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dave
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New Customer

"How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 13:26

Been working on getting the freshest fighting game news on my site and thought I could fish for some tips from the news gurus at madman's cafe! If you could go to burningdojo.com and look over my news bytes maybe you can see some improvements that need to be made in order to fill in any gaps. Also, here are a couple questions:

1. How do I get added to the japanese SNK/Capcom/Sammy/etc press releases?

2. How does the professor go about getting news? what's his strategy for success?

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

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Fuchikoma

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Red Carpet Premium Member

"Re(1):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 13:35

quote:

1. How do I get added to the japanese SNK/Capcom/Sammy/etc press releases?

2. How does the professor go about getting news? what's his strategy for success?

1. Well I'm pretty sure you have to be recognized as a member of the press before you can get a press release. Recognition also doesn't come free.. I'm pretty sure you have to pay for it.

2. Live in Japan and pick up the latest magazines such as Famitsu and Arcadia. Also keep your eyes on certain japanese BBS such as 2ch.net.

Rid Hershel

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(1):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 13:38

Nice design and overall look, I like the color combination. I haven't found a way to get Capcom's japanese press releases either...

Do you have a full version of the front image, by the way?

Dave
3th Post

New Customer

"Re(2):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 14:48

quote:

*snip*

I'll keep the psd for myself but I put something together for you. get it at:

www.burningdojo.com/content/misc/chunli.zip

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

NeoRyu

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Red Carpet Regular Member++

"Re(2):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 14:50

I second a request for that image and who is the artist of it? Very nice colors and layout.

Fuu is a cutie!!

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(3):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 15:19

quote:
I second a request for that image and who is the artist of it? Very nice colors and layout.

Link is above to full version and it is a colored scan of the Street Fighter comic issue #5

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

beto

496th Post

Gold Customer

"Re(4):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 15:54

quote:
I second a request for that image and who is the artist of it? Very nice colors and layout.

Link is above to full version and it is a colored scan of the Street Fighter comic issue #5

The info posted by "Dave" is actually a cut and paste from a post from a person in Neo-Geo.com´s FORUM.

Try naming the PERSON that posted the info next time! Linking to the site gives the false impression that the site itself is the source of the info, and only makes you look like you´re stealing info.

Rid Hershel

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(3):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 15:58

Like regular Chun Li, but with a dash of lemon juice. Thanks!

exodus

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(1):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 16:02

suggestions - lengthen the text window, I don't like to have to scroll that much.

it's hard to read the brown text over chun li's elbow.

always, always source your material, or you will get no respect...I can only think of one exception to that rule, but they're gone now...(the sugoi)

if you want us press releases from sammy or capcom, you can get em on reuters or yahoo news. Japan ones, well...there's a reuters japan, I think. Or just check gamewatch and itmedia.

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(1):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 18:17:

Yay feedback!!! =)

Ok, I lengthened the iframe so you'll see more of the inside pages and still be able to view it using 1024X768 or higher resolution. You are now also able to see more of Chunli. I then removed the "Posted by: Dave" from every news post and added "Quote From:" and "Info From:" on top of the source link to give credit to the specific posters.

On top of that I'm adding a Misc page that has the chunli image files, I've added a book page that is hosting a Capcom art book with file size and buy now link, and will be adding screenpack#4 featuring Fatal Fury The Movie.

How am I doing? Anymore feedback? I crave feedback. =)

What are routers btw?
EDIT: OH! Forget to mention that the news and old news pages no longer have transparent tables so you can read them more easily. =)

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

[this message was edited by Dave on Sat 19 Jun 18:18]

exodus

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(2):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 18:32

looks much better now. just looked at the 'old news' link, and I'm wondering how you're going do archive when you have a greater volume of news. You might want to trim it down into headlines, or archive by month, or something like this. That's one of the biggest problems my site has now.

