As of Yesterday a little troll wandered by .. This little .. Person is no longer welcome here - If he tries to post via his CF account I will delete the comment - If he tries to post via guest ill delete the comment. SO new Rule here. You attack another comic or another user here im just going to delete the comment period.
IF this continues I will disable guest comments - this will force everyone to have a CF account to help prevent trolling like this.
This person has been reported and frankly I hope his account is banned. you may see some responses that make no sense thats because I deleted the trolls post.
Also DO not bash other comics on here and it should go without saying dont advertise other comics in such a way thats insulting to the comic you are posting on. Seriously.
Acantha ain't gonna leave the population of Nova Roma to Douchie's temper. She plans on getting Aeneas involved, Lynn will be instrumental to her plan, hopefully enough repair has been done for him to be effective.
It's pretty obvious that Acantha planned to get Aeneas involved. But I can't imagine how Lynn could be instrumental to her plan. What can Lynn do that nobody else can, other than act as a representative of New Troy (or a bargaining chip / hostage)? Kyle is a different story altogether and he is Lynn's boyfriend. But they still believe he's dead, so he can't be part of her plans.
If he's willing to destroy an entire city to prevent his enemies win, what's Decimus going to do to one woman? I suspect that Acantha knows that NT haven't sent enough firepower to protect Lynn from Decimus's anger.
Acantha knows absolutely nothing about what New Troy assets are in Nova Roma besides what Dolly has just said. Don't let your speculation get ahead of the established facts, now.
She knows that "a team" (not a division, or an army etc) is acting with a faction of local dissidents. It's doubtful that dissidents would work with a full scale invasion. Add to that the team is "securing the upper levels to facilitate ... extraction" says that it's a squad with a specific purpose rather than revenge. She also knows what forces New Rome has and Decimus's personality.
Acantha's intelligent and she's been taught what she needs to know to govern since she was a baby. It is likely that Decimus would throw everything he can to stop them even if the rest of the city goes to Hell.
Remember how Aeneas greeted Lynn as the daughter of Helios, plus the fact that, in defense of Acantha, she already smacked douchie upside the head; Aeneas has a great deal of respect for Lynn.
Am I the only one who thinks that camera-bot in panel 5 is more than a little significant to the story?
It's presence means that Aeneas sees and hears what is going on. And that means he's in the loop and now knows about Dolly, Ceci, and some of their goals/plans, including how they've now removed the tracking device. (It also means he heard that Kyle is presumed dead, at Decimus' hands, and that Lynn is still very distraught over that.)
If (and that could be a mighty BIG if) Aeneas is lucid enough to be monitoring the feed, he could be flagging CeCi and Dolly as permitted into his realm. Since they have stated that they will protect Acantha in the presence of the camera bot, Aeneas might be willing to do that.
One might want to consider possible implications of the fact that the 'bot hasn't spoken at all since Lynn identified it, just before Arianna flipped her shit. There's been no reaction to the shit-flipping, no reaction to Dolly and Ceci showing up, or anything else.
I figured the camera bot was keeping quiet either to avoid freaking out Arianna any further. (or it's too polite to interrupt, or it's programming is too simple for much conversation beyond it's initial introduction, ...)
It seems quite likely that he stayed quiet to not freak Arianna out at first.
Though by know, I'm thinking he's staying quiet because he wants to figure out what their plans are first, before he adds his own confusion to the mix.
After all, he *knows* that he is insane. Scary stuff.
Dolly really has NO interest in the revolution Tango Xray. Her interest is solely on getting Lynn to safety. The revolution might hinder that, or help it, but she has little interest in it, I think.
If Lynn commits to another course, Tango Xray? Dolly will override her (using guilt at how she left from New Troy or Calliope's concern for her) to get her to acquiescence. Dolly KNOWS Lynn better than Lynn knows Lynn, she knows which buttons to push to move her when she REALLY needs to.
Acantha's acting like the princess and heir to the Nova Roma throne she is. Now that she has some firepower that will help her get to Aeneas, she wants to do it and usurp her douchebag brother before he gets the place nuked by a PO'd Centcomm. I also like how Dolly's going along with it (for now) because she knows Lynn wants to help her friend. CiCi's along for the ride, but there's still that matter of the shadow program Watchdog's got in reserve.
