What people are saying about "Tough Love"
Tough Love
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LoZCollector
over 12 years ago
Hey, is it just me, or has it been a while since we saw Engie-tan in her Engie clothes? Ah well. She looks great.
EltonBM
over 12 years ago
I just give up playing LoL. More than 500 hours, and I'm not a good player? Better change the game.
They say that the DOTA community is quite friendly and well mannered with everyone who is still learning how to play the game. I might try it when it become available.
Well, maybe not.
Nope.avi
over 12 years ago
Engie-tan in her engineer clothes looks great.
Liro Raeriyo
over 12 years ago
well Shade me silly.
Sceptilianblade
over 12 years ago
Don't think we can expect a DOTA 3.
Also, do you have an arc planned or something? I'm getting a wee bit tired of these "Engie-Tan and Tentacle Jo" comics.
anon200
over 12 years ago
Me wants to play dota2 T_T
Implications
over 12 years ago
>Not liking DotA.

>Even SUGGESTING trying LoL.
Hfar
over 12 years ago
Oddly for some reason I find this version of engie-tan to be hotter than usual. I'm not entirely certain why.
Adria_Penguin
over 12 years ago
Holy shit Jo...

This new shading style... man, it looks awesome! I love it!
Bob
over 12 years ago
Holy awesome shading, batman!
O.o
over 12 years ago
Have you ever tried League of Legends, Jo?
Admiral Mudkip
over 12 years ago
Love the new art style.
bonjourno
over 12 years ago
My compliments on a comic strip well done.
lolololololololololololololol
over 12 years ago
love it love the new engie
Mac
over 12 years ago
NerfNow: Now with shading gradients!
isten
over 12 years ago
Im suprised you actually say its graphics are nice... i think they are awful, compared to original DotA or LoL (which both are colorful and not-too-serious), too pastel, too dark, too everything-looks-the-same-brown. But whatever, the point is the gameplay.
Also as everyone else mentioned: strip is
Nasdi
over 12 years ago
Since dota is hard to some people, moba champions is currently making short video tutorials, we already released our first video that can be found here and we should be coming out with more short and helpful tutorials soon. please leave any feedback or comments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_fFJhFj6Zw
I just came back again
over 12 years ago
I've said it before and I'll say it again: GOD DAMN I LOVE THIS VERSION OF ENGI-TAN

She actually looks better with more clothes on. Odd, but true.
Way to go, Jo!
over 12 years ago
I LOVE this strip. I've missed the old, well-shaded comics so much, and this is a return to form - big time. Engi-tan never looked so good before. KEEP IT UP!
Michael Duren
over 12 years ago
I just want to say that fully clothed non-fanservicey Engi-tan looks amazing. And not just because of the shading (though it helps.)
T Chicken
over 12 years ago
Nerf now is in HD Edition!
Red
over 12 years ago
Lovely engie
Ironic Name
over 12 years ago
Ironic Comment
Daniel
over 12 years ago
Shaded Engie is exceptionally shaded.
McButterpants
over 12 years ago
SUDDENLY, SHADING!

