A roguelike webzine!

[christopher]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Hello all.

Lately I've been searching the net looking at websites about
rougelikes. There weren't very many, and to be honest most were pretty
boring. It seemed the only *really* interesting and constantly
changing stuff on the net are these R.G.R.* Also a few days ago I saw
a friend reading a magazine 'White Dwarf' which is a monthly magazine
about a table-top collectable war game, War Hammer. So I thought,
wouldn't it be great if there was something like that for Roguelikes!
(If there is something like this, please tell me about it and I'll
crawl off in embarrasment). And so this idea was born:

A roguelike web-zine! (being a magazine, but on the internet).

Now, these things cant just happen instantly, and there are always
problems, but I think I could manage to churn out one of these every
fortnight or so. It would include stuff like interesting
Ascensions/Victories/Winnings, Reviews of some of the lesser-known
roguelikes, tactics, interviews with creators... whatever. So, I
figured I'd throw this out into the open and get some feedback. If
some people could reply and answer the below questions that would be
great. Thanks in advance.

1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
of time? (Be honest)

2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
thing?

Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute
(or I could just steal stuff off R.G.R.* >:-D ). I have played most
roguelike games at least once, but have played ADOM, Nethack (and its
varient SLASH'EM) and Angband (and a few varients) the most. I am also
a frequent reader of R.G.R.*, and keep up to date about updates and
the like. I've been playing roguelikes for a few years.

So, what do you all think?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Snip introduction.
> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)
Well I'll read it, and the idea has potential. On the negative side most
people who play roguelikes have decent skill with with the internet, and
with the helpful people in this community you can find a lot of information
either by asking directly or by searching. On the positive side, like all
people who are interested in something they like to read about stuff so you
have that.

> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?
As someone else suggested probably web and email. If you do a webpage may I
offer the following advice. Keep it simple. I do not know HTML and have
never designed a website, but I do know what I hate when I see one. Busy
backgrounds, color schemes that clash and are hard to read, large pictures
on the main page, and annoying midi music.

> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?
See above.

> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?
Well I would recomend you check out the websites that are available and see
what they have to offer, there is a huge amount of information out there for
people to find. If you want people to read your webzine, then you have to
offer new information or some other reason for people to read. There are
tons of spoilers out there so that may not be the best way to go. On the
other hand if you can present articles that are interesting people will read
them. Chat or email interviews with the maintainer or former maintainers
would be popular, but considering that most maintainers post relevant
information to there respective newsgroups finding new information might be
hard. An interview with the Nethack Devteam would probably be recieved like
Oprah Winfrey scoring on M. Jackson a few years back. Humor relevent to the
subject of roguelikes always seems to be welcomed. If people wanted to
submit something like Nethacks story of Ellora the elvish ranger that was
well recieved if a bit long for an Ezine. A discourse on strategy if well
written would probably be welcomed.

> Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
> I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute
> (or I could just steal stuff off R.G.R.* >:-D ). I have played most
> roguelike games at least once, but have played ADOM, Nethack (and its
> varient SLASH'EM) and Angband (and a few varients) the most. I am also
> a frequent reader of R.G.R.*, and keep up to date about updates and
> the like. I've been playing roguelikes for a few years.
>
> So, what do you all think?
Well in all honesty I think it could do well, but it will depend on quality.
You have people who have an interest, and while there is a ton of pure
factual information out there, the other side is kind of light. Now here is
the thing to remember, nothing is free. While the games are free, and I can
not see your site being anything other then free, it still requires the time
needed to read it.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au (Christopher) wrote in message news:<befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com>...

> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)
>
> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?
>
> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?
>
> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?
>
Unless you, personally, want to do a lot of work, or can persuade
others to do a lot of work, you might consider a Wiki instead. A
webzine requires a continuing amount of work writing entire articles,
while a Wiki only needs to have members of the community contribute a
page now and then. You might look at the ToME Wiki as an example -
http://wiki.t-o-m-e.net/

On the downside, a Wiki does require access to a web site with enough
space, probably a lot more than a webzine.

