tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post5926621332245224522..comments2023-11-05T03:13:48.397-08:00Comments on PVP Makes Me Sad: Kurtz FTW: The BEST ending EVARtimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183652264190911338noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-38789090142682086962008-03-25T07:26:00.000-07:002008-03-25T07:26:00.000-07:0047,I didn't say I was offended by the strip, I jus...47,<BR/><BR/>I didn't say I was offended by the strip, I just pointed out that it obviously was indicative of Scott's continuing childish streak.<BR/><BR/>I said I don't like Scott because of his ACTIONS here, not because of his strip. Insulting FSM, yabbering on like a maniac trying to insist everything is funny.<BR/><BR/>Scott's presence here has convinced me that he's just got a side to him that I don't like. It has nothing to do with his comics, and I couldn't have made that more perfectly clear.<BR/><BR/><BR/>So hah.<BR/><BR/>**shoots you with paintballs.**<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The FounderThe Founderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866322778699487730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-40350596462958141652008-03-24T10:40:00.000-07:002008-03-24T10:40:00.000-07:00"early drafts"? Bwahaha!"early drafts"? Bwahaha!sinnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771276450315283468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-16525540112761135832008-03-24T10:35:00.000-07:002008-03-24T10:35:00.000-07:00I think perhaps the most interesting thing about t...I think perhaps the most interesting thing about this whole deal is that Scott himself made this blog what it is today. He went out of his way to link to it and say it was constructive criticism, so I came to check it out. Now he lashes out against it? I love the whole trainwreck factor to PVP nowadays. It keeps me coming back to both his site and this blog. Good stuff.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548756094548116973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-52580232844615801352008-03-24T08:18:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:18:00.000-07:00I think, as always, you guys are overanalyzing thi...I think, as always, you guys are overanalyzing this. To me, Scott's simply saying, "Hey guys, this is a comic strip, remember? Relax."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-44459496046762751662008-03-24T03:12:00.000-07:002008-03-24T03:12:00.000-07:00Safety first, kids. - A little tiny bit of ground ...<B>Safety first, kids.</B> - A little tiny bit of ground is retread by pointing out that the Comic Strip Critic Guy in the previous strip was correct, but other than how the premise feels unnecessary this strip is solid. It's a good interaction between Cole and Brent, the dialogue is great, the jokes are funny. It does, however, feature the semi-frequent problem of either Cole being too tall or Brent being too short. The dialogue requires some artistic concessions, but I'd be happier if I could just see that Brent is simply sitting in a chair or some such. Yes, that is undoubtedly what most would call a nitpick. Nitpicks are simply pieces of criticism that are felt to be "irrelevant" and as useless as trying to rid yourself of lice by picking nits out of your hair. However, I don't see any problem with pointing out something I feel is an error. If I was content to leave Mr. Kurtz to wind his own merry way and weave as many errors and poor choices into PVP as he wished to under the presumed consent of my own silence, I would not be here. There is always some kind of a point to my griping, except for when I'm just being sarcastic. Sarcasm is fun and I can't help it. What *I* would consider to be a truly irrelevant nitpick is that Mr. Kurtz does not standardize the capitalization of words for his strips' titles.<BR/><BR/><B>nature waits for no game.</B> - First and foremost, the artistic layout here is awesome. Great single panel shot. "Until just right now" is a damn clumsy phrase, but the worst part of this strip is that it just isn't very funny to me. I don't find it to be true in the least, for one thing, but I can see this strip hitting a lot closer to home for people who haven't heard a lot of World of WarCraft jokes. And I hate to say it, but the joke might have worked better for Ding!, from its in-game characters point of view. Still, my complaint is simply that I don't connect well to this type of humor, but since I don't expect every joke in PVP to be written just for me it's entirely forgiveable. In fact, there's not even anything to forgive. I have no doubt that the joke works very well for a pretty large audience.Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050713941578754388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-46978147002726452592008-03-23T23:40:00.000-07:002008-03-23T23:40:00.000-07:00That's a nice rant, The Founder, but it was a litt...That's a nice rant, The Founder, but it was a little TL;DR.<BR/><BR/>Anyone offended by this comic needs to grow some thicker skin. A good critic should be able give something a fair appraisal despite being a target of its satire. Look to TFSM's comments as an example.<BR/><BR/><I>"And YOUR behaviour, Scott, has turned me from liking you, to disliking you."