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GOD after the nekked feat

In case you happened to be offline I copied it from the chat window. :-)

Nov 8 5:42:22PM GOD Whutchu gonna do with all that ass, all that ass inside them jeans?

Nov 8 5:42:33PM GOD OMG!! Wrong window!! LOL!!!

Nov 8 5:42:56PM GOD My face so redddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!

Nov 8 5:43:20PM GOD Anyway kids, we got a great show for you tonight, a great show.

Nov 8 5:43:52PM GOD Where do I begin? With the new achievements for hi sign evasion?

Nov 8 5:44:24PM GOD No, no … not there. Maybe start at the end with the fact that you SUPERMEGABONUSED it and so we made ALL seeds stack to 50?

Nov 8 5:44:43PM GOD Nope. Hmm. That's not a big enough change (though it is nice). Aha! I got it now …

Nov 8 5:45:43PM GOD We should start where the last Epic ended and tell you about "social ice scraping": you see, the more people there are scraping one single nubbin, the more everyone gets: at least the number of people scraping, plus one.

Nov 8 5:46:04PM GOD That's much, much more fun.

Nov 8 5:47:01PM GOD BUT. THAT'S. NOT. ALL.

Nov 8 5:47:50PM GOD No, friends, it's not even the biggest thing. The biggest thing? That would be ALL THAT ASS!!!! Welcome to the wonders of Asslandia, the latest creation from the strange imagination of our own Keita Takahashi.

Nov 8 5:48:46PM GOD That's right friends, it will have you asking, in a trembling voice, "is this real life?"

Nov 8 5:48:52PM GOD Of course it is!!!

Nov 8 5:50:14PM GOD Now I can't even remember if we also mentioned that the "traincoats" have been released, I'm so excited. If I did already, please accept my apologies. But, also, note that we made them super cheap (15 credits apiece) so pick up a locomotive and a train car version and keep it handy in your saved outfits.

Nov 8 5:51:40PM GOD By now you must be wondering "How can this game be SO AWESOME?"

Nov 8 5:51:59PM GOD No, I mean: you must be wondering, how do I get to experience Asslandia myself?

Nov 8 5:52:46PM GOD Well, as it said on Keita's original proposal, Asslandia "can be explored by mouth or by anal" (true fact; his English, bless him, is still not great).

Nov 8 5:53:13PM GOD But, to enter, you must first go in one of the dinosaur's mouths. And you can find those mouths ...

Nov 8 5:54:04PM GOD … in the following six locations: Cinnabar Chibe, Hazy Gate 3, Tambra Tiss,  Indulcet Fames, Buna Belt and Teobocci Shasha.

Nov 8 5:54:41PM GOD Indeed, it is like there is some intestinal tract connecting each of this six locations scattered at the far reaches of Ur so you can easily hop from place to place.

Nov 8 5:56:56PM GOD Well, that's all. But, we hope you're happy with so much released from this one little naked feat. And, if you're happy, you can support this game which you love SO MUCH by telling your friends and buying lots of imaginary clothing and furniture. We gotta keep the lights on here! Bless you all and have fun!

---------- And a bit later ----------

Nov 8 2012 8:22:38PM GOD Looking for Asslandia? DO NOT SPEAK OF ASSLANDINA! It's name has been changed to "Shim Shiri" (which was an alternate proposal mistakenly overlooked by our normally dilligent name-selecting committee).

Posted 34 days ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I wish there was a free train coat :(
    Posted 34 days ago by Finley Linker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't care much for them myself... the art style seems out of place with the rest of the world.... But a more pressing question occurs to me - is this part of some diabolical plan to eventually replace the subway?
    Posted 34 days ago by Fern Connelly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh man. i wish i would have been online when god spoke, cuz that was a good one.
    Posted 34 days ago by emdot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I dislike the childish cartoon art far more than the juvenile content. The content is eh, whatever. Appealing to 8 year olds, but easily ignorable. Would have been better with it's original name. But the art work is disappointing, especially the jarring way the mouths have been dumped into otherwise beautiful settings. Groddle Meadow is kind-of twee, but it works. This is the part that offends me.

    Annuska & PQ, I'm with you. I mean, I'm fine with my front yard covered with plastic pink flamingos and even though Picasso isn't my favorite artist ever, I like to see his work. But I really don't want someone to stab a flamingo through Guernica and I'm sure as hell not going to the museum and pay fifteen bucks to look at it.

