July 26, 2013: Licked

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Master TMO » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:09 am

Just a random thought - "Teleportation and Restoration" - maybe Psimax had it set up so that every time he teleported himself it restored his psionic power back to full? That's how he never seemed to run out of points and could splishk all day long?

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Master TMO » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:34 am

Nevermind. Re-read the comic and it says 'Reconstruction", not restoration. Maybe the splishking wasn't a Psionic power, but one he could use by using a specific gear of his construct, that can be undone by using the Reconstruction gear? That might explain how he could splishk everyone without running out of juice - he wasn't using any juice. He was merely aiming a weapon and pulling the trigger - with his mind!! :paranoia:

The other point I'd thought of but forgot to mention is that I'm pretty sure it's Forgath who says "This dwarf would like to get out of the air now." Not 'The' dwarf, 'This' dwarf. To me it changes it so that it couldn't be a Kin talking.

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by nightarix » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:16 pm

Master TMO wrote:Nevermind. Re-read the comic and it says 'Reconstruction", not restoration. Maybe the splishking wasn't a Psionic power, but one he could use by using a specific gear of his construct, that can be undone by using the Reconstruction gear? That might explain how he could splishk everyone without running out of juice - he wasn't using any juice. He was merely aiming a weapon and pulling the trigger - with his mind!! :paranoia:

The other point I'd thought of but forgot to mention is that I'm pretty sure it's Forgath who says "This dwarf would like to get out of the air now." Not 'The' dwarf, 'This' dwarf. To me it changes it so that it couldn't be a Kin talking.
possible, though i think he just used the mazes reset factor against everyone else, saving a certain number of PP each "round" and letting it build up and get stored in the gears, assuming he was in the maze at least as long as fmk 156 he'd have billions of PP... stating that i fully expect someone to tell me how it doesn't work like that(a phrase I've heard many times in my life but eh I'm the hands-on learning type, i'd much rather take it apart and put it together then read how someone else did it :D )

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by willpell » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:32 pm

Master TMO wrote:The other point I'd thought of but forgot to mention is that I'm pretty sure it's Forgath who says "This dwarf would like to get out of the air now." Not 'The' dwarf, 'This' dwarf. To me it changes it so that it couldn't be a Kin talking.
I didn't notice it had changed with the shaded version; the original said "the". However it could still be either Forgath talking about himself in the third person or Onyx pointing him out. It's a bit sillier for her to say "This dwarf" when there aren't any others in the room, but it still makes a valid sentence. And frankly I think it sounded better as "the" either way.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by RidcullyJack » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:07 pm

nightarix wrote: (snip) saving a certain number of PP each "round" and letting it build up and get stored in the gears, assuming he was in the maze at least as long as fmk 156 he'd have billions of PP... stating that i fully expect someone to tell me how it doesn't work like that(a phrase I've heard many times in my life but eh I'm the hands-on learning type, i'd much rather take it apart and put it together then read how someone else did it :D )
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Kroottastic » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:18 pm

So, outside of the actual update. Which was awesome. Is anyone else finding that the countdown clock is stuck on 3d 12h 19m?
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by RidcullyJack » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:27 pm

Kroottastic wrote:So, outside of the actual update. Which was awesome. Is anyone else finding that the countdown clock is stuck on 3d 12h 9m?
Yeah. It was stuck on some other time for a while, but now it seems to be stuck on that.

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Kroottastic » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:28 pm

RidcullyJack wrote:
Kroottastic wrote:So, outside of the actual update. Which was awesome. Is anyone else finding that the countdown clock is stuck on 3d 12h 9m?
Yeah. It was stuck on some other time for a while, but now it seems to be stuck on that.

Thanks, I was wondering if it was just me. As I don't check in but once every couple days, and noticed it said the same time. =p

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by SamWiser » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:35 pm

If I'm doing my math right, the new one comes out tomorrow.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by shard19456 » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:59 pm

DocMesa wrote:I feel this is an important point to raise - when can we get Symun plushies in the Goblins store? <3
YES! YES! YES! I knew I wasn't the only one that wanted a Symun plushie! ^_^ :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

The best part? I'm arachnophobic, but I totally want a Symun plushie.

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by wonderdrow » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:13 am

Interesting. I consider a spider plushie a bit creepy, and I'm not arachnophobic.

Hmm...

