tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post7679859370357631131..comments2023-11-05T03:13:48.397-08:00Comments on PVP Makes Me Sad: Nipples are fixed in place and do not move around much less into the bloodstream.timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183652264190911338noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-12339718504287839562008-05-28T08:33:00.000-07:002008-05-28T08:33:00.000-07:00Are you guys serious?!?!?! It's a freaking web co...Are you guys serious?!?!?! It's a freaking web comic. Sometimes I think people have way too much time on their hands...Get a life already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-41709618542935110232008-03-10T12:59:00.000-07:002008-03-10T12:59:00.000-07:00Hee. Wow, that's a really ridiculous, poorly thoug...Hee. Wow, that's a really ridiculous, poorly thought out, accusation. If the person in this thread named Scott is not the real Scott Kurtz, either it's someone who somehow has his blogger login and password, or someone who decided that they would need a fake Scott Kurtz blogger account SEVEN YEARS AGO!Another Whinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18250866870606652584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-65617790041619064862008-03-10T06:10:00.000-07:002008-03-10T06:10:00.000-07:00This site gave me a headache, don't ask me why I c...This site gave me a headache, don't ask me why I continued to read through the comments, I just did. Just like I was compelled to write a response that would probably be flamed or deleted as it adds nothing to the absurd transaction of petty insults going on here.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like there are three or four people here, including the author, who posted comments under different aliases to cause a ridiculous debate merely to tarnish Scott Kurtz's reputation. <BR/><BR/>The original post had some valid points for criticism but going so far as to pose as the real "Scott" and spew inflammatory trash just to rouse a flame war? That's spiteful and childish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-41290360330219522412008-03-07T16:43:00.000-08:002008-03-07T16:43:00.000-08:00s"Anyway, Reggie doesn't need to play. It'd be fun...s"Anyway, Reggie doesn't need to play. It'd be funnier to have him as a referee. :)"<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Now, THAT is funny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-72168837165312764882008-03-07T14:49:00.000-08:002008-03-07T14:49:00.000-08:00I didn't say we allowed blind players to play "all...I didn't say we allowed blind players to play "all the time", I said we have occasionally accommodated them in the past, just as we've made accommodations for people in wheelchairs, with only one arm, or the deaf.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Reggie doesn't need to play. It'd be funnier to have him as a referee. :)<BR/><BR/>Doc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-57681010621333486662008-03-07T13:47:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:47:00.000-08:00Thank you, DoomDragon6. You can talk in person all...Thank you, DoomDragon6. You can talk in person all you want, but the internet is where you meet the REAL person.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>RobotDemon49.Kris Straubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142548767049716896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-17315040911030039582008-03-07T00:54:00.000-08:002008-03-07T00:54:00.000-08:00Seejak:It's really easy to be fake in real life ar...Seejak:<BR/><BR/>It's really easy to be fake in real life around strangers.<BR/><BR/>But on the internet, someone's true self can come out and say the things he/she found it unacceptable to say to someone's face.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure even at a con, deep down inside Scott is whiny, crybaby little girl.<BR/><BR/>I'll hold his comments online over what's said face-to-face anyday.<BR/><BR/>I mean really. You can smile at a boss you hate all day long and call him "sir" and laugh at his dumb jokes-- but you get home and call him big fat stinking idiot on your blog.<BR/><BR/>Same thing.<BR/><BR/>-DoomDragon6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-44265757628984665062008-03-06T22:33:00.000-08:002008-03-06T22:33:00.000-08:00Scott said:the more you get to know ScottKurtz? Pl...<I><B><BR/>Scott said:<BR/></B><BR/>the more you get to know Scott<BR/>Kurtz? Please. What makes you<BR/>think you even could start to know me through this commenting system. Come meet me at a con and we'll talk and then you can start to get to know me.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>The man has a point - you can't make accurate judgements about someone's character from comments 'they' made on some random blog. (Well, maybe <I>you</I> can, but I resign myself to making judgements about their intelligence).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-30470673774922005702008-03-06T21:21:00.000-08:002008-03-06T21:21:00.000-08:00While I understand Scott's reaction (as a pseudo-a...While I understand Scott's reaction (as a pseudo-academic, I often have my lovingly-crafted treatises and research cut apart with a machete), the severity of it is unprofessional. The opinion of anonymous people (or even nonymous people) should not provoke a reaction as extreme as he's evidenced.