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Post by wildfire on May 19, 2011 0:45:40 GMT -4
Absolutely true... and if that's what he was doing, that would have been alot better. Instead, he posts here all that BS about how he's respecting a guy he's never talked to, and who he knows (through the boards) doesn't approve.
Being honest and saying 'it's an FG property and I can do what I want' would have got very little comment.
BTW, you're not fooling anyone by posting under different names, at least use an IP proxy or go to the library or somethin'.
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Post by cdf on May 19, 2011 0:53:54 GMT -4
Well people like you will just have to agree to disagree with people like me, Wildfire. I know Rob real well for a real long time and my man respects a lot of people's stuff (obviously, he just put a bunch of guys who fell off ten years ago in this set and brought them back to the spotlight of the community) and it ain't bs. If that bothers some, then that's just how it's gonna be.
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Post by MT on May 19, 2011 0:57:18 GMT -4
12 pages on this board about Swarm's set. Damn, he must be eating this shit up. Anyhow, didn't ya'll get this out your systems 4 years ago when Rob released Varsity the first time? filsingergames.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fan&action=display&thread=254I mean, shit. If you want to get technical about it, my man is just updating a character he already put out. Hell, he coulda easily not said anything about the dude who "originally" put him out. But he did. And really, this thread shoulda ended with this comment right here: Filsinger Games is no doubt in complete rights to use the character and the original writing that was submitted. Christian would be one of the first people to admit that...They own the character and don't need his permission to use it. He's a smart guy and he understands that. If my man knows this, then ya'll need to know this too. Your internet dialect annoys me (one of these for good measure ), but your post raises a point. However it's probably better to call this a Filsinger Games set and everyone can stop focusing on one of the guy's who put it together. Anyway, you're right: once the creator of the character gave it away to Filsinger Games it became his to do with as he saw fit. I'd have personally left the character out and focused on the new and the classic who actively contributed, but that's just my opinion. To me it's old territory (pun maybe intended) and like you wrote it's been revisited already. I'm not sure why it got so many pages. Before everyone continues, are there any other characters listed without consent that I should be concerned about? Yes? No? If they'd have just revised Kati The Samoan Warrior could this have all been avoided or would that have been an issue, too?
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Post by The Comedy Coach on May 19, 2011 1:51:31 GMT -4
The best part of this clip is the joke at the end that gets the biggest laugh. It's funny because his hair isn't luxurious and he knows we know it isn't luxurious. Funny stuff.
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Post by todd on May 19, 2011 6:50:52 GMT -4
My GWFZ territories character The Man In Black I actually did five years ago or so for no special reason. It just sat around not being used until the GWFZ territories project came along. I told Rob that I wanted to use the Man In Black and thought he could have a connection to Darth Pelvis and Darth Brooks somehow. He came up with the idea of making The Man In Black the same race as Pelvis and came up with the tag team name Rhythm and Blues. That makes a lot of sense since Elvis and Johnny Cash started out together in the same small studio called Sun Records. Travis did the original art work which I like just as much as Werner's. The Man In Black needed new art to be the same race as Darth Pelvis. I'm very happy with how he came out and I'm looking forward to using these cards
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Post by wildfire on May 19, 2011 9:01:54 GMT -4
That's pretty cool, Todd Those guys would work really well in your W3 fed.
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Post by lwffantrav on May 19, 2011 9:32:58 GMT -4
I really don't watch The Simpsons anymore, but this was a classic episode. The plot tells it all:
Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores
Homer goes to Lard Lad Donuts to get a "colossal doughnut." Upon realizing that the colossal doughnut is the name of the doughnut that Lard Lad holds and colossal doughnuts don't exist: they're regular doughnuts, he denounces them and vows to get a colossal doughnut. That night, he steals the giant doughnut from the Lard Lad statue in front of the store. In the midst of a freak storm, Lard Lad and other giant advertising statues come to life to terrorize Springfield. Homer eventually returns the donut to Lard Lad, but that does not stop Lard Lad and his friends from causing destruction. Lisa goes to the ad agency that created those advertising characters, and an executive suggests the citizens stop paying attention to the monsters as they are advertising gimmicks, and attention is what keeps them motivated. He suggests a jingle will help distract people from watching the monsters. Lisa and Paul Anka later perform a catchy song and the citizens of Springfield stop looking at the monsters, who lose their powers and become lifeless, except for Lard Lad, who manages to tempt Homer into looking into his donut, stating that it now has sprinkles. Homer falls for it, but Bart and Lisa pull him away from it, threatening to poke Homer's eyes if he doesn't comply, much to Homer's anger. This causes Lard Lad to lose his power and become lifeless.
