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PA comic: Monday Sept. 19, 2011

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edited September 2011 in The Penny Arcade Hub
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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    Too many games doing the facebook thing

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  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    He's not friends with Al?

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Who would be friends with Grim Shado?

    Oh brilliant
  • Onslaught_FeiOnslaught_Fei Registered User regular
    Who would be friends with Grim Shado?

    ...

    ...... me.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Who would be friends with Grim Shado?
    he posts some really funny videos man

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  • MaigaardMaigaard Registered User regular
    I get the feeling that Jerry had come up with WAY too many awesome fantasy names and this was the only outlet.

  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    Are these all characters from their D&D sessions?

  • MaigaardMaigaard Registered User regular
    SabreMau wrote:
    Are these all characters from their D&D sessions?

    Binwin, Jim, and Omin are. I'm not so sure about the rest.

  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    I have no idea what the hell is happening here.

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    I love this kind of gag.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    I have no idea what the hell is happening here.

    It's an adventurer's facebook page.

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  • KorlashKorlash Québécois TorontoRegistered User regular
    I'm struggling to find the joke here. I mean, a parody facebook page? This is hardly an original concept. If you look at the Mass Effect G&T thread, you'll see that someone made a facebook page for Commander Shepard and it is hilarious. It's pretty sad that people on this forum did this joke better than T&G...

    These things can be funny when there's all kinds of little references. This just looks like half of a facebook page for some random adventurer, and there isn't much of a joke to be found here...

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Trying to figure out what GLHF stands for

    Good luck something something

    Human fighter?

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  • kingworkskingworks Registered User regular
  • SnicketysnickSnicketysnick The Greatest Hype Man in WesterosRegistered User regular
    Have fun!

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  • KorlashKorlash Québécois TorontoRegistered User regular
    The Geek wrote:
    Trying to figure out what GLHF stands for

    Good luck something something

    Human fighter?

    Good luck have fun. Typical thing to say at the beginning of a Starcraft game.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    Good luck have fun, likely

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    There's a FB game tie in to the newly released Neverwinter D&D setting (I haven't tried it, just seen a friend sign up to it) which I'm assuming led to the creation of this.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Korlash wrote:
    I'm struggling to find the joke here. I mean, a parody facebook page? This is hardly an original concept. If you look at the Mass Effect G&T thread, you'll see that someone made a facebook page for Commander Shepard and it is hilarious. It's pretty sad that people on this forum did this joke better than T&G...

    These things can be funny when there's all kinds of little references. This just looks like half of a facebook page for some random adventurer, and there isn't much of a joke to be found here...

    Well by all means, do a better comic and show them how bad theirs is.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    There's a FB game tie in to the newly released Neverwinter D&D setting (I haven't tried it, just seen a friend sign up to it) which I'm assuming led to the creation of this.

    Ah, see, now I get it. That's the crucial piece of info I did not know.

  • LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    Meh

  • KorlashKorlash Québécois TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Goatmon wrote:
    Korlash wrote:
    I'm struggling to find the joke here. I mean, a parody facebook page? This is hardly an original concept. If you look at the Mass Effect G&T thread, you'll see that someone made a facebook page for Commander Shepard and it is hilarious. It's pretty sad that people on this forum did this joke better than T&G...

    These things can be funny when there's all kinds of little references. This just looks like half of a facebook page for some random adventurer, and there isn't much of a joke to be found here...

    Well by all means, do a better comic and show them how bad theirs is.

    Your wish is my command:

    http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9078/masseffectbook.jpg

    http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6421/masseffectbook2.jpg

    http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3806/masseffectbook3.jpg

    http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/4292/masseffect2book.jpg

    http://a.imageshack.us/img237/9613/masseffect2book2.jpg

    It's probably not a good idea to openly challenge someone like that when their whole argument is "This has been done before and better".

    I've also seen facebook parody pages for Darth Vader and others, all of which were better executed than this comic. And of course, "bet you can't do better!" is hardly an acceptable argument. After all, many of us judge the performances of athletes who would totally kick our ass.

    I'm just saying it's kind of a tired joke, and not the best execution of it. It may be topical, but then it falls to them to make the concept seem fresh again.

    Korlash on
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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    me gusta

  • CandymancerCandymancer Registered User regular
    A grim, shadowy figure wishes to add you to his friends list. It is Grim Shado.

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Korlash wrote:
    Goatmon wrote:
    Korlash wrote:
    I'm struggling to find the joke here. I mean, a parody facebook page? This is hardly an original concept. If you look at the Mass Effect G&T thread, you'll see that someone made a facebook page for Commander Shepard and it is hilarious. It's pretty sad that people on this forum did this joke better than T&G...

    These things can be funny when there's all kinds of little references. This just looks like half of a facebook page for some random adventurer, and there isn't much of a joke to be found here...

    Well by all means, do a better comic and show them how bad theirs is.

    Your wish is my command:

    http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9078/masseffectbook.jpg

    http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6421/masseffectbook2.jpg

    http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3806/masseffectbook3.jpg

    http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/4292/masseffect2book.jpg

    http://a.imageshack.us/img237/9613/masseffect2book2.jpg

    It's probably not a good idea to openly challenge someone like that when their whole argument is "This has been done before and better".

