figmentPez
Staff member
Kurtz is going to return to doing Classic PvP: http://pvponline.com/news/mort-pvp-and-more
[Webcomic] PVP Discussion
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He must have heard I was back
"I'm bored and want to try something else"
"Nope, this new cast isn't doing anything for me either"
"I want to make something meaningful"
"I want to go back to the feeling of the good old days, let's go back to the original"
I mean, I don't mind, I do prefer the OG over the time skip reboot crew, and while I did like Mort it was something else entirely...;But i'll say it now: going back to the old group will not instantly give you more ideas, or more creativity, or, in the long run, more desire to do it.
Please please please also go back to the style of the older stories. Making a regular office sitcom is boring and done to death.
"Nope, this new cast isn't doing anything for me either"
"I want to make something meaningful"
"I want to go back to the feeling of the good old days, let's go back to the original"
I mean, I don't mind, I do prefer the OG over the time skip reboot crew, and while I did like Mort it was something else entirely...;But i'll say it now: going back to the old group will not instantly give you more ideas, or more creativity, or, in the long run, more desire to do it.
Please please please also go back to the style of the older stories. Making a regular office sitcom is boring and done to death.
My guess is that he doesn’t keep up with nerd culture minutiae the way he did when he was in his 20s.
I understand his popularity once upon a time. That he can still live off of PvP is starting to become ridiculous, and frankly a slap in the face of dozens/hundreds/probably thousands of comic makers who produce more and better work on a more regular basis, yet can only do it as a side-hobby that probably costs them more in hosting than it gains them.
I honestly don't have anything against Kurtz. But being a daily webcomic artist and producing two comics in a month is...Well. Something.
I honestly don't have anything against Kurtz. But being a daily webcomic artist and producing two comics in a month is...Well. Something.
I think it's just that he keeps promising this, that, or the other thing and then never delivers.
Rich Burlew has similar issues with delivering regular content, but at least he doesn't say "Yes friends, you'll see Order of the Stick updated three days a week from now on!"
Rich has had his issues, but the past few months, I don't think he's missed a week.
In contrast to PvP or goblins, for example, OotS's rhythm and story move in concert. When the updates slowed down, Rich didn't waste the single update in three weeks' time on a splash page that adds nothing, or a conversation that boils down to "err, hey" "oh, he there! Long time no see!".
PvP updates maybe once a week. At least the Mort interval had whole comics with a punchline and a twist or a story. PvP is....ta little gag and some set-up for a next comic that never comes.
While I understand why he did it, I am kind of sad he just dumped the time skip. It feels like one of those things that once you open the box you have to commit. At the very least if you plan to get out of it, do something like imply Scratch made a time machine and went back to avert some terrible disaster, so at least you have an in-universe reason for going back to the standard characters and format.
This reminds me when Kurt made fun of Ctrl-Alt-Del doing a reboot after a big emotional "finale."
Actually, Kurt's back and forth on what to do with PvP reminds of CAD doing the same thing.
Actually, Kurt's back and forth on what to do with PvP reminds of CAD doing the same thing.
To be fair to Kurtz, he's never tried to groom an underage girl or sent anyone dick pics. So he's got that going for him over the CAD guy
GasBandit
Staff member
And there was that one time that the CAD guy got upset that the WOW guild he started became a community with a life of its own, so he disbanded it without warning rather than continue to let it exist as something that had grown beyond simply being about him.
At least Kurtz has never done anything like THAT, right?
Shit, I completely forgot all about that.
No, he just sorta quit. The guild carried on without him until it just faded into memory.
Dave
Staff member
I think that’s a huge whoosh. I got it, @GasBandit
GasBandit
Staff member
Then who am I thinking of that disbanded their WoW guild (and kept the contents of the guild vault for themselves)? I could have sworn it was CAD-guy.
I was pretty sure almost exactly what you were referencing had happened with Tim's guild, dug a bit and found this:
forum.quartertothree.com
In a delicious bit of irony:
WoW: Drama! (Rapscallion dissolution)
On the Dark Iron server, guilds on the Alliance side affiliated with Penny Arcade (Fancy Lads, Keepers of the Wang) wage war with Horde guilds associated with a number of (comparatively) lesser-known webcomics such as Scott Kurtz’s Player vs. Player (Djörk, Panda Attack) and Scott Ramsoomair’s...
forum.quartertothree.com
In a delicious bit of irony:
Huh. I wonder if any ex-Rapscallions became Halforum posters in the long run?
I meant Kurtz. The Rapscallions thing really happened.
GasBandit
Staff member
Ahh, I was using the Rapscallions as an analogue for the original forum.
figmentPez
Staff member
Since we talking about PVP can anyone tell me what LAST strips joke was? It really confused me.