My Planetside 2 article got published :-)

[Rolfski]

Originally Posted by Mechzz

Good article.

How did you get it published? Just sent it to the editor on spec? Or did you have an "in" ?

just curious...

I didn't have an "in" and I never played with Goons in Eve.

I just used the contact form on their site and pasted in my article. At some point I got an email that out of 22 essays, mine got selected.
The Mittani then called me on Skype to say that I was hired and set up/talked me through my staff account so I could publish the article. It was a bit confusing tbh as my intention was only to submit a one-off article, so I refused any monthly salary. It turned out that my article submission happened to be as they where just hiring new writers, making me look as one of the applicants
So I probably will get "fired" soon but who knows, I might actually get the inspiration and submit more articles :-)

Btw just to be sure, I love SOE and the article is an opinion, not a fact. I get a lot of down votes atm on reddit from people that obviously didn't get this.

[Dragonskin]

Nice arcticle. I hope SOE does live up to what the article suggests because I have friends that have played EVE since the game came out and they ALWAYS go back to it once they are bored of the current FOTM MMO.

[FireWater]

Great article I really like how it's written.

However a few points:

Wasn't CCP in trouble of closing its doors? I thought despite the loyal fanbase they had declining revenue.

I know they also caught a lot of flack for releasing their cash shop.

My guess this is pro ably in part for those users that were allowed to pay for their memberships with in game currency. Great for the consumer but doesn't pay the bills.

Just some food for thought for a very well written article.

[Mechzz]

Originally Posted by Rolfski

I didn't have an "in" and I never played with Goons in Eve.

I just used the contact form on their site and pasted in my article. At some point I got an email that out of 22 essays, mine got selected.
The Mittani then called me on Skype to say that I was hired and set up/talked me through my staff account so I could publish the article. It was a bit confusing tbh as my intention was only to submit a one-off article, so I refused any monthly salary. It turned out that my article submission happened to be as they where just hiring new writers, making me look as one of the applicants
So I probably will get "fired" soon but who knows, I might actually get the inspiration and submit more articles :-)

Btw just to be sure, I love SOE and the article is an opinion, not a fact. I get a lot of down votes atm on reddit from people that obviously didn't get this.

Cool! Thanks Rolfski. Nice to know that even in these tough times some lucky people can still get jobs by accident!

And don't worry about Reddit - hardly an impartial place to be heard in, is it?

[Rolfski]

Originally Posted by stargazer093

nice article there, man! Would you mind if I translate it into Chinese then post it on a forum beyond the ocean? Of course I`ll label its place of origin

Wow, already the most popular article on the site. I guess your Chinese readers are bringing in the numbers, lol

Anyway, thanks a lot for all the support guys. Really encouraging for a noob writer like me :-)

[Rolfski]

My first article ended up being the most read article of December so I thought I give it another shot

http://themittani.com/features/crowd...w-exploit-zerg

It's a guide on how to deal with zergs. It's based on a topic I started here so I want to thank everybody who contributed to the discussion :-)

[BlueSkies]

Originally Posted by FireWater

Great article I really like how it's written.

However a few points:

Wasn't CCP in trouble of closing its doors? I thought despite the loyal fanbase they had declining revenue.

They opened additional studios and started developing Dust 514 and World of Darkness Online on the revenues of Eve... yeah they stretched themselves a bit thin.

I know they also caught a lot of flack for releasing their cash shop.

$80 monocles will do that...

My guess this is pro ably in part for those users that were allowed to pay for their memberships with in game currency. Great for the consumer but doesn't pay the bills.

You are buying the gametime from another user who paid cash for it . CCP gets paid regardless. (think of buying a 1month sub token for SC and then selling it to another player for 5k cert points)

Just some food for thought for a very well written article.

yep...

[MaxDamage]

"it makes perfectly sense" xD

[Kerrec]

Originally Posted by MaxDamage

"it makes perfectly sense" xD

He already stated english is not his first language. It's the editor's fault for not catching that.

[Dodgy Commando]

Nice article, reminds me that there is another outlook to PS2. The negativity can get to you sometimes (not that people aren't making valid points).

I agree to being a little more patient and supportive.

Congrats, keep 'em coming.

[bpostal]

Good shit, grats Rolf!

[SGTalon]

"The whole idea of Planetside 2 has always been to release a Battlefield 3 on crack and then turn it into a Planetside 1 on steroids over time."

I think this sums up PS2 perfectly Rolfski. It is how I feel about the game too. I have always been a fan of the Battlefield Series and I always wished they would make a game more like Planetside, then Sony went and did it first.

I love PS2. I think it is the best FPS shooter out there by a very large margin. The fact that it is set in my old stomping grounds of Auraxis and has so much that I feel is even better than PS1 makes me happy.

I have yet to have a bad night playing PS2 and i have been playing since Tech Test.

[Mox]

Highly specualtive but nice to read. Good job!

[Hamma]

Good stuff!

[OCNSethy]

Well done on being published. Congratz!