Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (53) ¬

1. 
   Darth Shadow

   July 28, 2010 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

   Jebus.

   I guess in Megatron’s case, it would explain why his voice is so raspy.
2. 
   Sef

   July 28, 2010 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

   another game, global agenda has this problem.
   THEATTACKERSTHEDEFENDTHEDEFENDERSHAVETHEATTACKERSHAVEDEFENDERSAREATTACKINGTHEATTACKERS

   • 
     Iaculi

     October 23, 2010 at 2:59 pm | # | Reply

     A couple maps in Unreal Tournament 2004 are the same.

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       Portmaneau

       December 4, 2012 at 1:12 pm | # | Reply

       Our team captured a node.
3. 
   Undrave

   July 28, 2010 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

   Who is that holding the Matrix??

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     David Willis

     July 28, 2010 at 12:15 am | # | Reply

     Some guy with green hands!

     • 
       Undrave

       July 28, 2010 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

       What kind of altername mode this Some-Guy-with-Green-Hands has? :p

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         David Willis

         July 28, 2010 at 12:23 am | # | Reply

         A sea turtle.

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           Undrave

           July 28, 2010 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

           AWESOME! Full body pic (with Alt-mode pic) and bio of Some-Guy-With-Green-Hands nao!
         • 
           Mecheon

           July 28, 2010 at 5:06 am | # | Reply

           Its Snapper, isn’t it?

           He’s come along to enjoy how awesome Beast Wars is
   • 
     Kavonde

     July 28, 2010 at 1:00 am | # | Reply

     It’s either Willis’ sarcastic answer, or Brawn, I think.

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       David Willis

       July 28, 2010 at 1:04 am | # | Reply

       It’s really just green hands so that they stand out visually from Prime.

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         Kavonde

         July 28, 2010 at 5:15 pm | # | Reply

         Aw, c’mon. Brawn needs love.
     • 
       Undrave

       July 28, 2010 at 4:48 pm | # | Reply

       Could be Hound. Did Hound have green hands or grey hands? I forgot.

       • 
         Alana

         July 28, 2010 at 9:06 pm | # | Reply

         My Robot Hero Hound has black.

         Wasp has green hands! Maybe it is him.
   • 
     Neffle Taiporkles

     July 28, 2010 at 1:44 am | # | Reply

     It’s clearly Hubs.

     • 
       Godly

       March 5, 2012 at 2:41 am | # | Reply

       Obscure reference for teh win.
   • 
     Zaratustra

     July 28, 2010 at 2:42 am | # | Reply

     Don’tworryaboutittron.

     • 
       GrassyNoel

       July 28, 2010 at 3:24 am | # | Reply

       Thus spake Zaratustra

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         Volkai

         July 28, 2010 at 8:30 am | # | Reply

         Zaratustrabot will have his vengeance!
4. 
   Cassie

   July 28, 2010 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

   All your nodes are belong to us.
5. 
   David

   July 28, 2010 at 12:37 am | # | Reply

   Poor Optimus. Now to read the blog that confirms my knowledge that Beast Wars kicks arse.
6. 
   BumblebeeZ3

   July 28, 2010 at 1:15 am | # | Reply

   Technically, Prime, its Power Struggle(my fave multiplayer mode at the moment) and not a Deathmatch.
7. 
   NrgSpoon

   July 28, 2010 at 2:22 am | # | Reply

   This is why you play Conquest instead of Power Struggle.
8. 
   Calzone

   July 28, 2010 at 2:42 am | # | Reply

   Better than “Overtime.” TF2′s announcer says that every two seconds.

   • 
     Volkai

     July 28, 2010 at 8:31 am | # | Reply

     Only because your team’s not fast enough.
9. 
   TheTurnipKing

   July 28, 2010 at 3:17 am | # | Reply

   \o/ See, now that’s how you do a videogame joke that hasn’t been done a jillionty times before! Good job.

   • 
     Cara

     July 28, 2010 at 11:31 am | # | Reply

     Wow. You actually thought it was sensible to say that?

     • 
       TheTurnipKing

       July 28, 2010 at 4:30 pm | # | Reply

       I consider it fair, that since I complained about the last strip using what I consider to be a massively overused gag that I should be willing to cheer for a joke I’ve not seen before.