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the lion on this one, except that the entire storyline had a lot of unrealized potential. There was a lot more potential in this storyline which could have eventually ended up with the same "nipple dislocation." Francis' obsession with winning was one thing I hoped to see writ large, as was a potential conflict with Miranda "capturing" Brent.<BR/><BR/>However, the end, with an impossibility which ended the entire paintball thing, was disappointing and reminded me why I rarely check out PvP anymore. I mean Scott Adam's approach ("Note: This storyline isn't as funny as I thought it was, so lets cut to the big finish") is more meta-ironic than the way this petered out.WalkingContradictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772186954066584142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-15451003240603786962008-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:002008-03-06T21:17:00.000-08:00Oh the drama of Kurtz on a forum, it never ceases ...Oh the drama of Kurtz on a forum, it never ceases to amuse.<BR/><BR/>I thought the sudden end to the storyline blew chunks. Are you telling me you'll take out a blind guy playing paintball in the name of accuracy yet go into a tangent about dislocated nipples? Seriously?<BR/><BR/>Your thought process on storylines is plain lazy. Even Garfield manages to start and end storylines with somewhat amusing (though mainly dry) jokes all the way through. You claim to want developing your characters and their personalities (blog post about Cole divorce) yet fail to do so when the opportunity arises 90% of the time. Admit to yourself it's a gag-a-day strip and just be happy with that. You do them well.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why I'm angry or why I care so much. Maybe it's because I've been reading PvP since the beginning, have bought a fair amount of merchandise, yet the last year's lack of quality has managed to overshadow all of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-87897117920035957512008-03-06T15:12:00.000-08:002008-03-06T15:12:00.000-08:00This "my bad bad friend wrote those nasty words" g...<I>This "my bad bad friend wrote those nasty words" gambit is just pathetic. </I><BR/><BR/>Umm, call me wacky, but I think you missed that Scott was joking here. He knows we know it was him. And I actually thought it was pretty big of him to admit that his "friend" sometimes says stupid shit when he gets mad. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if I'm wrong about that, Actual Scott, then you really are a little nuts. :)<BR/><BR/>I also would like to add that when I was on the fencing team in college, a dude fencing for Johns Hopkins at an event got his nipple cut clean off. Seriously. So technically "nipple dislocation" IS possible. I think I might have found this storyline funnier if Brent's nipple had been shot off, and they were all frantically searching around in the bushes to find it and reattach it. But then, I'm a little nuts too.The Wax Lionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906982849735573737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-35986375417327515062008-03-06T14:37:00.000-08:002008-03-06T14:37:00.000-08:00im also really disappointed that this is the end o...im also really disappointed that this is the end of paintball. what about marcy/francis? what about meat shields? what about cole aiming and missing at his enemy? what about... everything? <BR/><BR/><BR/>gah. <BR/>its tough. ive tried to lay out comic strips too, you pack too much into a weeks strips, its too frenetic. you pull everything too far apart, and youre spending 3 months on one day and suddenly its christmas. <BR/><BR/>but still. my theory is the paintball mafia got to kurtz mid story, and he was afraid to show inaccuracies or too much mayhem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-86288752777301785372008-03-06T09:33:00.000-08:002008-03-06T09:33:00.000-08:00"So look. I get a lot that I abandon storylines. T...<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?<BR/><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."</I><BR/><BR/>First off, in order for your premise to be valid, I have to laugh. Didn't happen with the nipple joke, just made me wonder what the hell was going on... <BR/><BR/>Secondly, people aren't complaining about abandoned story lines because there isn't any funny left in them, people complain about them because they aren't wrapped up at all. There's a big difference between wrapping up the story line and moving on in a graceful fashion, and just dumping the storyline without any resolution at all. Particularly when we've spent a good 2 weeks building up the paintball storyline. <BR/><BR/>It's like if George Lucas had just stopped making Return of the Jedi right after Luke meets the Emperor...<BR/><BR/>"Your overconfidence is your weakness."<BR/>Cut to a shot of the Death Star blowing up. Roll Credits.<BR/><BR/>Kind of a let down, eh? We spent 2 and a half movies building up to THAT?