The Semi-Official Paragon Times Thread II
By
Aaron123,
Posted on: 2005-04-27 17:38 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
12-13 and 14-21 eh? Very Very Odd.
Looks okay, but the thing is that it uses a purely game term (PVP) in what is supposed to be an IC article. Doesn't quite fit, and the bold faced lists look out of place as well. This one, like the Sister Psyche article, doesn't read like something you'd find in a newspaper.
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12-13 and 14-21 eh? Very Very Odd.
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Looks okay, but the thing is that it uses a purely game term (PVP) in what is supposed to be an IC article. Doesn't quite fit, and the bold faced lists look out of place as well. This one, like the Sister Psyche article, doesn't read like something you'd find in a newspaper.
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You guys really take this newspaper thing seriously. By the way, it's a column--"Doc" can write whatever he wants, in the way he wants. Oh, and by the way, he's talking about a game. One that happens to use those terms. It happens to share a vocabulary with certain computer games... what can I do?
Still a good article, just want to keep my previous point on the record. Linking GC and PI via the Arena will bring more annoying /b spamming under level 10 characters into PI.
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Looks okay, but the thing is that it uses a purely game term (PVP) in what is supposed to be an IC article. Doesn't quite fit, and the bold faced lists look out of place as well. This one, like the Sister Psyche article, doesn't read like something you'd find in a newspaper.
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You guys really take this newspaper thing seriously. By the way, it's a column--"Doc" can write whatever he wants, in the way he wants.
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Hehe, it's your own fault for doing such a good job to begin with and establishing the newspaper style/format.
That said, your writing is still fun and I love it when you buck convention...it's fun to watch a writing style evolve!
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Yeah, that's me--always reinventing myself. Or at least trying to. LOL
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Yeah, that's me--always reinventing myself. Or at least trying to. LOL
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It is called re-rolling.
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Yeah, with both hands...
Great article Gilgamesh
Your inovative ability to write and your open love of either Final Fantasy or old sumerian tales intrigue me
but thats another story
im curois cause I heard this somewhere but are you looking for CoH subscribers that would want to write their own articles for the times and i dont mean the one at the end of the comics
im not sure where i heard this but i wanna wirte my own stuff and thought it would be a pretty cool contest
Edit: oh just saw the thread about the paper but does that paper mean the little three page thing in the comic or more along the lines of an actual paper
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Yeah, that's me--always reinventing myself. Or at least trying to. LOL
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It is called re-rolling.
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Yeah, with both hands...
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I hope you mean the first thing that came to my mind and not the second.
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You guys really ought to go easy on Gilgamesh. Writing is not as easy as you think and journalistic writing is even more of a challenge. I personally think he does a fine job of drawing us further into Paragon City!
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I personally think he does a fine job of drawing us further into Paragon City!
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It sounds like some kind of online gaming death trap to me. 
Seriously, I love the articles Gilgamesh (somehow it feels wrong to just say Gil with such a legendary name) writes. It certainly adds to the mythos of Paragon City. When I see Calvin Scott, I think of how he endangered all of us for the love of a woman. Of course, isn't that how everything starts? 
When I see Dock workers in Independence port, I think of the fisherman that was going to take pictures of whales, but instead got to see octopi carnage. Don't get me started on the Hammer of the World.
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It is called re-rolling.
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Yeah, with both hands...
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I hope you mean the first thing that came to my mind and not the second.
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i hope what came to your mind first wasn't what came to mine first, otherwise, DAMN you're sicker than me...
Just wanted to say that this was my least favorite of the articles, for a few reasons:
1) As already pointed out, it felt too OOG and not IG.
2) It had too much of a corny joke feel to it (especially the putt-putt and AAA B-ball line)
3) It didn't sound like a sports page article. Take it from someone who reads that sports page ALOT, the "author" didn't sound like a Mike Lupica or Bob Ryan. Plus, no "athlete" quotes.
4) It didn't give any new information, at least for me. I could find the same info(except the Olympic bid part) on the web site already.
A possible improvement may have been an extra section with box scores and game schedules.
What I really would have liked was an article or an editorial pointing out how the city just spent millions/billions of dollars on three stadiums for heroes, yet haven't spent a dime on cleaning up Boomtown!