Bill

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

"Christopher" <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> wrote in message
news:befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com...
> [snip]
>
> Now, these things cant just happen instantly, and there are always
> problems, but I think I could manage to churn out one of these every
> fortnight or so. It would include stuff like interesting
> Ascensions/Victories/Winnings, Reviews of some of the lesser-known
> roguelikes, tactics, interviews with creators... whatever. So, I
> figured I'd throw this out into the open and get some feedback. If
> some people could reply and answer the below questions that would be
> great. Thanks in advance.
>
> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)

Yes, it's probably a waste of time.

> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

ASCII? =P Um . . . mailing list, probably, with some kind of webpage to
put it all together. Is there such a thing as a plain text webpage?

If you mean the type of content . . . mostly, information about new
roguelikes (that are actually in some kind of workable condition), progress
reports, reviews, and maybe an article or two about things you can do to
play your roguelikes better (all this, of course, with the stipulation that
it is a waste of time)

> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

See above.

> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?

See above.

> Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
> I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute

That's where your model falls apart. It's great to see that you are so
enthused, but people have enough trouble writing their own roguelikes to
worry about a magazine that probably not many people will read unless it is
really well written.

I'm very impressed that you've found usenet at the ripe young age of 14, tho
ugh, and your idealism is to be commended.

> (or I could just steal stuff off R.G.R.* >:-D ). I have played most
> roguelike games at least once, but have played ADOM, Nethack (and its
> varient SLASH'EM) and Angband (and a few varients) the most. I am also
> a frequent reader of R.G.R.*, and keep up to date about updates and
> the like. I've been playing roguelikes for a few years.

You've a diverse and long experience with roguelikes too. *is even more
impressed* You've played more of them than I have.

Yours,

James

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:39:56 -0400, "Aguilar, James"
<jfa1@cec.NOBOTSwustl.edu> wrote:

>
>"Christopher" <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> wrote in message
>news:befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com...

>> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
>> of time? (Be honest)
>
>Yes, it's probably a waste of time.

This I agree with. I don't see this providing anything the newsgroups
don't do better. However, playing computer games could also be
classified as a waste of time. If this is done to get some experience
making a website and with the understanding that this project will
probably die after a few months of activity, it could be a valuable
learning experience and a bit of fun.

>> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?
>
>ASCII? =P Um . . . mailing list, probably, with some kind of webpage to
>put it all together. Is there such a thing as a plain text webpage?

Yes, you can put a *.txt page into your website.

However, if one is looking to actually contribute something of lasting
value to the roguelike community, contributing material to (an)
existing website(s) would be the way to go. In particular, there are a
couple of roguelike review sites and it takes a lot of time to play a
RL enough to fairly review it, so a second reviewer would probably be
very welcome.

Richard Daniel Henry
danhenry@inreach.com

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

"Christopher" <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com...
[snip]
> A roguelike web-zine! (being a magazine, but on the internet).
[snip]

> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)

Well, a good RL news website would more important for the community but why
not, sounds good.

> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

HTML?! It's a WEBzine at last.

> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

Upload to a site + email for those who want that.

> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?

Reviews, tactics, interviews with creators, roguelike development articles,
general news.

> Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
> I'm not *that* good

Often I get the impression that most people in the roguelike scene are
actually people from non-English countries. Most of the people from Poland,
Germany (like me), Finland etc. probably won't notice any imperfections.

copx

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Christopher <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> wrote:

> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)


This is a nice idea, i like it. Should have been proposed long ago,
really.

> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

HTML, i think.

> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

It should be available on the web, but there should be a mailing list
as well.

> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?

Every interesting thing that concerns roguelike games should find its
way to this webzine.



Here is my proposition: let's start a new post and everyone willing to
offer help should write a few lines about things they can do to help
in the creation of such a magazine so we can see an approximate number
of volunteers.



Best Regards,

Alex

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

"Fitzdraco" <Fitzdraco@yahoo.com> wrote:

> annoying midi music.

