So...Statesman's Crotch

Darrin Wade took everything for himself.

If you're close enough to lick Statesman's belt, you are probably a bit too close to the screen.

Because you gave him a 20.

...So they posed him POSTHUMOUSLY for that picture?

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...Does this make them ne-*DELETED PREEMPTIVELY*

Originally Posted by Shubbie Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.

Someone on the beta forums turned the picture into something like that

Well...that actually explains a lot...

Well, I'm not actually that close, but with the angle this picture is at, it certainly feels like it.

"Alien"

Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades The way you play changes your IO slotting..

Thank you. You have no idea how irritated I am over this kind of overreaction to stuff like this, and the focus people put on such things.

It's the same reaction I feel when it's the focus of converstaion about Watchmen. Beyond it's wonderfuly acted parts, the direction and cinemetograpy (for the most part) taking and making a movie that all but transitioned between the frames directly out of the book, the complex story elements involving the individuals and how their existence changed history as we know it in their reality, down to the lighting, costuming, and music that pulled it all together to pay homage to one of the "go to" references for 'comics and 'graphic novels as art'

OMGBIGBLUEPIPE!!!eleventyone11!!!

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I once watched the full, extended edition (with the Black Freighter tie-in) with the express purpose of seeing how many times we see said 'pipe' clearly and obviously. It's twice. The same ammount of times we see it in the comics- and I can guarantee for less than five minutes over the entire course of a 215 minute movie. Anything more and folks are focusing way too much on it, or looking for it.

Full frontal nudity on a female "OH cool hur hur"!

Full frontal nudity on a guy and people overreact and the news talks about it for a week...

Really?

REALLY?

Grow up, people.

David made an awesome log-in screen in homage to Statesman, and folks feel the need to focus on the crotch of the character in the drawing. Appreciate it for the work of art it is... I think there's less problems with the drawing, and more soul searching some folks need to do for themselves... if you catch my drift... No... I'm not trying to be funny.

That said... This is awesome!
I don't think I'd want it for a log-in screen for myself, but I have a friend who used to play that would love it, and a few who would probably start playing just for that title screen.

And now- The Moral of this Story:
Now if you want to talk about being able to choose which log-in screen you want to have, I'm all for that. I remember folks submitted a bunch for an overlay, though I have no idea how to do it, but I think that would be awesome. Stuff like having our characters standing in Oroborous, on high tech teleport pads, or arcane circles, etc, would be really cool to log in to.

I'd also like to choose if I'm in a 'neutral' stance or 'aggressive' with weapons drawn (and combat auras on) from the character select screen. That would be neat if I just wanted to show off a particular weapon to a friend, or just like admiring my character's looks.

What I mean is, if you don't like the screen, try and find a nice way of saying "I don't like this screen, I'd like the option to choose different ones"? Maybe you'd come off a little less immature. Just sayin'.

Lyc~ the 'hint-by-eight when a clue-by-four doesn't cut it' werewolf.

Just for that, I'll be showing up at your house and wave my crotch in your face and we'll see how YOU like it.

There's nothing wrong with the stance, but the angle is like... "Uh... am I playing a game or did I go to a exotic dance club for necrophiliacs?"

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I honestly swear that wasn't the first thing that came to mind when I saw that screen.

After everything's been said, the 'shattered star' picture may have been a better choice, and I might have preferred it myself, but I really didn't see the 'crotch in face' 'til someone pointed it out. Now, I can be rather perverse... ask my wife, or my SG when I'm doing commentary (then we can all be a bit 'out of line' but we only do so on vent ).

Honestly, I just get tired of 'artistic' being okay if it means 'full frontal' on females but not on men (and the fact that Statesman is in spandex, being negligible to that debate overall because of that sophmoric idiology) is still made an issue of, is just silly, and an insult to the artist that created it.

David Nakayama (or someone on his staff, I don't know for sure he made this picture in particular) is a professional comic artist that Paragon Studios hired to do artwork for them. As an artist myself, I consider the reaction to what he's trying to portray as something that some consider pornogaphy (or a lack thereof, depending on whoose responding) as an affront to artistry in particular, as immature and worthy of condemnment. If people are talking 'crotch in face' as the line between art and pornography as the differential here, think about that before you speak.

He (or someone on his staff, as stated previously) created a piece of artwork as an homage to Statesman, baring his chest in defiance to whatever powers unknown (presumably Wade, but can mean anything) to present as the log-in screen.

If some folks see it as a 'crotch thrust-in their face' I can't argue their personal accessment of the artwork itself; but, personally, I am offended that's the basic assumption toward the artwork itself and felt the need to point it out. Feel free to request a different picture, but don't call it something it was never intended to be, and request a change. Just request an option to change splash-screens if you really feel the need.

To reiterate. I feel no animosity toward this picture. On the other hand, if you came into my house and waved your genitals in my face, prepare for them to get punched (at the very least) I'm spoken for!

Lyc~ the 'already spoken for' werewolf

Okay, as a guy, this being the first response after my diatribe...

I LOL'd