<BR/><BR/>Scott, maybe it's time to take a break from PvP and regroup. I started reading PvP years ago, I've read every PvP strip I could find, from the very beginning of the archives on, and it is very obvious that it's not getting your full attention these days.Choriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168011566662554996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-84754980803049118322008-03-06T08:24:00.000-08:002008-03-06T08:24:00.000-08:00Thanks for doubling my traffic Scott. Much love, l...Thanks for doubling my traffic Scott. Much love, lol.R.W.McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509063502719145043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-56082067605434966242008-03-06T08:06:00.000-08:002008-03-06T08:06:00.000-08:00Regarding Scott (and his, um, evil pal "Scott")'s ...Regarding Scott (and his, um, evil pal "Scott")'s posts in this thread:<BR/><BR/>Wow. Just -- wow.<BR/><BR/>Scott, my suspicions about you being a profoundly neurotic person have been confirmed. You can't stay away from this blog because people are *talking about you*, yet you can't handle it if anyone says anything besides "You're great! Rock on!"<BR/><BR/>This "my bad bad friend wrote those nasty words" gambit is just pathetic. Take some freaking responsibility for yourself and your work. Your reprehensible behavior in this forum merely parallels the fidgety, big-ego little-ego flipflopping you do with your strip. So the paintball storyline turned out the way it did because some folks raised objections? So you changed it all around? Then decided to "stick it to the whiners" by crapping all over the storyline you'd taken such care to perfect? And now you stomp around in here alternately pouting and pleading with us to get all your jokes and think you're brilliant?<BR/><BR/>Dude, get yourself into therapy! Seriously!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-43420846848526393662008-03-06T02:28:00.000-08:002008-03-06T02:28:00.000-08:00>scottYou guys are hilarious. Anyone in here sayin...>scott<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/><BR/>That's not what this blog is about, I don't think FSM is "bitching about how [you] should change".<BR/><BR/>For me, this blog is some kind of course about webcomics and we're studying PvP. I'm a webcomic artist myself and since reading this blog, I've learnt a lot.<BR/><BR/>We're not PvP haters, we're PvP fans. We're not sad and pathetic, we're just a bunch of geeks who enjoy critiquing the strip.<BR/><BR/>If this blog really bothers you so much Scott, if you ask FSM to delete it, I'm sure he would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-26605812059314196252008-03-05T22:56:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:56:00.000-08:00"or provided him with a different view point" man ..."or provided him with a different view point" man grammar and 2am do not misBrett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-57175372868885433272008-03-05T22:55:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:55:00.000-08:00Nope, your suggestions aren't unfounded if you bel...Nope, your suggestions aren't unfounded if you believe the writing is the weak part. <BR/>My main complaint was from what scott posted on his site which was the whole reason he took out Reggie only to find out that blind people do play paintball. Do i expect this blog to allow us to express our opinions? Do i expect to argue, agree, begrudgingly admit when Im wrong (evan you saw that tonite), or to just laugh at people who think they're original or funny with "scott kurtz is fat" jokes? I think we all agree yes those questions. Do I expect Scott to take any of my opinions? Hell no. If by some miracle and the skys open and he likes something I say things I provided him with a different view Id be honored, but its not what I do for a living. From what I like and dislike Im expressing myself froma somewhat informed position. However, Im a physical therapist I wouldnt want scott to take my o pinions as much as I dont want his on how to treat my patients.Brett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-83579100900715392332008-03-05T22:41:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:41:00.000-08:00Yes, Sage, you are correct. It is my opinion that ...Yes, Sage, you are correct. It is my opinion that these stories have not been brought to the fruition that they could have been, and from that my opinion is that Scott wold benefit from some formal training. But I used the term "I think" so often in the last post because ultimately, I'm just some guy on a blog giving my opinion and suggestions to Scott on how to better himself, which he seems eager to do.<BR/><BR/>He has every right to disregard what I say. He's the professional here. I'm just a fan offering suggestions and opinion. If I was capable of being a professional writer, that's what I would be doing now instead of posting on this board. Maybe someday.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I don't think my suggestions are unfounded. While Scott has every right to ignore me, it never hurts to get a bit more formal education, right?evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253818249278879324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-82768255152999610782008-03-05T22:23:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:23:00.000-08:00"respects opinion" sorry its late my grammar is no..."respects opinion" sorry its late my grammar is not where it should be.Brett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-12980908014107382662008-03-05T22:21:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:21:00.000-08:00Yeah most con reports say Scott is nice as can be ...Yeah most con reports say Scott is nice as can be so I dont know where that came from. <BR/><BR/>Evan: you THINK they should do that, but they shouldn't be reading the internet and looking to our posts to change what theyre doing. Its THEIR story and they know what they want. Now if someone they respect suggests something and they take it, theyre still in control (like is PVP took Tyco or Gabe or anyone else's opinion he respects opinion) theyre the final say and shouldnt let the "masses" opinion change what they should do.