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DYRE

-wonders how many people he got to read/watch Kodomo No Jikan, so far-

ClockworkUniverse

You got me to start reading it again after I stopped for awhile. Does that count?

Gelzo

Kodomo No Jikan sounds like something I would only read ironically while wearing reading glasses, my sweatervest, and blowing a bubble pipe.

glennmagusharvey

Come to think of it, I've since forgotten to remove Gunnerkrigg Court.  I've read some of it.  It's interesting.  But I don't really see a reason to keep on reading.  (Feel free to try to convince me otherwise.)

For some reason, I've never really enjoyed plot-heavy webcomics that much.  I read some of 8-Bit Theater and Order of the Stick, and I didn't enjoy it.  I seem to prefer plotless webcomics and ones that are tied to an existing plot, generally making fun of it.

Webcomics I've read:
* Starnik's Station (defunct) - sprite comic with plot, but based in wackiness.
* Darkmoon's Silly Web Comic - sprite comic with plot but based heavily in gags, punchlines, and lampshading
* Dudley's Dungeon, Dudley's Dungeon II, and The (New, Improved) Dudley's Dungeon - Nethack jokes
* xkcd - nerdy jokes/observations/subversions/etc.
* SUPER EFFECTIVE - based on the plot of first-gen Pokémon, but a humorous take on it, including lots of fridge logic and lampshading
* Brawl in the Family - visual gags/puns/etc. involving Nintendo characters
* Tale of the Cave (ended) - based on Cave Story, but a humorous take on it,
including lots of fridge logic and lampshading
* RPG World (ended) - a parody of the JRPG genre

As for the ones on my list:
* DM of the Rings - based on Lord of the Rings, but a humorous take on it, by presenting it as a tabletop campaign
* dinosaur comics - has no plot; is more of a challenge of "how many different ways can the same panels be filled with interesting text?"
* Gunnerkrigg Court - non-comedic fantasy adventure plot
* Megatokyo - comedic slice-of-life/modern-day plot, with some wackiness
* Darths and Droids - I don't know this well enough to say.

I'm also not a fan of text-heavy webcomics.  Unfortunately, Order of the Stick and 8-Bit Theater fall into this category.  (I also find Black Mage shallow and irritating.)  And this is probably the main factor preventing me from archive-binging dinosaur comics--the sheer number of strips and volume of text involved.

I prefer DSWC-level amounts of dialogue--enough to make sense of what's going on, but not info-dumps/exposition-dumps/inner-monologue-dumps.  For what it's worth, DSWC's humor comes from snapy punchlines and visual gags--both of which I prefer over text-dumps.

Courtesy links:
http://cvrpg.com/dswc.php
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlelelpbm20

Super Lazuli

I've actually tried to read Megatokyo, but can't find the 'first panel' button on the site.

.___.

glennmagusharvey

I think Brawl in the Family had archive-browsing interface problems before, and so did dinosaur comics.

LouieW

I do not really have an opinion on Homestuck except that I  am surprised at how popular it is on TV Tropes and the Brawl In The Family forums and I think its trope page is a bit much for me. Perhaps the web comic/multimedia experience is really that original and amazing, but I tend to not like works pages that I either do not understand or I believe are written to make a work seem really great.

Brawl in the Family is the only web comic I really follow myself. I am not a big fan of web comics in general though.

On the subject of to-watch lists, the only series I plan to watch that is released and I did not yet it put it on hold is the second season of Big Windup. I might watch xxxHolic in the future because it is on FUNimation's site and I already watched Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is really the only game on my to-play list aside from Pokemon White. I am not really a hardcore fan of anything if that was not obvious already.

I try to be especially picky about the games I buy and the shows I watch which could be a bad thing because I might miss out on a lot.

I realize that nobody probably cares about any of that stuff though.

Bastion

GMH: I don't think I would call 8-bit especially plot-heavy. Or rather, there is a plot but it's secondary to the jokes (when it is not, itself, a joke. which is never.) Especially not compared to RPGWorld.

glennmagusharvey

Oh.

Well, it's still text-heavy.

As for my to-watch list, it's some combination of my plan-to-watch and my on-hold lists.  (It's all animé since I don't currently have any western shows that I'm planning to watch in any organized manner--Law & Order and its subseries count but I can watch any episode in any order anytime.)  A summary and/or short-list of highlights:
* Angelic Layer
* Infinite Ryvius
* Uta-Kata
* Spice and Wolf
* Fire Emblem
* maybe Mai-HiME and Alien Nine
* shortlist for trying out: Air Gear, Crest of the Stars, The Sacred Blacksmith, Jinki: Extend, Full Metal Panic, Planetes, and Moyashimon

Stormtroper

I have like... 4 works to-watch.

Trash_Vortex

I don't feel compelled to do anything.

DYRE

^ This.

Bastion

GMH: "Well, it's still text-heavy."

Ah. That's very true.

Tnophelia

I need to watch (that TV Tropes inspired):
Kiddie Grade
Neon Genesis Evangelion + the OVA that doesn't make it suck
Daria
Jersey Shore

randomtropeloser

It bugs me that I don't know more about Touhou or Homestruck.

Gelzo

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001901

Get goin'!

randomtropeloser

Thanks!

Tnophelia

Oh. that's where it is?

I was wondering why the hell http://www.homestuck.com didn't bring me anywhere, and why nobody even brought attention to this.

Anonus

It used to be a real-estate site.

Tnophelia

Heheheh. fitting. Merhaps PS Paint adventures can buy that as a redirect.

Gelzo

Why didn't you check the TvTropes page? Or use Google?

glennmagusharvey

Because that damn thing is a story within a story, and that's just really damn nerdy.

Tnophelia

It's too fucking big and the links dont make any sense.

Stormtroper

Question, preferably for those who aren't into either work:

How obnoxious (according to your own criteria for "obnoxious") are those two fandoms compared to each other, on TV Tropes and elsewhere?

Tnophelia

From my experience:

homestuck = blurt out random nonsense from Homestuck, and get mad when people they don't like catch on.

Touhou = RIP AND TEAR porn/shipping

glennmagusharvey

Both fandoms are very fond of series in-jokes that make no sense to those not in the know.

Tnophelia

Touhou doesn't have injokes, and Homestuck doesn't have a imageboard/booru.

snowbull

http://ib.skaia.net/
^NUH UH

Tnophelia

glennmagusharvey

Touhou doesn't have injokes?

Reimu's armpits.  Circle nine.  Suika being drunk.