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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Auran on October 25, 2003, 05:22:31 pm

Title: The Printed Media
Post by: Auran on October 25, 2003, 05:22:31 pm: Greetings fellow Planeshifters

There have been in the recent past a lot of proposals and questions regarding printed media in PS(i mean in RP terms not actually printed). I don\'t know what the progress is on the said issue but I for one would like to see a newspaper in regulation in Yliakum. Prior to its ingame implementation, it can be started off as a periodical web chronicle. I have a proposal regarding this but I will present it once I have enough public approval. So what say you ppl. Shall this be or not? Please post your reply here. Also post if you would like to actively participate in such an endeavour and, if so, in what capacity?

thank you

PS-
For those that are concerned about me being assoiated with this newspaper can rest assured that I will not be in a controlling position for the publication.
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Post by: Kiern on October 25, 2003, 05:38:19 pm: Well, yes I think it is a pretty good idea, I think everyone agrees with that, it could work like their old newsletter thing (which they only did one issue of :P ) I would also help out (a lot) if possible, but these things in PS seem to not last long...
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Post by: Auran on October 25, 2003, 05:50:00 pm: To Kiern in particular and everyone else in general:

Oh dont let longevity or persistence bother you. If this really starts off well then it\'ll maintain momentum.
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Post by: Kiern on October 25, 2003, 07:34:15 pm: Yeah, but how do you know if it has started off well? The problem is the leader of the project might just disappear one day and we wouldn\'t be able to do anything about it...and if that happend too often then the whole thing would fall apart and that is usually what happens around here.

Not that I\'m saying I won\'t support it and help out, but I am just pointing that out.

**shuts up**
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Post by: Auran on October 26, 2003, 04:50:29 pm: Well whaddaya know Kiern was right. Since no ones interested I guess i\'ll just drop it.
*shakes fist at the community *
Lousy, Lazy, *$$#@% ingratesX(.
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Post by: Gion on October 26, 2003, 05:14:19 pm: Its a perfect idea,

I myself could use a personal reporter. He/she will be allowed to follow me and write down all the great things i do, dwarven i save, countries i conquer, and, when i save PS from the doomed evil creatures ( couldnt think of a name)

Then the reporter will write a daily based news paper.
People can buy it and 50 , nah , 10% of the income will go to the dwarven foundation.
Thats the foundation of dwarven who have a project to mine a dwarven city.

Wouldn\'t that be great !!!!

Gion.
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Post by: Auran on October 26, 2003, 06:48:43 pm: *paperboy hawking*
Extra! Extra!

Gion goes to a party
He drank and acted a fool all night and even answered nature\'s call twice - Our Gion correspondent reports more on this amazing story.

Extra! Extra!

*Average Yliakum joe*
Joe: Go to hell with your Gion you lousy bumX(. He can hoola naked in main Yliakum square for all I care.
*shakes fist*

:P:P:D
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Post by: Harwen on October 28, 2003, 06:19:20 am: I posted my idea of a newspaper and a notice board in game as well..here (http://planeshift.oodlz.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=5904&boardid=11&styleid=3&sid=ce4f904c68abbf8462bd2fe0f29cf9a3)
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Post by: Auran on October 28, 2003, 04:01:08 pm: I wasn\'t presenting an idea for discussion. I said in the starter post that I was hearing a lot of discussion but didn\'t observe any activity. I wanted to get a paper started right away and was asking for support from likeminded people. But I have given it up now. People here are too lazy to move their asses and do things, all they wanna do is talk about themX( *shakes fist in the community\'s general direction*
Delete this thread will ya, you lousy, @#*#$& mods.
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Post by: Draklar on October 28, 2003, 04:30:25 pm: \"newspaper\" in medieval times? ?(
that\'s crazy, discovery that allowed newspapers to be made was one of events that end medieval times...
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Post by: Auran on October 28, 2003, 05:27:38 pm: just as crazy as having a living chunk of minerals or reptile ppl. This isn\'t authentic medieval setting buddy. Its a fantasty.

