Why is "Brians an asshole" so prevalant.

[Athas]

I don't know about all of you but ... If I was Brian I would be seriously pissed off with all the Brians an asshole posts on this board.

It seems to be almost encouraged in the way the mods talk to each other. Why is that? Is it all to be taken light hartedly because I genuinely don't think all posts are meant light hartedly.

I don't understand at all.

[Kim]

Personally, I blame Brian... For being an ass.

To put it simply, it's all in good fun, and I think either Meister or Fifthfiend said it once or twice, and now the forum members are beating it to death.

[BB]

He says it about himself. I remember watching an interview with him where his answer to almost every question was basically that.

It's all in good fun anyway.

[Arrekusu]

I'm pretty sure Brian doesn't actually read the forums, being constructed primarily of jerkassness and having two gaping assholes for eyes. He merely reacts the the distinct sounds of displeasure, from which he gains his sustenance.

[Grognor]

Brian's entire pigeonholed theme is being a horrible person. He's like the opposite of "Kayin", the creator of I Wanna Be The Guy. See, that guy created the most asshole game in the world but is actually a nice guy. He even told some people to stop insulting me once. Brian created the most asshole comic in the world and is (or, more likley, pretends to be) an actual asshole.

[POS Industries]

Personally, I blame Brian... For being an ass.
Yeah, this.

Dude's got nothing on Shiney, though.

[Kurosen]

It helps that 95% of it is "all in good fun" and the other 5% comes from people who don't appear to know what they're talking about and 100% of it is directed toward Internet Brian who does not represent Real Brian, so it's easy to shrug off regardless.

[Kim]

It helps that 95% of it is "all in good fun" and the other 5% comes from people who don't appear to know what they're talking about and 100% of it is directed toward Internet Brian who does not represent Real Brian, so it's easy to shrug off regardless.

So, I think the real question people are asking is if Internet Brian and Real Brian will battle to the death in the next action packed issue of Atomic Robo.

Failing that, will they get their own mini-series?

[Seil]

100% of it is directed toward Internet Brian who does not represent Real Brian

LIES!

YOU'RE NOT REAL! Brian is just a story made up to scare young children and webcomic readers around camp fires.

[Kim]

So Brian is like Candlejack, but for the inte

[Fifthfiend]

I don't know about all of you but ... If I was Brian I would be seriously pissed off with all the Brians an asshole posts on this board.

It seems to be almost encouraged in the way the mods talk to each other. Why is that? Is it all to be taken light hartedly because I genuinely don't think all posts are meant light hartedly.

I don't understand at all.

I think mainly what it comes down to is that nobody likes a kissass.

Who wants a bunch of nothing but people telling you how great you are all the time? That'd just be weird!

[The Wandering God]

So Brian is like Candlejack, but for the inte
Do you not bring your evil here.

Also, Brian is awesome and everyone knows it. Suck it haters!

The Wandering God

[Bells]

It helps that 95% of it is "all in good fun" and the other 5% comes from people who don't appear to know what they're talking about and 100% of it is directed toward Internet Brian who does not represent Real Brian, so it's easy to shrug off regardless.

It also helps the fact that about 90% of the people who actually calls Brian an ass gives him Monies with alarming frequency and constantly comment on other things he should do so they could give him more monies.

So it all can balance out evenly in the end.

It also helps the fact that, aside from his own fanbase right here, it's -REALLY- hard to find anyone anywhere that could spare a bad word about Brian, which is trully remarkable considering that he IS of fame born and raised on the Interwebz.

So, in the end, we're actually keeping him grounded to earth by acting as his fanbase and hatebase at the same time, while giving him money, while he takes that money and produces even more reasons (warbot) for us to call him a jerk in a Trice-weekly basis.

It's us helping him helping us helping him helping us really....

[Si Civa]

What is truly impressive is that nobody actually can say something very nasty about Brian while he still acts like a jerk.

It's us helping him helping us helping him helping us really....

Comic therapy. That's the word for it.

[russianreversal]

Hm, can I bypass internet Brian to direct my attacks at real Brian? Sounds like a challenge to me!