Beautiful, beautiful shading!
theRx
over 12 years ago
Oh hi shading.
anon
over 12 years ago
now this is how you'd get your name seriously out there, jo.
O.O
over 12 years ago
quality is so good...
Engi-tan looks amazing...
Jaladin
over 12 years ago
Loving the highlights and shading!
RoderickBR
over 12 years ago
Engie-tan looks surprisingly good in a more... complete outfit. [url=#user_comment_95095] @Shtorovchan[/url]: He always liked Dota. He's just making fun how Dota2 seems even more harder for him than the first.
butts
over 12 years ago
oh my
look at the colours
zeruf
over 12 years ago
what is this? SEVERAL layers of shading? engie-tan with less than 70% of her skin revealed? in MY nerfnow? (i like it)
Frodyne
over 12 years ago
[url=#user_comment_95012]@remember[/url] Where did you get the silly idea that copyright only lasts 2 years in the US? For most computer games it is 95 years... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Duration_of_copyright
I
over 12 years ago
Fucking brazilian faggot
Shtorovchan
over 12 years ago
Wait a sec... Shading is more detailed, ... Engie-tan has a normal outfit,... and you actually like a game you're talking about?! WHERE IS THE REAL JO AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!?!?
Akkml
over 12 years ago
Damn man that is some nice shading, I'd love to see it in other comics
maybe
over 12 years ago
you are just a shit player at everything (including tf2)
over 12 years ago
OMG
JO..JUST....JUST....THANK YOU
THE MOST BAUTIFULL THINK I SAW IN A GOD DAMN WHILE!
Anony
over 12 years ago
Call me weird but I think she looks hotter in the normal engie gear.
2033
over 12 years ago
seriously, engie(1) is hot as ever. No - even hotter.
anon
over 12 years ago
the new shading is AWESOME, and engie tan looks hot despite normal clothes.

KEEP IT UP
derple
over 12 years ago
yeah, all the noobs get into the beta right now...very clever valve..
Toothball
over 12 years ago
I wanted to find out what the fuss over DOTA was about, after having missed out on the entire RTS scene so far. But both my attempts to apply for the beta seems to have been ignored. Maybe it's better for me this way.
over 12 years ago
I liked how the TENTACLE got RAPED this time around.
Serathis
over 12 years ago
I hate it. DOTA single handedly destroyed pretty much every other Warcraft 3 CGs. It spawned a new genre that consists of *nothing* but clones with innovation rivaling that of EA Sports games.
Heroes of Newerth killed Savage 2, which was an infinitely better game. And not a clone in the slightest.
Nanosheep
over 12 years ago
Its good to know you're working on your shading, bro.
Kana
over 12 years ago
Hi guys! Anyone has an extra invite that can spare me? Please! I want to play the demo :(
over 12 years ago
It still has the NerfNow flair, it's just been polished. Keep it up.

(The only discrepancy in the NerfNow thing is the radiosity in panel 2 and 4, it just causes an odd highlight not present in most of your other works.
over 12 years ago
ahh yes, less of a learning curve, and more of an orbital Launch Trajectory...
Bob
over 12 years ago
And the community is still shit.

Also, I like the shading in this one.
Ashiyama
over 12 years ago
Best one yet!
Still waiting.
over 12 years ago
Dota2:Play Me...

Me: How can I play you if you never gave me my freaking beta key dammit!
mat
over 12 years ago
btw how u sign in ta dis place im just typin mah name and writin comments tell me now >:-(
mat
over 12 years ago
troll youve just been trolled
mat
over 12 years ago
lol thats funny nice new comic btw eem...also hadd me an deviant art and steam,plus i cant belive people dont go to your deveant theyll know u updated the art!!!!!! oh well add me
deviant-mattsnation
steam-chachoman300 or BLOOD SHOT
An Onymous
over 12 years ago
Is it just me or did the art get better in this comic? It looks good, especially on Engie-tan, though I agree with another comment about the old Engie (orange hair), I do miss her too :{
QQ McQ
over 12 years ago
So jelly...still waiting on my invite

To be good at dota, you pretty much need the equivalent knowledge and hours required to get a masters.
= 3=
over 12 years ago
hawt engie-tan(1). sry, but im a fan of the old engie. ;-;
i miss her...
Cruel_Armpit
over 12 years ago
Oooh, very nice new style. Engie came out perfect.
Truth
over 12 years ago
Sometimes, even Engie-tan has to dress *slightly* modestly. Just goes to show you that you don't have to be stripped to the skivvies to be hot.

