As you might have seen in the foreign office their has been a discussion about starting a team newspaper like the ones in the civ3 mtdg so we can show the other teams why aloha is the best. Once we start publishing everyone is welcome to contribute stories or story ideas. I think we should aim for an issue every 15 to 20 turns. So stay tuned for more details, i'm hoping to rope ybbor in to do some artwork as mine is not so great.

Here's what I'm thinking. Let me know of anything you want to change, and whether you want the "A" to be typed or a pineapple (or if there's another letter you want to replace with a pinneapple)

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I like the second one..the pineapple in the a kinda look weird.
Didnt take you long to jump in and get it finished...

i like both of them, they look good

i like the second one best, are the pineapples at the side the ones with our secret message on?

so this kind of dead in the water now?

i forgot all about it:blush:

That was being talked about around the time just before my hard drive decided to end it all.

We can still do something, the game is going to go on for a while;)

I think we should try and get the first thing out there

Ok well i've managed to do a bit of work on it and this is what i've done so far. I would need to drop some pictures in for the article but tell what you think so far.

Also there is room for other stories or a comic strip or many something else entirely, everyone is welcome to contribute:)

Sounds good...let me kick it around a bit i might have something for the paper.

Also there is room for other stories or a comic strip or many something else entirely, everyone is welcome to contribute:)

Heres one funny netcomic: http://www.explosm.net/comics/archive/

The makers name sounds a bit like yours (RobD)

A tastier: http://www.flashasylum.com/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicstealsurgeon2.png

:lol: its nice gandhi but i think robi wanted some way of incorporating a comic into the mtdg

We want sometihng we can incoropate with the game, how knows the comic might work, just need to change what they are saying

There are more, there are more...

Here is one i found and slightly altered to make it game relevant What does everyone think
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7773/r3panelra7.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=r3panelra7.jpg)

Also robboo you said you might have an article to contribute?
I hope its a short one because there aint much room left.

Also i did some screenshots of pigs and rice for the first article, however i used screenies from the MTDG pitboss game. Hopefully the other teams notice the rails in the shots and think i'm full of it;)

Sounds good...you could ha ve got a shot of that metal rich Simga, turn Tubby turn Whomp city

Go ahead wihtout my article...i dont have time right now. It was going to be about our scout exploring...

When is The Daily Pineapple coming out?

my article fix it and publish it... dont remove the "notes to self". Think of thsi as a journal.

Adventures in scouting...

We were sent along to catalog teh findings of our scouts adn to look for useful resources that our smart gusy may figure out how to use later on.

A few days into our journy we came upon a tribal village. The natives were eating something they called "fsha". They showed us a place where the "fsha" were jumping from the water and were in great abundance. We will call the animal fish...because fsha just has too many constonents in a row.

(note to self...Dont come back to this village...the last thing I need is to find out the tribal chief's daughter had a kid that looks like me. I just coudlnt help it...it was th first women we have seen in days.)

We continued our journies and started to run low on food. One of the tribal people told us to watch the animals for clues on what was good to eat. We stayed close to the sea since we had hoped to find more of the fish. We saw a great many birds pickign amongst the rocky shore. They were cracking open rocks that had a inside material that looked like nose liquid. One of our group (Lam) decided to eat one of these rock creatures and declared it edible. He even cooked it over a fire to smoke it much like the fish. We had not named the animal when Lam said we should call it Sealam. I wrote it in the official journal as "clam" since I was trying to save the limited supply f bark that I had to write on. This Lam says woudl be a good spot of another city...however after eating the nose liquid creature( also takes like nose liquid) I think only those with very little taste buds or the weak minded who we coudl fool into thinking these were desireable would want to live here.

Thats all Robi....you get the idea. Next issue we find ice and cows

Here is the Final Draft:D

Sorry robboo, your journal will be a two-parter:)

GA and RM are free to look at it, but i have made sure there is no inadvertant spoiler info as no other teams are mentioned.

