Poll: Do you hate Ctrl-Alt-Del?
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A few years back I liked CAD alot, back when it still mostly was gaming jokes with a few sitcom-like jokes. You know, back when it was still a comedy strip. Ever since the horrible pregnancy-plot I have felt that CAD has lost its' way and that Buckley really wants it to be more than he is capable of making it. He can make game parodies, but he obviously can't write a serious storyline.
That said, no I don't hate it. I just find that most of the time these days I am just not amused when I read CAD. Considering it is free however, all I am losing is a minute or two of my life.
That said, no I don't hate it. I just find that most of the time these days I am just not amused when I read CAD. Considering it is free however, all I am losing is a minute or two of my life.
I like most of it some of it like the miscarrage plot was unneeded. The plots are well though out and i love the sillys he puts one the site as well.
I have grown rather attatched to the characters. And although he has crossed a line or two I can't deny there was some emotional impact to it (like the baby incident) which is rather inappropriate for a web comic like that. I mean he could have just pulled a Family Guy and kept her pregnant forever (and probably should have since he didn't think it through). Or even had the baby come out like Stewie. Although since then he seems to have gotten back on track. Losing Zeke hurt the comic. And this wedding/Rory thing has got to end. It has dragged on for far to long. He seems to get to caught up in the details and that hurts the story.
His funny 1 page comics are hit or miss. I don't like the 1-4 characters or the chef. Most of the time when they are random they are funny.
His funny 1 page comics are hit or miss. I don't like the 1-4 characters or the chef. Most of the time when they are random they are funny.
CAD is somewhat of a touchy subject in the realm of webcomics. personally I don't have as strong of feelings when it comes to it, its basically one of the millions of video game humor comics out there. I did fallow the series for a while ,but lost interest in it when the writer decided to do the whole infamous "miscarriage" story arc. now to CAD's credit it was vary Ballsy move, but the whole thing felt insanely out of place. think about to quote Zero Punctuation (as best as i can remember the quote) "you set yourself off as a wacky humor comic and this shift in tone is going to be awkward at best." As a fledgling comic book writer/artist if you are making a wacky humor comic its ok to put some dramatic elements in it, like for example story arcs,interesting character development, or even romance into the comic, and movies like "Knocked UP, "Superbad", and even "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" are based on the same idea . the thing is that when you decide to do something on the lines of CAD you are going to alienate your target audience, again to use movies to prove my point the movie "Click" for the beginning seems like a semi-toilet humor comedy, but as the movie progresses it gets more and more depressing, and to the audience this can feel like a punch in the balls to expect a funny story,but instead get a really sad moment and i think this is the reason why people are so divided of the subject of CAD. Wow wall of text. i feel like Tim Buckly.
EDIT: doing some reserch Tim said the reason why he did the whole miscarriage thing was to make sure that the comic did progress into a "life with a baby" comic. in my opinion thats a pretty weak excuses...also i do kinda enjoy the 3-4 panel comics about gaming ,but wasn't that what CAD was ment to be?
EDIT: doing some reserch Tim said the reason why he did the whole miscarriage thing was to make sure that the comic did progress into a "life with a baby" comic. in my opinion thats a pretty weak excuses...also i do kinda enjoy the 3-4 panel comics about gaming ,but wasn't that what CAD was ment to be?
There have been some funny comics and he can draw really well. There's massive potential there. He just doesn't take advantage of it.
Don't like the plot, or the art. All his characters have an unnatural slouch suggesting something is seriously strange with spines on Planet CAD.
I enjoy the occasional parody though, and the Chef is pure win.
//Edit: as for the "wall of text" complaint: my current favourite webcomic is ALL WoT: http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html
I enjoy the occasional parody though, and the Chef is pure win.
//Edit: as for the "wall of text" complaint: my current favourite webcomic is ALL WoT: http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html
I used to read it but I actually stopped before Christmas, largely because of something I read... somewhere.
Basically what it boils down to is; his storylines are getting annoying, and his parodies are done better by Penny Arcade.
Basically what it boils down to is; his storylines are getting annoying, and his parodies are done better by Penny Arcade.
I can see why people hate it, I mean to have an overbearing story to the senseless "wtf"ary that is only updated 3 times a week. Least it has more plot development than Lost.
I was trying to follow Ctrl Alt Del for a while but it ventured off into melodramatic stories that weren't interesting to me. The biggest failing Ctrl Alt Del did is the same failing Apple Geeks did when it introduced a Ctrl Alt Del Lite, a black and white mini-comic that was supposed to be lighthearted and funny. It's my belief that once a comic that is supposed to be funny has to introduce a sub-comic to be funny because its main comic is now no-longer funny, that comic has failed...especially since that main comic was supposed to be funny all along.
For a comic with a title like CAD, it's surprisingly not about video games very much. Buckley's game references are usually dated, and you get the impression that he doesn't play many video games. So, you are left to look at his writing. Unfortunately, none of his characters act like human beings. He handles dramatic writing incredibly poorly, and no one really grows as a character. That is fine when you are doing comedy, but it falls apart when telling an overarching story.
The art is amateurish at best, but that can be ignored if the writing is good. Again, it's the combination of poor writing, poor art, and the fact that Ethan is a Mary-Sue (a character archetype that I cannot stand) I can't say I hate CAD, just like I can't say I hate a pile of dog droppings. It is just there.
Tim Buckley opens himself up to internet hate very easily. As a person, he doesn't seem to interact with others well, yet he puts himself in a public venue demanding attention. In addition, he surrounds himself with sycophants on his forum, and bans anyone who speaks ill of himself or CAD. Nothing attracts negative attention than ignoring your critics or people who honestly try and help you. It just encourages those critics to be louder, and strengthens their arguments. Still, he has secured internet infamy, that's a sort of fame in and of itself.
It's also impossible for me to type up any issues that haven't already been well established on the internet. I'm just one of many CAD detractors. Besides, the haters produce things that are much funnier than CAD could ever hope to be.
I'm not surprised so many people on this forum like it though.
The art is amateurish at best, but that can be ignored if the writing is good. Again, it's the combination of poor writing, poor art, and the fact that Ethan is a Mary-Sue (a character archetype that I cannot stand) I can't say I hate CAD, just like I can't say I hate a pile of dog droppings. It is just there.
Tim Buckley opens himself up to internet hate very easily. As a person, he doesn't seem to interact with others well, yet he puts himself in a public venue demanding attention. In addition, he surrounds himself with sycophants on his forum, and bans anyone who speaks ill of himself or CAD. Nothing attracts negative attention than ignoring your critics or people who honestly try and help you. It just encourages those critics to be louder, and strengthens their arguments. Still, he has secured internet infamy, that's a sort of fame in and of itself.
It's also impossible for me to type up any issues that haven't already been well established on the internet. I'm just one of many CAD detractors. Besides, the haters produce things that are much funnier than CAD could ever hope to be.
I'm not surprised so many people on this forum like it though.