Ultimate Shinobi Newspaper

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Ok. I will cut to the chase. We had the newspaper on 1.0, and it did all right. But, now, under new management, and with new members and features, it could b a great addition to the site.

What do you all think?

Age : 26 Posts : 239

I think thats what the announcement section is for.

Age : 30 Posts : 1256

there isn't a "Why?" choice.

Posts : 149

Ree wrote:: I think thats what the announcement section is for.

That section is for strickly Admins to post in. The feedback is to get the idea across and hopefully the plan would be approved for the site.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

I'm against it. We thought up the idea on 1.0 and I think we only released two copies and they weren't as productive or popular as we had anticipated.

Age : 33 Posts : 44

Adam wrote:: I'm against it. We thought up the idea on 1.0 and I think we only released two copies and they weren't as productive or popular as we had anticipated.

Well it all depends on what will be written in the newspaper. People won't just read something boring and bland. I don't know how it looked before but what I think it would be great is making few pages about what happened in the US world than maybe some Naruto news and games like crosswords and such. And every page will and must have something generated from either PhotoShop, GIMP or any similar program to make the pages more colorful and actually interesting. That's what I'm suggesting but to accomplish that you would need a dedicated group of people....

EDIT: Also it doesn't have to be all just about Naruto stuff. It can be something like what new animes are coming or maybe new mangas or some talk about games and just about anything.

Age : 31 Posts : 2547

I don't really see a point. :/ More trouble than it would be worth.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Agreeing with John.

Posts : 29

Yes, but this could be the one thing that some members may look forward to.

Say, for instance, there is a member who is just a genin, and the exams had just passed. hey posted a mission, but their partner doesn't seem to wanna post. They can fill the ttime by being on the newspaper staff.

Or, for people like myself, who, when they are not posting on their one mission, and is not a mod, and just spends their time stalking the chatbox, it could be a great thing to get ides flowing, and get news out, instead of sitting there and trolling.

Plus, it could give a very professional look to the site, if it is set up properly. his would get us some good reviews on Forumotion, and therefore bring some guests here closer to joining, and those who did join, more active.

The only reason why it wasn't successful on 1.0 is it was created right after it was hacked, and closer to when it was closing up, when the members got inactive and impatient with the staff, and when the influx of members was steadily decreasing.

Also, the site seems to be in a Golden Age as of this moment, so it's best, and less busy members can contribute their ideas whenever they wish. We have plenty of people who could contribute great ideas, including those who oppose it, they just need come evidence to prove it is a good idea, which I am stating.

Also, it would be a great asset to Ultimate Shinobi for the greatest reason: fun. Isn't the whole site about leisure and fun? If it is, which it should be, this is one of the prime things that could trigger people's "fun glands" i guess you could call them. Many people would like his job, and having more of a responsibility by doing this opens many new doors for the future of the site, and for that person as an individual.

Age : 29 Posts : 766

There is only one simple word to describe this situation;

Why?

Age : 28 Posts : 701

No idea. It just came to me one day, as a memory, and I thought it would be a good idea to bring back something like this to an already flourishing site.

Age : 31 Posts : 2547

Quote :: Yes, but this could be the one thing that some members may look forward to.

Say, for instance, there is a member who is just a genin, and the exams had just passed. hey posted a mission, but their partner doesn't seem to wanna post. They can fill the ttime by being on the newspaper staff.

Or, for people like myself, who, when they are not posting on their one mission, and is not a mod, and just spends their time stalking the chatbox, it could be a great thing to get ides flowing, and get news out, instead of sitting there and trolling.

The forum isn't only about missions, you know. You could be doing other things than stalking the chatbox, like social roleplaying, spars, off rpg deathmatches. If you have a lot of time on your hands, then you should be roleplaying, because that's what this forum is about.

Quote :: Plus, it could give a very professional look to the site, if it is set up properly. his would get us some good reviews on Forumotion, and therefore bring some guests here closer to joining, and those who did join, more active.

We already have gotten two good reviews from forumotion, and as far as I know, we gained no active members from either. I don't think this would make much of a difference.

Quote :: Also, the site seems to be in a Golden Age as of this moment, so it's best, and less busy members can contribute their ideas whenever they wish. We have plenty of people who could contribute great ideas, including those who oppose it, they just need come evidence to prove it is a good idea, which I am stating.

I don't think there are plenty of people that could contribute graphically, and that would be most of the workload.

Quote :: Also, it would be a great asset to Ultimate Shinobi for the greatest reason: fun. Isn't the whole site about leisure and fun? If it is, which it should be, this is one of the prime things that could trigger people's "fun glands" i guess you could call them. Many people would like his job, and having more of a responsibility by doing this opens many new doors for the future of the site, and for that person as an individual.

