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Posted - 2010.10.12 17:43:00 -
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I am proud to announce the launching of the Faction Warfare Report, a reputable, unbiased 3rd party hub of the latest news and relevant subject matter dealing with all things Faction War.
The community is invited to take a pro-active part in the development of this blog and I will happily accept* independent articles from amateur journalists and columnists. I would also happily accept more full-time commitments to the production of FW subject matter, particularly that which deals with Caldari-Gallente spheres of influence as my personal exposure to that half of Faction Warfare is limited.
*Note: Any potential submitted articles must be from an unbiased, objective perspective. FW Report is here to report the facts, not make subjective analysis.
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Posted - 2010.10.13 04:22:00 -
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Thanks for the feedback everyone, I'll definitely take everything into consideration.
If you do feel you could contribute to the Blog then by all means send an article my way; there isn't really a need for "specific" articles so it is hard for me to ask someone to write something -- anything of any importance that goes down, be it fleet fights, POS takedowns, major corporations joining or leaving, etc, all is welcome on the FW Report.
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Posted - 2010.10.13 16:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Eran Mintor
Edited by: Eran Mintor on 13/10/2010 11:25:02
Your facts are already inaccurate. During the engagement between Minmatar and Amarr forces you reported, we had three guardians, and Predator Elite was nowhere to be seen.
You should perhaps name your sources.
Edit: And the recent report with kill-mail link also shows your facts are inaccurate. 17 =/= "roughly 30 each", and a t2&3/bs fleet vs bs/t1 cruiser fleet is not roughly the same either. I don't mean to be a stickler, but if you have a ways to go to make this a "reputable" FW news source.
I would appreciate if you took a less combative tone; I don't know why you feel the need to subtly attack my reputability rather than constructively point out journalistic errors.
I was wrong about the number of Guardians; I reported two (not three) when there was only one. However I stand by the report that Predator Elite was present and has been in a number of militia engagements since he left FW.
And as for the recent report concerning AUTOZ/Snatch Victory the battle report doesn't show the other logistics forces present as they did not engage in hostile activity. I stand by that report as well.
If you have any further questions or would like to report errors please don't hesitate to contact me on the FW Report website or through in-game Evemail.
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Posted - 2010.10.13 20:50:00 -
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Originally by: ShahFluffers
Predator Elite wasn't at the fight (believe me when I say this, when we see Pred on field he is immediately set as primary target)
At risk of exposing confidential informants I will only say that I again stand by the report, and remind you that the blog is not "in-character".
I have also verified that two Minmatar carriers were seen.
Overall most of these are rather minor facts (whether there were 2 or 3 Guardians, 1 or 2 carriers).
As for "sticking to facts" and "piecing together the exact scenario", such things may seem a relatively easily accomplished tasked but the "science" of journalism is far from infallible; only a truely omnipotent entity could hope to communicate 100% reliable and accurate statements; unfortunately the human mind is just too fallible to ensure that any report will be completely accurate regardless of how many witnesses are questioned and sources of information used. I apologize for any inaccuracies and can only pledge that FW Report will strive to correct any inaccurate statements as well as take into consideration all feedback; this I believe has been shown through my personal editing of several articles based on feedback given.
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Posted - 2010.10.13 22:37:00 -
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I had made a better reply but the forums decided that logging me out and causing me to lose everything I wrote would be appropriate at this time so here's a shorter version:
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On field or in system? There's a big difference between the two. I only saw one on field.
When the Minmatar fleet undocked from station two carriers were among them. Whether both arrived on field, I can't verify at the moment.
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The difference between 2 and 3 guardians and 1 or 2 carriers is vast. Those are not "minor" facts.
How are these major facts when the focus of the article is on a fleet engagement and its outcome and not the minute details of each fleet's specific composition?
It seems to me that you are rather preoccupied with trying to downplay what forces your side had while elevating what strengths your opponents had. While I appreciate feedback on the blog I don't appreciate when that feedback is part of a personal agenda to have me modify my articles because you don't feel you've been "praised" enough in it.
I simply report facts as accurately as possible based on the information I attain through various sources. Given that my reports thus far seem to have attracted animosity from both sides, I seem to be doing something right.
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Posted - 2010.10.13 23:48:00 -
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Originally by: Andre Vauban
Maybe see if you can get a section on eve news 24 rather than starting a new page? Either way I hope it works as it would be nice to have a fw news source.
All due respect to my fellow journalists, I am disappointed with the rather unprofessional quality of EveNews24's articles and wanted to aim for something of higher quality, and thought that creating an independent news blog would be more appropriate. This is why even though I am willing to accept outside articles, I will be personally vetting and editing them.
