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#1 2010-10-08 14:54:10

FlexiStudio
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Scratchers Informer #1

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In this edition of the Scratchers Informer you will find...
- The Fall Moderator Elections
- What's happening in Collabs
- User Spotlight: 08jackt

The Fall Moderator Elections
The Community Moderator Elections were supposed to continue as usual this September, but were postponed until October. Still further news is still be released on the 14th of October. Why was it postponed? The Scratch Team at MIT decided to change the rules of the Moderator program. The user running for the position now must be 14 years of age or more to qualify! Unsurprisingly this has had a large impact on the Forum Community. A fair 75% of the users who were going to run have now been knocked out of the elections. Thankfully, many Scratchers took the change maturely and have coped well; but was it the right decision?

What's happening in Collabs
This editions Forum spotlight is Collabs! Here's a chance to get all the new Collaboration's, groups that are new featured. XplodingEggs has started up a Collaboration for a Tower Defence game, and is in need of help of some users who are well suited to drawing sprites! They're not the newest, but Old Town Productions have been making their mark recently! RocksAndFire has made a successful game and has a large Collab with many members! Do you enjoy making collabs?

User Spotlight: 08jackt
Our chosen user for the spotlight today is 08jackt. He's made a huge mark on the front page with all his projects that have tumbled onto his profile - including A[Faction] and ProjectMaxxine. He has a successful string of OS's, called SynOS. There are now six of them after he released a whole load of projects in quick periods of each other. Thanks for reading this edition - the other should be out sometime soon. Please comment!

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#2 2010-10-08 15:06:32

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Wow, collabs eh, that means Crazy Banana Games are in this!  big_smile


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#3 2010-10-08 15:11:39

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maail wrote:

Wow, collabs eh, that means Crazy Banana Games are in this!  big_smile

Well, I finished this edition, but the next time I feature Collabs, Crazy Banana Games will be chosen!


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#4 2010-10-08 19:22:59

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Re: Scratchers Informer #1

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Competetion xD

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#5 2010-10-09 04:38:06

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RocksAndFire wrote:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Competetion xD

What's yours? Mine is on Forums only, not made into projects  smile


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#6 2010-10-09 05:15:58

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Great idea, making a newspaper just for the forums!  Not sure about the information about August being the usual date for the elections though - I think we were planning on September until we decided to make some modifications to the process that caused a delay.


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#7 2010-10-09 06:07:25

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Paddle2See wrote:

Great idea, making a newspaper just for the forums!  Not sure about the information about August being the usual date for the elections though - I think we were planning on September until we decided to make some modifications to the process that caused a delay.

Oh - I counted the months wrong!  yikes
Anyway, I'm glad you liked the idea and if you look back on this post, is there anything you would like to see in the next edition?


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#8 2010-10-09 12:55:24

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Re: Scratchers Informer #1

The title seems like Game Informer, great magazine btw.
This was a nice read.

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#9 2010-10-09 14:17:33

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GravityCatisalie wrote:

The title seems like Game Informer, great magazine btw.
This was a nice read.

No problem! The next edition will be released in a few days, same forum, same name but just with a #2  wink


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#10 2010-10-10 08:19:48

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Bumpety Bumpety  lol


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#11 2010-10-10 08:24:36

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Lol - I just noticed that your headline image has a typo "Scracthers" instead of "Scratchers" - unless that was intentional?  It gives it a sort of old-fashioned charm...

Let's see, other ideas...

Well, maybe you could have a section on what's new in the TBG forum.

How about a welcome for new users that have joined recently?

A section for BBC tricks?


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#12 2010-10-10 08:26:59

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Paddle2See wrote:

Lol - I just noticed that your headline image has a typo "Scracthers" instead of "Scratchers" - unless that was intentional?  It gives it a sort of old-fashioned charm...

OH NO!!!  yikes
That took me ages to make and if made a simple noob mistake  sad
I'll fix it lol  lol


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#13 2010-10-10 09:50:01

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What's happening in Collabs
This editions Forum spotlight is Collabs! Here's a chance to get all the new Collaboration's, groups that are new featured. XplodingEggs has started up a Collaboration for a Tower Defence game, and is in need of help of some users who are well suited to drawing sprites! They're not the newest, but Old Town Productions have been making their mark recently! RocksAndFire has made a successful game and has a large Collab with many members! Do you enjoy making collabs?

