Well the all powerful and all knowing Thom Khatt of http://www.crossworlds.ws has installed the latest version of the phpbbs software with a visual identification system. So the forums are back online. Take that you spambots! You may be able to posts faster than any human but you know nothing of image recognition… or the human emotion of love.
In other news I do podcast.
Just this week I was on the Webcomic Beacon (http://webcomicbeacon.com/) doing a podcast about the brainstorming and development process with a number of other webcomic writers. Check it out here: Webcomic Beacon: Brainstorming 1
I also do a weekly podcast talking about random webcomic topic with a group of comic creators. The projection quality is very poor so be prepared for static and a lot of people saying “what” to one another but it is generally fun an can be informative. Listen here:
CMX 910 Podcast
That’s it now. But come Thursday I will have a big announcement. See ya then.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
I am an arrogant ass.
“So you think you deserve the money” my friend said a she munched on a cucumber from her salad.
“Well… Kinda” I replied. And that’s when it hit me I was being an arrogant ass.
What am I talking about? Well for over 3 months now I have been yelling at the makers of Zuda through their forums about the way they are running the site. I have been a troll of the worst kind. I yell and ridiculed them for every mistake and trust me they did give me a lot of material to work with. In short I hated them.
“Why do they upset you so?” My friend had asked earlier between bites of her fish at the local diner.
“Why? Well because they're dumb!”
The real reason is because they were ignoring me. The Zuda system and instructions had some bugs when it first started out. Technically it still has some bugs but I digress. When I submitted my comic to Zuda the bugs caused me to mess up my submission. The text submitted was just wrong. I send them an email asking to change the text, I posted on the forums, I did everything I could to try and get in contact with them. No response.
Then they started selecting comics. Comics that were not mine. And my anger boiled over. They were treating me like some kid. They should have let me fixed my submission and then selected my comic. Don’t they know who I am! I have a semi successful webcomic. Sure, sure DC is big in the print world but this is the internet, this is my sandbox, how dare these punks come into my house and disrespect me. Zuda is offering webcomics a lot of money and that money should be mine. My comic is the best after all.
“So you think you deserve the money” my friend said a she munched on a cucumber from her salad.
And then it hit me. I am being an arrogant ass. That is the only way to describe it. I don’t know when it happened but the success of Exiern went to my head. Which is weird, considering how little I do in making the comic now a days. Zuda has done nothing wrong except treat me like everyone else. I was upset because they did not fall at my feat and worship me as an earth bound god.
It funny how wrapped up in our selves we can become. I am always grateful for my friends who care more about their salads than my feelings. Sometimes you need someone to just smack you. Although I wish she had smacked me sooner. I have been making a fool of my self for the last 3 months.
I doubt the Zuda staff reads this blog but if they happen to stumble upon it I offer my sincerest apologies. Their job is hard enough without me pestering them.
“Well… Kinda” I replied. And that’s when it hit me I was being an arrogant ass.
What am I talking about? Well for over 3 months now I have been yelling at the makers of Zuda through their forums about the way they are running the site. I have been a troll of the worst kind. I yell and ridiculed them for every mistake and trust me they did give me a lot of material to work with. In short I hated them.
“Why do they upset you so?” My friend had asked earlier between bites of her fish at the local diner.
“Why? Well because they're dumb!”
The real reason is because they were ignoring me. The Zuda system and instructions had some bugs when it first started out. Technically it still has some bugs but I digress. When I submitted my comic to Zuda the bugs caused me to mess up my submission. The text submitted was just wrong. I send them an email asking to change the text, I posted on the forums, I did everything I could to try and get in contact with them. No response.
Then they started selecting comics. Comics that were not mine. And my anger boiled over. They were treating me like some kid. They should have let me fixed my submission and then selected my comic. Don’t they know who I am! I have a semi successful webcomic. Sure, sure DC is big in the print world but this is the internet, this is my sandbox, how dare these punks come into my house and disrespect me. Zuda is offering webcomics a lot of money and that money should be mine. My comic is the best after all.
“So you think you deserve the money” my friend said a she munched on a cucumber from her salad.
And then it hit me. I am being an arrogant ass. That is the only way to describe it. I don’t know when it happened but the success of Exiern went to my head. Which is weird, considering how little I do in making the comic now a days. Zuda has done nothing wrong except treat me like everyone else. I was upset because they did not fall at my feat and worship me as an earth bound god.
It funny how wrapped up in our selves we can become. I am always grateful for my friends who care more about their salads than my feelings. Sometimes you need someone to just smack you. Although I wish she had smacked me sooner. I have been making a fool of my self for the last 3 months.
I doubt the Zuda staff reads this blog but if they happen to stumble upon it I offer my sincerest apologies. Their job is hard enough without me pestering them.
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