Welcome to a much delayed Scriptorium Editorial. Thia is the 9th edition our publication which is designed to keep all members of TWC informed in what the Scriptorium has archived. Our goal remains to issue the Scriptorium as close to the first of each month as possible.mmTo help in our goal to continue to archive the best of TWC we needed to increase our numbers to spread out the workload. Welcome the three newest librarians, Nikos, Graham and Ratbag!
A big change is being made to how we determine what articles to archive in the Scritporium. The Librarians will be scouring the shelves. We wish that all submitted works be original. To that end, we are putting in place procedures to review existing works for plagarism. Nazgûl Killer has led the charge with this new prject. We also will screen the new articles as a part of our normal review of new submissions.
This list of additions is from August 16th through September 24th. This is a bit more than a month. We have several additions to our collection into history, modding, and TW guides. Now that it is fall, take the time to sit in your cozy chair by the fireplace and read a bit from our new additions.
The Scriptorium's additions, in order of submission, are listed below:
Onwards, we have our Scriptorium Article Reviews. For our editorial review, we have Viking Prince's review on Tiberius Tosi's two part history article on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia.
If you ever come across any articles of interest do not hesitate to PM any of the currently active Librarians. Also, if you know of any plagarism issues, we do want to know about them to help maintian the quaility of the collection. If you want to get more involved, PM Pøntifex, the Chief Librarian, to discuss participation. We currently added three new librarians: Nikos, Graham and Ratbag!on but we are always scouting for new talent. Remeber, if you do not come forward, we will never know about your interest!
Welcome to yet another Scriptorium Editorial, which also marks the 8th edition our little publication! This Editorial is a few days late this time around, mainly because of certain time issues. However, its schedule will remain unaltered, with the next Edition going out on the 1st of September. With that out of the way, let's begin journeying in the Scriptorium once again!
The first half of August has been considerably more productive than the whole of July! 15 articles had already been stored by August 15th, in contrast to last month's poor(in comparison) output of 8 articles. Activity seems to be logically picking up, as summer's end approaches. In more detail, we have yet more 5 of VOP2288's excellent and informative game reviews which are sure to be popular among gamers of all platforms, old movie reviews by Viking Prince, along with a handful of Empire:Total War Guides which will definitely be of great interest to ETW gamers, and useful Modding Tutorials which mainly focused on graphic design, with 3 of them being modelling tutorials. The Scriptorium's additions, in order of submission, are listed below:
Onwards, we have our Scriptorium Article Reviews. For our first review, we have Viking Prince's review on God's music review of "Psychotic Waltz". Yes, that's right. A review to a review.
And for our second article review, we have Acco reviewing fellow Librarian Astaroth's Empire: Total War Gameplay Guide on Spain:
If you ever come across any articles of interest do not hesitate to PM any of the currently active Librarians. If you want to get more involved, PM Pøntifex, the Chief Librarian, to discuss participation. We are currently on the lookout for new Librarians, so your chances of being accepted will be higher.
After a long hiatus, I am happy to announce that The Scriptorium Editorial is up and running once again, bringing you the latest from TWC's Library, the Scriptorium! As we couldn't possibly update you on all of the Scriptorium's activities in the 2 months between this and the previous editorial which was published, we shall only cover the month of July in this Editorial, but don't fret. From now on, the Editorial will continue being published in a bi-weekly capacity. So, with that out of the way, let's begin our little journey into the depths of the Scriptorium!
While July has been a relatively active month for our hard-working Librarians, it didn't reach the red hot levels of activity of some earlier months. I guess everyone deserves a little summer break after months of hard work! So what did we have for this month? Game and Music Reviews dominated the Librarians' attention. A few of VOP2288's excellent game reviews were stored, our long running collections of vizigothe's movie reviews and God's Music Reviews were updated, while LOTR fans will be happy to know that a LOTR AAR was also stored. In addition, a Guide on the usage of STEAM and another of Astaroth's brilliant Faction Guides are sure to please ETW fans. The articles stored in the month of July, in order of submission:
What's next? The Scriptorium Article Reviews, with Astaroth giving us his view on fellow Librarian's Julius2 historical essay on Solon's Reforms. There we go:
Thank you Astaroth.
Next up, we have Scriptorium Review veteran Hesus de bodemloze, reviewing on Nahirean's guide on Spyware:
Great work by Hesus, as usual.
And as such, I'm afraid we have reached a conclusion. See you in 2 weeks!
Helios 42 - Live and Dangerous is now out. We have coverange from all parts of the community including the Curia, the mudpit, the basement and the Coliseum as well as an editiroial from The Black Prince (no, it's not Ozzy Osborne).
The Eagle Standard Presents: The Critic's Quill Edition VI!!! The sixth installment in that excellent new AAR review publication is here to lead the way towards great AARs and writers! Flock to its banner! Check it out here!!!
Also, a reminder from the chief, this is the last week to work on stories for the Writing Competition! Be creative, have fun, and have your articles turned in by Saturday, June 20!