This is all just constructive criticism, of course, so take it for what it's worth. In the end, whether I like the article or not, I really do appreciate the time, effort, and enginuity Gil and his team put into them. You guys are awesome, and are another prime example of why this game has the best dev team around.
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Just wanted to say that this was my least favorite of the articles, for a few reasons:
1) As already pointed out, it felt too OOG and not IG.
2) It had too much of a corny joke feel to it (especially the putt-putt and AAA B-ball line)
3) It didn't sound like a sports page article. Take it from someone who reads that sports page ALOT, the "author" didn't sound like a Mike Lupica or Bob Ryan. Plus, no "athlete" quotes.
4) It didn't give any new information, at least for me. I could find the same info(except the Olympic bid part) on the web site already.
A possible improvement may have been an extra section with box scores and game schedules.
What I really would have liked was an article or an editorial pointing out how the city just spent millions/billions of dollars on three stadiums for heroes, yet haven't spent a dime on cleaning up Boomtown!
This is all just constructive criticism, of course, so take it for what it's worth. In the end, whether I like the article or not, I really do appreciate the time, effort, and enginuity Gil and his team put into them. You guys are awesome, and are another prime example of why this game has the best dev team around.
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I think folks are missing the point. They're all too fixated on the whole "It doesn't sound like it's a sports article"; "It's too OOG"; "It needs box scores and quotes"; and all that. The thing has one simple job--explain the functions of the Battle Terminals. That's it. It doesn't have to entertain you. It doesn't have to talk about other sports. It doesn't have to expose corrupt politicians. It doesn't have to give you Statesman's shoe size. That I chose to invent a sports column as a vehicle--hey, my fun and my choice. It could easily have been a bulleted list.
Frankly, I don't understand this whole OOG/IG stuff. Like I wrote earlier, "Doc" is talking about a "game" within a game--and as it so happens, this game uses computer game terminology. Who's to say this "Arena" combat can't borrow terminology from the computer PVP tradition. If Ernie is going to be covering the Arenas as a "sport" then there will have to be some way of talking about the combat. Phrases and descriptions specific to super-powered fighting will have to be used. It so happens, CoH comes with a plethora of such handy descriptions. Sure, they're used at the gamer level and not at the role-playing level--but maybe that will change. Sports are full of unique descriptors. It's much easier to say he threw a "knuckleball" than he threw a ball that had no spin and wobbled all over the place. Or he threw an "uppercut," rather than say he hit his opponent with an upward aimed punch. Hey, I'm just saying...
Anyway, whether you get the fluff or just the facts or the fluffy facts... it's pretty much all the same to me.
-Gil
Great column, Ernie. And great name, "Doc." Althought, admitedly, I enjoy your Jackson Turner persona a lot more, since sportscasters and sports columnists piss me off ninety-nine percent of the time.
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Great column, Ernie. And great name, "Doc." Althought, admitedly, I enjoy your Jackson Turner persona a lot more, since sportscasters and sports columnists piss me off ninety-nine percent of the time.
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And "Doc" is a former heavyweight boxer with a 6-12 record. He's moody. He's forgetful. He's sentimental. He's corny. He writes with two fingers on the keyboard. But he loves what he does.
He sounds like a mix between Tony Danza and Jack Klugman. Which means I can hate and love him in equal amounts.
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He sounds like a mix between Tony Danza and Jack Klugman. Which means I can hate and love him in equal amounts.
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That's actually a pretty good description of ol' Ernie. Thanks!
I heart mah television references.
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It doesn't have to give you Statesman's shoe size.
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We demand to be told Statesman's shoe size!
10 1/2.
Tenderfoot.
Reads very like a sports column to me. Take this with however large a grain of salt you like. (I don't much like sports other than figure skating, equestian and gymnastics, and I probably won't participate in PVP unless my challenger promises to answer my tactic of dropping to my knees and weeping with hugs). I say GJ, Gilgamesh!
Author of: GOOD TASTE: A Frequent Die-ers Guide to the Turf, Sand and Carpet of Paragon City
Yes, another Paragon Times article.
Paragon Times Sports: Arenas
Discuss. Pleasantly. Thanks.
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Sorry had a slight malfunction with this thread.