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/sthg/ #472 - Penders Panel Edition
>Link Compilation<
http://pastebin.com/J6hTXkhK
>Drawfag/Writefag Idea Walls<
http://pastebin.com/j8KkPQ4n
http://pastebin.com/jNKKMk5b
>News/Developments<
Sonic: Mega Drive First Look, Sequel Revealed
https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/06/first-look-at-sonic-mega-drive-1-reveals-sequel/
Sonic Boom Fire & Ice E3 Trailer
https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/06/sonic-boom-fire-ice-e3-trailer/
Sonic 25th Anniversary CD-DVD Set Revealed
https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/06/sonic-25th-anniversary-cddvd-revealed-detailed/
Sonic 25th Anniversary Joypolis Party to be Livestreamed
https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/06/sonic-25th-anniversary-joypolis-party-to-be-live-streamed/
Runners is Dead.
https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/05/sonic-runners-shutting-down-next-month/
>Recent Releases<
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is out for 3DS; WiiU on June 24.
Sonic Boom's first season has ended! You can watch all of the first season's episodes in English here:
http://www.watchcartoononline.com/anime/sonic-boom
Previous Thread: >>145218680
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JUCfX1P1ik
https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKDHYyJMJc
Penders Panel in 6 minutes.
fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKDHYyJMJc&sns=tw
stream
Taking bets on how long it'll take for a question to trigger Penders.
>>145312263
Nothing will prepare me for this.
>>145312282
Hey look, Bored the Mom's kid showed up.
G I V E M E T H E P E N D E R S
>>145312271
>there are actually kids at the convention
cute
i'm scared
Long time no see
Will anyone ask him how a fucking hypocrite he is for doing that panel?
>>145312417
>>145312356
Hopefully people keep it classy and his panel will pass without incident.
>>145312434
>Kids at a Sonic convention
You expected something else?
Which Adventure game had the worse worst Sonic level: 1 (Sky Deck) or 2 (Pyramid Cave)?
Diggin' this "Work It Out" remix.
>>145312263
Hell yeah.
>>145312263
Aw, that's just depressing.
Penders' Panel is gonna make this whole thing fall apart just watch.
WORK IT OUT
>>145312491
that's funny
>>145312503
Pyramid cave by far.
Here we go boys, buckle up for a wild ride.Nothing will happen, people will just ask him about working on the comic
Here we go.
>>145312496
My friends all know I'm a Sonic fan and assume it's only popular with adults who played the classics as kids. They're surprised when I tell them kids are still fans of the series.
>>145312486
>>145312575
Did they discover /sthg/?
IT'S TIME!
>>145312503
Neither of those levels were bad.
Worst Sonic level in the Adventure games was Crazy Gadget. If you include Shadow then Final Chase.
He does not sound like how I thought he would.
Oh crap, he actually sounds normal. I was hoping he'd have a voice to match the madness inside.
>>145312496
Give me a break. Almost everyone is an adult there, and to be honest when I think of Sonic communities I don't really think of kids. But yeah, some are to be expected, and it's kind of refreshing to see.
But now let's watch Penders.
>>145312791
Same.
who is this impostor
I CAN'T FUCKING DO IT, LADS.
THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ONE MERE MORTAL TO HANDLE
SWEET IVO'S DICK IT'S HAPPENING
The audio is so desynchronised it's really making this hard to watch
Is he going to lecture or is he gonna take questions.
So far it's not cringe but will everything fall apart during the Q&A. Will there even be one?
>>145312945
History of Sonic panel, anon. Dunno if there's a Q&A. If they are smart, they won't do it.
JUST SAY SOMETHING FUNNY, FAT BOY.
>>145312945
>>145312974
I have a feeling there won't be a Q&A. He just got up there and started going through the history of the comic practically day by day. He's probably going to keep talking until he runs out of time.
>>145312974
>Will there even be one?
I somehow doubt it, but even if they did I can imagine some question screening went on.
>>145312764
Pyramid Cave was much worse than Crazy Gadget.
>pinpoint-accurate gammabots
>grabbing ghosts everywhere
>hourglasses
>that one segment where you have to escort a key through all of the above for about 45 seconds
>that really long tunnel with the hourglass at the beginning
>shitty camera angles everywhere
>visuals suck compared to every other sonic level to boot
>>145312929
This. You might as well only listen to the audio.