Helios 41 - A Nightmare on Format Street - We have an exclusive interview with Eothese who has recently managed to get his own book published called ‘A Tale of Akthross: The Seeker and The Mage’. We also have reports from the Curia, the Mudpit, Thema Devia, Circus Maximus and of course the Basement.
Have a read and be sure to rep the reporters next time you see them!
Welcome to the fifth Scriptorium editorial, the charming little gazette that keeps you informed about the "Library" of TWC!
Firstly and most importantly, we are sad to announce the resignation of the chief librarian jimkatalanos. He has served the Scriptorium for over a year and will be sorely missed. However, we have a new chief in the form of Pontifex!
Things are still going fast at the Empire: Total War forums, with new mods, tools, and AARs aplenty, but that doesn't mean Rome and Medieval 2 are losing their grip on players! In the past two weeks, we have had many articles related to all three of these epic games, along with a few articles relates to graphics. There is also an excellent ETW tool available!
Apparently, we forgot to announce the coming of Conquistatore into the team! Certainly I'm sure he will learn the secrets of the book, the art, the words and the place(obviously) soon enough.
And now, these articles are added within the last times. Be sure to read them! Anyways, I will sort things out by category per category. To start, here is some enjoyable AARs for you to read.
Okay, so The Rise of the Irish Kingdom focuses more on comedy and Basileia ton Romaion focuses on. . .err. . . classical and EPIC FEELINGS! Meh, I even thought the title is "The Gates to Epicness" instead of Asia. While coffee reading around with these that are sooo long that it can even take more than 5 hours to read them, MOAR else from the fortnight.
And now, here are some TW Guides for M2TW. These articles are all made by Viking Prince.
These are quite self-explanatory. For those of you who favour short campaigns instead of the (maybe) boring long campaigns. These are worth reading and your time!
And again, these are quite self-explanatory. Applying Textures in 3DSMAX, while seemingly quite basic. Is actually quite good for beginners. And the Gold Text Effect, for photoshop. Is worth reading, perhaps. It can even sound the start of your journey to Arts! And the famous Mod Manager and Pack File Manager are still here for us, and keep updated. Stay tuned for them. These are useful, aren't they?
Despite these being usually underrated and more or less few have done something like these well. Be sure to read, and float it in inside your feelings. Remember, these are more than just it. Art is something that can range from simplicity and complexity, but still retains it's unique quality.
These articles will be very useful for our aspiring modders and will hopefully initiate the vanguard of TW modding! Moving on, however, we have a few more reviews...
Welcome to our fourth Scriptorium Editorial! Due to some issues with time constraints, we had to postpone the publication of the Editorial for a few days, and for that we apologize. Once again, we will be bringing the latest news from the Scriptorium! Let's get started!
It has been almost a month since Empire: Total War's release, and along with the rants and the praisings, a considerable number of ETW Guides, both gameplay, and lately modding tutorials have made their appearance, and our team has succesfully attempted to store them as soon as possible. Other than that, we have more thought provoking and informative historical and even one philosophical/religious essay, Christian Dilemmas. Also watch out for The Script-o-Rama, a work in progress Scripting Guide for E:TW which will be updated regularly, authored by one of TWC's chief modders, alpaca. In total, more than 25 articles were stored within the last 2 weeks, our biggest number yet! Here they are, listed in order of submission!
All new aspiring ETW players, and most importantly, modders, will have plenty of reading material to go through!
Moving on, we have our usual Scriptorium Article Review, with Astaroth, one of our most active and seasoned Librarians, reviewing an E:TW Gameplay Guide on the use of artillery, titled "ETW: Royal Artillery School", written and compiled by Eastern Weasel. There we go!
A marvellous piece of work by Astaroth there, as always.
And as such, the fourth, unfortunately delayed Scriptorium Editorial comes to an end. Remember, we are always willing to answer yoru questions and listen to your suggestions about the Scriptorium, and don't forget to PM us if you see any interesting articles!
Welcome to our third Scriptorium Editorial! Once again, this little publication's aim is to inform you on the latest happenings of TWC's library, The Scriptorium! So, let's get started!
Empire: Total War has been released, and with it, the first few Scriptorium-Worthy E:TW guides have been written. Our team of dedicated Librarians has been quick to scour the extremely active E:TW fora, and has returned with undoubtedly very satisfying results. No less than 5 E:TW related articles have been stored, only a little more than 10 days after the game's release! Other than that, you will find a brilliant, thought-provoking and well written essay on Inheritance Tax by Mimirswell, in addition to some very helpful and informative Dinosaur articles. The articles which were stored, in order of submission:
That should provide for and interesting, and quite diverse reading material. Enjoy!
Moving on, we have our occasional Scriptorium Article Review! Every 2 weeks, a Librarian reviews and presents an article of his choice, which must be already stored in the Scriptorium. This time, we have Acco, with a brilliant review on a Sociological Essay from the depths of the Scriptorium, on The Origins Of Violence In The Modern Middle East. There we go!