She's going to *listen* to her idea, but nothing has been decided yet. Considering Dolly's plan at the moment is "run past everyone, try not to get shot, then try not to get shot down" I suspect she's open to suggestions.
This! I agree, Dolly is gathering more information to improve the safety of getting Lynn home. Despite the information she has been fed, there are a great many things she doesn't know.
Well, part of Dolly's plan is also "mow down anyone who gets in the way", and I think she would like an alternative to that.
No matter how good she is at asskicking, she don't really *like* killing people.
No matter how much they deserve it. Well, maybe Decimus .... and Kyle. >:)
The third panel of Acid Test [8 April 2013] seems to indicate otherwise, Sheela. "Jackals. Vultures. Murders. Butchers." in her thoughts facing the gutters.
The follow up page, The soft option [10 April 2013], panel five indicates she REALLY wants to shoot them all... For the MISSION she was going to ignore them.
When they wouldn't though, Dolly enjoyed wasting them! Almost like she needed a release from a past ghost. :-)
I suspect that Acantha would play Tau, mainly because she might find Space Marine's fanatical rantings offputting. Or she'll get in to it and play Orks while being in character, but we'd have to record that for hilarity's sake.
Um, killed the person that was DOMINATING the comic. Probably was the fan favorite too. And one of the main characters of the comic... ::Loads up a dog vaporizing gun::
Dolly will listen to Acantha because she isn't as familiar with the lay of the land so to speak. She doesn't know the political nature of all the forces in play, she doesn't know who is, isn't or can be an ally or an enemy.
Acantha DOES know a lot of that. So Dolly will listen and while she might not like what Acantha has to say, Dolly can find out what other assets there are and other opportunities that can be taken advantage of.
So while Dolly might not agree to what Acantha wants to do, she might be able to reshape Acantha's plan of action to make it more advantageous.
I think at this point TeeDee would be happy with...
Marcus" "see oll these toys in blue armor, Teedee? You are allowed to break them, as long as you clean up afterwards"
TeeDee: "For Reals? How did you know it was my birthday?"
She's thoroughly creeped out by Ceci. Remember, the Cassians are all designed to be on the intimidating side, with most of them in the vicinity of six feet tall and all of them having unusual physical traits of one sort or another (Kali's glazed-porcelain skin, Noctis's pallor, Malati's chromed eyes, Hrist's facial grooves, Nox's everything). Ceci was designed to look more like a cute, bouncy girl.
As Rose said, Arianna is properly creepeed out by now.
CeCi has just hit both the Uncanny Valley and the High Octane Nightmare Fuel buttons, at the same time.
Frankly, I suspect that Arianna just wants to run away, screamiing. But her loyalty, and trust, in Acantha is stopping her.
Dolly is a sharp one, she is.
It took her mere moment to come up with that idea, obviously, her new brain is working quite nicely. :)
As for Aeneas, I think he will be key to foiling Decimus' failsafe plans, while Team Kill-em-All will handle the military.
Meanwhile, I'm guessing that Dolly gets to handle the Prince himself, once the failsafes are broken.
Yeah, and don't worry about the comments, we got a bunch of those nailed down already. :D
Now .. to make more crazy theories about that egg that was stolen from Lynn.
Boy, will Dolly be angry about that, when she hears about it ! Maybe it's already been plantet in the cat ?!
An unborn babe, in an innocent genespliced metahuman.
That would be like a Lost Kitten, in a Lost Kitten !
Dolly would be powerless against it!
What an outrageous plan by the Douchebag!
wow .. troll much? as for wastelanders - I have nothing against them but considering that im sitting at position 14 and WA is sitting at 1304 on top web comics - I think its rather obvious.
and yes this may be a childish response to this but im sick and really don't feel like codding someone who is obviously a sock puppet or a troll in diapers. Please dont bother posting if you are going to just be a jack ass.
((deleted)) post is not worth replying to. The adults have better things to do then waste yet more time on children.
From the terms of service that we agree to when we sign up:
Do not harrass other people in comments you give, try giving constructive criticism. Don't spam either.Don't downvote (voting 1 on every single comic of a strip or a user) just because you don't like somebody, or the genre they happened to pick.
I can only assume that you're pimping a buddy's comic, since your "Spartan Idiots" comic demonstrates that your art style (if we can call it that; to be brutally truthful, I've seen better crayon drawings from nine-year-olds), is entirely different from that of "Wastelanders Anonymous". I'm all for supporting one's friends, but you're going about it in completely the wrong way.
