No cheap shots? Fine. Belated birthday gift.
But, uh, he was exactly talking about you, was he?
There's an us versus them? Where are these orange trees? I mainly see bananas...
You've been NEWSARAMA'D!!!
Nobody likes realizing they are a fanboy, especially those people who hate them.
Or something.
I don't really think he was talking about me personally, so much as the collective Rampage Experience of the people who comment on the stories. But it's my blog, so I'm feeling responsible...
But what good is being superior to everybody if I can't rub their faces in it?
Can I do cheap shots [i]with[/i] the man in the comments? I mean, if I'm buying. 'Cause I'm broke. If he's buying, we can go top shelf.
This cuts the other way too, though, doesn't it?
"what I don't want to grow up to be like" sure, but also "Maybe I don't want to get caught saying this stupid thing because I might get rampaged".
Graeme's karma's good, seems to me.
Hmm. The reason I gravitated to the Rampage is, despite the cheap shots, I found the level of discourse here to be a nice middle ground between hardcore academic analysis and the wince-worthy chest-beating fluff I found on most of the big messageboards.
Karma? That's that thing that Carson Daly was talking about, right?
I don't even get that joke. I think I'm happy I don't get it, but it makes me feel old anyway.
Don't eat the poison cookies, Graeme.
Hmm, well, Matt's seeming to do the exact same thing he criticizes (pointing at Rampage and saying he's glad he's not like us). Not meant as a cheap shot, but just as an illustration that what happens here is not exactly unique to us Rampagers.
Honestly, though, it's not like *everything* here is snark. Many posts are really pretty positive, with folks singing the praises of their favorites. And I really don't see a lot of personal insults flung here, either, unlike many of the message boards.
But I like having a spot where I can vent my frustrations over the things in my hobby that bother or perplex me. And I like the fact that so many of the other posters here are clever enough that I laugh out loud.
It's good to know you're a fan of Carson Daly, too, Graeme.
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the concept of "yelling at an orange tree."
I live in the Midwest, we don't have orange trees around here. Do people yell at orange trees very often?
"But it's my blog, so I'm feeling responsible..."
What are you, Catholic?
Well, you did post the "Moonbeam" thing in the first place, so okay, you're responsible for that. But if there's any one thing this blog has taught me, it's how to love...
Wait, no. Sorry. What this blog has taught me is that Teh inranets iz dumm. That TPop thread would be half as long if people could actually read.
In the end? None of it fucking matters, does it? I, for one, take great pride in my humor having directly affected AiT/PL publishing policy.
Think of it as performance art. Now you can apply for a grant!
Carson Daly? He must be some gret teacher, a man of incredible wisdom.
Carson Daly? What're you, in the 17th grade??
Hmm. The reason I gravitated to the Rampage is, despite the cheap shots, I found the level of discourse here to be a nice middle ground between hardcore academic analysis and the wince-worthy chest-beating fluff I found on most of the big messageboards.
Absolutely! And the snark has me laughing most days.
Graeme, I called dibs on the maid.
It's a good thing we're alive, and not dead, because if we were dead we couldn't read Fanboy Rampage.
Dead people can't read Fanboy Rampage. They can't read anything. We're alive and that means we can read Fanboy Rampage, not like the dead people who can't read Fanboy Rampage.
man, it's clear no one here watches "My Name is Earl"...
Those who don't watch it will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
I am The V I look down on Fanboy Rampage because they are American Wankboy Scum.
I am Fanboy Rampage. I look up to The V because they are British and have cool accents, but I look down on Newsarama board because they are non-self conscious fucking geeks.
I am Newsarama. Joe Quesada does exclusive Friday talks with me. Dan Didio counsels me. And all the rest off you can ____ off.
Nah, you're just Rich Johnston, because you're kind of a penis.
I am Ed Cunard. I look down on everyone because, shit, it's really high up here on this horse.
I call him "Skippy."
He's my friend.
Hey Rich, you should probably know we don't look up to the V. Partially because we're secretly Irish.
Honestly most people on boards read this site with the HOPE that they'll make the Rampage!!! It's not like Graeme targets Newsarama directly or anything. If nothing else the boards I see made fun of most often start with a "B". Was the "Moonbeam" thread inappropriate? Sure. I can't really defend it because I didn't partake in it. But the reality remains, if you don't wanted something treated that way then DON'T SAY IT.
Oh and Moonbeam's site is awesome. She seems to be a pretty cool lady.
I remember there was a time when my FBR was more heroic and not so whiny whiny. Somebody get us a new creative team in here and retcon this place, ASAP!
Did you get those four candles I sent you, Rich?
//Oo/\
In all seriousness, I feel like some of the wind was sucked out of the sails with the ADD/Paul O'Brien thing. This place hasn't quite felt the same since then.
I can kind of see that, although the decision to quit was made before then. It wasn't so much ADD and Paul fighting, as it was other real life things that were happening at the same time, though.
So (a) when is the last day, and (b) where should I turn for links to stories I might have missed? I mean besides Spurgeon's site.
Honestly, I'm not going to miss the snark, but I am going to miss FBR as a resource, a barometer of what online comics fans are thinking.
(a) Monday, and (b) I'm sure someone will appear to take up the slack, just as Tom took up Kevin's slack, after he gave up taking up Dirk's slack. The blogosphere abhors a vacuum.
I'm going to miss both.
Plus, what am I going to do at my dayjob now?
Though I read Fanboy Rampage everyday, I am not sure what a Moonbeam is. Also: what's a V?
I yell at orange trees all the time. Fuck an orange tree.
"Fuck an orange tree."
And you wonder why your pee is a funny shade ...
Remember, kids:
Only God can make a tree.
Huh. I didn't even see the announcement that FBR was ending.
Well. I have come to find this blog very entertaining. When I first got here, my opinion was much the same as the critics; it seemed a bit dumb that the blog's entire purpose was to make fun of other people. But reading it more, I realized that you guys were AWARE of how dumb it was, and were just having a bit of fun with it. So I began to see the value in that.
But I do think Graeme is being too sensitive about Brady's comments; it ain't like he's the first person that said such things about this blog. I mean, you make a blog dedicated to making fun of people, you gotta expect you're gonna get bitten back sometimes.
I dunno why Graeme is closing it, but like he says, there will no doubt be something to take its place, with many of the same entertaining and intelligent personalities.
Still, this place was fun while it lasted.
I wish to see these 'entertaining and intelligent personalities' you speak of.
This isn't because I've been to busy to rail against the closing, is it?
Yes it IS Julio. For SHAME!
*SOB!* *CHOKE!*
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