I’m not entirely convinced yet. Ted has used other people to do his dirty work before (not just through mind control, the “old” Scott was a willing accomplice), so there is still enough room in this plot for a “fowl” character.
It would be particularly amusing if he gets another punch to the face from Zeke: https://cad-comic.com/comic/deserved/
Windows 10? – I mean I just tolerate its annoying quirks, probably not alone in that. And others have actually lost data or had major setbacks because of it.
ya the whole windows 10 update was a major PITA for me. I did a fresh install on a separate hard drive and after it was all up and ready to go I pluged my old win 7 drive back in and 10 nuked the MBR on the 7 drive somehow. Was able to recover the data but had to rebuild the OS on that drive which was a situation I specifically was trying to avoid by haveing it unpluged during the upgrade. Actually pissed me off enough to format the 10 drive and put linux on it instead.
“I was a young, carefree chick, barely having waddled from my mother’s clutch… and then they captured me and turned me into THIS.”
Jannis Tenbrink
4 years ago
CONSOLE WARS CROSSOVER???
Steve
4 years ago
“Warui akuma” seems to be “evil fire demon” from a quick Google search. Maybe Microsoft deleted his research or personal photos? Except you’d think he’d heard of back-ups…
The subtext may have changed since I last studied Japanese but those words to my knowledge are actually “bad evil”. I would normally not trust Google translate.
Yeah, this guy is full of himself (and something else, for that matter). His argument is particularly weak when paired with the 3rd panel of this comic: https://cad-comic.com/comic/analog-and-d-pad-01-10/
“I don’t want to hurt anyone” – indeed
foducool
4 years ago
“I won’t ever forgive them for that day I was playing a ranked game and the windows 10 surprise update struck”
FITCamaro
4 years ago
I’m hoping the next issue if a flashback to explain wtf is going on. And why Ethan needs to admit anything. Am I forgetting something about Ethan and machines?
Ethan owns a game store which unsurprisingly sells gaming hardware(machines).
He is telling Ethan to admit that machines control them and that they will lead to disappointment.
Ethan specifically doesn’t (beyond admitting that he was wrong to oppose this guy). (according to this guy) everyone should agree that machines are evil. He just dislikes Ethan/Analog (and D-pad) for foiling his earlier attempt at destroying a game convention with his robots.
SuperSyrias
4 years ago
Calling it now, Captain Prime is an intelligence and tech based hero and the master is related to her in some way. He wanted her to stop being a hero but she doesnt want to stop. so he thinks if he kills all tech, then she has to stop since she then cant have superpowers via tech anymore.
yes, super farfetched but i wanted to “call” something at least once in my life
Robert Loughrey
4 years ago
I knew it. That damn paperclip has ruined countless lives…
Someone should probably give this guy a copy of Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. Ideally from MegaGame, so he’ll have to spend about 3 hours dealing with Rob.
The rAt
4 years ago
Can’t decide if he’s just (justifiably) salty about Windows 10, or if there’s going to be a literal “Red Ring of Death” scenario.
Scortch
4 years ago
I love that even Ethan can see treating the Xbot like garbage is going to backfire.
Hey Ethan might not know… much of anything… but he’s definitely trope savvy.
Twilight Faze
4 years ago
I recall a time waaaaaaaaaaaay back in Windows 95 (or around that OS era) where there were issues with internet security. Nothing major, but it was like the golden age of “hackers” (I use this term loosely. It was just people who knew how to guess passwords easily) at the time. I was still a little kid and remember some embarrassing photos got leaked at school. Wouldn’t surprise me if Chubs here had a similar experience.
Siku The Destroyer
4 years ago
Sometimes the different comics are loosely based on what Tim has experienced. I wonder if this plot with MS, is something he has gone through. THAT’S the story I wanna hear.
Brian
4 years ago
This dude is a Men in Black level android suit and there’s a evil murderous penguin inside we ALL know it is.
rSky
4 years ago
I’m waiting for Questionable Content’s Pintsize to show up on a crossover. THEN the Master will know the harm a machine can do.
I’m not saying he’s evil, I’m saying he can do harm. Take a look at his hard drive and your psyche will be forever damaged.
Crestlinger
4 years ago
Death by Clippy. Ethan would be Ethan by being unwise but trolling to see which microsoft quote sets this guy off.
