EPTi was originally making a sarcastic jab at him
then i realized it was true
O_O
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
i was originally making a sarcastic jab at him then i realized it was true O_O | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
On April 03 2009 21:14 IdrA wrote: ya it blew my mind too i was originally making a sarcastic jab at him then i realized it was true O_O TBH, for the longest time I thought Spiral and myself were an unbeatable team. I miss that guy.  | ||
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brjdrb
United States577 Posts
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
it's not biased. it's just a report on what happened. it's not taking shots at nony Denial? You know, you'd figure that in a purely written medium where your previous statements appear above subsequent ones, it'd be impossible to say you didn't just say something that you obviously did. If this guy wants to defend himself, fine...but nothing's more frustrating than reading someone tell you that they didn't write what is sitting in plain text 100 pixels above. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
That being said, this guy has some of those elements, but it's written very poorly. It had potential, but missed the mark. | ||
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gedanbarai
United States64 Posts
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
On April 03 2009 23:37 Hawk wrote: I prefer the satirical, blog-ish writing over straight news recaps any day. Not everything has to be cut and dry—that's why columnists are more popular than beat reporters. (That being said, GG prolly should have put this under columns or opinion or something to distinguish it.) That being said, this guy has some of those elements, but it's written very poorly. It had potential, but missed the mark. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and say that it's just poorly written satire...if he didn't claim it was unbiased reportage in the comments. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
edit: to be fair though, not ALL gg articles are like that. I actually quite like Raistlin's stuff (ie interview with artosis). | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
Or it could just be that we don't have an opinion area in our news, and I'm just being anal. Whatev~~ | ||
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
On April 04 2009 00:07 Hawk wrote: And, not trying to be a dick, but your news article has a few subtle hints of opinion in there (but overall, it's a well written recap) Dunno if you were going for a true news recap of a series (zero opinion) or but just pointing it out! Or it could just be that we don't have an opinion area in our news, and I'm just being anal. Whatev~~ (If this is addressed at me: ) I'm absolutely not saying there's no place for opinion in SC articles - like you, I'd rather read an opinionated article than a completely balanced one, even if I disagree with the opinion expressed. But an opinion piece that features either some clever digs at a certain player or just a good argument is totally different from over-the-top, borderline-slanderous bullshit that has little basis in reality. When you find yourself wondering if a piece's author even watched the games in question, his "opinion" piece has wandered a bit too far from the facts. Point is: opinion articles / commentary / clever satire? Great! Plain old exaggeration claimed as unbiased reportage? Not so hot. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
On April 04 2009 00:51 JWD wrote: (If this is addressed at me: ) I'm absolutely not saying there's no place for opinion in SC articles - like you, I'd rather read an opinionated article than a completely balanced one, even if I disagree with the opinion expressed. But an opinion piece that features either some clever digs at a certain player or just a good argument is totally different from over-the-top, borderline-slanderous bullshit that has little basis in reality. When you find yourself wondering if a piece's author even watched the games in question, his "opinion" piece has wandered a bit too far from the facts. Point is: opinion articles / commentary / clever satire? Great! Plain old exaggeration claimed as unbiased reportage? Not so hot. Oh yeah, I totally agree with you completely, and I was just making an observation, not knocking your writing in the slightest. I'm just being a news nerd and being anal, cuz that's commentary more than news (which is what it's filed under on the main page). Putting the byline as 'Commentary by JWD' is more appropriate than 'by JWD', since the latter gives the impression that it's news and void of opinion. Maybe something for the mods to think about, since we're sitting here talking about how that article is easily misinterpreted as news. Frankly, he could take a big old dump on Nony for all I care, as long as it's not pretending to be news. | ||
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HiOT
Sweden1000 Posts
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
Putting the byline as 'Commentary by JWD' is more appropriate than 'by JWD', since the latter gives the impression that it's news and void of opinion. This is a good point - but I'd argue that people already know to expect commentary from TL's "News" section. Straight SC "News" was much more in demand at TL's time of birth, when the game's foreign following was smaller and VODs were damn near impossible to come across. These days, everyone can cruise to YouTube to watch games and about a billion other places to see their results. Thus, to remain useful, most SC writers have started writing commentary rather than just reports. Actually I think that the "battle report" is dead (and with good reason) - it takes as long to read a detailed battle report as it does to simply watch the game in question. What I look for in SC coverage is smart analysis (both of in-game events like strategy decisions and more general happenings in the scene). | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
It's actually really interesting, cuz the evolution of coverage closely mirrors journalism as a whole :o It's kinda like a hybrid of a blog and a column—cool stuff. Anyway, keep it up dude | ||
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
On April 04 2009 02:50 Hawk wrote: Anyway, keep it up dude Thanks man!! Good chatting with ya ^^ | ||
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SayaSP
Laos5494 Posts
lmao | ||
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
haha that IS funny... the worst part is THEY USED OUR F-ING BANNER TOO! jeez... On April 04 2009 00:51 JWD wrote: (If this is addressed at me: ) I'm absolutely not saying there's no place for opinion in SC articles - like you, I'd rather read an opinionated article than a completely balanced one, even if I disagree with the opinion expressed. But an opinion piece that features either some clever digs at a certain player or just a good argument is totally different from over-the-top, borderline-slanderous bullshit that has little basis in reality. When you find yourself wondering if a piece's author even watched the games in question, his "opinion" piece has wandered a bit too far from the facts. Point is: opinion articles / commentary / clever satire? Great! Plain old exaggeration claimed as unbiased reportage? Not so hot. most of the time though i hate reading op eds | ||
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Ganfei
Taiwan1439 Posts
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