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It was stopped because the person who did it was no longer working for the company. Since then, instead of trying to force someone to be creative in the same way he was, they've let their current employees act upon their own ideas.|
Originally Posted by viewtifuldee
I'm pretty sure the reason the newsletter was stopped was because of the lack of resources and stuff.
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As for a Community based version yeah we've done that. The wiki page needs updating, but the project ran for almost 2 years, often putting out 2-5 issues a month. It ended for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the new forums are even less friendly to formatting than the old ones.
Would I like to see it happen again? It would be neat to see a current take on the current game. However, I don't wish the amount of work involved on anyone. Not to mention there are a lot of problems to overcome when you rely on player volunteers for your content.
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I didnt know that. Is there anywhere to read those?
Unfortunately, the conversion from old to new forums pretty much destroyed all the published issues. I know some people have the code archived, and there's been talk in the past of hosting them somewhere, but I don't know what if anything came of it.
"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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I agree with the above declamatory statement. The people who put this out did a helluva job for a number of years.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
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That's too bad. It would be nice if we could bring that back as a sort of monthly thing instead of a more frequent release like you said it was. I'd be willing to put a lot of work into it. I love desktop publishing, given I actually have something to publish. |
Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
Unfortunately, the conversion from old to new forums pretty much destroyed all the published issues. I know some people have the code archived, and there's been talk in the past of hosting them somewhere, but I don't know what if anything came of it.
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So, I was reading up on random articles in the Paragon Wiki, and I stumbled across an article on the Paragon Times. I wasn't around when this feature was active/removed, but I looked through it and it looks pretty cool. Many other games have in-universe newsletters that players recieved, so of course it made sense there would be one for City of Heroes.
I liked the idea of a newsletter that talked about upcoming features and whatnot, and I was sad to read that it had been shut down.
I'm pretty sure the reason the newsletter was stopped was because of the lack of resources and stuff. So I was thinking, it would be cool if the Paragon Times were brought back as a sort of community run project.
Like, all of the sections were generated by players (and of course monitored for inappropriate content). Volunteers could submit fanfics, pictures, comics, "reports" based on revealed info, and stories of previous adventures.
It's pretty late where I am, and I'm typing this while fighting off some Nyquil, but I thought it would be pretty cool to bring it up. I don't know if it's allowed or even if the community would be interested, but just thought it should be thrown out there. I know I'd love to contribute to it, if it was ever restarted.
Anyways, tl;dr, I think it would be cool if the Paragon Times feature was brought back as a community project.