CWCki Forums Auction

[NegaCWC]

But in any case, if people are thinking of buying it for the forum or whatever, I would emphatically vote no. Mainly because I want to see what happens when his debt shit hits critical mass; if someone bought his drawing, he'd just blow through the money and be back where he started a couple weeks later, thereby delaying the inevitable.

Using the same reasoning it can be argued that giving Chris the money he wants shouldn't be done for Chris's own good. If Chris will actually sell the drawing for 1000$ it would not only encourage him to try to sell his drawings for four digits sums again, but would probably make his attitude toward money even more cavalier. He would be spending all of his money on Lego and wouldn't worry about debts at all. Why should he concern himself with such trivialities when he can always sell another drawing?

Should the forums actually raise the 1000$ Chris wants, we will become greater enablers than Rocky and Anna combined. If on the other hand Chris will not receive the money he wants it might force him to act responsibly for once. Emphasis on "might".

 

[cheersensei]

One C-quarter. Maybe throw in a wooden nickel for a tip.

Because saving for doctor visits are EXPENSIVE.

 

[Sweet and Savoury]

This seems like an irrelevant question, given that we already have a gif of the color drawing. .

This. I already have a high quality print of the work plus because I made it it isn't retardedly laminated.

After all Sonichu is just a copy of Sonic so now I have a copy of the copy.

It's almost surreal in its karma load.

 

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The last time I gave money to the Chandlers I was told I should be banned along with everyone else that contributed to the Fire Care Package. So, helping people immedidately after losing their home stirs up a storm of vitriol that I actually found astounding and I'm a villain for even considering giving them money. Now there's a thread for how much money would you spend for his half-assed crayon drawing. Well, I know the answer to that one now...

I'm just speaking for myself on this.

When Chris burned his house down I too was immediately thinking that we had to chip in and help out the poor sod. In fact, I recall actually setting aside something like 30-40 bucks for him to chip in. But in the end I didn't, and it wasn't because I have some deep-down wanting to see him suffer or because "it's what he deserved," or anything of the sort. For me, it simply boiled down to the realization that Chris doesn't understand how charity works and he doesn't understand how compassion works. He would take it as an reward and then of course be expecting more like some kind of spoiled puppy... and lo and behold here we are now with Chris still begging for gift cards and Legos.

As for considering the possibility of buying something from Chris, again this being my own opinion, I find it more valid because in theory, it shows that he is willing to work to make money. Yes, I realize that statement is a bit of a stretch, and yes, Chris has pretty much fucked up that possibility by being a self-serving, greedy fuckwit, but until today when he basically started yelling at strangers to give him money, he was showing the possibility of doing some modicum of work (albeit his artwork), to actually make income. I would want to encourage that notion as it would put into his head that he actually would have to do something productive to get results.

In any case, I'm sorry you were vilified back in January when the CWCki was going insane. It really was a dark period in the forums.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

Using the same reasoning it can be argued that giving Chris the money he wants shouldn't be done for Chris's own good. If Chris will actually sell the drawing for 1000$ it would not only encourage him to try to sell his drawings for four digits sums again, but would probably make his attitude toward money even more cavalier.

I don't think there's any question of raising a thousand dollars. I thought it was much more likely that a handful of people might put together, say, fifty or a hundred. (Hypothetically, that is; I'm not saying anyone feels the need to do it.) But you are entirely correct that his entitlement would only grow if he were given money. I'm in the camp that thinks his current begging is as strong as it is because of the donation the forum put together for him a few months ago. (Not saying it was wrong to do that, but now we know the result.)

But speaking of, Chris can't demand a thousand dollars from us because we already gave it to him. He isn't allowed to be mad at us anymore.

 

[Owlflaps]

I'd pay a cool 20 dollars for that creepy Sonic totem thingy he made in high school.

 

[Glaive]

Selling fifty drawings at twenty a piece actually would actually be a solid way for him to earn that $1,000. I think at that price it would meet the demand quite well as there are already well over fifty posters saying they would pay that much for one. Or hell, 20 drawings at $50 for that matter going by the poll.

