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Winter-een-mas 2019, p14

January 28, 2019 by Tim


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foducool
foducool
5 years ago

lol we went from a video games competition to hunger games

EMMachine
EMMachine
5 years ago
Reply to  foducool

There is also a little “ready player one” in this, after he wanted to get to a gaming station (the challenge to get the third key).

GeorgeV
GeorgeV
5 years ago
Reply to  foducool

@fudocool
The Crown Bowl is a glorious mix of both.

foducool
foducool
5 years ago
Reply to  GeorgeV

dunno how we can call that a video game competition if people aren’t playing video games…
it’s like a star craft championship where players would battle it out with foam sticks on a beam suspended over a ball pit

Eric Ryan Blackburn
Eric Ryan Blackburn
5 years ago
Reply to  Tim

I mean… I know I did, but that was before the reboot. I mean it’s a short story written years ago, people who just find the comic recently won’t really want to go find it I figure.

A quick blurb about what the games bowl is might help newer readers not be so confused.

Just saying
Just saying
5 years ago
Reply to  Tim

you hide it well enough behind that patreon wall you put up several years ago buddy

Robert Loughrey
Robert Loughrey
5 years ago
Reply to  Tim

The story is one comic?

mandoschMUh
mandoschMUh
5 years ago

Nope, it’s a short story / novella. And it’s SO cool! Definetly recommend it.

foducool
foducool
5 years ago
Reply to  Tim

thanks for the link tim
*clicks*
ew, litterature
guess I’ll take a look later then ahah

Alan
Alan
5 years ago
Reply to  foducool

You are kidding, right?

Chibby
Chibby
5 years ago
Reply to  foducool

*shakes head sadly*

Nos4atu
Nos4atu
5 years ago
Reply to  Chibby

Maybe link to the original game games bowl story for those that missed it? It was really good. I still have the PDF if it’s needed. 🙂

Anonymous coward
Anonymous coward
5 years ago
Reply to  Nos4atu

Yes it would be very good, I don’t know if I read it but I most definitely forgot it and I’m quite lost now.

HereToPostLink
HereToPostLink
5 years ago
Reply to  Nos4atu
James Rye
James Rye
5 years ago
Reply to  GeorgeV

So it is a big battlefield with various “game stations” that needs to be conquered by players to get points in which they play various games while outside those stations they can take out the competition with foam weapons? Sounds cool. With 12 players how many game stations are in the battlefield? And how big is said battle field? And some other questions I would have in regards to this, but this does sound like something many people would watch in our world as well.

Chibby
Chibby
5 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

They would have started out with 12, but according to the original written Game Games Bowl story at least one random station would shut down with each elimination, leaving fewer and fewer options and possibly forcing one or more players out into the open.
I do believe the original Game Games Bowl was held in an old warehouse.

James Rye
James Rye
5 years ago
Reply to  Chibby

Do you got the link to the original Game Games Bowl?

inverted4life
inverted4life
5 years ago
Reply to  foducool

From what I see here, it appears to be literally the same as it was in 1.0. You have the “get eliminated it you get hit” element and since they mentioned a gamestation, I would assume the “you need to be at a gamestation at game time or you’re out, also if you lose you’re out” element as well.

Scortch
Scortch
5 years ago

It’s a wonder Ethan hasn’t blown their secret identitt before now, now that I think about it.

Mike
Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Scortch

Not like he hangs out with other people regularly 🙂

raven0ak
raven0ak
5 years ago

well, Ethan better hope Emily wont ask to see that bow and arrows (“now”)

Ciary
Ciary
5 years ago

if only Ethan had said “yes, I practiced really hard because i was sure I was gonna be picked” Emily would have just believed him probably. “because you never know what might happen”

Hunter
Hunter
5 years ago

Well, I mean she has to find out at some point. Not because of any super hero trope, but imagine their relationship got serious. She wants to move in together, they want to get married etc… He can’t keep the truth from her forever.

At some point he’s gonna have to rip off that band aid.