Jamie
4 years ago
Really awkward when you get an ad for Microsoft Azure right under the comic…
Him.
4 years ago
Tim.
All that 1.0 Scott had to go somewhere, eh?
EvilDrZ
4 years ago
Anyone else hear Morpheus from The Matrix when reading the Master’s monologue?
Kuraimizu
4 years ago
The thing he is forgetting is that the majority of current technology that is controlled by an actual Artificial intelligence is between 0% and 1%. and the majority of AI is bots in computer games. Most AIs don’t pose an actual threat to humans. It’s how humans use technology, that poses a threat to other humans. It’s not technology against the humans, or the use of technology is bad, it’s basically humans deciding how they will use technology to benefit off of, or hurt other humans, the problem is the majority of all suffering is Human versus Human. Lost your… Read more »
Tonkin
4 years ago
This has timed perfectly with flash player being dumped
Banjo
4 years ago
Ethan… is being the voice of reason??
Pulse
4 years ago
so who thinks the bot has been recording, decrypting, and replicating the no boom signal for awhile now and is gonna turn chunky here into a meat patty for vengence?
I wouldnt be surprised that hes doing everything in his power to achieve freedom, but I hope it doesnt go all the way with Zeke killing the master. It would suck from the perspective of getting Zeke to be in the story more, since as it is he is being forced to do everything bad against his will . He could become a hero and interact with the cast normally outside of people being captured or in some kind of nemesis duel. If he killed the master after being freed then he would basically be forced to be a villain.… Read more »
Karrde
4 years ago
I love how his forehead is further out from his face than his chin. 10/10
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Probably something to do with not deleting Internet Explorer’s history. Or Windows crashing while setting a new record on 3D Pinball Space Cadet.
At least there’s no penguins this time. https://cad-comic.com/comic/scheme/
I’m not entirely convinced yet. Ted has used other people to do his dirty work before (not just through mind control, the “old” Scott was a willing accomplice), so there is still enough room in this plot for a “fowl” character.
It would be particularly amusing if he gets another punch to the face from Zeke: https://cad-comic.com/comic/deserved/
I, too, have been waiting for Ted to make an appearance.
What if Ted contacted this guy over a forum or something and is still behind it. Like having this guy do his dirty work
Woah, that takes me back. Sort of shows how much Tim’s grown as an artist, doing action scenes. A lot has changed in the past decade.
And a few strips later there are Skyrim jokes, which was at the time the most recent and up to date single player Elder Scrolls game in the series.
… come on, Bethesda.
too many red rings happened with your xbox?
Windows 10? – I mean I just tolerate its annoying quirks, probably not alone in that. And others have actually lost data or had major setbacks because of it.
More like Windows Vista – that was a major pile of shit
Ha, I came here to say that! If anything was going to drive someone mad, it was Vista!
Never got over Windows 8.1
ya the whole windows 10 update was a major PITA for me. I did a fresh install on a separate hard drive and after it was all up and ready to go I pluged my old win 7 drive back in and 10 nuked the MBR on the 7 drive somehow. Was able to recover the data but had to rebuild the OS on that drive which was a situation I specifically was trying to avoid by haveing it unpluged during the upgrade. Actually pissed me off enough to format the 10 drive and put linux on it instead.
Never had a problem with Windows 10 and use it since it is available.
Probably. He did send out an army of robots with the RROD on them, after all.
I hope the Master’s real name is Ted.
“I was a young, carefree chick, barely having waddled from my mother’s clutch… and then they captured me and turned me into THIS.”
CONSOLE WARS CROSSOVER???
“Warui akuma” seems to be “evil fire demon” from a quick Google search. Maybe Microsoft deleted his research or personal photos? Except you’d think he’d heard of back-ups…
Canceling Scalebound maybe?
He’s talking about machines being disappointments. I don’t think a game being canceled fits the bill.
Akuma and Warui both use the same kanji, 悪, so it feels a bit redundant to me
That’s either intentional or appropriate. Either way, the guy’s a weeb, not actually Japanese.
That fits pretty well, since he’s basically calling them “evil devil”.
The subtext may have changed since I last studied Japanese but those words to my knowledge are actually “bad evil”. I would normally not trust Google translate.
well now YOU are the google search 3rd result
“You drove me to that… Gave me no other choice.” It may be a bit of cliche, but THAT is the sign of a narcissist.
