The Gahzette.

[King Henry V]

Remember that old thing?

The last issue was a considerable time ago, I personally have not seen Ianofsmeg, the editor, on these boards for many moons and previous attempts to reform the org's newspaper have been half-hearted and fruitless. So was wondering, is anyone else interested in re-forming a journalistic team so that the org can have its own publication?

[UltraWar]

I'll be willing to help out

[The Foolish Horseman]

ill help with the Gahzette as well

[Caius]

I always said I wanted to be a reporter

[edyzmedieval]

Me too. I want to help.

Who wants to be with me and reorganize the Gah Zette?

[Caius]

Go :gah:zette go!

[sapi]

I might help from time to time, depending on my rl schedule

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi King Henry V,
I'd be more than happy to help by editing the articles before they go up - as in a proof reader, yet, I sadly, am rubbish at writing them - sometimes I don't even understand what I write myself, so I would leave that part to the real experts! I hope this does start up, having a newsletter would be great! Good luck, cheers!

[Warmaster Horus]

Same as Omanes. Although as far as the Articles go, it depends what the Subject is. I could do a kind of special report from time to time(mod release, etc...)
Two is better than one. For a Gahzette to work it needs many (more or less) articles and many means lots to proofread.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Whatever happened to Ian anyway?

[TinCow]

What exactly IS the Gahzette? What kind of articles and such? Is there an old copy I can see somewhere?

[Warmaster Horus]

Here, you'll find a sneak peek of the Org Gahzette:
Sneak Peek (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=62296)
Here an preview of an edition:
Preview (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=63472)
If you search for Gahzette, it seems to me that it never really got off.

[edyzmedieval]

Whatever happened to Ian anyway?

He's away I guess. Haven't seen him on MSN for lifetimes.

[TinCow]

I will be perfectly happy to contribute articles, but unfortunately I've got too much on my plate to do any organizational work. So... if this thing every moves anywhere and needs content, send me a PM and I'll pump it out quickly.

[The Foolish Horseman]

Ill be a mod reporter, and a general reporter

[Caius]

I can follow RTW mods.My PM is opened to complaints...and generous money donations :D-Mithrandir

[Warmaster Horus]

And who will be the editor?

[Caius]

Not sure

[UltraWar]

I could be the editor

[Warmaster Horus]

Ianofsmeg16: Editor
Tiberius: reporter (general)
ZainDustin: Reporter (Arcade)
Craterus: Reporter (General)
Ace_Genral: Reporter (New Members)
Dutch_Guy: Reporter (PBM)
Wakizashi: Reporter (Modifications)
Tibilicus: Reporter (MP)
Alexanderofmacedon: Reporter (Tavern)
Woad Warrior: After Action Reporter
With a very special Thank you to Quietus for his awesome banners and sigs!

This was the original team of the Org Gahzette. Perhaps we could get one for the new Gahzette?

[pevergreen]

If no one better comes foward, i could do the gameroom.

[Warluster]

Uh Hum!

A while ago i sent another annoying PM to TosaINu, but this time it had real info!

ANyway skip a few hours of story and it comes dwon to one thing,
I would be happy to be editor! Or a reporter! or a researcher! Or... part of the Gahzette, and I contacted Ian YEARS ago, and he hasn't come back to me in YEARS!

[caravel]

I could be the printer? :beam:

//coat on door open

[Caius]

I could be the printer? :beam:

//coat on door open
spam is bad

IIm the colliseum watcher, and the gameroom too

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Ianofsmeg16: Editor
Tiberius: reporter (general)
ZainDustin: Reporter (Arcade)
Craterus: Reporter (General)
Ace_Genral: Reporter (New Members)
Dutch_Guy: Reporter (PBM)
Wakizashi: Reporter (Modifications)
Tibilicus: Reporter (MP)
Alexanderofmacedon: Reporter (Tavern)
Woad Warrior: After Action Reporter
With a very special Thank you to Quietus for his awesome banners and sigs!

This was the original team of the Org Gahzette. Perhaps we could get one for the new Gahzette?


Don't forget a reporter for Mutiplayer

[The Foolish Horseman]

Ill be multiplayer reporter also, as well as a mod reporter, and a general reporte

[pevergreen]

Elite people are working here. :yes:

Looks almost impossible to be part of :laugh4:

[The Spartan (Returns)]

i remember people trying to start the Gah-zette agian last year.

i hope this year its for real, good luck.

[Myrddraal]

It's great to see this show on the road once more, but this time, I don't think we want it to die out straight away. So we need some direction, so this is what I suggest.

Sapi is AM here, and so is committed to spending a fair amount of time on the .org without random dissapearances. I would strongly recommend, if he is willing, that he take on the task of editing and organising the Gahzette.

If Tosa agrees, I think a private subforum for the organisation of the Gahzette might be provided.