<BR/><BR/>We're entitle to an opinion (at least a rational one) as Evan is with his "suggestions" But Scott is the one who's done this for however many years, and he knows what he want and shouldnt let the rabble sway himBrett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-1484889505982326302008-03-05T22:11:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:11:00.000-08:00Well, for one thing, I think Abrams and gang shoul...Well, for one thing, I think Abrams and gang should change some of what they're doing on Lost, because they keep introducing new plot elements without bringing any closure to or referring back to the old ones. But that's a different topic.<BR/><BR/>Scott, I don't think you need to "get a Tycho." You can write a good joke, but your reasoning for abandoning storylines: "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?" is not a good excuse.<BR/><BR/>No, you shouldn't complete a story just to say you finished if you can't see good jokes to be made along the way. Your strip is, before anything else, really a gag-a-day format. It's important to, for the most part, keep that format up. There needs to be a decent joke most days.<BR/><BR/>What I'm saying is that you need to examine your method of writing the strip. If you keep finding yourself in a position where you need to abandon stories because you've run out of jokes to tell with them, then maybe your "write myself into a corner" strategy isn't the best. I can see how it works out really well for you on occasion, but for the most part I think it leads to unresolved story more often than comic gold.<BR/><BR/>i think that you should plan out where the story needs to go, and how you're going to get it there, before you start posting it. I also think that you might benefit from taking a few Creative Writing courses. These courses have a tendency to focus on things like what is the "story" you're trying to tell, and what's the best way to do that. Which moments are necessary to the story, and which are filler. Sometimes in writing, you have to kill your babies. A line in a story may be beautifully written, but do nothing to add to the overall arc of the story and you need to get rid of it.<BR/><BR/>Kind of like carving a statue. You chip away all of the stone that isn't Your Majesty. In writing, you have a whole bunch of stuff, and you chip away at all the stuff that doesn't help move along the story.<BR/><BR/>I think that you should seriously consider taking some courses in writing. You're growing in your art, and changing your style, and there's a clearly evident improvement when you look through the archives. So maybe it's time to focus some on the writing aspect.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for story driven content. I think there's an opportunity to make PvP more than just a gag a day strip. I was excited by the prospect of Cole's divorce story, and Brent's marriage story. I like to see character growth, and welcome it wholeheartedly into the PvP universe, but at this point, with the way these stories have been laid out thus far, I don't know that you're fully equipped to tell the longer stories. I really feel that just a couple of writing courses would greatly help you in this respect, and give you a greater appreciation for the basics of storytelling.evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253818249278879324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-88525752385479806842008-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:00no that was me that time.the more you get to know ...no that was me that time.<BR/><BR/>the more you get to know Scott Kurtz? Please. What makes you think you even could start to know me through this commenting system. Come meet me at a con and we'll talk and then you can start to get to know me.<BR/><BR/>I'm not as bad as you might think.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414050319555116067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-62392553182414252992008-03-05T21:50:00.001-08:002008-03-05T21:50:00.001-08:00And no I don't care that Marci didn't shoot Franci...And no I don't care that Marci didn't shoot Francis, you went somewhere we didn't expect. If I could predict where PVP was going every time then I wouldnt really need to read it then.Brett Schiller (Sage)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08631893385280344680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989649127373312714.post-7286089566829624432008-03-05T21:50:00.000-08:002008-03-05T21:50:00.000-08:00Tee hee... If you read the final couple of panels ...Tee hee... If you read the final couple of panels in the way that the ambulance gag is usually set up, it looks like the ambulance is there because Doc beat Cole up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com