What if PsiMax would be merchandized. In what form could that be?
Can't imagine PsiMax as a plushie.

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Reads_Books » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:50 am

wonderdrow wrote:Interesting. I consider a spider plushie a bit creepy, and I'm not arachnophobic.

Hmm...

What if PsiMax would be merchandized. In what form could that be?
Can't imagine PsiMax as a plushie.
Bobble head? Or maybe part of something like a Maze of Many sticker collection.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by HennaGaijin » Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:16 am

Cue quote-storm:
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DocMesa wrote:I feel this is an important point to raise - when can we get Symun plushies in the Goblins store? <3
YES! YES! YES! I knew I wasn't the only one that wanted a Symun plushie! ^_^ :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

The best part? I'm arachnophobic, but I totally want a Symun plushie.
Me too, and me too! :confetti:
wonderdrow wrote: What if PsiMax would be merchandized. In what form could that be?
Can't imagine PsiMax as a plushie.
Oh but I'm all for a Psimax plushie, just cos, think how much it would annoy him!
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And alsooo, is it just me or does our Kin have a little bit of a blush all through this update - a kind of 'oooh Minmax just defeated Psimax, he's so strong and brave and sexy and I luurve him' type thing. She certainly seems to be a bit pinker in the face than the other Kins. Hehe, N'aaaaaawwwwe :oops: :love: :confetti:
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by stevedj » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:13 am

Kroottastic wrote:
RidcullyJack wrote:
Kroottastic wrote:So, outside of the actual update. Which was awesome. Is anyone else finding that the countdown clock is stuck on 3d 12h 9m?
Yeah. It was stuck on some other time for a while, but now it seems to be stuck on that.

Thanks, I was wondering if it was just me. As I don't check in but once every couple days, and noticed it said the same time. =p
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by willpell » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:19 am

shard19456 wrote:
DocMesa wrote:I feel this is an important point to raise - when can we get Symun plushies in the Goblins store? <3
YES! YES! YES! I knew I wasn't the only one that wanted a Symun plushie! ^_^ :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

The best part? I'm arachnophobic, but I totally want a Symun plushie.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Simon » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:37 pm

HennaGaijin wrote: I don't really think that's the key either - surely given that the light is coming from behind the doorframe and the key is in front of it it wouldn't cast a shadow? It does look like it might be something, maybe it's the key on the floor or some other interesting thingymabob but I don't think it's in the lock (sorry to be pedantic ;) )
I was going to mention something about this. It is somewhat odd that an invisible key casts a shadow (what with it letting light through and everything) but I suppose it could be argued that it merely redirects the light or refracts it in a way that causes a shadow. But if that was true why would an invisible object cast a darker shadow than a clearly opaque (lol) window frame? And why would it cast a shadow onto the frame's shadow? I mean, if I stood behind a wall, I wouldn't cast a shadow if the light was already blocked by said wall.

So I find it rather unlikely that it is a key, but you never know.... could magically cast a shadow lol.

About the clock thing, It also displays random times on other pages, e.g.: "4 days 22 hours 3 minutes" or ".....57 minutes" or "....23 hours...." etc. I don't have any idea why it's doing that :S

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by willpell » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:52 pm

Clock seems to be fixed now; it's saying an update will happen tomorrow about 7pm Central.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Insane Kitty » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:44 pm

willpell wrote:Clock seems to be fixed now; it's saying an update will happen tomorrow about 7pm Central.
it is fixed because the .com address is working again, and we are off the .org

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Liesmith » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:25 am

Are you sure? It still instantly redirects to .org for me.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Krulle » Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:58 am

same for me.
And whois still shows blindferret as owner.

Both may be due to delays in updating DNS-servers. (depending on whois service, they update twice a week, DNS distribution might take up to one week until every server knows the new IP for goblinscomic.com and does not forward you to the BF server anymore)

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Even GoDaddy's whois shows godaddy as registrar, and BlindFerret as owner.
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by bcas77 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:47 am

Looks like the new update will be an altsplanation. I don't mind that at all :) I love reading those!

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by Unlucky-for-Some » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:56 pm

yeah I am still getting in through the .org as well
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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by warrl » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:00 pm

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Re: July 26, 2013: Licked

Post by willpell » Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:30 pm

Not sure how that pertains to the comic, but awesome on general principles....
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