G-Day 2011
Thaaaaaaat’s right, Guildies, it’s G-Day! What does G-Day mean?
Well, in the spirit of all things MMO, we are now bringing you Guilded Age’s first Expansion Pack. What’s in Guilded Age 2.0? Well here’s a few things to start you off with:
– A leaner, streamlined site interface with expanded room for comments! We love you guys so much that we decided you would enjoy this extra room to stretch out in, with less klutter and more fiber. And speaking of expanded discussion…
– A Forum in The Tea Room! That’s right, Guilded Age now has a forum, primed for extended discussion and image macro propagation.
And here’s the big one:
– Guilded Age Plus! We’re launching a members-only subscription section with exclusive content including: Bonus Comics, Concept Art Saturdays, and annotated chapters with writer commentary, page art breakdowns, and high resolution viewing! Go to the Guilded Age Plus sign-up page to get in on the goods!
That’s just the opening salvo! In true MMO fashion, it will take all damn day for the whole thing to update, so stay tuned! We’ll have more goodies as they come.
Chapter 10 begins on Friday, and as always, thank you for reading Guilded Age. This strip’s just getting warmed up.
At least I don’t have to download any large patches before I get my comic fix! :p
I don’t know if it was intended or not, but that picture seems to be slightly pixelated. It looks like it’s either been sized up slightly too much, or sized down.
The point is that you either pony up some cash for the “Plus” service, or you get the extremely low-resolution version of the comic.
Quite the opposite- if you view that image outside the context of this page, it’s actually too high-res. The reason it looks pixelated is that the browser doesn’t do nearly as good a job scaling it down as an image manipulation program would have.
Thanks for the spot. Wrong file was uploaded. Fixed!
When you said this comic is just getting “warmed up” did you mean to say “it’s gettin’ hot”?
Part of the bonus content is a pr0n comic called “The Dildoed Age”.
You sure? Phil said they wouldn’t charge for any “vital content”.
You guys can post here all you want. Me, I’ve got a forum to
clutterparticipate in.I’m still using the comments. It’s old school, man.
(Does that make me some sort of hipster?)
How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
I’d tell you, but it’s a really obscure number, I’m sure you’ve never heard it.
You’re still screwing in lightbulbs? Everyone is snapping them in now
i cant see you screwing in a light bulb, its hard enough to screw in the backseat of a car…
It has been resized by the browser. Try right clicking on the image and opening just the image – it’s actually very high resolution.
Well, isn’t that…something.
All I can think right now is that I’d have rather gotten a story update than a forum.
I guess I’m not a “Big Picture” kind of guy.
On a positive note that indicates I’m invested in the plot.
New site layout is so much easier on the eyes.
Kewl…
And then everything changed colors, okay, you have my attention.
I seriously considered subscribing but I can’t use paypal (if you can believe that). :(
Is the Payet solo adventure advertised here the same one from before that went “out of print” in the store?
Yes. We promised never to PRINT it again.
So it’s not a subscription to a continuous stream of Best solo adventures then?
Wasn’t trying to imply any sort of duplicity, only was curious if it’s the same one. “Out of print” was just a means to refer to it more specifically. Thanks.
So, you might paint it onto the side of a low-income apartment complex? ‘Cause I don’t think that counts as “printing”…
I was thinking more like a tatoo. Best’s awesome enough to warrant it.
The first person to get Payet Best tattooed on their own body gets a free subscription to GA Plus for life plus a free copy of everything else we ever produce. This is not a joke, it is a fucking promise.
Fffffff, don’t tempt me.
I’m tempting you right now.
Couldn’t stop if I wanted to.
If I get this tattoo, what does it need to consist of?
It has to be the Best tatoo ever.
^
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That… hurt…
Challange accepted. look for the pic some time next week.
I kinda liked the old layout, but oh well.
And I think that Bandit is played by Dadelus’s assistant lady. Now that I look at her face, it looks a lot like her.
is it me or Bandit is kindof away from the group?
She’s scoutin’, DUH!
I have been following this comic for..hmm..about a really long time.
And now I have finally the will to leave a comment (first one). Even though I know how important feedback is, I have never felt obliged to left you some. But now with this g-day, I have to it a try.
First of all, Thanks for a great comic! The art got my attention, way back when you had the other artist…sorry cannot remember his/her name. The new art is different but as good as the older one..or even better. The whole realworld-thing was quite interesting and the storyline has been captivating all the way trough.
As I said, this g-day is the catalyst for this feedback. So thanks for this really good new layout. Gangler wrote that it is easier on the eyes..he is right. I like my webpages as scandinavian as my house ;)
So, good luck and keep up the great work! I will stay tuned :D
Subscriptions?
