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Besides, they were moving at high speed, which should magnify whatever limited sharpness they had. And he maybe he transmutes them with innate demon-magic to be that sharp when he's using them as weapons.

@ Raylas

Not just skin, they're hard and sharp enough to stick in solid wood!

edited 10th Oct '15 5:38:48 AM by hayate666

@Elfive: Nope, never have as it happens.

Yeah, either he's carrying around pen-shaped hunting arrows or he has an angle grinder somewhere.

New comic:

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-11

Turtleneck: (German accent) Is time you vittle brats learn your place in this vorld. Eh? Vhat the hell?

I call bullshit, we've already seen that the drones can't hit water if they fell out of a boat.

... Actually, they could. See the battle with the Assassinbots several months ago.

And yet they can't hit the broad side of a Mary Sue.

Nobody could head the broad side of a Mary Sue unless it's going to lead to a No-Sell moment or some other way to demonstrate the Mary Sue's absolute superiority... or, alternatively, if they're an Anti-Sue who is intended to be absurdly vulnerable.

I also have to chime in with the calls of bullcrap here. The drones can't hit three, child sized, and STATIONARY targets, but they can somehow bullseye three, pen sized, and quickly moving targets? Bullcrap.

edited 10th Oct '15 10:20:20 PM by Metalix

Selective Competence. They are only as competitive as Tats needs to save his preferred "heroes"

How can the drone be so accurate and inaccurate at the same time? I'm reminded of this:

https://youtu.be/UFKPE8W5N0A?t=32m41s

My guess is that someone a lot more competent than Milton is remote controlling these drones.

The problem isn't with the drones but the Sisterhood. They can hit things but no one is allowed to scratch the Mary Sue Brigade.

Now I'm wondering why the drones are helping Tange and Lily

Easy. Lily is the Devil's son, and it's been shown in the past (more than once) that the Devil does care about him. Protecting Tange was just a side consequence.

One could also rationalize it as Big D grudgingly accepting that Tange is doing an adequate job looking after Lil' E for the most part... even if her "eccentric" personality lives much to be desired.

Boo, foul. You can't have the same drones be hyper competent and incompetent at the same time.

Why not? The tropes Cutscene Incompetence and Cutscene Power to the Max in video games aren't that different in basic principle.

And when those tropes are brought up, is it EVER mentioned positively? Just because it's there doesn't mean anyone actually LIKES it. It goes against what's been previously established in order to artificially add drama, or do something awesome that they play CAN'T actually do.

If this wasn't a Cutscene Power to the Max, then the only other explanation is that someone who isn't Milton is piloting the drones this time. Considering the sheer amount of drones that are coming to Tange and Lil'E's defense, as well as the fact that they're fighting Vainglorious' toady, the Devil probably found about this fight and decided to assist them with as many numbers as he possibly can.

Difference between Cutscene Incompetence and Cutscene Power to the Max is that in those two cases, we have two different sets. We have gameplay, where player is in the control and all actions there in define competence. Where as in cutscenes, the author has taken control and defines competence.

Case in point, in a fighting game, player can easily beat some boss, but then cutscene starts and player loses control. Control is now in authors hands, who changes who has the upper hand. Alternatively, player is so competent they can beat unlimited number of mooks, but cutscene forces the player character to lose to single one. This is what creates the above tropes. It is the dissonance between player competence and cutscenes.

However, this is not the case in non-interactive media. In those, author has the ultimate control. There is no "cutscenes". We do not consider movies to have cutscenes, and neither do web comics. Author decides constantly, who gets to be how competent. If there is dissonance , it is not because of split between cutscene and gameplay, it's because if author creating the dissonance, intentionally or not.

edited 11th Oct '15 3:21:30 PM by Mandemo

New comic:

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-12

Heh, Turtleneck thinks he and Satan are in the same ranking or something.

Loser.

edited 11th Oct '15 8:48:06 PM by TargetmasterJoe

"testicle man"

Well, that's unsubtle.

I admit. I love Devils pose in the last panel. Tat's wouldn't even need to put any words in there, just that pose and it would be enough.

Why don't ya just shoot him? Or both of them?

Only in Sinfest can the freaking Devil come to your rescue unsolicited and not do anything evil in the meantime.

Only in Sinfest can The Devil be more sympathetic than the intended heroes.

Also, new comic. http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-13

Looks like we're in for a three way. And not the fun kind.