APoV Issue #1 Release - Page 2

fiath · 12 December 2003, 15:44

Superfrog? Arcade Pool? Super Stardust?

Sorry... Personal favourites.

Peanutuk · 12 December 2003, 16:51

I didnt realise Syper Stardust was Team 17, I enjoyed that.

But Superfrog was average in my opinion and Arcade Pool!?!? I couldn't understand why some magazines gave it such good reviews.

As you say though, its all opionion.

T_hairy_bootson · 12 December 2003, 17:02

great work guys

can't wait to have a look

hmmm.....will someone be doing a coverdisk?

Amiga1992 · 12 December 2003, 19:09

Quote:

Originally posted by Walker
I'm probably blind, but I don't have a clue here....

Probably don't want to see..

The cover looks tame, empty, feels "cluttered" despite the overload on empty space. The typeface used for the "some kind of wonderful" text has nothing to do with the logo typeface, it has no impact, and did I say it's too empty?

Now flame as you may, but this is what I think. it's a pity since the rest of the mag (well, what I can see from here) looks bloody brilliant,. and I can't wait to read the adventures of Mr Cornflake and... who the hell is the other one?

Walker · 12 December 2003, 20:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Probably don't want to see..

The cover looks tame, empty, feels "cluttered" despite the overload on empty space. The typeface used for the "some kind of wonderful" text has nothing to do with the logo typeface, it has no impact, and did I say it's too empty?

Why didn't you say so from the beginning? Everybody has the right to an opinion, and the only reason I asked was that I couldn't find those "obvious" errors. Peace.

Amiga1992 · 13 December 2003, 05:33

Just because now everybody will jump on me and say "well then you shouldn't have quitted the APoV team, you feckwit"

blackcornflake · 13 December 2003, 14:56

The PDF will come in at ~20MB.

In reply to Tim Janssen: the frequency should be around 2-3 months between issues. #2 will not take anywhere near as long to produce as the first edition has, as we now have a template to work from, so to speak.

Issue 1 is 70 pages, 6 of which are adverts. Thought some ads might add a bit of, I dunno, 'flavour'.

I wouldn't jump on you, Akira. Unless it was to give you lots of huggles and smooches.

RCK · 13 December 2003, 16:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Just because now everybody will jump on me and say "well then you shouldn't have quitted the APoV team, you feckwit"

lol yeaaaaaah

RCK · 13 December 2003, 16:34

Quote:

Originally posted by blackcornflake
The PDF will come in at ~20MB.

20Mb * 50 peeps downloading in same time.. hum, hope my new bandwidth controler is working well

Amiga1992 · 15 December 2003, 01:55

Ah great, 20MB on my dialup...

Seems like I wont be able to see APoV.

stainy · 15 December 2003, 09:06

After all the moaning you did about it.. did you really want to see it anyway ?

CodyJarrett · 15 December 2003, 09:47

If it is too large for anyone to download, send me your postal address in a PM and I'll send it on a CD, free of charge.

Echo · 15 December 2003, 10:06

Excellent work, thanks to all involved

p.s. 20MB too big on 56K? Ludicrous, I used to download 37MB South Park episodes when I was on dialup. No problems resuming, and didn't take much longer than two hours each.

Drake1009 · 15 December 2003, 16:08

My suggestion would be that you made a split up version of it, one part for introductions, one part for reviews, one for features and one for walkthroughs and so on for every seeming part you have.

That way a 56Ker could download the parts instead. Download the part that would be most interesting to the person and then have something to read while the rest of it downloads.

I know it'll get more troublesome to maintain but I think it'll be worth it to see the happy look on the faces of the 56k people.

That and it will save bandwidth if someone doesn't want to download the walkthrough section anyway.

Amiga1992 · 15 December 2003, 17:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Echo
20MB too big on 56K? Ludicrous, I used to download 37MB South Park episodes when I was on dialup. No problems resuming, and didn't take much longer than two hours each.

Lucky for you, you don't live in a cheap-arse south american country where 1 hour on dialup means complete rape-age of your poor booty.

A CD version seems cool. How about making, after a bunch of issues get released, a CD to distribute to the people, only for CD+shipping costs? would be something nice to have.

Echo · 15 December 2003, 17:25

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Lucky for you, you don't live in a cheap-arse south american country where 1 hour on dialup means complete rape-age of your poor booty.

Judging by the number of posts on EAB, you must have spent a few months online with that modem.

Whether it is idle or downloading bears no relation on costs - or does your ISP really charge per megabyte?

Amiga1992 · 15 December 2003, 20:18

My number of posts is a direct result of my time when I HAD a cable connection.

Thank you for jumping onto conclusions. If you had access to the logs like RCK does, you would notice my posting has decreased A LOT in the last year or so.

You shouldn't have said anything unless you could prove it.

Thank you. Good bye.

