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Title: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: sephiroth86 on February 06, 2013, 09:17:09 AM Hi guys
I'm a journalist doing the games editorial for redbull.co.uk (You can check it out here, it's far more interesting than that sounds, or so I like to think anyway: http://www.redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/en_UK/Gaming/001243060671697 ). I'd love to cover the Open Arena project on it -I know all of you are involved in some way but who would be the best person to talk to for an interview? Cheers! Ben Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Gig on February 06, 2013, 10:32:51 AM Hi, Ben.
I suppose you should talk to Fromhell, the project leader. Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: fromhell on February 06, 2013, 01:48:14 PM No, I'm going to have to reject the interview. Sorry.
Personal reclusivity doesn't go well with public relations. I don't even think it's worth an interview article as that would give it far too much credit for what it is (a community-based media project for open-sourced code of an existing game). It would just distract from production and make me even more paranoid, which is something I do not need right now I hope you understand my troubles, and thanks Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Gig on February 07, 2013, 03:44:53 AM Fromhell, I fear "reclusivity" isn't a real word....
It looks somehow a "shame" to do not use this opportunity to bring some focus on the game (that may attract some more players, and potentially some new developers -e.g. we need more md3 model artists, texture and sound artists...-)... but anyway your privacy is important, too. What if, instead of a real "interview", he may write an article by his own, asking here some specific questions about the game, that community members may answer to? E.g. we may tell him that the next step will be the "community map pack" that will be released in few months. Promotion is one of the weak points of the project... Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Peter Silie on February 07, 2013, 05:54:51 AM He asked for the best person to talk to.
Maybe Gig could be an option? He always acts in the spirit of oa as far as i can see and he is obviously part of it. Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Gig on February 07, 2013, 07:19:57 AM I just try to help in the ways I can (testing, pointing out bugs, suggesting ideas, updating the wiki)... but I'm not a real developer. The only file created by me you can find in OA 0.8.8 is the benchmark demo. People such as Sago007 or Neon_Knight are more deeply involved in what OA actually is. I wasn't here before 0.8.1/0.8.5 times (I discovered the game a little time before 0.8.5 release, IIRC).
Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Neon_Knight on February 07, 2013, 10:15:03 AM I've began to get involved with 0.8.1, and came around 0.8.0, so I'm in the same situation as you in this regard, Gig.
Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: MegaAIM on February 08, 2013, 06:01:49 AM I believe Gig should do the interview as he sees it as the same opportunity as most of us do. He asked for the best person to talk to, so maybe we should do a vote on who we think is most fitting?
Great chance to bring new guys Great chance to bring new developers It's not like people come to the forum all the time and ask for interviews on OA... Why not use this time wisely? Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: GrosBedo on February 26, 2013, 12:36:04 PM Gig has a deep understanding of the game (made most of the wiki) and is very involved in the project.
I also think Gig can do the interview, if an interview is still possible. Title: Re: Journalist here - can you help? Post by: Suicizer on February 26, 2013, 03:36:13 PM Quote Great chance to bring new guys Great chance to bring new developers It's not like people come to the forum all the time and ask for interviews on OA... Why not use this time wisely? Where do I have to sign up =P? |