Annnnnnd once again, Wildy makes the scene.
As calm and cool as ever >:3
She's always calm and cool because nobody targets her with wild and crazy schemes. Though that's probably 'cause rather than reacting in amusing and befuddled ways, she's much more likely to just maul the prankster.
*lurker shield off*
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually be good?
*lurker shield on*
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
And with today's update, Dan's face actually looks like him again. People were making all sorts of comments about his new, chisled jaw, but I think the problem was actually the cheeks. The boy just doesn't look right without his round cheeks. >:3
Actually I'm just glad he's wearing pants, I was rather afraid that Abel had mauled his clothes so bad that Ambar was gonna have to do the Austin Powers bit.
Quote from: starcat5 on October 10, 2010, 09:21:28 AM
And with today's update, Dan's face actually looks like him again.
Yes.
QuotePeople were making all sorts of comments about his new, chisled jaw, but I think the problem was actually the cheeks. The boy just doesn't look right without his round cheeks. >:3
That is also a good possibility.
I'm glad to see Wildy already caught up with him and did the right thing.
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 10, 2010, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
Well, Mab
sorta forced Wildy into it ... except that Mab had no idea what was happening!
... or at least, that's what we are
expected to think !
:U
Let the conspiracy theories roll !
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 10, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 10, 2010, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
Well, Mab sorta forced Wildy into it ... except that Mab had no idea what was happening!
... or at least, that's what we are expected to think !
:U
Let the conspiracy theories roll !
Mab knows far more then she lets on and I'm pretty sure it's hinted she knows the future (probably because of the way Fae seem to exist outside a normal time line)
Quote from: Lego3400 on October 10, 2010, 12:47:58 PM
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 10, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 10, 2010, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
Well, Mab sorta forced Wildy into it ... except that Mab had no idea what was happening!
... or at least, that's what we are expected to think !
:U
Let the conspiracy theories roll !
Mab knows far more then she lets on and I'm pretty sure it's hinted she knows the future (probably because of the way Fae seem to exist outside a normal time line)
If memory serves, they can exist in two places at once.
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 10, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 10, 2010, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
Well, Mab sorta forced Wildy into it ... except that Mab had no idea what was happening!
... or at least, that's what we are expected to think !
...More like a gentle
nudge in the right direction. We're not sure what all Wildy told Dan, and I suspect she's still got a trick or two up her sleeve...She looks way too smug in the last panel.
At the end of the day Wildy is still Dan's friend, (given a rough definition of 'friend' ) and outside the behaviour we have seen in comic she could be a decent person.
Point of conversation: When Wildy gave Dan a brand (a possible permanent disfiguring mark) it was seen as funny, would it have been funny if Wildy was the one who ended up branded?
*Edit*
...over -100. I have actually managed to piss off over a hundred people. :crying (I really am crying iRL, btw.)
Fine. I can take a hint. I'll stop posting for a while and reread the rules. I don't know what I did wrong, but I really am trying to be a nice guy here. I just... I mean... *Hits send before he breaks down completely*
Quote from: MT Hazard on October 10, 2010, 07:00:51 PM
At the end of the day Wildy is still Dan's friend, (given a rough definition of 'friend' ) and outside the behaviour we have seen in comic she could be a decent person.
I think Wildy falls under the Trickster archetype. The trickster is wise and foolish, good and bad, duality. Think of Coyote, Anansi, Raven, Loki, Puck... They all fall under the same archetype. She's not a pure reflection, of course; I'm not sure you could have a functional character outside of folklore that was.
I don't think it's about her being a decent person or not, I think it's her underlying
nature.
Or maybe it's a ferret thing.
Quote from: MT Hazard on October 10, 2010, 07:00:51 PM
Point of conversation: When Wildy gave Dan a brand (a possible permanent disfiguring mark) it was seen as funny, would it have been funny if Wildy was the one who ended up branded?