RCK · 15 December 2003, 20:56

peace

Echo · 15 December 2003, 22:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
My number of posts is a direct result of my time when I HAD a cable connection.

Thank you for jumping onto conclusions. If you had access to the logs like RCK does, you would notice my posting has decreased A LOT in the last year or so.

You shouldn't have said anything unless you could prove it.

Thank you. Good bye.

Uh, I'm not trying to prove anything, nor have a dig - I'm trying to find out why you feel 20MB is out of the question on 56K.

And forgive me for knowing little about your history, I only discovered the EAB in January this year.

fiath · 17 December 2003, 14:43

After finally finding some time to sit down and read some of the magazine, I must say that I am very impressed.

The general quality of the magazine is one thing, but the best thing IMHO is the general slap-stick style writing, which I find very nostalgic from the days of reading Amiga Power and CU Amiga - and certainly not the same feel from current-day magazines. Whether that type of writing is... better or not... I just don't care - it certainly takes me back. (ohhh, when I was a lad...)

So, a big thank you from me on such quality work. I wish you all the best with it.

One suggestion though - where is the PR? For something as big as this, I expected to see it all over the news sites, etc. but the only one I found was on amiga.org. What about posting on ann/lu, amiga-news.de, uae msg board, amigaworld.org, etc. etc?

Anyway, great work! I will certainly look forward to the next one - when I have finished this one anyway.

P.S. Save the penguins!

15 December 2003, 09:06	#31
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,712	well After all the moaning you did about it.. did you really want to see it anyway ?

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12 December 2003, 15:44	#21
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Superfrog? Arcade Pool? Super Stardust? Sorry... Personal favourites.

12 December 2003, 16:51	#22
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,082	I didnt realise Syper Stardust was Team 17, I enjoyed that. But Superfrog was average in my opinion and Arcade Pool!?!? I couldn't understand why some magazines gave it such good reviews. As you say though, its all opionion.

12 December 2003, 17:02	#23
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	great work guys can't wait to have a look hmmm.....will someone be doing a coverdisk?

13 December 2003, 05:33	#26
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Just because now everybody will jump on me and say "well then you shouldn't have quitted the APoV team, you feckwit"

13 December 2003, 14:56	#27
blackcornflake Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cereal box Posts: 794	The PDF will come in at ~20MB. In reply to Tim Janssen: the frequency should be around 2-3 months between issues. #2 will not take anywhere near as long to produce as the first edition has, as we now have a template to work from, so to speak. Issue 1 is 70 pages, 6 of which are adverts. Thought some ads might add a bit of, I dunno, 'flavour'. I wouldn't jump on you, Akira. Unless it was to give you lots of huggles and smooches.

15 December 2003, 01:55	#30
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	Ah great, 20MB on my dialup... Seems like I wont be able to see APoV.

15 December 2003, 09:47	#32
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	If it is too large for anyone to download, send me your postal address in a PM and I'll send it on a CD, free of charge.

15 December 2003, 10:06	#33
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Excellent work, thanks to all involved p.s. 20MB too big on 56K? Ludicrous, I used to download 37MB South Park episodes when I was on dialup. No problems resuming, and didn't take much longer than two hours each.

15 December 2003, 16:08	#34
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	My suggestion would be that you made a split up version of it, one part for introductions, one part for reviews, one for features and one for walkthroughs and so on for every seeming part you have. That way a 56Ker could download the parts instead. Download the part that would be most interesting to the person and then have something to read while the rest of it downloads. I know it'll get more troublesome to maintain but I think it'll be worth it to see the happy look on the faces of the 56k people. That and it will save bandwidth if someone doesn't want to download the walkthrough section anyway.

15 December 2003, 20:18	#37
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	My number of posts is a direct result of my time when I HAD a cable connection. Thank you for jumping onto conclusions. If you had access to the logs like RCK does, you would notice my posting has decreased A LOT in the last year or so. You shouldn't have said anything unless you could prove it. Thank you. Good bye.

15 December 2003, 20:56	#38
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,084	peace

17 December 2003, 14:43	#40
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	After finally finding some time to sit down and read some of the magazine, I must say that I am very impressed. The general quality of the magazine is one thing, but the best thing IMHO is the general slap-stick style writing, which I find very nostalgic from the days of reading Amiga Power and CU Amiga - and certainly not the same feel from current-day magazines. Whether that type of writing is... better or not... I just don't care - it certainly takes me back. (ohhh, when I was a lad...) So, a big thank you from me on such quality work. I wish you all the best with it. One suggestion though - where is the PR? For something as big as this, I expected to see it all over the news sites, etc. but the only one I found was on amiga.org. What about posting on ann/lu, amiga-news.de, uae msg board, amigaworld.org, etc. etc? Anyway, great work! I will certainly look forward to the next one - when I have finished this one anyway. P.S. Save the penguins!

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