But of course Chris sitting down and spending a 9-5 shift drawing Sonichu for a week to cover these multiple drawings is going far beyond his available stress limit. And that's being generous and assuming each one takes 3-4 hours. Someone send that man some adderall.

 

[Night Terror]

I'd pay no more than a few dollars. It'd be kinda funny to own one of his shitty drawings, but they're not worth more than two or three dollars, five at the very most.

 

[The Nameless One]

If I had seen the original auction in time, you can bet I would have whipped out $100 to purchase the drawing right away (partially due to chronic impulsiveness). I would have gotten a good laugh out of it, and I have no doubts that Chris wouldn't have just made another drawing and put it up for sale at a higher price, leading us to the exact same spectacle with the second drawing that we've been seeing with the first..

If I had the money, I would pay, I dunno, $300 or so on the drawing now just because of how much the drama unfolding around it has caused its significance to increase. People can say "Oh, it's just computer paper drawn on with cheap markers, so it's not worth more than $1," but in this case you're not buying a generic, functional commodity, you're buying a specific item that is unique by virtue of the events surrounding it. If the price of the doodle were dependent on the quality of the materials, it would actually be completely worthless because it's a piece of paper that's already been drawn on, so it's functionally useless. How much would you pay for a square of cheap, scratchy toilet paper?

If Chris were churning out Sonichu drawings left and right, yeah, I wouldn't spend any more than $10, maybe $20 at the most for one, and even that would be stretching it.

EDIT: And the more I think about it, $10 would probably be my absolute limit for a generic, mass-produced "hand-drawn original."

 

[milkshark]

Buying Chris' art is ludicrous. Are you going to hang it up in your house? Is Ansel Adams just not spergy enough for your home decor? I mean I know people blow money at the casino and justify it by saying it was entertainment. It really just seems spergy. Trying to pull the strings in Chris' strange life story has been fun, but this is just lazy. The Father Call didn't cost any money to make. Throwing your money at a brat that just wants money isn't funny. I don't know, I am just going to wait and see how this pans out. The damn drawing is going to sell, without a doubt. I can't think of a situation where anyone buys it and does more than brag online and then put the ugly thing in a closet to be forgotten.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I have Chris screaming at me in multiple videos. Far as I'm concerned, I already own all the christory I care to.

 

[Hyperion]

I'd give him like $5. The real money for me is in a TRUE and HONEST Blake Sonichu medallion.

 

[Xarpho]

Even if Chris gets $5, that's still more than it's worth and would be stroking his ego. Better webcomic artists get paid less for their art.

 

[Seahorses]

So what are you all going to do with this when you get it? Stick the drawing in a pickle jar?

 

[Xarpho]

But in the end I didn't, and it wasn't because I have some deep-down wanting to see him suffer or because "it's what he deserved," or anything of the sort. For me, it simply boiled down to the realization that Chris doesn't understand how charity works and he doesn't understand how compassion works. He would take it as an reward and then of course be expecting more like some kind of spoiled puppy... and lo and behold here we are now with Chris still begging for gift cards and Legos.

FIFY. At least, I think this is what you meant to say, in context.

 

[LM 697]

Just sent him $300. Hope he enjoys.

 

[Hyperion]

So what are you all going to do with this when you get it? Stick the drawing in a pickle jar?

I'll donate it to GLAAD.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Chris' artwork is worthless, it's childish crap that he just scribbles down without any effort or thought, he'd have to pay me to have that shite in my home.

If anybody's actually willing to pay for a piece of Cwc art, than I'm assuming that they're actually paying to have something that's associated with dubious internet celebrity and use it as a random conversation starter as opposed to them actually thinking the drawing itself is worth money.

 

[Pikonic]

I put 50 or less, like if he made a booth at comic con I'd pay 25 for some CWC crap but that's about it.
If he wants triple digits I'm gonna need something that isn't marker and paper, send me a ceramic Pikonic and I might break out a franklin

 

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FIFY. At least, I think this is what you meant to say, in context.

Yup, thanks. *stress sigh* I'm having one of those days where I'm meaning to type one thing and instead I type out platypus. Y'know what I mean, Avacado bruise twelve?