Michael Brookes
Game Director
Hi everyone,
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the GalNet newsfeed in game and how we’re using it to provide updates on the various storylines currently active in game. We want to expand the newsfeed to include more player generated news and particularly upcoming events. As part of this process you can submit a news item for consideration by posting in this thread. To submit a news item simply post with the following:
- Date and time for the news item/event
- Title – This should be brief and include the location in the form of a system
- Description – This should ideally be no more than 150 words
- Commander name
There are a few rules that need to be followed for submissions:
- Only submit a news item once
- We’ll pick which items are suitable – don’t be offended if we don’t use yours!
- We will edit the text if needed to make it fit with the game
- Legal protection – we own the copyright of the text we use in game
I look forward to receiving your news and events!
Edit: The process is changing to allow us to use more current news items that are posted. These items will be used as local news and local news will be available in English only. We'll still pick some items for global news, but these ideally need to be an announcement in advance or not time sensitive so they can go through our edit and translation process.
Edit: Here’s a bit more info about how we decide which of your submissions to re-post on GalNet:
- We look for submissions that don’t overlap with, or contradict, our own storylines. We usually have a number of stories running simultaneously, and each of them tends to play out over a number of weeks or months. If a submission contradicts – or predicts – something we’re planning to do in the future, we can’t post it on GalNet.
- We look for submissions that are well written. Don’t worry – it doesn’t have to be a literary masterpiece! But the less editing a piece requires, the more likely it is to be posted on GalNet.
- We look for submissions that are of an appropriate length, and that tell a specific story.
It’s always a good idea to provide a location for your story in the form of a system name, because even if we feel a story isn’t right for the global GalNet page, we might publish it in the local news for the relevant system.
Finally, we always include the name of the commander who submitted the story because it makes it easier to distinguish player-submitted stories from Frontier’s own stories.
Michael
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the GalNet newsfeed in game and how we’re using it to provide updates on the various storylines currently active in game. We want to expand the newsfeed to include more player generated news and particularly upcoming events. As part of this process you can submit a news item for consideration by posting in this thread. To submit a news item simply post with the following:
- Date and time for the news item/event
- Title – This should be brief and include the location in the form of a system
- Description – This should ideally be no more than 150 words
- Commander name
There are a few rules that need to be followed for submissions:
- Only submit a news item once
- We’ll pick which items are suitable – don’t be offended if we don’t use yours!
- We will edit the text if needed to make it fit with the game
- Legal protection – we own the copyright of the text we use in game
I look forward to receiving your news and events!
Edit: The process is changing to allow us to use more current news items that are posted. These items will be used as local news and local news will be available in English only. We'll still pick some items for global news, but these ideally need to be an announcement in advance or not time sensitive so they can go through our edit and translation process.
Edit: Here’s a bit more info about how we decide which of your submissions to re-post on GalNet:
- We look for submissions that don’t overlap with, or contradict, our own storylines. We usually have a number of stories running simultaneously, and each of them tends to play out over a number of weeks or months. If a submission contradicts – or predicts – something we’re planning to do in the future, we can’t post it on GalNet.
- We look for submissions that are well written. Don’t worry – it doesn’t have to be a literary masterpiece! But the less editing a piece requires, the more likely it is to be posted on GalNet.
- We look for submissions that are of an appropriate length, and that tell a specific story.
It’s always a good idea to provide a location for your story in the form of a system name, because even if we feel a story isn’t right for the global GalNet page, we might publish it in the local news for the relevant system.
Finally, we always include the name of the commander who submitted the story because it makes it easier to distinguish player-submitted stories from Frontier’s own stories.
Michael
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