>>145313073
I bet he'll ignore Bollers
So the direction of the book at the beginning was specifically designed to be the SATam backstory and characters cominded with the tone of AOSTH. That's interesting. I wonder how it mutated into the monster it became.
Hey, Sonic Revolution anon, can you take a picture of how many people are seated listening to the panel?
>>145313171
>I wonder how it mutated into the monster it became.
You're listening to it.
Penders' panel is actually.... pretty boring so far. Kind of disappointing.
>>145312503
SA1's worst sonic level was Lost World.
>>145313171
>So the direction of the book at the beginning was specifically designed to be the SATam backstory and characters cominded with the tone of AOSTH. That's interesting
That's pretty obvious if you read those issues because that's exactly what they were.
>I wonder how it mutated into the monster it became.
Combination of shitty writing (Penders) and shitty editorial (Gabrie).
>rejected Sonic meeting a Mario parody
>let everything else sail by
Curse you 90s SEGA Licensing Department!
>Ken Penders panel
>lot of people talking in the background
>not a single shot of the audience
>>145313378
>rejected Sonic meeting a Mario parody
I guess that means STC had less Sega oversight.
>>145312503
sky deck, its just clumsy
pyramid cave just had the the slightly annoying switch things. Crazy gadget is more awkward.
>Ken Penders looks like Walt Disney if he were stung by 1000 bees and also not Walt Disney.
>buffering
Oh boy, he's talking about Endgame.
>>145313096
Looking back, it was a disturbingly accurate presage of Sonic Heroes's level design..
>>145313181
A considerable amount, actually. Sorry in advance if the pic is fucked.
>>145313628
Ah yes, the best possible choice for a Sonic movie and totally not an incoherent Fugitive ripoff.
>>145313827
Take your pictures upside down dude.
The only good thing to come out of Endgame is literally just this Spaz cover.
>>145313827
What the actual fuck are you doing with your phone
>>145313827
I didn't know it was in Australia
>>145313827
You know, if I were someone who didn't really know about the comics and went to this panel to learn about them, Penders would seem like a reasonable person with a lot of useful extensive knowledge on the comics.
But now he's getting to the Knuckles comics...
>>145313827
Here's a rotated picture. I can't believe someone is actually there.
>>145314024
>if I were someone who didn't really know about the comics
Which, in fairness, is the majority of the fanbase.
>>145313827
>>145314040
Oh shit, you're next to boredmom? Move over to their table!
>The Knuckles comics
>I'm the reason the comics sold
And it begins
>>145314040
>I can't believe someone is actually there.
I meant, not at the panel paying attention (which is also amazing), but at the convention and here.
>>145313941
>>145313960
it's just iphones use a fucked up method of orientation, it looks fine when viewed on the phone but when I upload it it's fucked
>iphone
I know, but it's better than what I had before.
So Ken Penders admits that he wrote for Knuckles because Knuckles had no character at the time (which is not true, but whatever). So he basically used Knuckles to write his own fanfiction.
>>145314137
We knew it was coming. I'm waiting for the part where he plugs his Lara-su bullshit.
>THEY NEEDED MY NAME ON THE BOOK IN ORDER FOR IT TO SELL
>>145314193
He has on at least one occasion literally said that he used Knuckles as a stand-in for his own character and series.
wtf is happening in the crowd?
Oh boy, questions.
Q&A begins!
OH BOY HERE WE GO
>>145314314
people doing better things than listening to penders
>get invited to do DVD covers
>get invited to work on movie projects
This is going to be a good threadI'm not a regular here but I'm glad I lurk
Oh, so the Japanese copy of Sonic Adventure that they used for the comic belonged to Spaz? That's pretty cool.
>I'm so glad I didn't have to adapt the games
I have to say, it does sound like SEGA didn't give too many damns about the comic to not give them a copy of the game....
>>145314227
...did he really...
>inb4 microwaves and babies
stop clogging the stream its always buffering ffs
>>145314571
SEGA really didn't care about the comic, but that doesn't excuse a lot of what they did in the Adventure adaption.
Sounds like by SA2 SEGA got into the habit they had once Ian was on of using the comic to tease the games instead of trying to adapt them.
Is he killing time so he doesn't have to answer more questions?