Tautology

P.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au (Christopher) wrote in message news:<befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com>...
> Hello all.
>
> Lately I've been searching the net looking at websites about
> rougelikes. There weren't very many, and to be honest most were pretty
> boring. It seemed the only *really* interesting and constantly
> changing stuff on the net are these R.G.R.* Also a few days ago I saw
> a friend reading a magazine 'White Dwarf' which is a monthly magazine
> about a table-top collectable war game, War Hammer. So I thought,
> wouldn't it be great if there was something like that for Roguelikes!
> (If there is something like this, please tell me about it and I'll
> crawl off in embarrasment). And so this idea was born:
>
> A roguelike web-zine! (being a magazine, but on the internet).
>
> Now, these things cant just happen instantly, and there are always
> problems, but I think I could manage to churn out one of these every
> fortnight or so. It would include stuff like interesting
> Ascensions/Victories/Winnings, Reviews of some of the lesser-known
> roguelikes, tactics, interviews with creators... whatever. So, I
> figured I'd throw this out into the open and get some feedback. If
> some people could reply and answer the below questions that would be
> great. Thanks in advance.
>
> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)

I like it! I'd be interested in contributing some humor pieces or
fanfics.

> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

HTML, duhhh 🙂

> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

Put it on a site. I can help with the site if you need help.

> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?

Funny stuff. Pretty much everything I do online I do because it's
either funny or because I'm learning stuff. Well, you don't really
learn stuff about the real world in Nethack, so it better be funny.

> Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
> I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute

Don't worry, I'm 19 and I'm pretty good at writing. ;-D

> So, what do you all think?

I think it's a good idea. We need to find a website host and a good
domain name. I'll start looking into that now.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

nhzine.com is free. Unless anyone has a better idea within 24 hours
(that's not taken), I think I'll go with that.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

"Christopher" <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> escribió en el mensaje
news:befbd26b.0408031705.74286203@posting.google.com...
> Hello all.
>
> Lately I've been searching the net looking at websites about
> rougelikes. There weren't very many, and to be honest most were pretty
> boring. It seemed the only *really* interesting and constantly
> changing stuff on the net are these R.G.R.* Also a few days ago I saw
> a friend reading a magazine 'White Dwarf' which is a monthly magazine
> about a table-top collectable war game, War Hammer. So I thought,
> wouldn't it be great if there was something like that for Roguelikes!
> (If there is something like this, please tell me about it and I'll
> crawl off in embarrasment). And so this idea was born:
>
> A roguelike web-zine! (being a magazine, but on the internet).
>
> Now, these things cant just happen instantly, and there are always
> problems, but I think I could manage to churn out one of these every
> fortnight or so. It would include stuff like interesting
> Ascensions/Victories/Winnings, Reviews of some of the lesser-known
> roguelikes, tactics, interviews with creators... whatever. So, I
> figured I'd throw this out into the open and get some feedback. If
> some people could reply and answer the below questions that would be
> great. Thanks in advance.

I bought Nintendo Power for 5 years, and I didn't even had a N.E.S. I just
bought it for reading about the games and it was fun. Nobody understood me
tough... but it gave me creativity boosts...

>
> 1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> of time? (Be honest)

It sounds like a good idea.
>
> 2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

HTML.

>
> 3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
> distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

Both

>
> 4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> thing?
>

Interviews, Top-5 Roguelikes in Development, ARTICLES!, A Section of MAD
ideas
Previews of games in development, reviews of games...

> Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
> I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute
> (or I could just steal stuff off R.G.R.* >:-D ).

I'm up to contribute, I can give one article /week if you want, be it
reviews, previews or anything.

People have no age in Usenet, so don't worry about it

> I have played most
> roguelike games at least once, but have played ADOM, Nethack (and its
> varient SLASH'EM) and Angband (and a few varients) the most.

To make the reviews, you must dedicate at least 2 hours to a game... It's
hard to do it but I have been able to play in-dev roguelikes for that time
when they are interesting...

> I am also
> a frequent reader of R.G.R.*, and keep up to date about updates and
> the like. I've been playing roguelikes for a few years.
>
> So, what do you all think?

--
SZDev - Slash
Slashing, the Outcast Dragon of the -={UDIC}=-
Weblog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/szdev
Website: http://szdev.cjb.net

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Christopher <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> wrote:
>1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
>of time? (Be honest)

The big question you have to ask yourself is; what's it got that rgr*
doesn't?