</I><BR/><BR/>/me loads a paintball gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-34243302652593416292008-03-23T21:32:00.000-07:002008-03-23T21:32:00.000-07:00Caren W.? Fat as well. Yep.Caren W.? Fat as well. Yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-76602885911000552812008-03-23T20:34:00.000-07:002008-03-23T20:34:00.000-07:00I'm gonna come right out and say it, this strip is...I'm gonna come right out and say it, this strip is clearly, obviously, undoubtedly and immutably the direct result of this very blog.<BR/><BR/>The comments that the nerd makes are too specific to things I have seen written here, to be construed otherwise. And let's face it, Scott has not made a good impression of himself here since the blog was started.<BR/><BR/>What Scott doesn't realize, and Scott I can only hope you will read this; is that we are not his critics, WE'RE YOUR FANS.<BR/><BR/>The majority of us, anyway. Most of us found this blog only because he pointed it out, most of us, myself included, have loved PVP from the very start and generally have nothing negative to say about it.<BR/><BR/>And, sadly, most of us, since coming here, have been immensely dissapointed with the immaturity and rude, childish, abrasive foolishness that Kurtz has subjected the blog too in recent months.<BR/><BR/>I am a fan of PVP, I always loved it. And while I tend to notice the same flaws, mistakes or confusions that FSM notices, I barely register them in my mind usually until I come here and relive them in his critique. And it's *good* critique, Scott could learn a lot from listening to it, as he once accepted.<BR/><BR/>FSM never bitches, rants or insinuates, he shares his feelings (albeit disturbingly well thought out) clearly, consisely and without prejudice. Then Scott comes here, decides he doesn't like it, and rants like a complete lunatic, shattering everyone's good impressions of him before running off on an imaginary victory horse.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This latest strip is clearly his way of "getting them back", I sense that he probably feels like he has tried to please everyone (making francis break the 4th wall to please FSM, recontinuing the paintball arc to satisfy Whiteboard and the rest of us, and generally making changes to suit day to day critique)<BR/><BR/>And by this point he probably thinks "no matter what I do they're not happy, they're clearly just being difficult" and decided to use his "power" as the artist to "get the last say" at our expense, and no doubt heard an imaginary cheering and applause the moment he published the comic.<BR/><BR/>But what he seems to have difficulty grasping is we're not some cult of scott haters here, and perhaps he is letting the fanclubs, franchise and general popularity get to his head. For whatever reason, he stopped just listening to critique, and started battling it.<BR/><BR/>Making Francis break the fourth wall just as a "test" was an immensely childish thing to do. He took FSM's words as literally as he could, like a five year old splitting hairs to win an argument. But the argument doesn't exist, Scott, you're not supposed to be trying to prove your critics wrong, there IS no such thing as an incorrect opinion.<BR/><BR/>We're not haters, I'm sure as hell not a hater, and I don't get the sense that FSM is a hater either. If you want to ignore his advice, IGNORE IT, if you think he's wrong, IGNORE IT. What you DON'T need to do is come here spewing rancid insults like an insecure child, then abusing your comic just to get the last word.<BR/><BR/>Now I am an admirer of Scott, I like how he takes other people's causes onto his own shoulders, and I enjoy his personality over the webcasts. And god knows, nobody can be perfect, and can't fault him for being a little insecure when it comes to critics. But the way he has been behaving here is beneath him, and I hope he realizes it.<BR/><BR/>I don't find this strip funny, because from where I'm standing it is obvious that this is Scott's way of simply getting the last word, he's trying to humiliate his critics by painting them in a slapstick and undignified light.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm a fan, an ordinary average fan like any other. Not a hater, not even a critic. And YOUR behaviour, Scott, has turned me from liking you, to disliking you. It's not because I'm biassed against you or in favour of FSM, it's because the way you act is childish and disgraceful. And you may well think that it doesn't matter, you don't need me, right? But if this is how it effected me, any other fan would or could be effected the same way. So think about that at least.<BR/><BR/>What I'm trying to say here, Scott, is that YOU'RE in the wrong, not me. Not FSM, and not the others who come here and have to put up with your behaviour. <BR/><BR/>PVP is your strip, you can do with it whatever you like. Feels powerful, doesn't it? But when you start using it just to settle your personal grudges and get your own back on others, it stops being the strip that people come to see. Sure, you may still be popular with the fanboys, but you'll still have killed the spirit in which it was created, wouldn't you?<BR/><BR/>I hope you think about that, next time you turn on a valued critic simply because he said something you didn't want to hear.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The FounderThe Founderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866322778699487730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-18732542370698051712008-03-23T19:59:00.000-07:002008-03-23T19:59:00.000-07:00Wow the non-bas anonymus people are swinging and m...Wow the non-bas anonymus people are swinging and missing tonite, must be all the ham.