The improved shading on dem curves doesn't hurt. Kudos.
remember
over 12 years ago
DotA is not made by BLizzard and they have no right concerning it. Furthermore you can only make a copyright for 2 years in America so.... They cant do anything against it. If Blizzard tries to sell a game like Dota i would only laugh at them...
Kaze
over 12 years ago
dem overalls! o~o
Merc
over 12 years ago
Oooh Engie is in higher res... which somehow gave her a work shirt and acutal overalls. XD
Got it
over 12 years ago
Now do porn in the new art style.

FUCKING
DO IT
Einhander
over 12 years ago
I like the new art style, but if were sticking with this one, then I'm going to miss the old one.

It's like, the new one doesn't have that Nerf NOW! feel. But oh well. Let's just see as time passes by!
Tkun
over 12 years ago
So this is how you rape a tentacle monster.
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Good to know...
Pyro_Daddy
over 12 years ago
Oh my God I'm loving the color usage in this. Engie looks so HD and laid backness. Double win.
Johnny
over 12 years ago
A wild NEW ART STYLE appeared!
I'm not complaining, I personally think it looks awesome. Plus the new design for engie-tan is nice, too. It looks more like a female engineer and less like...engie. Which isn't entirely a good thing, but I think the rewards outweigh the benefits.
Cyclone Duke
over 12 years ago
[url=#user_comment_94987]@J[/url]: In actuality the content/subject matter of the comic has a lot of varience. He covers a lot of different games and also other non-game topics too.
Cyclone Duke
over 12 years ago
[url=#user_comment_94987]@J[/url]: Just about every comic out there has you know, characters. They are needed to have dialog, be put in situations and tell jokes. CAD, Penny Arcade, VGcats, Fanboys, Sinfest to name a few, have at least two characters and just put them in different situations, to deliver jokes.
aber
over 12 years ago
Funny, I just come from doing a 8-streak rampage vs bots as huskar(first dota2 game ever, finally). So yeah, the bots are tough (not as tough as DotA1 ones, but a lot more than LoL's) but they're exploitable with the correct hero.
Nerfnow
over 12 years ago
@random guy from the internet: It's... more work. Not -that- much work, but I already write, draw and paint. I will try to keep it on though since you guys seen to like it. :)
Daniel
over 12 years ago
Pfft. Real RTS games are where it's at.
VinLAURiA
over 12 years ago
[url=#user_comment_94968]@lobrujack[/url]: It's pretty much what the other Engie always wears. The strawberry-blonde one with the longer hair.
J
over 12 years ago
Did anyone else like Nerfnow a lot more before half the comic turned into these dialogues between the tentacle and engie-tan?

Shit got old awhile ago.
V
over 12 years ago
"Play me... Play me...and noobs will envy your power...
Play me... and IceFrog will bow at your feet...
Play me... and you shall be 1337...

I told you could not leave me so easily. Ha Ha Ha!"
Khârn the Betrayer
over 12 years ago
Beautiful shading bud! I know it takes longer to do but, once and a while I hope you do more shaded comics.
Hiicantpk
over 12 years ago
I find it kind of funny that it is a comic about Dota 2, but there is advertisements on the sides of the page for League of Legends
over 12 years ago
I forgot to mention, but is that ambient radiocity I see?
over 12 years ago
The lines are bolder, the shading is done id gradients, and the shading itself is done in a much more standard way. Way to go! More you put in the more you get out.
lobrujack
over 12 years ago
Oh hey, I like the new engie-tan outft!
random guy from the internet
over 12 years ago
your shading looks great...please keep it up if it isn't not too much work
T. S.
over 12 years ago
Tough love, baby!
Kazmohdim
over 12 years ago
I see a noticeable difference in your art here. Good job, looks great, though im not sure if it takes away from what Nerfnow used to look like.
4tran
over 12 years ago
I'm surprised blizzard isn't bringing out the lawyer armies...
Aramaru
over 12 years ago
The shading/coloring really makes a big difference, thumbs up!
Mick
over 12 years ago
Love the new shading.
LordX1
over 12 years ago
Looks like the graphics have gone up a level :D
VinLAURiA
over 12 years ago
Shading shading?

Looks nice.