    And Fern, I heard there is a diabolical plan to replace the subway which makes me sad because I love it and it's only underused because GOD won't expand it no matter how much we beg. Kind of like the local bus service where I live.
    Posted 34 days ago by Colette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Annuska - "It's great that you love it and all, but that doesn't mean people can't dislike it, for whatever reason and to whatever degree.  Opinions: we all have them.  Much like ... wait for it ... assholes."

    I agree. But, I think the backlash you might have felt came from you're first criticism not being constructive enough. Where as later on you got more detailed with your critique - "Mostly I just think it's hugely jarring and out of character."  That is a solid point.

    ----

    Now, this is just my personal point of view on the subject of criticism. It's more helpful to give a "constructive" critique. What you like, what you don't like, and why. My family background consists of artists, story writers, voice actors, animators, and animation directors. Sometime it takes 5 to 8+ years for an animated film to get made. As consumers it's so easy for us to just say "yuck!". But keep in mind that there are real people, that worked creatively, stay up for hours, waaaay past the point that they should, to bring you something they feel is exciting. So, please let's make our judgements and give our critiques in a constructive way - aaaaand scene.
    Posted 34 days ago by Sadie the Goat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I came back after a few months, right smack dab in the middle of this...scene. I really didn't find it funny at all, and it, as others have said in this thread, way out of the theme. Really, you can say that Glitch is made for adults, but when you get down to it, it's a cute, cartoonish game. Having buckets of obscenity (made FAR worse by looking at Global Chat at the time, but that's beside the point) was a bit...blargh, especially since it's coming from 'God'. This is besides the point that a new form of transport that consists of huge rectal tubes has popped up...I've decided...I'm not even going to comment on that (Actually, I am...it is just plain silly and the art doesn't match what I've come to expect from the rest of glitch, either). But it could have been called Butt Butte or Excrement Place or  something quite as easily, without having to spew obscenity all over my screen. It was juvenille and not at all what I was expecting seeing upon returning to the game.
    Posted 34 days ago by QuinnR Subscriber! | Permalink
  • GOD's commentary was rather pushing the envelope....and yes a bit juvenile. Which didnt exactly offend me...more just surprised me . End result is.....the dinosaurs are cute....Shim Shirree (Sp?)And yes im Glad the name was changed... is adorable, and the resulting new area is not offensive just funny, and much less offensive than GOD's commentary itself. Over time ive seen that TS doesnt tend to do things short-sighted-ly, however the wording of GOD this time WAS.
    Posted 34 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it's great!!
    I like the change of scenery (so to speak) and couldn't stop giggling at it all.
    I love all of the beautifully created places that Glitch has but I truly hope that we'll get a few more of these "cartoonish" places, as well.

    I, too, wish I could have been here for GOD's announcement and most definitely appreciate Lucille Ball posting it!!
    Posted 34 days ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For those that have mentioned a clashing of how the Dinos look in thier environments.....i suggest a small change....Give the Dino's multiple shades of scales for each Dino in each Dino's color.
    Posted 34 days ago by Lyrical DejaVu Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  Lucille Ball Thanks for this..Being computer-less at the moment I missed most of the nekkid feat and of course gods msgs and updates..So it was good to catch up.. thank you :) 
    Posted 34 days ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought this game was 14+? This is more the sort of stuff I'd imagine in a game marketed to 8 year olds, though it seems a lot more adults find it funny than I would have thought. Personally I am really really over toilet humour by now.
    Posted 33 days ago by Pyrrhocorax Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Did someone say sausages?

    *snigger*
    Posted 33 days ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Obscenity is such a subjective concept.  At least this is fun to watch though.  *makes popcorn*
    Posted 33 days ago by Red Sauce Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Annuska *giggle* ....your name is ANNUSka ;)  
    Posted 33 days ago by scroobienoob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why yes, yes it is.
    Posted 33 days ago by Annuska Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Adore these dinosaurs.
    They very much remind me of themed play slides you find in some outdoor play area's here in the UK. They are in the shape of various animals but the most common one's i've seen is a dragon sat in an upright begging position, t-rex in the same position or a random herbivore dinosaur on all fours. You walk in a hole at the rear end which it never occurred to me before is the arse, you climb up a ladder/steps that go through the body up to a platform in the mouth and then it's down the slide out the mouth to the ground. 
    My daughters loved these things when they were younger as do many kids and I don't ever recall anyone seeing them as obscene in any way. Im sure i've also seen pictures of these things elsewhere in the world - Europe, America, Japan so im having a bit of a hard time understanding why people are finding this new content offensive. I can understand those who feel the art style doesn't fit though, it is a bit jarring seeing them in world but maybe one of the giants is a non conformist as we do have quests and seam streets with different art to the main world.
    Posted 33 days ago by DramaticHamster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't find it offensive, I find it ugly.

