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== ~~Webcomics~~ ==

== Web Comics ==

* ~~Webcomic~~ creators in general are the writers most able to justify this response, due to two things - their works being incremental, so you can simply stop reading at any point, and their being completely free so that you haven't actually wasted any money on something you don't like.

* Web comic creators in general are the writers most able to justify this response, due to two things - their works being incremental, so you can simply stop reading at any point, and their being completely free so that you haven't actually wasted any money on something you don't like.

* The ~~Webcomic~~ ''[[Concerned]]'' lampshades the second case. Gordon Frohman is in the world of ''[[Counter-Strike]]'', and the players complain about all sorts of stuff promised to them.

* The web comic ''[[Concerned]]'' lampshades the second case. Gordon Frohman is in the world of ''[[Counter-Strike]]'', and the players complain about all sorts of stuff promised to them.

{{quote|'''Frohman''': So lemme get this straight... you guys complain about every aspect of this game, yet you've been playing every day since 1999?

'''Fans''': Yep - pretty much. }}

* A mild example: Jeffrey Darlington, creator of ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', has been known to advise complainers to take a vacation from the comic until after however many months. Basically, don't read the current arc, but come back when it's over.

* There is a comic drawing contest called the Daily Grind. The rules are simple. Post a 2+ panel comic each day, Mon-Fri and never miss a day. Each person put in twenty bucks when the contest started and the artist who goes the longest without missing an update wins. The winner takes the entire pot. The basic concept behind this contest was to provide an incentive for people to post regularly, and thus draw more frequently and improve their skills. Despite "improving your skills!" being the primary purpose of the contest, many of the lower quality comic strips were blatantly attacked for being low quality by people attempting to shame them into dropping out and letting somebody who "deserves" to win continue. The entire Daily Grind community would invariably all join forces to yell this trope at them.

* There is a comic drawing contest called the [[Daily Grind]]. The rules are simple. Post a 2+ panel comic each day, Mon-Fri and never miss a day. Each person put in twenty bucks when the contest started and the artist who goes the longest without missing an update wins. The winner takes the entire pot. The basic concept behind this contest was to provide an incentive for people to post regularly, and thus draw more frequently and improve their skills. Despite "improving your skills!" being the primary purpose of the contest, many of the lower quality comic strips were blatantly attacked for being low quality by people attempting to shame them into dropping out and letting somebody who "deserves" to win continue. The entire Daily Grind community would invariably all join forces to yell this trope at them.

* [[Andrew Hussie]] of ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' has responded to people not liking ''[[Homestuck]]'' [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|because it is not like]] ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/781027547 with]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110908084146/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32178-Anyone-else-think-Hussie-should-cut-down-on-the-Pesterlogs-a-bit&p=4125631&viewfull=1#post4125631 several] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901071458/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3857423&viewfull=1#post3857423 essays'] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909062508/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3859169&viewfull=1#post3859169 worth] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/750738682 of]{{Dead link}} [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/780995992 rant]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901035533/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?29915-Pester-Chum-s-are-too-long!!&p=3859225&viewfull=1#post3859225 that] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101209175525/http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1158778979 all] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093953142 boil]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101017000159/http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093935286 down] [http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1001292582 to]{{Dead link}} "I'm doing it the way I want. If you don't like Homestuck, don't read it." "Go read Problem Sleuth" has become a stock fan response to complaints, which apparently implies that [[Double Standard|the fans are all incredibly dogmatic]].

* Gets said almost daily to one ''[[~~Xkcd~~]]'' troll/hater or another on the [[Insistent Terminology|fora]].

* Gets said almost daily to one ''[[xkcd]]'' troll/hater or another on the [[Insistent Terminology|fora]].

* In the first ''[[Megatokyo]]'' compilation book, one of Piro's commentaries mentions that after an early strip that broke away from the gag-a-day norm for the sake of the story, a reader said that he would stop reading if Piro did something like that again. The author's response was basically, "go ahead, I'm not forcing you to read it."

== Western Animation ==