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PinkCloud
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 175 Location: Zurich, Switzerland
I think whatever we take as title, I would include the name Grotian to situate the blog right away. If we had Tales from the Tunnels, I would add a subhead. ---or have the blog description taking care of that if you think it might be too long.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:18 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
PinkCloud wrote:
I think whatever we take as title, I would include the name Grotian to situate the blog right away. If we had Tales from the Tunnels, I would add a subhead. ---or have the blog description taking care of that if you think it might be too long.
Agree with you PC -- kind of liking
TALES FROM THE TUNNELS:
The Grotian Grapevine
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:22 pm
PinkCloud
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 175 Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Tresbien wrote:
PinkCloud wrote:
I think whatever we take as title, I would include the name Grotian to situate the blog right away. If we had Tales from the Tunnels, I would add a subhead. ---or have the blog description taking care of that if you think it might be too long.
Agree with you PC -- kind of liking
TALES FROM THE TUNNELS:
The Grotian Grapevine
I like that!
edit: I really like the alliterations here. I think it sounds decisive and powerful!
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:25 pm
Rosemarie_Weissenfeld
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Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 172 Location: slidell, LA
My vote is for tales from the tunnels: the grotian grapevine, because then it seems like it will be many tales told by many people over the years, like old wives tales passed along throgh the generations
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:31 pm
church
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Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 351 Location: cheshire england
Dusty_Ashes wrote:
My vote is for tales from the tunnels: the grotian grapevine, because then it seems like it will be many tales told by many people over the years, like old wives tales passed along throgh the generations
ditto
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:09 pm
ironnikki
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Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 502 Location: Iowa City, IA
Great name! I'm liking where this is going. I'll submit something once it goes up. I imagine my piece will be kind of the other side of the child's viewpoint, i.e: a parent watching their child grow up under an oppressive rule.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:45 pm
Tresbien
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Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
Looks like we have a consensus for Tales From The Tunnels: The Grotian Grapevine so let's get that in the works if SpiltFish will kindly set it up. Many thanks to you for agreeing to do it Spiltfish, and thanks to everyone for the super suggestions. Nice teamwork Grotians!
ETA: Since we should have this ready to roll tomorrow, anyone who wants to do something can start preparing stories now.
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:43 pm
Tresbien
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Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
http://grotiangrapevine.blogspot.com/ The GG is up now with a first post. Would love to have everyone's participation. Let your creativity shine in your stories and news items either in comments or with a subject of your own. Thanks again to SpiltFish for getting the blog set up.
PinkCloud has generously offered to help with management of the blog. Thank you PC! If anyone else would like to assist, please let us know.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:20 pm
Asphodel
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Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 54
I don't know that I necessarily have anything to say, but how does one go about gaining write access to a group blog?
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:41 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
Asphodel wrote:
I don't know that I necessarily have anything to say, but how does one go about gaining write access to a group blog?
Hi Asphodel and welcome! Either you can comment on what's already been posted or write a post of your own (the latter is preferable). Email it to grotiangrapevineSPLAT gmail.com, and one of the Comm Team will post it ASAP.
What we're looking for is your own story of what it's been like to live underground as a Grotian. How does it compare to the lives you see the Proscript Party members living above ground? What are your hopes and dreams? What do you think you could contribute to the world if you were not constrained by the Party's rules. Do you long to visit other places you've read about? Do you have access to much media in the tunnels? That sort of thing. Hope you'll have fun writing something. If you have any other questions, please ask.
We'll also use this spot for news updates as they come in.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:14 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
Communications Team Group Chat PinkCloud suggested that the Comm Team have a group chat in IRC to discuss ways to expand our mission. Would you all please post what times would work best for you to chat? We'd like to schedule it for later today or Monday if possible.
BIG THANKS to those who've sent their stories in already. I hope everyone will submit something to: grotiangrapevineSPLAT gmail.com It doesn't have to be long; you're one voice telling about your experience living underground.
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:04 pm
Thunderwolf
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Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
I sent an email off to the blog email so it should be blogged up soon enough, and I made this youtube video of an interview with a downtrodden grotian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEbdKMAsJs
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:15 am
Tresbien
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Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
Communications Team Group Chat We'll meet for a brief time today to discuss new ways to broaden our reach and to take assignments for news blog articles.
What: Communications Team Meeting
When: Noon EDT, Monday, August 17, 2009
Where: IRC #Purity
Anyone can enter through at java-enabled browser at http://chat-solutions.org/chat/. Then /join #Purity
Plan to keep this short so hope all can pop in. If for some reason you can't make it and would like an assignment, please let me know.
Great job on your radio broadcast Thunderwolf ! Impressed that you did both parts yourself and loved the story you told.
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:41 am
diszaster
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Joined: 15 May 2009 Posts: 405
Thunderwolf wrote:
I sent an email off to the blog email so it should be blogged up soon enough, and I made this youtube video of an interview with a downtrodden grotian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEbdKMAsJs
That's pretty darn awesome.
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:36 am
Asphodel
Boot
Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 54
I'm starting to be uncomfortable about how much canon we're inventing. It is one thing to take liberties with two or three points of dialect. But to decide that the Proscripts' religion resembles Abrahamic monotheism, or that there was a vast book-burning in the Tunnels, strikes me as uncomfortably likely to conflict with canon the PMs would want to release in the future.
Is this kind of deep roleplaying common in modern ARGs? Is there any precedent or custom that would tell us what is appropriate here? There is little to no reference to it in the resources I've looked at for new ARGers.
I don't want this blog to turn into gamejacking.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:13 am
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