And here's what I think is the absolute most important thing when you're starting (or refining) a game news site. You've really got to figure out what your focus is - are you dedicated to every aspect of fighting? Is it going to just be 2D? 3D? Where does fighting stop and action begin? And above all, consider whether or not you're providing a service that people can't get elsewhere, and if you're not, figure out how you can. Because otherwise you'll fizzle out in a few months.

Just my two cents :D

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(3):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 19:29

quote:
*snip*

I'm trying to provide news for anything related to fighting games. This will give my visitors a higher quality fighting game education. I just have to work on finding more sources of news.

You have a good point about the news getting crowded. I believe I'll keep them uncondensed and then create a news page for each month of news. then instead of "old news" the link will say "News Archives" which will bring up a page listing all the months of the years and those links will go to the corresponding news pages.

I am indeed looking to fill in any gaps the collection of top fighting game sites have left open. At the same time I'm attempting to improve upon areas I believe aren't being utilized to their fullest. I would like my site to stand out from the rest by focusing on quality in everything it provides. The best look, the best downloads, and news, and more.

I altered the games page so when you click on the mini screenshots new windows will open with larger versions of those screenshots.

Keep that feedback coming! =)

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

Juke Joint Jezebel

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(4):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 20:16

quote:
wakka wakka

on the menu at the right, don't forget to add target="main" on the links thing, so that the links page will open up in that center frame instead of taking up the whole window

everything else is sexy

VManOfMana

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Gold Customer

"Re(5):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 22:49

For the one who asked, the Chun Li image is done by Hyung-Tae Kim.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

VManOfMana

478th Post

Gold Customer

"Re(6):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 22:53

Oh, and for the downloads, do not offer too much. It's nice that you are posting a place where to get the Capcom art book, but I do not think that justifies posting the full artbook online.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

Luisinan

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Red Carpet Regular Member++

"Re(1):How am I doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 23:18

Sweetness Dave. I actually don't have a fighting game new site that I visit reguarly. Well, I have the cafe BBS. But having a dedicated site is something I'd like. I got you bookmarked and I'll probably be a regular visitor if you keep up with the news.

ANyway the design is snazzy. My only complaint- the main window is too big. Make it a little smaller then 800 x 600 (thats my screen resolution!). I think someone else complained about this too. Or just make it resizeable but without a bar.

Well, keep it up. Oh and take out the Cammyfan link (UGH!). Well, you can keep it but man, that site has a bad rep.

Bored? "160"

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(7):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sat 19 Jun 23:41

I fixed the links page link and have removed the books page and all the artbook files. Anything else? Any suggestions to make the site perfect and prosperous? Any content suggestions? Maybe some suggestions for the screenpacks or games pages? =)

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

Rid Hershel

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(8):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 08:32

Maybe small articles on "trendy" things? like a tutorial for SF3 sprite ripping or things like that...

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(9):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 09:59

I removed the cammyfan.com link and will be updating and upgrading the links page. I resized the window so that it fits in 800x600 but is still larger then it was originally. I gave the tables a very tiny transparency so they're still perfectly readable but you can barely make out her elbow in the background, making the asthetic effect functional and practical. In place of the deleted artbook, I'm adding a bunch of new games and will work on some more guides & tutorials.
Your feedback means a great deal to me! Keep it up and help shape burningdojo into greatness! =)

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

talbaineric

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 10:37

Ah,you linked to me,I'm honored. ^_^ I'll be sure to do the same for you as well in my next update.

TALBAINANDCAMMY.COM! Celebrating 3 years of T&C Fanship.
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talbaineric

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(2):Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 10:41

Dave,you seem to know your stuff. So,I have a couple of questions.

I'm about to revamp my entire site as well,with frames and all. And I need tips on how to fade graphics for the main page,like you did for yours. Is it all Photoshop or are their special HTML codes to do it? My HTML skills aren't that great yet,I only remember basics and what not.

