and I cringe a bit awhile watching it (but yet love it because it's me).
I don't want to watch the show at work and by comparison I'll know just how horrible the OP's show is.
That was funny, and is comparably Beethoven's 9th symphony to that sitcom's Justin Timberlake's any song, and to clarify, I love Beethoven's 9th symphony.
That god awful Dr.Mario skit went on way too long. I stopped after that, but I can imagine the rest of the show is like if Family Guy drew out its little flashbacks for as long as it possibly could.
This thread reminds me of this thread on the SA forums. It's been bugging me all day how similar they are, to the point of thinking they were about the same video. But they're not.
This thread reminds me of this thread on the SA forums. It's been bugging me all day how similar they are, to the point of thinking they were about the same video. But they're not.
When did sa get the drat loving poo poo filter? Do you have to be logged in to get pas that ?
Don't be a rear end with a top hat. Anyone can plainly see that those poo poo mother loving rear ends don't write like this. I was just curious when they added the inane content filter. I haven't really frequented much since they went pay for play.
Don't be a rear end with a top hat. Anyone can plainly see that those poo poo mother loving rear ends don't write like this. I was just curious when they added the inane content filter. I haven't really frequented much since they went pay for play.
If you don't have an account, you get the filter.
As for this video, by the fouth episode you should've found your niche and stuck with it. Instead, you meander around through several minutes of first-person camera exercises and a way-too-long title sequence. Your video is more than half over by the time all this happens.
Then when we're finally getting somewhere, we're in a machinima sequence. This wouldn't be so bad if the very obviously chroma-keyed characters weren't horrendously out of scale with poorly-looped animations.
Finally, you need somebody else to write your dialogue. It's unnatural, it isn't funny, and it really feels like you're reading directly off the page.
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a way-too-long title sequence. Your video is more than half over by the time all this happens.
Again, the episode is a set of youtube videos. So "half of the video is the intro" is because that's only the first of multiple videos. Or so I hear. I haven't watched them. The top right cast picture on the site is ugly as shit, though.
Also, another vote for Pure Pwnage. Very well done.
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And I didn't realize most of the stuff he did actually came from other webcomics first.
I was iggnant.
And knowing is half the battle.
Oh and naturally he bans people who talk about that.
*sigh* He can actually make some nice art if he wants but CAD is just ctrl c/v.
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Saw that coming.
I considered trying to (constructively) offer some advice on their forum, but I decided it wasn't worth it. It looks like they simply don't want to hear anything negative.
The other problem is that there's very little to be constructive about. It's not like the thing was well written, but poorly produced. Every aspect of it needs a lot of work. They need to come up with a decent script, they need to establish characters, they need to fix the awful, awful pacing, they need to get the sound right, they need to get better at acting (at least to the extent where they're not looking at the damn camera), they should be concerned about the sheer volume of material they're including to which they don't own the copyright, they need to at least rest the camera on some kind of solid object (you don't even need to buy a tripod. Rest it on a pile of books on a table or something).
Finally, they need to find some actual humour to work in there. I don't know if it's my sense of humour or what, but half of what I suspect were meant to be the jokes are this particular group's favourite in-jokes (like the thumb wrestling thing, what the hell was that meant to be about?).
There's simply nothing you can point to and go; "this is good, build on this."
About the CAD guy being a dick to his forums:
I seem to remember hearing that Gabe shut down the original PA forums after some stupid shit. I don't know if it's the same thing as on CAD, though.
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You clearly know it's off topic, so why are you posting it? This isn't a thread about CAD guys. Oxygen of publicity and all that.
I don't want to watch the show at work and by comparison I'll know just how horrible the OP's show is.
The forums being taken down was waaay pre-ILB, because I was here during ILB.
i remember that. that was fucking heinous what he did. If I remember correctly, someone asked when the next CAD comic was going to be, and rightfully so, as the comic hadnt been up in a bit.
i think the guy got banned or something. it was a long time ago, so i dont remember, but it was worse than I can explain.
i remember when he came out with that cartoon on his paysite, and Penny-Arcade came out with it's ultimate membership that could be joined by coming to the site. Burn.
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Well to be honest, PA used to do a "Special membership" thing back in the day. But I think it was based on donations. And PA is cool while CTD sucks...
As for the PA forum shutdown, I heard a story of someone calling Gabes wife something he didnt like, which prompted him to close the forum...
And not to diverge too far off topic.... those fucking videos make me want to gauge my eyes out. Kinda like that dude in Event Horizon....
EDIT: These sitcoms suck, hard. See? On topic.
Dude, there's already a sitcom about Gaming. It's called Pure Pwnage. Which, at the very least, is watchable.
See there how i got it back on topic?
Pretty much. You guys have got the interest and you want to do a show, so.. learn how to, first.
Watch pure pwnage. Watch and learn.
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Anyways, Scott Kurtz is the best for making the Batman-My parents are dead comic. I've never laughed more at any comic than I did at that one.
but like others said, already having 3 half-hour episodes up and done shows some decent determination.
now all you need to do is...make it not suck.
That was funny, and is comparably Beethoven's 9th symphony to that sitcom's Justin Timberlake's any song, and to clarify, I love Beethoven's 9th symphony.
That god awful Dr.Mario skit went on way too long. I stopped after that, but I can imagine the rest of the show is like if Family Guy drew out its little flashbacks for as long as it possibly could.
does the happiness kevin smith's jokes have brought me outweigh my hatred for every hack he inspired?
[spoiler:c1949fe0e6] not anymore, no. [/spoiler:c1949fe0e6]
My first pet peeve is the sound.
Before anything else, the factor that reveals you to be an amateur is shitty sound.
If the OP'er is still around: Get some shotgun mikes and booms.
I don't think he's ever coming back.
When did sa get the drat loving poo poo filter? Do you have to be logged in to get pas that ?
all credibility is lost.
also another thumbs up to pure pwnage for doing the web-gamer-comic-sitcom thing right.
As for this video, by the fouth episode you should've found your niche and stuck with it. Instead, you meander around through several minutes of first-person camera exercises and a way-too-long title sequence. Your video is more than half over by the time all this happens.
Then when we're finally getting somewhere, we're in a machinima sequence. This wouldn't be so bad if the very obviously chroma-keyed characters weren't horrendously out of scale with poorly-looped animations.
Finally, you need somebody else to write your dialogue. It's unnatural, it isn't funny, and it really feels like you're reading directly off the page.
yeah what an idiot, watching a show written by one of the most lauded television drama writers of the last ten years.
Also, another vote for Pure Pwnage. Very well done.