When Kentucky lost in the Final Four last month, I had some lunatic keep emailing me "trying to rub it in". I actually don't use that email at all, which was the funny part, and only checked it for an old email. I'm sure they were hoping to masturbate when I responded, but eh, just deleted it. No biggie. They wasted more of their time writing it than I did just deleting it.
But helpful advice up there in that plot.
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Post by ever on May 19, 2011 9:52:51 GMT -4
Maybe that "lunatic" is someone you used to be buds with, use to hang with on the boards and make cool photoshop art for, and he just wanted to check in, say hi and talk a little sports smack for old times sake.
Maybe that "lunatic" doesn't hold grudges about a paper card game and remembers when you two used to be friends or bros before that word somehow became a bad thing.
Ever think about that, bro?
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Post by ever on May 19, 2011 9:55:12 GMT -4
That's pretty cool, Todd Those guys would work really well in your W3 fed. Todd, what I like best is that your Man in Black is simple but effective. I'm finding some of the characters with the shorter, more straight to the point bios just as interesting as some of the longer ones. And I love the art! Helps that I'm a big Johnny Cash fan. Thanks Todd.
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Post by tournamentmaster on May 19, 2011 10:03:07 GMT -4
I was really psyched when Chewie thought to help organize a number of the original hardcore classics guys for the set. I thought it was a perfect homage to the golden age of bootlegs in COTG. From my understanding the key character that helped bring that group's creativity to the next level is "he who shall not be named". I'm personally glad that he is in the set and its too bad that years of bad blood preclude everyone from agreeing with that (most especially the creator).
Overall I'm really impressed by all the great characters that people have brought into this set. It will make for a great year of playing. Now if you excuse me I have to prepare for a week's worth of collating.
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Post by behindthebook on May 19, 2011 10:17:48 GMT -4
What Swarm did was more like being a fan of Mickey Mouse, getting a job at Disney and then getting to write something for Mickey Mouse. This would be a perfect analogy, with two slight changes. First, what our Disney employee is doing here, is bootlegging Mickey Mouse tee-shirts in his garage and selling them on a Disneyland fan website. Second, Walt Disney is publicly on record as not wanting said Disney employee to have anything to do with Mickey Mouse. Now, that wouldn't change Disney Inc's right to do what every they want with Mickey, including give it to said employee to sell bootleg tee-shirts out of his garage. They totally have that right and no one can argue with it. But sometimes, there's a difference between what someone has the right to do and what is right to do.
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Post by wildfire on May 19, 2011 10:34:23 GMT -4
It's really a shame there have to be such tension in such a small group of fans.
The whole Varsity thing could have been easily prevented... all Swarm has to do is apologize for being a dick to Christian in the past, and have a reasonable conversation about it.
Instead, he chose to pretend he had permission, then later imply that he did, while saying he didn't need it.
Like Book said... there's what you CAN do, and what you SHOULD do... what happened was the former.
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Post by mxt on May 19, 2011 10:55:29 GMT -4
One sided opinion there. Varsity SHOULD be part of the set. Chrisitan COULD be cool about it. apologize for being a dick to Christian in the past?That went down a long time ago. I've seen the email. Rob is cool with everyone. If Christian decided not to respond, that's his right. But he both COULD have and SHOULD have.
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Post by behindthebook on May 19, 2011 11:05:22 GMT -4
Varsity SHOULD be part of the set. And Wildfire is the one with the onesided opinion? Is it that you don't understand that there are those who are of the the opinion that the character SHOULD NOT have been part of the set? Or is it just that because our opinion is different from yours it must be invalid?
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Post by mxt on May 19, 2011 11:07:37 GMT -4
Varsity SHOULD be part of the set. And Wildfire is the one with the onesided opinion? Is it that you don't understand that there are those who are of the the opinion that the character SHOULD NOT have been part of the set? Or is it just that because our opinion is different from yours it must be invalid? Thanks for biting that fish hook big fella. Don''t like it much when the shoe is on the other foot, do ya? btw did you buy the set?
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