Very true. The ruling class was frequently the fighting class as well. Congratz, you’re a noble. You get the cream of the crop… but if there’s a war your butt is on the line first.
We’re fielding Yeoman archers and Scotsman! And some roman Engi’s, what got stuck o’er here when that east empire a’theirs collapsed! Let the ploughboys to the ploughin’, let the fighters to the fighten’! For pete’s sake, we’ll let Bloody Harry have at the lot of you, won’t need more than him. Crazier than two stallions on a mare, that one.
The Gastonians are crooked as hell. As soon as our hero(in)es realize this they’ll be on the Road to Fightopia.
And I’m not apologizing for the Todd Rundgren earworm You all deserve it.
The Peacekeepers are completely aware of Gastonia’s problems, having come up against them on multiple occasions. However, that doesn’t mean they will be unable to see Fightopia’s – just on this page, we see the same deep seated racism that exists in Gastonia, and a rather hilarious hypocrisy (‘How dare they give you a farm to work! Here, work this farm for us, instead of that one for yourself. Much better!’).
Also calling it ‘fighter-governed’, rather than ‘adventurer-governed’ is worrying. That doesn’t sound like an attitude that would lead to equality for people like Bert, who is unable to fight any more, or Syr’nj, whose primary role is support and healing, rather than getting in there are killing things.
I’m sure someone’s already expressed the sentiment, but Guilded Age is incredible in terms of character diversity. Not just with the main cast but the backgrounders too! I’m kinda excited to see what sort of double-X-chromasomers we see popping up in Fightopia 8D (th-there are women-folk in Fightopia, yes? And they all joined of their own free-will, yes? OnO)
Considering Fightopia has only been established for half a year, I don’t think any of them were born there and are more likely to have been brought by their parents. So far, I don’t see any on-screen women but I’m hopeful and have faith in the writers and artist OwO
Based on my (admitedly mediocre) knowledge of Dwarf Fortress, Bert will master crutch walking, be able to move as fast as a man with the use of his legs, and be able to push people to death with his crutches EASILY. If anything, he is on the road to being a bigger badass than he has ever been before!
You know, I was actually thinking that too–I mean, it’s not like he wasn’t bipedal before. But then I thought, “No, then it wouldn’t be alliterative anymore.” And I can’t think of anything remotely similar that begins with a B. Hmm…
Bert the Blonde? Burt the Bunny? Bert the Beerier! That would make him an important part of Fightopia!
Bert the Buddy of Braggadocio.
Something is deeply wrong with the world when no one has posted before me… Ya’ll are slackin’…
You’re doing it wrong, you should have said “FIRST! HAHAHA! FIIIIRST! YOU LOSE! FIIIIRST FIRST FIIIIIRST!”
Hey, I got my point across! Something is terribly wrong when I could have actually called “first” and annoyed the heck outta everyone!
It’s important to have a procedure for naming the crippled in Fightopia, as they make up a significant fraction of the population.
Aren’t they all supposed to have names before being fightopians ?
“Welcome to Fightopia! Please report to our official nickname bestower, Albert the Alliterative.”
At last fighters shall get the respect they deserve!
I get the feeling that FIGHTOPIA is going to be able to fight well above its weight class if the mysterious blueprints are anything to go by.
Dibs on those engineer goggles.
Are those crutches also hoes?
There must be a pun in there somewhere… something other than “Retirement’s not so bad with a couple of hoes”.
“Instead of bringing him down, these hoes are keeping the man up.”?
Laying down the hay? Trimming the neighbour’s grass? Ploughing the field?
This guy’s got the American dream. He has his own land, several good friends…and a hoe in each arm.
Hehe… Ploughing the field… with hoes…
Limpin’ like a pimp.
Pimps could have a real problem with too much limp around.
Hey mister, stop leaning on those hoes! (leaning on, in a 50’s gangster sense? Nevermind, I’ll go back to my corner.)
His financial situation must be pretty unstable, if he’s got a couple of hoes supporting him.
I think his decision-making needs to be called into question, since the first thing he did was to pimp out his crutches.
So… Bert goes from farming with crutches in Gastonia to farming with crutches in Fightopia? There’s a metaphor on revolutions in there somewhere.
But at least he’s doing it to support his rights as a disabled adventurer!
Disabled adventurer ? Bert is disabled soldier.
Was it really his choice? Brag carried him AWAY from the land given to him as a soldier. So now he is plowing who’s land now?
Bert the complacent follower.
How about “Bert the Don’t-Eat-Me!” or “Bert the Put-Me-Down-Now?”
Heck, any mathematician could’ve told you that a full revolution gets you back where you started.
Bazinga.
You get that shit out of my comments section.
Bazinga!
