Canonfire! Forums-viewtopic-Looking for Dwarves...Were to start?

Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:17 pm Suggest good articles!

(Yes, this is essentially the same thread as over in the OJ forum. I'm hoping to get a few replies here.)

I'm thinking of including a few "classic" Canonfire articles in the Oerth Journal (not this one, the next one). I'd like it to be a reoccuring thing, finding and reprinting one or two great articles each issue that might not have gotten the attention they deserve.

Since I'm looking for the overlooked, I'm also looking for suggestions.

What CF! articles do you think should be considered for the Oerth Journal? (please post a title and topic so I can find it!)

Thanks
Nell.

Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:07 pm My nomination to the Oerth Journal

Good idea to bring up some old CF articles for the OJ. Especially if the old articles were updated a bit and/or fleshed out more. There is a lot of good stuff lying hidden in the deepest recesses of this site that would be fresh and new again if republished.

One great old article that would be a fine addition to OJ is the article "Shadows over Keoland". I linked it below:

http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=111&mode=&order=0&thold=0

This article has a lot of adventure hooks, so it is very useful. If some more meat was added to the basic article it would be a great submission for the Journal.

My two coppers.

O-D

Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:33 am

On due reflection, no offense but I hate this idea. Mad

If the OJ can't get original material, it should go out of business, IMO. An OJ that runs "reprints" serves no purpose that I can immediately divine.

If the OJ is having trouble getting original material, I think a big part of that is editorial policy and a change in that policy would likely fix matters.

As I have read the OJ, it started out as a fanzine in a pre-CF topical archive world. It became, IMO, bigheaded, bloated and self-important with the advent of "pro" or "semi-pro" articles (Rob Kuntz etc.) and has not otherwise well imagined its role or place in a CF world.

IMO, the OJ either needs to continue to develop its "quasi-pro" content (Dungeon author article "leftovers?") or radically rethink its relationship to the fanbase.

I think the OJ is a "good thing" and I do not want it to close up shop. I have, however, no use for an OJ as CF reprinter. Sad

As Comicbook Guy would say - "Worst idea, EVER." Mad

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