PlaneShift
Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Giraut Mawhrin on December 15, 2007, 02:47:38 am
-
Hello everybody,
After dropping the Yliakum Herald for quite some time, I've decided to start a new paper. It's called the Crystal Chronicle, and it is a weekly edition. It will be mainly sold by me in Hydlaa and Akkaio. Like in the Herald, you will find stories, news, tips, travelling ideas,... , as well as a weekly contest with a money prize in the Chronicle.
If you want to contribute content, or run classified ads in the Chronicle, simply contact me, here or in-game. I pay for articles and stories. If you want to distribute the newspaper, I can sell them to you at price and you can keep the proceeds of the sales.
The first edition is in print. Contact me if you would like a copy :)
Take care yall.
-
Isn't Crystal Chronicle a game?
???
-
Subtitle of a Final Fantasy spin-off for gamecube, yup. But who cares.
-
Me! I care!
Ok, you got me... I don't give a crap.
I wish you better luck than any of your many predecessors.
-
I'll help you, maybe write some articles or something, if I ever find free time and you combined.
Good luck :thumbup:
-
Oooh! Ooo! Sell a few to Suvok's Bookshop! Go on, you know you want to. :D
-
Isn't Crystal Chronicle a game?
Well okay, I really should have googled that name before using it, silly me :)
I'll rename it the Yliakum Chronicle then. Thanks for letting me know about this.
[...]
I wish you better luck than any of your many predecessors.
Keep trying, maybe eventually you won't be such an utter failure.
Thanks a lot :/
-
Bloody tabloids. You shouldn't call it Yliakum Chronicle for the same reason that guilds shouldn't have the word Yliakum. That is unless you collect news from all the levels somehow.
-
Yeah, how about 'The Azure Sun'? Or 'The Dome Daily Mirror'? 'Hydlaa Times' maybe? 'Ojaveda Independant'? Or ... hum, ran out of ideas. :P
-
How about 'The Crystal Chronicle.'
-
How about the... Hydlaa Herald?
-
Bloody tabloids. You shouldn't call it Yliakum Chronicle for the same reason that guilds shouldn't have the word Yliakum.
How about The Bloody Tabloid?
-
[...]
I wish you better luck than any of your many predecessors.
Keep trying, maybe eventually you won't be such an utter failure.
Thanks a lot :/
Is there a reason you quoted my sig?
-
Is there a reason you quoted my sig?
Oh that was your sig? nevermind then, I copy/pasted the whole thing, I didn't realize it wasn't part of your message :)
-
Personally I don't think naming the newspaper Crystal Chronicle is a bad idea. Actually I think it is a great idea. The point is your trying to stick with the settings and that is a good thing. Your considering the dev staff's hard work with the settings. I am sure you could come up with names for the newspaper till hell freezes over, people will still be able to argue it. It is all semantics. We are all behind you with the newspaper idea and no one seems to disagree. Why nitpick? Since it was your idea Giraut Mawhrin, I think you should name it whatever you want. Especially if your successful with it and have been putting the work into it.
It will be alot of hard work but it would be nice to see someone pull this off again. I know Ogu and Proglin at one point had a newspaper. Well, actually it was a Kran standing in Hydlaa Plaza. The idea was there and they worked with what they had (No books were implimented). It worked out really well and was a big hit in PlainShift. I guess they stopped it because all good things must come to an end and it was alot of work. They couldn't get enough people on staff to report news and it become a full time job for those working on the paper. Time they didn't have to spare.
I think it will be nice to have a newspaper again. I would have a source to catch up on the news in Yliakum when I can't be in game seeing these events take place. I look forward to your newspaper Giraut Mawhrin and good luck to you.
-
Personally I don't think naming the newspaper Crystal Chronicle is a bad idea. Actually I think it is a great idea. The point is your trying to stick with the settings and that is a good thing. Your considering the dev staff's hard work with the settings. I am sure you could come up with names for the newspaper till hell freezes over, people will still be able to argue it. It is all semantics. We are all behind you with the newspaper idea and no one seems to disagree. Why nitpick? Since it was your idea Giraut Mawhrin, I think you should name it whatever you want. Especially if your successful with it and have been putting the work into it.
Maybe he wants to be original?
-
Maybe.
Seems to me he was happy with Crystal Chornicle though. That is the impression I got from his first post. I see others in this thread more concerned about the name being original. Which is good if they give suggestions of names that fit better. I see him trying to accommodate changing the name but he isn't going to make everyone happy. I was just pointing out to him that it seems fine with the name he has and to not stress so much about it. Besides it can always be changed.
/me shrugs and carries on her merry little way
-
He didn't realize it when he first created the name. But it doesn't matter.
-
I agree... a good newspaper would be appreciated. If it's well done... if it's not, then it'll be boring and useless, but if it is it could be a really good IC way to keep people aware of what's going on.
-
I hope this succeeds, I bought a copy and I really like it. \\o// I think that if it is filled with interesting stuff every edition then I will continue to buy it. Good luck :)
-
Since it was your idea Giraut Mawhrin, I think you should name it whatever you want. Especially if your successful with it and have been putting the work into it.
Well, if someone isn't happy with the name, I'm happy to change it. I'm not here to impose anything :) Besides, the Crystal Chronicle name has two drawbacks: (1) it is taken (confusing), and (2) try googling "Crystal Chronicle" and you'll only get FF links. If I ever put backissues of the Yliakum Chronicle online, it'll be a bit of a pain.
It will be alot of hard work but it would be nice to see someone pull this off again.
When I made the Herald a while back, it was just too much work. And people kept p*ing me off about this and that article that I rejected, and others were unhappy because I didn't want to give them the title of ed in chief when they had contributed one measly piece, etc etc... Eventually it was too much and I gave the Herald to someone who promptly disappeared and killed it.
The Herald was very successful for the short time it existed, so I'm hoping to do the same with the Chronicle. Only this time, it'll be a weekly mag instead of daily (less work) and I won't really care if people are unhappy with it :-) So far, the response has been good though, and people are willing to give it another shot.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words everybody. And remember, if you want to run an ad, contribute articles or sponsor the paper, just contact me in-game, I'll be at your disposal :)
-
TheYliakum Chronicle is a welcome addition to PlaneShift for me.
Thanks Giraut!
-
..... just contact me in-game, I'll be at your disposal :)
I would love to be a customer. Good luck to you and I will see you in game for one of those newspapers. :sorcerer:
-
My character, Hearken Geistig, would like to write an article! /tell me and we'll talk!