something awful!

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:33 pm

It's always nice to see a huge influx of visitors appear out of nowhere.

War · Post by **War** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:51 pm

I just wanna find out how many visitors he got in 24 hours.

Xmung · Post by **Xmung** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:25 pm

so do i....!

oh, crap, that's right - i gotta go look!

* looks at stats.... *

6 nov 125,662 pages 9,974 visits
7 nov 25,530 pages 2,220 visits

hooooooooly crap!!!!!!!!!!!

and you want to know what the greatest injustice of all is??? the goddamned page load guide hasn't been updating properly all month... so i'm still stuck at #15 on page 2 when i reckon i'd be kickin' down the door to the top 10 with those kind of figures.

damn, just shy of 10,000 visits - thanks, mr. something awful.

and thanks, you guys! your support is fantastic

i got some feedback - mostly positive, the only negative email i got said (in part):

[quote="Texino"]I guess most people who view your drawing are too distracted by the nudity to notice the the characters heads keep changing size.

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:43 pm

According to http://members.keenspace.com/ you're #39 in page views as of last month. You're right. No stats have been added for this month yet.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:56 am

Curses!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:26 pm

I'm aware that a number of you dislike webcomics in general,

This hurts, man.

I'm more annoyed than amused. Such a shallow view, why does he do reviews if he's not able go beyond the surface? What about Xmung's realistic anatomy combined with cartoony style? Isn't such rarely seen combination enough to make up for some other shortcommings? I understood the comment about "awkward nudity" as if he would appreciate comic with explicit sex more; as if nudity => explicit sex, everything else is just a teasing. Damn hypoctire.
You know me, if we're about criticism, I'm the first one to endorse it, but I hate people who never have a nice word for anybody. By the pure logic some things you like, some things you dislike, but if you're only throwing negative criticism, then you either don't like anything (not highly objective, huh? more like serious psychological problems), or avoid to say a good word about anything because you're a) jerk b) wannabee cool.
In other words, I hate extremists.

Xmung · Post by **Xmung** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:35 pm

got 6000 visits yesterday... now the link's dropped off the front page the spike in the stats is reverting to normal. still, it was wild while it lasted. so far this month there has been almost 250,000 pages served up... more than i've ever had in any monthly total! interesting to see if i get any new readers out of it - had a few people email to say they were new fans. heheh. no publicity is bad publicity.

and i know what yer saying mcDuffies. that's why it didn't bother me - i figure some people just love picking on things they don't like... helps them to feel better about themselves...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:05 pm

Meh, you know me, I'm not biased toward L&Z. If you ever asked me, I'd have a few things to say as critique (while on the other hand, I like Magellan a lot more). But the fact is that this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. He's tagging you for totally shallow reasons and he's wording it in such way that only those who religiously check his site (I know there are such people) and think he's always right, would believe him.

Noemz · Post by **Noemz** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:11 am

Congrats, xmung! (And here I was hoping my second wild ride on Ghastly's ad box would send you some extra hits, and I get flooded out! D'oh!)

I always admire your cheery attitude to stupid criticism. For a naked guy, you're remarkably bullet-proof.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:22 am

Being exposed to natural enviroment makes your skin thicker.

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:44 am

noemz wrote:For a naked guy, you're remarkably bullet-proof.

That is the funniest thing I've heard all day. And I just saw The Incredibles.

War · Post by **War** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:56 am

Happily the guide works again! Y'can see how me and xmung are new to the top 10, our visits are so much lower than the others.

Jaster! · Post by **Jaster!** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:27 am

Wow. Apparently having an awful webpage is a very good thing. Who'd a thunk it?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 4:03 am

I have a webpage with yellow-orange stripes as background, how comes noone noticed me by now?

BloodKnight · Post by **BloodKnight** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:11 am

I wonder if I submitted CoG to AWOL

William G · Post by **William G** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:42 am

mcDuffies wrote:
I'm aware that a number of you dislike webcomics in general,
This hurts, man.

I heard rumours to the effect that this attitude comes from a run-in the site owner had with "Acts Of Gord" and later on "Penny Arcade". But I don't know the truth of this since I'm only an infrequent reader of Something Awful, haven't had a conversiton with Gord since last winter (He works here in Korea), and I'd have to have a gun pointed to my head before I'd read Garfield Arcade.

Really though, it's like getting jeered by the walking, talking versions of the cast of PVP. Just take the increased readership and keep laughing like you have been.

Beyonder_alpha · Post by **Beyonder_alpha** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:00 am

mcDuffies wrote:
I'm aware that a number of you dislike webcomics in general,
This hurts, man.

I'm more annoyed than amused. Such a shallow view, why does he do reviews if he's not able go beyond the surface? What about Xmung's realistic anatomy combined with cartoony style? Isn't such rarely seen combination enough to make up for some other shortcommings? I understood the comment about "awkward nudity" as if he would appreciate comic with explicit sex more; as if nudity => explicit sex, everything else is just a teasing. Damn hypoctire.
You know me, if we're about criticism, I'm the first one to endorse it, but I hate people who never have a nice word for anybody. By the pure logic some things you like, some things you dislike, but if you're only throwing negative criticism, then you either don't like anything (not highly objective, huh? more like serious psychological problems), or avoid to say a good word about anything because you're a) jerk b) wannabee cool.
In other words, I hate extremists.

The downside of having a global 5% of intelligent people is that internet access and freedom of speech is also given to the other 95%.

Besides, something awful isn't even worth getting on, my life's goal is getting on maddox's site on day. One of the true online bastards whose opinion I'll most likely appreciate, even if it will be negative :grins:

Wp · Post by Wp » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:57 am

mcDuffies wrote:
I'm aware that a number of you dislike webcomics in general,
This hurts, man.

I'm more annoyed than amused. Such a shallow view, why does he do reviews if he's not able go beyond the surface? What about Xmung's realistic anatomy combined with cartoony style? Isn't such rarely seen combination enough to make up for some other shortcommings? I understood the comment about "awkward nudity" as if he would appreciate comic with explicit sex more; as if nudity => explicit sex, everything else is just a teasing. Damn hypoctire.
You know me, if we're about criticism, I'm the first one to endorse it, but I hate people who never have a nice word for anybody. By the pure logic some things you like, some things you dislike, but if you're only throwing negative criticism, then you either don't like anything (not highly objective, huh? more like serious psychological problems), or avoid to say a good word about anything because you're a) jerk b) wannabee cool.
In other words, I hate extremists.

I hate webcomics! I'm going to create one just so I can hate it!

Xmung · Post by **Xmung** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:11 am

Digital War wrote:Happily the guide works again! Y'can see how me and xmung are new to the top 10, our visits are so much lower than the others.

heheh! woot! good on ya, war.
and wow l&z at #5! that should have a few of those other spaces in the top 25 who never visit GD scratching their heads. i wish it had been working a week ago - i might have even given ghastly a brief run for his money...
and i see zeera's sproinged into page 2 (go the ghastly wild ride)... you'll be happy to know noemz you are my second highest referer this month so i am getting a bit of ghastly... er i didn't mean it to sound like that!
and mcduffies... i'm all ears!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:47 am

What, you mean about this:

mcDuffies wrote:If you ever asked me, I'd have a few things to say as critique

?