    Actually I don't find the land or street or whatever it is ugly; I find the dinosaur mouths in the middle of otherwise beautiful landscapes jarring and not up to the artistic standard I've come to expect from Glitch.
    Posted 33 days ago by Colette Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can we just have the name Asslandia back though?
    Posted 33 days ago by ₰ℓ№ʀ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really can't believe the amount of criticism that I've read in this thread. It's a game.....pure and simple. It's not meant to be serious, just fun. If you don't like it, then don't use it. No one is forcing you and you are welcome to your opinion, but to blatantly criticize something that I'm sure took a lot of work and creativity to do is extremely rude and frankly I'm disappointed by this. I have come to expect a great deal more from many of the players on Glitch and can only shake my head in shame at the immature reaction from those who claim that the material itself is immature. 
    Posted 33 days ago by Taztaboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Keita nailed it with dinos looks; we need them in every region! Shim Shiri is a bit lame.
    Posted 33 days ago by Electric Wizard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Taztaboo, this is an open MMO beta. That means players are supposed to submit their feedback. There's nothing rude about it, except possibly for the tone in which some of the critiques have been made, but even that hasn't been nearly as bad as any other MMO beta I've ever seen. I'm fairly certain TS can handle negative feedback, whether or not they decide to change anything. No need to get all Dad on everyone.
    Posted 33 days ago by ZenMonkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Personally, I think the idea is fine, the humour befits what is already rife in the game.. but the actual dinos themselves look like something out of a nursery book and very much out of place. If they could be made to blend into the background more and not look so garish.. that would be good. (I know there's only 6.. so far, but there may be more planned and I hope they never replace the subway). Just my personal opinion.
    The train costume is more interesting. When I visited my street or home in the past I had to wait ages before I could move. Somehow the train top defeats this and I can start moving around before the rest of my street/home has rezzed.
    Posted 33 days ago by snygyst Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What's really interesting to me here is that Ass isn't a regular part of others vocabularies and is instead offensive.
    Posted 33 days ago by sextopus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maybe it's due to cultural differences, but I really don't see anything in GOD's commentary that is any more offensive than quite a bit of the text that is already in the game (which, FTR, I don't have a problem with either).

    As for the visual design of the new things, it is a bit jarring, depending on where it's placed, but there are other places with similarly colourful designs as well; the one with the tiny houses that I cannot remember the name of comes to mind. And with all the other travel options available, no one is forced to use that one, so all that really remains are a few dinosaur mouths that those who don't like the travel option might occasionally come across.
    Posted 33 days ago by Not a Princess Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My only real feedback is that the dinosaurs look rather awkward and out-of-place so it'd be nice if they could be designed or coloured to better blend in with their surroundings. I prefer Shim Shiri over Asslandia not because of being prudish (Hell, my favourite show ever has a title that's basically a play on balls) but because it blends in more with the name of every other place in Glitch and it's crude but clever; similarly I would prefer it if I didn't stop to wonder if I was playing the same game whenever I walk past one of these dinosaurs.  
    Posted 33 days ago by Sarabanda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love that we get different looks and different things in the game; the dinos are as out-of-place as Ix, the inner mind or umbra might be. It's like they're remnants of another world the giants imagined and which ended up there somehow because who said logic and absolute conformity rhymed with imagination? So thanks for giving us different visuals and keeping things unexpected and interesting (and within a limit).
    Posted 32 days ago by Apolline Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When I first saw them, I thought they were the dinos off the wallpaper from the Kid's Room Quest that had maybe escaped.  They're not, but I think they are just as cute!!

    When I went thru the one's mouth and out his butt I stood there for a sec and it farted on my head (so glad there's no "smell-o-vision" lmao!!) and I LOL'd.
    Then I went back thru the opposite way and the damned thing burped me out of it's mouth like I gave it indigestion! Laughed so hard I went into a coughing fit!!

