10/24/2011 [DMFA #1257] - The Codes of Conduct for Sparring

[RandomMetaphysics]

I... I honestly have no idea what to say.
I'm too frightened by the mental image of people doing "IRL" tea bagging.

[Lisky]

It's not a tea-bag,  I swear! I was trying to save his life after kicking his face in... Selfless action!

IT WAS CPR! WITH MAH CROTCH

[joshofspam]

It's not a tea-bag,  I swear! I was trying to save his life after kicking his face in... Selfless action!

IT WAS CPR! WITH MAH CROTCH

I don't know which is more humiliating for the loser here.

Using good old "come here tactics" from Mortal combat?

Or the bagging he's getting after nearly taking his head off?

[Angel]

HOLY SHIT NOW BASI'S FAMOUS.

It's not a tea-bag,  I swear! I was trying to save his life after kicking his face in... Selfless action!

IT WAS CPR! WITH MAH CROTCH

And now I'm dead from laughing. Thanks there, Bas. XDDDDD

[Drayco84]

Weird... He always struck me as more of this: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=48

Not this: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=151

Yeah, Amber and others prolly know him better, but it's just my experience dealing with him on the chat.

Edit: Links are to VG Cats, obviously. I am NOT sorry for anybody who has to go back and read through the backlog for the comic. (He updates less than once a month, anyway.)

[Balance]

HOLY SHIT NOW BASI'S FAMOUS.

It's not a tea-bag,  I swear! I was trying to save his life after kicking his face in... Selfless action!

IT WAS CPR! WITH MAH CROTCH

And now I'm dead from laughing. Thanks there, Bas. XDDDDD

Under the circumstances, you might want to add a note: "Do Not Resuscitate"

[Tapewolf]

I think Bas is enjoying that rather too much.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Time for the rolled up newspaper to the nose, methinks. It's the only type of warning he'll listen to, Brady. ;-]

[Tapewolf]

No matter how many times I read this, I still come away feeling really bad for that guy Bas just kicked.
I had kind of wondered if we'd get to know more about him when he showed up in the background last time - if he's lying in an unconscious heap, I guess we probably won't.

[MT Hazard]

With all the different cubi appearing I do wonder (hope, quietly) if the idea I e-mailed amber (aggges ago) will appear somewhere in the background. After all the owed cameos of course.

I imagine Dan's wince in the last panel maybe something to do with his own recent fight with a Demon.

edit: -1 for a hope and a spelling mistake?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

No matter how many times I read this, I still come away feeling really bad for that guy Bas just kicked.
I had kind of wondered if we'd get to know more about him when he showed up in the background last time - if he's lying in an unconscious heap, I guess we probably won't.

Showed up in the background? I looked, and yesterdays strip had, as the only possibly close in colour option, a female with dark-centered feathery wings, and a gold collar. Now, while Cubi are shapeshifters, I think Change is the only one who's likely to change like that all the time. Of course, Amber gets the overriding vote, but... my bet would be that this is someone else.

Which leaves the option of learning more open.


Also, I've noticed that Lisky has entirely too much of a huge grin on his face. Anyone with that much of a grin is up to no good... ;-]

[Tapewolf]

Showed up in the background? I looked, and yesterdays strip had, as the only possibly close in colour option, a female with dark-centered feathery wings

Quite right, my bad.  I plead influenza.

[VAE]

Showed up in the background? I looked, and yesterdays strip had, as the only possibly close in colour option, a female with dark-centered feathery wings

Quite right, my bad.  I plead influenza.

You as well?

As an aside, I like what this comic says in terms of relative racial power - suggests that slapping on monster levels was a good idea. 

[justacritic]

The fact that Bas is only getting a final warning from Brady, and the bored expression on Brady's suggests this isn't an uncommon occurrence.

[Mrs_A_ZeTavia]

The fact that Bas is only getting a final warning from Brady, and the bored expression on Brady's suggests this isn't an uncommon occurrence.

I quite agree and I must say I'm not surprised by it either. I have tried people's patience myself with the "Final Warning" deal....

My prayers go out to all the other people he has given "CPR" to.  


EDIT: Also, remind me to never compete in a tournament that Bas is competing in.....

[Drayco84]

EDIT: Also, remind me to never compete in a tournament that Bas is competing in.....

Eh, should be pretty easy to win against him, then. Just play dead and grab the DRAGON BALLZ.
The girl he's with might not be too happy about it, but he's a demon. I'm sure he'll recover.

