Discussion: The City Scoop! July 13, 2007
By
Death_Conqueror,
Posted on: 2007-07-13 14:01 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
I just want to say Tundara, I think that's a very solid and effective critique. Even if it's not my own piece, I can get something from it, since I try to go with that incharacter route from time to time. Thanks. 
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
Quick correction:
The "Nestor" in the IMHO article is actually NESTER. My bad
Thanks
LadyK
The behind the mask interviews, have been a little underwhelming.
The copy past questions, the notoriously belligerent person being highlighted. It exhibits a lack of interest, and it looks very very sloppy.
This weeks was much better, over whomever has been doing them.
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Actually, what I was thinking about was Short Stories now that the Comic's are gone, but the Scoop isn't really a suitable vehicle for them, length being a potential issue. You could do them in bits or parts I suppose.
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True. Or, if you had them on a personal web site or some other repository for longer works, the Scoop could print some kind of writeup with a link to it.
The arts section has primarily been visual art so far, but that doesn't mean it has to be strictly limited to that.
- Protea
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
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Actually, what I was thinking about was Short Stories now that the Comic's are gone, but the Scoop isn't really a suitable vehicle for them, length being a potential issue. You could do them in bits or parts I suppose. Also, Arctic Sun mentioned somewhere I believe that he's come up with some idea to take over where the back-pages of the comics left off.
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Actually, short stories could definetly work. The Lexington Herald Leader, for example, has done short stories before for the kids. (Such as a multi-part Bunnicula story)
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I've looked over the discussion thread from last week, and i can't seem to find it, but i'm farily sure somebody brought up how lead was about bringing the community together, or some such.. (i think it was you and Jman i believe). I think it was you who last week mentioned the Steel 70 as a community gathering, and that's why it was lead. But this week, you've got several plausible leads. But no, instead your lead is a simple contest. Is that what lead could end up being? The next contest that comes about, whether it be "design the avatar for the next redname", or "name this character" kind of things?
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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That's funny... considering the next one will be Issue X! 
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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Not sure what that means.. is there an example or definition of what you mean?
@Death Conqueror
-Goal for 2011: Survive, stay alive, and continue to thrive.
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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Not sure what that means.. is there an example or definition of what you mean?
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*Points to his name*
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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Not sure what that means.. is there an example or definition of what you mean?
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*Points to his name*
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*notes that for the period of this conversation, i'm blind..*
throw me a bone, please you mean the forum cartel bit?
@Death Conqueror
-Goal for 2011: Survive, stay alive, and continue to thrive.
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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Not sure what that means.. is there an example or definition of what you mean?
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*Points to his name*
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*notes that for the period of this conversation, i'm blind..*
throw me a bone, please you mean the forum cartel bit?
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My name is LiquidX. An All LiquidX format would be nothing but articles about me.
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My name is LiquidX. An All LiquidX format would be nothing but articles about me.
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Nah, it means you're writing the entire next issue. Get cracking 
Woohoo! Week off! I's goin fight me some Riktis!!!
*scampers out of the office*
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
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See, the obvious (And best) solution is for the City Scoop to go with an all LiquidX format.
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Not sure what that means.. is there an example or definition of what you mean?
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*Points to his name*
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*notes that for the period of this conversation, i'm blind..*
throw me a bone, please you mean the forum cartel bit?
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For future reference, LiquidX is a nutter. He enjoys collecting restraining orders, face slaps and being blamed for causing mental breakdowns in various peoples.
The Scoop, in what I imagine as an all LiquidX format, would most likely be unprintable here due to the rating system in place. On the plus side, no worries, right.
I was thinking an all LiquidX formats would be him writing it on himself and parading through the forums for all to read.
For the Justice League Finals article, Frau Holle is also part of Team Bacon. She sat out match 1 but was in matches 2 and 3.
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The Scoop, in what I imagine as an all LiquidX format, would most likely be unprintable here due to the rating system in place. On the plus side, no worries, right.
