Posts made by Coin

@WTFE said:

@Coin said:

This is true of any rabid fanbase, though.

I don't know. I've seen loads of fanbois. This felt … special. Like well beyond "short bus" special and into "station wagon driven by a nun" territory.

It's just the relative size of the fanbase that you're reacting to. The more popular and larger the fanbase, the more likely that the least articulate and stupidest of the fans will be present in a large enough capacity to make waves.

There was a show called Drive that lasted four episodes, with Nathan Fillion (among others). And I once ran into a group of fans in a forum. The one rabid fan was super stupid. Everyone else was just a fan. If you blow that up exponentially to "Hollywood pseudo-philosophical blockbusters by world-acclaimed, award-winning, track-record-having director," well...

This is true of any rabid fanbase, though.

Defiance needs a tighter script. Its budget is good for it, dammit.

@Gingerlily said:

I will play on your game, but I will not work on it, because working is hard.

So LAYZEY.

@HelloRaptor said:

@Coin said:

@HelloRaptor said:

@Coin said:

@HelloRaptor said:

Nobody would have asked.

Bullshit.

Nobody who matters would have asked? I can't account for all the random crazies in the world.

That's different, but still doesn't account for the amount of idiots who not only would have asked, but would have also raised a stink over it. Because it's about ethics in comic book journalism.

Why account for those idiots? Honestly, has anything ever been done in comics that draws outside the lines that hasn't raised a stink? i mean, I just assume that basically anything a comic ever does is going to raise internet outrage.

I suppose I could have clarified that in the context of the sort of people being addressed in the quote, none of them would have asked, but I figured that was kind of obvious.

Since when do I need a reason to nitpick at you as a matter of course?

And while we're on that, since when do idiotsneed to be addressed to have any desire to stick their shit where it ain't wanted?

So there.

@HelloRaptor said:

@Coin said:

@HelloRaptor said:

Nobody would have asked.

Bullshit.

Nobody who matters would have asked? I can't account for all the random crazies in the world.

That's different, but still doesn't account for the amount of idiots who not only would have asked, but would have also raised a stink over it. Because it's about ethics in comic book journalism.

@HelloRaptor said:

Nobody would have asked.

Bullshit.

I'd abolish marriage as an institution and leave it, and other unification-type ceremonies and rituals, to cultures that wish to define them as such. The legal benefits of a civil marriage are almost as archaic. It's a contract. Just let it be a contract.

I want to read it, but I am going to wait until someone has compiled the entire thing in a single torrent or something, and organized it in order. Because otherwise I'm going to lose my mind trying to follow it all.

I actually don't mind. One of the things I dislike about comics is the status quo that long-running characters seem to have. I like new stories, changes, etc.

That said, the continuity reboots are happening too often, which is the real issue. It's too often.

This, however, is the first time that Marvel has done something like this. DC has done it tons of times; but it's a first for Marvel.

DC went way overboard, too. That said, of these titles, I am excited for:

Amazing Spider-Man, Spiderman, Deadpool, Karnak, Silk, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, Totally Awesome Hulk, Ultimates, Web-Warriors, and possibly some others.

Carnage? Really? Well. Okay, then.

I am waiting for Secret Wars to end so I can read it all in one go.

@Wizz said:

You gotta ring the bell you guys

Oh god, the beginning of MSB slang.

@Arkandel said:

@Misadventure said:

I should make an MMO called "You go out, go to clubs, visit tourist locations, go to bars, get food, go to shops, pay $10/month to be told what to do.."

Worst. Name. Ever.

I'd just call it The Simulations.

Oh wait.

But see, the only way to verify that all those hundreds of pages of rants are valid complaints and aren't just repetitive abuse is by reading them--and I, for one, do not think anyone would sit down and read hundreds of pages of complaints about a game before considering playing in it. I would much rather--and more likely--take a concise summary from a handful of people who agree, and if I am not convinced, risk it myself.

So having the hundreds of pages is neat conceptually, but practically, it´s negligible.

@Three-Eyed-Crow said:

I don't care so much about the reputations of specific people, but specific games like Serenity and Blood of Dragons...it's very nice to have a handy link to show people so they can properly Buyer Beware them. Even in archival form.

I think it has become painfully obvious, via the Blood of Dragons thread on these forums, that those types of games will never be free of criticism while forums like this one still exist, and it won't take long for said criticism to rise up again. So while I agree that archives would be cool, I don't think it's a concern in that particular "Buyer Beware" instance, since sooner rather than later, you'll be able to point at a thread here.

@Silver said:

@Coin I never posted on WORA. Never kept an account there.

I know. You were one of the people I thought of when I mentioned it.

Guys, can we move this to this new thread to spare Cobalt the insanity of getting a notice every time someone posts on this one? Thanks.

I was reading TV Tropes (which will ruin your life, by the way) when I got reminded of The Sleep Talkin' Man, who is hilarious. So if you have never scanned that blog, you should, just for the random, non-sensical hilarity.

@Roz said:

Finally finished Sense8 tonight. There was something so heart-wrenching about -- I don't know how to say it, the optimism of it? Not naivite, but the overwhelming sense of all these different, disparate people, all broken in their own places, reaching out to help each other. I AM VERY OVERWHELMED WITH FEELINGS.

You pansy, he said, knowing he'll probably tear up or some shit when he watches it.

There are also a lot of people who never even touched WORA because they didn't feel comfortable with it, who are all right posting here and participating in this forum. I think it's in the community's best interest to embrace that change, given the givens.