OTF's Blue Publication August/September 2010
To CL3:
Please take a moment now and get to know one of the latest additions here at Ourpost 10F. This is the section in which we give new members an outlet to sound off on things. This month the Blue Report‘s Sarek takes 10 Questions to Random Romulan, the Blue Reports latest staff writer.
BR: Tell us a little about yourself
Random Romulan: Well, I'm definitely a Trekkie, basically not much more than that. I'm an 18 year old university student studying to double major in Political Science and Journalism.
BR: How did you find Outpost 10f?
Random Romulan: Actually, a chance Google search of "Star Trek chat" brought me to the wonderful airlock of Outpost10F.
BR: What do you like most about the Outpost?
Random Romulan:I really enjoy the friendly people and the subject matter of course, and I'm just getting in to the simm so hopefully I'll really like that, too.
BR: Where did Skaara come from? Any special meaning behind the handle?
Random Romulan: Romulans were my favourite villain race, plus I like to be anonymous, hence RandomRomulan
BR: As we know you are new to the outpost, What is your opinions on the Auto-Refresh? Do you really think it makes it easier for new members?
Random Romulan: I am more used to having to press Receive to get new messages, but I can see how Auto-Refresh is simpler. It lets me be in chat, from work, without having to stare at the screen, and keep remembering to Receive.
BR: What do you like the most about the Outpost?
Random Romulan: The people. The people at OTF are funny, and usually make me laugh. I was just skimming the past Blue Reports, and looking at the comic strips, laughing at all of them. :P
BR: If you could choose to do anything in Outpost, what would you do?
Random Romulan: I'd love to be a writer for the Blue Report
BR: Why did you choose your Star Trek Affiliation?
Random Romulan: I love Romulans.
BR: If you could choose one thing that would make the Outpost better, what would it be?
Random Romulan: At this point, I can't think of anything to improve such an awesome system.
BR:Are you looking at any teams to join?
Random Romulan: I've messaged Richard about being a freelance writer, just waiting the agonizing wait to hear back from him.
BR:What do you think of Vic?
Random Romulan: I think Vic is very useful, even if sometimes tedious.
BR: Anything else you want to add for the good of the order?
Random Romulan: nothing at the moment, if I think of something I’ll let you know. :P
We all like to have fun here at the Outpost, that’s why we keep coming back. In this issue of the Blue Report we sit down with Gaming TL Tycho to get the skinny on what’s coming up in the online gaming world and what that means for OTF.
BR: So what exactly does the gaming team to?
Tycho: We currently provide game/gaming platform news and run BNT, but we have some more plans for future projects.
BR: What are some of the projects that the gaming team is working on?
Tycho: Right now our biggest project is the OTF version of Black Nova Traders, but we also have people working on Gaming News and Game Reviews as well as gaming related articles. We also hope to organize some online game tournaments soon.
BR: Gaming has enjoyed a resurgence lately, what do you attribute it to?
Tycho: Gaming certainly is a topic at OTF these days. A lot of our members are playing agmes like World od Warcraft, StarCraft 2 or Battlefield, so why not make it part of our community and perhaps even attract new members by meeting them in online games and providing game news?
BR: So do you see online gaming as an effective recruitment tool for OTF?
Tycho: That has yet to be proven. Its worked with BNT so far.
BR: What games are you guys excited about that are coming out in the near future?
Tycho: The Old Republic looks very promising so far. Being made by Bioware and being a Star Wars MMORPG certainly is exciting. We hope to have a OTF guild there at some point, If there will be guilds, that is.
BR: Is there anything new being planned for release?
Tycho: Well, there are several things on our list, for example providing other small browser games for our members to play.
BR: How does gaming choose their topics for review?
Tycho: We think it would be nice to have reviews on games written by people who you actually know, instead of some stranger who writes for a game magazine or similar. That’s why we only choose games that actually were played by us. People can talk to the authors of our reviews and discuss the game for example.
BR: What are some of your goals at the TL for the team?
Tycho: My main goal right now is to get the team running smoothly, like articles and news on a regular base and of course bringing honor and glory to the fabulous Entertainment Department ;)
BR: Do you have any openings on your team?
Tycho: We’re currently looking for people who would like to do the Hardware News for Gaming and gaming reviews/news on Wii and PlayStation. We welcome everyone who thinks he can somehow contribute to the gaming team.
BR: What do you look for in potential Gaming Team members?
Tycho: well, being a gamer certainly helps, I guess They should of course be motivated and willing to work for and with the team.
BR: Thanks for taking some time with us today.
Current
Openings:
Gaming
PS3 Game Reviewer - Duties will include writing reviews on current and upcomming PS3 titles, This person is also free to tap into PS3 hardware too, basically anything and everything to do with the PS3.
No experience neccessary. Those interested should contact Team Leader Tycho
PC Game Reviewer - Duties will include writing reviews on current and upcoming titles for PCs,
No experience neccessary. Those interested should contact Team Leader Tycho
PC Hardware Reviewer - Duties will include writing reviews on the latest pc hardware (graphics cards) and keep OTF up to date with the latest craze in the PC moding world. No experience neccessary. Those interested should contact Team Leader Tycho
Trivia
Team
Members - Trivia Team is looking for members with interest in
all of its genres: Star Wars, Fantasy, and Star Trek
No experience neccessary, but duties do include weekly questions
submissions and being able to host or assist in trivia events is
definate plus. Intrested parties should contact Team Leader Soka
Simming
Team
Mission Writers - Simming has several openings for mission writers. Inquiries for all genres will be accepted. Those interested in Star Wars highly sought.
Responsibilities will include writing a mission for use in Simm weekly. Simming Experience not necessary, but ability to tell a good story is a must have. Those interested should contact Richard
Smith
Library Team
Freelance Reviewers - The Library Team is looking for freelance
reviewers to review popular novels, comics, and authors. If interested
contact Team Leader RuseMD .
Team Members - The Library Team is also looking for team members to help in a variety of ways such as establishing new projects and compiling e-books, choosing authors for author spotlight posts, and writing small posts for the forum. If interested contact Team Leader RuseMD .
Music Guild
Biographers - The Music Guild is looking for members to compile
biographies and histories of various musical artists. HTML and any other coding skills are a plus. If interested
contact Team Leader Roger Smith .
Reviewers - The Music Guild is looking for members to review anything and everything musical. HTML and any other coding skills are a plus. If interested contact Team Leader Roger Smith .
Artist's Guild
Members - The Artist's Guild
is looking for members to join it's Graphics Team. The Graphics Team is used around OTF to make graphics for various departments.
Applicants must have at least two examples of work to show. Those interested should contact JTK
Blue Report
Free Lance Writers - The Blue Report is in need of people to accept as needed assignments. HTML knowledge is a plus, but not required. Those interested should contact Richard Smith
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