I'll be honest with you, I doubt this would be all that fun. The first couple issues might be interesting, but if I had a guess, I'd say members would lose interest quick. Also, as I said earlier in this post, the forum is about roleplaying. Activity seems to be up in terms of people logging in yes, but the roleplaying is still not as active as we'd like it to be, and this would probably make it worse.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Excuses will surface, you can't post or can't make a roleplay because you have to do so and so for the newspaper. I see this as an alternative for people to do things for the forum other than what we expect, which is roleplaying.

Age : 30 Posts : 1256

I don't think this is really something that needs to be debated over. If some people want to do it, let them. Doesn't really need the entire sites approval. This is like asking if your aloud to make an RP topic =P

Age : 28 Posts : 701

Say what you must.

But, all I have to say is that, John, the members may see it as fun, regardless of whether you do it or not.

And since there are no teams, no plot, most Roleplay is missions. And ORPG RP doesn't matter anything but practice. So, this could be a good thing.

And I know we have gotten good reviews from Forumotion, but they could be BETTER.

But I guess that resistance is futile. Cuz the damn staff here is too damn conservative to pay attention to a member's idea. Or even to try it.

LOOK AT THE DAMNED RESULTS. 5-4 in favor. Two undecided. Do the math.

Age : 31 Posts : 2547

Camisado wrote:: I don't think this is really something that needs to be debated over. If some people want to do it, let them. Doesn't really need the entire sites approval. This is like asking if your aloud to make an RP topic =P

It needs the staff's approval for it to be an official newspaper that represents Ultimate Shinobi, so yes, there does need to be debate over it. That comparison is completely incorrect.

If you want to go ahead and make the first issue, be my guest. If it's really that good, maybe we'll stick with it. But as I said, graphically I would imagine this being quite a bit of work and that work would likely fall on my head. I just don't see it being that beneficial.

Age : 30 Posts : 1256

Ah, we're talking about an official newspaper? In that case, yeah, you're right. Still, It doesn't have to be official. It could be like Lexi's big brother thing. Seems like a fair compromise and a safe alternate instead arguing over whether there should be one.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Okay I kept out of this so now I'm going to put give my input on the last couple of disrespectful remarks of Initakes.

Quote :: But, all I have to say is that, John, the members may see it as fun, regardless of whether you do it or not.

How is this fun? All it is is work for some members, a read for others. We have an Announcements section which sums up everything important when it's needed and if they want something interested to read they should be reading roleplays or conversing via General Discussion.

Quote :: And since there are no teams, no plot, most Roleplay is missions.

True, there is no teams set up yet because of the Chuunin Exams, though people are taking it upon themselves to get familiar with another user via roleplay, getting a student or a sensei or even a just a teammate. As for the plot, your need to pay attention to what goes on with the site if you wished to run a newspaper for it. Kumogakure has a mission that is going to Bear Country which has PLOT MISSION in it's title and is the first step to taking the country, Kiri has a topic of the planning of taking over Nagi Island, however Gabe hasn't replied yet so it's running a bit slower than expected and as for Suna, Hugh has his plans, work has just stopped him implementing them. He will be heading to take over another village shortly, I think his planning on Bird Country. The plot wasn't ever going to hit the site like a ton of bricks, the Chuunin Exams are apart of the plot, it's all development. I'd like to see your excuses when shit comes your way, and it will soon. As for missions, it's a part of the ranking up system now so people are trying to build up their missions points or just have some fun because that's what missions are.

Quote :: And I know we have gotten good reviews from Forumotion, but they could be BETTER.

Those reviews are in the Staff Lounge, so how can you judge whether or not they can be better when you haven't seen them? I'd like to also mention that the reviewers don't review topics, that's all the Newspaper would be, a topic stickied somewhere.

Quote :: But I guess that resistance is futile. Cuz the damn staff here is too damn conservative to pay attention to a member's idea. Or even to try it.

This is my favourite part, because not only do you want to bitch at us about how we do things, you claim this as a members idea, your idea? No, I thought of this on the first Ultimate Shinobi and conversed with a few other members, like TNT and Pat and Anbu San, and we knocked up two different prototypes, it failed. Barely anybody payed attention to it and there was nothing really important to report, I believe we call that trying it, twice.

Quote :: LOOK AT THE DAMNED RESULTS. 5-4 in favor. Two undecided. Do the math.

We have four people saying No. We have two people saying sure, one of them is most likely you, meaning there s only one person saying sure. Three people are saying why not? Because they most likely think it won't matter, as in it won't have an effect on the forum so it doesn't matter. In total this poll has received 11 votes, in 48 hours we usually have what? among 30-50 members online and only 11 of them have voted? Interest seems to be lacking.

If you can think of an actual productive response to this, do so. If not I think this topic has been dealt with.

Posts : 1044

Pff, this topic is more fun to read than any newspaper.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Y wrote:: Pff, this topic is more fun to read than any newspaper.

Most likely, that's why I still say no to the newspaper. TEEHEE