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why Carrie W called you an idiot as that was out of line. however, let me put my two cents towards your last post. We're fans of PVP and we enjoy talking about it on the blogspot. What does it matter if we chose to response as soon as its put up (which now is in the afternoons) How is it different than seeing a show on TV and then going online to talk about it. Also, if we see something weird or liked a facial expression in a certain panel, why can't we talk about it, that is not the definition of nit picking. Finally, if we say something was wrong about the strip, so what if we have a suggestion of our own. They are varying in degress of quality but it is better than just saying "Kurtz could have done it better". Really then, the quesiton after that is well show us how he could have. If he choses to take that as a personal affront, then well he's being too sensitive, as we are neither anyone he really knows or anyone that sponsors his work. <BR/><BR/>Oh a Carrie Jai and a few anonymus posters wondered out loud about Miranda's outfit and again Jai and a few others were wondering wjy a blind character would be in paintball or why the term "echo location" was used. TFSM even critiqued "and can we use our own markers" to "can we use our own markers." Im not saying this site is nothing but picking nits (sorry had to change up saying the same word over and over) far from it, but to say it never happens is wrong. Most of the comments on this site are very well written and while I may not agree with them, are valid arguements, but it does sometimes go too much one way. <BR/>Heck even TFSM admits he "flails"<BR/>sometimes.Brett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-69255721072575184382008-03-23T19:49:00.000-07:002008-03-23T19:49:00.000-07:00From the above forum quote:"Why did he end a story...From the above forum quote:<BR/><BR/><I>"Why did he end a storyline that 99.9% of us had no complaints about for the sake of a few people [...] who didn't like it?"</I><BR/><BR/>This wouldn't have happen if Kurtz himself wasn't at least a little disappointed in how things were turning out.<BR/><BR/>Recall Kurtz' comments from <A HREF="http://pvpmakesmesad.blogspot.com/2008/03/nipples-are-fixed-in-place-and-do-not.html" REL="nofollow">Nipples are fixed in place</A>.<BR/><BR/><I>"So look. I get a lot that I abandon storylines. The thing is, I look ahead and think of possible more strips. If none of them are super-funny, why do them? Just to say I finished?"</I><BR/><BR/>Upon abandoning the paint-ball arc, he tried salvaging the continuity which worked out well enough. Though, with Marcy's recent slip-up he was probably asking himself the same question again, but this time finding himself with much less continuity worth salvaging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-31421925413903976172008-03-23T17:25:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:25:00.000-07:00Bas is also fat.Sweats when he eats.Eats when he s...Bas is also fat.<BR/><BR/>Sweats when he eats.<BR/>Eats when he sweats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-68958268177930154332008-03-23T17:19:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:19:00.000-07:00On second thoughts, forget what I just said. It's ...On second thoughts, forget what I just said. It's your little community, you do whatever you want.<BR/><BR/>basAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-65327405666976458672008-03-23T16:56:00.000-07:002008-03-23T16:56:00.000-07:00Oh, having an own opinion now makes me an idiot? G...Oh, having an own opinion now makes me an idiot? Gee, thanks, very constructive.<BR/><BR/>What I was trying to say (in my first post before I magically reverted my opinion somehow because other people seem to have fun doing stuff like that) is not that you guys can't criticise the author. Criticism isn't a bad thing. Nope, that's ok.<BR/><BR/>What I mean is that if one does some comic and the second it goes online it's being disected and analyzed down to the smallest pencil stroke (well.. electronic pencil stroke). So that you get it right into the face to lunch break, then imho it's understandable that one gets a bit frustrated about that, because it borders into nitpicking.<BR/><BR/>If you write a long critic about an arc or a few lines about a strip, I think that's totally normal, but going down to the panel and even further is kind of obsessive (or in modern words, anal).<BR/><BR/>And I don't care if you say "It's good", "It's bad". Even though most stuff here reads like "Could have been done this way or that way". Which sounds like "I could have done it better" to the artist. Multiply that with the paragraph above and then it's something that will bother. IMHO.<BR/><BR/>So, that's what I meant.<BR/><BR/>But as I am already called an idiot, please don't bother replying to this since I probably won't bother comming back.<BR/><BR/>basAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-78073076809956657942008-03-23T03:41:00.000-07:002008-03-23T03:41:00.000-07:00Here are two comments from the PvP forum. The majo...Here are two comments from the PvP forum. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>The majority are just seeing this and thinking "what the hell?"</I><BR/><BR/>----<BR/><BR/><I>:: raises hand ::<BR/><BR/>This is my first visit to the forums, and this strip makes much more sense now, thanks. I had to explain it to my friends who read PVP, none of whom were even aware that there was a forum attached.