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** The first was during the [[ROM]]-icide incident, when the series creator, Tim Buckley, deleted most of the forum posters after he was caught alledgedly [[Squick|sending a picture of his penis to a 15 year old girl.]] <ref>which is a myth- but the deletions were definitely not</ref>

** The second was after the infamous [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20080602 Loss strip.] Sending the series into [[Cerebus Syndrome]] at full force, made worse by Buckley's blog post in response to the strip.

* David Morgan-Mar wanted to use the correct terminology: is the Lego implement in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1902.html this] ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' strip a spade or a shovel? So he looked it up online and found that no one can agree on the difference between spades and shovels, if there even is one. His below-the-comic commentary on the confusion simply inspired more people to weigh in and further confuse the issue.

** Curiously, a lot of the confusion (especially the author's initial confusion) seems to come down to excessive literalism and people taking the same words to mean different things. At least in the UK, the definitions are as follows: ''(missing)''

** Though this is obviously only about people that know/care about it.

** Better shortcut than that: mention the reason that the two comics split, IE, the two creators ended their relationship. No, seriously, that's not a dig.

** And yet people will let any [[Epileptic Trees]] theory, no matter how ridiculous, fly. Personal favorites include: "Thog is a member of the orc tribe that captured Elan/Durkon/V", "Therkla is Haley in disguise" ('''''WHAT!?'''''), etc.

** Oh, and just do not mention what happened between Belkar and the Oracle. The mechanics of that incident are vague enough for people to interpret it in any one of several ways, and they're all convinced their view is the right one. Were the Oracle's attempts to placate Belkar genuine, i.e., did he think that Belkar ultimately ''did'' cause Roy's death? Was the Oracle pissing off Belkar ''so'' he would kill him? For some reason, the latter theory has somehow caused the Oracle to be labeled a [[Magnificent Bastard]] and the plan a [[Xanatos Gambit]], even though "rile a maniac into murdering you" sounds like just about the worst plan in history.

* ''[[Erfworld]]'': Ansom's ability to beat Parson's schemes, and whether {{spoiler|uncroaking the volcano}} was a [[Deus Ex Machina]].

* Try to say something positive about ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' on this wiki and watch [[Natter|the flood roll in]].

* Or ''[[The Wotch]]''.

* On the ''[[Misfile]]'' forums, just ask "The Infamous Pedal Question" or raise the issue of gender pronouns. Or call Hazelton's answer to the question an [[Ass Pull]] and see how many seconds until it's reverted.

** We'll just reserve this space for the fallout of Rachael and Mora's fight.

** Hell, the overall quality of the comic itself tends to spark rather heated debates, to the point where some of it has spilled onto this very wiki.

** For extra fun: "Did Reynardine really attempt to {{spoiler|possess Annie}}? (If not, was it part of a [[Xanatos Gambit]] or a [[Xanatos Roulette]]?)" The forum has gone on for pages about it, and there's still no consensus, and probably will not be until it is resloved in-comic.

* Mention how much you love [[Megatokyo]] anywhere else than its official forum. Sit back and watch the wank. For a bonus, say that you think it got better since Rodney left.

** One needn't go outside the [[Megatokyo]] forums to get into a flamewar about MT. It's apparently popular, for those outside the "Story Discussions" and "SD Fanworks" subforums, to take a dump on the comic, even if without the comic the other forums ''wouldn't exist'' (it's not internet fairies paying the forum bandwidth, after all).

* [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Brian Clevinger:]] An ''avante guarde'' artist whose false endings and anticlimax moments are a brilliant deconstruction of epic storytelling? Or a creative sadist who's realized that he can tease and torture his fanbase any way he likes and they'll still keep coming back for more? His own words, that "the best jokes are the ones played on the audience", certainly don't help matters.

** Everytime this happens, the fans come out in their thousands, most begging and pleading for things not to really end like this, others handing out well-meaning compliments and thanks for a well-written comic, and a strong minority who fall over themselves trying to be the first [[Smart Mark]] to spot the gag and make fun of others who believe the setup is for real.

** Most recent was the controversy over the infamous "dickwolves" comic, which turned into a six-month internet war that resulted in boycots of PAX and death threats directed at the main players on both sides.

** A more insular version came back in 2006, when the guys mocked a webcomic documentary they found silly and pretentious, especially the performance of webcomic artist Cat Garza.

** One sorta-started after Hussie made a tumblr post saying that all the characters lack any race, and then [[Orwellian Retcon|edited a line of text to make reflect that.]]

 

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