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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
Torlek:
--- Quote from: wrwight on 14 Oct 2011, 16:19 ---When I see Dale in the comic, my mind gives him his own theme/mood music, and I think if QC were animated, his lines would be delivered very dramatically/mysteriously, which would in turn make him kind of creepy, but if done properly it would be less creep and more mystery/comedy/melodrama. This mood change would of course only apply in his interactions with Marigold, though. His CoD secret menu bit and the first part of his pizza delivery would just be the normal mood of the comic, but then when he and Marigold see each other, suddenly it goes to that other mood. This is just how it goes in my head, and to me it makes Dale an awesome character, not in spite of his perceived creepiness, but in fact because of it, and the way it's played for comic effect. My head is a strange and terrible place, though.
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When he does his Gendo eye thing I always hear Kamon from FLCL. Especially today's. I was expecting him to develop an anime sweat drop in the last panel.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Paranoid on 14 Oct 2011, 16:04 ---Dale is getting increasingly creepy in my opinion, especially now that he's gone from stalking to camping. Anyone else recognize today's setting from this early gem? Now I admit his first interaction with Marigold wasn't exactly her crowning moment of maturity, but since then it seems that all he's done is constantly belittle her every chance he gets.
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I see progress here from 1771. Mari's cut back on whatever she's drinking from the convenience store fountain and Dale's avoided the trash can this time..
Tova:
Save rolls are definitely not a WoW thing.
JonathanXS:
--- Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 14 Oct 2011, 18:04 ---
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 14 Oct 2011, 17:16 ---Yep. I don't get the joke either, but I know enough to know it is another WoW reference.
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It's a D&D reference. In 4th Edition (which is what Jeph plays afaik), when you are afflicted by something (on fire, cursed with wracking pain, hobbled by a movement reduction effect) you roll to see if you 'make a save' and end the effect. Marigold's shirt says she's a geek but if she rolls well enough that will end.
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Registered for this.
It would make no sense for Mari to have to save against being a geek, that would imply that she is not naturally one and has to keep up a ruse ( which would be a check on her... ...whatever it is in 4.0. I'm a 3.5 player. Forgive me. )
What I understand it is as is that Mari needed to constantly roll Will saves against peer pressure in order to continue the stereotypical "anti-social geek" lifestyle. She has been continuously failing recently which is either because of low rolls or because of an increasing DC ( the number your save roll needs to beat to "pass" the save ); as she becomes closer to her friends, it becomes harder to say 'no' to them. Because of these failed will saves she becomes farther from the stereotype, and her stereotypical geek personality "ends".
In the end it is a save to end, or rather a series of saves to end, but it is not as simple as implied.
But, you know, that doesn't look good on a shirt, right?
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Oct 2011, 12:51 ---
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 14 Oct 2011, 12:23 ---I'm not saying stuff can't be discussed in a serious way but at least realize that a joke is a joke is a joke. Not something to insult strangers over the internet over.
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There is nothing to prevent you or anyone ignoring any angsty parts of the discussion and talking about the things you enjoy instead; indeed, this might help to preserve balance.
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Point taken. Will do my best..
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