Also:
So Brian is like Candlejack, but for the inte
Do you not bring your evil here. Yeah seriously, that got old about forever ago. Furthermore, wouldn't that mean Candlejack is hitting post for everybo

[UndrDog]

Imagine this:
It's Friday night. You enter a comedy club. The man on stage is making fun of the audience and pointing out there flaws. And the audience LOVES it! Occasionally however, someone who's not with the program takes offense to being teased and strung along. Nobody likes him, he's ruining everyone's good time, and finally everyone knows he's dumb as a brick for telling off the comedian.


Flash Forward:
You stagger tiredly back into your house around 1am Saturday morning. "Oh!" you say to yourself. "I bet Brian has the new Red-Mage Theater up! He's so punctual!" You shuffle on over to your computer and rush over to the site. "Oh look, I thought something awesome was going to happen finally, but they argued over semantics instead. Still, I got a good laugh over how amazing RM is." Interested in what others thought you click your way over to the forums. You click on the new thread and BAM! you're suddenly reminded of the retard at the club.

Spooky eh?


(A high-five to the person who finds the totally intentional pun in this post.)

[Mike McC]

To put it simply, it's all in good fun, and I think either Meister or Fifthfiend said it once or twice, and now the forum members are beating it to death.Oh, no, it predates them. I mean, I'm pretty sure he became an ass the instant he subjected the internet to YET ANOTHER crappy sprite comic, but I think it came into widespread official use in late 2001/2002.

[Kim]

Yeah, but it seems to have surged in common usage lately. Like yeah, you'd have people calling Brian an ass in passing before, but now it seems like every third post after a comic is posted is "Brian's an ass hurhurhur". Though I might just be noticing it more.

[Shadow Bunny]

He's like the opposite of "Kayin", the creator of I Wanna Be The Guy. See, that guy created the most asshole game in the world but is actually a nice guy.

It can't be. It's not physically possible for the guy who programmed Mother Brain into that game to have even the slightest remaining shred of humanity.

[Kepor]

Oh, no, it predates them. I mean, I'm pretty sure he became an ass the instant he subjected the internet to YET ANOTHER crappy sprite comic, but I think it came into widespread official use in late 2001/2002.

To be fair, 8BT was basically the second crappy sprite comic, and the one that really launched the wave of crappy sprite comics.

So he's an ass, but for an even worse reason.

[bluestarultor]

It can't be. It's not physically possible for the guy who programmed Mother Brain into that game to have even the slightest remaining shred of humanity.

I've heard the same, actually.


OT: Just on my two cents, but it probably wouldn't have lasted so long if Brian hadn't perpetuated it. XD

Thinking of it this way, his favorite jokes are jokes on the reader, which I personally find humorous, but others might not. Aside form that, he writes about (largely) a bunch of irredeemable assholes and bad things happening to good people. And does it so well that people love it. That takes talent and a certain degree of being horrible. XD

[Kaelin]

#434?

The "that dream was 80% filler" comic ending?

Him switching out Thief's ninja outfit and applying it retroactively?

Brian is an asshole, and Sarda is his avatar.

[Mondt]

I played RO with Brian.

I was in a guild with him!

I have experienced his assholery first hand.

It is the purest, most immense assholery I have seen my whole life!

But goddamn it its hilarious.

*hugs and kisses*

[Fifthfiend]

I can't even blame Brian for that one. There's like one way to not act like an asshole in RaiRO and that's stop playing fucking RaiRO.


Yeah, but it seems to have surged in common usage lately. Like yeah, you'd have people calling Brian an ass in passing before, but now it seems like every third post after a comic is posted is "Brian's an ass hurhurhur". Though I might just be noticing it more.

The last fifteen comics have had more plot in 'em than like the entire rest of the series and people are gettin' stirred up about it. It ain't really that big of a leap.

[Grognor]

Just talk to Kayin! He's about as much of a jerk as White Mage.

[Meister]

I got Brian killed in RaiRO once. http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/emoticons/smug.gif

[Si Civa]

I got Brian killed in RaiRO once. http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/emoticons/smug.gif

And you're proud about that?

