QUILTBAG Queries: Ask T and Jason

[Valerie]

SARA CAN KICK SOMEONE'S ASS

I need to see this.

*is totally gay for angry-Sara*

[retrophrenologist]

Will we see Iseul's first...experience, with women?

Also.... Cagefight. No rules. All QUILTBAG characters. Who wins?

#totallyrandomquestion

I will tell you this much: Elizabeth is the first woman Iseul's had sexual activity with.

Cage match? Cage match. Putting aside the fact that many of the cast members would never fight each other without the most extraordinary and bizarre of motivations ("If you don't participate, ACTIVELY, in this cage match, the judges will kill one of your loved ones!"), it probably works its way down to Sara and Theo. Theo's cosmopolitan life includes a little training in fighting arts and wrestling, and Sara's picked up on enough of that. Theo's got much more experience and finesse, but he's not quite so active these days, and Sara's willpower is gradually toughening after challenges like Leah and Hilary. In the end, though, Theo would probably put up a good show for the judges but fold in the crunch because he could see that Sara needed the win more than he did.

I'd have put my money on Hank, and lost it.

What's Iseul's mother's favorite videogame?

[TCampbell]

Will we see Iseul's first...experience, with women?

Also.... Cagefight. No rules. All QUILTBAG characters. Who wins?

#totallyrandomquestion

I will tell you this much: Elizabeth is the first woman Iseul's had sexual activity with.

Cage match? Cage match. Putting aside the fact that many of the cast members would never fight each other without the most extraordinary and bizarre of motivations ("If you don't participate, ACTIVELY, in this cage match, the judges will kill one of your loved ones!"), it probably works its way down to Sara and Theo. Theo's cosmopolitan life includes a little training in fighting arts and wrestling, and Sara's picked up on enough of that. Theo's got much more experience and finesse, but he's not quite so active these days, and Sara's willpower is gradually toughening after challenges like Leah and Hilary. In the end, though, Theo would probably put up a good show for the judges but fold in the crunch because he could see that Sara needed the win more than he did.

I'd have put my money on Hank, and lost it.

What's Iseul's mother's favorite videogame?

Hank's willingness and ability to actually fight would put him in the top 50% but weak endurance and inability to read his opponents would keep him from the prize.

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

[retrophrenologist]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Wasn't a futile battle against rank after rank of remorseless, unstoppable aliens a bit 'on the nose'? Or was it a reminder of happier times, sniping Chinese soldiers at the Yalu River?

[Trefle]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follow the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

ETA : Follow! D:

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follows the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

I would imagine that during that time period, getting fancy, expensive things like new game systems wasn't nearly as easy as it was in other countries.

[Trefle]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follows the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

I would imagine that during that time period, getting fancy, expensive things like new game systems wasn't nearly as easy as it was in other countries.

That time period...the 2010s?

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follows the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

I would imagine that during that time period, getting fancy, expensive things like new game systems wasn't nearly as easy as it was in other countries.

That time period...the 2010s?

Even with how things have changed a good 20 something years later, my statement still stands. For me to play a $60 game, it's so far cost:
- A bit over $500 for a new system that can handle the needed memory and the needed processor
- Going to cost me over $100 for graphical upgrade that my computer unfortunately -didn't- come with and since I'm still under warranty doing it myself voids that useful item(and most cards have this annoying habit of things like huge fans, which don't fit into the system's case, so I'm going to have to take it to a certified tech to find a way to make it fit without everything going "boom.")
And that's just computers. Plunking down over $150 on even just a handheld system anymore, even with inflation? Hefty investment, even with used games being decently-priced.

But yes, I'm curious now too, what games did Sara manage to convince her grandmother to try?

[Trefle]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follows the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

I would imagine that during that time period, getting fancy, expensive things like new game systems wasn't nearly as easy as it was in other countries.

That time period...the 2010s?

Even with how things have changed a good 20 something years later, my statement still stands. For me to play a $60 game, it's so far cost:
- A bit over $500 for a new system that can handle the needed memory and the needed processor
- Going to cost me over $100 for graphical upgrade that my computer unfortunately -didn't- come with and since I'm still under warranty doing it myself voids that useful item(and most cards have this annoying habit of things like huge fans, which don't fit into the system's case, so I'm going to have to take it to a certified tech to find a way to make it fit without everything going "boom.")
And that's just computers. Plunking down over $150 on even just a handheld system anymore, even with inflation? Hefty investment, even with used games being decently-priced.

