CHE Officer Guide/News

CHE News Items

HOUSE NEWS Guidelines

• Officers may create and submit news postings to appear in game NEWS. All NEWS items must be submitted via the HOUSE NEWS function, or they will not be posted. (See Officer Commands for additional details.)
• HOUSE NEWS submissions are due at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. You are encouraged to submit them when you send your Event Support Request.
• All news items must be as "in genre" as possible.
• All dates must be in Elanthian time (determined by CALENDAR CONVERT). Real-world times can be placed after Elanthian time in parentheses. Example: This event will be held Restday, the 20th day of Charlatos, in the year 5115 (March 20th, 2015).
• All times must be fully spelled out. Example: 10:00 P.M.
• For time zones, do not put abbreviations, such as EST/EDT. For ease of understanding, simply put "Eastern" or a common IG equivalent(i.e. Elven).
• Titles for news items MUST BE IN ALL CAPS.
• Two spaces between each and every sentence.
• News items must be at least 3 sentences long. Describe the event in detail, so the person reading it understands what it is! Include the date, time, location, and overview of the event.
• Follow standard English grammar. Common mistakes are subject-verb agreement, varying tenses, and either excessively long run-on sentences or sentences that are just phrases. Have a local grammar geek check your message or find a grammar checker online.
  • "Your" is not "You're," "Rouge" is not "Rogue," and "Its" is not "It's."

Usage:

    HOUSE NEWS LIST                                 - List all headlines w/ status

    HOUSE NEWS NEW [headline]                       - Add a new item

    HOUSE NEWS READ [item #]                        - Reads a news item

    HOUSE NEWS HEADLINE [item #] [headline text]    - Edits the headline

    HOUSE NEWS ADD [item #] [paragraph text]        - Add a paragraph

    HOUSE NEWS EDIT [item #] [paragraph #] [text]   - Adds on to a paragraph

    HOUSE NEWS TARGET [item #] [target]             - Target of the news item

    HOUSE NEWS DELETE [item #] {paragraph #}        - Deletes an item or paragraph

    HOUSE NEWS INSERT [item #] [paragraph #] [text] - Inserts a paragraph

    HOUSE NEWS SUBMIT [item #]                      - Submits a news item for approval

    HOUSE NEWS RELEASE [item #]                     - Submits approved news items for release

    HOUSE NEWS NOTE [item #] READ|[text]            - Reads or adds notes for/from the GM

Notes:

    For HOUSE NEWS INSERT   - Be sure to add leading spaces to your message for proper spacing.

    For HOUSE NEWS HEADLINE - Your new headline replaces any old headline.

    For HOUSE NEWS INSERT   - The paragraph you insert will become the number you specify.