#1224: "What about fire mold?"

[Solus]

So awesome to see all these loose ends being tied up - White Mages, King Steve drilling for mana...I'm surprised there wasn't an obituary for the Messenger. Dare I say Elite Royal Guard Hank will finally complete his mission before the comic ends?

I thought Hank returned having completed his job.

[brown_tiger]

Actually I think he's still at it, I honestly don't know, lemme check.....

[tshadowdrag]

Originally Posted by EvilEarl

On the "make this comic a video game" discussion, I bet -$100 that FFXIV will be based off of 8-bit theater.

FFXIV is square-enix's next online rpg for final fantasy

P.S. I want my $100 bucks.

Edit: 8 bit isn't over yet until the curtain comes down on the stage.

[Awake]

Originally Posted by Nuklear Waste

I think they're referring to that scene that was only in the flash version, where Fighter comments "This rock is shiny. It must be important to our quest. Onward!" or something.

*Sweat drops* That was only in the flash?

[Meister]

Originally Posted by brown_tiger

I mean heck if I've learned anything from the videos I've seen on Youtube, Brian gets a ton of money from this thing

From what Brian's said in the past this is very much not the case and he has, in fact, rejected multiple project that would have paid well so he'd have the time to keep 8BT going. One of the main problems is that Brian can't legally make money directly from the comic in any way, so realistically I think that leaves ad revenue for the site and donations as sources of income; the former probably doesn't come down to very much and the latter is simply unsteady.

Oh yeah, there's also merchandise, but again it's much easier to legally sell merchandise - and printed collections! - when the characters and stories involved are entirely yours and you don't build your business on the assumption that a multinational corporation won't shut it down for another day. Hence, Warbot and How I Killed Your Master.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to see another comic written in the style of 8BT, but if Brian ever does one like that again I think he'd hire an artist.

e: just out of curiosity, which videos are those?

[rpgdemon]

Originally Posted by Meister

From what Brian's said in the past this is very much not the case and he has, in fact, rejected multiple project that would have paid well so he'd have the time to keep 8BT going. One of the main problems is that Brian can't legally make money directly from the comic in any way, so realistically I think that leaves ad revenue for the site and donations as sources of income; the former probably doesn't come down to very much and the latter is simply unsteady.

Oh yeah, there's also merchandise, but again it's much easier to legally sell merchandise - and printed collections! - when the characters and stories involved are entirely yours and you don't build your business on the assumption that a multinational corporation won't shut it down for another day. Hence, Warbot and How I Killed Your Master.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to see another comic written in the style of 8BT, but if Brian ever does one like that again I think he'd hire an artist.

e: just out of curiosity, which videos are those?

I think he was jokingly referring to the flash ones where Brian is shown to be "rich", living somewhere.

[Geminex]

We need a sticky with all other materials pertaining to 8-bit theater. There seem to be a few flash movies I wasn't yet aware of. And besides, there's some fan-made stuff that's really quite awesome and definitely worth a watch.

[Meister]

Honestly I'd skip the Flash movies if I were you.

[Grognor]

Well, all the loose ends are tied up.

[Inst]

Nah. Sarda would only read that they saved the world from Chaos. They probably just didn't release the details about Chaos being borm from the skull of a seemingly all powerful super wizard (Though he was admittedly just an insanely powerful super wizard with a really good memory). He would still do everything to get revenge on the Light Warriors, because without being told that it would result in him becoming Chaos and being killed by the Dark Warriors in the past, he wouldn't know to attempt avoiding it in the future. So he probably figured that he killed off the Light Warriors, and that the rest was just unrelated or something. Not to mention his whole "The future can't be changed because it already happened" thing. He probably wouldn't try to avoid it even if he could.

So that the Light Warriors aren't credited for their victory is somewhat contingent for Sarda's destiny: since the Dark Warriors are being acclaimed as the Light Warriors, Onion Kid would know that the Light Warriors apparently didn't survive their encounter with Sarda and thus Sarda would succeed in their endeavour.