But yes, I'm curious now too, what games did Sara manage to convince her grandmother to try?

Ah, makes sense. But in that sense, I'd say a console would be far cheaper and perhaps, less hassle to configure?
(And thank you for reminding me how much I am going to spent if I were about to go through the gaming route again. D:)

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follows the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

I would imagine that during that time period, getting fancy, expensive things like new game systems wasn't nearly as easy as it was in other countries.

That time period...the 2010s?

Even with how things have changed a good 20 something years later, my statement still stands. For me to play a $60 game, it's so far cost:
- A bit over $500 for a new system that can handle the needed memory and the needed processor
- Going to cost me over $100 for graphical upgrade that my computer unfortunately -didn't- come with and since I'm still under warranty doing it myself voids that useful item(and most cards have this annoying habit of things like huge fans, which don't fit into the system's case, so I'm going to have to take it to a certified tech to find a way to make it fit without everything going "boom.")
And that's just computers. Plunking down over $150 on even just a handheld system anymore, even with inflation? Hefty investment, even with used games being decently-priced.

But yes, I'm curious now too, what games did Sara manage to convince her grandmother to try?

Ah, makes sense. But in that sense, I'd say a console would be far cheaper and perhaps, less hassle to configure?
(And thank you for reminding me how much I am going to spent if I were about to go through the gaming route again. D:)

I needed a new system anyway as my last system, while still working nicely, was going on 5 years old at that point. And since I'm a Diablo fan, well, why not make sure I'm almost within reach of playing the newest one, since it was supposed to come out the same year, right? ;; I do the console route too, actually, or so the five systems I've got hooked up to the TV might indicate... >.>;;

[Trefle]

I needed a new system anyway as my last system, while still working nicely, was going on 5 years old at that point. And since I'm a Diablo fan, well, why not make sure I'm almost within reach of playing the newest one, since it was supposed to come out the same year, right? ;; I do the console route too, actually, or so the five systems I've got hooked up to the TV might indicate... >.>;;

>_> <_< >_> <_< >_> <_< that's. A lot.

I'm going to assume that Sara's grandma would probably be far less of a gamer..unless T indicate otherwise.

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

I needed a new system anyway as my last system, while still working nicely, was going on 5 years old at that point. And since I'm a Diablo fan, well, why not make sure I'm almost within reach of playing the newest one, since it was supposed to come out the same year, right? ;; I do the console route too, actually, or so the five systems I've got hooked up to the TV might indicate... >.>;;

>_> <_< >_> <_< >_> <_< that's. A lot.

I'm going to assume that Sara's grandma would probably be far less of a gamer..unless T indicate otherwise.

Well, three of them do belong to previous console generations, as I figure "if it still works and I still enjoy the games - why not? "

But yeah, it's been a while since I've met another adult that games quite as much as I sometimes do. I can't say I can quite see Sara-grandma, fiddling with the TV to hook up the latest Microsoft PlayCube or anything... XD

[TCampbell]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Wasn't a futile battle against rank after rank of remorseless, unstoppable aliens a bit 'on the nose'? Or was it a reminder of happier times, sniping Chinese soldiers at the Yalu River?

It is possible to overthink someone's cultural background. I think of Iseul's mother as simply relieving her frustrations against small electronic monsters. When they get too fast to stop, it's time to end the game and go do something else for a while. I doubt she's ever drawn a connection between it and her nation's history.

[TCampbell]

At the time Iseul made that reference, her mother's favorite was still Space Invaders. Her mom's not the type to try a new game until she's practically forced to.

Now? does she still follow the videogame industry? (Given that South Korea -is- growing rapidly in that aspect, amongst others)

ETA : Follow! D:

Yeah, I'd say it was never so much about "following the video game industry" for her and more like "well, this is enjoyable." It's the difference between someone who reads Garfield every day and someone who follows the comics news sites.

I've been picked on for overusing Tetris of late, but that general style of game, geometric and not too demanding, is more her thing. The cutting edge of gaming, the movie-level graphics and immersive plots or MMORPGs, hold little interest for her.

[retrophrenologist]

In regard to the latest strip, was your decision to have Theo and Iseul's relationship develop while on safari in Uganda influenced by the double meaning of the phrase 'discussing Uganda'?