So what I'm suggesting:

sapi: Editor
King Henry V: Reporter
UltraWar: Reporter
GBB: Reporter
Caius Flaminius: Reporter
edyzmedieval: Reporter
TinCow: Reporter
pevergreen: Reporter
Warluster: Reporter
Omanes Alexandrapolites the Idiot: Proof reading
Warmaster Horus: Proof reading

How about it? I'd leave the assigning of reporters to different topics to sapi, but I'm sure it'll work out that you just write about what interests you.

[sapi]

Thanks for your support Myrddraal.

It is important that everyone here is writing about topics that they are genuinely interested in, so I'm certainly not going to be assigning topics to particular people but rather relying on people volunteering, which you have so aptly done up to this point.

I'll discuss this more with the contributors once we really get started and once a provisional date for the first issue has been set, but I think a system wherin the contributors post their pieces in a private forum (which Myddraal is working with Tosa to obtain) and then the proof readers go over them there would be best.

I'll take care of the compilation and publishing side of things, as well as some final editing if it seems necessary.

So welcome, and good luck to all involved
:bow:
sapi

[Warluster]

Awesome, its finally underway again!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Thanks for the advise Myrddraal! May I suggest, sapi, that, if TosaInu provides us with a hidden forum, then the proof readers and you have edit abilities. The idea would be that the proof readers edit what the reporters say and then, once done, it gets moved, by you, to a great visable forum where all the articles go? Probably a stupid idea, yet it might, hopefully, work?

[Warmaster Horus]

No, it's a good idea. The proof-readers would only have the right to edit in that forum.

[edyzmedieval]

Sapi, welcome our new master. Listen to the master, or die!!! :grin:

So, do we have that hidden fora?

[econ21]

Dutch_guy interviewed me about PBM stuff for the Gahzette a while back, but I don't think it came out. He or I should have a copy of the text somewhere if you need some quick ready content.

[sapi]

@omanes - that could work, but it'd probably be better (from my perspective, at least) if the proofreaders put up their changes as a separate post, as this makes it possible to refer to the original text of the article if need be.

@edzy - no, we don't have the forum yet - I'll let you know when Tosa works something out. There's nothing to stop people thinking about what to write in the mean time though.

@econ - thanks for the offer - if we can get a reporter to cover pbms all well and good; if not then we have that to fall back on.

To all the reporters: could you pm me with what you want to cover so that I can get all that together without cluttering up this thread?

[Caius]

The Gahzette is looking for talented and inspired reporters from all forums and all walks of life. Join the Org's very own newspaper and carve out a place for your niche today!

Applications by pm to sapi - all welcome
I liked your other sig

Anyway, I Pm'ed you.

Caivs

[pevergreen]

as did I, 13 hours ago :laugh:

[Quietus]

I sent Ian these signatures and banner last year. If anyone wants to use them.

https://img471.imageshack.us/img471/1666/gazrend5ahy8.jpg
https://img471.imageshack.us/img471/1666/gazrend5ahy8.jpg

https://img331.imageshack.us/img331/4203/gazrend4ayo4.jpg
https://img331.imageshack.us/img331/4203/gazrend4ayo4.jpg

https://img343.imageshack.us/img343/2931/gazrend3avr4.jpg
https://img343.imageshack.us/img343/2931/gazrend3avr4.jpg

https://img321.imageshack.us/img321/5972/gazrend2bfx5.jpg
https://img321.imageshack.us/img321/5972/gazrend2bfx5.jpg

:skull:

[sapi]

:laugh4:

I might do up some userbars on the weekend for gahzette users if you remind me :yes:

[Csargo]

If you need a reporter for the gameroom I'de be glad to be that person, but I'm sure you've already got someone covering it.

[sapi]

pever said he'd cover it, but he had other options so if you're willing I could move you in...

[Warluster]

When everyone has Pm'ed sapi about what ther doing, could we have like a list saying what everyones doing?And can we say what we're covering?

[sapi]

The assignment list will be available shortly in the future.

EDIT: Link broken

[caravel]

Let me know if you need a Main Hall correspondent, reporting from the front lines, scrawling frantically in his notebook and hanging onto his camel's reigns for dear life as yet another volley of arrows and bolts shoot past his ears.

:beam:

[sapi]

I'd love to have someone willing to brave the terrors of the Main Hall :yes:

You interested?

[caravel]

I'd love to have someone willing to brave the terrors of the Main Hall :yes:

You interested?
Well I can give it a go, but I would need to have some idea of what it all entails? If it comes down to writing articles about the main hall, I can do that, even add a touch of surrealism to it (:wink3:), could probably waffle on all day about the place in fact. :skull:

[Andres]

Well I can give it a go, but I would need to have some idea of what it all entails? If it comes down to writing articles about the main hall, I can do that, even add a touch of surrealism to it (:wink3:), could probably waffle on all day about the place in fact. :skull:

They just need an article, not a book :laugh4:

[sapi]

:laugh4:

I'm still working on organising some article ideas and the like with the reporters, so you're basically welcome to contribute whatever you want.

