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Ishmayl-Retired

#30
June 13, 2006, 05:25:54 PM
I think a twice-a-month thing is a good idea (though I have no aversion to once-a-month, either), but scheduling for specific dates is not.  I don't think 15th/30th would be the way to go, because you have one on a Wednesday, then the other on a Thursday, which are just weird days.  I think more like:  the 2nd Monday, and the last Monday in each month.  So occasionally, on a month where there's 5 Mondays, one may come three weeks after the other, but generally, it'll be a pretty set schedule.
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For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Elven Doritos

#31
June 13, 2006, 05:27:46 PM
Right, that is another valid option as well, and it would probably work out better.
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

limetom

#32
June 13, 2006, 05:39:50 PM
I still think this will be overstreching us a bit.  Sure, we'll have new books to review each month, but other than that, we'll run out of ideas pretty quickly.

Elven Doritos

#33
June 13, 2006, 05:40:51 PM
We're a community of almost 100 members, each of us brimming with ideas. I can't say that I agree. ;)
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Ishmayl-Retired

#34
June 13, 2006, 05:43:08 PM
Well, we can always post articles where people have developed new mechanics, we can always show the past and current campaign showcase, we can always have some nonsense in there if we want, and someone mentioned a web comic, which I would agree to if we could set up a better schedule than GitP.  I think, especially on a monthly basis, we would have enough stuff to send out to bore the casual passer-by silly ;)
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

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For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Lmns Crn

#35
June 13, 2006, 05:45:11 PM
Most of those 100 members are distressingly silent, but I think you're on to something nonetheless. Nothing says the stuff in the newsletter has to be the same style and level of polish as the things we're posting in our own settings.
I move quick: I'm gonna try my trick one last time--
you know it's possible to vaguely define my outline
when dust move in the sunshine

Hibou

#36
June 13, 2006, 06:35:39 PM
Yeah, monthly is good for me. I thought you were saying every two months :O
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Numinous

#37
June 13, 2006, 06:36:49 PM
I'm just gonna say that I'm leaning towards a 1/month schedule, as ideas are hard to come by sometimes.  Besides, we can always increase the frequency of the publication, but slowing down things will cause discontent among the masses.
Previously: Natural 20, Critical Threat, Rose of Montague
- Currently working on: The Smoking Hills - A bottom-up, seat-of-my-pants, fairy tale adventure!

Elven Doritos

#38
June 13, 2006, 06:37:13 PM
Because, by definition, you were right. ;)

It's okay, all is good. I think the consensus is monthly at the moment, but when this thing gets off the ground, we'll probably have a poll or something.

~ElDo
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Hibou

#39
June 13, 2006, 06:40:34 PM
Also, I don't think we should have the same sections in there every installment. Alternating between section 'line-ups' for each newsletter would certainly keep things fresh, though how to determine rotation is questionable. Perhaps there should be voting on a particular line-up at the start of each month (assuming it's monthly) which lasts a week, giving three weeks to prepare for the next newsletter.
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Wix of Bel-Air

#40
June 13, 2006, 06:51:11 PM
Would it also be better if we had TWO teams, ONE for EACH other newsletter edition? Personally, two weeks to wait till the last day for crit to hand something in to me would be frustrating. Because crit is a slacker (jk).

Anyway, I'll work up something cool for a line-up, like...

Book Reviews

Special Columns (Dungeon Management, Spell Galore, etc.)

Fanfic (of favourite campaigns or maybe of each other's campaigns...)

Editor's Beef

...stuff like that... yes....
Eats brains here! Ugh!
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
[spoiler=Cthulhu]"To obtain a deep, restful, and fulfilling sleep, you must first submerge yourself in your cyclopean city of hideous non-Euclidean geometries beneath the sea, and then let your body die. But don't worry! As long as you continue to emanate enough evil thought-energy to influence and control your many worshippers throughout the untold eons, they will resurrect you when the time comes. I guarantee it!" [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Wash]
Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."

(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."

(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"

(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stanza 11]
No! penury, inertness and grimace,
In some strange sort, were the land's portion. "See
Or shut your eyes," said Nature peevishly,
"It nothing skills: I cannot help my case:
'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place,
Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
[/spoiler]

Ishmayl-Retired

#41
June 13, 2006, 08:45:59 PM
We should have some people developing homemade spells, items, feats, and such as well for this.  We need to be careful, though, or we'll be calling this thing an e-zine instead of a newsletter.
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

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- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Numinous

#42
June 13, 2006, 08:49:50 PM
What's wrong with an e-zine?

and yes Wix, I am a slacker.  I prefer procrastinator though, as it sounds slightly more sophisticated.

EDIT: We could do member bios or something, a member of the month?  Maybe the members whose campaign won the showcase this month get a blurb?
Previously: Natural 20, Critical Threat, Rose of Montague
- Currently working on: The Smoking Hills - A bottom-up, seat-of-my-pants, fairy tale adventure!

Ishmayl-Retired

#43
June 13, 2006, 08:53:44 PM
Nothing's wrong with an e-zine, but I'm certainly not going to host this site and come up with a magazine's worth of material all the time ;)
!turtle Ishmayl, Overlord of the CBG

- Proud Recipient of the Kishar Badge
- Proud Wearer of the \"Help Eldo Set up a Glossary\" Badge
- Proud Bearer of the Badge of the Jade Stage
- Part of the WikiCrew, striving to make the CBG Wiki the best wiki in the WORLD

For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

CYMRO

#44
June 13, 2006, 08:55:24 PM
Quote from: IshmaylNothing's wrong with an e-zine, but I'm certainly not going to host this site and come up with a magazine's worth of material all the time ;)

I am sure amongst us we already have  a handful of issues worth of material.
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