The Tielfling and The Gnome: On the Set of 4th edition

[Merlin the Tuna]

3. The Tiefling was annoying. Mostly the accent, but she was just ... ehhh.

I rather liked the accent. Fake as it sounded, it still fit, and was pretty much the voice I was expecting when I saw the animation. (Never played/watched WoW, so it wasn't on account of the Dreiwhatever, either.) But the dialogue, ye gods, the dialogue she went through was so stilted, so twitch-inducing.

But the gnome was still adorable and made it all worth it.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.

That joke is rooted in the hostility of tricking someone into thinking there will be an unexpected reason for the chicken to cross the road! All comedy is based on misery!

(I think all comedy is based on expectation, actually - either subverting what you think will happen, or showing you the setup for something and letting you gleefully anticipate its coming to pass, like the classic banana-peel-and-oblivious-pedestrian gag.)

 

[mhacdebhandia]

3)Seriously. My point was that internet posting does NOT require perfect grammar, as it it much less formal-- as a general rule. Which is why I don't go "grammar nazi" on people unless its completely unrecognizable. Again, for work I'm much more careful and proof read my own stuff numerous times- internet posting, not so much.

I don't understand why people make mistakes in the first place. I just now typed "pola" because my finger slipped when I was typing "place", but I didn't fail to notice it or correct it just because this is an internet post I'm making right before I hop into the shower.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Since it's about written communication, both spelling and grammar count.

I thought that was what communication majors were all about...


Anyways... I for one saw the kill/loot coming a mile away... /sigh

 

[Zaruthustran]

Funny dialog, decent animation for an online cartoon. The badgerlove (mocking the "speak with burrowing animals" schtick) made me chuckle, and the kick at the end made me laugh out loud.

 

[Fifth Element]

Sometimes it seems to me that D&D attracts a higher percentage of people with Asperger's Disorder than most hobbies.

Indeed. I game with one guy who certainly has Asperger's, and two others who probably do as well but have never sought a diagnosis (not just my opinion, but theirs as well).

 

[Zaukrie]

I thought it was funny. My son and wife found it much more amusing than the Beholder video. I like that tieflings don't look like humans, how many humans that aren't humans do I really need in my game. All in all, that is the kind of thing that will attract new people to the game, so I'm all for it. Keep 'em comin'.

 

[Midknightsun]

I don't understand why people make mistakes in the first place. I just now typed "pola" because my finger slipped when I was typing "place", but I didn't fail to notice it or correct it just because this is an internet post I'm making right before I hop into the shower.

Yeah, sorry, my humanity got in the way I guess. I'll go beat myself now. :\

 

[Simia Saturnalia]

Now -that's- a gnome I can use.

I like the tieflings, too. With their obvious pronunciation and everything.

 

[maggot]

The hostility here is not in the words of the joke but towards the straight man.
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Hostility to the common conventions of language.
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This humor is based on hostility towards the self.
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This is based on hostility towards non-sports fans and people who jump to conclusions.

If you stretch the term "hostility" to fit any situation, then yes all comedy is rooted in hostility.

As for the clip, I thought it was really lame. The dialog, the attempt at humor, everything. I wish I could have those minutes of my life back.