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Follow the In-Game S.I.G.I.S. articles 9 (18.8%)
Know the tool even exists? 10 (20.8%)
Make your own articles 3 (6.3%)
Like to make your own articles, except not sure what or how. 4 (8.3%)
Plan to have a S.I.G.I.S. character made to use it. 4 (8.3%)
Know you have to buy new paper to see the latest news. 9 (18.8%)
Think it's the coolest thing since ice cubes? 9 (18.8%)
Total Votes: 48
Questionnaire: S.I.G.I.S. In-Game Tool(s)
Topic Started: Oct 20 2013, 08:50 PM (313 Views)
Mr_Otyugh
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So it's a bit of a lighthearted questionnaire, since I'm not sure if we've adequately marketed the SIGIS features, or if they're even paid attention to. You can select all or none even if you want... so it's not a poll in the sense of popularity contest as much as mapping the interest and existing knowledge around it.
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Agony_Aunt
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And a question of my own, has anyone heard the Sigis Agent in the Bazaar shout out the news?

It should do it randomly roughly once per hour.
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Er_Nano_Infame
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never got the chance to hear him shout.
Maewind:''That's still plant-hating! That makes you a plant racist!''

Lucelle Vand'hovar: ''Miss Maewind, i assure you, the plants started this conflict.''

Nienna: ''Razorvine is hardly a plant, in her defense.''

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Er_Nano_Infame,Oct 21 2013
05:28 AM
never got the chance to hear him shout.

Its talk range, so you would have to be not too far, although standing by the wall of Khazeet's you should be in range.
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Selebius
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Made a journalist, wrote articles with three of my toons so far, always fun to read the other articles.

I like it. :)
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3 votes already saying "Not sure why or how to use S.I.G.I.S"

I'm sure Mr_O can give plenty of advice on this but ill put a little bit here.

Firstly, hopefully the mechanical side is fairly easy to understand, and the convos and descriptions on items tell how, so here is the brief rundown:

1) But a SIGIS parchment from any of the 3 NPCs - Agent in Bazaar, Journalist in Bottle and Jug (Hive Ward), or Editor in Under Sigil Village.

2) Write your article by using the parchment on yourself. Fill in fields on the screen. Note, you can write under an alias by changing the name, especially good for RL faction members. We do track actual characters real IDs behind the scenes, but this is only in even of someone misusing the system. By the way, if you want to stop writing for a while, you can, just hit OK, and when you are ready to continue, simply use the parchment again.

3) Take your completed article to the Journalist or Editor (the agent doesn't accept submissions - this was to stop spamming responses to articles by requiring people to travel to submit). Use the parchment on the NPC and your article will be submitted.

By the way, articles submitted remain visible for 1 week from their day of posting, regardless of when you purchase a copy of SIGIS.

Now... on to why/what to write!

Well, anything you like really. It could be a personal story relating to your character or someone else's. Something citizens of Sigil could be interested in. It could be a flavour story, something that just gives the illusion of life going on in Sigil. Or perhaps, you are running a plotline and use SIGIS to let people know about things. DMs/EMs can also use it to further plots as well.

Feel free to go crazy writing articles, just as long as its IC and appropriate.

And of course, consider creating a journalist character, or maybe someone who actively responds to news, like some sort of crazy conspiracy theorist who reads articles and looks for hidden messages or something.... although in the planes, any conspiracy theory is probably true somewhere...
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Mr_Otyugh
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What could your character write about in the SIGIS?

Big /small stories - interviews from people for their opinions.
  • Recent Activity by <Organization> has caused quite the mess. For those of you whom have been living under a rock, <big/small thing> just happened. This means <side X> caused <thing A> and <side Y> thinks they're <generic "you're wrong" line>. We've asked few citizen for their opinions...

    <name of PC or NPC character>: <conveniently for storys favor or correctly quoted opinion>
    rinse and repeat
Advertisements of business, for your own or others
  • Do you have small wand? Come buy bigger wands from Beebobs big selection of all things wand! There's the grease wand, color spray wand and everyones favorite. Enlarge person wand.

    (I'm a horrible person)
Political discussion or disposition article
  • I think the recent actions by <Faction Y> have shown weakness in the performance. Last year we achieved <arguably good thing 1> and year before that <arguably also good thing 2>. This year? Nothing. I think <person "responsible"> has lost his ball and it's time we get a new one riled up before we're worse than <competing faction>.
Announcements of events to come
  • Big Brawl Bad the Death Match is coming in your local area!

    More Blood.

    More Bodies.

    More Pieces of Your Loved Ones.

    It's the ultimate Big Brawl Bad the Death Match. Killing has never been tougher than this! Prove you're the absolutely toughest prick in the neighborhood, by standing with more pieces attached than the others! Winning price is the total sell-price of all the other dead guys to the collectors*. It's time to decide, who's the toughest guy in here! Watch the fight, he's gonna die!

    [size0]*All jink gained this way is subjected to taxes and health insurances mandatory to the contest.

    (Is it bad that now I actually want event like this to happen even if the marketing utterly stupid?)
You get the idea. :P It can be super cheesy, but if it brings that grin in other players face, it's probably worth the time.
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EM StyxDweller
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Added four new pages to this week's SIGIS. Might bring a few grins to canny cutters.

Feedback would be appreciated.
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Midnight
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Just posted my first article. This is a very good idea. Well done! :)
Partial Character list:
Annia Jahram (Retired)
Jentia Snyden (Retired)
Rania Dias (Mercykiller Tracker)
Elliana Wettel (Godsman Smith)
Caterina Arnders (Fraternity Judge)
Emila Valios (Dustman Factor)

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Midnight,Oct 28 2013
11:58 AM
Just posted my first article. This is a very good idea. Well done! :)

You're welcome.

A little fix will go in next update as well. The SIGIS agent should periodically shout out the latest news but i made a slight boo-boo.

Also, i think i know how to fix the issue of the missing cursor, but i need to do some experimenting first, so it may be a while before i get that one sorted.
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