6.65 Creepy Redux

So, over the weekend we were hacked. I don't understand all the details but apparently someone in France took advantage of a weakness in the site's host to put in redirects and junk that led to a Chinese news site.

Why?

Couldn't tell you.

But JD got things working right away so let's hear it for the man of the hour! Hooray JD!

There will be no comic on Thursday since it is the American holiday we like to call...

... eat a lot day.

Pffft.

"It wuz teh haxx0rz with teh hax in teh haxx0red interwebz!"

As long as you keep repeating "the bogeymen did it", you're never going to work out what really went down. And "hacker" is exactly modern-day code for "bogeyman". Even the "security industry" themselves talk like that. Do you want to feel powerless? Go right on, keep on talking with words that say "I don't know, I'm too feeble to know". Because fersure you will be exactly that.

JGray

That's sort of like saying "don't call the people who rob banks bank robbers". The site was hacked. The people who hack sites are called hackers. Ergo, the site was hacked by hackers. JD knows how and why. The who we will probably never know because we don't have the resources to track them down. He is currently working on updates to close the door.

I really don't see the reason for the negativity. Especially on a site that provides free weekly entertainment.

Sario528

Well, Mister Eerie lives up to his name. His head doesn't look too firmly attached to his body, I wonder what would happen if it got removed.

TheDerangedOne

.... So Mr.Grumpy and Mr.Happy are using locals to settle a feud or are the two pin heads the same guy with different heads.

Either way I'm hearing more of what the grey's said earlier coming outta the red's mouth.

Lukkai

Or partners/brothers or the like. Working closely together.

Gunsolo

Happy turkey day! Smile

I wonder if Mr. Mist and Mr. Eerie are the same person with different pin-masks and bow-ties.
I'm thinking that mostly because they look so similar and because the triple signpost said there was an outsider. Singular, not plural. Smile

TheDerangedOne

Quote from Gunsolo:

Happy turkey day! Smile

I wonder if Mr. Mist and Mr. Eerie are the same person with different pin-masks and bow-ties.
I'm thinking that mostly because they look so similar and because the triple signpost said there was an outsider. Singular, not plural. Smile

.Ah, that's right.

Wait a minute... Mist.... Eerie... Ah, Mystery. Clever.

Mysteries can not be known other than that they exist until they are uncovered and solved. Which would explain the signpost not having any answers.

Optionally they can just be eliminated and saves all that headache of mystery solving at the cost of not knowing the reasons behind it in full. Heh, an arms dealer mystery. so fitting for elimination.

So sorry everyone. Short version: Keith is really, really ill. He managed to get himself the flu or something. He could try to draw the comic but his hand is shaking so bad you wouldn't recognize anything.

Long version: I totally spaced on posting this filler that he sent me. My bad. Entirely my bad.

In addition to this lovely filler, though, I recently wrote a story as part of a commission by Mysteries of the Arcana fan, guest star, patron, and space elf Aleena. It is the first chapter in an ongoing science fiction noir detective serial. If you're interested, you can read it here.

For our readers who are Pathfinder players, one of my favorite 3pp publishers, Flaming Crab Games is holding a Kickstarter to raise money for a book of 200 archetypes they're writing. I'm not contributing directly to the book but I will probably be editing it. Give it a look and, if you like it, please consider supporting it. They're already just $50 or so from their goal and their stretch goals are excellent.

Again, so very sorry. We should hopefully be back on track come Monday. Thanks for hanging with us!

Gunsolo

Get well soon Keith. Smile

Hacked!

Sorry Sorry