april -23 2013 Tight Leash

[Glemp]

Thanks to the "I see you", I'm feeling much more at ease. We can safely assume that (if Thunt sticks to this, and I think he will) that Kin and Minmax both have to survive for Kin to be able to say it to Minmax (and we pretty much now that those are gonna be her words)

Ahem!
"Unless Kin sees MinMax just as the collar explodes, and feels not only her own, but also MM's pain of seeing her die. But Thunt wouldn't do that to us...would he?
Oh, god he would. He totally would. He...he...I have something in my eye, excuse me."

[WastesTime]

Thanks to the "I see you", I'm feeling much more at ease. We can safely assume that (if Thunt sticks to this, and I think he will) that Kin and Minmax both have to survive for Kin to be able to say it to Minmax (and we pretty much now that those are gonna be her words)

Ahem!
"Unless Kin sees MinMax just as the collar explodes, and feels not only her own, but also MM's pain of seeing her die. But Thunt wouldn't do that to us...would he?
Oh, god he would. He totally would. He...he...I have something in my eye, excuse me."

I saw that, Glemp, but even Thunt is not GRRM. He wouldn't kill Kin off in such a way. Plus, I think Minmax would have been too devastated after this to go after the GAP right away ( and I think that we all agree that "Remember me, Names" phrase was said by Minmax)

[RocketScientist]

I think they're all going to burst into song, and defeat Psimax with a musical number. And then...

Minmax: How can I repay...
Kin: Whatever

OT: I've got a theory, it could be BUNNIES!.....I just watched 'Once More with Feeling' four days ago and just today had gotten the earworms out. Now I'll have to watch it again just to stop the singing in my head.

Right? Liesmith does that to me all the time with OMWF.

I saw that, Glemp, but even Thunt is not GRRM.

But Thunt is a Joss Whedon fan.

[Glemp]

I saw that, Glemp, but even Thunt is not GRRM.

But Thunt is a Joss Whedon fan.

Well, Thunt and Joss are similar because they come from the same circle of Hell - namely, one that feeds off of sadness. It's quite ingenious really - they first construct an artificial character and get you to invest your emotions into it, like a fish bait. Then they kill it off, destroying your ability to control yourself and letting those delicious tears flow.

[LooksAndSmiles]

Didn't read the whole comment section through, but I find the similarity of the keys also interesting. Nice catch!

[Liesmith]

OT: I've got a theory, it could be BUNNIES!.....I just watched 'Once More with Feeling' four days ago and just today had gotten the earworms out. Now I'll have to watch it again just to stop the singing in my head.

Right? Liesmith does that to me all the time with OMWF.

In my defense, we discuss having theories quite often on this forum...and every time I say I have one, I get the mental image of Giles whipping his glasses off in sudden revelation.

In this case, it could be monsters; some evil monsters...
*Kin glares angrily*
...which is ridiculous 'cause monsters, they were persecuted; goblins good and yuan-ti power and I'll be over here.

[Rayston]

In my defense, we discuss having theories quite often on this forum...and every time I say I have one, I get the mental image of Giles whipping his glasses off in sudden revelation.

In this case, it could be monsters; some evil monsters...
*Kin glares angrily*
...which is ridiculous 'cause monsters, they were persecuted; goblins good and yuan-ti power and I'll be over here.

Wasnt it Xander who sang that line?

[Liesmith]

In my defense, we discuss having theories quite often on this forum...and every time I say I have one, I get the mental image of Giles whipping his glasses off in sudden revelation.

In this case, it could be monsters; some evil monsters...
*Kin glares angrily*
...which is ridiculous 'cause monsters, they were persecuted; goblins good and yuan-ti power and I'll be over here.

Wasnt it Xander who sang that line?

I'm pretty sure is was Castiel.

[Simon]

Hello,
I don't know if it's been mention as such, but when you are talking about the key that winks, if the key only has one eye, is it blinking or winking? Could they have to get both keys together to see which one winks, or put one of the keys up to their eyes and wink?

I highly doubt anything like this would happen in the comic though, but I thought I'd mention it, lol.

[WastesTime]

Hello,
I don't know if it's been mention as such, but when you are talking about the key that winks, if the key only has one eye, is it blinking or winking? Could they have to get both keys together to see which one winks, or put one of the keys up to their eyes and wink?

I highly doubt anything like this would happen in the comic though, but I thought I'd mention it, lol.