Grayzzur
Grayzzur
5 years ago
Reply to  Hunter

…and bleed out and respawn? 🙂

FITCamaro
FITCamaro
5 years ago

Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

Timothy
Timothy
5 years ago

Given that Ethan has been attacked by arrows in the early comics, that’s not exactly a bad thing for to be training.

Pepperidge farm remembers
Pepperidge farm remembers
5 years ago
Reply to  Timothy

Hahaha, yep

hamiwill
hamiwill
5 years ago
Reply to  Timothy

Bahahaha, I had completely forgotten about the surprise ninja attacks. Oh, my this makes me sooooooo happy now!

Donkel
Donkel
5 years ago

Waiting for the big reveal when Caitlin Green turns out to be Lilah

AFLAIM
AFLAIM
5 years ago
Reply to  Donkel

Lilah’s already been here for a while.

https://cad-comic.com/comic/analog-and-d-pad-03-07/

FITCamaro
FITCamaro
5 years ago
Reply to  AFLAIM

Yes and look at the hair in todays comic.

Could be the name she went by for this for some reason.

schnozzberries
schnozzberries
5 years ago
Reply to  FITCamaro

investigative journalism!

Him.
Him.
5 years ago
Reply to  FITCamaro

At least your not saying that she’s Captain Prime XD

AFLAIM
AFLAIM
5 years ago
Reply to  Donkel

Oh my goodness, just realized we were talking about Caitlyn Green the contestant, not Emily.

I’m an idiot. Whoops!

Someguy1
Someguy1
5 years ago
Reply to  Donkel

I thought the same at first, had to double check. Would be a hoot if Lilah winds up winning though.

AFLAIM
AFLAIM
5 years ago
Reply to  Someguy1

Haha it would

FITCamaro
FITCamaro
5 years ago

Big question. Why is this not a real life thing? Other than liability lawsuits.

Hunter
Hunter
5 years ago
Reply to  FITCamaro

Liability and cost. Most companies wouldn’t touch this based on liability alone.

Costs would be astronomical… It just wouldn’t be feasible.

Logan
Logan
5 years ago
Reply to  Hunter

Sounds exactly like something the OLD (original) Nickolodeon from the 80’s-90’s *would* have done, if games had been as big then as they are now.

Cost?
Liability?
Space?

Pshh. Double Dare (and Family DD), that treasure hunt show. They had all kinds that would have been adaptable to this..

Temple
Temple
5 years ago
Reply to  FITCamaro

I agree! With the right waivers, lawyers, safety precautions this could be an epic event. Also with E-Sports becoming so big it’s only a matter of time before this is a thing.

Him.
Him.
5 years ago
Reply to  FITCamaro

E-Sports+D-Sports=L-Sports

The rAt
The rAt
5 years ago

I’m kind of disappointed Daniel Tran wasn’t taken out by being taped to a wall. That would have been glorious.

James Rye
James Rye
5 years ago

Now that looks like a cool game. Though shouldn’t they wear helmets with visors given the foam arrows are packed full with paint? A shot straight to the face must hurt a lot plus there is the risk of paint getting in your eyes.

Nealithi
Nealithi
5 years ago
Reply to  James Rye

Angle does not show them not wearing goggles or similar on the face. Only his ‘heroic’ wave good-bye. So they may be better off than that.

Peeta
Peeta
5 years ago

“Google what is larping?”
“Ohhhh…”

inverted4life
inverted4life
5 years ago

Bullshit, Ethan. You’re just as bad at dodging arrows now as you were in 1.0. ?

Christian
Christian
5 years ago

Her crown is so cute!

Him.
Him.
5 years ago

As any longtime CAD fan would know, anyone who gets a “near miss” and catches the arrow will be disqualified. Attempts to stay in the game will result in the deployment of the giant elephant.

tiamatt
tiamatt
5 years ago

I wonder how Ethan managed to keep a secret identity all this time, he’s not really good at improvising lies on the spot….or keeping quiet about things only he and Lucas should know either. Makes for good humor though. 🙂

Jeff
Jeff
5 years ago

So was the game games bowl or ready player one written first?