Instincts, those ugly feelings which get me trouble all the time, made me say that. :/

[synkr0nized]

People take webcomics too seriously and/or you take forum posts about webcomics too seriously.


I had written more, but it's really unnecessary.

[Enkidu]

Brian is such a prick, really.

[Pip Boy]

Brian likes to play jokes on the audience with his comics. He gives things anti-climactic or unexpected endings. He also writes comics that make the reader feel like an ass.

EXAMPLE 1) Warbot. The entire comic. Every time I read it I feel a part of me has died inside and I'm one step closer to being a soulless drone like Brian.

EXAMPLE 2) Recent 8-bit comic where BM accidentally destroyed Prontera for a third time. Sure, this in and of itself wasn't so bad, but Brian had to make sure we all saw it as the jackass move that it was by adding the second-to-last panel which showed how hopeless and innocent the Pronterans are.

EXAMPLE 3) Sarda's secret identity. Throughout the entire series people expected Sarda to be someone or something incredible and dramatic. Then he turned out to be Onion Kid.

Brian just likes to play jokes on the reader. He also likes to hear us insult him. So when we say "Brian, you jackass" its like telling someone else "Good Job!"

[Amake]

Should I apologize because I've never called Brian an asshole? I'm confused.

[Kurosen]

I forgive you.

[Fifthfiend]

It's never too late to start!!!!!!!!!!

[Amake]

Aww, you're all heart Brian.

...I can't do it! It'd be like saying something nice about Bush!

[Molotovich]

Hey, at least you wont have NSA, CIA, CSI, NYPD, LAPD and all the acronyms that exist or ever existed on you when you tell brian he is an tiny hole in any animal buttock XD

[Dracorion]

But if you don't tell him you'll lose the respect of everyone in the world.

Who knows? You might even be despised. Personally, I could not deal with all the hate mail.

[Amake]

What does it gain a man to have the respect of the world if he must speak a lie? Huh?

[The Wizard Who Did It]

What does it gain a man to have the respect of the world if he must speak a lie? Huh?
The respect of the world, you just said it!
People take webcomics too seriously and/or you take forum posts about webcomics too seriously.
The question is if you can take forum posts about webcomic authors seriously. In which case, yes. People like Brian are delicate creatures that can't handle being insulted over indirect mediums.

[Si Civa]

What does it gain a man to have the respect of the world if he must speak a lie? Huh?

Self-hatred perhaps?

I think we all are just bitter that you're being better human than any of us and we want you to turn something that we can look down. Because looking up other people is just big no no to anybody with massive ego.
Think about us! You wouldn't like to see that we are inferior to you, would you? The only way to make everybody happy is that you start being like us. :(

[Amake]

Well, if you try to tear me down I'll try to carry you up, and we'll see who's stronger. :)

PS. I'm really speaking in generalities, I don't mean to hog the thread or anything. Even if it is getting rather off-topic. >_>

[Eruco]

Well the important thing to remember is that Brian actively -tries- To be an asshole (and so does a very large portion of this forum (but I digress).

It'd be like if you punched someone in the face and he says "Hey! You jerk, you punched me in the face!" We simply reaffirm to Brian that his last move or so was in fact continued Jack-assery right in the metaphorical face. Well face accept for Fifth we all know where he takes it....

[Fifthfiend]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it just got weird.

[Dracorion]

Brian and Fifth aren't closet sadomasochists anymore? When did I miss that?

[BitVyper]

It can't be. It's not physically possible for the guy who programmed Mother Brain into that game to have even the slightest remaining shred of humanity.

Which, ironically, is probably why he's a nice guy. Humans are assholes.

[synkr0nized]

The question is if you can take forum posts about webcomic authors seriously. In which case, yes. People like Brian are delicate creatures that can't handle being insulted over indirect mediums.

That's essentially covered in what I said. Also, Brian wasn't the one complaining but rather some guy with a forum account, so if we're going to split hairs let's at least point out that it's not people like Brian but rather people like Athas who for some reason wish to express concern about silly little posts.