>>145314446
>>get invited to do DVD covers
More like he came to them and tried to make himself look like hot shit.
>>145314571
Seems like SEGA doesn't care if writers know about Sonic or not considering Pontac and Graff having to look up cutscenes on youtube.
>>145313503
A lot less. If I recall the writers even got to walk away with ownership rights to all their characters.
>cheering for Underground
>Ken rejected a Sonic Underground arc
One of the only good decisions he's made.
>>145314787
Hey man that intro song was pretty dope.
He hasn't answered a second question yet.
30 more minutes of this
I hope all this is being saved somewhere.
>>145314943
Wonder how long it will take him to answer a third question now.
>Penders trying to tell people how the comic could be better bvy making it more cinematic
>>145315038
And somebody syncs the audio and video in the process.
>>145314929
He and Gabrie were in the habit of rejecting things SEGA said, but at least on this one the reasoning he presented is a bit more sound. On a similar level to current staff trying to keep the Freedom Fighters around.
Most of the time he would brag about things like Gabrie refusing to make the writers use game characters, as if rejecting the license holder is a source of pride.
>>145315038
Youtube should automatically save it.
>>145314929
I'd rather an Underground arc over more of his shit. Only reason he rejected it is because it would conflict with his retarded fanfiction.
How long can one man meander and stall?
>Sega has this 23 year asset of continuity
That required a whole event to remove your bullshit from it.
PENDERS STOP SPOILING CAPE COMICS THERE ARE CHILDREN HERE
>>145315185
This is worse than cringe, this is just boring.
For a writer, this guy has a lot of trouble expressing himself.
>>145315185
long enough
When did he start talking about the movie? What question even started this? What year is it?
>Sonic needs the comic in order to succeed!
I can't believe he is actually saying this shit.
>>145315463
>Based on my experiences with movies
jfc
>>145315396
It explains so much about the walls of text in the comic. It's the only way he can express himself.
>>145315396
Considering how many words he tried to shove into speech bubbles, this is par for the course
>>145315497
25th confirmed for comic game
>The movie isn't being made because Sony doesn't want it despite statements to the contrary
I hope you get hit by a fucking bus Penders
>>145315497
is live live posting via phone?
or is there a stream/link?
>>145315554
>I don't think Sony is serious about the movie.
Have to agree with him here, but I don't need to kill the SatAM movie or Ben Hurst's waifu to know that.
>>145315614
>The Ratchet and Clank movie stopped it.
>The Ratchet and Clank movie that was a complete fucking failure.
What?
Huh?
How?
Where?
Why?
Sony didn't give a shit about the Ratchet movie in the first place, which is why they gave the property to the lowest bidder.
>>145315625
https://gaming.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKDHYyJMJc
>Asking a man who got his job via nepotism how to get into comics
What the fuck happened with the Ratchet movie? Did it actually release? I thought there was hype for it and it was looking good.
>>145315906
It bombed hard.
>>145315879
>I was submitting porfolios.
>Today you have to be invited.
He truly lives in Bizarro World. His point about online presence is true though, but that's really not that different from networking in the old days.
Oh shit he's talking about the election.
>a guy that honestly wants help asked Penders for advice
Ouch
>Penders using this to talk about the elections
>>145315906
It...happened. The game brought in a shitload more money than the movie did.
>>145315854
thanks
>>145315906
>hype
>>145315962
>>145315906
>Budget $20 million
>Box office $12.3 million
Damn son
When's the next Sonic Universe issue?
Was it leaked? Did I miss a storytime?
>>145316039
>You have to be invited
This is fucking hilarious.
I got work by going to cons, not getting calls from shadowy DC employees for secret meetings.
>>145316067
I think the /pol/ guy from last thread was him.
OH SHIT COPYRIGHTS!
IT'S TIME
LAWSUIT INCOMING
>He's talking about the lawsuit
Oh boy!
>>145316154
Ouch, I'm sorry to hear that.
>>145316216
It was leaked a couple threads ago, but it comes out on Wednesday
FAN ART IS ILLEGAL
BREAKING THE LAW
FROM THE MAN HIMSELF
Why would Sega invite somebody who still holds a grudge against them to their own event?
>>145316342
>>145316348
>>145316350
>>145316356
>talking about artist alley and generic copyright infringement instead
>>145316491
This isn't a SEGA event. It's a regular fan-run convention.
