Is Outsider still an active project, or is it over?

[icekatze]

hi hi

All I can do is send along all my best wishes. I'm pullin' for ya, Arioch. We're all in this together.

[dragoongfa]

I swear, if this is a pre planned April fool's joke I will rage clap. Arioch hasn't been on since the 27th of March and I am beginning to worry a little.

[pinheadh78]

Arioch wrote:
Should have it done for this Monday.

Or I will quite simply be dead.

Come to think of it we haven't heard anything or seen a forum post recently. Has anyone (can anyone?) check up on Arioch to make sure he's OK?
Arioch? Are you OK over there friend? I think we're all a little worried that your OK out there. Stay healthy friend.

As noted before, please take all the time you need with the comic; everyone around here seems content with the forums and we're a patient bunch.

[TrashMan]

It's time to take out the trashman!

COME AT ME, HERETIC!

[RedDwarfIV]

COME AT ME, HERETIC!

Kinetic Kill Vehicles deployed. Tracking armoured target.

[Darth Cloaked Guy]

Should have it done for this Monday.

Or I will quite simply be dead.

RIP

[NOMAD]

Should have it done for this Monday.

Or I will quite simply be dead.

RIP

don't think so,

he closed the spam post pretty quickly,

have some faith, Arioch is " too busy to post/WIP updates"

[TrashMan]

COME AT ME, HERETIC!

Kinetic Kill Vehicles deployed. Tracking armoured target.

"Battlefleet Tempestus deployed. Lance batteries and Nova cannons ready."


"Battle-Barge Eternal Crusader on intercept course. Boarding torpedoes ready."

[RedDwarfIV]

...

Uh.

Aries, could you warm up the hyperdrive please? I have a feeling we need to be in a different universe ASAP. Oh, and, uh, mark this one as 'available for dimension cannon testing'.

[Hālian]

COME AT ME, HERETIC!

Kinetic Kill Vehicles deployed. Tracking armoured target.

"Battlefleet Tempestus deployed. Lance batteries and Nova cannons ready."


"Battle-Barge Eternal Crusader on intercept course. Boarding torpedoes ready."

Readying Amane Weapon.

[Sweforce]

This forum have been silent the last few days, very few posts. I hope with can get some activity back.

[TrashMan]

Readying Amane Weapon.

Is that vacuum cleaner?

...

Uh.

Aries, could you warm up the hyperdrive please? I have a feeling we need to be in a different universe ASAP. Oh, and, uh, mark this one as 'available for dimension cannon testing'.

Looks like someone is asking for their soul to be obliderated.

[RedDwarfIV]

...

Uh.

Aries, could you warm up the hyperdrive please? I have a feeling we need to be in a different universe ASAP. Oh, and, uh, mark this one as 'available for dimension cannon testing'.

Looks like someone is asking for their soul to be obliderated.

Have fun with your compromised hell dimension! I'm out!

*Aries disappears in a flash of white light*

[Southern Cross]

Ditto..
So someone else hates the W40K universe with the fury of a thousand burning galaxies!!!

[dragoongfa]

This forum have been silent the last few days, very few posts. I hope with can get some activity back.

This might have to do a lot with the drama that is unfolding in the sci-fi world at the moment.

My advice, stay out of it unless you can handle internet stupidity.

[Turrosh Mak]

This might have to do a lot with the drama that is unfolding in the sci-fi world at the moment.

My advice, stay out of it unless you can handle internet stupidity.

I am not aware of this drama of which you speak. Could you expand on this?

Regarding the update that wasn't, I get the feeling Arioch was desperately trying to beat the "two years with no update" deadline and missing the mark has taken the wind out of his sails. Jim, it's no big deal. Less than or greater than 730 days doesn't change anything.

[dragoongfa]

To put a long story short:

People were kind of angry that only writers from a particular company (Tor) and from a particular political leaning (Far left authoritarian) were nominated for and subsequently won Hugo awards for the past few years.

So they banded together back in 2012 and created the Sad Puppies movement to have the sci-fi fandom vote in the Hugo nomination ballot for a diverge range of writers. This year the Sad Puppies literally swept the nominations. The response of Tor and their supporters was to accuse everyone in the Sad Puppies for racism, misogynism and every other ism there is; this includes numerous 'journalistic' hit pieces at prominent writers of the Sad Puppies movement, who despite what the detractors say include numerous women and minorities.

In short, this is the beginning of the Sci-fi equivalent of Atheism+ and GamerGate which is why I advise people to steer clear of everything.

If someone really wants to discuss this take it away from this forum, the mud slinging will be severe and Arioch doesn't need this kind of shit here or elsewhere in his life.

[zircher]

I don't have a horse in the Hugo debate (although I do have some friends in the Sad Puppy camp.)

I know of the Eisener Award for comic books. Is there anything like that for web comics? [Trying to derail back on track.]

[pause]

Wikipedia to the rescue.

[Logannion]

On the plus side Dragoongfa, you've made me google 'Gamergate+athiesm Debate'.

I now know another saddening piece of internet trivia.

[dragoongfa]

On the plus side Dragoongfa, you've made me google 'Gamergate+athiesm Debate'.

I now know another saddening piece of internet trivia.

Just don't trust wikipedia on the matter, for Sad Puppies and previous such spectacles, let's say that some stuff are best left to people that don't allow just anyone to edit stuff and don't have an agenda of their own.

My advice as someone who still has a horse in one of the above races: Just stay out of it, for your peace of mind at least. They consume far too much time and draw the attention of people who should be locked in mental asylums but for some reason they are allowed to run wild in the internet.

In short: Stay out of it.

@Zircher

The problem with webcomics is that they are still relatively new and they encompass a vast field of genres.

Proper awards will spring out when the field will mature and various standards/genres will meet widespread acceptance/establishment.