Woohoo!

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#14 2010-10-10 09:51:34

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What an excellent newspaper! I really like it - it's very neatly laid out and easy to read. Well done!

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#15 2010-10-10 13:19:41

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coolstuff wrote:

What an excellent newspaper! I really like it - it's very neatly laid out and easy to read. Well done!

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@Paddle2See: Your idea about the New users is very good. I could also have a section on BB Code tricks (That's what you typed, I presume?)  because I like BB Codes very much  lol  lol


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#16 2010-10-11 16:27:17

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Re: Scratchers Informer #1

New edition:
Here.


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#17 2010-10-11 16:31:59

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Nothing about me and Telemachus's Falling Earth collab, eh? Ah well. The thread is rather minuscule.  tongue

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#18 2010-10-11 16:35:14

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Nothing about me and Telemachus's Falling Earth collab, eh? Ah well. The thread is rather minuscule.  tongue

Yeah, for a first one I cut it short. And even so, I don't want an extremely long topic  tongue
Anyway, the second one is longer, released around 10 minutes ago.  wink


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#19 2010-10-11 16:37:14

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FlexiStudio wrote:

Aidan wrote:

Nothing about me and Telemachus's Falling Earth collab, eh? Ah well. The thread is rather minuscule.  tongue

Yeah, for a first one I cut it short. And even so, I don't want an extremely long topic  tongue
Anyway, the second one is longer, released around 10 minutes ago.  wink

I saw that one too. I really like these!  big_smile  Gret job!

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#20 2010-10-11 16:40:55

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Aidan wrote:

FlexiStudio wrote:

Aidan wrote:

Nothing about me and Telemachus's Falling Earth collab, eh? Ah well. The thread is rather minuscule.  tongue

Yeah, for a first one I cut it short. And even so, I don't want an extremely long topic  tongue
Anyway, the second one is longer, released around 10 minutes ago.  wink

I saw that one too. I really like these!  big_smile  Gret job!

Thanks!  tongue
Because I have attracted some attention (Not loads) I'm thinking of coding a website like blog where me and maail (I THINK IT WAS <- ) to post all the newspapers.


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#21 2010-10-11 16:48:10

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FlexiStudio wrote:

Aidan wrote:

FlexiStudio wrote:


Yeah, for a first one I cut it short. And even so, I don't want an extremely long topic  tongue
Anyway, the second one is longer, released around 10 minutes ago.  wink

I saw that one too. I really like these!  big_smile  Gret job!

Thanks!  tongue
Because I have attracted some attention (Not loads) I'm thinking of coding a website like blog where me and maail (I THINK IT WAS <- ) to post all the newspapers.

I have another idea: You could do email digests. Find some way to contact people who show interest (maybe a xat or something) and then E-mail each issue to everyone. Just a thought.  tongue

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#22 2010-10-11 16:49:24

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Aidan wrote:

FlexiStudio wrote:

Aidan wrote:


I saw that one too. I really like these!  big_smile  Gret job!

Thanks!  tongue
Because I have attracted some attention (Not loads) I'm thinking of coding a website like blog where me and maail (I THINK IT WAS <- ) to post all the newspapers.

I have another idea: You could do email digests. Find some way to contact people who show interest (maybe a xat or something) and then E-mail each issue to everyone. Just a thought.  tongue

Like an email subscription, the same sort of function of like an errr.... Magazine subscription except its free  tongue  ?


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#23 2010-10-11 16:50:07

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FlexiStudio wrote:

Aidan wrote:

FlexiStudio wrote:


Thanks!  tongue
Because I have attracted some attention (Not loads) I'm thinking of coding a website like blog where me and maail (I THINK IT WAS <- ) to post all the newspapers.

I have another idea: You could do email digests. Find some way to contact people who show interest (maybe a xat or something) and then E-mail each issue to everyone. Just a thought.  tongue

Like an email subscription, the same sort of function of like an errr.... Magazine subscription except its free  tongue  ?

Yeah.  smile

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#24 2010-10-13 15:24:59

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#25 2010-11-04 18:54:23

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Wow! An actual forum newspaper!

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