Gah, I want you guys to make money. I really do. But as someone who cannot afford to subscribe to anything for the time being, AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH….
(Seriously, though, I’m just bummed out. Someday I’ll have a steady income… Someday…)
Also, Expansion Pack? Wow. Then that was one short game. Unless this is actually DLC.
Good lord, I can’t help but feel that my comment still makes me sound like a whiny dick. I’m really appreciative, guys, really. In fact, I’m signing up for the forums RIGHT NOW, instead of catching much needed sleep.
If my dick started to whine I’d be seriously worried.
Whineorrea. The most annoying STD.
I meant a whiny DETECTIVE. Jeez, get your heads out of the gutter, guys.
Why? This is YOU we’re talking to!
Holy bowel movement batman!
I see what you did there, Captain. (Of course, depends on one’s definition of “detective”.)
Detective Erective
Ooh, I’m having a raging clue right now.
Is that some bonus content we’re seeing or are you just happy to see us..
Let’s just say I’m “onto” something.
Nice chapter illustration. I’m looking forward to see our favorite adventurers back in action, yay! And how they’re going to interact with Payet again…
Thanks, sebtoure. It’s just my little take on the “Lord of the Rings” movie posters, as I’m sure everyone has noticed. This year is the 10th Anniversary of “The Fellowship of the Rings”. What better homage for Guilded Age?
Also digging the tribute to Mont St. Michel. The textures are the best thing on those walls.
It’s been ten…years?
>ANNOTATED CHAPTERS
MUST. RESIST. URGE. TO NOT PAY TRAFFIC TICKET. AND GET THIS INSTEAD.
ah a forum for fun and the comments for a page by page display of snarky good humored style
I have crazy theory regarding Bandit. But I feel it’s too crazy to actually -voice-.
Is it that she’s the daughter of (Purple tie guy) and that she was the first to test out his new system and that she’s also stuck and the only reason he added the other five was to keep her safe and maybe find a way to get her out? Cuz that’s mine.
Thanks for ruining it for us Scott with the too logical not to be true.
If the goal was to “keep her safe” then Byron failed miserably.
I would like this idea. Would really make sense out of Big D’s desperation and a subtle reason why he wears Purple, as well as her childish nature and how she knows everything.
Da ghost inna shell? *anime nerdgasm*
Bandit is starting to look a bit evil…
The alt-text kinda sucks on this one.
What? I thought it was hilarious!
I like Payet’s new style much better. He’s less of a douchebag and his rock-star-like attire is just better than his previous one. ^^
Hrrrm.
A pay subscription service has merits and issues – I’ll need to think about it quite a lot.
I am so happy to see all the characters again for the first time since getting arrow-ed. Seriously, I’m dancing a jig right now.
Love how bandit looks here with that “I know something you don’t” look, possibly one of my favorite representations of her. However I wish Syr showed more emotion or rather any emotion.
That’s Syr’s “judicious” look; “Do I really want to use this priceless piece of exploding science, or will toxic gas do?”
It can be hard to tell, with elves. Kinda like Vulcans who aren’t Spock: They have two expressions: Constipated A-hole, and Pretentious A-hole.
Most Elves have: “Do I reach for the whipped cream, or the hot sauce?”
Payed subscription do not want :(
That’s fine, it’s 100% optional. There if you want it, leave it if you don’t!
We will never put anything in GAPlus that is vital to the enjoyment of the main comic, and the main comic will proceed as normal, free of charge!
Oh good, I was once charged by a 100 hungry trolls. Wasn’t pretty.
Wait, wait, that depends on the genre, Captain. Are we talkin’ the little naked dolls with crazy hair, the quirky alien species out of Homestuck, the mythical guys that hide under bridges, the version of the previous one that’s in Dora the Explorer and asks annoyingly easy questions, the huge Darkspawn out of Dragon Age, the big but dumb guys from ES IV: Oblivion, or the Tolkien fantasy race?
Because a few of those choices wouldn’t be that bad. Annoying, but not that bad.
No, he means Ursula Vernon’s trolls. Duh.
Comments trolls…. perhaps even, pun trolls?
The pun trolls are the worst. You can’t even kill them with fire.
Oooh, burn.
while I do hope this is true all to many times I have seen the line blurred between what is main comic and what is auxiliary paid comic material
Same here, that’s why we won’t do it: We hate it, too.
The way we look at it, we have nothing to gain by being duplicitous in our pitch. It’s extra material that you can continue reading and enjoying Guilded Age without. But it’s awesome extra material, and can stand well on its own merits to be worth paying for.
