The City Scoop ~Discussion~ Jan. 30th 2009

Vol. 2, Issues 32

January 30, 2009

A double issue for the Double XP Weekend!

The City Scoop a publication for Supers by Supers! Read the latest publication and then join in on the community discussion!

If you have concerns regarding the content of the Scoop please direct your comments via PM to Ex Libris.

If you would like to do a feature article, have an event covered, or join "The City Scoop" team please PM Snow_Globe

If you have a Classified Ad you would like included or join "The City Scoop" team please contact: Marcian Tobay

If you have an interview please contact: EmperorSteele or HumanMiracle

If you need some “Advice” contact Lady_Athyna or would like to “Ask The X” contact LiquidX

If you have a base you would like featured, please contact EnnVee

Finally if you have a Recipe you would like included please contact: MistressNoire

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Loved this edition of arbiter fabulous xD

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Celtech Main Site
My DA Profile

Alright Pinnacle on Tap!

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Thanks!

Always good to hear I've done a good job! Also I was unsure if I've ever posted what the good Arbiter looks like, so I hope you enjoyed seeing the Magenta Monstrocity and his Fauxhawk of Doom.

Remember, you can always send me letters to my forum name of Equation with the header of "Dear Arbiter Fabulous..."

-Equation

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COMING SOON: A new Epic that will change the way you see Arachnos...
Brought to you by @Equation

Thanks for interviewing me, HumanMiracle!

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Alright Pinnacle on Tap!

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Nice





Hawkeyed

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@Hawkeyed
P.E.R.C. Senior Pinnacle Rep


[url="http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=217406&TabID=1833355"]PERC Site[/url]


"Nothing grabs your attention like a pink fluffy bunny with imps dancing around it" -Kranny

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Loved this edition of arbiter fabulous xD

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Fab is the bomb.

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There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.

Very nice base showcase, very creative. There sure are a lot of bars in your base. Aren't your heroes to inebriated too beat up on bad guys.

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Of course not, and we have a good time. :P

Our only annoyance is, why was it labeled as P.O.T. and not our full name, Pinnacle on Tap?

Hm, no pics of our extraordinary movie theater either that I can see.

Ah well, still very cool!

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Very nice base showcase, very creative. There sure are a lot of bars in your base. Aren't your heroes to inebriated too beat up on bad guys.

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Pfffft... we fight better tipsy than we do sober. We've proven that on several occasions.

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The SGRF is actually Feburary 7th, not tommorow

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no problem Krekka!

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Of course not, and we have a good time. :P

Our only annoyance is, why was it labeled as P.O.T. and not our full name, Pinnacle on Tap?

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Layout was not provided with the full name and had to infer it from the screenshots.

For anyone wishing to submit their base in the future, I would suggest including your group's name in one of the responses.

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Hm, no pics of our extraordinary movie theater either that I can see.

Ah well, still very cool!

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Well there is one of the projection booth. You submitted 30 pictures. We used 20 of them. While we would love to include as many pictures as possible, sometimes there just isn't room for all of them.

Here are the pictures we didn't use:

club six pack
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot03.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot04.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot06.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot08.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...lla/pot09c.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot09.jpg

Theater
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot11.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot12.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot14.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...illa/pot15.jpg

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Oh no I realize all pictures can't be use, and it wasn't me who decided which ones to do, trust me it would have been one of them.

But it is unfortunate about the name, wish someone somewhere (our end included) would have caught that.

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Maybe we should ask for a set maximum of priority pictures, and a link to a larger gallery.

I'll see what we can do in the future to try minimize this from happening again.

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One more thing to point out an SG member mentioned to me, the name of the interviewee is not mentioned. This would be @Gawdzilla, our awesome base designer for anyone interested.

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Wow! I love the theater and projection booth in those pictures!!! Great work Pinnacle on Tap (P.O.T)

I also liked the artwork on the Impossibles CC ad... for whoever put that together!

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Our designer takes a lot of pride in his work,and he does several other bases as well. If anyone wanted to take the time to send him a 'nice job' tell, it would mean the *world* to him.

Secondly, I don't want anyone to think there are any "issues" between myself an enn-vee. She is a good friend of mine here and accidents happen, I don't want anyone to think I am pinning any blame on her, the interviewee (Gawdzilla), or any of the scoop staff in general.

Crap happens, sure it sucks, but it isn't hard to get over.

Edit: Hell, perhaps I could even blame myself for not being more involved with the process as the co-founder of the sg.

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I agree that blaming anyone at this point would be counter productive. However I would like your (and other people's) ideas on how we could try to prevent problems like this happening again.

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From everything I've read/been a part of in the scoop, I've noticed its a very copy/paste job in the past. For instance, a few grammatical errors are still on here that I also saw on the email Gawdzilla sent to me. Same with when my fiance and I were in the 'behind the mask', a few of our typos and misspells had actually made it into the final draft. I realize those being interviewed *should ideally* put on their best grammar hat, so to speak, but even if just one more person re-reads and edits it the problems can be instantly solved. Just maybe a small double-check edit for things like that? Looks more professional too.