    I've also seen facebook parody pages for Darth Vader and others, all of which were better executed than this comic. And of course, "bet you can't do better!" is hardly an acceptable argument. After all, many of us judge the performances of athletes who would totally kick our ass.

    I'm just saying it's kind of a tired joke, and not the best execution of it. It may be topical, but then it falls to them to make the concept seem fresh again.

    Why does remind me of Kain and Raziel?

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    GLHB.

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  • Kathleen_LRRKathleen_LRR Registered User regular
  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    Newspost is up.

    TWIST IN CONTEXT'S DARK GRIP, YE FECKLESS SAVAGES.
    Jerry wrote:
    There’s a Facebook distillation of Fourth Edition Dungeons and/or Dragons that could be much, much worse than it is. That may seem like it’s not a compliment, but given the grotesqueries that have writhed beneath that tarnished banner the improvement is almost incalculable.

    That’s something I never entirely understood, this gulf between the paper systems (i.e., the fucking game!) and the moist band of ill-starred mutants it seems to produce. Everyone wants to make hack and slash action games with the license, or an RTS for some reason - at any rate, this is what companies are allowed to make with the licenses they are allowed to buy. If this is an attempt by Wizards of the Coast to protect the table, it’s misguided; I play Dungeons & Dragons because of SSI’s legendary Gold Box. These things are a virtuous cycle.

    Facebook and D&D as a generality, though, wasn’t something we could leave alone.

    I managed to complete Gears of War a few days ago, and it’s real good. That’s pretty much it; there’s not much more you can say. They worked on it for a super long time, brought in a pro to write a script, and dished up a multiplayer beta so that the game’s solitary extant problem melted into syrup. I’m that guy, though, and you should incorporate that into your assessment; I own a Lancer you’ll recall, and what’s more, I know it’s called a Lancer.

    You should know that the game’s lead writer, Karen Traviss, loves The “Cole Train” - whose full name is Augustus Cole, and who in conversations with me she has referred to simply as Augustus. I knew this anyway, but another way you can tell is that she gives him the best line in the entire game. I mean, far and away the best line. She also gave us Bernadette Mataki and Samantha Byrne - she’s done her unstoppable thing, which is to ask real questions of these impossible spaces, and then answer them with a narrative. That’s her in a nutshell. There’s a reason why she keeps getting these jobs: she has a tremendous heart for the soldier, and telling their stories is a kind of overriding personal mission.

    (CW)TB out.

    every word is nonsense

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    didn't @TychoCelchuuu do all of those Mass Effect ones linked?

  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
  • nerfherderhannerfherderhan Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    GLHF = Greasy Lesbian Hamburger Fight.

  • gilraingilrain Registered User regular
    Korlash wrote:
    I'm just saying it's kind of a tired joke, and not the best execution of it. It may be topical, but then it falls to them to make the concept seem fresh again.

    Eh. If everyone checked around online every time they had an idea, to see if someone had done it better, then nothing would ever get made.

  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    I found this entertaining! And I've seen other mock-up facebook pages, before!

    So, wooooo.


    I want them to do a comic about The Glaive. That sounds story-worthy.

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  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote:
    Trying to figure out what GLHF stands for

    Good luck something something

    Human fighter?
    Good Luck Handling Freyna. Freyna being the wanton, but notoriously demanding barmaid who lures brave heroes into various cellars, barns, attics, and caves with such frequency that the realm devised an acronym to save time discussing the situation.

  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
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    jwalk on
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    edited September 2011
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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    jwalk wrote:
    Korlash wrote:
    Goatmon wrote:
    Korlash wrote:
    I'm struggling to find the joke here. I mean, a parody facebook page? This is hardly an original concept. If you look at the Mass Effect G&T thread, you'll see that someone made a facebook page for Commander Shepard and it is hilarious. It's pretty sad that people on this forum did this joke better than T&G...

    These things can be funny when there's all kinds of little references. This just looks like half of a facebook page for some random adventurer, and there isn't much of a joke to be found here...

    Well by all means, do a better comic and show them how bad theirs is.

    Your wish is my command:

    http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9078/masseffectbook.jpg

    http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6421/masseffectbook2.jpg

    http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3806/masseffectbook3.jpg

    http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/4292/masseffect2book.jpg

    http://a.imageshack.us/img237/9613/masseffect2book2.jpg

    It's probably not a good idea to openly challenge someone like that when their whole argument is "This has been done before and better".

    I've also seen facebook parody pages for Darth Vader and others, all of which were better executed than this comic. And of course, "bet you can't do better!" is hardly an acceptable argument. After all, many of us judge the performances of athletes who would totally kick our ass.

    I'm just saying it's kind of a tired joke, and not the best execution of it. It may be topical, but then it falls to them to make the concept seem fresh again.

    those all suck. also shut up.

    I couldn't get past the space nazi joke.

  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    are you guys kidding? the garrus post on shepards wall alone is by far funnier than anything in this PA comic. plus it's clear a lot more work went into the Mass Effect edits. Or care, or something. which is ok, because I'm pretty sure the PA comic just an outlet for the funny invented fantasy names

  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Yeah that's a super awesome joke that we don't need to talk about in this thread about the penny arcade comic

  • webofinkwebofink Registered User regular
    No love for Aoefel. Maybe they kept putting "Al" in the friend finder and it couldn't find him.

    It's dead, Jim.
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