GalNet News about BD-22 3573 - player generated?

CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost

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There is a GalNet news about the Governor of the Forrester Station in BD-22 3573. Is this news item player generated or is it officially from FD?
If it's from FD, is it an indication that a certain bug got fixed with the last server maintenance?

I find it hard to separate fan fiction from official fiction. In my opinion fan generated news items should be marked in a way that makes it clear, that it's fan generated.
 

Cadoc

Cadoc
CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost said:
I find it hard to separate fan fiction from official fiction. In my opinion fan generated news items should be marked in a way that makes it clear, that it's fan generated.
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Is that really necessary? If a piece of news is on the official GalNet it's, well, official, even if it's fan-made, as Frontier check that any entries fit into the lore and storylines they have planned. In effect, fan-submitted entries become part of the official fiction.
 

CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost

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Cadoc said:
Is that really necessary? If a piece of news is on the official GalNet it's, well, official, even if it's fan-made, as Frontier check that any entries fit into the lore and storylines they have planned. In effect, fan-submitted entries become part of the official fiction.
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I want to know if a news story is part of something player do or something FD comes up with. I agree that something a player submitted becomes official fiction. If FD publishes something it could be something to push a certain story line or there could be more to it. A simple "CMDR XY reporting" would be enough for me and I don't think that would make the player generated story less important.

If the news item is from FD it could be an in-game explanation for something else - like the change in fuel cost, or the reduction of the repair costs or the space station capital ship incident.
 

Cadoc

Cadoc
CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost said:
I want to know if a news story is part of something player do or something FD comes up with. I agree that something a player submitted becomes official fiction. If FD publishes something it could be something to push a certain story line or there could be more to it. A simple "CMDR XY reporting" would be enough for me and I don't think that would make the player generated story less important.

If the news item is from FD it could be an in-game explanation for something else - like the change in fuel cost, or the reduction of the repair costs or the space station capital ship incident.
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Don't player news have the name of the commander who submitted them at the bottom? I know that was the case with the two entries of mine that were published.
 

BigFW

BigFW
I was thinking a similar thing the other day OP. But that's probably beacuase I was in a grumpy 'why couldn't ED have been single player' mode.

I generally assume Fan made if it references a CMDR name directly.
 

[VR] Deggial

[VR] Deggial
Cadoc said:
Is that really necessary? If a piece of news is on the official GalNet it's, well, official, even if it's fan-made, as Frontier check that any entries fit into the lore and storylines they have planned. In effect, fan-submitted entries become part of the official fiction.
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As for the fiction itself, it doesn't matter. "Official" fiction as well as user-made fiction enriches the game world.

However, user-made entries are never related to new CGs (as far as I know), while FD-generated fiction migth be worth a trip in order to have a closer look. That's the main difference for me and this is, why I am leaning towards supporting the OP.
 
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