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WCDT Strips 3396-3400 (16th to 20th January 2016)

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BenRG:
Well, it seems that Cycloptotricornus only had one HP. Either that or the 'gun' had a damage rating that you'd expect off of a Noisy Cricket.

Seriously, though, did anyone else notice how the monster went low-resolution as it exploded. I get the feeling we're seeing the interface struggling to tell a story here - Specifically of a executable file becoming disconnected from data it needs to function and crashing. I suspect that the 'gun' was actually a type of quarantine application that locked off the watchdog's links to the system causing it to stop running.

Like others, I'm quite sure that this was just the gate guardian. The real part of Emily's adventure is on the way.


--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 18 Jan 2017, 20:26 ---What? WHY has Emily, our pet polymath, needed to be prompted every single time? Where is the need for her universal pattern connecting ultra savvy? A random meat bag could have done just as well! I am this close to demanding a refund for my unused portion.
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Two obvious explanations come to me: In-universe, I suspect that it isn't Alucard talking at all but the UI using their voice. Basically, Emily has the 'helpful hints and tips' option open.

On a meta level, I think Jeph decided to do it this way to make it obvious what is going on and how it is happening without doubling the number of strips as Emily is shown working her way through the options available by best judgement. With a strip cartoon released sequentially, you really need to balance speed with depth of storytelling (IMO, David M Willis often slides too far over to 'depth', leading to the very slow in-universe progression of time in his stories). FWIW, I think Jeph is getting the speed mostly right. Personally, I would have had a graphical rather than verbal hint interface but this is as valid a direction to go as any other.


--- Quote from: gopher on 18 Jan 2017, 21:21 ---So far it is feeling like an episode of Knightmare.
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Wow! I'm not the only person left in the world that remembers that show!

Indicible:
Do we know if Jeph plays Monster Hunter? Because Deadeye is the name of a deviant species in the last Monster Hunter Generations (Deadeye Yian Garuga).

In any case, Emily might well be the Neo to this matrix. The gun would be the absolute weapon, because her brainpower is dedicated to imposing its effetcs on rogue programs. The cyclopsosaurus went low definition because Emily's brain was deconstructing its structure (lines of program) line by line and they were losing precision and thus purpose. [/Epileptic Trees]

Storel:
I love how this interface conceals things of mind-boggling complexity and sophistication behind such apparently simple facades. Emily just took out that huge monster with what appears to be a suction-cup dart gun!  :-D

Edit: Wait, I thiought Emily's last name was "Azuma"? The strip just had it as "Azuna".

BenRG:
I think that a thing to remember is that Questionable Content is essentially meant to be comedic in its themes. Because of this, we can expect any scenario to quite possibly have a 'silly' solution or resolution simply because that's the way the strip goes. Jeph can and does treat some things seriously but he always endeavours for there to be a punch-line, even if it is only a visual one based on the reaction of the characters to the event.


--- Quote from: Storel on 19 Jan 2017, 00:42 ---Edit: Wait, I thiought Emily's last name was "Azuma"? The strip just had it as "Azuna".
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It's definitely 'Azuma'; the variant spelling today is probably just a typo on Jeph's part.

jwhouk:

--- Quote from: cesium133 on 18 Jan 2017, 20:58 ---The assumption seems to be that the monster is CW's malware... but what if Emily just instead destroyed Bubbles' memories? We don't really know who Graygoo is or where they came from, so perhaps their mission is actually to prevent Bubbles from retrieving her memories and they've been lying the entire time?

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Shhhhhhhhhh.

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