The moral of the story is that you're an asshole, but at least you're not fucking the Internet in the ass with your sprite comic.

[The Wizard Who Did It]

Well the important thing to remember is that Brian actively -tries- To be an asshole (and so does a very large portion of this forum (but I digress)).
Look, you can't expect me to not express my superiority in some way. That's asking too much.
That's essentially covered in what I said.
I'm just going to meander on back to the dugout.:sweatdrop This post is really just to dig Fifth out.

[Fifthfiend]

Brian and Fifth aren't closet sadomasochists anymore? When did I miss that?

I never said I didn't like it weird.

[Fenris]

I never said I didn't like it weird.

Come here, baby. I brought home burritos. http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/emoticons/smug.gif

[POS Industries]

Come here, baby. I brought home burritos. http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt148/fifthfiend/emoticons/smug.gif
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o159/posindustries/facepalm/Riker.jpg

[krogothwolf]

Wait...why do we care if brians an ass or not? As we all know he is.
I always thought he was also a zombie to be honest

[Rejected Again]

Hey Fenris you forgot your hot sauce at the store....WTF Are those bean burritos? You freak!

[Fifthfiend]

Oh man you guys so very much don't want to know.

[Kurosen]

Just walk away.

[deimon]

Brian just likes to play jokes on the reader. He also likes to hear us insult him. So when we say "Brian, you jackass" its like telling someone else "Good Job!"

So.....

maybe we should blab on about how much we love him and how we want him to have our babies?

would that insult him?

[krogothwolf]

I think saying he's an amazing artist would be the best insult

[Mike McC]

Close. An amazing sprite comic artist. I can think of no worse insult, in fact.

[krogothwolf]

And a Creative Genius?

[BitVyper]

Just walk away.

Oh like any of us know when to leave well enough alone.

[Rejected Again]

Oh like any of us know when to leave well enough alone.

No shit. If most of us were that smart we would not be on NPF.

[Athas]

Also, Brian wasn't the one complaining but rather some guy with a forum account, so if we're going to split hairs let's at least point out that it's not people like Brian but rather people like Athas who for some reason wish to express concern about silly little posts.

The moral of the story is that you're an asshole, but at least you're not fucking the Internet in the ass with your sprite comic.

I don't think I was complaining as such. I was just more wondering why 1 why it was so common and 2 why it was permitted.

I genuinely have difficulty in understanding the attitude. Thats all.

Oh yeah and on re-reading my post. It would piss me off. If it was me.

[Megatrauma]

Brian's the best asshole there is. In a totally non-homosexual manner of speaking.

[Mike McC]

I don't think I was complaining as such. I was just more wondering why 1 why it was so common and 2 why it was permitted.

I genuinely have difficulty in understanding the attitude. Thats all.

Oh yeah and on re-reading my post. It would piss me off. If it was me.Se titles of episodes 1000 (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/03/episode-1000-i-cant-believe-someone-was-asshole-enough-to-make-1000-sprite-comics/) and 1001 (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/05/episode-1001-i-cant-believe-someone-was-asshole-enough-to-make-more-than-1000-sprite-comics/).

[Dracorion]

Brian's the best asshole there is. In a totally non-homosexual manner of speaking.

Then why is it usually Fifth on the recieving end?

[Pip Boy]

When we say Fifth is an ass, we mean it differently. When we call Brian an ass, we mean he is an antisocial monster that is trying to slowly convert us to his ways via traumatize depressing humor. Fifthfiend is just a crazy ass.

[Si Civa]

Then why is it usually Fifth on the recieving end?

The one who does the job isn't gay.
The one who receives is.
Or that way it goes if I remember correctly.

Damn, that happy Fifthfiend. The most happiest man there is.

[Kepor]

Se titles of episodes 1000 (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/03/episode-1000-i-cant-believe-someone-was-asshole-enough-to-make-1000-sprite-comics/) and 1001 (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/05/episode-1001-i-cant-believe-someone-was-asshole-enough-to-make-more-than-1000-sprite-comics/).

Someone should tell that guy that name-calling is looked down upon here.

