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Friday, October 18, 2002 |  |
Artwork part 2 and a new policy
Three new images for our Miscellaneous art collection this time around. Folks: during the past few days, we've received a huge number of art submissions. Some of them we received more than once. Again - if you don't see your image online in a day or so after submission, feel free to send us email asking us whether we got it... but PLEASE don't resend the image unless we say we didn't. Also: if you're going to start with Bungie artwork, and add a line of text... or paste a character from another game onto it with no attempt at actually combining the images... we're going to decline to host it. The overall quality of submissions in recent weeks has dropped precipitously (with several very notable exceptions) - people seem to be encouraged to send in barely modified existing work by seeing other barely modified existing work actually get posted... so from this point on, we're going to be a bit more selective about what we post. This is not to say you must be a great artist; it's just to say that in order for us to display your work, we have to be convinced it's YOUR WORK. (More than half of the submissions this week aren't getting posted for this reason.) I hope this makes sense to everyone. (Louis Wu 14:00:21 UTC) (permalink)
Artwork part 1
Inverted can be fun. New desktop from Frank Machado in our Wallpaper section. Update: eep, forgot one. Bbow of Been Mawed dropped off a Halo50K desktop. Sorry about that. (Louis Wu 13:19:47 UTC) (permalink)
Dripping...
Three new logo modifications from Justin Guizzo - check our Logos section. (Louis Wu 10:57:36 UTC) (permalink)
Stories, stories, and more stories
A week's catchup on Fan Fiction:
- Revolution, part 16 and part 17, by Gruntkiller
- A New Breed, Chapter1.final, by Geshtu
- Liberation, part 6, by Hoju
- Shadows of Archon II, part 23, by Wado
- The New Reach Campaigns, part 8, by Gasmask
- Forgotten Emotions, by Geo Drakis
- Have Design, Will Build, by hipboyscott
- Outlaw, part 2, by Chris Cassani
On a less pleasant note, there's been some abuse of the comments system in the fan fiction section recently. There's not a lot I'm going to do about this; the system wasn't built with idiots in mind, and policing it really isn't feasible. One writer suggested that if the abuse doesn't stop, I'd have to institute some sort of forum system and force people to register to leave comments; this isn't true. If it gets bad enough, I'll just remove the comments mechanism altogether. One of the things that makes this site interesting to a diverse group of people is the ability to contribute; artwork, music, fiction... and yes, comments on others' fiction. If it makes you feel good, or powerful, to screw up the ability of others to add to this community by forcing me to shut down areas I don't have full control over... well, maybe you need to get out more. Remember: this site is run completely on volunteer effort. We don't charge you anything, we don't force you to look at banner ads, we're simply trying to give you a place to share your love of Halo. Please - don't make it so hard for us that we simply remove areas that require policing. (Louis Wu 10:36:05 UTC) (permalink)
Man, oh man...
Ouch. (Louis Wu 02:16:48 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Shiny things? Penny Arcade looks at XBL |
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Gameplanet in NZ looks at Halo Quick activity update |