I'm not saying that's an unanswerable question - but it's a difficult one,
especially since you would be trying to interest people who only play a
subset of roguelikes in articles about other ones.

>2. If it were created, what would be the best format for such a thing?

Plain text > good HTML > PDF > foul HTML > Windows-specific formats.

>3. Again, if it were created, what would be the best ways of
>distribution (Uploaded onto a site or e-mailed to those who wanted it?

Mailing list, archives on the Web.

>4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
>thing?

Well, to answer my own big question, I would start with articles by fans
of the various roguelikes - not just the majors, but some of the
interesting minor games (Crawl primarily, but Omega? GearHead?) -
describing why they enjoy them.

There is a need for a regular news roundup - new releases, major patches,
etc. anyway.
--
David Damerell <damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Christopher wrote:
>1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
>of time? (Be honest)

It sounds like a great idea, if workable.

>4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
>thing?

Easy; there's plenty of new input every day in these newsgroups
themselves. YANIs, spoilers, an obituary column for especially
noteworthy deaths, interesting screenshots, maybe a humour corner a la
that odd Nethack webcomic I've seen around, game diaries (as they're
written)... I don't think any of us would have a problem with our
ideas/ascensions/deaths etc. being published in a webzine for players
outside rgr* to read.

>Just for the records, I *am* only 14, and while I am good at writing,
>I'm not *that* good, so other people would probably have to contribute
>(or I could just steal stuff off R.G.R.* >:-D ). I have played most
>roguelike games at least once, but have played ADOM, Nethack (and its
>varient SLASH'EM) and Angband (and a few varients) the most. I am also
>a frequent reader of R.G.R.*, and keep up to date about updates and
>the like. I've been playing roguelikes for a few years.

If you don't think you're up to writing the whole thing yourself, you
can find some other people to collaborate with, but probably the most
important things you need to consider are consistency and motivation.
Make sure you have the time and energy to keep this thing consistent,
and be absolutely certain you're motivated enough that it won't fall
in a heap after a month or so. Covering all these games in detail
from fortnight to fortnight might end up being a pretty big task -- I
could probably do a fortnightly zine on one game alone given the time
and motivation. If you can manage it, though, then I'm sure it would
be worth reading.

Good luck.

Vorg

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Christopher wrote:

> So, what do you all think?

I dunno, but here's a tile for you: The Yeekly World News
--
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its
origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from
the true accounts which it invents later.
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

"Neodymium" <neo_1061@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:Xns953BD897C717neo1061hotmailcom@66.185.95.104...
> In 2101, war was beginning and we got signal. In
> rec.games.roguelike.angband, "Vorg the Sapient" <bdare@optushome.com.au>
set
> up us this post:
>
> >
> > Christopher wrote:
> >>1. Does this whole thing sound like a good idea, or is it just a waste
> >>of time? (Be honest)
> >
> > It sounds like a great idea, if workable.
> >
> >>4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
> >>thing?
> >
> > Easy; there's plenty of new input every day in these newsgroups
> > themselves. YANIs...
>
> YANIs?
>

Yet another new idea, for the chronically lazy.


--
Glen
L😛yt E+++ T-- R+ P+++ D+ G+ F:*band !RL RLA-
W:AF Q+++ AI++ GFX++ SFX-- RN++++ PO--- !Hp Re-- S+

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

On 4 Aug 2004 10:47:06 -0700, cyde@umd.edu (Cyde Weys) tried to confuse
everyone with this message:

>nhzine.com is free. Unless anyone has a better idea within 24 hours
>(that's not taken), I think I'll go with that.

www.roguelikewebzine.com is probably free too, and suits the original
idea better (it's supposed to be about all roguelikes, not just
NetHack).



--
|Here you can see, how awful I'm at Quake speedrunning| Grue(at)mail.ru|
|E1M1 :29 E1M5 :19 E2M1 :10 E3M2 :22 E4M5 :15,===""================;
|E1M2 :36 E1M6 :11 E2M3 :27 E4M1 :30 E4M6 :24|->grue3.tripod.com<--|
|E1M3_:43__E1M7_:14__E3M1_:43__E4M2_:52__END__:37;================[4*72]

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc (More info?)