>>145316039
He got the job because Scott Fullop ASKED him if he was interested.
Ian, Aleah, ABT, Lamar and Evan and others have all talked about how they had to keep sending submissions to the editors.
This fucking baldfaced liar. Someone, i f you're there, call him out on this.
>Spreading all of these lies about copyright law
<
>>145316491
It isn't a SEGA event. It's a fan organized event.
and they didn't got to him to appear, he went to the organisers begging for a place
>THEY MIGHT SUE YOU IF YOU DO SONIC FAN COMICS
>BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT DOING FAN COMICS OF MY STUFF, JUST CREDIT ME
Fucking hell, man.
>Just say that my character is copyrighted to me when you do fanart
>>145316539
>>145316557
Oh, that's some dedication then.
>You can't make comics about Sonic, you should make comics about BLONIC, YOUR ORIGINAL CHARACTER instead
>>145316549
He even said as much at the beginning of his history of the comic presentation.
And now he's basically saying to never get a job because people will tell you what to do. THE HORROR!
>These are MY characters!
>If you make a fan work, you better acknowledge that I was the one who made them!
Jesus, this guy is pathetic.
>I NEED YOU TO USE THESE CHARACTERS THIS MONTH.
OH GOD.
THE HORROR.
What the fuck is he talking about? That's the nature of licensed work.
HOLY SHIT KEN PENDERS SHOT ON LIVE STREAM AT THE EVENT
CONFIRMED DEAD
>>145316853
He's not even just talking about licensed stuff. He's saying never do anything except self-published work because "muh creative agency."
>>145316853
LET ME WRITE ABOUT MY BAD SCI-FI FANFIC NONSENSE INSTEAD REEEEEEEEEEEE FUCK OFF SONIC
No one is asking a question worth a damn. What a waste of a panel.
>>145316974
Yeah, but what the fuck kind of writer gets offended about such benign demands? It's not even "you can't use these characters this month" or "you HAVE to follow THIS plotline". It's pretty simple fucking stuff: "use this guy this month please."
If you can't do that much, what kind of hack writer are you?
>>145316843
Holy shitSonic is CUTE
>>145316963
>woke up to 50 people getting shot in a nightclub near me
>nothing bad happens to this fucker
No justice.
>>145317143
>No one is asking a question worth a damn
Probably heavy screening of questions then, make sure it's as safe and sterile as possible.
Well... that was a thing I guess.
>>145317143
Well, what would you of asked him if you were there?
Our long national nightmare is over.
>>145317143
Only people listening are probably those who don't know about him as much as we do. Only ones there who do are Evan and Hesse, and they're likely avoiding this panel like the plague, and our local /sthg/ liason who has wisely decided not to out himself.
lame
at least I'll be able to be passionately lied to during Bethesda's conference
>>145316963
If only.
>>145317143
There's likely no way he would've agreed to this without any question screening.
>>145317328IT JUST WORKS
>>145311879
>>145311895
Sorry for being <spoiler>slow</spoiler> but what's this about Flynn and Stanley writing for the cartoon?
I wasn't expecting anything crazy to happen, but we still got some nice taste of Penders' delusions in motion.
And now to watch him get artistically destroyed by Evan and Tyson.
>>145317509
Producer/writer for the show said that there's a chance they'll be writing episodes in the second season, but he can't actually say that because they haven't officially announced the second season.
>>145317509
We don't take slow people kindly over here.
>>145317636
>officially announced the second season.
Yes they did.
>>145317512
what all was Lenders involved in, and why are they still around?
PENDERS PLEASE JUST CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND RUN OUT THE DOOR AS FAST AS YOU CAN YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF LOOK WORSE AND THAT'S KIND OF AN ACOMPLISHMENT
Holy shit he's actually up there. He's gonna get annihilated.
25 DOLLARY DOOS?
>>145317509
Bill said if season 2 happens, he's gonna use some of the writers from the comic. Namedropping Evan and Ian.
Destroy him. Destroy him now! I wish Chris-Chan was there. Can you imagine the duo he and Penders would be?
artists are cute
>>145317328
You'll buy skyrim HD right anon?!YOU FUCKING BETTER!!!
