Poll: Do you hate Ctrl-Alt-Del?

[Snotnarok]

My friend expressed the range of motions with Ctrl+alt+delete

B^U

That'd be it.

 

[Thaius]

Personally, I love CAD. The story aspects started off okay, but with the stuff that so many people hate for some reason, he kicked it into high gear. I always loved all the characters, but the story wasn't taken all that seriously. The last couple years, it has, and the comic has never been better.

Seriously, people: you're going to hate on a comic because it has an involving story? Really? I understand that most comics don't have that same emphasis, but are you really going to be so shallow as to essentially say "Don't have emotional storylines, just do what every other gaming comic does and keep pumping out mindless humor and social commentary?" Could you be more shallow and conforming?

 

[PeterDawson]

I'm not a fan. Not because of the rediculous serious plotlines, not because of the poor joke structure that sometimes pops up, and not even because of the sheer amount of dialog. I dislike it because I don't find most of the jokes that funny, if at all.

 

[mrx19869]

i find it helpful when my computer programs freeze and stuff...

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

My friend expressed the range of motions with Ctrl+alt+delete

B^U

That'd be it.

Has he read the comic in the last year, when Buckley actually started using facial expressions?

 

[geek.flip]

I hate Tim Buckly with a passion, and more or less dislike his comics. They used to be pretty funny back when he wasn't famous and so arrogant.

More or less this. I thought it was mildly amusing at first, then it started getting not so funny, then the whole miscarriage arc popped up and between that and the "I decide if the comic is to be funny or serious, so eff off" incident I decided that I'd rather not read it anymore. I mean, yeah, he draws it, he can do what he wants, but a paradigm shift without a clutch is going to annoy some people. I guess I'm one of them.

 

[Nutcase]

IMO Buckley actually manages to edge out Ramsoomair as the worst well-known "geek cartoonist".

 

[SquirrelPants]

I hate the way all my friends like it, since it's a pretty horrible comic. I don't hate the comic itself, but the art is bad, the jokes aren't funny, and I really just don't see any reason to read it. (And yes, I did read through the ENTIRE archive way back when.)

 

[c0rzilla]

Didn't like CAD because why would you want to write a webcomic about abortion? Okay, maybe Scott of VG cats did that too but at least he puts a spin to that.[/q]

The contrived "plot" was about a miscarriage, not abortion.

 

[c0rzilla]

OT: I like all of it, I can say proudly

As much as it pains me to use the phrase, "This."

I don't understand why people hate it to be honest. Could someone enlighten me to the reason(s)?

I think haters mostly...well, hate it because of the more dramatic direction Tim went with the comic. I love the comic, too, but only because I've grown somewhat attached to the characters over the years. I miss the good ol' days where Ethan would just get drunk and invent holidays or build time machines, but I also care now what actually happens to them.

That, sir, is called character development, which movie critics love and most shallow people hate. Most gamers just want to see stuff blow up and hear witty one-liners instead of seeing characters slowly evolve.

And the same people that ***** about CAD are the first to ***** about characters being one-dimensional in RPGs. The irony, oh how I love it.

EDIT: Not all people that hate CAD are closed-minded.

The thing is he's built the whole of his comic around Ethan being an idiot. What's he gonna do when he FINALLY (God in heaven hurry the fuck up with that) gets married and/or has a kid? He can't be retarded forever, and then Tim's comic just kinda..dies. Or he makes a new one. I just don't see the Ethan Tim has established as being a believably serious person. Too much of a 180.

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

I don't hate Tim... I just think his work is starting to slide. The plot comics are getting on my last nerve with their melancholy. I miss the old days when he'd work in an insane subplot like Zeke malfunctioning and nearly killing them. Now its just everyday bull. However his parodies are still spot on. Whenever he does them every few months.

 

[Fraught]

I know that this poll is fairly pointless, and the fact that once Yahtzee showed up, he turned you all into little clones of him, but I'm willing to run it anyway for kicks.

...
No.

I agree with TheNamlessGuy.
I'm not even sure I'm willing to give any answer based on that sort of ignorant, stupid shit.

Buuuut I'm not going to get my trousuffles in a twizztaffle.

No, I don't hate it. I've heard of Tim Buckley being an asshole, but I don't really care. I only read the comics, and they're good. I prefer Penny Arcade to it, but the story arcs I like, and I've grown to like the characters in it. At least they make the comic a wee bit more unique.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I hate all internet comics equally.

 

[Spiner909]

Oh...hah. I thought you meant the command ctrl alt dlt. Hah, I hate that. Never seen the comic though.

 

[black-magic]

The plot is fantastic, the characters are loveable and real, the parodies are helarious.

 

[Brisingr]

Used to like it, but got really bored of it a few months ago, it just wasn't funny anymore and so I've just given up on it.

 

[manythings]

He does love being over talky and the comic format;

Panel #1: Game X came out and I purchased it,
Panel #2: Game X makes me feel [frustrated/happy/orgasmic/made up word I think is witty]
Panel #3: Game X produces the following situation [killing spree/alcohol binge/dick joke/something someone else did first]
Panel #4: Do/Do not purchase Game X

features pretty heavily.

 

[theSovietConnection]

It's a little stale at times, I know some of the jokes (like Wintereenmas, for one) can get dragged out a little too long, but overall I can't say anything too bad about it.

 

[FightThePower]

Yeah, it's not funny at all.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

I do hate how in Windows 7 and Vista you don't get the damn Task Manager straight away but that lame screen that takes ages to load when something has crashed and...... oh

OT: I've got manga, why would I read webcomics?
Most paid stuff *IS* better than free stuff.
But not all. I just can't be bothered to wade through junk to find a pearl.
I have Yathzee for that