Yeah, this guy is full of himself (and something else, for that matter). His argument is particularly weak when paired with the 3rd panel of this comic: https://cad-comic.com/comic/analog-and-d-pad-01-10/
“I don’t want to hurt anyone” – indeed
“I won’t ever forgive them for that day I was playing a ranked game and the windows 10 surprise update struck”
I’m hoping the next issue if a flashback to explain wtf is going on. And why Ethan needs to admit anything. Am I forgetting something about Ethan and machines?
Ethan owns a game store which unsurprisingly sells gaming hardware(machines).
He is telling Ethan to admit that machines control them and that they will lead to disappointment.
Ethan specifically doesn’t (beyond admitting that he was wrong to oppose this guy). (according to this guy) everyone should agree that machines are evil. He just dislikes Ethan/Analog (and D-pad) for foiling his earlier attempt at destroying a game convention with his robots.
Calling it now, Captain Prime is an intelligence and tech based hero and the master is related to her in some way. He wanted her to stop being a hero but she doesnt want to stop. so he thinks if he kills all tech, then she has to stop since she then cant have superpowers via tech anymore.
yes, super farfetched but i wanted to “call” something at least once in my life
I knew it. That damn paperclip has ruined countless lives…
It looks like you’re writing a post on a webcomic comment section. May I be of assistance?
A human Ted……….
or penguin in a human suit
Someone should probably give this guy a copy of Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. Ideally from MegaGame, so he’ll have to spend about 3 hours dealing with Rob.
Can’t decide if he’s just (justifiably) salty about Windows 10, or if there’s going to be a literal “Red Ring of Death” scenario.
I love that even Ethan can see treating the Xbot like garbage is going to backfire.
Hey Ethan might not know… much of anything… but he’s definitely trope savvy.
I recall a time waaaaaaaaaaaay back in Windows 95 (or around that OS era) where there were issues with internet security. Nothing major, but it was like the golden age of “hackers” (I use this term loosely. It was just people who knew how to guess passwords easily) at the time. I was still a little kid and remember some embarrassing photos got leaked at school. Wouldn’t surprise me if Chubs here had a similar experience.
Sometimes the different comics are loosely based on what Tim has experienced. I wonder if this plot with MS, is something he has gone through. THAT’S the story I wanna hear.
This dude is a Men in Black level android suit and there’s a evil murderous penguin inside we ALL know it is.
I’m waiting for Questionable Content’s Pintsize to show up on a crossover. THEN the Master will know the harm a machine can do.
Pintsize is not that evil, tbh.
He’s just a.. pain in the ass 🙂
Literally! He carries around toys for that very purpose! ….shudder*
I’m not saying he’s evil, I’m saying he can do harm. Take a look at his hard drive and your psyche will be forever damaged.
Death by Clippy. Ethan would be Ethan by being unwise but trolling to see which microsoft quote sets this guy off.
Really awkward when you get an ad for Microsoft Azure right under the comic…
Tim.
All that 1.0 Scott had to go somewhere, eh?
Anyone else hear Morpheus from The Matrix when reading the Master’s monologue?
The thing he is forgetting is that the majority of current technology that is controlled by an actual Artificial intelligence is between 0% and 1%. and the majority of AI is bots in computer games. Most AIs don’t pose an actual threat to humans. It’s how humans use technology, that poses a threat to other humans. It’s not technology against the humans, or the use of technology is bad, it’s basically humans deciding how they will use technology to benefit off of, or hurt other humans, the problem is the majority of all suffering is Human versus Human. Lost your… Read more »
This has timed perfectly with flash player being dumped
Ethan… is being the voice of reason??
so who thinks the bot has been recording, decrypting, and replicating the no boom signal for awhile now and is gonna turn chunky here into a meat patty for vengence?
I wouldnt be surprised that hes doing everything in his power to achieve freedom, but I hope it doesnt go all the way with Zeke killing the master. It would suck from the perspective of getting Zeke to be in the story more, since as it is he is being forced to do everything bad against his will . He could become a hero and interact with the cast normally outside of people being captured or in some kind of nemesis duel. If he killed the master after being freed then he would basically be forced to be a villain.… Read more »
I love how his forehead is further out from his face than his chin. 10/10