Talk:Least I Could Do

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  • Edit the entry on Rayne to a more manageable size consistent with the size of other main characters or split Rayne Summers off into his own article.
  • Assertively patrol edits that contain time-sensitive content (such as those referring to "recent" storylines, as those storylines only remain recent for a limited time-frame).
  • Include information on Least I Could Do Meets related to the comic community, Ryan Sohmer and/or Lar deSouza.
  • Complete cast avatars.
  • Quotes, A few good, memorable quotes would be a nice section ... maybe a top ten. If not, maybe someone could create a section for it in WikiQuotes.
  • With the departure of Chad, I think we should add in a section for the artists of LICD. Talk a bit about Trevor, Chad, and Lar. I can write up some things on Chad and Lar, but don't have much on Trevor. Could someone start this up with Trevor talk, and then we'll add Chad and Lar?

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[edit] Rayne

I wanted to point out something in the summary. During the part where Rayne has the Keira Knightley thing he claims that he's never led a girl on, yet in some of the earlier strips he's actually told girls that he's loved them. It was more of a casual "love you too" type thing, like someone would say in return to someone else (rather than an actual confession of love), but that would still be considered leading someone on by most standards of society. It's one of the earlier black & white ones (before Cyndi Wang I believe). I'll try & locate the exact one & post it. It's a small thing, but it's still an inconsistency in the storyline. I know, I'm too much of a geek. The sad thing is I'm not even really that big of a fan & I'm pointing this out. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 10:09, 13 May 2008 (UTC)Tokyogirl79


[edit] Too Much Plot

I don't really mind, but this article focuses far to much on the plot and details about the characters. If any hardcore wiki people ever stumble onto this page you'll be hard pressed to defend against their arguments for cutting a good half of this stuff out. DevinOfGreatness (talk) 01:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Blind Ferret Entertainment

Now that BFE handles stuff for more than one webcomic (also does the CAD-Premium animations, etc), do you think we should break it out into its own page? Discuss. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.32.118.156 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 2005 July.

I actually came to this page to see if there was a discussion on it, Since Blind Ferret Entertainment now handles Ctrl Alt Del, Player Verses Player and Least I Could Do and after bagging PVP will probably expand to include some more of the top webcomics they should have their own article even if for now it is just a brief description and a list of the properties they handle. --Seth Turner 12:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

  Bodhisattvaspath • Talk • Contribs   06:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC): Blind Ferret Entertainment is currently handling projects for Least I Could Do, Looking for Group, Ctrl+Alt+Del & PvP, including web broadcast episodes and is currently attempting to produce the Least I Could Do webcomic as a cartoon series with Teletoon.

[edit] Porter's name

If Chad's middle initials are WM, is there a reason not to write it as "W.M."? JamesMLane 06:13, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I guess it could be done like that, but Chad himself has always printed his name as WM., not W.M. ... to be honest I don't know if it's 2 middle names or if he uses both letters for the initials of one middle name, though I have always presumed that the former was the case. For now I will change it on the site to Chad WM. Porter.

[edit] Account Name

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[edit] LFG Comic

I can't find my WikiLogin details, call me lazy.

Surely the LFG Comic should be linked at the bottom of the article, along with the other links?
84.12.23.104 11:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
^^ The above was me :) Miles 2397 12:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Bodhisattvaspath 05:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC): Looking For Group is not a spin-off from Least I Could Do. It is a separate project created by Sohmer and deSouza. There is some erroneous information in the sub-article as well, such as the reference to Cale'Anon being a "Blood Elf". That is not referenced anywhere in Looking For Group, nor do I recall either Sohmer or deSouza mentioning it on their forum.

[edit] bra man

why does Bra Man redirect here? --Eahiv 02:54, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Read the article (or the strip) and you just might find out! AMK1211 04:53, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Run on sentences

Hey guys, the period is your friend. In normal writing there's usually no need for more than four or five commas in a single sentence. Poor writing cheapens the quality of the article, and I'm sure we all want the LICD article to appear to non-strip-readers in the best possible light. Osurak 23:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Storylines

In the character section, I don't think it is necessary to get into each and every recent storyline since the skydiving arc. IMO this should be removed or placed into a separate section. Thoughts? Osurak 23:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Specifically I'm talking about the Rayne entry, which is about five times longer than any of the others. Osurak 23:59, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