You don't just say something half-assedly denigrating about our comic and then drop the other comic's name. Say that you think Cent's art looks like a series of high-resolution photographs of a cancer-riddled goat's colonoscopy. Say that my writing is as dull, clunky, and offensive as a rusted-out Chevrolet Express van with "Free Candy" spray-painted on the side and a shifty-eyed sex offender behind the wheel. Then claim that your pal's comic has the artistic beauty of a Renaissance masterpiece and a clever, incisive storyline worthy of Mark Twain. As it is, your endorsement might as well be a Sharpie scrawl on the wall of a filthy truck-stop restroom, next to the glory hole.
If you're going to jiggle a can of virtual Krylon (with a gesture that's no doubt extremely familiar to a sad and lonely wanker) and tag other people's comments sections, then at least put some fucking effort into it, you miserable, lazy excuse for a troll.
Y-yeah...Uhm. I don't know who this person is. They aren't me, and they aren't anyone I know (only one person off of CF even knows I have a comic, and they certainly would never do this, even as a joke). Still. I'm sorry, I feel responsible ;~;
No blame falls on you. In fact, I thank you most sincerely for reassuring us that you're a better judge of human quality than to be pals with this wretched little jackslapping cockwomble.
I wanted to mock this, but I haven't come up with a good joke for it yet. The closest I've come is, "If you want to see better comics, go to Luna Star, which is clearly better." Obviously it needs work, but at this point I'm giving up and asking for help.
I've been wanting to comment on this post as well, but something keeps stopping me... It's a sign on my desk with a passage from the Bible, and it help's keep my tongue in check when a customer is really pushing my buttons:
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
(Matthew 7:6)
EDIT: Even though the original post is now gone, I thought it would be a good reminder to people when we do encounter another troll like this.
Holee crap. If Spurtin Studios' post wasn't done with such respectable grammar and punctuation, I would think that he was drunk and/or a pre-teen. As it is, it seems that he is just sad and looking for attention.
Now, Rose, I did love reading your post (I love your writing enough that your grocery lists would be worth the read), but I think you really held back on him. Next time, safeties off! :-D
LOL Jacob. I second your comment. Rose was awfully gentle with him. I think she didn't open up fully on him because she is hoping he'll learn a LITTLE bit from that stupidity. If she had hit him the way that comment DESERVED... he would be vaporized! Then he would learn nothing more.
As for the comment itself, I would say he already achieved what he wanted, sadly. He got people to come to his pathetic excuse of a comic. His page views went up, probably significantly. If you want to treat that comment the way you should, completely ignore it. Don't go click on the mentioned comic and drive up their visitor count and page views. Don't give it any attention. Let it die the obscure death it deserves.
Also, to be fair, the Wastelanders Anonymous webcomic is not too shabby at all.
I just disliked how he was trying to dis this webcomic, in order to promote another - Not very smart, IMO.
@SpartanStudios: You really should learn some manners and about a thing call Netiquette. I am quite sure if you PMed Cent or Rose and asked them politely to read your friends comic, they would do so, and if they enjoyed it, they both would likely have commented about it here. Drawing POSITIVE attention to said comic.
Instead you come here and leave a rude ignorant comment and draw NEGATIVE attention towards said comic.
Trust me, if I wished to be a horses butt with the readership of my blog and another blog I am a Co-Editor on, I could BURY said comic in false reports to have it removed from CF. Between the two blogs I have access to over 3 thousand readers a WEEK.
However, that would be rude, inconsiderate, and just plain mean.
It would also violate my own principles.
So please take this as a constructive criticism and not as a rant or a way to denigrate you.
Learn to have a positive influence through your net presence, not a negative influence.
And Seabiscuit, you have done nothing for which any blame should accrue. And I appreciate your coming here to explain that you had nothing to do with SS's behavior.
You just got added to my personal reading list just for that.
Well, we have an active group of commenteers over here, so it's hardly a surprise that they would comment on something like this.
Frankly, if you had said something like "Hey guys, there's this comic called Wastelanders Anonymous, it's awesome, go read it.".
People wouldn't have jumped so hard on your comment as they did.
But to say that it was "clearly better", thus indicating that this one isn't, is a pretty dick move on your part.
