Comments for Death of a Fire Mage

Comment on who’s next by Abi @ Kungaloosh

Abi @ Kungaloosh — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:47:53 +0000

I’ve been helping a friend of mine run some heroics dungeons on his fresh 80 and a majority of the groups are comprised of people in blues/greens outside of the tanks. Definitely a string of bad luck since all I really want out of the runs are the achievements. Next time, Gadget, next time.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Carnus

Carnus — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:44:05 +0000

@Misrepresented Dickwolf – Well, exactly. If nothing has changed, why is this comic causing such a fuss in communities/with bloggers when the previous ones I linked did not (as far as I know)? Back in the day, they could do this comic and no one would blink because their comic audience was a portion of Gamespy (cit?). Nowadays because everyone and their dog and their dog’s cousin is on the internet and is a reader of PA (ie they hit the mainstream), the greater following means there’s more of a chance to offend people. I guess that when Gabe made his statement about dedicated readers, he’s openly admitting that they’re just writing for the core audience that they had since the beginning, but not any of the new ones they’re received since they went big time.

I like your analogy but in that sense one could argue that you should support people like Dr Laura for her right to use words because she did not direct it to anyone other than her caller. Sensitive issues like rape, etc are persistent triggers for survivors of tragedy. The articles I linked mostly critisize their unwillingness to analogize it through different means.

Yes, sold out. I only wish I knew to who, because then I’d be getting money playing video games all year. = ) “Sold out” in the http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/indieshirts.shtml way. Or the MC Frontalot http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=mp3 way. Meaning when you get big, you lose your indie cred.

Also, see indie: http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail203.html

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Misrepresented Dickwolf

Misrepresented Dickwolf — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:39:58 +0000

@by what – Right on.

@Carnus – They likely have changed, but they haven’t gone Lohan or Jackson on us so I don’t see what the fuss is about. “Sold out” WHAT? To who? The people that read and enjoy their comics and cons? Child’s play? OK?!@# I guess then they did “sell out”, but I’m happy to enjoy the products that result and enrich my life.

On dickwolves. Bad words are ridiculous. When can we start judging a conversation by it’s context and ultimate meaning rather than the individual words and phrases that are only parts? Ok, so the dickwolves would turn the slaves to stone with their dicks… Same contextual meaning. The comic is about the ironic lack of moral response from gamers grinding an MMO.
In conclusion, only dickwolves and their victims should be upset about this comic.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Carnus

Carnus — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:56:22 +0000

I don’t find off colour humour funny.

Also, I kinda agree. The style/humour/offensive level of penny-arcade hasn’t changed at all. The real question here is: why does it bother people now when I easily went to the archive and pulled two comics that should have been equally as upsetting?

Because they’re as mainstream as a gamer comic gets nowadays, is my hypothesis.

Please explain the hypocracy statement, though. I’m not understanding it.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Jason

Jason — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:52:03 +0000

This type of hypocrisy pisses me off: when people feel that they can laugh at other off colour jokes that do not threaten their security, but they jump on the bandwagon when one hits too close to home. As Gabe put it, look at every other Penny Arcade comic up to this point and try to explain why, in the context of Penny Arcade, this particular comic was offensive to dedicated readers.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:41:41 +0000

Actual rape is an awful thing, but we use offensive terms in everyday conversation. Think about off colour jokes that you make with your close friends. You mean no actual harm because you don’t actually feel that way, but it is funny to slightly stray outside of social norms. No actual harm was implied by this comic, but it’s odd that people are okay playing a game where you violently kill each other but have a problem with an off colour joke.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by Carnus

Carnus — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:20:40 +0000

You don’t think become webcomic rockstars changed them at all? I disagree.

The condoning isn’t what seems to upset people but the willingness of the gamer generation to use the term so frequently and unsympathetically is. I’m sure you could have picked a better phrase, but you just don’t.

Comment on raped by dickwolves by what

what — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:43:39 +0000

sold out? hah. have you been to PAX? gabe and tycho are who they always have been. just more awesome.

go get raped by dickwolves.

not that i’m condoning rape.

Comment on anxiety by Darthregis

Darthregis — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:34 +0000

Man, just go in there and have some fun with it. You will hit a few bumps in pugs (and even guild runs), but as long as you’re avoiding fire/bad stuff and not getting cleaved by a boss, you’re good to go! (maybe a quick read on the strats would help, too. ;) )

Comment on failed by Darthregis

Darthregis — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:26:26 +0000

Yeah, I’m trying to get a good tanking offset for my DK. (well, trying… just not aggressively.) I aiming to hit the Def cap from gear so I can subsequently gem with Str + Stam trinkets, thus hopefully keeping a nice balance between non-crits, aggro, and survivability.

At least that’s what I tell myself. I usually tank with my Druid which is automatically talented to Def cap. Yay druids!