*Sigh*
The problem I have here, Andy, is that you're not arguing at all... you're repeating the same crap over and over again regardless of my responses, as if you hadn't even bothered to read them.
''you took somebody else's idea and were presenting it as your own.''
No I wasn't. I pointed this out above. If anyone doesn't know, this is a penny arcade comic. I do not want to have people think I made it up, nor care if they do. You're wrong, plain and simple. This is not my work, and I don't care who knows that. Therefore, I cannot possibly be attempting to pass this off as my work. It wouldn't make any sense.
''The characters they made you didn't even redraw, you just whited out portions of the old comic and added some of your own text.''
That's true, in fact, all of the text is mine, except for the big one at the top. That was the point, that it's a knock off. Redrawing the characters would have eliminated that point. That's also why I took (minor) pains to use the same font (also cut and pasted, individual letters), rather than just using the text tool. But whatever.
''You removed the copyright message on the bottom as well. ''
As I said, if you'd bothered to read, no I did not. I simply only took the characters, and not the rest of the text or comic. I didn't cut anything out, the copyright was a part of the comic that I didn't cut and paste, because I had no intention of using that area of the comic. There was no malicious deletion of any copyrights. If the copyrights had been on the part that I'd copied, I certainly wouldn't have taken the time to delete them, because I don't give a shit about them.
''It doesn't take talent to rip off Penny-Arcade.''
If I wanted to do something that took talent, rest assured it would have little to do with the NSG on NS.com.
''Plus, picking apart someone's grammar and spelling isn't even that great of a gimmick when its done week after week. ''
The point was that we run this joke into the ground, according to Josh, but whatever. You're entitled to your opinion. Apparently, at least a few people got the joke and thought it was funny.
Just stop. I'm not stealing jokes. This would not be made less funny (in my estimation) for having seen the original, it is made MORE funny, because it is seen as it should be. That was the point. I can't believe this isn't getting through to you, being the equally (as you put it) 'somewhat intelligent individual' that you are.
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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always
Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