I'm not sure how canon that is, regardless, I actually didn't think it was funny :<
Might have something to do with an incident in my early childhood. My brother took a hair drier, snuck up behind me, and pushed it against my rear.
I had a grill mark for
weeks.
Quote from: Grey Wolf on October 10, 2010, 07:23:50 PM
Quote from: MT Hazard on October 10, 2010, 07:00:51 PM
Point of conversation: When Wildy gave Dan a brand (a possible permanent disfiguring mark) it was seen as funny, would it have been funny if Wildy was the one who ended up branded?
I'm not sure how canon that is, regardless, I actually didn't think it was funny :<
Might have something to do with an incident in my early childhood. My brother took a hair drier, snuck up behind me, and pushed it against my rear.
I had a grill mark for weeks.
Defiantly cannon, see here (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_550.php)
When I see this strip I can't stop thinking about that spider that webbed down infront of my face, I swear he just looked at me and said "Sup" and then left.
Anyway, maybe Lorenda can help Dan pick out some clothes thought of as polite and fashionable by the Soulstealer family now.
I don't know, but if Dan shows up at the party shirtless, DP is going to have something to say.
Quote from: Attic Rat on October 10, 2010, 11:12:01 PM
I don't know, but if Dan shows up at the party shirtless, DP is going to have something to say.
"You dare rip off my look! I'll gut you like a cornish game hen!" XD.
I have a feeling that Wildy came to get some pants for Dan while he was hiding in the dressing room since he lost his clothes to Fi.
I wonder what Matilda thinks of all this.... That is if some one remembered to tell her...
Though she might already know... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1043.php)
or perhaps some one used some form of phonetic telegraph to keep her in the loop.... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1048.php)
... (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_410.php) then (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_662.php) again (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1048.php) it might be a bit late in delivery that way.
Quote from: starcat5 on October 10, 2010, 07:02:44 PM
Ok, so I can avoid this in the future, could one of the people who downrated me PM me and let me know WHY they downrated me? I am honestly interested in avoiding pissing anyone off here. :<
I downrated you, because the karma system is fundamentally flawed. Not least, the admins have the right to override it, and it has no real meaning anyway.
You're welcome.
Quote from: Jasonrevall on October 10, 2010, 11:34:34 PM
"You dare rip off my look! I'll gut you like a cornish game hen!" XD.
"When I'm done with you, you'll be a boneless filet!"
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 11, 2010, 07:02:39 AMQuote from: starcat5 on October 10, 2010, 07:02:44 PMOk, so I can avoid this in the future, could one of the people who downrated me PM me and let me know WHY they downrated me? I am honestly interested in avoiding pissing anyone off here. :<
I downrated you, because the karma system is fundamentally flawed. Not least, the admins have the right to override it, and it has no real meaning anyway.
Yes, well, you guys can also use it to mark people that have donw something silly, like .. say .. double posted once, out of sheer stupidity !
*looks at own Karma score*
Damnit !!
:B
Yeah, we could do that, but if people actually took it seriously it would be essentially opening you guys up to trolling. It's a bunch of numbers on the screen that can be abused by anyone, the mods even more so.
Ah good point.
*eyes Mao's Karma score*
Oooh ... the box got ya ? :)
Looking through this thread it looks like boxes really are the most dangerous threat to this forum's society. Just like the news said they were(n't)! Everyone's racking up the negative karma. :B
I beg to differ. I only tapped starcat5.
... Mao got done by Darkmoon, Damaris, and Amber, all at once. Gangbang, as it were...
*coughs* Ahem. It was an interesting team attack by them. I approved of their technique.
I was disappointed in it, myself.
... mostly because I've been trying to catch up to Darkmoon, and then you wander in and get pushed up there like that. I was disgusted. ;-]
Quote from: Tapewolf on October 10, 2010, 06:09:47 AM
Quote from: Garsemor on October 10, 2010, 05:48:10 AM
Did...Wildy just do something that might actually good?
Mab forced her into it, IIRC.