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Posted - 2010.10.14 19:22:00 -
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Originally by: Milamara
An "independent" and "reputable" "journalist" would refrain from using leading questions
I can only assume you've never actually been exposed to any sort of interviewing process and are just throwing around buzzwords because asking "leading questions" is an integral part of the interview process. It is up to the interviewer to frame the entire conversation around a certain process or arc to provide for an article-friendly piece containing information deemed relevant by the interviewer. This isn't an autobiography.
Thank you for the attention however. And no, I am not Leoline.
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Posted - 2010.10.15 00:42:00 -
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Originally by: Milamara
Stuff
I was originally going to bother replying to you, but you seem to me to most likely be someone close to CVA who's just bitter his alliance was made to look bad in an article and is now grasping at straws to defend them. Get over it.
Thanks to the rest of you for your support, I hope I won't let you down with future articles!
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Posted - 2010.10.15 18:58:00 -
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Originally by: Milamara
Originally by: FWReport
Originally by: Milamara
Stuff
I was originally going to bother replying to you, but you seem to me to most likely be someone close to CVA who's just bitter his alliance was made to look bad in an article and is now grasping at straws to defend them. Get over it.
I call you out on your integrity, backing it up with examples, and you are calling me a sore loser. I see how this is going places.
If anyone else, besides you, looks bad it's Leoline who by his own account has an attitude problem if he doesn't get his way.
As far as making CVA look bad, you give yourself entirely too much credit. There's nothing that can make CVA look worse than Aralis' inability to get over himself and save the alliance as well as the free-for-all that was Providence by just telling -A- that the Catch incursion was a mistake and it won't happen again. So yeah, it takes some random blog writing about what may or may not have happened to a single pilot a few years ago to make CVA look really bad.
Either way though, as I am myself interested in FW happenings my suggestion to you was real: Think about who is reading the blog, and think about why they should care about what you are writing. That's how you get followers. The next FC interview could use less emo and more stuff that matters, like what does it take to FC, how do you know that you made the right call, what are the shortcomings of the milita, who were noteworthy adversaries, etc. etc. What happened years ago has no relevance to FW today.
The interview with Leoline was not supposed to be some sort of "how-to" manual for up-and-coming FCs or some "inspirational tale" of how one man can rise up and become a leader. It was an entertainment piece on a former, often disgruntled FC who had a lot of drama surrounding him during his time in the militia and had some interesting stories to tell about it.
I did "lead" him several times during the interview in order to bring up topics I wanted in the piece, but a lot of it was also letting him lead and asking follow-up questions about whatever he had to say. The "Did CVA routinely "punish" players etc" question was not accusational in any way; I had never heard of this happening before he said it right there and I thought it was an appropriate follow-up question.
And as far as I'm concerned you made it seem obvious you were less concerned about providing constructive criticism and more concerned with nitpicking and straw-grasping about minor details and errors like "oh there were 3 Guardians not 2" and making it seem like the fact that I miscounted the number of x ship in some fleet engagement is paramount to a failure of journalistic integrity.
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Posted - 2010.10.21 09:19:00 -
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Originally by: Ash Donai
Originally by: Sneaky Noob
Having been cajoled into contributing some material into the FW Report...
Make sure you get revenue sharing once the site starts to show ads.
wait, I can make revenue with ads?  
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Posted - 2010.10.28 14:32:00 -
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Originally by: Ash Donai
With the introduction of Spamfaust the blog has taken steep dive for the worst. It went from pretending to be unbiased and factual to one guy expressing his dislike for other pilots' playstyle. Clearly an example of journalistic excellence. 
1) you must have missed the parts where I said contributions by volunteer columnists are their own and subject only to the most basic of censorship and principles
2) they are there for entertainment value. if you aren't entertained by them, feel free not to read them.
3) if you'd like to contribute material for the blog I would be more than willing to publish it. zverofaust volunteered to create material that is relevant to FW as did Sneaky Noob and several others have shown interest in doing so and so long as it isn't complete offensive tripe I will probably publish it.
4) every newspaper from the NYTimes to the East Gwillumberry Crier has similar sections where non journalistic content is published for the entertainment of readers (crossword, sudoku, comics etc) so I dont understand what your problem is =)
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Posted - 2010.10.29 08:24:00 -
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Originally by: Wei Lyn
Battle Report 1
Battle Report 2
how do fights like these miss your reputable news blog? considering they are larger and more expensive fights then anything you have yet to talk about..
Well for one the first battle was before the blog was even launched, for another my exposure to Caldari-Gallente warzone is very limited and thus I only know about fights when people tell me about them, which is rare.
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