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Post by Max on Nov 21, 2011 8:00:55 GMT
That's pretty...wait, the what?All right, who in here speaks German? According to Google Translate, "unsichtbar" means "invisible" and "hau" means..."bash"? Maybe?
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Post by Eversist on Nov 21, 2011 8:02:00 GMT
Bipbipbip. Go Parley.
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Post by fillerb on Nov 21, 2011 8:20:02 GMT
According to Google Translate, "unsichtbar" means "invisible" and "hau" means..."bash"? Maybe? With how much Gunnerkrigg relies on mythology I would think it's more along the lines of "Invisible Storm". www.pantheon.org/articles/a/apu-hau.htmlWhich you gotta admit is a pretty bad-ass name for a special attack. |
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Post by reynardlove on Nov 21, 2011 8:24:20 GMT
OH!!! The faces in the last panel.=0 I'm assuming they are pulling a slow clap, no? And yes, that name is pretty sick.
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Post by molf on Nov 21, 2011 8:30:55 GMT
*Bip*
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Post by ryos on Nov 21, 2011 8:35:43 GMT
I love how the peanut gallery is shocked, like they didn't expect this to happen all along.
Parley is now a teleporting ninja, and thus, by the laws of the universe, is completely awesome. Books like Larry Correia's The Grimnoir Chronicles have shown us this.
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Post by Eversist on Nov 21, 2011 9:03:40 GMT
Well, keep in mind we're viewing this in super-duper slow-motion, and therefore can afford to analyze and predict every possible outcome... A luxury the characters don't have.
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Post by legion on Nov 21, 2011 9:19:48 GMT
You know, maybe "hau" is taken both with its German and Hawai'i meaning, making this a MULTINLINGUAL PUN.
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Post by datensenke on Nov 21, 2011 9:43:39 GMT
All right, who in here speaks German? According to Google Translate, "unsichtbar" means "invisible" and "hau" means..."bash"? Maybe? In this case you can trust Google Translate. Unsichtbarhau = Invisiblebash Maybe google translate, translates "hau" to bash. But that is not right or really old-fashioned. There is a verb "hauen", which translates to "to bash", but no noun with the same meaning (anymore?). The right noun would be "der Schlag", which translates to "the strike". So, as a native german speaker, I recommend to use "Unsichtbarschlag". Btw., in german, "einen Hau haben" ("to have a Hau") means, to be crazy. In this case, Google Translate is completely wrong. |
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Post by eightyfour on Nov 21, 2011 10:10:01 GMT
According to Google Translate, "unsichtbar" means "invisible" and "hau" means..."bash"? Maybe? In this case Google is pretty much correct. "Hau" can mean anything along the line of "bash" or "strike". However in modern German the word is mostly found in children's vocabulary, normally you'd rather say "Schlag" or "Hieb". Also, in colloquial speech the expression "einen Hau haben" means to be stupid or crazy. Not to be confused with "abhauen", which is a colloquial term that means "to get out of somewhere" (as in "beat it"). Edit.: Note to self: Don't go afk while writing a post, or someone will post exactly the same while you are away, making you look stupid.  |
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Post by mikeymikemikey on Nov 21, 2011 11:51:27 GMT
And I call this an acute case of gratuitousgermanitis.
Also, BIP AND BARGE. Yes.
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Post by poptropicagirl on Nov 21, 2011 12:04:39 GMT
Well I was so desperate to have something intelligent to say on the forum that I noticed some jaggedy patches of shadow/light around Parley in panels 2-4. Whenever she teleports. Tom does a lot with lighting, and I just wanted to point this example out.  |
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Post by Rafael on Nov 21, 2011 12:19:08 GMT
Is it me, or are you guys completely ignoring Tom's comment?
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Post by Alexandragon on Nov 21, 2011 12:55:57 GMT
Funny and amazing page) Parley rules)
also: Last panel is hilarious!)
P.S.: Maybe Tom in his comment means that this is something to be censored?
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Post by descoladavirus on Nov 21, 2011 13:04:01 GMT
Funny and amazing page) Parley rules) also: Last panel is hilarious!) P.S.: Maybe Tom in his comment means that this is something to be censored? No it means Parley doesn't know crap about the german language and thus is prone to make a mistake. Don't forget though parley's knowledge of german is from her sword training which is centuries old. |
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Post by eruedraith on Nov 21, 2011 13:05:01 GMT
My real question is this:
how is Reynard clapping in wolf form? His paws wouldn't really make a good 'clapping' sound, more like a 'pff-pff' sound.