Truly marvellous work, indeed. In another Scriptorium Review, we have Hesus de Bodemloze, one of our hardest workers, reviewing an article on a subject clouded by mystery: The Druids. Here goes:
And as such, our third Scriptorium Editorial reaches a conclusion. Remember, whenever you find an article/guide that you believe is worthy of being stored in the Scriptorium, do not hesitate to drop a PM to a Librarian, and we will be happy to consider it. A list of all the currently active Librarians can be found in this thread. In the case you want to become more involved in the running of the Scriptorium, you can always PM the Chief Librarian, jimkatalanos, to discuss participation. That is all for this time. We wish you a nice time, and we'll be back in 2 weeks!
Welcome to our second fortnightly Scriptorium Editorial! We shall be informing you of the latest news on TWC's Library, where the finest articles written by our extremely vibrant member base are stored. So, let's get started!
In terms of raw Librarian work, our team has outdone itself since our last Editorial, which was posted roughly 2 weeks ago, by carefully scanning all of TWC's forums, trying their best to submit worthy articles as soon as possible. Within the last 2 weeks, more than 10 new articles were submitted for your reading pleasure. They are the following, in order of submission:
As you can clearly see by looking at the above list, the main focus of the previous 2 weeks' work were Total War related articles. The multitude of guides and tutorials will hopefully prove to be helpful for rookie Total War gamers and aspiring modders. Have a nice read!
Moving on, we have our usual Scriptorium Article Review Publication. They are meant to introduce to various articles, or perhaps pique your interest enough in order to read the actual articles. This time around we have 1 article review, but a good review it is. One of our most active and devoted Librarians, Astaroth, reviews a fellow Librarian's, Acco's work, "Bura-hara", quite an interesting article on the importance of blood groups on Japanese Society.
Excellent review there, give him a pat in the back for so wonderfully summing up the article!
What's next? New arrivals! Aster, Chaghatai Khan and delra have all joined the Librarian Team! Welcome and wish them best of luck, I'm sure they'll need it, but given their credentials, I'm confident they will learn the secrets of the job in no time! All three of them have already started submitting articles, as can be seen by the articles list above, something which can only be perceived as a positive sign.
And with that, we have reached a conclusion on this second and rather brief Scriptorium Editorial. Remember to pass any comments or questions to the Chief Librarian, jimkatalanos, and in the case you are willing to be a part of The Librarian Team, forward your applications to the person mentioned above(in the very same sentence!), our Chief, jimkatalanos. That was it, I hope you all have a great time, and we'll see you again in 2 weeks.
This month we have packed in nineteen articles, including an interview with haeressiarch of RTW mod Rise of the Nations, new feature The Oblong Table where four prominent modders give their thoughts on a number of different modding issues, reaction to the Empire: Total War demo, Picture of the Week roundups, 20 movies to get you in the mood for Empire:Total War and much much more!
Grab the latest edition right here! Peace lovers and pacifists not allowed since this is Total War!
Welcome to our first Scriptorium Editorial! This little publication aims to enrich our previous Scriptorium Article Reviews Publications, which were found too be too plain and perhaps a bit empty. So, let's get started!
Our busy and hardworking Librarian team makes sure that the Scriptorium is always up to date by ensuring that the best TWC articles are stored as swiftly as possible! A large number of articles were stored in the Scriptorium since our last publication, and we'll be making sure you are always informed of our new article additions. So, without further ado, here are the articles that were deemed worthy of addition to the Scriptorium within the last 2 weeks, in order of submission:
Other than storing various articles in the Scriptorium, another activity our Librarian team endorses is Review Writing. Such reviews will serve as nice introductions and might even draw your attention on an article. Most of you will probably be already familiar with our reviews, as they were present in our earlier publications. They shall be included in our new publication model as well, twice a month, with 2 of them being presented in each publication. This time we have 2 reviews to publish, one by Hesus de Bodemloze, and another one by Soulghast. So, here goes:
On other Scriptorium news, the Librarian Team recently welcomed 2 new recruits! Acco and Viking Prince recently joined as rookie Librarians a few weeks ago, and they have already started showing their credentials by storing an amount of articles in a relatively short amount of time. Fresh blood, renewed enthusiasm, what more can you ask for? We would also like to wish them good luck in their newly acquired jobs, and would like you to congratulate them as well.
And as such, our first experimental Scriptorium Publication comes to a close. Remember, whenever you find an article/guide that you believe is worthy of being stored in the Scriptorium, be sure to drop a PM to a Librarian, and we will be happy to consider it. You can find a list of all the currently active Librarians in this thread. In the case you want to become more involved in the running of the Scriptorium, you can PM the Chief Librarian, jimkatalanos, to discuss participation. That is all. We wish you a nice time, and we'll be back in 2 weeks. Stay tuned!
The new style Helios is out, Page 3 makes a return but this time it's a bit different but I'm sure most of you won't complain. We also have a new sports section as well as a new editorial. It's all change for the Helios in 2009, so stay tuned.
Oh dear, it seems after last issue's debacle they still haven't fired me, so I managed to publish a new Helios before I was horrendously murdered by Giga! Check out here, you crazy cats!
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