       • 
         Semysane

         July 28, 2010 at 9:01 pm | # | Reply

         Yeah… but you pretty much just bitched about the last comic again. Way to give a backhanded compliment.
       • 
         PedanticJerkass

         July 31, 2010 at 1:38 pm | # | Reply

         Thing is, you’re not cheering for this comic so much as you’re merely still whining about the last one. “At least THIS comic doesn’t SUCK like that LAST one did.” You didn’t like the last comic. Fine. We get it. Get over it.
10. 
    GrassyNoel

    July 28, 2010 at 3:23 am | # | Reply

    Deathmatch? I thought it was a description of some new networking protocol.
11. 
    YaMissed2

    July 28, 2010 at 4:44 am | # | Reply

    and this is why multiplayer in War for Cybertron is insane, seriously it just breaks down to one large cluster-f#@&, and that seriously makes me want to turn the sound off, i cant mention how almost every match breaks down sounding like this strip… maybe a new patch will clear this up

    on the bright side though it drives my roomies nuts, and the singly player campaign is awesome. another great game from High moon studios (Darkwatch, and Bourne Conspiracy being their other two games)
12. 
    sean martin

    July 28, 2010 at 6:23 am | # | Reply

    Node-body knows the trouble it’s been…
13. 
    Grimwing

    July 28, 2010 at 7:42 am | # | Reply

    Nodematch 3 Nodes in Nodedown to Extinction .

    Nice depiction of WFC prime’s bust by the way.

    • 
      Andrusi

      July 28, 2010 at 8:48 am | # | Reply

      WFC Prime has a nice bust.
14. 
    Matt

    July 28, 2010 at 8:55 am | # | Reply

    Whenever Prime says “em-ceeing” my mind automatically jumps to Prime standing at a DJ booth laying down some smooth beats for the Autobots to blast to. Stay primed with WPRM radio.

    • 
      Jodin

      July 28, 2010 at 4:17 pm | # | Reply

      Lol Win
    • 
      Jodin

      July 28, 2010 at 4:19 pm | # | Reply

      Willis is there any chance we could see a comic of this? DJ Optimus laying down some fresh beats to beat Decepticons to.

      • 
        gwalla

        July 29, 2010 at 4:50 pm | # | Reply

        DJ Prime scratching on the turntables! Witwicky wicky wicky
15. 
    John the Great

    July 28, 2010 at 9:28 am | # | Reply

    Am I the only one that’s noticed that War for Cybertron does not have many players these days?
16. 
    MrGBH

    July 28, 2010 at 10:10 am | # | Reply

    I don’t play online games, so when I first saw this I thought it was some form of hacking battle taking place.
17. 
    Rogelio Crimson

    July 28, 2010 at 1:46 pm | # | Reply

    my friend Adalisa took my sketchbook with her to comic con to get some sketches for me, and she got you to sketch me an “I’m Batman” which i totally adore, thanks a lot for signing it and for the awesome comic, keep up the amazing work!!!!!!!!!!
18. 
    Mage835

    July 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm | # | Reply

    That mode sounds a lot like Unreal Tournament. Great…now I can picture Transformers carrying Flak Cannon, Bio Rifles, and Link Guns. And robobody parts flying everywhere.

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      Jodin

      July 28, 2010 at 4:20 pm | # | Reply

      Actually…. War for Cybertron uses the Unreal Engine.
19. 
    Eolirin

    July 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm | # | Reply

    :vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOde

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      Meanthrotropic

      July 28, 2010 at 4:51 pm | # | Reply

      :Vader:DOES NOT WANT!

      • 
        Meanthrotropic

        July 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm | # | Reply

        Node* Does Node Want*
        I think my brain auto-corrected me :/

        • 
          gwalla

          July 29, 2010 at 4:51 pm | # | Reply

          And it’s “DO NOT WANT” anyway.
20. 
    Salus

    July 28, 2010 at 3:49 pm | # | Reply

    The problem is it reports it anytime someone enters and exits the zone, but since there is no visual marker for where the capture zone is you tend to walk outside of it in a fight hence Prime/Megs constantly being “informative.”

    Also I found there was a pickup in players online after the DLC, though everyone and their cat now is using Shockwave…
21. 
    Spleener

    July 28, 2010 at 8:37 pm | # | Reply

    Did you say “nerd”?

    • 
      gwalla

      July 29, 2010 at 4:52 pm | # | Reply

      0/10

      It’s like you’re not even trying.
22. 
    Demonrek

    July 30, 2010 at 8:01 pm | # | Reply

    Um… what is going on here?