Ballsy.
Shabingazam.
Not yet! Full circle for Bert would be for him to have a daughter that likes to fool around with adventurers.
Well, you can probably swing a hoe like that more easily than a scythe.
Besides, he’s probably not working that alone like he was the farm.
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
“The kale here is just as revolting as the kale in Gastonia!”
“Ugh! That’s because you’re supposed to be practicing crop rotation, not crop revolution!”
“The first fighter-governed government in the world” seems to overlook the history of, you know, all of feudalism.
Assuming this world even had the age of feudalism like we did. :P
This IS their age of feudalism.
Ah, that makes sense!
Very true. The ruling class was frequently the fighting class as well. Congratz, you’re a noble. You get the cream of the crop… but if there’s a war your butt is on the line first.
Well, your butt is on the line right behind all those ploughmen you gave swords to and sent charging at enemy lines.
To heck with that.
We’re fielding Yeoman archers and Scotsman! And some roman Engi’s, what got stuck o’er here when that east empire a’theirs collapsed! Let the ploughboys to the ploughin’, let the fighters to the fighten’! For pete’s sake, we’ll let Bloody Harry have at the lot of you, won’t need more than him. Crazier than two stallions on a mare, that one.
How about Bert the Bastard Sword?
Well, it has a better ring to it than ‘Bert the Beggar’. Good chance he’d have been stuck with that one back in Gastonia.
Foot-and-a-half sword, huh? That one’s not necessarily a problem.
From a distance, the flag looks like “F!”
Freakazoid Country?
It is an ‘F!’, with a bear in the shape of the ‘f’ and the bears poop as the dot in the exclamation
Ohhhh derp! I get it now. xD Thanks!
for once, i am actually rooting against the guild, i like this new nation
The Gastonians are crooked as hell. As soon as our hero(in)es realize this they’ll be on the Road to Fightopia.
And I’m not apologizing for the Todd Rundgren earworm You all deserve it.
Where for is this earworm that has escaped my attention?
Right here, rippy: http://youtu.be/eJO2W-_MpOE
The Peacekeepers are completely aware of Gastonia’s problems, having come up against them on multiple occasions. However, that doesn’t mean they will be unable to see Fightopia’s – just on this page, we see the same deep seated racism that exists in Gastonia, and a rather hilarious hypocrisy (‘How dare they give you a farm to work! Here, work this farm for us, instead of that one for yourself. Much better!’).
Also calling it ‘fighter-governed’, rather than ‘adventurer-governed’ is worrying. That doesn’t sound like an attitude that would lead to equality for people like Bert, who is unable to fight any more, or Syr’nj, whose primary role is support and healing, rather than getting in there are killing things.
inb4 inevitable corruption and socio-economical problems
As long as Bert has hoes like that, the economy ain’t never failing.
I am kinda hoping that the guild teams up with these guys, but that seems unlikely.
Psh, dirty Avians. What do they count for, anyway.
On a lighter note – have yall seen the first music video from space? What do yall think about it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo
Saw it. Awesome.
I’m sure someone’s already expressed the sentiment, but Guilded Age is incredible in terms of character diversity. Not just with the main cast but the backgrounders too! I’m kinda excited to see what sort of double-X-chromasomers we see popping up in Fightopia 8D (th-there are women-folk in Fightopia, yes? And they all joined of their own free-will, yes? OnO)
well, there are children in panel 3.
Oglaf would argue that that doesn’t necessarily mean there are women.
Blood and thunder! Victory at sea!
No, not the pink bow of shame… :(
Considering Fightopia has only been established for half a year, I don’t think any of them were born there and are more likely to have been brought by their parents. So far, I don’t see any on-screen women but I’m hopeful and have faith in the writers and artist OwO
Based on my (admitedly mediocre) knowledge of Dwarf Fortress, Bert will master crutch walking, be able to move as fast as a man with the use of his legs, and be able to push people to death with his crutches EASILY. If anything, he is on the road to being a bigger badass than he has ever been before!
Someone tell Harry Potter! Bert has two, count them, TWO of the hoe-crutches!
*badum-tish*
Ah! Aaah! I seeee what you did there! Heh-heh.
Two! Two hoe-crutches! Ah-ah-ah-ah!
With the crutches, wouldn’t he be “Bert the Quadrapedal”?
You know, I was actually thinking that too–I mean, it’s not like he wasn’t bipedal before. But then I thought, “No, then it wouldn’t be alliterative anymore.” And I can’t think of anything remotely similar that begins with a B. Hmm…
Bert the Bow-legged.
Ooh, I know! Bert the Bemoaning!
Bert the Bert
Beast-Eater? We had always assumed he was Braggadocio the Blessed.