<BR/><BR/>Scott seems like a really nice guy most of the time - if he's really got 200k readers (going by what someone else said), why did he end a storyline that 99.9% of us had no complaints about for the sake of a few people here who didn't like it?<BR/><BR/>Oh well, I'm not unhappy with how things turned out (at least now that I know what's going on). I just wish that Scott hadn't let a few people with a bad opinion of the latest strips end a perfectly enjoyable storyline for the rest of us.</I><BR/><BR/>----<BR/><BR/>The strip was fun but it is a shame to keep screwing with the majority of the readers who are just trying to enjoy a good PvP story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-87426079780711778362008-03-23T03:20:00.000-07:002008-03-23T03:20:00.000-07:00I have to disagree that we nitpick. What exactly a...I have to disagree that we nitpick. What exactly are you accusing us of?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about Reggie playing?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about Brent wearing goggles?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about Miranda wearing a Cammy outfit?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about Francis wearing a Halo helmet?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about Skull tripping on mushrooms?<BR/><BR/>Did we complain about them playing in the dark without a ref?<BR/><BR/>Did any of us ever say we would stop being PvP fans and burn all our tee shirts in protest?<BR/><BR/>If you even bothered to read this blog you would know the answer to all these questions, which is a big fat <B>NO!</B> This fast geek in yesterdays strip represents all the nitpicky emails he gets every day and not this blog.<BR/><BR/>The main things we've had a problem with recently are Marcy knowing about the mushrooms, the strip "alone in the dark" being drawn as if it's daylight (you'll notice Scott changes it in the next strip) and of course the whole nipplegate incident which ended the paintball game.<BR/><BR/>One thing that annoys me, is when idiots like "bas" comes on here and ignore all the good and positive things we say about both PvP and Ding! and just nitpick on some of the negative things we say.<BR/><BR/>That's right, about half the time we talk about some of the things Scott does well. Though we actually go into detail instead of just... HAHA THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME. Which you're probably more familiar with on the PvP forum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-18668315821293523802008-03-23T02:49:00.000-07:002008-03-23T02:49:00.000-07:00If he claimed to be making a relatively simplistic...If he claimed to be making a relatively simplistic, non-continuous strips where he wasn't thinking of maturing his writing, yes, the criticisms would be silly.<BR/><BR/>However, Mr. Kurtz has declared that he wishes the script to evolve and mature, and grow. Honestly, the critics on this site are much more lenient than literary critics. In addition, art, writing, and continuity are all things that are essential to the comic and posed as "improving."<BR/><BR/>Calling out the emperor isn't petty if the emperor calls attention to his wonderful new (invisible) clothes.WalkingContradictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772186954066584142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-63144883646631131772008-03-22T22:42:00.000-07:002008-03-22T22:42:00.000-07:00Film guru, i agree that the site sometimes gets ni...Film guru, i agree that the site sometimes gets nit-picky, however its never to an extreme amount. Very rarely does someone say Scott's strip is shit (mostly its the one anonymus poster). But i don;t think Scott "nailed" anyone, we generally like PVP and we generally just talk among ourselves, and we really haven't stopped talking since he's done it. <BR/><BR/>Anonymus now known as Bas, its funny how your opinion changed so fast :) Man if you disagree with someone have the balls to act like its your own opinion, not to pretend you are the. Those are the ones that are the "neck-beards"<BR/><BR/>In my opinion (and the worth of it varies depending on who you talk to :) ) I think the strip can be compared to South Park's "cartoon wars" well. They did rail against family guy, and they did make good points. However, instead of just looking at the negatives of another (and coming of as just being angry at Family Guy whom they didn't think was good) they had a farmer say "I am sick of cartoons that are up its own ass with messages" They admited they had flaws as much as the next guy. Thats what I believe Scott was saying here. He admitted the continuity thing was a mistake, but said some of his critiques (or all for what we know) were getting a little too negative. He made a point but didn't say it in a "your all stupid for critcizing me" manner, so i can actually listen to that messageBrett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-86508919700763735962008-03-22T21:32:00.000-07:002008-03-22T21:32:00.000-07:00That's very likely true... If i didn't know that S...That's very likely true... If i didn't know that Scott had such a history of not being able to handle criticism well, and if he hadn't so recently been both here and in his own forum flaming people for disliking the directions he was taking, then it's very likely that I wouldn't have read this strip as partly mean-spirited. I also probably would have thought it was funnier, too.evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253818249278879324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-425437721183272922008-03-22T21:05:00.000-07:002008-03-22T21:05:00.000-07:00First of all no-neckbeard is a funny name! This ...First of all no-neckbeard is a funny name! <BR/><BR/>This was my original grip with Scott, he came on about a month I think when "evil" Scott made his appearance. He came on and said things like: <BR/>"Does anyone really care if Marcy shot Francis or vice-versa? It's funnier to me that Brent is humiliated or that we come up with some funny thing like he has really fragile nipples. I mean, the purpose is to make people laugh.