[caravel]

They just need an article, not a book :laugh4:
It's called "padding out" my friend. Every newspaper does it, the Dail Mail more so than most in fact. The Mail usually run out of material somewhere around page 5, after which they simply "pad out" with regurgitated articles about conspiracy theories and WW2. I'm just trying to bring that feel of the true press to the Gahzette. Picture this, you just browsed though to page two and read the latest about M2TW, what next? Conspiracy theories and other rubbish of course, like this stuff, could be near the back:


AI discovered in TW game
AI has been unearthed in Rome Total War. A team of orgeologists have been working tirelessly over the ruins of this game for the last 2 years and have finally discovered what they believe may have once been AI. Professor Caravel working at the site was extremely pleased with the team's results. Putting down his shovel and giving the camels some water, he spoke with our reporter of the team's delight at the new discovery. "Yes this is a great day for the .org, the specimen we have found is a very primitive AI, we can't be entirely certain of it's true nature as yet but we believe it goes back to the prefantasyunitazoic period it may even date to as far back as the gameplayandtacticsazoic which is a very long time ago! It could be a remnant of earlier times when AI was more commonly found in this area. We are still excavating the site and we do still hope to find gameplay and tactics".

[Dutch_guy]

Dutch_guy interviewed me about PBM stuff for the Gahzette a while back, but I don't think it came out. He or I should have a copy of the text somewhere if you need some quick ready content.

Yes indeed, that was quite some time ago. However, if my memory serves me right, I think that issue did get posted.

:balloon2:

[Caius]

It's called "padding out" my friend. Every newspaper does it, the Dail Mail more so than most in fact. The Mail usually run out of material somewhere around page 5, after which they simply "pad out" with regurgitated articles about conspiracy theories and WW2. I'm just trying to bring that feel of the true press to the Gahzette. Picture this, you just browsed though to page two and read the latest about M2TW, what next? Conspiracy theories and other rubbish of course, like this stuff, could be near the back:
The article should be censoured.
Camels are forbidden in the org :beam:

*Hides until Martok comes*

[Martok]

@Caravel: Hee! That was pretty good. :beam:


The article should be censoured.
Camels are forbidden in the org :beam:

*Hides until Martok comes*
C'mere, Caius! I promise this won't hurt....much. :whip:

Your mistake, of course, was that you should've *stayed* hiding.... ~D

[pevergreen]

:laugh4:

[Caius]

Since it is the OrgGahzette, I decided to post this...(not mine)

Caravel


FAKE CAMELS SCANDAL AT ORG
Moderator Mithrandir and Assistant Moderator Martok arrested at centre of "cash for camels" row.
Policeman Caius Flaminius and AndrestheCunning raided the .org late last night and seized a 100% polyester camel suit, 10 moderator turbans, an old toilet seat and a ginger wig. A witness outside, Mr Caravel from the Main Hall, commented "mwuhahahhahahahaaaaaa" as he was lead off in a straight jacket with 20 copies of the violent video game "Medieval Total War". After raiding Caravels home police found amateur mod making equipment. Detective Sergeant Somebody, handling the case said, "Caravel has been linked to Mithrandir and Martok, he was close, very close to modding Armenian Heavy Cavalry to all factions, this could have been a lot worse, a very dangerous individual is now safely off the streets"...
A little change to give the credits to the police...:bounce:

Anyway, what can I write?

[sapi]

To all gazhette reporters:

Tosa has been kind enough to provide us with our own forum. To join, open up your user CP, go to the tab 'grop memberships' and send a join request to the group called 'The Gahzette'.

I'll process your request as soon as i can (usually within 24 hours at the most) and then you'll be able to view the forum under the category 'misc'

Thanks Tosa :bow:

[Caius]

Send the inscription

[CountArach]

I'll do some Proof Reading. I have an excellent grasp of the English Language.

EDIT: Also if youw ant, just ask me about adding some of my AAR to it. I'd be glad to lend a hand with that if you are short of articles.

[Caius]

I can follow The King of The Romans PbEM too.

[Dutch_guy]

Hey, congrats on the promotion Sapi ~:)

:balloon2:

[King Henry V]

I could be deputy editor. If you want an example of what I have done in the passed (I was editor of the Helios at TWC):

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=60853
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=53642
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52500
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51565

[Warmaster Horus]

Nice job, I'd be in favour of a deputy editor like you(who'd do what, precisely?)
Say, what actually happened to the old Helios? Kind of like the old Gahzette, or something else?

[King Henry V]

I did too much, and after two weeks I was burned out, so I resigned. After a few months of dormancy, it was up and running again with a new editor.