[Alondro]

*Charline snerks*  Let me go a few rounds!  Unlike some Cubi, I'm very good at 'Fighting!  Yes!  Terrible horrible fighting!'... ;3

[Naldru]

I imagine Dan's winch in the last panel maybe something to do with his own recent fight with a Demon.

Since Cyra's clan has an affinity for pain, he might have gotten a little more from the impact than the average cubi would.  You would also think that shape-changing would allow the cubi to move some of the more sensitive parts.

[MT Hazard]

 You would also think that shape-changing would allow the cubi to move some of the more sensitive parts.

Maybe, won't stop you being kicked in the face and then teabagged though.

Edit: ↓ I support the post below and its message.

[Toast]

Not related to the comic as much as to the rant-o-update:

AMBER WE WILL STICK AROUND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP DRAWING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT

[tiggertoo]

You would also think that shape-changing would allow the cubi to move some of the more sensitive parts.

EVERY part is sensitive if you get hit hard enough. 

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

You would also think that shape-changing would allow the cubi to move some of the more sensitive parts.

EVERY part is sensitive if you get hit hard enough. 

Everything is air-droppable at least once.

[Lisky]

*Charline snerks*  Let me go a few rounds!  Unlike some Cubi, I'm very good at 'Fighting!  Yes!  Terrible horrible fighting!'... ;3

Psh, you'd just enjoy every second of your humiliation

[Naldru]

Not related to the comic as much as to the rant-o-update:

AMBER WE WILL STICK AROUND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP DRAWING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT

Amber, you have given us such pleasure with your art that we won't desert you even if you stop drawing.  (Cue "If ever I should leave you" from Camelot.)

[D'ymkarra]

Okay I'll bite..Did Lisky used to be a Rockette?

Not related to the comic as much as to the rant-o-update:

AMBER WE WILL STICK AROUND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP DRAWING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT

Agreed. Great things take time Mab, and nobody, not even yourself, should be faulting you for taking the time to put extra work into the little details.



Nice to see ya again Toast..haven't seen you at the Lake in a while 

[McKathlin]

I... I honestly have no idea what to say.
I'm too frightened by the mental image of people doing "IRL" tea bagging.

I had to look up that term, and...ew.  I don't think Pai Gon wants curious kids looking up that term because it's in this comic.  I love your work, Amber, but please keep it clean, or have Fa Teen take over.

[Mrs_A_ZeTavia]

I... I honestly have no idea what to say.
I'm too frightened by the mental image of people doing "IRL" tea bagging.

I had to look up that term, and...ew.  I don't think Pai Gon wants curious kids looking up that term because it's in this comic.  I love your work, Amber, but please keep it clean, or have Fa Teen take over.

In all honesty, I have yet to meet a little kid; who doesn't know what that term means.......

[Drayco84]

In all honesty, I have yet to meet a little kid; who doesn't know what that term means.......

Quite possibly because some pre-teen (boy, obviously) did it and showed it off to his friends.

Hmmm... Magic Item: Anti Tea-Bagging helmet? Activates a bolt of lightning as a free action if somebody attempts to teabag them? (Admit it, it'd be HILARIOUS.)

[Prroul]

I... I honestly have no idea what to say.
I'm too frightened by the mental image of people doing "IRL" tea bagging.

I had to look up that term, and...ew.  I don't think Pai Gon wants curious kids looking up that term because it's in this comic.  I love your work, Amber, but please keep it clean, or have Fa Teen take over.

If the parents of said kids are willing to allow the kid to figure out what it means*, that's the parent's problem. However, as far as Pai-Gon is concerned, a vague reference that goes over the head of most kids is still PG.

* Including not using parental controls to prevent child from accessing websites which defines such topics, or finding a way to prevent popups with such topics in them. I think xkcd has a valid point.

Quite frankly, if you had to look it up, then odds are it's going to fly over the head of a kid, and if the parents are supervising the kid on the computer, then they won't have an opportunity to look up that term. And if they aren't... then they are displaying poor parenting skills and the kid looking it up has nothing to do with the rating of the webcomic.

tl;dr version: I respectfully disagree with your statements as written.

[Attic Rat]

Very strange no matter how you look at it.
If defiling the defeated enemy was the goal, that same "squat" could signify defecating. Just as humiliating, and without the possibility of letting them bite off your dangly bits.

And what of female gamers? Tea-bagging without a "bag" seems futile.

Nope, whoever popularized the term simply didn't think it through.