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Newspaper Team [Un-Official]

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 17:49

Hi guys!

As many of you know the newspaper sucks... badly. For you newer players I encourage you to look back at the first few editions of the paper- they were good.

I want to bring the paper back up to that standard and beyond. For that though I need a team. I don't care where you come from, what age you are or what you do. I care about the pure quality.

All articles etc must be written in clear, understandable, well punctuated English. No exceptions.

Also to lighten the mood in the newspaper I'm looking for people who are good with graphics/comedy to possibly write/draw cartoons. These have to be of a good quality though!

Again though good luck to all :)

NOTE: As told in a mail from Goldeneye I remind people that this is unofficial and you won't get paid :roll: If you didn't know that already then uh-oh to you. Also apparently I need a dedicated team- Goldeneye reckons I cant find one here... I think I can.

Finally:

I have sorted out a layout for the newspaper which will have different departments with different people running them with different people helping them out.

Here is the layout so far:

Page 1 Overview -VerConMat Industries BV
Page 2 Story -Felix
Page 3 Contest realm 1 -Goldeneye's own
Page 4 Contest realm 2 -Goldeneye's own
Page 5 Articles of the week -Azer
Page 6 Interviews -Sally
Page 7 Tips and Tricks -Horizon
Page 8 Fun+Games -Blob Inc
Page 9 Advertisements -Horizon
Page 10 Special Occasions only -None for now

Now the "departments" That you can apply to be a member of, or leader if there currently isn't one is:


Overviewers- VerConMat Industries BV is the leader. This part of the paper telling everyone whats coming up inside it. This isn't about telling everyone who looks at the front page exactly what has happened, but is more about letting them know what's in the paper for them to read. This should be lead by 1 person, who will do most of the work. One additional helper may be necessary, but I doubt.

News- Azer is the leader here and this area requires lots of smart people, articles aren't easy to come about in Kapilands unless you think about them. You would be writing News stories about things that happen in game, such as big players quitting, what the contest means for the rest of kapilands and any other news topics you can think about in kapilands- of course thinking of the topic is the hardest part and this is why it requires intelligent people and is lead by a great leader :)

Interviewers- Sally is the leader, and will require a small team to go around interviewing players/mods/admins/upjers staff as they see fit. The page should contain between 1 and 3 interviews a week. No more otherwise the interviews will be very short and bad. Personally I would have 1 or 2 per paper. Sally has the ability to ask good questions and to press people for more information when necessary. But not going over the top, so her team should be likewise.

Tippers and Trickers- Run by Horizon, in short you need to be experienced at this game and know what you're talking about and be able to help newbies. Also expect some mails from them to every now and then, so you have to be patient and helpful as well ;)

Fun Makers- Blob Inc is the leader, and he needs fun people who can "make fun". This involves making jokes, riddles, videos, comics and of course the competition. This page can be entirely out of game fun, so you can display maybe some funny youtube videos or some funny pictures(no to big) with some jokes on the page. References to kapilands will be smiled upon cheerfully :P Comics wise I don't mind if you make your own or take another persons- BUT you must mention who made them, where they are from etc. You can't just steal things on the internet and claim them as your own. And make sure you have permission to take these pictures! The competition will be once a week with prizes(Me and Goldeneye are talking this through as we speak), it will have to be an interesting riddle, puzzle, question and before even Sudoku!

Tech- we also may require some people who are technically gifted enough to understand html formatting in such a way that you can help each other make the "newspaper formatting part" with codes so I can just copy+paste it in a mail to goldeneye to put in the newspaper :)



If you want to be part of a department that already has a leader mail the leader, if you want to be in "tech" mail horizon. If you want to do anything else which doesn't have a leader mail me :)

Still need more HTML coders
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Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 19:06

I had kind of the same convo earlier,

So my application will be in the post,

How do i find old copies of the Kapi Times?

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 19:47

You talked to Goldeneye or what?

I don't have any mails off you? :S

Click Office and then croll down and on the left hand side menu very bottom centre it will say "News Archive" click that ;)

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 21:07

I'll have a look at those older editions when I find them :P
I swear I have a different menu or something, cause there's no news archive link anywhere in the office page :?

I'm fairly new to Kapilands (one month) and I'm still learning a lot about the game every day.

But I'd love to do something eventually though.

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 22:23

its nt there on realm 2 i believe....

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 22:29

Well to be honest if I want the newspaper to have lots of articles, and we need that to make it good.

I need a good solid team of confident smart people. Seriously guys apply, whats the worst that can happen?

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 22:41

That'd explain why I can't see it, I'm only on R2, I have no R1 company.

It might take me a while before I could write anything, really.
I gotta figure out what to write about but I'd definately like to do something for the paper.

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 23:20

Yes fair point- If anyone has ideas on what to write articles on, but dont think they could be arsed to write them yourselves mail them to me and ill save them up and your name will be mentioned when publishing :)

Guest

Post by Guest » 19.06.2009, 23:43

If you don't have the archive link, then you can open the newspaper, and put this in the end of the URL "&ausgabe=2"

Where the number represents the newspaper number 1=Oldest
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Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 00:08

Good luck bringing the newspaper back:)

I used to learn quite a few from there long time ago^^

Guest

Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 01:05

Morning all
Already expressed interest, as a point of interest, who died and put felix in charge? :D

Name: Horizon, H, HH, That Awesome Guy Over There
Age: 16 going on 3
Come on U all know me!

Fun Loving Personality: Nope im an old fart who hates fun! (Much like azer...who said that? :shock: )

Anyway im with azer on this I do dislike this auditioning business
I will be taking an active role in proceedings and I welcome anyone body else to the team!
Felix/Golds please give us some detailes
H
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Guest

Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 01:20

Horizon Holdings wrote:Fun Loving Personality: Nope im an old fart who hates fun! (Much like azer...who said that? :shock: )
Kids these days have no respect for their elders... :lol:

I don't feel like filling out a form. However, if you guys ever need me to write an artical about something in particular or interview/ be interviewed let me know.

Guest

Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 01:22

Wow I just had a look at the old news paper that was amazing! If we can go back to that I would read every day! even if it was only published weekly :D
H

Guest

Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 06:11

As I remember, about a month ago another player wanted to bring the paper back, but I don't know the final of his plan.
It's great and I will help as much as I can, but I cannot write articles because English is not my native language and I make many mistakes...

Guest

Post by Guest » 20.06.2009, 06:55

rasfast wrote:As I remember, about a month ago another player wanted to bring the paper back, but I don't know the final of his plan.
It's great and I will help as much as I can, but I cannot write articles because English is not my native language and I make many mistakes...
I am sure there is plenty of us who can 'edit' a piece. Feel free to drop one in my PM box, i would be happy to 'edit' your English and return it.

regards
EX

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