No Place Like Cave
The Gamer's Basement...
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Now that he knows her name it's only a matter of time until he has a similar moment to Marigold's in the coffee shop...
The "Foul enchantress..." line is the funniest thing in this whole arc -- Dale is aware of his danger of becoming a monitor-burnt troglodite. (Also, this has to be the first time in her life [or would that be in her uptime? ] that anyone has called May an enchantress of any sort.)
On the one hand: Dale, you handsome dork! On the other: I don’t mind losing the immersion by learning their name or seeing how they look since it’s like I know it’s a performance but simultaneously recognize the danger in that info being known since some people are… stupid, to be polite
Presumably in the QC Universe, Hedge-funder Bastards have not bought up all the property and driven housing prices to incomprehensible levels...
No, hedge-finder AI bastards did it.
May's thought processes on point.
From an investment perspective, now is not the time to buy a house. Soon... but not yet.
Yikes - https://www.zillow.com/homes/Northhampton-MA_rb/
Actually, this one isn't too bad - https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/39-Middle-St-Northampton-MA-01062/57021257_zpid/
So which one of the cast is going to start a business of providing temporary fake houses? You know, like the fake girl/boyfriend services for when your parents visit and you are hiding that you are either a loser or LGBT or something.
At least in my area mortgages are much cheaper than rent if you can get a down payment. But rent around here is INSANE. However, with what Marbear is bringing in, they may be able to get something for cash.
Don't say "my immersion" Dale, you sound like a Skyrim modder. Sincerely, A Skyrim Modder.
Does Skyrim exist in QC? Because Dale would totally be a Skyrim modder.
Daaaaaaaang
you'd think Dale's immersion bubble would be more permeable at this point after living with his gaming nemesis
Also, looking forward to the future interaction that will come from Marigold who said: “My manager says I should buy a house. But I like my apartment, …” into “This is my house”
Dale calling May a “Foul Enchantress” might be the most accurate phrase I have heard today.
I can't help thinking that May's answer is the right one. They need a house with a gamer basement, May can use the rest and it might as well be in her name.
Assuming Marigold doesn't have a separate room they made into her streaming room, she is still streaming from her bedroom. That's convenient, but it also means she has zero physical separation from everyday/relaxation/sleep/work which can do funny things to a psyche as many people in wfh have learned in the past 2 years So yeah i agree, something like that would totally be good for them
Dale is a 'no spoilers' guy
Does May's round voice bubble imply that she had total human voice synthesis on that comment?
Probably just a slip up I would assume. Interesting though if it is deliberate!
This is so good. There are like 5 punchline-worthy lines. I love the absurdity, the pacing, and the way they're freaking out and still keep their sense of humor. I love how Marigold casually accepts that Dale wants to think of Aurelia as Mommymilkers and corrects herself and moves on. I love how Dale sees (or pretends to see) "you can live in the basement" as temptation. They're all ridiculous, and I love them.
I love how May understood already that Dale and Marigold would find living in the basement as a tempting compromise to home ownership.
Yes. Find a site that lets you search the MLS database. You'll wonder why you ever used another site.
I love watching the current issue of magical love gentlemen make it’s way from one reader in the household to the next.
Well, you gotta get as much mileage as possible out of it...
Dale cracks me up
Curiously close to being 6 panels. Works well either way.
Which reminds me, I need to do my monthly crawl over the websites to see if there's anything I can afford. (I *just* missed - I got my share of my father-in-law's house, which was going to be my seed money for another house, a month after prices went nuts in 2020.)
As bad as buying a house is (and I've done it three times), selling a house is infinitely worse.
I'm kinda with Marigold on that last line. Even though I bought a house, I'm still not quite sure how.
We ended up throwing an offer at the first house that was like 90% awesome and through perfect RNG the owners somehow preferred our lower offer over the other, higher offers because our offer was through a conventional loan (vs... fixed-rate? idk, I've forgotten the details)
Love the idea of May as a foul, tempting enchantress. That would be one heck of a great D&D character. (Or villain)
It’s kind of nice to think that everything I know about homebuying is irrelevant in the QC continuity.
Oh, we have so much to learn...
Wait, when did Dale and Marigold move in together?
I don't think they ever did, or else Momo would need a new roommate
I know I shouldn't identify with Dale here, but... BIG MOOD
I’ve bought houses three times and I’d say at best, the experience is.. painful, at worst, agonizing. Tbh though buying pales in comparison to what it’s like to own a house. It’s a never ending stream of something needing attention with costs ranging from cheap (oh I need a new towel rack from the hardware store) to catastrophic (oh the water heater and boiler failed somehow simultaneously or hey why isn’t the food in the fridge cold?). Thankfully I am betting May will be good at managing the whole process if she focuses on it.
Only good part of owning is my rent can't go up. But my heart pump is dead & my upstairs needs lots of work.
time to buy a McMansion on zillow dot com
https://mcmansionhell.com/ Love this blog.
Try housr, Marigold.
Okay, Marigold’s last line made my wife lol, and she has literally never heard of QC.
if they do get a house, i hope jeph does a weeks worth of strips of them being featured in something along the lines of 'mtv cribs', but in a plot twist - it'll be just like the redman episode...
For some reason me suddenly crave cave...
Down and down far underground you go, my lad... Ho ho, my lad.
Time to buy a house!
Oh, goddammit. I completely and unknowingly made a gamer's basement. Thanks, Jeph.
It seems weird to me that no one has mentioned Redfin. Like, its literally the website for nerds to buy houses when you want to not have a real estate agent picking what houses you see. I've literally used it to buy a house 3 times now. (Yay tech jobs and moving around a bit.)
I have... literally never heard of that before? O.o
"My immersion!!!!!" "The siren song of the gamer's basement." We are seeing some facets of Dale as we never have before.
I appreciate the reminder that he's every bit as geeky as Marigold, just expresses it differently. Usually.
May's look of opportunity in panel 3!
I think May is still not quite used to having nice things. The thought of living in a house probably had not occurred to her.
My whole apartment is a gamer basement. Just one big, dank, dark basement... Sometimes, late at night, I can hear the whispers: "for the Horde..."
And now, it's time for the next episode of: "Keeping Up with the Jonses"!
Nice, I was thinking “Marigold in Wonderland”
They need to know that you should never fall in love with a house before the inspection.
And cringe at the weirdest homes that are listed for hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions. Like the house with wall to wall carpets in every room and a bathroom with two toilets and two bidets but no privacy!
Is there a website? Dear child, let me introduce you to the joys of realtor.com and Zillow. Shopping for houses is so much fun that you may never stop. Not even to buy an actual house!
Certainly shopping for houses is a lot more fun than actually buying houses.
This all makes me so happy I bought my house just before the last housing bullshit bubble - mid-2000. The whole house is a nerd castle for my family.
Buying a house was a truly unpleasant expirience. I am gonna love seeing the gripes of these three in that process.
And Momo. Don’t forget Momo.
Yes, as a matter of fact. It is called Zillow.
It's zesty, mate!
May's quick on the uptake today! Also, today I had to ask my realtor to ask the seller's realtor to ask the seller to ask the building's management company to get some documents I need to give to my lender so I can get a loan so I can buy a co-op (apartment, sort of like a condo but with significant differences.) So yeah, home ownership.
I should mention that one person at the lender mentioned that documents from the management company were needed but I had to talk with two other people before I found out _which_ documents they needed. But hey, at least I won't have to worry about the roof when I own an apartment rather than a house.
Someone should get Hannerlore there tout suite!
The adventure begins...