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Using my new super cool computer program that I use to expertly calculate your fortunes, I will now take over Athyna's job. Thus, I present Heroscopes: Super LiquidX Hyper Third Strike Mark of the Wolf to the X-TREME! edition.
Controller With the cow jumping over the moon in the third trimester, you will give LiquidX ten dollars.
Defender Thanks to an alien prince gathering up all the bulls on earth, Saggitarius has been restored. You will give LiquidX ten dollars.
Scrapper Col. Mustard took out Uranus in the observitory with the Candlestick. You will give LiquidX ten dollars.
Blaster Hey, come along and join the fun. It's a time for Fairytales. Magical Kingdoms in the sun. Come along, come along. You will give LiquidX ten dollars.
Tanker - A wizard did it. You will give LiquidX ten dollars.
Peacebringer Children of the Sun, see your time has just begun, searching for your way through Adventures every day. Every day and night with the condor in flight, with all your friends in tow we search for the Cities of Gold. So spread the wealth and give LiquidX ten dollars.
Warshade Oh my god! Angela did it, and she was really a MAN!
/em wearsDutchclogsanddances
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Scrapper Col. Mustard took out Uranus in the observitory with the Candlestick. You will give LiquidX ten dollars.
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I always knew he was a perv.........
"The cure for cowardice is not more whimpering and cringing, but to bare your teeth." Fr. Pontefescue
"The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses." ~ Utah Phillips
Remember Greg McKendry
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For the Justice League Finals article, Frau Holle is also part of Team Bacon. She sat out match 1 but was in matches 2 and 3.
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I will be sure to run an apology and error correction on that in the next Scoop. I personally apologize for omitting her participation.
No worries Dumok. Honest mistake. I just didn't want her to be forgotten. Thanks
I didn't see much of Digital Thunder the 2nd or 3rd match either.
Not saying he wasn't doing anything, I just couldn't see him. Darn Invisibility.
I'm thinking of maybe begging for GM priviledges just so I can use a police drone thingy to cover events in zones on servers I have only low level alts on. Maybe those things fly faster than the observer camera too. It's really tough to keep up with the action in some of those matches when you're stuck in slow-mo mode.
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If you want my feedback, I'll be brutally honest. I really found it grating and iritating. The constant plugging of the various IO names was at first a little neat but got to be like a finger nail was being dragged across the nerves very fast. A lot of them seemed to be stretches and inconsistent with the articles voice. The worst bit was the in character bit where Qaurterfield uses three different IO Names in as many sentences...
The in-character nature of the article was alright in concept, but having the interviews that were breaking the 4th barrier created an inconsistency that was jarring, and for me, interrupted the flow.
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So, presuming for a moment that I had either been more clever in performing the interviews, or had asked for more license in working the quotes into the piece: Does this work better?
- Protea
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
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If you want my feedback, I'll be brutally honest. I really found it grating and iritating. The constant plugging of the various IO names was at first a little neat but got to be like a finger nail was being dragged across the nerves very fast. A lot of them seemed to be stretches and inconsistent with the articles voice. The worst bit was the in character bit where Qaurterfield uses three different IO Names in as many sentences...
The in-character nature of the article was alright in concept, but having the interviews that were breaking the 4th barrier created an inconsistency that was jarring, and for me, interrupted the flow.
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So, presuming for a moment that I had either been more clever in performing the interviews, or had asked for more license in working the quotes into the piece: Does this work better?
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Yes, that is much better, in my opinion. The piece maintains it's RP perspective, flow, and is still informative. Much much better Protea.
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I've looked over the discussion thread from last week, and i can't seem to find it, but i'm farily sure somebody brought up how lead was about bringing the community together, or some such.. (i think it was you and Jman i believe). I think it was you who last week mentioned the Steel 70 as a community gathering, and that's why it was lead. But this week, you've got several plausible leads. But no, instead your lead is a simple contest. Is that what lead could end up being? The next contest that comes about, whether it be "design the avatar for the next redname", or "name this character" kind of things?
@Death Conqueror
-Goal for 2011: Survive, stay alive, and continue to thrive.