In many ways, you did a disfavor to Seabisquit, by acting so obnoxiously.
As for your own webcomic, well, it only has one page so far, so it's kinda hard for me to say anything about it.
But don't be too discouraged and keep up with it, it can only get better if you stick with it. :)
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Acantha's intelligent and she's been taught what she needs to know to govern since she was a baby. It is likely that Decimus would throw everything he can to stop them even if the rest of the city goes to Hell.
It's presence means that Aeneas sees and hears what is going on. And that means he's in the loop and now knows about Dolly, Ceci, and some of their goals/plans, including how they've now removed the tracking device. (It also means he heard that Kyle is presumed dead, at Decimus' hands, and that Lynn is still very distraught over that.)
They could probably make a good guess about it though.
Though by know, I'm thinking he's staying quiet because he wants to figure out what their plans are first, before he adds his own confusion to the mix.
After all, he *knows* that he is insane. Scary stuff.
'Side's which - If Sheela doesn't get to light up Kyle's life, she's gonna be grumpy puppy!
Kyle on the other hand ... he can stay.
No matter how good she is at asskicking, she don't really *like* killing people.
No matter how much they deserve it. Well, maybe Decimus .... and Kyle. >:)
It was the gutters that insisted upon a confrontation.
The follow up page, The soft option [10 April 2013], panel five indicates she REALLY wants to shoot them all... For the MISSION she was going to ignore them.
When they wouldn't though, Dolly enjoyed wasting them! Almost like she needed a release from a past ghost. :-)
Honestly, I'm thinking that Blood-God may be working on a spare tire. Maybe His Sanguine Supremeness should think about mixing in an occasional salad?
"Accept, O Blood God this offering of Kale, that Kyle may be spared." ^_^
*kills Dolly*
*wonders why the audience gets angry*
The results have often gone viral on social media, and many participants have been nominated for or received Darwin Awards.
Now, let's see how their plans mesh.
I could just see it run all over the place with the bracelet going "Wheeeee!" :)
Acantha DOES know a lot of that. So Dolly will listen and while she might not like what Acantha has to say, Dolly can find out what other assets there are and other opportunities that can be taken advantage of.
So while Dolly might not agree to what Acantha wants to do, she might be able to reshape Acantha's plan of action to make it more advantageous.
Did that make sense?
Best way to find out is to listen.
In a chaotic situation, your survival goes up by a significant margin, if you know what the enemy is doing.
Acantha may have valuable info that Dolly can use.
Dolly: Are you sure this safe route into the palace is actually safe? And does a strap-on like that even exist?!
Acantha: Yes. And yes. Welcome to New Rome.
Dolly: And is broadcasting it live really a good idea???
Acantha: We have to show everyone the exact status of their deposed prince. Will you do it?
Dolly: No. This... sounds more like a job for-
[...]
Teedee: Hell, yeah!! Quick- what's the Lamod for "Say hello to my little friend!"? :-D
>:=)>
Marcus" "see oll these toys in blue armor, Teedee? You are allowed to break them, as long as you clean up afterwards"
TeeDee: "For Reals? How did you know it was my birthday?"
Acantha : And I need that guys leg.
...and it is great to see, Dolly is not just taking over but trying to find out their goals.
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CeCi has just hit both the Uncanny Valley and the High Octane Nightmare Fuel buttons, at the same time.
Frankly, I suspect that Arianna just wants to run away, screamiing. But her loyalty, and trust, in Acantha is stopping her.
Scary to be that close to that kind of power. What it could have done to Lynn's flesh is terrifying to contemplate!
Time to throw a few plasma bolts into the Prince's plans, I think. :)
I still think Acantha will stay in Nova Roma to lead the insurrection, probably through Aeneas.
To be honest, though, Cent and Rose have a habit of fooling me.
It took her mere moment to come up with that idea, obviously, her new brain is working quite nicely. :)
As for Aeneas, I think he will be key to foiling Decimus' failsafe plans, while Team Kill-em-All will handle the military.
Meanwhile, I'm guessing that Dolly gets to handle the Prince himself, once the failsafes are broken.
Now .. to make more crazy theories about that egg that was stolen from Lynn.
Boy, will Dolly be angry about that, when she hears about it ! Maybe it's already been plantet in the cat ?!
An unborn babe, in an innocent genespliced metahuman.
