http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 19:55:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-148451 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:45:00 +0000 dvo4fun 148451@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I completely missed this first time round, so much appreciated The Poke digging it out of the archive so soon </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-148423 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:24:06 +0000 pinxit 148423@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2012/11/12/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-to-feature-negotiations-peace-summits/">The Poke: today's story (a month late!)</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-143122 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:57:51 +0000 writinginbsl 143122@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>very good indeed, marmite</p> <p>i must admit i am that pacifist-games would be much more satisfying if you could go round helping people, planting trees and flowers and generally having a serious tidy up... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-143116 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:30:58 +0000 beau-jolly 143116@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hugely impressed. Was that your first submission? Congratualtions. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-143102 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:19:22 +0000 MarmiteMedicine 143102@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hah, so it is! Awesome. Pretty chuffed about that. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-143088 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:23:19 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 143088@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Err.... Marmite, have you looked at the front page? The headline that got put on with this story worked quite well I thought. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-143078 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:26:54 +0000 MarmiteMedicine 143078@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cheers for the replies, it's all much appreciated. Yeah, it's fair do's about the headline, 'to an avoidable conflict' was originally going tacked at the end there, but sadly it was too long for the system! I'm sure there's a much snappier way of putting it, I just haven't hit upon yet... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142968 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:54:07 +0000 pinxit 142968@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm liking this story.</p> <p>If it's any help selling it, here's a couple of screen grabs of the game...</p> <p><img src="http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz223/pinxit2/Satire/bopII_2.jpg"><br /> <em>The Title page...</em></p> <p><img src="http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz223/pinxit2/Satire/bopsII.jpg"><br /> <em>Zombie flower-seller..</em></p> <p>Peace &amp; lurve, =] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142964 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:59:00 +0000 Sir Lupus 142964@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>one further pedantic point: in the last line it should be Shep<strong>herd</strong>, not 'ard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142962 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:49:29 +0000 waylandsmithy 142962@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The best headlines are 5 words or less. Most of mine are around the 37 mark. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142960 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:47:03 +0000 Sir Lupus 142960@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>not that i meant to imply that you <em>are</em> shit at headlines! hmm must think before hit 'send'... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142958 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:46:14 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 142958@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep, think lupus has nailed the headline. I'm good at seeing what doesn't work as a headline, but crap at offering alternatives. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142957 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:46:09 +0000 Sir Lupus 142957@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Mediator Ops" is a nice idea though... next up, Call of Duty: post traumatic stress counselling. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142956 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:43:42 +0000 waylandsmithy 142956@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sir Lupus, that's much better. I'm shit at headlines. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142955 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:40:50 +0000 Sir Lupus 142955@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great idea and some lovely lines - "wearing a tailored suit and the sad eyes of a lonely puppy"... and then the reaction from his fellow games designers</p> <p>Would "Rogue Call of Duty designer calls for 'a peaceful solution to an avoidable conflict'" be a better headline? not sure.... anyway, have lots of stars! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142954 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:38:56 +0000 waylandsmithy 142954@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, great idea. Needs tightening as it's a bit long, and the headline needs more punch. </p> <p>Maybe: Pacifist programmer frustrated by 'Call of Duty: Mediator Ops' stalemate? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142949 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:08:33 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 142949@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I really like this idea. Definitely needs a stronger headline though, don't think the current one works. That might explain why it's got no comments up to now.</p> <p>Bits of it aren't quite really news style either, like the 'solitary tear' para. Still a very good idea though.</p> <p>Another possible angle is that he was lied to as to the nature of the game, and wasn't told it was violent. Then you could claim it was satirising the situation with that anti-muslim film where the actors say they were lied to about what the story was. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=49439#post-142804 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:08:34 +0000 MarmiteMedicine 142804@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>An attempt to diffuse the mounting tension between prospective players of hotly anticipated video game 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' was attempted yesterday, as one of the game's designers called for 'a peaceful resolution to an avoidable conflict'.</p> <p>Ted Stevenson, who served as lead tree modeler on production of the game, stated that he 'did not wish for every player to press start with murder on the mind', but instead 'to enjoy the rich and verdant landscape' he had spent the better part of a year creating.</p> <p>"I am incredibly proud of the work we've put into that game, and I know that my contributions are just as important to Call of Duty's success as the hellishly realistic dismemberment system. I mean, there are like... 43 different types of trees, all 100% true to life. You've gotta admit, that is at least as impressive as the way we've managed to accurately recreate the signature clang of a Kalashnikov bouncing off the forehead of a grizzled Russian Mercenary. Sadly, I fear that history is doomed to repeat itself..." lamented Mr. Stevenson, who was wearing a tailored suit and the sad eyes of a lonely puppy at the time of interview.</p> <p>The pacifist games designer was, of course, speaking of the series' rich and storied history of violence.</p> <p>"Over 100 million copies sold over 9 different games, and they all ended roughly the same way; with the blood of your enemies permanently reddening your eyesight as you hollered in ecstasy; America standing tall. It's 2012, surely we've all learnt something from the agonies of war?"</p> <p>A solitary tear dropped down Mr. Stevenson's idyllically rosy cheeks as he elaborated upon his Utopian wish for 'COD: BLOPS II'</p> <p>"Wouldn't it be beautiful if, on November 13th 2012, as millions of eager gamers descend upon 'Nuketown 2025', they simply all decide to lay down their arms and bunny-hop for peace? Mercenaries, soldiers of fortune and infantry alike, roaming the marvellous landscape I've laboured over, enjoying the spoils of the natural world. That's the dream."</p> <p>Upon interview, the rest of the development team struggled for words when describing their pacifist coworker.</p> <p>"Ted, uh... Ted struggled to understand the vision the rest of us were working towards. We hired him off the back of the absolutely stellar job he did modelling the terrain of 'Farmyard Sim 2010'. We all played the game and thought 'Man... I'd love to blow the s**t outta those f*****g trees'. Ya know?"</p> <p>Yet, as the release date draws nearer, Ted Stevenson seems like a man who already knows which side has won this battle.</p> <p>"There's always another option. So many games have elected to arm themselves, just because the option was there. I could go rummage through my gun cabinet right now, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go storm the Iranian Embassy now, does it? I just wish more gamers would turn to life's one true Call of Duty: as Shepard for our Mother Earth." </p>