TNL Staff Q&A

[Tones]

This is the worst thread ever.

I agree; it needs more flaming.

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Opaque, you're a douche, and Ninjas, you smell like fried rice. Better?

[Rumpy]

I just write as it comes and make very few changes. It shows. Omfgninjas and mzo just don't write anything ever, so we all have our own styles.



We get our shit from press releases or preview code. It goes up whenever Nick's available.



Publishers, like the whore's son said.



Whatever Nick uses. I use FlashFXP.



Writer.



Most are on all day, but we just post funnies on the forums rather than actually writing. I have work and school, so I spend as little as possible.



Nick questioned me once and I broke up his marriage.



LOL. I only write for TNL because I like Nick, even if I don't have time to write much 3/4 of the year. There is some ad income, but most of the site income comes from Nick working a normal, shitty job at a hotel.



We are all fluent in C++. Except mzo. He's stupid.



Omfgninjas and I live with Nick. The rest of them live somewhere else.

I know it's not like me to seriously answer a thread like this, but I couldn't sit back and watch people that don't even work for the site and the son of a whore speak for TNL.

lol, it's been awhile since you posted something that funny. The world misses your humor

[Tommy Tallarico]

lol, it's been awhile since you posted something that funny. The world misses your humor

I try to refrain from being funny too often. Anytime I am, it turns into "one of the mods is being teh funny at someone's expense! No one used to be mean at TNL! TNL is dead and I am teh sad!"

[Giltch]

We are all fluent in C++. Except mzo. He's stupid.

I need to learn C++. Right now I'm starting on PHP. Mind telling me any good tutorials or anything like that(that is, for C++)?

[Master]

3. What image editor is used to make the site's images? Flash? Photoshop? Who makes the images?

I don't know who originally made them, but on occasion I have made new ones for the site when they need them (Like the E3 logo one year, the updated buttons, but I haven't done any since Bahn was in charge). I used Illustrator and Imageready. No biggie.

[Rich]

Jeremy and Rich are not TNL staff. No one asked you two.

They're also the worst writers ever. Both of you STFU.

Maybe, but at least we're not writing for TNL. Our stuff gets read.

[Giltch]

Maybe, but at least we're not writing for TNL. Our stuff gets read.

PWNED!

[Bacon McShig]

3. What image editor is used to make the site's images? Flash? Photoshop? Who makes the images?

Are you talking about screenshots or the graphics and design of the site?

If the latter, I used Photoshop for That Site Which Must Never Be Spoken.

[Cowutopia]

Knowing that we write for an obscure gaming site where nobody but jaded asses will ever read our contributions is reward enough in and of itself.

That and all the love he gets from those same jaded asses. So much that it overflows and we have to give the excess love to his mother.

It's so fulfilling to know I've found my place in the gaming world. Jaded asses unite!

[cka]

1. When writing a video game review, what is done to prepare for it? Is the game played all the way through to write a thurough review? Is an outline of the final review made before the actual review is written? Do you take notes while playing the game so you can include them in your review? Do you write the review on a piece of paper first and then transfer it to text on the computer?

I play it through and write the review.

2. When writing a video game preview, where do you get the information? Straight from the source? From other sites(GameSpot, IGN, etc...)? How much info is gathered on the game before the preview is written? How much time does it take for the preview to be posted online after it's been completed?

Pull that out of my ass.

3. What image editor is used to make the site's images? Flash? Photoshop? Who makes the images?

it will be GD soon

4. What FTP utility is used to upload the site's content?

there won't be one soon

5. Define "editor"

software that edits files

6. How many hours a day(on average) does a member of the staff spend on the site?

too many

7. Do you ever have arguments about the content? How do they usually end?

yes probably

8. Are the members of the staff payed salaries? If so, how much? And where does the income come from? Ads?

hahahah

9. How long did it take to learn the programming language? How many members of the staff actually know the language?

I'm fairly sure I'm the only person onboard that knows php/mysql so

10. Is there a TNL office somewhere, or do you all work from home and just send the content to each other via e-mail?

yes it's in switzerland