Scratch

Agg725 wrote:

Sorry if you think I'm being rude and butting in, but:

As you know, the scratch chatter has competition with the Scratch Times, so I want to maximize the level of graphics and writing!

I wouldn't really call it competition.    But if you want it to be... *sly smile*

Personally I think Scratch Times might have won this round 

aw, thanks!    (Impact is my favorite font)

Maybe even 6 times as popular than the Scratch times with 1 thread alone!

Even though I've advertised a little here and there, that's very true.   

However, the scratch times are a amazing newspaper. Great art and writing.

again: thanks! It's really not that incredible.

For them it is only Agg725 basically so it is a lot more efficient,

Well, now I have a bit of the load taken off of my back. taylorswift1321, soniku3, moose12141, and chongyian have been so generous as to help me out. Thanks guys!

Again, sorry if I totally just busted in without permission to do so.

@ Meapinator: maybe you could review our papers! that'd be nice.

At some points it sounded like I said you guys were the "enemies"...sorry...nice paper though. I just wanted to make a point to the scratch chatter....

Competition is what makes things better. Would we have the iPhone4S if we didn't have the Samsung Galaxy? Of course not. It is competition that creates these things so having two Scratch newspapers will benefit both of them.

Here's what I have so far. It's not done yet, I still might get more responses. But so far, these are my favorites.

Scratchers Say

Scratch 2.0 is a big topic within the Scratch community, and so I decided to see what Scratchers had to say about it. Some thought it was great, and some thought it wasn't. There are Scratchers who like specific features, such as cloud variables and video motion-sensing. But don't just take my word for it! Here are some of the responses from Scratchers:

Paint editor is absolutely awful.
Clones should copy code.
The blocks are a bit uglier but I can deal with it.
-soupoftomato

I like the video motion-sensing. I think it would be great for sports games so kids can be more active while on the computer. It could even be like Xbox Kinect!
-Agg725

Overall, I can see Scratch 2.0 as a huge milestone. The possibilities for cloud variables are endless...For me personally, I know that I will most likely spend much of my time making Stick RPG an online multiplayer.
-RedRocker227

It looks like Scratch 2.0 is allowing Scratchers to be ambitious and dream big - for instance, Agg725's fantasy for encouraging activity while on the computer. It's also creating new possibilities for games, as you can see by RedRocker227's idea. However, Scratchers have also found downsides to Scratch 2.0, some of which are listed in soupoftomato's response. Overall, I think Scratch 2.0 is going to be a great improvement from our current Scratch.

---

Is this good now or do I need more? If I do need more, I will wait. If it's good I will switch topic (idea...)

My idea: So we're creating a computers/Internet supplement, right? I could change the topic to Internet safety for that supplement.

taylorswift1321 wrote:

Here's what I have so far. It's not done yet, I still might get more responses. But so far, these are my favorites.

Scratchers Say

Scratch 2.0 is a big topic within the Scratch community, and so I decided to see what Scratchers had to say about it. Some thought it was great, and some thought it wasn't. There are Scratchers who like specific features, such as cloud variables and video motion-sensing. But don't just take my word for it! Here are some of the responses from Scratchers:

Paint editor is absolutely awful.
Clones should copy code.
The blocks are a bit uglier but I can deal with it.
-soupoftomato

I like the video motion-sensing. I think it would be great for sports games so kids can be more active while on the computer. It could even be like Xbox Kinect!
-Agg725

Overall, I can see Scratch 2.0 as a huge milestone. The possibilities for cloud variables are endless...For me personally, I know that I will most likely spend much of my time making Stick RPG an online multiplayer.
-RedRocker227

It looks like Scratch 2.0 is allowing Scratchers to be ambitious and dream big - for instance, Agg725's fantasy for encouraging activity while on the computer. It's also creating new possibilities for games, as you can see by RedRocker227's idea. However, Scratchers have also found downsides to Scratch 2.0, some of which are listed in soupoftomato's response. Overall, I think Scratch 2.0 is going to be a great improvement from our current Scratch.

---

Is this good now or do I need more? If I do need more, I will wait. If it's good I will switch topic (idea...)

My idea: So we're creating a computers/Internet supplement, right? I could change the topic to Internet safety for that supplement.

Try to make it a little more integrated. For example, say "many scratchers like the idea, but they still find problems. For example, soupoftomato thinks..." Something like that. Draw the conclusions for the readers.

taylorswift1321 wrote:

Here's what I have so far. It's not done yet, I still might get more responses. But so far, these are my favorites.

Scratchers Say

Scratch 2.0 is a big topic within the Scratch community, and so I decided to see what Scratchers had to say about it. Some thought it was great, and some thought it wasn't. There are Scratchers who like specific features, such as cloud variables and video motion-sensing. But don't just take my word for it! Here are some of the responses from Scratchers:

Paint editor is absolutely awful.
Clones should copy code.
The blocks are a bit uglier but I can deal with it.
-soupoftomato

I like the video motion-sensing. I think it would be great for sports games so kids can be more active while on the computer. It could even be like Xbox Kinect!
-Agg725

Overall, I can see Scratch 2.0 as a huge milestone. The possibilities for cloud variables are endless...For me personally, I know that I will most likely spend much of my time making Stick RPG an online multiplayer.
-RedRocker227

It looks like Scratch 2.0 is allowing Scratchers to be ambitious and dream big - for instance, Agg725's fantasy for encouraging activity while on the computer. It's also creating new possibilities for games, as you can see by RedRocker227's idea. However, Scratchers have also found downsides to Scratch 2.0, some of which are listed in soupoftomato's response. Overall, I think Scratch 2.0 is going to be a great improvement from our current Scratch.

---

Is this good now or do I need more? If I do need more, I will wait. If it's good I will switch topic (idea...)

My idea: So we're creating a computers/Internet supplement, right? I could change the topic to Internet safety for that supplement.

check your topic: I don't  think it was RedRocker who said that. 

@ WingsGames - Can I do a Scratchers Say for the computers/Internet supplement on Internet safety?

Agg725 wrote:

(I'm really excited about making tennis, table tennis, or volleyball with scratch 2.0.    )

thanks! that's a great edit to the article!

taylorswift1321 wrote:

@ chongyian please update the website. there are tons more workers that aren't listed.

!?!?!?!? I just updated the site yesterday!!!

@JH010, I will try to find that out if i can...

See the 'Contact Us' At the bottom of the page? That is what I just pressed....

Yeah, and give a long......... description...

This is what I have so far.

Text Based Games

The scratch website has over 1,000,000 users. The scratch forums has over 270,000 users. But would you think the Text Based Games only have over 72,000? That's about 200,000 less users then the forums. There are lots of games that are hits, and in 12 hours, there are 3 pages of topics. The forums have over 1,275,000 posts! Yet the TBGs surprisingly have over 534,000 posts. That's a whole lot of posting. The TBGs are soon bringing back a old feature, Featured Games, after the hit TBG "London 2012" ends at a unknown date. The mods pick a "Game of the Week". Here is what some users had to say:

jontmy00 said "It'll be great, but hopefully it doesn't go to waste. I hope they'll feature games from lesser-known TBGers, so that each topic gets a fair chance to be played. Then, the TBGs would be a better place, with better games too."

Last edited by sportsdude6 (2012-08-27 08:02:58)

Where can the magazine be found???