I believe the original poster already thought of that angle, and I criticized it as well. Here's why... I made the same mistake myself some years back, on an earlier webcomic. I talked about something esoteric and technical, that I had researched. I thought it was interesting. I spent time researching it and thinking about it, and I wanted to shower it on the world. It's hard sci fi. Surely everyone else would think it's interesting if I illustrate it correctly? They'd see the power of my intellect and the epicness of the esoteria?

No. And ppl's reactions told me so. As in the readers, and there were a lot.

Maybe if it's introduced in bite-sized morsels thru out the story. But as a lecture starting from page 1? Just, no.

Yea we know, you've said.

But the problem is your basing your judgement on his story off of reactions you got from yours. Which are already differant regardless of how similar they are. Unless he's plaguerizing ya, which I doubt wholeheartedly.

Do you really know that your audience is his target audience? I mean, that should be the first question. Who is he telling the story for? brainers? or spandex jockeys? the casual joe?

There's a differance between books I'll pick up and read, and books I'll actually pay money on.

Books that rush along too quickly show little thought on the story, writing it off as "I'm saving it for the overall plot" That's fine, but if no one can connect with the story, you've already lost your reader irregardless of who died, how many boobs you show and how many charecters you can smash on the front page *shrug*

You have to remember, he's probably not so much as trying to draw in frothing crowds as he is just telling a story.

That I can appreciate.

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But the problem is your basing your judgement on his story off of reactions you got from yours.

Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it.

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Which are already differant regardless of how similar they are.

It's not a question of the details. It's the general principle.

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Do you really know that your audience is his target audience?

It was a round robin comic on Impromanga. At that time the most popular title there. Basically it means... take all the DD forum posters here. That was my audience. Not mine specifically, but rather that title's.

Which means it's a huge spectrum of readership, because it wasn't limited to fans of any one author. And if you mess up they're not gonna cut you slack, because they're loyal to the title not to you. If you want an unbiased population sample you can't get any better than a popular round robin title.

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he's probably not so much as trying to draw in frothing crowds as he is just telling a story.

I certainly don't write a fast-food type story. It took 39 pages for my main character to unsheath her sword. It took 30 pages for the 1st bullet to be fired.

The pace is not the issue.

Both your points are valid in some ways. What some people don't like is something others will love. That's the beauty of human diversity. It is just an unfortunate side effect that people tend to remain silent when they see somethings they like and rant about what they hate. Not that I mean that anyone over here is ranting :).