Gaming Diaries Again

Nathan wrote:
>
> I might start one for exactly the same reasons as you, so that I can waffle
> self indulgently and not feel like I'm wasting your time.
>
> Still, it seems certain posters (i.e. dekay) seem to, rather than just
> supplmenting talk here with a diary, seem to be removing text they might
> have posted in the group, to the diary.
>
> I'm not having a go, do whatever you feel like, but it's a bit...
>
> "I'm playing this game http://linktomydiary"
>
> "Q: Has anyone played this game and what do you think of it?"
> "A: I have http://linktomydiary"
>

I'm having a go, if you're not. It's almost like advertising, but it's
"ok because it's regulars doing it". What's the difference from posting
the same things on this NG, apart from you don't see how many hits
you're getting from posting here? Every time I think of starting a
similar weblog, I think "why on earth would anyone actually want to read
about what I'm playing outside of a PWB post" and don't bother. But
then I'm not the sort of person who'd be comfortable with shamelessley
posting teasers in newsgroups where I could just as easily post the
content of the weblog in the first place either.

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On 2005-09-30, [ste parker] <imaginey RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm having a go, if you're not. It's almost like advertising, but it's
> "ok because it's regulars doing it".

I'll repeat what I said before. Would you rather I posed spoilers here?
If you've actually *looked* at my blog, there's rather a lot more than
just a game diary there, and it got a pretty large amount of traffic
before I put a game diary on it.

>What's the difference from posting
> the same things on this NG, apart from you don't see how many hits
> you're getting from posting here? i

Do you really want a daily update posted from everyone on whatever they
happen to be playing? Surely not - wouldn't you rather, oh I dunno,
subscribe to an RSS feed of someone you're interested in hearing from?
Which, incidentally, doesn't generate any hits other than for the single
xml file.

>Every time I think of starting a
> similar weblog, I think "why on earth would anyone actually want to read
> about what I'm playing outside of a PWB post" and don't bother. But
> then I'm not the sort of person who'd be comfortable with shamelessley
> posting teasers in newsgroups where I could just as easily post the
> content of the weblog in the first place either.

Don't start a weblog then. Problem solved. Hooray!

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On 2005-09-30 23:58:01 +0100, "[ste parker]" <imaginey.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> said:

> But then I'm not the sort of person who'd be comfortable with
> shamelessley posting teasers in newsgroups where I could just as easily
> post the content of the weblog in the first place either.

Aye.

For my part, if I've got something I think's actually worthy of
discussion or in any way interesting, I'd definitely repost it on
Usenet, rather than post a link, just like I did with my CoD2
impressions.

Course, if I corrected the typos in my posts before copying and pasting
them, that'd be a bonus.

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Zomoniac <the_proper_one RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in
news:BF62BC43.3769B%the_proper_one@hotmail.com:

> On 30/9/05 09:42, in article 433cfa85$0$21147$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk,
> "Niaz Khan" <test@test> wrote:
>
>> "The Rev" <the_rev_yes_really RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3q35sjFd1halU1@individual.net...
>>> Who's got a gaming diary they update, then?
>>>
>>> I've subscribed to deKay's and Sir Gubbins's's' - RSS is great - but
>>> has anyone else got one?
>>>
>>
>> Have thought about setting up a blog, what blog site do most users
>> use ?
>>
> Blogger.com
>
> Zo
>
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> XBL GT: Zomoniac
> Line-up: Halo 2, PGR2, Top Spin, DOAU, PES4, Burnout 3, MotoGP
>

Hmmm, Im interested in this Gaming Diary thing...

o is blogger.com the best?

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deKay <andyk.TakeThisOut@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote in
news:p82tj1lq34bj01ouvi4l9cq9f7d6cpgo9t@4ax.com:

> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 1 Oct
> 2005 11:06:07 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk FooAtari
> <alistair.fraser81.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Hmmm, Im interested in this Gaming Diary thing...
>>
>>o is blogger.com the best?
>
> No. But it's what I use
>
> deKay

Fair enough. I havent really paid much attentions to blogs up untill
now.

so why do you use it?

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Sir Chewbury Gubbins wrote:
> On 2005-09-30, [ste parker] <imaginey.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm having a go, if you're not. It's almost like advertising, but it's
>>"ok because it's regulars doing it".
>
>
> I'll repeat what I said before. Would you rather I posed spoilers here?

Yes, probably, seeing as there'll usually be spoiler space and maybe
even "spoiler" in the subject line too.

