Fireballer34 Posted October 1, 2024 Report Share Posted October 1, 2024 Welcome to the Tycoon Times thread! In here you can discuss ideas for articles/interviews, write ups for fight orgs, ideas for the future of the newspaper (redesign), and anything else related to the paper! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 1, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2024 I’d like to see some more people writing articles this week. Shout out to James Listerman and Mentor who have submitted articles so far, but the next edition should come out in 2ish days, although we could postpone for more articles. We want to hear about your fighters, organizations, companies, and anything else interesting you can think of! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToshLodi Posted October 2, 2024 Report Share Posted October 2, 2024 How does it work mate, do articles just get added as they are submitted or does it get updated weekly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 2, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2024 9 hours ago, ToshLodi said: How does it work mate, do articles just get added as they are submitted or does it get updated weekly? There is an admin (currently me) who sees the articles submitted and is in charge of choosing which articles make it to the paper, and the formatting of the articles and newspaper. Currently we need a couple more articles if we want a full paper, so anyone who has a fighter they want yo share about, a org/company they want to spread the words about, or anything ele interesting, then you should think about submitting it to the times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 2, 2024 Report Share Posted October 2, 2024 If there's a way to make it consistent, I would post event previews/reviews once in a while. From what I remember in the past, the Tycoon Times' release was unpredictable, so we saw a lot of previews come up after the event was over. What's the plan with release, is it weekly on Thursdays? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 3, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2024 Maybe I’ll wait and do one every Sunday, there are currently only 5 articles submitted and 3 are from you. We need some variety. Chris Karter usually loves to post but I haven’t seen any of his yet, plus he’s banned from forums so he can’t see this. I just hope that people that already write about their fighters for events like Summit Series, might consider lengthening those a little bit and submitting them. Of course, event reviews are always great as well. I think once we get into a rhythm with posting them, more people will feel comfortable submitting articles regularly. We’ve had a tumultuous journey recently, with Skenoj leaving, then a multi cheater leaving right after taking over, then Skenoj coming back again and leaving right away. I think people are a bit weary, but I hope they know that I’m here to stay as long as people are writing articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted October 3, 2024 Report Share Posted October 3, 2024 The Tycoon Times only really needs to be published once every couple of weeks. Lets not forget that in the past, the Tycoon Times was manipulated by some people to increase their fighter hype, so keep that in mind to only publish notable content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuzbukit Posted October 3, 2024 Report Share Posted October 3, 2024 On 10/3/2024 at 5:14 AM, Mentor said: The Tycoon Times only really needs to be published once every couple of weeks. Lets not forget that in the past, the Tycoon Times was manipulated by some people to increase their fighter hype, so keep that in mind to only publish notable content. Isn't fighters gaining hype from articles written about them kind of the point of the incentive? Personally I would call that "working as intended" - if a player is writing articles about a fighter often then they are a major regular contributor to the Tycoon Times, that's not manipulation that's playing within the rules and anyone upset about it can just as easily be bothered to write their own articles about their fighter, though I will concede that whining about others benefitting from their writing is far easier than writing your own articles and benefitting from them yourself. Jealousy just drags everything down, take positive steps not negative ones, besides which where are the paramaters about what is a "notable" article? We don't have a stable of pulitzer prize winning journalists here, last thing we need is content snobbery when we barely have enough articles to paper an ass with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 3, 2024 Report Share Posted October 3, 2024 I mean, you both make a good point. Having it on a weekly basis is probably too much because the lack is writing is an issue currently. I sent 2 articles, 1 for my nutrition company, 1 for my org. I honestly think there should a limit of hype gain of like once per month?. I don't care about the hype, I care about showing other users what's out there, what's active. The Times has been inactive for a while, Mike may have to reach out with a mass PM in game to let people know about its current state. But before he does, we need to know when it will be published so people know what to expect. A mass mail with "The Tycoon Times is live again" is not enough. Previews/reviews need a schedule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFalcon Posted October 3, 2024 Report Share Posted October 3, 2024 I think once the Tycoon Times gets consistently published again, more people would