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AusGAF 6 - Ricki Lee is awful. Everything else about Australia is AMAZING [Free hugs]
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I thought as much. I do have a somewhat sore throat but it was about as close to a lemon as I could get around here!
Oh this is really good, works a treat every time! Hot lemon ginger coke is also good.
Also, liking the green hair Sal.
FallbackPants
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Some of it is pretty stuck up bullshit. I mean this?
What's going to make the evening news random video game exec playing video games? Or adorable children playing video games? I guarantee the second one every time
Numbers are boring, but they're important. Maybe not in a world dominated by previews and Q&A articles but in actual journalism they are pretty valuable.
Putting a crowd of shills in the audience is pretty low though. And no one cares about no name comedians. Most of them are hardly "gaffes" though
The majority are valid points. A couple aren't.
FallbackPants
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They're the type of thing that might piss off a dedicated games outlet like IGN but not mainstream media. The first point is an "appalling gaffe", the cheerleaders is pretty dodgy, the others are just basic presentation mistakes. Celebrities, disorganisation and bad comedy is hardly restricted to game trade shows.
In other news - This guy wants to bring league to the US
I don't know how I feel about that at all. I mean I'd love to see league take off in America and it has its similarities to gridiron as it is, but I don't want another joke Origin game happening like the last LA one. And flying around the world in the middle of the season can't be a good idea.
FallbackPants
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the gmae would be on at like 4am
channel 9 wouldnt like that
That's true. I mean they delay things that are played 20 minutes outside their perfect slot
Yeah, they're negatives. You're agreeing with me I guess? If you're posting the link in the way Choc did and your only comment is "whinge whinge whinge" you're going to have to be specific about what you're complaining about. After a skim of the article they all seemed valid, as 8/10 of them are.
A wife that gets pissy if you *don't* watch Simpsons with her. She have a sister?
reptilescorpio
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She has 2. But you would be nothanks.jpg after one meeting with them.
Also she didn't say Simpsons but I couldn't think of anything else to watch. Movies go for too long and we are up to date on Modern Family and Big Bang Theory! Would love some new Archer too.
Simpsons ain't no Futurama son.
reptilescorpio
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Wouldn't they be brothers? Also I really need to rip my DVDs to my PC so I can watch them again
She didn't like it and I thought it was okay, a few too many misses than hits. Next time I get drunk I might fire up the new season though since noone has done a Lets Play! Of CMI yet
FallbackPants
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I think I'm being pretty pedantic about wording really. Few of these are gaffes. They are more complaints. And for a game specific outlet like IGN I'm sure they're valid, their audience is more interested in trailers than stats or children. But that doesn't make it a gaffe.
Stats will be something financial outlets will lap up and adorable kids are loved by mainstream TV.
Being disorganised, unfunny (and unnecessary) comedians and celebs aren't gaffes. They are just a pain in the arse.
I think you're basically complaining about the headline. It's a valid complaint, but to use your own phrase, headlines that are more sensational than the body of the article are "hardly restricted to game trade publications".
but I have sets of 6 matching dinner plates, bowls and side plates. I have about 400 pieces of cutlery, I have 2 glasses + 2 pasta sauce jars(could use more)really i just need mugs! why would i bin everything else ;_; that shit was pricey jerk!
and im poor atm
my toe hurts
reptilescorpio
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You have so much shit that no one wants to dotge dishes because it is such a massive task!
really i just need mugs! why would i bin everything else ;_; that shit was pricey jerk!
and im poor atm
my toe hurts
Simplify!
Man!
I'll be up on the gold coast during early July if people want to do stuff then.
Considering I have managed to be at a tasgsf and melbgaf so far. Clipper is beating me for meetups attended, though.
reptilescorpio
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Qantas are just full of heart.
This seems like a great excuse to link his great blog post about religion again: http://www.myspace.com/unspeakablesadness/blog/412530382
Only if we count board game meetups.
And how early in July? It may help me make up my mind about which week to come in
Poor guy, I guess james didn't want him as a brother - http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-hallam-110433353
I will laugh my ass off if community does better numbers next season.
I will laugh my ass off if community does better numbers next season.
Being surprised that ign publishes something underwhelming these days is like being surprised Hitler is crazy racist.
I will kill your ass off if it does!
really i just need mugs! why would i bin everything else ;_; that shit was pricey jerk!
and im poor atm
my toe hurts
wait outside a salvation army store late at night and check if anyone's left cutlery....
watch out for Today Tonight/A Current Affair reporters. >_>
Argh.
Going to have a whinge here because man, I don't know why.
It kills me -- anytime you break a story, numerous outlets basically just copy and paste your entire bloody interview and, if you're lucky, you get a link no-one will ever click on for your trouble.
I can honestly say that anytime I cover news that's been broken by, say Eurogamer, I'm very selective about what I use, mainly because I think these posts should be -- 'here's the main thing that happened, go to Eurogamer for the full story', because it's their bloody story!
Last week I had it happen to me with the GAME story, this week it's the same thing with JB selling parallel imports. So many stories have copied and pasted entire interviews! Not selectively quoting, which would be fine, the entire thing.
