ONEPC.net contributing editor

[joe52985]

HI! I am soon to be the new onepc.net contributing editor, that kicks ass, i asked for a news editor position but this is way better!

[LPMiller]

congrats!

[joe52985]

thanks dude, got any advice? this stuff is new me!

[LPMiller]

yeah...don't suck.

Seriously, don't get too bogged down in details. Figure out what your target audience wants and go with it. One PC is more consumer oriented, so think about what Joe Average wants to know, not what the HardOCP crowd does.

We have a bit more of a mix here between average users and hardcore, so we walk a bit finer a line, but if you keep within what say, 90 percent of your readership wants, you'll be fine.

[welfareloser]

and don't try to be funny, especially if you're not funny. use humor sparingly, or you just come off like an unprofessional dipwad... i've seen way too many sites where the writers are so impressed with themselves that it just gets in the way of the actual topic at hand. it's annoying and i just want to kick em in the shins...

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by welfareloser
it's annoying and i just want to kick em in the shins...

I sure hope that LPM has a nice pair of shin guards!

I kid! I kid!

[LPMiller]

Originally posted by welfareloser
and don't try to be funny, especially if you're not funny. use humor sparingly, or you just come off like an unprofessional dipwad... i've seen way too many sites where the writers are so impressed with themselves that it just gets in the way of the actual topic at hand. it's annoying and i just want to kick em in the shins...

Ahem. Don't be kicking my shins. I'll send my monkeys after you.

[Markel]

Originally posted by LPM
Ahem. Don't be kicking my shins. I'll send my monkeys after you.

Judging from welfareloser's new location, the monkeys should be happy to oblige!

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by LPM


Ahem. Don't be kicking my shins. I'll send my monkeys after you.

i dint say YOU! for the record, you use humor sparingly and you're actually funny...

but i'll kick your monkeys in the shins, anyway.

[ironchef]

Originally posted by LPM
Ahem. Don't be kicking my shins. I'll send my monkeys after you.

*ironchef rolls up his sleeves and gets his a banana ready for poking*


Joe, my only advice:

"They're" /= "their" /= "there" -- use the right one where appropriate!
"it's" (it is) /= "its"
"you're" /= "your", but both = "yer"

and start your writing in a program that'll check spelling for you -- e-mail, word processor or something. stupid stuff like this makes geeks like me happy

have fun and don't neglect your full-time responsibilities. i don't know how lpm and jim are able to post the tomes they do. me, i can barely manage a blurb here and there. some folks just manage their time pretty damn well, i ain't one of 'em.

oh, always make fun of the other editors. it's cute.

[Windsor]

Not all the editors may have a junk to be kicked in...

[LPMiller]

Originally posted by ironchef
*ironchef rolls up his sleeves and gets his a banana ready for poking*


Joe, my only advice:

"They're" /= "their" /= "there" -- use the right one where appropriate!
"it's" (it is) /= "its"
"you're" /= "your", but both = "yer"

and start your writing in a program that'll check spelling for you -- e-mail, word processor or something. stupid stuff like this makes geeks like me happy

have fun and don't neglect your full-time responsibilities. i don't know how lpm and jim are able to post the tomes they do. me, i can barely manage a blurb here and there. some folks just manage their time pretty damn well, i ain't one of 'em.

oh, always make fun of the other editors. it's cute.

I don't know about Jim, but I just compose it the night before now. For the weekend, if I have time I whip something up. If I'm awake, it usually only takes an hour. Composing at night saves time in some ways, but it takes me longer because of the distractions of family.

[ChrisMG187]

Originally posted by Windsor
Not all the editors may have a junk to be kicked in...

What are you trying to say?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by ChrisMG187
What are you trying to say?

well, i know you're young and all, but maybe you should look in a biology textbook... see, there's birds, and then there's bees...

[Windsor]

GENERALLY, females don't have a junk to be kicked in. Lets just say its a male thing, hm?

[ChrisMG187]

LOL! I thought he was implying that LPM didnt have the junk to be kicked in.

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by ChrisMG187
LOL! I thought he was implying that LPM didnt have the junk to be kicked in.

so long as you weren't implying that girls couldn't be editors... then there WOULD be some junk kickin goin down...

[joe52985]

ok so i make fun of people, kick them where it countsbe serious, and keep it light thats the makings of a good writer

[joe52985]

I already have a geforce 3 review to whip out in 2 weeks, sweet!!!

[Windsor]

Not implying anything of that sort, so cynical!

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Windsor
Not implying anything of that sort, so cynical!

not cynical... just needed an excuse to threaten to kick him in the junk...