Paul E Collins wrote:
> "Fitzdraco" <Fitzdraco@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> annoying midi music.

> Tautology

If you consider "annoying" vs. "midi music", yes.

If you consider "midi" vs. "music", it's a contradictio in terminis.

--
Boudewijn Waijers (bwaijers at home.nl).

"So computers are tools of the Devil? thought Newt. He had no problem
believing it. Computers had to be the tools of *somebody*, and all he
knew for certain was that it definitely wasn't him."
- Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, in "Good Omens".

 

[christopher]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Hello again everyone. Thanks to everyone who replied, the comments are
great.

After much (well, not very much actually) consideration I've decided
I'll go ahead with it. All those positive comments made me feel it was
a good idea, and worth doing. All those, uh, not so possitive comments
made me realise that yes it wont have anything R.G.R.* doesn't, and
yeah it may crash and burn after a month or so, but that makes it seem
less important, so if it *does* fail I wont feel so bad. So now I'm
spending some time planning the Ezine. Which leaves me with just a few
more questions:

1. What would be a good name? Remember that this is will be an Ezine
for all roguelikes great and small, from the all mighty Nethack down
to the barely known Ivan. It will have both serious tactics and
humour, along with news and feedback etc. So it needs a name to
summurise everything.

2. What would be a reasonable length? It'll (hopefully) come out once
a month (yeah I extended it, there's a lot of work in a magazine, and
even more when I'm using HTML). Too much and it'll be boring to read
it all, but too small and it might become not worth reading.

3. Content? So far I'm pretty sure I'll have a humour section (funny
messages, the more humourous posts from Usenet, maybe a stupid death
or two), an 'under the spotlight' review of a lesser known roguelike
or varient, and a section for links to roguelike sites. What kind of
thing would *you* enjoy reading each month?

4. Whats all this about getting a domain name??? I'm confused... all
I've got is a free 20 megabyte site from Westnet (my ISP).

Thanks again everyone! 🙂

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc (More info?)

"Neodymium" <neo_1061@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:Xns953BA936418BCneo1061hotmailcom@66.185.95.104...
> In 2101, war was beginning and we got signal. In
> rec.games.roguelike.angband, grue@mail.ru (Timofei Shatrov) set up us this
> post:
>
> > www.roguelikewebzine.com is probably free too, and suits the original
> > idea better (it's supposed to be about all roguelikes, not just
> > NetHack).
>
> That's gonna break peoples' keyboards. I like rlwebzine.com or rlzine.com
> better. And consider .net, .org, or other endings that cost less to
register
> than .com, since this isn't a company selling stuff site.
>

That's silly, most people only type a webaddress once or twice. If they like
the site, they bookmark it. There's no need to be obscure or cryptic. I like
www.roguelikewebzine.com or www.roguelikezine.com just fine.

Also, anyone who is charging you more to register a .com is screwing you.
None of my .com names ever cost more than the other extensions, and I've had
my share of both.

BTW, OpenSRS only charges $9.95 to register a domain name, regardless of
extension.

A quick whois lookup shows:
roguelikezine.com is available & every other extension.
roguelikewebzine.com - ditto
roguelikegames.com - ditto (that was a surprise)
roguelikegame.com - ditto
rlzine.com - ditto
rlwebzine.com - ditto

roguelike.com, .net & .org is taken, but .us is available

roguelikenews.com was available, which surprised me, so I registered it.
I'll figure out what to do with it later.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

David Damerell <damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>Christopher <l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au> wrote:
>>4. What kind of things would you find most interesting in such a
>>thing?
>There is a need for a regular news roundup - new releases, major
>patches, etc. anyway.

I'll second this. I only follow the Angband newsgroup, but a weekly update
on new versions, patches, nasty bugs etc. of all roguelikes would be
really useful for those who play different ones, and I wouldn't mind
reading about what's happening with the other roguelikes while checking
through the news about angband variants.