Argh!
/rant
Sorry guys. Just needed to get that off my chest.
Going to have a whinge here because man, I don't know why.
It kills me -- anytime you break a story, numerous outlets basically just copy and paste your entire bloody interview and, if you're lucky, you get a link no-one will ever click on for your trouble.
I can honestly say that anytime I cover news that's been broken by, say Eurogamer, I'm very selective about what I use, mainly because I think these posts should be -- 'here's the main thing that happened, go to Eurogamer for the full story', because it's their bloody story!
Last week I had it happen to me with the GAME story, this week it's the same thing with JB selling parallel imports. So many stories have copied and pasted entire interviews! Not selectively quoting, which would be fine, the entire thing.
Argh!
/rant
Sorry guys. Just needed to get that off my chest.
They don't seem to have it anymore....but the Australian Financial Review had a novel way of stopping copy pasters.....
when you try to copy their reports....
@afr was pasted inbetween each word randomly (so even if you use Word to blanket remove all instances the punctuation would be all fucked up)
eg: @afrwhat@frthe @afr Australian @afr Financial@afrReview
it may not stop the most determined of bastards but it was really annoying when I wanted to quote an article onto a forum post.
not sure how they did it....probably some javascript thingamajig.
when you try to copy their reports....
@afr was pasted inbetween each word randomly (so even if you use Word to blanket remove all instances the punctuation would be all fucked up)
eg: @afrwhat@frthe @afr Australian @afr Financial@afrReview
it may not stop the most determined of bastards but it was really annoying when I wanted to quote an article onto a forum post.
not sure how they did it....probably some javascript thingamajig.
reptilescorpio
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Need to DLC those articles man. Make each one tweet length so they will have to cut and paste multiple times!
the jb hifi story i found on YOUR site mark
it sounds really interesting. I do like the fact that unlike some other places they are clearly indicating imports
you forgot to ask if they are aware that Xbox and PSN codes from the US (such as online passes) dont work in Australia.... on AU PSN
and how they might deal with that
it sounds really interesting. I do like the fact that unlike some other places they are clearly indicating imports
you forgot to ask if they are aware that Xbox and PSN codes from the US (such as online passes) dont work in Australia.... on AU PSN
and how they might deal with that
I found out about the story on Games.On.Net, but they had multiple links going back to Kotaku AU so I went and read the full interview.
shanshan310
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Is it even legal to copypaste like that??!
FallbackPants
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I have no idea how it's legal, but apparently it is. It's dodgy as shit. Since the AOL buy out its what HuffPo does like crazy too. I mean they always did but it seems way worse now then it was.
They should at least link back to you though Serrels. Bastards
in media broadcasting there is rules aroudn thsi
for example channel seven who do not have rights to the a-league can only show very brief highlights of each match on the news
they don't need to ask permission, as long as it remains under a certain length. The same probably applies to print media, but web media, wow its hard
the problem with doing what the AFR does on a site like Kotaku means that it is less likely they will take the story and write about it if they actually have to retype quotes
cost benefit. Benefit = Major exclusive. Cost = link back
but if they dont link back anyway, who cares
or post a story
'im sick of people stealing my shit' with a whole bunch of site names
for example channel seven who do not have rights to the a-league can only show very brief highlights of each match on the news
they don't need to ask permission, as long as it remains under a certain length. The same probably applies to print media, but web media, wow its hard
the problem with doing what the AFR does on a site like Kotaku means that it is less likely they will take the story and write about it if they actually have to retype quotes
cost benefit. Benefit = Major exclusive. Cost = link back
but if they dont link back anyway, who cares
or post a story
'im sick of people stealing my shit' with a whole bunch of site names
codswallop
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Might be time either look into those things that copies the attibution information along with the text (I think NYT does it?), or have hidden text that appears when copy/pasting and maybe just inserts random words, or kotaku kotaku kotaku over and over.
Edit: Yeah, what Midonnay said...
you can get scripts that when you copy and paste the url is appended to the end. If they then remove it then you know they had zero intention of crediting you.
Thanks guys! Maybe I will add some crazy sneaky shit to catch people out. I honestly don't mind some amount of churnalism. I have to do a lot of it myself -- but there's a right way to do it I think.
The way Games.on.net did it is right on the money. That's how it should be done. I like what those guys are doing over there a lot.
I think the question you have to ask is: have you taken away every single reason a curious reader would have to check out the original story and learn new details? If so, then you're doing it wrong.
The way Games.on.net did it is right on the money. That's how it should be done. I like what those guys are doing over there a lot.
I think the question you have to ask is: have you taken away every single reason a curious reader would have to check out the original story and learn new details? If so, then you're doing it wrong.
codswallop
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Choc that's old school! May as well have a script that pops up a "no right-clicking!" message too...
http://bavotasan.com/2010/add-a-copyright-notice-to-copied-text/
http://bavotasan.com/2010/add-a-copyright-notice-to-copied-text/
but you can easily remove the copyright and url before posting....
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