jump on board and will submit articles. I agree with what has been stated before about once a week maybe being too much. I think whatever @Fireballer34 can handle, as long as he gets articles, it should be up to him. However, having an expected day/date to look forward to the Tycoon Times and/or to submit articles would be good. I'm looking forward to reading more papers Fireball! The Tycoon Times is one unique feature about MMA Tycoon that I always thought was really cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2024 I can handle once a week as long as we’re getting enough articles. I think I’ll publish the next issue Sunday, then see where we are at the following week. If by next Sunday we have around 10 submissions I think once a week is fine, but by less we might go biweekly until we have enough articles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2024 Still only 6 articles… Not sure if we’ll be able to get it out tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 5, 2024 Report Share Posted October 5, 2024 Commit to a schedule. Start it twice a month, on Wednesdays (just an example). Stick to that schedule, even if there's not enough articles. If you wait for it to fill, it might not happen, or when it does, some of the earlier articles will become outdated. If it comes to a point when twice a month is not enough, start pushing it weekly. Game is not as active as it used to be, but if you commit to a schedule, it will eventually fill better. I can post regularly, and I know Mentor does too. Other managers will see its back alive and will start posting. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2024 Once there is one more article this week I can post it, then I’ll go every 2 weeks from there. I think that should be fine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 7, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2024 Submitted the edition with bare minimum 7 articles, just has to be reviewed by Mike then it will be published. Thank you to everyone who submitted articles! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 9, 2024 Report Share Posted October 9, 2024 I didn't realize Mike has to review before it gets published. I guess it explains why the Tycoon Times is dead. Thanks for taking over, I really hope it works, but this makes previews/reviews completely useless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuzbukit Posted October 9, 2024 Report Share Posted October 9, 2024 Post fight stuff should be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 9, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2024 6 hours ago, listerman said: I didn't realize Mike has to review before it gets published. I guess it explains why the Tycoon Times is dead. Thanks for taking over, I really hope it works, but this makes previews/reviews completely useless. Just for the first few issues, until I get the hang of things. I think I’ve got it so I should be able to publish by myself soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 11, 2024 Report Share Posted October 11, 2024 This is odd, I never posted the MMA Hype 3 preview to the Tycoon Times ... that message was sent to the org managers who had fighters for that event if I recall... Oh well, nice to see the Times posted! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HareRumpler Posted October 11, 2024 Report Share Posted October 11, 2024 3 hours ago, listerman said: This is odd, I never posted the MMA Hype 3 preview to the Tycoon Times ... that message was sent to the org managers who had fighters for that event if I recall... Oh well, nice to see the Times posted! If you send a message to your org members through the org tools, and you list it as a preview or review from the selections, it'll automatically get sent to the TT's as part of the process for them to potentially pick up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuzbukit Posted October 11, 2024 Report Share Posted October 11, 2024 Good Tycoon Times edition, well done to everyone submitting articles, intentionally or otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 Two more days until next edition, I need a few more articles. If you’ve got an event review you’ve made in the past week or so submit it and anything else you guys could scrap together would be appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted October 23, 2024 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2024 @listerman that review would work great if you’d like to submit it. Currently I have 7, but one has a title and no text, 2 are gamma which are fine but 2 aren’t necessary, a link to a preview on the forums, and an article that doesn’t really relate to the game. Any contribution would be much appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listerman Posted October 24, 2024 Report Share Posted October 24, 2024 11 hours ago, Fireballer34 said: @listerman that review would work great if you’d like to submit it. Currently I have 7, but one has a title and no text, 2 are gamma which are fine but 2 aren’t necessary, a link to a preview on the forums, and an article that doesn’t really relate to the game. Any contribution would be much appreciated. I submitted a preview and a review. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireballer34 Posted November 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2024 T-minus 4 days until next edition, only 2 managers have combined for 4 articles submitted, shoutout to @BlueFalcon and @FlatSky for the contributions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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