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AAR Writers Tools

Follow this link - it may help to make your life a little easier:-

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=966970#post966970

More Colours:-

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=268417&t=3993#post268417

 

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IE based spell checker

http://www.iespell.com/

 

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More writer's tools...

A rather large volume of work has been prepared by various people in the EU2 AAR forum which includes:

• help on posting, resizing and enhancing screenies (when they become available )
• various tips and techniques for writing
• a recommended reading list (military history, etc.)
• some very interesting discussions about what makes a good AAR

and many other resources for writers.

Hopefully a similar resource will gradually be assembled by the writers here, but until then I would suggest that the EU2 "AARland" stickie (link in sig since the LibrAARy is part of it) would be a good place to go to look for all sorts of useful hints and help.

 

[Alexander Seil]

Cleansing of the AARs needed

It takes ages to figure out whether new installment was posted or not since there are sometimes several pages added in one day by posters posting speculations and stuff like that. I think those comments should be cut out and sent to HoI GD forum so this one wouldn't be cluttered up.

 

[Generalisimo]

i think that also all the thread that have nothing to do with the AAR must be deleted/moved.
like this one for example

also there is some way to remove from here the "moved" threads?

 

[BiB]

Which is a lot of work. Too much work

It's either that or no comments at all and I don't think that's the best solution either.

(No, I do not consider poster self-restraint as an option )

 

[Speedy]

Why not have 2 threads for each aar.
One for the actually aar and one for ego and questions.

 

[BiB]

Originally posted by Speedy
Why not have 2 threads for each aar.
One for the actually aar and one for ego and questions.

That was tried for my AAR ...

 

[Deaghaidh]

The same is done for the Free Company AAR and Ariel's English AAR, and could be acomplished here.

It will be better once game is out, and there are more AARs per reader.

 

[Bismarck]

Speedy,

That is a dangerous precedent to set... a very dangerous precedent to set....

Comments should be with the AAR they are supporting except in cases of multiplayer AAR's ala the Free Company that require external communications outside the narrative.

M

 

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I would vote that the actual AAR is locked but a thread in the general forum is opened to discuss each specific AAR. That way we can all easily read and see updates in the AAR then go comment/bitch/complain/crawl/praise (delete as required) as we see fit.

Cheers, Ice

 

[Idiotboy]

Originally posted by BiB


That was tried for my AAR ...

SO you having a problem with your ego being stroked in both threads?

 

[Bismarck]

Well that solution seems unrealistic icecool, as each author would have to ask for their thread to be opened and locked by a mod... and considering the amount of traffic in the EU2 AAR thread as a guide, think about the amount of work the mods would have to put into that.

I think the current AAR system with some alterations(a distinct division for just AAR's, broken down by game), should be the solution we should be looking at...

What is so hard about going to the first unread post, and just scanning through the text to find the much longer passages, which should stand out quite a bit from the rest of the commentary?

M

 

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They could just submit the update to a moderator for posting rather than request the locking/unlocking.

Cheers, Ice

 

[Bismarck]

When I post a chapter of my AAR, I want it up at specific times, and I like having the ability to edit my posts without having to rely on a third party.

M

 

[Lord Durham]

I think the key problem right now is the fact that only a few AARs are available for viewing, and everyone wants to add their own comments/observations. Once the game is released and everyone and their brother begins posting AARs then you will likely find that the opposite will become true, and there will be complaints that no one is responding with little. if any, feedback.

That's basically what happens in the EU II forum, especially when there is an influx of new writers.

As for pruning the existing AARs, that's a long and tedious process, and one that I know I'm much too busy to do.

Once the flood of HoI AARs start, this will all become a moot point, anyway.

 

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Please someone move this and the other one. I got on today and thought there were 2 new AARs...nope. Just two threads that belong in GD.

 

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Originally posted by Daoloth
Please someone move this and the other one. I got on today and thought there were 2 new AARs...nope. Just two threads that belong in GD.

Yes, it's very disapointing to see 2 of what you think will be new AAR's only to see that they're discusions about the AAR threads/forums.

 

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this problem will solve itself in just a few short days when HoI is released and there are 300 AAR's instead of 3 and people are too busy playing the game to pipe in small comments. So, really, it is not worth worrying or complaining about.

 

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Originally posted by BiB
Which is a lot of work. Too much work

It's either that or no comments at all and I don't think that's the best solution either.

(No, I do not consider poster self-restraint as an option )

Hey BiB! let me guess from your new icon what country you are playing now!

Will we see an AAR soon ?