Otto Martin
--
"Chemo-kitties need extra love!"
http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01142002.html

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc (More info?)

"Mystic Triad" <hoodle@doodle.com> wrote in
news😀yhQc.14050$Jo1.7341@lakeread01:

> roguelikenews.com was available, which surprised me, so I registered
> it. I'll figure out what to do with it later.

Likewise for me with roguelikes.com


--
~ Cyde Weys ~
Bite my shiny metal ass.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc (More info?)

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 23:10:32 -0400, "Mystic Triad" <hoodle@doodle.com>
tried to confuse everyone with this message:

>
>"Neodymium" <neo_1061@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
>news:Xns953BA936418BCneo1061hotmailcom@66.185.95.104...
>>
>> That's gonna break peoples' keyboards. I like rlwebzine.com or rlzine.com
>> better. And consider .net, .org, or other endings that cost less to
>register
>> than .com, since this isn't a company selling stuff site.
>>
>
>That's silly, most people only type a webaddress once or twice. If they like
>the site, they bookmark it.

I'm too lazy to bookmark www.magicthegathering.com, and got a habit of
typing it very fast.

--
|Here you can see, how awful I'm at Quake speedrunning| Grue(at)mail.ru|
|E1M1 :29 E1M5 :19 E2M1 :10 E3M2 :22 E4M5 :15,===""================;
|E1M2 :36 E1M6 :11 E2M3 :27 E4M1 :30 E4M6 :24|->grue3.tripod.com<--|
|E1M3_:43__E1M7_:14__E3M1_:43__E4M2_:52__END__:37;================[4*72]

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

Christopher wrote:

> Hello again everyone. Thanks to everyone who replied, the comments are
> great.
>
> After much (well, not very much actually) consideration I've decided
> I'll go ahead with it. All those positive comments made me feel it was
> a good idea, and worth doing. All those, uh, not so possitive comments
> made me realise that yes it wont have anything R.G.R.* doesn't, and
> yeah it may crash and burn after a month or so, but that makes it seem
> less important, so if it *does* fail I wont feel so bad. So now I'm
> spending some time planning the Ezine. Which leaves me with just a few
> more questions:
>
> 1. What would be a good name? Remember that this is will be an Ezine
> for all roguelikes great and small, from the all mighty Nethack down
> to the barely known Ivan. It will have both serious tactics and
> humour, along with news and feedback etc. So it needs a name to
> summurise everything.
>
> 2. What would be a reasonable length? It'll (hopefully) come out once
> a month (yeah I extended it, there's a lot of work in a magazine, and
> even more when I'm using HTML). Too much and it'll be boring to read
> it all, but too small and it might become not worth reading.
>
> 3. Content? So far I'm pretty sure I'll have a humour section (funny
> messages, the more humourous posts from Usenet, maybe a stupid death
> or two), an 'under the spotlight' review of a lesser known roguelike
> or varient, and a section for links to roguelike sites. What kind of
> thing would *you* enjoy reading each month?
>
> 4. Whats all this about getting a domain name??? I'm confused... all
> I've got is a free 20 megabyte site from Westnet (my ISP).

If you decide to use HTML and have the zine online you can either put it
on some kind of free webspace and get a name related to that service, for
instance westnet.com/roguelikezine or similar. If you want to you can
register your own domain, ie www.roguelikezine.org, and tie that domain to
some webspace. Most probably you ISP doesn't allow you to point
www.roguelikezine.org to your 20Mb of webspace. This means that you'll
have to buy webspace from a webhotel and point your domain there instead.
The domain costs about 10$ and the price for space at a webhotel can vary
from anywhere between 10-100$ per year depending on a number of factors
like number of Mb space, database support and so on.

I would prefer plain text or html (not pdf) distributed via a mailinglist
and on the usenet.

