Olaf the Stout
Hero
Grog said:*sigh*
Is Rich ever going to upgrade his POS server? This is really getting old.
Damn him and his free comics.
Olaf the Stout
Grog said:*sigh*
Is Rich ever going to upgrade his POS server? This is really getting old.
Reading a comic on the internet I pay for is no more free for me than reading comics in a paper I pay for. And he isn't giving the comic away for free, as noone would be buying his books without the webcomic. So if you want to defend him against criticisms of the product he delivers, just do it. But can we stop pretending that webcomics are exempt from criticism for being no more free than most of the other media I consume?Olaf the Stout said:Damn him and his free comics.
There's no marginal cost to you to view the comic. It's effectively free, assuming you would pay for internet access if it didn't exist.Kahuna Burger said:Reading a comic on the internet I pay for is no more free for me than reading comics in a paper I pay for. And he isn't giving the comic away for free, as noone would be buying his books without the webcomic. So if you want to defend him against criticisms of the product he delivers, just do it. But can we stop pretending that webcomics are exempt from criticism for being no more free than most of the other media I consume?
I would guess not. This is pretty serious--my guess is that, ironically since OotS is usually much more popular, Erfworld is the cause. Not because Erfworld is very good, but because it was (randomly AFAIKT) selected recently in Time magazine's Top Ten Webcomics, and that coincides reasonably well with the server failures (maybe lots of Time readers checking out the entire history of Erfworld?).Greylock said:I haven't been able to get to the strip all afternoon. Must be a popular installment.
But the newspaper artists get paid to have their product put in the papers.Kahuna Burger said:Reading a comic on the internet I pay for is no more free for me than reading comics in a paper I pay for. And he isn't giving the comic away for free, as noone would be buying his books without the webcomic. So if you want to defend him against criticisms of the product he delivers, just do it. But can we stop pretending that webcomics are exempt from criticism for being no more free than most of the other media I consume?
Actually, he said a long time ago that he was making enough money off OotS that he was able to quit his job and work on it full time. So, no, putting OotS on the internet doesn't cost Rich money; it makes him money.Fifth Element said:It costs Mr. Burlew money to put it on the internet.
That's awesome. What's the range on Dancing Lights? I thought it was short. Of course, that's still 50 feet at 10th level.Kid Charlemagne said:I've used that Dancing Lights as flare beacon trick before!
Grog said:Actually, he said a long time ago that he was making enough money off OotS that he was able to quit his job and work on it full time. So, no, putting OotS on the internet doesn't cost Rich money; it makes him money.