BTW- the ancient romans had something similar to the newspaper but it was more like a noticeboard
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Post by: Draklar on October 28, 2003, 06:02:27 pm: yes, it\'s fantasy setting, but placed in medieval times. Since it\'s fantasy it allows various races and lots of magic. Still it doesn\'t allow to implement some discoveries, discovery that allowed making newspapers is one of them. If you don\'t get it, machine guns are good examples too ;)
In medievals everything was writen by hand. Sure PS isn\'t authentic medieval setting, but if you add some stuff (like newspapers) then it won\'t be medieval setting at all
and yes Auran, noticeboard, that\'s what was used in medieval times!
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Post by: Harwen on October 28, 2003, 07:08:55 pm: I dunno, I think it\'s a comprimise between absolute realism and the benifits...

Plus, it wouldn\'t be too hard to \"invent\" since most of the races are above average intelligence:

Carve a letter out of wood and use ink from berries to stamp it to a peice of parchment, make 26 stamps and a few punctuation marks and there you go, from there on in the efficiency of the process would be improved by some Xacha inventing a press of some sort, after all, didn\'t most races come from other worlds? I am not saying it is delivered to everyone\'s door steps, but at least it is possible.

The temple, style of houses and amount of people should suggest for a certain level of technilogical advancement. I think a small printing press wouldn\'t be too much to ask...

I don\'t believe something like that would ruin the fantasy setting too much, as long as ads were kept out of it and such. Again I am talking about one page articles or a summary of major events, not the New York Times or a Wall Street Journal.
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Post by: Jessyn on October 28, 2003, 08:04:56 pm: I still like the idea of a noticeboard more than a newspaper, it seems more... appropriate.

Jessyn
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Post by: seperot on October 28, 2003, 09:34:29 pm: i like te idae it whould be a good thing to add to ps :D
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Post by: Harwen on October 28, 2003, 09:38:44 pm: I agree, the least that there should be is the notice board, the more I want to argue for a newspaper the stupider it seems. The message boards here are enough to give us info on any recent events, so the only thing left is that message board. Which should have it\'s own rules. Check the wish list for a \"brainstorming\" post...
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Post by: DevotedEternal on October 29, 2003, 12:13:39 am: well, i think it should be a notice board... basically the newspaper gets posted on this board and there could be a system for commentation (with a mod, maybe?)

that said, i think it would be possible that their be \"written\" (not really written, of course) copies in a bin of some sort attached to the notice board or soemthing where people could grab personal copies.... i mean, this cant be impossible, there is a library, no?

well thats my input, and auran...i can probobly help out if youd like.
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Post by: Zeonire on October 30, 2003, 02:14:08 am: Lol, if anyone does need help creating an in-game newspaper, I will be glad to help. I have taken 2 years of programming classes and am currently mastering XHTML. I\'d be glad to assist.

-Zeonire.
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Post by: Auran on October 30, 2003, 03:13:37 am: Oh! Damn! Now that I have given up on this issue there a lot of people who\'d like to help:(. This is annoying but what the heck i\'ll bite. Okay so all of the guys who wanna work :

1. We\'ll need an editor-in-chief(I suggest we request Moogie to become that, anyone else wont be able to convince the populace that we are a netral and fair body since I am attached to this).

2. Editors: I\'ll become one and we\'ll need another guy preferably with a flair for english and a prominent community member.

3. Pagesetter and publisher: This will be the guy who takes charge of the website. Sets up the HTML pages for display. Someone with time and aesthetic sense.(Would jess_person like this job?)

4.Reporters: Obviously. Writing skills an advantage but not mandatory. Just file your reports with the editors and we\'ll make stories out of them.

At first we\'ll start it as a free weekly but with growing circulation we\'ll charge a negligible fee (one ruby?). It\'ll always be free for the members with forum rank \"newbie and cool newbie \" who are active (>0.25 posts a day). As and when we change from free, all employees will get paid. So just post you applications on this thread and we\'ll get started as soon as we have a skeleton staff in place and a couple of stories.

thank you
Auran
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Post by: Kiern on October 30, 2003, 03:36:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Auran
f(I suggest we request Moogie to become that, anyone else wont be able to convince the populace that we are a netral and fair body since I am attached to this)

Yeah, that\'s cool and all (although Moogie hasn\'t said anything like she is interested in this, or that she supports it at all like she does almost everything and I\'m sure she has seen it...) but certainly not ALL of the newspaper must be neutral?

Sure, general reporting has to, like when your dealing with facts and stuff...but I think like an opinion part of it would be great, where people send in their opinions (anon or not) about what is currently going on. Nothing too bad would go on there of course, but that is what I would like to work with. But I\'m not sure what the average person will think about it since I, am not.