This is very true. I've started cleaning up the entries, starting with the supporting cast. I'll be significantly shortening the entries over the new few weeks. Let leave this wiki page as an information page, not a novel version of the comic, ok people? Arcidius 06:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Bodhisattvaspath 16:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC): That Rayne entry is getting long again, with the addition of more and more recent storyline arcs. Contributors are also failing to correct for time-indicative information, such as "recent" and "recently". If there's going to be a "history of Rayne", it should either have its own section, or be a different page entirely (preferably the latter).
The numerous mentions of Seline are particularly getting excessive. Especially since some of them were updated once and never again. As for the above suggestion, I would support alternatively suggestion creation of a separate "storyline" section, and a large reduction in the character description of Rayne and other characters. The storylines could be detailed outside of the descriptions of the characters. JeffHCross (talk) 05:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20030718
Friday 18 July 2003 - Trevor Adams
http://web.archive.org/web/20030727074317/http://leasticoulddo.com/
Saturday 19 July 2003
Trevor had to unexpectedly leave town tonight, and was unable to complete Saturday's strip. In which case, no new strip today. Trev will be back on Sunday, so we won't miss more than one.
Monday 21 July 2003
It appears that this weekend is the time for news.
Due to personal issues and family obligations, Trevor will no longer draw for Least I Could Do. I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
What does this mean for us?
Well, it means that I'm now on the hunt for a new artist to replace Trevor, and there will be no updates for a couple of days while I search.
Tuesday 22 July 2003
We get by... with a little help from our friends.
If all of you could find a friend & partner such as Lar, you'd be the better off for it. Believe you me.
Rather than leaves you folks without any LICD goodness for a few days, Lar has pitched in and drew a couple of the scripts I planned on putting out this week.
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20030722
Tuesday 22 July 2003 - Lar deSouza
Thursday 24 July 2003
We've found our new artist for LICD. Beginning this Monday (July 28th), we are back to a 6 strip/week schedule. For all intents and purposes, consider is LICD version 2.0.
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20030728
Monday 28 July 2003 - Chad WM. Porter
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20050813
13 Aug 2005 - Chad WM. Porter
http://web.archive.org/web/20050816111318/http://www.leasticoulddo.com/
15 Aug 2005
3 years ago, I started a strip called Least I Could Do with a guy around my age, named Markus. Markus and I put about 4 strips together before realizing it just wasn’t going to work. The source material was shite, and what I had in mind wasn’t meshing with his style.
The project was shelved for a few months while I worked on scripts, and generally getting my ass together. I decided I would hire an artist this time, and I was lucky enough to find Trevor Adams. Trevor and I brought LICD to the web for 8 months, and it was a wonderful learning experience for the both of us.
Eventually though, real world called Trevor, and he was forced to leave the strip in favor of one of those fancy 9-5 jobs. I was disappointed, because I felt we were just on the cusp of things, but the circumstances dictated his actions, and I can’t fault him for that.
Once Trevor left, I offered the strip to my collaborator and best friend Lar deSouza, who was forced to pass it up due to similar issues as Trevor. Always being ‘the man’, Lar used his contacts and introduced me to one Chad WM. Porter.
For the past 2 years, I have had the pleasure and the honor to work with Chad to create around 630 strips. We have put together a strip, and a community to go with it, that I never thought possible. With Chad’s style mixed with my warped sense of humor, I really felt as if we created something unique on the internet.
...
For the last 6 months, Chad has been struggling with his duties here with LICD. Aside to the strip, Chad works 10 hours a day during the week. Adding about 4 hours a day to do the strip, does not leave room for much else.
...
He’s not only my partner in crime here, but he’s one of my closest friends’ on the planet.
...
With our artist leaving, I had 2 choices in front of me. The first, was to quit LICD and move to another project. But, as I’ve said earlier, the only time I will ever stop writing this strip is when they nail my coffin shut, so my only real option was to find another artist.
My first choice, always my first choice in everything, was to approach Lar. While he did shoot my ass down a few years ago, I was ecstatic when he accepted the position and agreed to become my partner.
...
Thus begins LICD v3.0. Big things are coming.
Stick around.
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index2.php?date=20050815
15 Aug 2005 - Lar deSouza

I thought the above might be an interesting historical reference. I'll dump it here, it may contain useful information for the article. Shinobu 06:39, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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