> If you've actually *looked* at my blog, there's rather a lot more than
> just a game diary there, and it got a pretty large amount of traffic
> before I put a game diary on it.

Yes, I have, I've even sent the links to a coupld of articles to some of
my friends because they amused me.

>
> Do you really want a daily update posted from everyone on whatever they
> happen to be playing? Surely not - wouldn't you rather, oh I dunno,
> subscribe to an RSS feed of someone you're interested in hearing from?
> Which, incidentally, doesn't generate any hits other than for the single
> xml file.
>

It's more the "click here to see what I've just posted to my weblog"
posts that have been cropping up that bother me rather than the concept
itself.

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deKay <andyk.TakeThisOut@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote in
news:q3etj1ligkespgies3prqooqibou8kj5h5@4ax.com:

> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 1 Oct
> 2005 14:28:51 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk FooAtari
> <alistair.fraser81.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>o is blogger.com the best?
>>>
>>> No. But it's what I use
>>
>>Fair enough. I havent really paid much attentions to blogs up untill
>>now.
>>
>>so why do you use it?
>
> Easiest solution, and it works. I have used WordPress and Movable
> Type in the past, but they do so much more than I need.
>
> deKay

Decided ill have a go on eBlogger then. Im gonna host it on my own web
space eventually. Can I get an RSS feed setup with eBlogger?

Cheers

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On 2005-09-29 22:50:11 +0100, The Rev <the_rev_yes_really.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> said:

> Who's got a gaming diary they update, then?
>
> I've subscribed to deKay's and Sir Gubbins's's' - RSS is great - but
> has anyone else got one?

I've started messing about with iBlog a bit... Here's a link to my tiny
RSS feed:

feed://homepage.mac.com/mslinklater/iblog/B1283175363/rss.xml

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>
> No idea. You can with Blogger.
>
> deKay

I meant blogger.com. Ill have a look about.



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On 2005-10-01 18:27:58 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.RemoveThis@gmail.com> said:

> Can I get an RSS feed setup with eBlogger?

Blogger just sets the RSS feed up automatically. I certainly didn't ask
it to do one, it just did it. Which is excellent of it.

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The Rev <the_rev_yes_really.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com>
news:3q8agiFdih0vU1@individual.net Got on his soap box and said:

> On 2005-10-01 18:27:58 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
> said:
>
>> Can I get an RSS feed setup with eBlogger?
>
> Blogger just sets the RSS feed up automatically. I certainly didn't
> ask it to do one, it just did it. Which is excellent of it.
>

Hmmmmm,

So how did you know what the address for it was? And how do other people
know?

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On 2005-10-01 22:25:34 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.RemoveThis@gmail.com> said:

> The Rev <the_rev_yes_really.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
> news:3q8agiFdih0vU1@individual.net Got on his soap box and said:
>> On 2005-10-01 18:27:58 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
>> said:
>>> Can I get an RSS feed setup with eBlogger?
>>
>> Blogger just sets the RSS feed up automatically. I certainly didn't
>> ask it to do one, it just did it. Which is excellent of it.
>>
>
> Hmmmmm,
>
> So how did you know what the address for it was? And how do other people know?

Safari shows an RSS icon in the address bar when I visit the main site
and there's an RSS feed available, so I just click on that to go it.

Should be feed://YOUR.WEB.ADDRESS/atom.xml for Blogger blogs.

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The Rev <the_rev_yes_really.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
news:3q8dhbFdqcbcU1@individual.net Got on his soap box and said:

> On 2005-10-01 22:25:34 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
> said:
>
>> The Rev <the_rev_yes_really.RemoveThis@hotmail.com>
>> news:3q8agiFdih0vU1@individual.net Got on his soap box and said:
>>> On 2005-10-01 18:27:58 +0100, FooAtari <alistair.fraser81.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
>>> said:
>>>> Can I get an RSS feed setup with eBlogger?
>>>
>>> Blogger just sets the RSS feed up automatically. I certainly didn't
>>> ask it to do one, it just did it. Which is excellent of it.
>>>
>>
>> Hmmmmm,
>>
>> So how did you know what the address for it was? And how do other
>> people know?
>
> Safari shows an RSS icon in the address bar when I visit the main site
> and there's an RSS feed available, so I just click on that to go it.
>
> Should be feed://YOUR.WEB.ADDRESS/atom.xml for Blogger blogs.
>

I dont use Safari. My news reader is a firefox plugin.

Thanks.

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