X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1d0075356989f414,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-06 16:50:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 152-156 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 01:54:01 +0100 Lines: 187 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010364649 26806052 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13501 This first strip deviates from the story arc. The rest don't. --- -That's- the game you're making? That? Mhm. ` ,,, , _ '.. O |_) .||. |_(._[__] ______ || | |b| | ____ But it's a 2D platform game. In ASCII, no less. Mhm. ` ,,, , _ '.. O |_) .||. |_(._[__] _______________ || | |b| | ________________ But.. OK! Uh.. Wait, what would you say | if I told you it was old-school? ` ,,, , _ '.. O |_) .||. |_(._[__] _____________________ || | |b| | ______________________ Cool! Old-school totally kicks ass! Thought so. ` ,,, , _ '.. O |_) -||- |_(._[__] jg ______ || | |b| | ____ --- The amount of subjective appreciation of an item X should be a constant with respect to classification, assuming proper usage of X. And you can quote me on that. --- Saved anything from the No, all my stuff is gone. A game onslaught of that game? can't do this kind of damage. `,,, , _ '.. O |_) .||. |_(._[__] |\ ____________ | |b| | It's a -hardware- problem... ,,, , '.. /_O .||. _[__]\ _ ______________ || | |d __ |_) ________ \ . | . / -._ \ `. | | .' / _.- `- ) `-' `-' ( -' _ -' KER `- _ -. BLAMMO! .- _.- ) .-. .-. ( -._ -' / .' | | `. \ `- / ' | \ Nice work. | I do try. .``\ , ` ` ## ## -\\- -//- jg______________________ \\ dd _____________________ --- This strip depicts how hardware has alienated me. Note the three different "ground line" styles. Neat. --- Great. What started out as a Yeah, seeing as your computer was hard drive failure became a , -fully blown- up. Heh heh. full blown catastrophe. ,,, `OO ..' || .||. _____ bb _____ || _____ ,,, OO ..' || .||. _______________ bb _____ || ______________________ ,,, OO oo' // .||. _ bb _ || _ I'll just go stand , over there, OK? ,,, OO oo' // .||- jg___________ bb __ /( ___________ --- This started out as a whole other joke, but then I came up with a pun and realised how stupid it was. --- All that's left of There's this metal my computer... A , thingy too. pile of ashes. ,,, `OO ..' || '-|| _______ bb .--. ____ /| ________ Put it on Where's your the pile. computer? ` ,,, , OO ..' ..~ || '-|| << _____ bb .--. || ________________ /| _____ It exploded. Good luck surviving without it ` ,,, , and not freaking out OO '.. ..~ from withdrawal. || || .<<. ___ bb .-`. || _______ || ____ I'll be fine. BWAHAAHAHAAHAHA! ` ,,, , OW, my RIBS! OO '.. ''~ || || -<<- jg__ bb .-`. || _______ // __ --- This also started out as one joke and became another due to lack of space. I like NB's "Put it on the pile", it's so calm and solemn. --- Bummer your computer exploded, Nerd Boy. Shut up. `,,, , '.. OO .||. || ______ || ____ dd _______ Well well. I thought you wouldn't Like I told you, I have it survive without a computer. all figured out. I'll be fine. ` ,,, , ~.. ..' OO >> .||. || |\ _______________ || ____ dd Yeah, because Fan Boy here Sure. will hook me up! He's got , ,,, , a computer I can use. ..~ '.. OO << .||. .||. ___ /| __________________ || ____ dd ______________ What? I told YES SIREE! I'LL JUST GO you I don't h.. BORROW YOUR COMPUTER NOW! `,,, , I'LL BE FINE! '.. @@ .||. -||- jg ______ || ____ dd ___ --- This is the joke that the two previous strips started out as. Turns out that it's not as funny as the two jokes it spawned, IMO. Oh well. At least I seem to be getting better at the systematic use of multiple jokes. -jg