[Warmaster Horus]

I see... Yeah it happened to me when I was writing a story.. After 4-5 chapters I didn't have any more ideas so I just gave up. Let's hope it doesn't occur here, eh?

[Tran]

Do you accept critics? I don't want to join or be part of the team because I don't have much free time, but I'd more than willing to do critisizing on GAHzete until you're all bleed...unless of course the Org has changed into some kind of bloody dictatorial regime and banned free-speech...

[sapi]

@King Henry - sure - put in an invite to the usergroup and you can do some editing when it comes time for it. We're not doing things exactly as a 'real' newspaper would, which makes it all the more important to get some more people editing and the like. :beam:

@Tran - We'll see how we go once editing begins :yes:

[Csargo]

Do you accept critics? I don't want to join or be part of the team because I don't have much free time, but I'd more than willing to do critisizing on GAHzete until you're all bleed...unless of course the Org has changed into some kind of bloody dictatorial regime and banned free-speech...

Aye it has.

[sapi]

:no:

The Org hasn't changed into that...because it never was anything else :yes:

:bow: to the benevolent dictatorship of our lord Tosa :grin2:

[Moros]

Here are the two issues that did make it:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=62866
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=63472

[Tran]

:bow: to the benevolent dictatorship of our lord Tosa :grin2:

:director: I call all revolutionariess to riisssseee and crruuussshhh the fake lord Tosa and Sapi (just look at his new creepy avatar) and all their Companions and seize Gahzette for the welfare of people

:charge:
:hmg:
:rifle:
:rifle:

[Warmaster Horus]

You know, somehow I don't think you should post that. You'd better start running quickly, mate.
It's somekind of gut feeling, see.
However if you do survive, post it in the Tosa appreciation thread to prove everybody wrong!

[Tran]

Running? When there are thousands of angry mobs rallying together against the fake Tosa and false Sapi? Well I'll be running...but to the direction of wherever the evil dictators reside...we'll give no mercy, so I won't do any kind of stinking appreciation to the fake evil lord. I'm sorry if that disappoint you...

[Incongruous]

So, do you guys still need any help?
Even perhaps sometime in the far off future?
Do you have a battlefield reporter for the Backroom?
Or and nobish bookworm for the Mead Hall?

[sapi]

@Tran - If you call me 'Sapi' again you will have something to worry about :grin2:

@Bopa - we're always looking for new reporters and as yet haven't found anyone mad enough to venture into the backroom :laugh4:

Send me an application in the group cp :yes:

[Tran]

@Tran - If you call me 'Sapi' again...

Sapi Sapi Sapi bloody Sapi! Down to bloody Sapi! Who bribed the fake lord Tosa to become his moderator (henchman) :smash: :rolleyes:

**fades away**

[BlackAxe3001]

HERESY!!!

grabs sword and chases after Tran

"How dare you defile the almighty forums of our lord Tosa and how dare you make a mockery of sapi's name!!" screams BlackAxe as he chases after Tran.

[Csargo]

I would like to do something if you have anything.

[BlackAxe3001]

NO! :wink:

[Csargo]

NO! :wink:

GO AWAY!:thumbsdown:

[GeneralHankerchief]

Any projected date for the first issue?

[pevergreen]

Im sorry, thats classified. :laugh4:

I will talk to sapi and get back to you.

[Csargo]

Im sorry, thats classified. :laugh4:

I will talk to sapi and get back to you.

Your what I wanted to be pever. :angry:

[CountArach]

An Australian? I know we are popular, but that is a bit much.

[sapi]

Ichigo - we might be able to find a spot for you, if you were willing to cover something other than the Gameroom or just provide a summary of your mafia in a later issue.

The release date is limited to 'when it's done' at the moment and any reporter who gives you an exact date will cause me to change the date just to prove them wrong :laugh4:

[Tamur]

Who should be contacted for seasonal or occasional events such as the current writing contest? Or would these simply fall under the reportage of their "primary" forum (i.e. the Mead Hall for the contest)?

[Warmaster Horus]

Uh, right now we're having a kind of debacle about it, between myself and Warluster. We've been putting it off until the first issue is up, so it would be better if you could wait until then.

[Tamur]

All right, thanks, and debacle away. I'll post again nearer award time.

[Warmaster Horus]

Okay.

[sapi]

Tamur, just pm me with anything like that and I'll sort it out and give it to the appropiate reporter :yes:

[Tran]

HERESY!!!

grabs sword and chases after Tran

"How dare you defile the almighty forums of our lord Tosa and how dare you make a mockery of sapi's name!!" screams BlackAxe as he chases after Tran.

What did you say...BlackAxe?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/images/2005/08/04/stormtrooper_darth_maul_470x376.jpg

[Csargo]

Depends on whatever you need me too do sapi.

[sapi]

Issue 1 has been released (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=82442)