That would be like a Lost Kitten, in a Lost Kitten !
Dolly would be powerless against it!
What an outrageous plan by the Douchebag!
thank you ChK
@ Sheela - yes Im seeing that the commenters are pretty wonderfully self contained you guys are awesome!
No way!
We're all over the place! >_<
Well, that was a stupid thing to say.Edit : the post that this was in response to, was deleted.
and yes this may be a childish response to this but im sick and really don't feel like codding someone who is obviously a sock puppet or a troll in diapers. Please dont bother posting if you are going to just be a jack ass.
From the terms of service that we agree to when we sign up:
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I love my readers HUGS!
You don't just say something half-assedly denigrating about our comic and then drop the other comic's name. Say that you think Cent's art looks like a series of high-resolution photographs of a cancer-riddled goat's colonoscopy. Say that my writing is as dull, clunky, and offensive as a rusted-out Chevrolet Express van with "Free Candy" spray-painted on the side and a shifty-eyed sex offender behind the wheel. Then claim that your pal's comic has the artistic beauty of a Renaissance masterpiece and a clever, incisive storyline worthy of Mark Twain. As it is, your endorsement might as well be a Sharpie scrawl on the wall of a filthy truck-stop restroom, next to the glory hole.
If you're going to jiggle a can of virtual Krylon (with a gesture that's no doubt extremely familiar to a sad and lonely wanker) and tag other people's comments sections, then at least put some fucking effort into it, you miserable, lazy excuse for a troll.
Y-yeah...Uhm. I don't know who this person is. They aren't me, and they aren't anyone I know (only one person off of CF even knows I have a comic, and they certainly would never do this, even as a joke). Still. I'm sorry, I feel responsible ;~;
No blame falls on you. In fact, I thank you most sincerely for reassuring us that you're a better judge of human quality than to be pals with this wretched little jackslapping cockwomble.
And here I thought good flaming was an art lost to the times.
Brings a tear to the eye of this old usenet-veteran, really.
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
(Matthew 7:6)
EDIT: Even though the original post is now gone, I thought it would be a good reminder to people when we do encounter another troll like this.
Now, Rose, I did love reading your post (I love your writing enough that your grocery lists would be worth the read), but I think you really held back on him. Next time, safeties off! :-D
As for the comment itself, I would say he already achieved what he wanted, sadly. He got people to come to his pathetic excuse of a comic. His page views went up, probably significantly. If you want to treat that comment the way you should, completely ignore it. Don't go click on the mentioned comic and drive up their visitor count and page views. Don't give it any attention. Let it die the obscure death it deserves.
Also, to be fair, the Wastelanders Anonymous webcomic is not too shabby at all.
I just disliked how he was trying to dis this webcomic, in order to promote another - Not very smart, IMO.
Oh, and Seabiscuit ?
Totally not your fault.
Instead you come here and leave a rude ignorant comment and draw NEGATIVE attention towards said comic.
Trust me, if I wished to be a horses butt with the readership of my blog and another blog I am a Co-Editor on, I could BURY said comic in false reports to have it removed from CF. Between the two blogs I have access to over 3 thousand readers a WEEK.
However, that would be rude, inconsiderate, and just plain mean.
It would also violate my own principles.
So please take this as a constructive criticism and not as a rant or a way to denigrate you.
Learn to have a positive influence through your net presence, not a negative influence.
And Seabiscuit, you have done nothing for which any blame should accrue. And I appreciate your coming here to explain that you had nothing to do with SS's behavior.
You just got added to my personal reading list just for that.
Well, we have an active group of commenteers over here, so it's hardly a surprise that they would comment on something like this.
Frankly, if you had said something like "Hey guys, there's this comic called Wastelanders Anonymous, it's awesome, go read it.".
People wouldn't have jumped so hard on your comment as they did.
But to say that it was "clearly better", thus indicating that this one isn't, is a pretty dick move on your part.
In many ways, you did a disfavor to Seabisquit, by acting so obnoxiously.
As for your own webcomic, well, it only has one page so far, so it's kinda hard for me to say anything about it.
But don't be too discouraged and keep up with it, it can only get better if you stick with it. :)
Edit : the post that this was in response to, was deleted.
Aw, thanks.
And try to be nice yourself, eh ?
It'll get you further. ;)
Edit : the post that this was in response to, was deleted.