In my opinion we should focus on the shadow at the bottom of the door, under the keyhole. It was previously pointed out and mentioned that it has to have some significance. Also, Thunt likes to do such tricks (for instance in later parts of Tempts Fate)

[RocketScientist]

In my defense, we discuss having theories quite often on this forum...and every time I say I have one, I get the mental image of Giles whipping his glasses off in sudden revelation.

In this case, it could be monsters; some evil monsters...
*Kin glares angrily*
...which is ridiculous 'cause monsters, they were persecuted; goblins good and yuan-ti power and I'll be over here.

Wasnt it Xander who sang that line?

I'm pretty sure is was Castiel.

*dies*

(Yes, it was Xander.)

And don't worry about it. I'm sure I've done the same to you more than once.

[MrBogey]

http://www.goblinscomic.com/01062012/

"Touch her again and I'll kill you twice."

Also, the key doesn't have an eyelid so it can't wink or blink. Or at least we haven't seen it with an eyelid. Though I suppose there's a trick to it.

[FleesFromTrees]

Key that winks is, in my opinion just a descriptor for it.
To help differentiate it from the other two in a way that rhymes and sounds poetic.

We see no way that the "key that bites" could open its mouth and bite the person holding it.
So there is no reason you the yellow key to actually be able to physically wink.

[DrinksTooMuchCoffee]

And now it's been destroyed, so you can't be proven wrong. How convenient...

[Centurion13]

Umm... is it me or was there supposed to be an update on Friday? It's late Saturday evening now.

Cent13

[gamecreator]

Probably Kin tells everything about Minmax and Psimax decides to teleport there. So we will be back to epic battle scene, which has proven to be time consuming.

[Mytical]

Weird random theory here. What if the three keys are NOT for the door, but just for the tower room. Ie they have no purpose but to either raise the column or close the mouth and that is IT? *ponders*

[Changes_everything]

Umm... is it me or was there supposed to be an update on Friday? It's late Saturday evening now.

Cent13

There was, but you better get accustomed to that. Will happen more often than not.

[Kelten]

yah, this update, labeled 23d, was postend the 24th, and when the next update arrives it will be labeled the 26th
I tried labeling one with the actual post date, but that just made everyone annoyed and confused

[CelineSSauve]

I tried labeling one with the actual post date, but that just made everyone annoyed and confused

Likely because the rules state to label it with the Tuesday or Friday.

They also say to put the link in the first post, which no one seems to do...

[BeanDip]

Key that winks is, in my opinion just a descriptor for it.
To help differentiate it from the other two in a way that rhymes and sounds poetic.

We see no way that the "key that bites" could open its mouth and bite the person holding it.
So there is no reason you the yellow key to actually be able to physically wink.

In addition to the fact that you also need TWO eyes to wink. 'Cause otherwise you're just blinking.

[willpell]

All this talk of winkin' and blinkin'. Nod feels neglected.

[Mereneth]

Umm... is it me or was there supposed to be an update on Friday? It's late Saturday evening now.

Cent13

There was, but you better get accustomed to that. Will happen more often than not.

And thunt has done such a great job story telling this none of us mind waiting for him to take his time making each strip epic.

[currently_awake]

I know that Thunt is an awesome storyteller, and he wouldn't make us read all of this for nothing, but I really can't see any way that they can come back from this. It's over.

Psimax stops gaining exp from 3rd level challenges at 11th level, so that's probably about where he is. Destroying the keys probably makes them reform back in the tower room, to ensure someone can finish the level each run. So we should expect a flood of characters to enter the room really soon. When they arrive they will start a huge fight with psimax, and after he wipes them out he'll have to deal with minmax. psimax can't disarm minmax, that's really going to bother him. i think that shadow on the floor is the 4th key, the one that opens the door. should be a huge fight, with all the other teams racing for the finish only to find psimax and a locked door.

[RedwoodElf]

I know that Thunt is an awesome storyteller, and he wouldn't make us read all of this for nothing, but I really can't see any way that they can come back from this. It's over.

Psimax stops gaining exp from 3rd level challenges at 11th level, so that's probably about where he is. Destroying the keys probably makes them reform back in the tower room, to ensure someone can finish the level each run. So we should expect a flood of characters to enter the room really soon. When they arrive they will start a huge fight with psimax, and after he wipes them out he'll have to deal with minmax. psimax can't disarm minmax, that's really going to bother him. i think that shadow on the floor is the 4th key, the one that opens the door. should be a huge fight, with all the other teams racing for the finish only to find psimax and a locked door.

Doesn't the CR of a battle go up if there are more enemies? If so, he could have farmed the Tower room for dozens of runs with a CR arbitrarily high, depending on how many enemies he takes on simultaneously.