Probably would have helped the whole 'P.O.T.' thing and him not mentioning his own name too, not that enn-vee is necessarily to blame for it as that is what Gawdzilla sent, but someone could have caught it somewhere. I don't think those being interviewed are aware that exactly what they say is going straight to the press, I'm quite sure Gawdzilla at least didn't. As far as the screenies? Well, he did send you guys quite a few. That really can't be helped, my wish that others were picked is just that, a wish.

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This week we did have someone double check on the spelling/grammar this issue. While we do check for spelling/grammar, we don't want to edit out the person being interviewed personality either.

The group name did get caught by the proofreader, but apparently too late (and too vaguely) to be more correct than the acronym.

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Damn, ANOTHER base I could film in! I love the movie theatre...

Hmm...

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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First, that base is wicked awesome. If it's all right, I'm going to drop by Pinnacle and I'd like to see it in person.

Second, nice work on the Griefers article, Kyo-Chan. I have some food for thought for Part II if you're still working on it.

As someone who has run a lot of events, I know firsthand how disappointing it can be to do a lot of planning, build up excitement, just to have some [censored] come along and try to muck up the works simply because they think it's funny and because they can.

I wanted to add that if you're an event organizer, it's always worth taking at least a few minutes to think like a griefer during your planning. Put on your evil [censored] hat and assume that you are hell-bent on destroying this event. What possible ways would you go about doing so? Now put on your organizer hat again and try to think of some contingency plans in case someone comes along and does those things to you. Just as one example, regarding the costume contest, if it's a small one, you might want to consider taking the participants somewhere else besides under the Atlas statue. If it's a larger one involving multiple judges, break participants into groups and have the actual judging occur somewhere else. If it's a major one such as the recent PERC contests, publicize it in an alternate location first and see if you can get dev/rep involvement. Ex Libris and Niviene were at those contests and brought their ban sticks, so go figure, griefers were a non-issue.

If you organize an event that is plagued by a griefer, as trite as it might sound, try not to let it get you down. Yes, it's disappointing, but be assured that for every [censored] out there, there are a ton more people who appreciate what you're doing, and take comfort in that you are making the game better in spite of their efforts. Don't let the [censored] win by convincing you not to try to hold events again. The best revenge is to have fun in spite of their stupid efforts.

Event organizers should also realize that even if a thousand people /petition a griefer, it's been my experience that GMs hardly ever show up, especially in time to do anything about the griefing. I like to think that at some point, they review the petitions and ban the person (thus the reason they should still be /petitioned), but of course, that's little help during the event. If they're doing something repeatedly such as spamming powers to disrupt an event, you might also want to consider the /ignorespammer command, which we've been told by the reps does not only apply to RMT spammers. I think that has a better chance of getting more immediate attention, but the reps or GMs would have to say for sure.

Sometimes the participants start getting into it with the griefers. Try to avoid this. As Kyo-Chan said, griefers are pathetic little twits who are so starved for attention that they will take any kind they can get, and since they're too dumb to know how to get positive attention, they have to settle for the negative kind. If your participants start digging in and fighting with the griefers, point that out and ask people to stop feeding the trolls. If necessary, drop some /tells to people asking them to stop, they're only encouraging the griefer. Keep in mind that the griefer's motivation is to disrupt the event. If they have the participants more focused on them than the event, that's a win for them.

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Stay calm at all times - you only make yourself and your event look bad by losing your temper.

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I cannot emphasize how important this is. Keep in mind that when you are /petitioning, the GMs will look at your actions as well. If they see two people griefing each other, it's very likely that they won't take action. (Or worse, take action against both of you.) DO NOT sink to the griefer's level and try to grief them in turn. As much as it might pain you because someone is being a [censored], be nice to them. Send polite requests for them to stop. Do not call them names, cuss them out, or anything else of the sort.

Aside from the fact that this will irritate the griefer (score!--you're letting them know that they're not getting to you), put yourself in the place of the GM and imagine how it would look for a griefer to continue with his or her griefing activities while someone is sending polite requests to stop, as opposed to someone cussing another person out and then bugging you to make the other person stop bothering them. World of difference, and I know I'd be much more likely to take much more severe action against someone disrupting an event in the first situation.

Also, a last note of caution. I have seen people accused of griefing events who weren't actually griefing. Keep in mind that just because you are having an event does not mean that other players can't or shouldn't be able to go about their normal business. As a simple example, you can ask nicely for people not to use the broadcast channel in Atlas Park so that you can run your event over it. A lot of people would probably respect your request. But people who continue to use it for normal chatter such as recruiting sewer teams and such are not griefing your event. In short, when you're planning your event, don't be unreasonable in expecting other people to stop what they're doing just for you.

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We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)

We would love to give tours

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Just stopping by to say.. YAY, Pinnacle On Tap!! great pics, groovy interview.. too bad a few things were somewhat amiss, but it's not a biggie.

just to mention it.. i dig The City Scoop on a general level, but you know.. when your "home team" is featured, you can't help but smile a little. *waves*

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