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Post by CGAdam on Nov 21, 2011 13:26:28 GMT
Slick, but will it work against a ghost that might be able to instantly reverse its direction? I mean, what if Parley teleports behind Jeanne and she swaps her face and back?
(I KNOW I saw that in a movie, but I can't remember where...)
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Post by cass on Nov 21, 2011 13:54:54 GMT
Well that's just how fighting works - you have a trick, they have a trick, and whoever's got the better hand.... It's like playing poker where everyone's cheating and the dealer keeps changing the rules. Also it's in a darkened room. Though that said Jeanne would have to be aware of where Parley had gone. If her OODA loop is that short there's probably no way for Parley to win short of getting a bunch of explosives and lobbing them down off the bridge.... Edit: Still, Parley's just got to buy them time to take the device out, right? Wonder whether they could just shoot the device from the bridge - or drop a heavy rock on it or something. |
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Post by smjjames on Nov 21, 2011 14:09:35 GMT
You mean if Jeannes OODA loop were that short she'd have to lob explosives at Parley?
Plus she is a ghost, explosives aren't going to do anything besides make a mess and attract attention from everybody on both sides of the river.
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Post by rainofsteel on Nov 21, 2011 14:29:32 GMT
Unsichtbarhau for Parley?
Robby will just have to pull out his Panzerkunst!
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Babelfish translates Unsichtbarhau as invisible-strike, which sounds a bit better in English than invisible bash.
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Post by qmarx on Nov 21, 2011 15:05:25 GMT
According to Google Translate, "unsichtbar" means "invisible" and "hau" means..."bash"? Maybe? In this case Google is pretty much correct. "Hau" can mean anything along the line of "bash" or "strike". However in modern German the word is mostly found in children's vocabulary, normally you'd rather say "Schlag" or "Hieb". In other words: Invisibust! |
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Post by Max on Nov 21, 2011 17:36:08 GMT
My real question is this: how is Reynard clapping in wolf form? His paws wouldn't really make a good 'clapping' sound, more like a 'pff-pff' sound. I don't think he is. There are only three "clap" sounds. |
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Post by molf on Nov 21, 2011 19:44:48 GMT
*Bip*
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Post by Toloc on Nov 21, 2011 20:16:24 GMT
I was going to write that it was indeed Gratuitous German. Then I looked up Fencing and deleted that paragraph. The word "Hau" may be completely archaic in contemporary German, but not in late medieval terms regarding fencing: A Hau (engl. Hew) is "a hewing stroke with one of the edges of the sword". Therefor the word "Hau" is absolutely correct here. One might still argue about "Unsichtbarhau", but I give Tom the benefit of doubt here and say that's intentional. If one really wanted to translate it to English it would be something like "invisible hew" or "invisible strike" |
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Post by Mishmash on Nov 21, 2011 21:49:06 GMT
I'm enjoying the discussion about Parley's German! But bear in mind that Tom did acknowledge the word she used doesn't work in modern German with his comment under the page =]
Also, I love the art. You get a real sense of quick movement and it is perfectly clear what is going on! Also the sound effect "BIP and BARGE" is amazing.
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Post by nero on Nov 21, 2011 23:08:36 GMT
I loved the corner of the last panel so much that I changed my avatar for it.
I just noticed that in panel 5 shadow makes another shocked face.
I really hope that Parley's bipping can be used against Jeanne.
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Post by blahzor on Nov 21, 2011 23:13:02 GMT
i'm more impressed by Shadow 2's movements around Robot's body during the entire attack
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Post by smjjames on Nov 21, 2011 23:13:54 GMT
I loved the corner of the last panel so much that I changed my avatar for it. I just noticed that in panel 5 shadow makes another shocked face. I really hope that Parley's bipping can be used against Jeanne. Especially if she can either make the duration random enough for Jeanne to not be able to predict the next move or do it too fast for her to even react. Not sure if she was doing it at the limit that Robot could react, but the whole point is to confuse and distract Jeanne. |
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Post by cass on Nov 22, 2011 1:09:37 GMT
You mean if Jeannes OODA loop were that short she'd have to lob explosives at Parley? Uhm, the other way around - shorter loops are faster/better. Parley would have to lob explosives at Jeanne - or something similar. She couldn't sword-fight her successfully because most of what Parley would be doing would be pattern recognition and pre-planned movement, whereas Jeanne could make up specific counters on the spot. Plus she is a ghost, explosives aren't going to do anything besides make a mess and attract attention from everybody on both sides of the river. If explosives won't work I don't see that a sword would be likely to either. If she's an intangible ghost she could just float through Parley's sword.... Though sword-fighting obviously has a dramatic edge.  |
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Post by Ender on Nov 22, 2011 14:09:14 GMT
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