Game news ( Herrald )

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Avonmora Herald
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The Plank
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Port Authority
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The Crows Nest
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7%
Grub Street
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The Glory Gazette
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The Morning Glory
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Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Captain Jack » Mon May 28, 2012 6:56 pm

I believe I mentioned somewhere else that it is within our plans to create an in-game system where players will create articles/news on game events. Since this system will be delayed due to mechanism features that take precedence in developing time, I thought that we should start it in forums instead.

When we get the time, we will make it In-game instead.

How it will work ?
-We will use a special new forum thread which we will name it Game news (exact name will be decided on this topic). It will be like the Tavern thread. It will be considered in-game (a roleplay thread).
-We will assign "journalists" (not sure how they were called back in 17th century). The journalists can be any player with the desire to write. (See below how to apply if you are interested).
-Journalists will then create news/events in the thread based on their desires. They will have TOTAL freedom to write what they want (even lies!). All their posts must and will be considered strictly IC (in-character).

What it will contain ?
-It will contain game news; in-game, not development news. Common examples are battles, guild news, metrics, etc. However nothing like "new game feature" or "fixed x thing" or "new voodoo card"; these are announced by the dev team and are irrelevant with the Herald.
-Articles. Like how damaging piracy is, for the economy of England. Or the personal opinion of the journalist for something.
-Gossip. Like saying Black Sparrow has been caught naked in an alley, drinking rum and singing classical music. (Only gossip will contain referring to other players and can be false)
-Ads&propaganda. If you got a journalist friend, you can have him write how great your guild is in order to get more players or write how bad target guild is to weaken the bond among its members.
-More...

How to become a journalist:
-Futurely, this will be decided by the playerbase and some in-game requirements. As a start, I will be doing the initial selection. I am seeking up to 5 journalists. If you are interested to do the chore as described above, send me a PM. In your PM, include your character name and a few details about you.

What lefts to be decided?
The name! We need a name for the newspaper! The best name wins a place in the eternity of Pirates Glory.
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby John rackham » Mon May 28, 2012 7:27 pm

"Grub Street", spiritual home from the eighteenth century of hack journalists, penny-a-line scribblers, propagandists, pamphleteers, literary rogues... :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grub_Street
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Horatio Nelson » Tue May 29, 2012 9:04 am

I, Horatio Nelson, give my solemn pledge to assist with the in-character news. PM sent.

1. The Seafarer Times
2. Maritime News
3. The Glory Gazette
4. The Pirates Scandal Sheet
5. The Trade Winds Weekly
6. The Piratey Periodical
7. The Canon Community paper

There are many options.
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Lefty » Tue May 29, 2012 5:14 pm

Port Authority
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby John rackham » Wed May 30, 2012 1:39 am

Port Authority :D
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Horatio Nelson » Wed May 30, 2012 11:36 am

3 Fingered Larry wrote:Port Authority


Does that mean we will have unions, wharfies and customs officers instead of captains, admirals and merchants?

1. News of the World. (well there are no copyright issues now :) )
2. The Discovery
3. Play Pirate (Black Label)
4. The Morning Glory
5. The Plank
6. The Crows Nest
7. Shiver Me Tribune!
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby John ward » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:58 am

How about a er "As I sees it from the Crows Nest Gazette" or a arrrrrrr lets see how about "The Morning {Head} or {Prive}
Revue and Handy Helper". ;)
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Captain Blue » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:38 pm

what about the "Arrrrrrr News" or "Booty Gossips"
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Captain Jack » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:49 pm

Since I got the first journalist application (about time!) I would like to also post here, so everyone knows that this is a good time to declare your interest (through a PM to me).

Regarding the name, perhaps we should finalize the world name choice and then we can name this like "Worldname" Herald.
Although there are some good name suggestions here. We will be finalizing the name issue with the first appointed journalist.
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Re: Game news ( Herrald )

Postby Captain Jack » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:21 pm

Here are two extras we decided for journalists:

-All journalists will get a special icon on their character screen (the one that appears when you click someone's name) which will inform everyone that this player is a journalist. This way people will be able to send journalists their gossip.
-We will be implementing an ability to send an anonymous message to a journalist. This will help players to share their secrets without sharing their identity.
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