> Thanks again everyone! 🙂

--
Björn Bergström
roguelike development [http://roguelikedevelopment.org]
dweller - cellphone roguelike [http://roguelikedevelopment.org/dweller]

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

> After much (well, not very much actually) consideration I've decided
> I'll go ahead with it. All those positive comments made me feel it was
> a good idea, and worth doing. All those, uh, not so possitive comments
> made me realise that yes it wont have anything R.G.R.* doesn't, and
> yeah it may crash and burn after a month or so, but that makes it seem
> less important, so if it *does* fail I wont feel so bad. So now I'm
> spending some time planning the Ezine. Which leaves me with just a few
> more questions:

Just my two cents. Maybe you could start small, just by posting this webzine
in plain text over usenet groups for 3-4 months. This would give you the
idea of how much work would it require, it would familiarize people with it
and in the meantime you could work on HTML version. After this test period
you could decide whether your up to full version and if the zine will be
actually read be people.

I'm suggesting this option, because I've already seen/participated in a few
projects which wanted to start big and they either didn't start at all or
were canceled/closed after a short time.

Nevon

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack,rec.games.roguelike.adom,rec.games.roguelike.angband,rec.games.roguelike.misc,rec.games.roguelike.development (More info?)

l07amesc@allsaints.wa.edu.au (Christopher) wrote in message news:<befbd26b.0408042033.36070828@posting.google.com>...
> Hello again everyone. Thanks to everyone who replied, the comments are
> great.
>
> After much (well, not very much actually) consideration I've decided
> I'll go ahead with it. All those positive comments made me feel it was
> a good idea, and worth doing. All those, uh, not so possitive comments
> made me realise that yes it wont have anything R.G.R.* doesn't, and
> yeah it may crash and burn after a month or so, but that makes it seem
> less important, so if it *does* fail I wont feel so bad. So now I'm
> spending some time planning the Ezine. Which leaves me with just a few
> more questions:
>
> 1. What would be a good name? Remember that this is will be an Ezine
> for all roguelikes great and small, from the all mighty Nethack down
> to the barely known Ivan. It will have both serious tactics and
> humour, along with news and feedback etc. So it needs a name to
> summurise everything.

The Monthly Roguelike?
Rogueaholics Anonymous?
Temple of the RNG?

> 2. What would be a reasonable length? It'll (hopefully) come out once
> a month (yeah I extended it, there's a lot of work in a magazine, and
> even more when I'm using HTML). Too much and it'll be boring to read
> it all, but too small and it might become not worth reading.

That's a question of personal preference IMAO - you can't please
everybody, so please yourself. Personally, I'd say it's better to err
on the side of lengthiness.

> 3. Content? So far I'm pretty sure I'll have a humour section (funny
> messages, the more humourous posts from Usenet, maybe a stupid death
> or two), an 'under the spotlight' review of a lesser known roguelike
> or varient, and a section for links to roguelike sites. What kind of
> thing would *you* enjoy reading each month?

Definitely some YASDs and other humour. The 'under the spotlight'
review's a great idea - maybe add some more info on the game you
feature as well (tactics, maybe an interview with the creator or a
player, that sort of thing)? Announcing important news (new releases
etc.) would be nice as well, as long as it encompassed all roguelikes
- not just Angband, Nethack etc.

There's an interesting idea emerging on the ToME forums - Day In The
Life threads. The basic idea is that as you play a character in ToME,
you note down a full account of the game and post it to the forums in
chapters. They often contain strategy tips for newbies. I've probably
explained this badly, so here's an example (Slappy the Wood-Elf Monk):

http://wiki.t-o-m-e.net/DayInTheLifeArchive_2fSlappy

A similar feature in the webzine using different variants and
roguelikes would be very interesting - it would allow people to get a
feeling for the game before playing it.

One other thing - I realise this may well be infeasible, and I'm not
sure how much demand there is, but I think a section on how some of
the open source roguelikes work (source-wise) would be extremely
useful - for example, it's fairly difficult to find out how to (random
example) add a new type of monster blow in Angband without spending a
lot of time source-diving.

> 4. Whats all this about getting a domain name??? I'm confused... all
> I've got is a free 20 megabyte site from Westnet (my ISP).

I wouldn't bother with a domain name to start with - go for a free
host without many ads (and no popups). That way you can test the idea
of a newsletter without anyone putting money in, then start worrying
about the domain name later. You might even be able to get hosted on
oook if the trial run goes well.