And nice links as well,I forgot to mention. Keep them all the way they are. :)

TALBAINANDCAMMY.COM! Celebrating 3 years of T&C Fanship.
My Deviantart place! TE loves Deviantart!

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(3):Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 10:46:

Thx for the praise! Nice to know the owner of a site I've seen around for years. =)

To create transparent tables, enter the following code into your internal/external styles. Notice you can adjust the opacity to decide how opace you want your tables to be:

table {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
color: #000000;
filter:alpha(opacity=80); }
.style2 {font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;}

I would suggest using this code sparingly, as everything in your table will become transparent, including images and I believe text as well. Youll need to adjust your opace tables' colors to match the non transparent ones. I would highly suggest keeping it in your internal instead of one stylesheet that you link all your pages to. Otherwise everything will be transparent!

I'm a feedback junkie! Gimme my fix! =)
EDIT: unless I'm mistaken, everything on my site is now legal.

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

[this message was edited by Dave on Sun 20 Jun 13:05]

VManOfMana

479th Post

Gold Customer

"Re(4):Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Sun 20 Jun 17:07

quote:
Thx for the praise! Nice to know the owner of a site I've seen around for years. =)

To create transparent tables, enter the following code into your internal/external styles. Notice you can adjust the opacity to decide how opace you want your tables to be:

table {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
color: #000000;
filter:alpha(opacity=80); }
.style2 {font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;}

I would suggest using this code sparingly, as everything in your table will become transparent, including images and I believe text as well. Youll need to adjust your opace tables' colors to match the non transparent ones. I would highly suggest keeping it in your internal instead of one stylesheet that you link all your pages to. Otherwise everything will be transparent!

I'm a feedback junkie! Gimme my fix! =)
EDIT: unless I'm mistaken, everything on my site is now legal.

You can override by setting a 100% opacity to the contents of the table

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

Luisinan

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Red Carpet Regular Member++

"Re(4):Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Mon 21 Jun 00:32

about the way you present news. I think you should include the following in each news piece:

Title: New Guilty Gear XX Video.
Source: Mickey mouse from Yahoo!
Date: 6/21/04
I prefer long dates: Monday 21 June 2004. But its your choice.

Its your choice to just use one date for each day like macnn.com does. Or to put a date and time after each news item. The way you have it now is kinda bad cause a lot of news items are piled together. Ya gotta seperate them with a line break and start each with a distinct symbol or graphic like '•' or '-'.

For examples on how to seperate news items look at tfw2005 and at retrogames. These are also excellent examples on ways to present news items. I like how both sites title their news items and credit their sources.

On your site, you should also end the with the name of source as the hyperlink. Like this:

Source: Yahoo.com

Yahoo.com is just a shortened version of the hyperlink on the source URL. I can't explain well, but get what I'm saying?

Bored? "160"

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(5):Re(10):How ARE you doing?" , posted Mon 21 Jun 01:22

great observation! how does it look now?

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ZamIAm

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Red Carpet Executive Member

"suggestions" , posted Mon 21 Jun 07:49

You might want to add a section or set of guides aimed at informing newbies. A number of fighting game guides sometimes ignore the fact that not everyone is at pro level.

A donation section wouldn't hurt.

Pikachu! I exploit you!

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(1):suggestions" , posted Tue 22 Jun 00:30

The site was down yesterday because too many people were downloading (or a couple people were being piggies!) but it's up now and I can make more changes and fix some things:

- removed all the BoR and LF2 files but kept the links to the sites so ppl can know where to find the games.
- update icon added to news pages.
- links added so you can translate the entire site into japanese or spanish.
- statistics page added so pple can see what's been happening with the site since its birth.
- working on paypal donations, some guides, banners, news archive, and fourth screenpack.

keep that feedback flowing. =)

www.burningdojo.com - your fighting game news site!

Dave
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New Customer

"Re(2):suggestions" , posted Tue 29 Jun 01:05

Just released another big update with another one on the way. What do you think? =)

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