Anyway unless there is strong objections it will go on the main forum when the next turn is played

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1139/dpissue1kv3.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dpissue1kv3.jpg)

good job....:) sorry it took so long. I had to force myself to sit down and do it. I gave you some of Part ii and I have more to add.

I didn't read the thing until it was put out in the public forum. Thank's for making me seem smart and rich.:goodjob:

Well here is Issue 2.
Theres the continuation of Robbos tale plus a story i had and with a nice pic of the colossus and its full!

http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/4428/dpissue2vq3.th.jpg (http://img318.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dpissue2vq3.jpg)

By all means if you have an idea, put it here, we can always put out more issues!:D

Great one there :goodjob:

ill be writing an article for the next one, this time george your having a humongous.....brain?

i will have to finish up my story...for the next one.

Well its been a while.

George has given it the kick start to get it going again, but given the long break lets all throw in some articles and make it a multi page special edition:)

George paste your one in here so i can start putting it together

A revolution has occurred in Aloha.

For years a section of our population has repressed the people of Aloha and kept us from the glory that we deserve. They have led us down a dark path and supported isolationism. Finally, some noble Alohans have gathered together to throw off the yolk of oppression.

Kuningas led a government based on “democracy” and “freedom”. He and his lower class proletarian supporters voted in their own leaders. The list includes Treasury Secretary Ybbor, in charge of redistributing wealth, and UN Ambassador Robboo, in charge of giving away all of our government secrets and keeping down the rich.

They did not know that the Aristocracy had secretly inserted one of our own into the government. BCLG hid his wealth in off-shore bank accounts and slummed around, acting like a beggar. He made such a convincing bum, he eventually became head of the Foreign Appeasement League. From there, he saw how poorly our government was run, and how we didn’t form strong alliances with anybody. He decided to change that.

The revolution was bloody, but needed. People of wealth across our nation started to treat the poor how they deserved to be treated. No longer would our money be taken to pay for such luxuries as food and medicine. From now on if you can’t pay back your loans, you actually pay a penalty and sit in jail until you give the money back.

A council was formed to set up a new government. For his efforts in enslaving those worse off, BCLG was made the new King of Aloha. Most of the rich people were finally able to buy large tracts of land and were set up as Lords. King BCLG appointed several lords to important positions, including Lord Robi D in charge of the new Foreign Allies Ministry, Lord GeorgeOP as the new UN Representative, and Lord Gandhi Rules as the new Tax Collector.

The only bad news from the revolution is that most of the traitors from the old government have escaped our Torture and Re-education Centers and are still on the lam. There are even rumors that they are still trying to contact the other nations of our world to sabotage our efforts. We will be trying to change the passwords on all of our accounts, but until then it is still possible, and threatened, that they will play our turn without following the orders of King BCLG.

As of this point, Aloha Kingdom is forgiving all nations of their dealings with the country. We are actively looking for trading partners and military partners to help further the money making capability of our upper class. All questions and formal contacts should be directed towards Lord Robi D or Lord GeorgeOP. King BCLG is much too busy to waste his time answering mail. Please ignore all contact with outlaws, as we will treat conspirators the same as the poor class themselves.

It's been a while since I have come here.

Are we winning?

We're not losing but i wouldnt say we're number one either.

We are just right in the middle...

i finally got around to posting edition 3.

Don't be shy with stories/ideas for edition 4

i posted a reply...and added a bit. Someone needs to respond to my response.

How are we going on the next issue?

I'm trying on a article...

After a suprise attack (well atleast a bit) President BCLG100 are in a dark corner in his dark office, throwing darts at a Picture of Tubby Rower. Somehow, he hits it the time. He yells at the ministers, Robboo and George OP to tell their point of view. George think that if we build enough workers, it will take ages to finish all of them up, then a army can run to Piffles capital, build a wooden horse and hide in there and during the night, they could run out and raze the city. Robboo thinks that if we get lucky, the galley can beat crap of theire galleons whith the big odds of 0.4%, it is really possible, as we have seen in so many games... BCLG100 reacted on both plans whith that way so the ministers ran out whith several dart arrows after them...

You guys can end it up.