Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
So what was the point of that thread?
Arky:
--- Quote from: SirJuggles on 19 Nov 2010, 18:17 ---Yeah. Most of the older posters know it, but it may not have been brought up lately. Pretty much, Jeph has repeatedly commented on how he despises the QC Discussion section of the forum and most of the stuff that gets posted there.
--- End quote ---
It's not JUST the QC Discussion forum. You only need to take a look at the TVTropes page for QC (which wears Jeph's comment on it like a badge of honor) to see it's really that he just despises people getting all Serious Business about QC anywhere within his sight. Not an unknown thing for creators. Some enjoy watching people discuss their creation, but for others it's like watching their pride and joy be sexually molested.
Have you noticed how many popular webcomics do NOT have discussion forums? I think it's a shame myself, I enjoy the ability to share with fellow fans of a work, but an awful lot of webcomic artists don't even set up forums at all. At least Jeph does have one (albeit one he allows to exist while holding his nose). They're not all bad; the forums for T Campbell comics are usually fun, so's the one for Gunnerkrigg Court. Megatokyo's forum kind of exists separate from the comic, but the storyline discussion section was at least back in the day (when Megatokyo pretended to have regular updates) very busy and civilized.
Speaking of which, I remember when Fred Gallagher of Megatokyo threatened to shut down Megatokyo if people created porn of his characters. That threat didn't last long.
I suspect QC's forum gets uncivilized because the comic itself is not PG-rated and there's not really any moderation for language in here. I can only imagine what forums for Something Positive would be like if Randy Milholland let them be created :psyduck:
jwhouk:
4chan would tremble in fear if that happened.
Superkid11:
--- Quote from: Arky on 19 Nov 2010, 19:22 ---
--- Quote from: SirJuggles on 19 Nov 2010, 18:17 ---Yeah. Most of the older posters know it, but it may not have been brought up lately. Pretty much, Jeph has repeatedly commented on how he despises the QC Discussion section of the forum and most of the stuff that gets posted there.
--- End quote ---
It's not JUST the QC Discussion forum. You only need to take a look at the TVTropes page for QC (which wears Jeph's comment on it like a badge of honor) to see it's really that he just despises people getting all Serious Business about QC anywhere within his sight. Not an unknown thing for creators. Some enjoy watching people discuss their creation, but for others it's like watching their pride and joy be sexually molested.
--- End quote ---
Well if he decided to axe it it's not like we couldn't do so elsewhere. ... like the tvtropes forum.
Then again I'm not prone to getting srs bsns about this either. It honestly shocks me how much some people do.
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
I'm a member of TrekBBS... it's a Star Trek forum. THE major Star Trek forum.
I go there to discuss the show and movies and keep up on the novels... I keep it light and poke fun where fun needs to be poked... and I roll my eyes at the GLARING PLOT DEFECTS like most fans do.
Then there are the HARDCORE FANS who disagree with EVERYTHING, they lump everything they agree with into CANON... and anything that doesn't fit their worldview is NON-CANON. To these freaks Star Trek their religion... which is ironic because they are all militant atheists... go figure!
WE seem to have a few of those sorts on here. As Shatner once said to the Star Trek fan-base: GET A LIFE. It's a comic strip. A very well drawn comic that mirrors our shared life experiences... but in the end it's a work of FICTION. Created by one man who may or may not have an overall story framed out.
I come in here on occasion, and much to my regret I've watched the discussion of this week's story go from bad to worse to OMFG. On top of that we have someone posting a thread about how Jeph is an alcoholic?! What... the hell?
Ya'll lucky Jeph doesn't just say "fuck it" and kill the entire strip after the behavior displayed in here.
I'm done ranting. I'm also logging out for awhile, don't know if/when I'll be back.
SirJuggles:
I don't think him stopping the strip is a worry, it's too much a part of who he is, and he does genuinely care about his work.
If he ever got really fed up, I'm pretty sure he'd just close the forums and save himself some monthly bandwidth costs.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version