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core tactic · January 2007

I thought Ctrl+alt+del was okay, but then there was this 25 or so page topic on why Buckley sucks in the PVP forum and I learned all of this stuff.

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.

Tube · January 2007

Cymoro is banned for forum raiding. Core Tactic is banned for incitement. Have a nice day.

Isorn · January 2007

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.

japan · January 2007

Cardboard Tube wrote:

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."

The Tommy · January 2007

<OFF-TOPIC>

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.

slash000 · January 2007

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.

Tube · January 2007

The Tommy wrote:

<OFF-TOPIC>

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.

The Tommy · January 2007

Well, it was part of the discussion, and I was kind of curious about the whole thing anyways. Sorry.

Tube · January 2007

Actually I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get at you, it's not your fault at all. This should be steering back towards the topic though.

PikaPuff · January 2007

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.

Target Practice · January 2007

SniperGuy wrote:

Vargas Prime wrote:

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.

So yeah, the man is a hack and a douche.

Also, he can't draw or write.

agoaj · January 2007

slash000 wrote:

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 Tommy · January 2007

agoaj wrote:

slash000 wrote:

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.

taliosfalcon · January 2007

The Tommy wrote:

agoaj wrote:

slash000 wrote:

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

cooljammer00 · January 2007

SC wrote:

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.

Meiz · January 2007

Man this shit is fucking terrible.

muninn · January 2007

cooljammer00 wrote:

SC wrote:

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....

Houk · January 2007

Reynolds wrote:

Cymoro wrote:

stigweard wrote:

How to make a good video about gaming

"...you get 44 for stabbing a wounded guy."

Awesome.

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.

kedinik · January 2007

I don't understand the CAD hate. He's a guy with a webcomic, sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's not. *shrug*

EDIT: These sitcoms suck, hard. See? On topic.

Zampano · February 2007

Wow.

Dude, there's already a sitcom about Gaming. It's called Pure Pwnage. Which, at the very least, is watchable.

Houk · February 2007

kedinik wrote:

I don't understand the CAD hate. He's a guy with a webcomic, sometimes it's funny and sometimes it's not. *shrug*

EDIT: These sitcoms suck, hard. See? On topic.

clearly you and i have different definition of 'funny'. i have seriously never laughed at a CAD comic. Just as i didnt laugh at this show.

See there how i got it back on topic?

APZonerunner · February 2007

Zampano wrote:

Wow.

Dude, there's already a sitcom about Gaming. It's called Pure Pwnage. Which, at the very least, is watchable.

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.

www.purepwnage.com

rayofash · February 2007

There is something good about this: they will never get popular, and will soon fade away.

Fallout · February 2007

watching TV about video games is about as fun as playing video games about watching TV

edit: the ONE exception is purepwnage, I love that shit

Taramoor · February 2007

Fallout wrote:

watching TV about video games is about as fun as playing video games about watching TV

edit: the ONE exception is purepwnage, I love that shit

TexiKen · February 2007

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.

Kriz · February 2007

that was pretty unfunny, unimaginative, and unoriginal.

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.

Campion · February 2007

PikaPuff wrote:

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.

PatboyX · February 2007

watchiing things like this make me ponder:

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]

Original Rufus · February 2007

Kriz wrote:

that was pretty unfunny, unimaginative, and unoriginal.

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.

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.

tony_important · February 2007

Original Rufus wrote:

Kriz wrote:

that was pretty unfunny, unimaginative, and unoriginal.

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.

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.

Dirty · February 2007

Yeah, we didn't offer to suck his cock, so he hit the road.

PikaPuff · February 2007

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.

stigweard · February 2007

PikaPuff wrote:

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 ?

PikaPuff · February 2007

I don't frequent SA so I have no idea what you're talkking about.

stigweard · February 2007

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.

Nalouto · February 2007

the OP watches Studio 60 on the sunset strip.

all credibility is lost.

also another thumbs up to pure pwnage for doing the web-gamer-comic-sitcom thing right.

Thello · February 2007

stigweard wrote:

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.

Variable · February 2007

Nalouto wrote:

the OP watches Studio 60 on the sunset strip.

all credibility is lost.

also another thumbs up to pure pwnage for doing the web-gamer-comic-sitcom thing right.

yeah what an idiot, watching a show written by one of the most lauded television drama writers of the last ten years.

PikaPuff · February 2007

Thello wrote:

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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