The PlaneShift Times - Coming Soon!

[Jazeera]

Sounds interesting... but how you would get content atm is really bugging me yet it could be fun to have a newspaper... ah well good luck and all that

[Annah]

Sounds interesting... but how you would get content atm is really bugging me

 Just take a look at the Guilds forum, or the roleplaying one

[Jazeera]

lol, you might have a point there Annah

Ah well let\'s give it chance, walks off to get subscribed  

[buddha]

I\'m delighted by how much the mods encourage innovations around here.  Perhaps things would move forward better if people didn\'t immediately start shouting \"that\'s a dumb idea I\'ve already seen!\"

So I\'ll put aside my \"been there, done that\" attitude and go check out what my fellow players are doing.  Thanks Adyna!

[Kiern]

Originally posted by buddha
I\'m delighted by how much the mods encourage innovations around here.  Perhaps things would move forward better if people didn\'t immediately start shouting \"that\'s a dumb idea I\'ve already seen!\"

I agree that the attitude is bad and I don\'t see why people feel the need to post stupid things like that...but being a moderator doesn\'t make a difference either way.

[buddha]

Will the PS Times be IC or OOC?  I\'m very interested if it is IC, but not as much otherwise.


Edit: Repeat after me: \"I will not critisize the mods unless I have something useful to say.\"

I will not critisize the mods unless I have something useful to say...
I will not critisize the mods unless I have something useful to say...

[Tharizdun]

Will there be any way to read the current or past editions of this via browser, or will it be an email-only thing? I think it would be nifty if you could read/contribute to this while in-game, but that sort of feature is a long way away.

You could do celebrity interviews, talkshows, etc in game. Hold a few Q&A sessions in the tavern ( where 99% of all serious journalism takes place ) or on the plaza steps, Jerry-Springer style

[AendarCallenlasse]

buddha:  The mods tend to be objective because we\'ve been around long enough to know which ideas work and fail.

I would like to see this newspaper idea blossom, but this isn\'t the first one, or the second one.  Many newspapers have been created and all of them have died out for the same reasons that have been mentioned.  There is nothing newsworthy to commit long term.

[mikewsnc]

I think the newsletter can survive as long as it is maybe monthly or maybe even bi weekly. this will give there time to possibly be news worth the time to write it. and there is allways a fued between someone on these forum\'s. those are allways fun to read about

[Kiern]

Originally posted by AendarCallenlasse
Many newspapers have been created and all of them have died out for the same reasons that have been mentioned.  There is nothing newsworthy to commit long term.

\"Created\" and \"proposed\" are two very different things...and I wouldn\'t count Kixie\'s as created, though if you did that\'s only one that I can remember that actually started.

So in other words whatever your name was (the creator of the thread, not Aendar)...show your willing to actually do this and you might get some help.

[shifthappens]

If you have a talent for doing this, or even if you don\'t, I strongly encourage you to develop this idea.  Make something happen and don\'t listen to the nay sayers.  At least it will be practical experience and you can draw on it later in rl.  Just Go For It.  Er.  I mean.... Just For Tennis Shoes.   No, that\'s not right either.  I can\'t remember that slogan much anymore.  Something like that......

[Incenjucar]

Just do it, is the phrase you\'re looking for.

[Draklar]

Originally posted by Adyna
But this is not the middle-ages, this is a land of fantasy.  This is what you make it.  Legends in the making.

To encourage the development of a large community of roleplayers that will recreate the beauty and complexity of a virtual medieval world.

No, of course it isn\'t

But yeah, I guess you\'re right. People coming to taverns in order to hear rumors from local bards or barkeeps is a bad idea... Newspaper will certainly give more medieval fantasy feeling. So good luck with it.

*Walks off to create Burger Lord (R) because this is a land of fantasy.*

[Incenjucar]

Now maybe if he acted as the town crier, ya know, IC, and people tossed him trias for his info... heck, they did that in Everquest with an NPC, a PC should manage fine.

[Draklar]

That is actually a good idea...
...that has no connection with newspapers...