Hear Me Out
Hey everybody, got some updates on a few things:
You may have noticed I’m changing up the layout of the site a bit. I’ve had things pretty much the same here for coming up on four years, and I’m finally tired enough of it to change it up. I’ll be making more changes in the next couple of weeks.
Another motivator for these changes is that I don’t have ads on the site anymore. Back in July I had some problems with scuzzy malware-type popups coming from my ads. After spending several hours trying to fix it, I decided to take them down until I got it sorted out. Then I just sort of never put them back up. They’re annoying, everyone’s just blocking them these days anyway, and they cause problems. So goodbye ads.
The trade off there is that no ads means no ad money. So now also seems like a great time to bring up the Experience Boost Patreon! Patreon lets you support the comic directly and get more Experience Boost in return. Every month patrons get rewards like these:
- $1 or more a month gets you access to a monthly wallpapers and a bonus strip, as well as the ability to vote on who appears in the month’s bonus strip.
- $5 or more gets you everything above as well as high-res versions of every strip, and access to design sketches and other behind the scenes stuff.
- $15 or more gets you everything above AND lets you or your MMO character cameo on the comic. (There’s a limited number of slots at this tier, but one just opened up, so seize opportunity!)
Here’s a look at some of the previous wallpapers:
And Murd won the last bonus strip poll, here’s a little peek at that comic:
As we hit further goals, we’ll unlock more rewards like, more bonus comics and request livestreams. So if you enjoy Experience Boost, and would like to see more of it, head over to the Patreon and commence the dark sacrements give it a pledge!
Ah. We seem to be collapsing to the state of “Theron doesn’t catch social cues easily.”
Given everything so far, if I were writing the script he’d say something along the lines of “I don’t like mixing meatspace and MMO, because there always seem to be landmines that I can’t predict before they go off. But . . . are you happier, now that your transitioning is coming along? Are the people in your meatspace life accepting it?”
Assuming yes to both, then: “Aaaaaaand that’s what I can think of. So, if you want to say something, I’ll listen – I won’t even pull up a game of not!Hearthstone – but I honestly don’t know what there is to say.”
To the Patreonmobile, away!
Thank you!
Go Zhu! Communicating clearly and standing up for herself. Hopefully this will enable Theron to catch a Clue as well… I like the dude but he has been straining my patience with this arc.
(Acting like he is entitled to the potions is kinda annoying like- dude it was something nice they were doing you shouldn’t treat people you consider friends like their life is a issue if you want them to continue giving you stuff they have to grind for)
He wasn’t acting entitled to the potions though. That’s why he asked Zhu why he didn’t receive one. An entitled person would say, “where are my potions?! Give them now!”
Theron actually considered and realized that there was a problem.
I hope Theron apologizes, and not with a cop-out “I’m sorry you were offended” nonapology. I’d like to see him realize that avoidance has its costs too.
Love the alt-text callback 🙂
http://www.xpboostcomic.com/comic/take-your-time/
I’m glad I can make little references like that and someone gets them.
Always happy to donate to websites that amuse me! Patreoned early, early this morning before I went to bed.
Many thanks to you.
Good, I’m glad she’s sticking up to him! It’s not like she’s trying to shove down his throat about her transition or anything. When you’re playing an MMO, you’re still dealing with real people behind those characters. You eventually form a bond with them, and sometimes some personal stuff leaks in. This was a very important life change for her and as such, decided to tell her friends. I don’t get the whole “not dealing with real life issues” when she is just informing everyone of her new identity. I mean it IS his right to not want to “deal with it” as much as it’s her to not want to do nice things to someone who she doesn’t consider a friend. All choices comes with consequences.
To be fair, Theron seems to be the most adult out of all of them, and I can see him being a 40 year old lawyer behind the screen. It may seem harsh how he handled it but I can get where he is coming from. good for zhusen for accepting herself, as well as telling others. But does that really change the person she is? Probably not for Theron, in the end zhusen is still zhusen to him, gender aside.might mean he gave no shita when murd was revealed to be a kid. He’s still murd.
(First time posting, not digging the Theron hate sorry, had to play from his side)
Yeah sorry Theron, just being around in the guild and saying hi does not a friend make. And it’s fine not to be buddies with everyone, but only to get upset about it when you don’t get free stuff anymore is just :/
On the other hand, the fact that he *immediately* catches on to what the issue is is a good sign. Eye on Theron re-decreased.