Or did Mab and Pip continue their fight after Wildy booked it?
Quote from: Shachza on October 11, 2010, 11:34:36 AM
Everyone's racking up the negative karma. :B
Really? EVERYONE? I almost never look at that unless someone says something about it.
Quote from: AmigaDragon on October 11, 2010, 07:47:03 PM
Quote from: Shachza on October 11, 2010, 11:34:36 AM
Everyone's racking up the negative karma. :B
Really? EVERYONE? I almost never look at that unless someone says something about it.
You should look at them occasionally. There's a lot of negative karma in here. Must be a lot of ladders, mirrors, and black cats in the closet over there.
Well, either that or the mods are having fun with dealing out bad karma.
Offcourse, next thing you know, they'll start giving out *positive* karma ... just to be difficult! :giggle
Well, not to me obviously, but ..
Perhaps Mao could gain some good karma to offset all that negative karma he has.
Ah well, it's just numbers.
llearch: Well, I finally gave this thread a second look through and noticed your post. All I will say on the matter is that I am very disappointed in all parties involved: myself, the admins, any random forumgoers who were in on this, and whoever thought the karma system was a good idea for this board in the first place. **** like this is the reason I lurk more than I post, both online and iRL. I take a book to read at social events, for dog's sake.
...and on a completely unrelated note, how DO you get your avatar to do that random picture thing?
Quote from: starcat5 on October 12, 2010, 05:50:02 PM
llearch: Well, I finally gave this thread a second look through and noticed your post. All I will say on the matter is that I am very disappointed in all parties involved: myself, the admins, any random forumgoers who were in on this, and whoever thought the karma system was a good idea for this board in the first place. **** like this is the reason I lurk more than I post, both online and iRL. I take a book to read at social events, for dog's sake.
The karma system is a default thing. If we cared enough, we'd go remove it, but it amuses some folks. It's a shame you're not one of them.
I'm at a loss as to quite why you're disappointed, though. Did you expect a popularity contest to work in your favour or something? This seems an odd thing to expect, given your self-professed lack of social skills.
Quote from: starcat5 on October 12, 2010, 05:50:02 PM
...and on a completely unrelated note, how DO you get your avatar to do that random picture thing?
Quite well, I thought. If you search the forum, you can find the php script I run, since hapless very kindly re-wrote a cgi script into PHP for me - not something I couldn't do myself, but it would have taken me longer, due to being busy with other things that keep a roof over my family's collective heads. Also I suspect he's better at PHP than I am...
Quote from: starcat5 on October 12, 2010, 05:50:02 PM
llearch: Well, I finally gave this thread a second look through and noticed your post. All I will say on the matter is that I am very disappointed in all parties involved: myself, the admins, any random forumgoers who were in on this, and whoever thought the karma system was a good idea for this board in the first place. **** like this is the reason I lurk more than I post, both online and iRL. I take a book to read at social events, for dog's sake.
...and on a completely unrelated note, how DO you get your avatar to do that random picture thing?
oh i dunno, i think the karma system is working perfectly, just not in the way you think >:3
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 12, 2010, 07:40:50 AM
Well, either that or the mods are having fun with dealing out bad karma.
Offcourse, next thing you know, they'll start giving out *positive* karma ... just to be difficult! :giggle
Ha! Not bloody likely.
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 12, 2010, 07:40:50 AM
Well, not to me obviously, but ..
Perhaps Mao could gain some good karma to offset all that negative karma he has.
Ah well, it's just numbers.
That's always been my take on it. Just some numbers on a screen with no real value or substance due to how susceptible to abuse they are.
Quote from: starcat5 on October 12, 2010, 05:50:02 PM
llearch: Well, I finally gave this thread a second look through and noticed your post. All I will say on the matter is that I am very disappointed in all parties involved: myself, the admins, any random forumgoers who were in on this, and whoever thought the karma system was a good idea for this board in the first place. **** like this is the reason I lurk more than I post, both online and iRL. I take a book to read at social events, for dog's sake.