<BR/><BR/>You guys are hilarious. Anyone in here saying that I should not listen to fans and change things due to what they say....you're all hypocrites. That's the whole point of this site. People bitching about how I should change."<BR/><BR/>Its amazing how he changes from one paragraph from another. The first paragraph was great, he explained to us his thought process and why he chose what he chose. Then in the next he calls us all hypocrits and that we bitch at him to change. Then in a later post he does something that suggested off hand by TFSM and went "see i did it haha tested ya" <BR/>Does he have to share every little detail on how he thinks of things, no, but thats the way to defend yourself if you think you need to. However, if you come at people calling them names and accusing then of just bitching, when most aren't then we'll listen to him as much as we listen to "Scott is fat" anonymus poster. If we're just being annoying then show us up with a hilarious strip, if we're misinformed, then do what he did when TFSM mistakently criticized where one of his characters was looking, just come one and tell us. <BR/>The funny thing is had he not blown up on this blog, more people wouldn't have seen his last strip as "going off the handle." I thought it was hilarious, but I can see other people's point, because Scott has a history of it, even on this site.Brett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-9078253513286411162008-03-22T20:50:00.000-07:002008-03-22T20:50:00.000-07:00I'm sure you get just as analytical and nit-picky,...I'm sure you get just as analytical and nit-picky, "film_guru."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-30322739000072087742008-03-22T18:30:00.000-07:002008-03-22T18:30:00.000-07:00I love it how so many of you guys just leap to hil...I love it how so many of you guys just leap to hilarious conclusions based on absolutely nothing. Scott throwing another one of his hissy fits? A means to venting? Scott is being unprofessional by letting emotions get in the way?!<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, but can't people just see this particular installment for what it is? Awesome. For heaven's sakes stop reading so much into it and just admit that he nailed you fair a square by pointing out the ultimately petty and hilariously idiotic nature of taking a simple strip so seriously.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I'm not saying you can't have gripes, but there's a point where it starts being ridiculous.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09205091685822333204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-44173045557769864462008-03-22T17:39:00.000-07:002008-03-22T17:39:00.000-07:00A mature artist does not respond to critics. He ma...A mature artist does not respond to critics. He may pay attention, but he doesn't respond. You can look at quite a few artists and point at when they "lost it" by railing against their critics: Anne Rice is a good recent example.<BR/><BR/>In any case, this wasn't particularly funny; rather, it was petulant and unprofessional. And immature.<BR/><BR/>And ironic, too -- given that the uberfan in the strip more closely resembles Kurtz in form and personality than any gestalt of his critics.Jim Cowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138763687882378773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-40098356085012226502008-03-22T17:21:00.000-07:002008-03-22T17:21:00.000-07:00I guess I should have put my nick in my post, but ...I guess I should have put my nick in my post, but then I didn't expect such immature actions taking place here, like some other person writing like he was the other post's author.<BR/><BR/>Ah well, every "forum" goes down the drain sooner or later, I guess this one here is already on its way.<BR/><BR/>So, I still say nitpicking and now lets see how I will change my opinion again in 2 hours somehow.<BR/><BR/>basAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-33346810689000061132008-03-22T17:16:00.000-07:002008-03-22T17:16:00.000-07:00Isn't this the same guy who created a Han Shot Fir...Isn't this the same guy who created a <B>Han Shot First</B> tee shirt? How dare he criticise George Lucas, he has absolutely no right at all!<BR/><BR/>*rolls eyes*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-44051451891259910872008-03-22T16:58:00.000-07:002008-03-22T16:58:00.000-07:00Aye, Lucas, the comment about Kurtz having faith i...Aye, Lucas, the comment about Kurtz having faith in himself pretty much sums up a major flaw in his reactions to criticism. He is insecure enough to feel ticked off when people don't like what he's doing, but secure enough to wilfully spite people that criticise his work. The result is an occasional petty spat which should remain completely separate from his work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com