I note that Bandit now stands apart from the main group.
That said, I might give the subscription a month. If it’s cool, well. I’ll go for a year. If not, it’s only three dollars.
I note that the chapter refers to “the working class adventurer” – since this clearly outrules Syr’nj, I’m going to bet that we learn some more about the Mysterious Bandit in this chapter.
That and the positioning of the characters in the frame makes that suggestion.
Hate to break it to you, but this is not a chapter cover page. This is just special G-Day/Promo Art.
That image surely would look very nice as a cover page. Your covers are usually more creative than a group shot, however, good to see it didn’t changed.
BAAAWWWWWWWW
I want to express my appreciation that Bayen and Brayen were given as much space here as any of the characters. I often feel that they are under-represented for all that they are the heart and soul of this comic.
The stark contrast in their expressions is delightful. I love how they play off one another.
What’s really cool is that Byron is “presenting” not two but three axes total. That shoulder blade is totally bearing down as well.
Looks more like an anvil to me :P
I’m usually all for less saturated colours, and I think that the new colours do look nicer than the old ones. But since the actual comic pages have much more saturated colours, I don’t think that these new colours fit the comic very well compared to the old ones. Just a minor nitpick, but there you go. Maybe I won’t even be missing that saturated yellow background next week?
I just need to ask a question about the subscription. Say… I am planning on having access to this paypal thingy, and I was long considering somehow to pay for this entertainment, I receive from you guys… Now this strengthened a bit. I won’t tell you why, it is embarassing. But I have not got too much money, monthly wages being roughly about 480-500 euro-s, and living is taking about the half of it, so I have to ask, if I subscribe later, will I see any of the previously released plus content? Or will I loose the opportunity? Is there a chance, that somehow I could order prints and prints of the plus material? I am also interested in the writers’ commentaries, but are they going to be archived, so I could access to them later, when my financials rooted themselves a little better?
Shit… I read through, and ended up realizing, that I used the term living. This is a language mix-up. Living means rent, and bills. At least here ’round. (I do not want to seem like more of a jerk as I already am.)
There are no plans whatsoever to ever take down any of the content we put up in GAPlus. The entire archive of GA Plus will be accessible to subscribers as long as they remain subscribers.
Er, if that was the opening salvo, where’s the follow-up salvo? How many salvos will there be? :P
Parts of the site have been updating quietly already! We’re saving the summary newspost for the surprise Thursday update.
The surprise Thursday update you weren’t supposed to tell us about?
Shit.
lawl
SURPRISE!
(And what has updated other than the layout? I’ve checked the store, cast, AND creator page and have noticed nothing new. Though, the layout IS nice, I just don’t know if I’m missing something glaringly obvious…)
Did someone say “buttsecks”?
Butt sects? Well, I don’t know about any anus-related cults, but that’s far from the subject at hand, Captain…
naw, we’re talkin’ about cults from Montana; Butte Sects, y’know?
I, for one, welcome our new Guilded Age overlords.
Hmm, Bandit’s proportions appear to have changed. She’s less like a squat traditional gnome and more like a midget human.
The depition of Gnomes in various media has never really been consistent. Besides, it’s promotional art; they had to grab what models were availiable off the street.
I think that gnome and halfling physiology have never been firmed. Tolkien described the hobbit as a pouchy small human with a little big head. If I remember correctly. Though gnomes are usually modeled after humans born as dwarves. (Could this because of the actors available, to act in movies?) So the Tolkien style dwarf and the gnome blended together and lo, we have a “traditional” gnome. Halflings are mostly the Tolkienish hobbits, but in some fantasy settings we have only one midget, which can be either, mostly a mix of the two. Arkerra seems to have no hobbit, so I think, that is why she is more human-like.
This is the kind of thing we don’t usually spell out completely, but I think it’ll be OK to calrify:
The race we identify as “Gnome” is something that encompasses both halfling and gnome. They’re the same race, basically.
Byrons’ proportion have changed too! He looks like a giant now and Frigg is really small and- oh… well, nevermind….
If this becomes a movie, you could get Ken Loach or Shane Meadows to direct it and have the soundtrack done by Billy Bragg and the Clash =D I would watch the hell out of that.
What about Edgar Wright and The Flaming Lips?
So, I guess Best is back to stay then. He did unintentionally bring about the resurrection of the party, I suppose…
Why is clutter spelled with a K in the authors comment? This isn’t Mortal Kombat, it’s Crazy Ass Co- I mean, Guilded Age.