Posted: 9/3/2008 7:52 PM
Post subject: General description discussion for publications
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alden
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There are many, many published movies and some have descriptions that are slightly lacking. Please post any you would like to see updated. Or, if you think you could write a better description yourself, that's even better! If you do post suggestions please reference the movie number. Of course, if you'd like to update a bunch, you can also apply to be an editor and make the changes yourself...
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Posted: 9/3/2008 7:54 PM
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I suggest starting with TODO.
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Posted: 9/3/2008 7:58 PM
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alden
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Yes, thank you, I forgot to mention that. There are lots of older ones too though :)
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Posted: 9/3/2008 8:21 PM
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alden wrote:
Yes, thank you, I forgot to mention that. There are lots of older ones too though :)
Perhaps it's possible to divide the TODO-list into two sections - one for currently published movies and other pages (high priority) and one for obsoleted movies (low priority). I guess this could be done automatically with a script or something. Having obsoleted runs without a description (or something else that needs to be done) isn't that high priority in my opinion.
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Posted: 9/4/2008 2:34 AM
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ElectroSpecter
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Demon's Crest Suggested description: Demon's Crest is the third installment of the Gargoyle's Quest series. The player controls Firebrand, who is scouring the Demon Realm for elemental Crests, which preside over different elements (Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Time, and Heaven). When collected, these crests allow Firebrand to transform his shape at will and gain powerful new abilities and defenses. Demon's Crest (to those who have played it) is notorious for some very difficult bosses. In this run, the author abuses boss weaknesses to the extreme by switching Gargoyle forms when necessary. In addition, heavy luck manipulation was used during several encounters to make the otherwise troublesome boss fights look easier than a play through of Barney's Hide and Seek. I will try to write a description for a movie that isn't my own as well :P
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Posted: 9/4/2008 8:15 AM
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alden
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The system works!
Randil wrote:
Perhaps it's possible to divide the TODO-list into two sections - one for currently published movies and other pages (high priority) and one for obsoleted movies (low priority).
That list is just a list of referrers to http://tasvideos.org/TODO.html, so to start a different list all you really need to do is make a new page and add links to it from pages you want to list. I don't really think that's necessary though as you'd still have to tag everything when you could manually list it here just as easily :) Plus I wanted somewhere non-editors could help with this huge task.
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Posted: 9/4/2008 9:49 AM
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I took the liberty of providing a link to all currently published runs that need a new or better description (I.e. the ones that had a TODO about the description in the description). Obviously this will change over time, but I think it's a good starting point for today: Here is the link.
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Posted: 9/4/2008 11:39 AM
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Secret of Evermore Shapeshifting dogs. Evil robots. Alchemy. Cheesy B movie references. These are all par for the course in Secret of Evermore, a very loose "sequel" to Secret of Mana. The story follows a boy that is thrust into a virtual world and finds himself with no immediate means to escape. As the boy travels, the geography changes to reflect certain eras of real-life history, adding a unique aspect to the game. Oh it's also probably worth it to mention somewhere in the description that Saturn controls the dog at some points too. Ah, and thanks for updating that Alden! Any way you could change the screenshot as well?
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Posted: 9/4/2008 3:41 PM
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alden
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Cool, thanks Randil! Oh, and also to P.JBoy who updated Secret of Evermore already. ElectroSpecter: yes. What screenshot do you want?
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Posted: 9/4/2008 3:54 PM
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The screenshot was changed, probably when the SoE description was too. Thanks though!
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Posted: 9/4/2008 4:10 PM
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The screenshot was changed, probably when the SoE description was too.
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Posted: 12/7/2008 2:47 PM
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This is the latest list of publications that lack descriptions.
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Posted: 12/11/2008 7:05 AM
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My suggestion for Zen: Intergalactic Ninja: "Although the conservative Black Manta valiantly fought in the War on Drugs, his more liberally minded great-grandson Zen decided to tackle the War on Global Warming. This is done using fire extinguishers in ways only a ninja can before going on a mine cart ride." Other details can be fleshed out by someone else; this is intended only as a starting point. (or are political jokes too much for the site?)
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