Sorry to butt in, but you're taking this waaaaay too seriously. The karma system is a joke. We've hinted at this a few times. We've clarified many times in the past that it's not to be taken seriously and even gone so far as to abuse each other's (the mods) ratings to show that it isn't serious. For cripes sake, Darkmoon has over -10k.. and it's his board! So just take a deep breath, look at this calmly and realize that there's nothing to be upset about. Cripes, I got about 3k over night because Darkmoon, Damaris and Amber were bored and amused by my suggestion that I could rake up negative karma faster than llearch given the opportunity from folks who took this stuff too seriously (which, btw, I did).
Quote from: Mao Laoren on October 13, 2010, 07:35:19 AM
Sorry to butt in, but you're taking this waaaaay too seriously. The karma system is a joke. We've hinted at this a few times. We've clarified many times in the past that it's not to be taken seriously and even gone so far as to abuse each other's (the mods) ratings to show that it isn't serious. For cripes sake, Darkmoon has over -10k.. and it's his board! So just take a deep breath, look at this calmly and realize that there's nothing to be upset about. Cripes, I got about 3k over night because Darkmoon, Damaris and Amber were bored and amused by my suggestion that I could rake up negative karma faster than llearch given the opportunity from folks who took this stuff too seriously (which, btw, I did).
Technically, it's Damaris' board, not Darkmoons'. Not that that detracts from your argument in any way.
... loser. :-P
You're so mean to me, box.. but I just can't quit you.
I know.
It's lovely.
Over on some of the Microsoft forums, they give the equivalent of karma for answering questions and giving helpful advice. One fellow was complaining that because of the time zone he was in, all the questions were being answered before he got to see him. (I assume that he meant easy questions.) The responses he received were far more biting than those of Mao and llearch.
On the other hand, I wonder what a biting remark from Fa'Lina would be like. (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_534.php)
Polished?
Painful.
Both?
Only on a good day.
Quote from: Mao Laoren on October 13, 2010, 07:35:19 AM
Sorry to butt in, but you're taking this waaaaay too seriously. The karma system is a joke. We've hinted at this a few times. We've clarified many times in the past that it's not to be taken seriously and even gone so far as to abuse each other's (the mods) ratings to show that it isn't serious. For cripes sake, Darkmoon has over -10k.. and it's his board! So just take a deep breath, look at this calmly and realize that there's nothing to be upset about. Cripes, I got about 3k over night because Darkmoon, Damaris and Amber were bored and amused by my suggestion that I could rake up negative karma faster than llearch given the opportunity from folks who took this stuff too seriously (which, btw, I did).
Adding onto this, I think most people here are smart enough to realize that a number on a screen isn't a good judge of character. So if starcat5 is somehow worried that, uh, everybody will stop liking him because he has over -100 karma, that's just silly. :I
Everyone should take a que from Mao and the box. everything on the internet is just for funzies unless you are desprete or crazy. I'm sure the mods enjoy what little awesome power comes from being able to slap down those who so foolishly behave in an unagreeable manner. Yet in person I imagine them to less so pyromanic with their tongue when complete strangers address them or nearby targets.
Feel free to express yourself and stir up what you will but don't take it so hard. I'm sure the mods don't lose sleep over you, no reason for you to be so defluffed over this. :)
Ahhh .... Huggles for everyone!
Only way I lose sleep over the forum is if I stay up hitting f5 all night because something lulzy is happening and I just can't miss it.
On a sidenote, it's not called Karma anymore !
And Mao is in the positive now !
Something good came of it.
:)
Quote from: Anker Steadfast on October 15, 2010, 09:19:12 PM
On a sidenote, it's not called Karma anymore !
The admins change it when they get bored.
Oh god, all we need now is for both buttons to add to your negative karma.
Everyone loses. Literally.
No no, according to numbers I suck and you loose !
:D