Yeah, cool... I really did think this months issue of WD was pretty dire, so anything that improves the standard will be great...
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:46 pm ] |
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... well, second, anyway. This just in from a NetZine - Ansible 197: "Guy Haley is leaving SFX: `I'm off to work on White Dwarf as a managing editor after Xmas and make it into a proper magazine.' Promises, promises." Interesting! There should be good times ahead for WD. |
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| Author: | stormseer [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:53 pm ] |
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Yeah, cool... I really did think this months issue of WD was pretty dire, so anything that improves the standard will be great...
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:05 pm ] |
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I have a sub to both W/D and Fanatic ... I look forward ... well ... to just getting an issue ...  
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| Author: | netepic [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:39 pm ] |
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When does he take over? |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:24 pm ] |
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"I'm off to work on White Dwarf as a managing editor after Xmas..." I guess that this would the WD release around March. |
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| Author: | netepic [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:12 pm ] |
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Oh groovy - well, we can but pray! |
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| Author: | primarch [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:26 pm ] |
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Hi! "proper magazine".... I hope that doesn't mean even more useless advertisement and little content....  Primarch |
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| Author: | Mojarn Piett [ Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:15 am ] |
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 Ahhh, I just LOVE your realistic attitude Primarch! I too am afraid the marketing still has the final say on WD no matter who's on rudder. 
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:11 pm ] |
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Hi! You bet it does Mojarn. GW is NOT a magazine, it just a catalogue with occasionally related articles. Primarch |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:45 pm ] |
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This was also picked up on Portent (I am not sure if they read it here or at the source!). Portent Discussion I am not sure if it really is Mr editor in the discussion, but new details do emerge. |
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| Author: | primarch [ Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:04 am ] |
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Hi! It seems from that thread that people dont expect much from the change. The sentiment I agree most with is that given GW restrictions on the magazine, such as no non-GW games, advertisements to push the latest GW mini, etc, not even the best editor in the world can make it better than what it is... ...a over glorified catalogue. Primarch |
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Thu Dec 11, 2003 7:49 am ] | ||
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Hi all, given that WD is a 'house' magazine (the house of GW), I would grant the nonpresence of rival products, and the odd advert. Problems I see are: 1 - far too many ads - although to be fair, if you were to remova all ads you would still have a thickish magazine 2 - I'd personaly eliminate the LOTR section from the back and relocate it spread throughout the WD - it's too much the bit that non-LOTR players skip this way, making it an appendix rather than part of WD; then again, I guess the copyright ruegs may make this seclusion necessary. 3 - battle reports need to be improved (although the current style is better than the battle narration style which was fun, but didn't depict the battle too clearly) 4 - the trend to include more rules some issues back has diminished - this was, I believe, a strong point in WD; and non-tournament rules are ok too. 5 - Fluff needs to be a bit boosted in quality. 6 - modelling articles are generaly ok, but slightly too heavy terain-building - although this is one thing I'd like to see more of in Malta, so I shouldn't grumble. 7 - more support of Specialist games, rather than just Jervis' page and the odd battle report or article. Whilst these games are not mainstream, their players deserve a bit of WD help, whilst this in turn could promote the games themselves. I don't need to see an article for each of Epic,BFG,Warmaster, Inquisitor, Mordheim, Necromunda, Blood Bowl, Man'o'W - oops! - in each issue, but a couple of articles on any of these in each issue would improve matters - mind, not advertising articles,but dedicated (i.e. for e.g. Epic-scale fluff - legions not squads) fluff, scenarios, modelling stuff etc. Anyways - that's just my thoughts and opines, of course. But I wouldn't condemn WD outright (must be the Christmas spirit seeping in) - and I still buy it regularly. 
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| Author: | Mojarn Piett [ Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:04 am ] |
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I buy WD too, as it is an adequate distraction from RealLife and I need all the distractions I can get. But there is a LOT of room for improvement.Vanvlak already stated most, but I think I add one thing: variation armylists. There should be more of these combined with some decent fluff. There would be no need for special rules even, just variations of the existing theme to fire up imagination. |
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:49 am ] | ||
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Agreed!
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| Author: | netepic [ Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:32 pm ] |
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There used to be so many fluff hooks - but then they killed off the star child concept and the illuminati and the squats and the zoats and the jokerio monkey things and the slann and the sensei and the daemon engines *takes a deep breath* But they have been killing them off and now they wonder why the fluff quality is decreasing! Some of the new hooks are good but they should compliment the old stuff - not overwrite it! |
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