I mean, really? "I can't believe someone was asshole enough to make 1000 sprite comics"? There is just no call for that.

[russianreversal]

Damn, that happy Fifthfiend. The most happiest man there is. I don't think words can describe how great this is, so I'm just going to sig it, how 'bout that?

[OverNineThousand89]

Calling Brian an asshole is like calling a pug an assface, in that a) you are stating common knowledge, and b) the recipient of your derogatory remark does not, in fact, give a flying fuck.

That said, Brian, you're an asshole.

Yet in some backward, impossible to explain way, I'm certain it would spell doom for the Internets if it were any other way. Nice Brian is a scary thought. Because he might, y'know, ban people for saying stuff like that.

[Dr. Casey]

My opinion sucks, don't listen to me.

Fixed. And don't worry, I wasn't planning to.

[Mike McC]

Who said anything about opinion? I've said nothing but cold hard unalienable facts.

Denying the truth only makes you sad.

[Red-Mage]

Imagine this:
It's Friday night. You enter a comedy club. The man on stage is making fun of the audience and pointing out there flaws. And the audience LOVES it! Occasionally however, someone who's not with the program takes offense to being teased and strung along. Nobody likes him, he's ruining everyone's good time, and finally everyone knows he's dumb as a brick for telling off the comedian.


Flash Forward:
You stagger tiredly back into your house around 1am Saturday morning. "Oh!" you say to yourself. "I bet Brian has the new Red-Mage Theater up! He's so punctual!" You shuffle on over to your computer and rush over to the site. "Oh look, I thought something awesome was going to happen finally, but they argued over semantics instead. Still, I got a good laugh over how amazing RM is." Interested in what others thought you click your way over to the forums. You click on the new thread and BAM! you're suddenly reminded of the retard at the club.

Spooky eh?


(A high-five to the person who finds the totally intentional pun in this post.)
1. RED MAGE IS AWSEOOOOME 2. you are competely right except for instead of semantics its been the abilitys of sarda and meta physichs 3. HIGH FIVE

Aww, you're all heart Brian.

...I can't do it! It'd be like saying something nice about Bush!

W00t Bush Must die!!!! Brian YOU *** *** *(*(*&^!@#! !@#!Q# #@###Q##$@ !@!##@ !@#!@Q@ !@#!@!#!~!@ !@~ YOU ASS HOLE

Just walk away.

youve landed right in mah Trap MWAHAHAHA DIE TRAPAHH

[Shadow Bunny]

Use the edit button rather than triple posting.

[Fenris]

Red-Mage, I'm gonna make this 100% clear.

Don't triple post, and don't be a retard. You have violated both of these.

[Harrow]

You want to know why we call Brian an ass? look at the last several comics. BM FINALLY started killing off the other light warriors, something we've been expecting if not waiting for for about a thousand comics or so. Then, Brian brings them back to life for no reason. BM gains ultimate power and tries to take over the universe, something else we all knew would happen eventually and BM fans were waiting for. After a couple of failed attempts, gives up. BM and RM gear up for another thing we've been expecting, but not necessarily waiting for, which is an ultimate battle between good and evil. Which is stopped because Sarda comes in and accomplishes the first two things I mentioned. Ever since the light warriors saved princess sara, Brian has been an ass on and off, with increasing frequency once Sarda showed up. Recently all he has done is try to emotionally scar all his readers. through Sarda. Brian is a giant ass, and he is currently focusing it all into sarda.

[krogothwolf]

Wait Wait Wait, RM vs BM is the ultimate battle vs Good and Evil? Isn't RM more of a True Neutral Character then a good character? Not only that the battles between BM and fighter and BM and thief and even BM vs RM were slightly anti-climatic. The big battle should be better then that.

I have a guess on why brian is more of an ass when sarda is around and thats because....

Sarda is Brian!!!!

[Meister]

Well, we're on post limit. Let me close this debate by saying that Brian probably just tries to make his stories more interesting. I'm sure he is really a wonderful warm-hearted person and

http://www.nuklearpower.com/comics/warbot/090612.jpg

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