Anyone else bothered by the lack of proof-reading on GalNet News?
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This. 1000000 times
Hah, yes, I was thinking this. Maybe they could push the ropey grammar to the point of satirization.
Galnet is basically Foxnews or USA Today in the future, so no ... as someone else pointed out : they are actually better than their real life counterparts 
... on the other hand, I find the lack of updates (with or without typos) on the galnet webpage disappointing.
... on the other hand, I find the lack of updates (with or without typos) on the galnet webpage disappointing.
I think they will soon hire you as a proof reader.
I read the GalNet like a cheap newspaper: headlines only. Won't give them a chance to annoy me, at least until there's a link to the ship somehow. At the moment my play time spent in a station is play time that could be used for progression instead. So no, a missing proof reader doesn't bother me at all.
Great idea - they could go with the line art style employed in the BBC TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy:
I must say that it does rather point to the lack of thought and care being given to this essential part of the game.
You have to hope that FD will start to take this seriously.
Love the game engine and many of it's mechanics. Shame about the lack of believable environmental chatter, as I would term it.
You have to hope that FD will start to take this seriously.
Love the game engine and many of it's mechanics. Shame about the lack of believable environmental chatter, as I would term it.
No offense taken. I asked for opinions and you gave yours. And yours is backed up by an MA, or future MA.
That was Georgio Algeria and he said "If the Federation doesn't like it then it MUST be cool. And you'll be cool if you help us." I didn't like that either. He's the leader of the Farmer's Cooperative faction in Kappa Fornacis and he's going to use the word "cool" as part of an official cry for help to the galaxy at large?
Maybe "cool" is considered professional 1300 years from now, or they were trying to drive home that the Farmer's Cooperative are unprofessional in general seeing as they're growing mind-altering narcotics and act surprised when the Federation bans it.
Or maybe the quote is verbatim and he has been sampling his own product?
I don't even bother reading it.. not interested.
My thoughts exactly, and no I'm not bothered by galnet, in fact I quite like the succinct digest feel of it.
Extrapolating the current downward trend in journalism, I'm surprised 34th century journalists can communicate in anything other than grunts.
But yes, count me in too. It seriously grates on me, but I've been told in no uncertain terms (on the forum) that caring about spelling is unwelcome so I cringe, shake my head and try to move on. Often unsuccessfully.
Can't really bring myself to play at the moment as trading is totally borked. This sort of thing isn't helping, the core of the game is so cool. It's a shame it's a mess of half baked ideas, never how I imagined Elite 4 to be. Maybe I set the bar way too high in my head. I do feel that they will get everything sorted out however and the game might actually be amazing given a year or two.
I'm also bothered by the writting and sentencing in elite. Mission description sometime sounds childish and phrasing range from akward to really embarassing. To keep with the immersion I usually skip reading them now. -_-
I'm not really fluent in English, but from my point of view it seems like a subcontractor or a intern is in charge of this part of the job.
I'm not really fluent in English, but from my point of view it seems like a subcontractor or a intern is in charge of this part of the job.
