If I'm not wrong, Sleep got a walk-in without prior issues
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by Honeydewistania » Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:38 am
Alger wrote:if you have egoquotes in your signature, touch grass
by Outer Sparta » Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:39 am
by Outer Sparta » Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:27 am
by Trotterdam » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:29 am
There was Kindly Professor Hell, who had the title of "Issues Tech", which I think carried the same powers as an "Issues Editor", just without the expectation of having to actually edit stuff.Outer Sparta wrote:Have there been editors who never written issues? I wonder if that's ever been the case.
by Fauxia » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:37 am
Outer Sparta wrote:Have there been editors who never written issues? I wonder if that's ever been the case.
Aibohphobia wrote:Thank you. A shame I didn't make it. More proof I suck as a writer while being great at editing.
Outer Sparta wrote:How many of the shortlist issues weren't drafted on the forums? I know I didn't draft mine on here.
by Drasnia » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:54 am
by Fauxia » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:58 am
Drasnia wrote:Fauxia wrote:Bah, still never had one published.
By the way, in case anyone else is curious, there are 32 unique authors on the 48-issue shortlist.
I feel like your answer is a little pedantic when the question that was asked was if there were editors who hadn't written issues. I'm not sure of the timeline of events, so maybe Sanct didn't have one published at the time he was made editor, but he got the job because he wrote a publishable issue.
by Sanctaria » Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:17 am
Drasnia wrote:Fauxia wrote:Bah, still never had one published.
By the way, in case anyone else is curious, there are 32 unique authors on the 48-issue shortlist.
I feel like your answer is a little pedantic when the question that was asked was if there were editors who hadn't written issues. I'm not sure of the timeline of events, so maybe Sanct didn't have one published at the time he was made editor, but he got the job because he wrote a publishable issue.
by Trotterdam » Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:00 pm
And here I'm immediately drawn to notice how those are both multiples of 16 which is a power of 2.Fauxia wrote:By the way, in case anyone else is curious, there are 32 unique authors on the 48-issue shortlist.
by Socio Polor » Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:36 pm
by Aibohphobia » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:09 pm
I had tried that in the past, but, and I don't remember the exact specifics now, there was a discussion with one of the editors that didn't go well. It was either about the use of commas or a singular/plural verb with a collection of entities (for example, "a bunch of citizens is" versus "a bunch of citizens are"). Overall, all the new issues I've seen in the past 2 years or so had absolutely nothing to pick on. If one disregards the inconsistency between British and American English, they're absolutely fine (I think even the "--", " - " and "—" issue has been fixed). I imagine the Editors these days mostly deal with incorrect census effects, which is significantly more difficult than just being good at grammar-nazism.Honeydewistania wrote:Maybe you could be more active in GI and provide constructive and helpful feedback and suggestions, maybe you'll get a callup for editing
I don't know. I'm working as an editor for another text-based game, and I've only ever written 1 text for it, simply because I don't have the imagination.Outer Sparta wrote:Have there been editors who never written issues? I wonder if that's ever been the case.
After Australian rePublic's responses to my last drafts submitted to the forum, I don't feel very comfortable sharing them. I would much rather discuss them privately with SherpDaWerp who shares the region with me and has been a long-time friend.Fauxia wrote:A lot of us in the Top Ten weren’t immediately very good at issue writing. It takes practice for most of us mere mortals. If you keep writing and drafting on this forum, chances are good you can get issues into the game.
by Noahs Second Country » Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:12 pm
Aibohphobia wrote:I had tried that in the past, but, and I don't remember the exact specifics now, there was a discussion with one of the editors that didn't go well. It was either about the use of commas or a singular/plural verb with a collection of entities (for example, "a bunch of citizens is" versus "a bunch of citizens are"). Overall, all the new issues I've seen in the past 2 years or so had absolutely nothing to pick on. If one disregards the inconsistency between British and American English, they're absolutely fine (I think even the "--", " - " and "—" issue has been fixed). I imagine the Editors these days mostly deal with incorrect census effects, which is significantly more difficult than just being good at grammar-nazism.Honeydewistania wrote:Maybe you could be more active in GI and provide constructive and helpful feedback and suggestions, maybe you'll get a callup for editingI don't know. I'm working as an editor for another text-based game, and I've only ever written 1 text for it, simply because I don't have the imagination.Outer Sparta wrote:Have there been editors who never written issues? I wonder if that's ever been the case.
Maybe the other NS Editors know the answer to this one.
by Trotterdam » Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:03 pm
I'm pretty sure grammar-nazism is still important, it just mostly happens behind the scenes and you only see the end result.Aibohphobia wrote:I imagine the Editors these days mostly deal with incorrect census effects, which is significantly more difficult than just being good at grammar-nazism.
by Zwangzug » Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:57 pm
Trotterdam wrote:I'm pretty sure grammar-nazism is still important, it just mostly happens behind the scenes and you only see the end result.Aibohphobia wrote:I imagine the Editors these days mostly deal with incorrect census effects, which is significantly more difficult than just being good at grammar-nazism.
(Should "nazism" be capitalized when it's being used metaphorically rather than to refer to the actual Hitler-run political party? For that matter, should it be "naziism" because the "i" is part of the name even before adding the "-ism"? I'd certainly be inclined to pronounce them separately: "nat-see-izz-um".)
by Aguaria Major » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:58 pm
by The Free Joy State » Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:43 pm
Aguaria Major wrote:
If you submitted one that wasn't in the shortlist yet have received no telegram saying it will not be integrated into the game: does that mean it's still being considered?
Or does not being on the shortlist mean you were rejected straightaway?
by The Free Joy State » Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:30 am
by SherpDaWerp » Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:36 am
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