>>145317328
>bethesdas conference stars at 4am for me
>i work night tomorrow so i'll miss literally every other conference
That looks really, really uncomfortable to work at
Who is all up there? Penders, Hesse, Evan, and ???
>>145318207
>Should we give them a table or something?
>Nah just give them a notepad and go
Nice
Oh wow.
I wish somebody would of asked Ian if he planned on using Gemerl in future stories. I mean, he came back and immediately jobbed in the crossover
yo post screenshots of the art, can't see shit from where I'm at
>The absolute state of Ken Penders
Hesse still the MVP
>This time from an artist
>>145318065
what is this, a Nicole for Archimedes?
Hesse > Stanley > whoever the other guy is > Penders.
>Ken Penders got nothing more than a sketchy sketch
>had to draw the american flag because he's completely unimaginative
>not Tyson
ROBBED
>>145318375
He's on an upcoming cover.
Tyson and Evan really knocked it out of the park.
Evan is cute. CUTE!
>>145318717
What did they talk about?
Hesse is cuteI always assumed he was just an old dude buried in problems
>>145315497
who said that? I'm in and out because of work so i missed it
>>145318748
No, their drawings.
>>145318698
Oh, really? Do you have a shot of it?
>>145318846
Oh-- damn, I missed them.
>>145318729
She looks like my sister.
>>145316830
I think it's.. what was it, Phonic? Who is Sonic's red brother from that arcade game that never got released, SEGASonic Bros.
>>145318782
He's literally a /co/tard, wouldn't surprise me if he lurks here too.
>>145318952
No, it's K'nox.
http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2010830209
Do any of you men/ladies/halfmenhalfladies get laid at a SonicCon?
Share stories even if its false or not.
I pretend the girl in this porn vid cosplaying as Sakura is Amy because she seems like the sort to pull Amy off. If she was a lesbo.
>penders alone in the background, at the corner of the room
So what's this shit going on right now with Penders, something about a live stream? Anyone got a link to that?
ayyy
>>145318851
>>145319039
Hey, Dickles, you look kinda cool.
So now that roboticizers are returning in the comic
Mecha Sally returning when?!
>>145318851
Can't right now, google Panic in the Sky, pretty sure it's one of those.
>>145319103
You're way too late.
>>145319162
>Mecha Sally returning when?!
Never
>raffle winner carrying a little Blaze plushie
Aww.
Ok folks
Who is more retarded? CWC or Ken Penders.
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE ULTIMATE MAN CHILD THAT IS THE WORST OF ALL MANCHILDREN
>>145318901
>>145319114
WHAT DOES THIS FUCKING PHONE WANT FROM ME. I changed my orientation from last time.
>>145319225
I got it covered bro.
>>145319126
>>145319114
>Still no Penders sig
ONE
JOB
>>145319350
Thanks.
>>145319114
That's pretty cool. They seemed pretty cool at the panel.
>>145319305
Ken Penders art is 10/10
>>145319305
Hahaha shit, Hesse and Stanley are the best.
Also the fuck is Pender's, even?
>>145319305
Based Hesse, that's fantastic.
>>145319305
Hesse's is adorable, as is Evan's
>>145319305
Hesse's was definitely the best.
"The other one" is Ziggyfin.
>>145319305
Oh my god this is perfect.
>>145319305
Good efforts for a really quick drawing.
>>145319305
Holy fuck that Penders.
>>145319270
Well in that case, what did I miss?
>>145319305
For those wondering what Penders is
>taking a selfie with a 3DS
>>145319507
Who the hell is Ziggyfin? Why is he up there?
>>145319305
You know, this went exactly as I imagined it.
That last prize was pretty fucking cool. Who was the second signature off? I didn't get it right.
>>145319626
I get what Penders was going for, at least.
But he wastoo slow.
Are the artists there drawing stuff, like sketches comms or something?
The anon there should've seen if they could get a Bump/Sage done by Evan and Tyson.
>>145319626
He always has to make it american, doesn't he?
>>145319619
Nothing important.
>>145316216
Yes, two threads ago. Go back and check it out, top tier issue.
>>145319305
Penders did more in those two minutes than in the last six months.
>>145319626
WHY though??
That desperate to go for a cheap patriotism card?
I heard Chris-Chan is at the event. Anyone else seen him or can we call him "IT" instead?
