Given that the forums are going to be getting their own weekly online paper, what will the aarville section be, whose in charge of it and what will be happening with it?
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I saw in the OT that it will include some pieces of 'good' AARs, and some tips to good AARs. I have no idea however who makes it.
Hopefully some of the sound people here, rather than some of the philistines in the OT.
Pirate Z, we tried 'AARland for the writAARs!' and you can see the results in the 'Gazette' thread.
This effort looks like it will differ from the Gazette in several ways, notably in that it will serve as a news and information publication for the company rather than being confined to AAR topics.
Informing the rest of the forum about 'AARland' (interesting how that term has become a common way to describe the AAR forums) might bring us new writers and new readers. ('New readerssssss! Yesssssss! New readerssssss!')
The real tests will be the quality of the new periodical and how that holds up over time, but I'm looking forward to seeing it.
This effort looks like it will differ from the Gazette in several ways, notably in that it will serve as a news and information publication for the company rather than being confined to AAR topics.
Informing the rest of the forum about 'AARland' (interesting how that term has become a common way to describe the AAR forums) might bring us new writers and new readers. ('New readerssssss! Yesssssss! New readerssssss!')
The real tests will be the quality of the new periodical and how that holds up over time, but I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I'm certainly curious what and how they choose to highlight/cover AARland, to be sure.
Yea agree. Well if you/we want to attract more readers we should make the AARs more noticable and accessable for people. I think this already is happening a lot, and i think there is an increase in the AAR Forea. Especially the Hoi2 forum seems to get a new AAR every hour. It might not be all of the same quality but at least there are more people interested.coz1 said:
I also like the combined projects that are running. The Co-op AARs and collaberative AARs, that really helps when ur starting like me.
So i can only see good things coming from this new online paper, lets just hope the paper will last long and prosper.
Certainly I'll be interested to see what they come up with, quite apart from any coverage of the AAR fora. Of course, any coverage of the AAR fora is likely to be a good thing.
I agree with the rest here. I'll definitely be checking the magazine, especially for the articles on AARland. Let's hope we get some positive propa--er, PR, guys. 
Well, I have to categorically state that I know nothing about this endeavour. It's news to me, though I pushed this very idea several years ago. Better late than never...
So who from AARland is recommending the stuff thats going into the tribune? Or has that been taken out of the hands of responsible people?
Apparantly it was mentioned in the paradox e-mail thing. Someone made a thread about it in OT, and it was carried over here.
Bruce, you should know how bureaucracies operate.
1) Worker has a new idea
2) Old hands say it can't be done
3) Upper management says it is too expensive in resources
4) Time passes
5) Someone senior has 'a new idea' and is praised/rewarded/promoted
6) Worker gets no credit
Not that I'm saying it happened in this case, just that it is typical behavior and not even necessarily plagiarism/idea theft; good ideas can come from many sources. Sometimes all that happens is the same good idea is mentioned by different sources and something finally clicks.
I'll be interested in seeing what the finished product might be. The proposed interviews sound like the ones run in the early days of the Gazette. They are a good idea because Paradoxians (Paradoxicals? Paradoxese? Paracrats? Parademians? Paradoxiphiles?) seem devoted and loyal and that means interested in who makes up the work force.
Sir Humphrey: What makes you think anyone in AARLand is 'responsible'? For myself I gave up responsibility for Lent and no-one's been able to convince me to take up the horrible vice again.
1) Worker has a new idea
2) Old hands say it can't be done
3) Upper management says it is too expensive in resources
4) Time passes
5) Someone senior has 'a new idea' and is praised/rewarded/promoted
6) Worker gets no credit
Not that I'm saying it happened in this case, just that it is typical behavior and not even necessarily plagiarism/idea theft; good ideas can come from many sources. Sometimes all that happens is the same good idea is mentioned by different sources and something finally clicks.
I'll be interested in seeing what the finished product might be. The proposed interviews sound like the ones run in the early days of the Gazette. They are a good idea because Paradoxians (Paradoxicals? Paradoxese? Paracrats? Parademians? Paradoxiphiles?) seem devoted and loyal and that means interested in who makes up the work force.
Sir Humphrey: What makes you think anyone in AARLand is 'responsible'?
For myself I gave up responsibility for Lent and no-one's been able to convince me to take up the horrible vice again.
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How true. I made a proposal to the PTB at one time and communicated with a certain <player to be named later>. They were going to 'consider it'. Well, consider it considered.Director said:Bruce, you should know how bureaucracies operate.
1) Worker has a new idea
2) Old hands say it can't be done
3) Upper management says it is too expensive in resources
4) Time passes
5) Someone senior has 'a new idea' and is praised/rewarded/promoted
6) Worker gets no credit
How true that is my dear fellow.
Well, usually people who are here, are more in touch with the community and the desires of AARville, having said that, there is an exception to everything.