Hi, folks. I'm Dan, Platinum Studios' Communications Manager. I am not going to do this very much, but there are a few things that the Admins have asked that someone from Platinum step in and comment on from time to time. In this case, I've been asked by the Admins to give you guys the official words on Platinum's stance on Sprites.
Here it is:
We will not be removing any Sprites from DD. Never. Ever. Ever.
Dylan always welcomed everyone to the Duck and that's not going to change. Never. Ever. Ever.
I hope that's clear enough. :-)
-Dan
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The official stance on Sprites
Kickass, we got even MORE admins now than I thought! Welcome to DD Plat Dan!
And that's cool about not banning sprites. I was a tad worried about that myself, because it would cause much chaos with all the sprite comics gone. After all, who would TASCers like Lefarce, Tater, Mim, and I try to help?
Glad to hear it, Shadowmaster. And for those of you that have PQ'd me other questions already, feel free, I'm happy to answer them, but you should try the Admins first. Not because I can't be bothered, but because they have been, and will remain, the real folks in charge around here (and the ones who know the most about what is going on). Platinum may own the Duck on paper, but you guys (Dylan, the Admins, the Moderators, and every single creator on here) are the ones who built and maintain this place as the great community that it is. We have no intention of stepping in and laying down a bunch of new rules or procedures. In this case, I just thought it was important that you got the definitive answer from someone from Platinum, to banish any fears.
-Dan
I think it's not so much condoning them as not wanting to look unwelcoming. Since all the legal work says that Platinum doesn't own anyone's comics, the only real way they could fuck up now is to ban almost half the people's comics here. And typically if you ban THAT many people, you WILL lose money on advertising revenue.
Of course, that's just looking at it from a business perspective. The other way to look at it is that Plat doesn't want to look like jerks and TASC gets to continue our war on shitty sprite comics. So even though there are bad points to it (Sprite comics are still on DD), there are good points as well (Noone loses their comics, Plat and the DD admins look like nice welcoming people, and TASC gets to continue kicking ass).
I'd say the good certainly outweighs the bad in many regards.
A&W Root Beer all the way mother fuckers.
Thank god! I was worried. There are some corparations corrupted by power and money (I'm one of those long-haired rebel-type kinda guys… Listen closely, you can hear everyones eyes rolling) but I guess you guys aren't. I thought you would report us hoping to get some reward money, but thank god.
Just out of curiosity though. Does Plat have any plans to try and reduce the number of really bad sprite comics being directly linked on the main page, or is the featured comic enough to reasonably avoid people being turned "off" the duck under the impression that it's a sprite fest?
I agree with LowRes, Titch. You phrased that … indelicately.
There are comics of varying quality - drawn and sprite - on DD. Yes, a frequently updated feature comic system is geared towards showing off the gems and not the … not-gems.
But there won't be any effort to discourage new and learning webtoonists of any stripe from joining our little community.
I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to dress my words up in a pretty pink dress for the benefite of people on computers thousands of miles away. :rolleyes:
It's a fact that comics being linked off the main page are the ones that are going to be representing the site as a whole. Up untill now that hasn't been a problem because the management never seemed that concerned with pushing DrunkDuck as a brand. Now Plat is "in charge" that may stand to change. Personaly, I would say it's unessercary, given the new featured comics section, but I'm still curious.
Sue ME for be pragmatic. ~_~
I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to dress my words up in a pretty pink dress for the benefite of people on computers thousands of miles away. :rolleyes:
It's a fact that comics being linked off the main page are the ones that are going to be representing the site as a whole. Up untill now that hasn't been a problem because the management never seemed that concerned with pushing DrunkDuck as a brand. Now Plat is "in charge" that may stand to change. Personaly, I would say it's unessercary, given the new featured comics section, but I'm still curious.
Sue ME for be pragmatic. ~_~
…you don't listen very well, do you?
I didn't say to "dress your words" as you put it. I said to bring it to the debate section to avoid there being an uneccesary flame war on this topic.
And yes, this is to keep the General Forum a friendlier place :P
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