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WCDT Strips 3176 to 3180 (14 - 18 March 2016)
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 15 Mar 2016, 20:04 ---I think it'd have to be an obscene amount of money for CW to walk away, especially if her returns are as good as they seem to be. It doesn't appear that the fighters pay for their own repairs, or at least we've never seen them do it - which means that those costs are quite possibly easily absorbed by the club itself.
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Yeah, I think when CW airs a fight, she probably makes enough to make any minor expenses a pittance. This isn't your average pay per view fight, this is probably the kind of thing where you pay your money through a third party and then sent on a link to the fight. That's not your $20-here's-your-fight, thats the kinda thing where you could easily pay a couple of hundred. And if the fights are as popular as May and Pintsize make out, CW is raking it in.
There is also the possibility that CW is bribing the cops to stay away, but if word gets out that May got her repairs done there, Corpsey isn't going to be dealing with local cops, she could be looking at a Federal body looking closely and that's heat she wouldn't need.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 15 Mar 2016, 19:17 ---Wasn't CW the one who justified the fight club as a way for AI who otherwise would have difficulty making a living the legal way, a way to do so via her organization? I think that this last strip pretty much revealed her true colors, as far as any altruism she truly possesses - or doesn't, in this case.
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I remember May saying that for sure.
Oh, OK, 3008.
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Faye called May a "friend of a friend" and not a "friend". Significant? They might simply not have spent much time together.
Neko_Ali:
Something else that could put CW into true antagonist territory... We don't know what flavor of illegal the fighting ring is. Anywhere from 'someone involved could be looking at hefty fines and parole' to 'life imprisonment'. While it seems pretty unlikely that robots fighting there would suffer permanent or serious injury, it's not without possibility. So depending on how bad discovery is, or how much money is involved, CW could have a very vested interest in making sure nobody talks about Robot Fight Club. Having un-related people showing up at the arena, like Momo and May, could be a very bad thing. They are not under here sphere of influence after all. They could talk to the wrong people. What could be worse though? An ex-employee with a grudge. If Faye or Bubbles decide they don't want to put up with CW's rules anymore and quit, they may find that nobody gets to quit Robot Fight Club... And accidents happen.
Mind you, I'm not saying that will happen. That would be very serious story arc and not really matching the tone of the comic so far to have someone actually trying to murder main characters. But it is a possible story trajectory.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 15 Mar 2016, 19:17 ---Wasn't CW the one who justified the fight club as a way for AI who otherwise would have difficulty making a living the legal way, a way to do so via her organization? I think that this last strip pretty much revealed her true colors, as far as any altruism she truly possesses - or doesn't, in this case.
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Hmm, and if it's true that CW has created for herself an alternate chassis she calls Hank The Dismemberer, as some have suggested in the last few days, then she's pulling one HELL of a scam. As the owner, she profits from the number of viewers, and then again, as a ringer, she profits from betting. I'd imagine 'Hank's' record is far from spotless, given she would most benefit from robo-folk betting against her.
jheartney:
I don't think we have any idea what the profit margins of the Robot Fight Club are. Still, one of the characteristics of underground businesses (whether drug or gun running rings, or prostitution, or even just distributing loosies) is that it's not all smiles and flowers. Faye got a blunt warning, but by the standards of the trade, not all that rough. And given the non-legal nature of the enterprise, she can't exactly go complaining to OSHA or to a union rep.
I suspect Faye's time at the club will be ending at some point. She's made a good friend, and the two could strike out as partners in some other enterprise. Let's hope there's no muscle to be applied to her as she departs.
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