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I was inspired by the thread 'Ryzom Radio..." to consider the feasibility of a periodical "atysian news" forum thread to cover the latest events on Atys and make this information available both to the players and to lurkers outside who might be checking the game out through the message boards.

As suggested on the the other thread, this "news agency" could publish reports of the latest OP battles, of official and player events, as well as the latest news from the various player governments.

Obviously this would only work if the various guilds and player governments in question are interested in the project. So... anyone else have any interest at all in this? =)

Sounds like a pretty good idea to me!

Perhaps it could even become an in-game commodity? :)

Oi! Competition for the Nexus News??

You might want to check these out:
nexus news 1

nexus news 2

nexus news 3

nexus news 4

nexus news 5

bit old, but they covered the news ;)

I think it's a great idea. As a neutral member of a neutral guild I have very little idea of what's going on - unless it's being spoken about in /u.

Perhaps this is something that can be posted on the wiki?

Nice idea Mr. Riku :)

If it's here on the "atys" forums, it should also be reposted on the main forums, and maybe on the Wiki as Danile suggested. Maximum visibility, including potential players who are not able to access these resources without an account.

To keep things clean and functional, ideally one of two things should happen. Either you create a single, locked thread that contains one post per news update - requiring the author(s) to be moderator(s) like the events team. OR, a new forum to contain the news, allowing a fresh thread for each update and allowing Homins to discuss the news inside the thread.

Also, you could maybe include some fictional reports from around Atys - nothing too heavy, but just a bit of mildly-RP'd fun as a counterbalance for OP/PvP-related news :) The odd public clash between tribes, or maybe a scandal involving a drunken Icon Worshipper in Zora :) Just a bit of something to lighten the mood - I think the mighty Nexus News included quite a bit of humourous content and it worked very well. I think we have quite a few Homins who could contribute to the idea in general.

Thanks for the links, Sxarlet! I'll take a look at those. And thanks for the feedback, everyone. Yeah, maximum visibility would be ideal. And I agree that some fictional humorous reports would probably be interesting. =)

Well I was going to do this for worldofryzom.com , but I'm very much out of the game news loop atm and so of course more homins need to be involved there, and obviously it wouldn't be auto-synced with these forums. but could easily be manually done.

This is a really good idea.

good idea, and we could definitely try and find a place for it on the wiki :)

am looking for a guild talk to me purplebutterfly

Just ask in universe and you should get 5 or more instant invites. ;)

just to derail the thread....

i want more stories about.... me!!! hah...
doh not done anything news worthy in a while...
stay sharp rikuku well done for creating something... :o)