    I can't help but love these new transports and will more than likely become more of a traveler because of them (never could come to like using the subway...just always seemed to take forever to get anywhere using them)
    Posted 32 days ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ZenMonkey There is a marked difference between negative criticism and submitting feedback. There are comments on here that are constructive while criticizing and that's great. That is the feedback that is helpful. There are others, however, that provide nothing but straight out negative criticism. How is this helpful to anyone? That is the rudeness I was talking about. I didn't say that TS couldn't handle it, I merely believe that the rudeness is not necessary. Especially when the people complaining of juvenile content are reacting just as juvenile. I have just come to expect more out of some of them, so I was surprised and disappointed. And it would be difficult to get all Dad on everyone considering I'm not a guy lol, and I didn't intend on coming across that way at all. I was merely stating my opinion, just like everyone else here.
    Posted 32 days ago by Taztaboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Apoline said exactly what I wanted to say, but can't type. Thank you.
    Posted 32 days ago by Muncey Mango Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just don't get it. What was TS trying to achieve.. a new way to hop across UR? You can lern to tp, use the sub, use a potion door or even beg a lift form some one. Also the snaps have a tp option and lets not forget good old fashioned walking. Were they just trying to bring some humer in to the game. Personally dont see it as funny, just down right silly. I am still struggling to see just what the point of the "ass hole" transportation is for?
    As for the colours and graphics its kind of like someone was off sick so they asked a random person off the street to pop in and draw something. :(
    Posted 32 days ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Misha: www.glitch.com/blog/2011/07... This is the "random person".... ;-)
    Posted 32 days ago by Alyx Sands Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Alyx Sands  Thanks for sharing that post. 
    Posted 32 days ago by Horakely Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay! Thank you so much for posting this dialogue! I so wish I was online when GOD shered these messages, great stuff! I would like to state that KT joining the TS staff is the reason I started playing glitch one year ago this month! And I am soooo glad I did because, even though I'm not a huge gamer, this is seriously the best game I have ever played. I always look forward to GOD comments, and I was not at all offended by all that ass! As soon as I read this I hopped right into the world to see it for myself and I was delighted by the designs of the Dinos! The snot bubbles are particularly endearing. I often get bored of the same old scenery of all the streets I walk through, they all seem to run together, and the only ones that really stand out to me are the ones with log bridges, for some reason. They are all wonderfully designed, beautiful and fun to explore and jump around in, but they do usually not surprise me, and these lil guys are just the element of surprise I needed to further refresh my undying love for this game. I'm sure all members of TS staff have different styles and creative inputs, as do all of us players, and I feel good knowin that there is a place for all of them. KT did not disappoint me and I do hope there is more content like this in the future!!! YAY GLITCH!!!
    Posted 32 days ago by Smashley Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Alyx Sands
     I new who it was before I said I did not like it. Sorry I don't fawn over people, I just say how i feel :P
    Posted 32 days ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Misha There's still a dierence between acknowledging different art styles (it's not my kind of style either!) and basically slagging them off as inarticulate scribbles by random strangers...
    Posted 31 days ago by Alyx Sands Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Alyx Sands, What i mean is its not "glitch". Looks totally foreign to this games artwork. May as well have been done by a stranger. That said it does not mean the art work it's self is bad, it just looks like no one belonging to TS did it. [ your assuming said stranger can not draw not me.] This is my opinion and i dont expect anyone else to have to agree and I'm afraid I will voice it as I so please. It is not against any TOS to say something is crap, shit or trash. Just bare in mind i said neither but I could have. When I love something will say so, when i dont i'll wrap it up in my own way. I don't lecture others on their opinions, how ever they choose to voice them :) I should also add i never said it was scribble you said that all by your self. 
    Posted 31 days ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the new region. Top to bottom, left to right, in an out. I love the pretty colors, the piggy-like decorations, love it, love it, love it.

    --Me
    Posted 31 days ago by SchWM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To those people who believe bodily functions are 'obscene', my question is whether or not all of you have attempted to have your sphincters surgically removed or otherwise sewn up? Get a grip, there is no creature in the world who doesn't excrete.

    There are many hideaway locations in Ur which have different art styles, are you also saying that these should be removed because they don't look like everywhere else?
    Posted 31 days ago by Arietty Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Taz (may I call you Taz?): Sorry, that should have been "Dad" in quotes. It just struck me more Dad than Mom. ;-)

    Also, purely negative screeching is, in a way, helpful. TS gets to see the range of reactions. If there's an inordinate amount of negative screeching, as with the "invite friends" feat (lots of impolite comments there!), that's a good point of data just as much as helpful negative feedback is. Whether they choose to pay attention to that data is irrelevant.

    Again, though, I'm talking purely about Glitch, because here negative screeching is usually at a minimum. With other games like WoW or even non-MMOs like Mass Effect, there's so much of it that the devs simply have to filter it out. The fact that the forums tend to be mostly reasonable means negative screeching really stands out, as you have found! When something in this game inspires that much vitriol, I can't help but think that's something notable. (As opposed to those other games where you change the color of something and 200 people incoherently threaten a boycott.)
    Posted 31 days ago by ZenMonkey Subscriber! | Permalink
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