{"id":98,"date":"2005-06-12T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2005-06-12T13:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Note from Editors, Roys & Snowchief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six years finally got us some results …. and what do we do?\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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It’s vacation time, baby!\u00a0\u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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H<\/FONT>a!\u00a0 Beginning Week 2524, the Black Type Bugler goes on its annual summertime vacation.\u00a0\u00a0 Recharge the batteries?\u00a0\u00a0 You bet!\u00a0\u00a0 Build up our stables again?\u00a0 Look out!\u00a0 Sip a drink or two in Sim Tahiti?\u00a0 Woohoo!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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For six years, a paper has always returned from its summertime break and we will do so again in Week 2580<\/STRONG>.\u00a0\u00a0Full stakes race coverage is suspended during vacation, but we’ll be back on August 10th.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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However, in the meantime, we wanted to “float the boat” out there with the new website, checking out any errors (there’ll be some!) and\u00a0getting familiar with the new digs ourselves.\u00a0\u00a0 Feature writers are welcome to post over break and there may be a few articles here and there during vacation.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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What are the\u00a0new BTB’s improvements?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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It’s a neverending quest for………<\/DIV>
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1)\u00a0\u00a0Readers<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Headlines,\u00a0easier navigation, faster page loading, article links to race pages, and more aid the reader visiting the BTB.\u00a0 We hope you’ll have an easier time finding articles and that you stop by and read more stuff!<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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2)\u00a0\u00a0 Writers<\/STRONG> <\/DIV>
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The new site hopes to “show off” writers’ work better and avoid getting their article “lost” in the weekly BTB shuffle.\u00a0 Our new publishing program enables *all* writers to submit via an online editing page, thus offering more timely posting.\u00a0\u00a0 We can also credit writers’ Sim pay week-to-week instead of monthly.\u00a0 \u00a0New writers can also “jump on in” and join the BTB faster without emailing the editors.\u00a0\u00a0 Occasional writers can also submit\u00a0“on the fly.”<\/DIV>
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3)\u00a0\u00a0 Editors<\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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The jury’s still out, but we’re crossing our fingers that the new program shall cutdown on the editors’ workload.\u00a0 This will give us better incentive to develop more storylines for the paper, better manage its assignments, and keep in touch with writers more too.\u00a0 The site also presents us with a level of organized capacity that we’ve never had —\u00a0different sections of former “Feature” articles\u00a0can\u00a0appear\u00a0confidently in Horses, Breeding, and General article sections.\u00a0\u00a0 In other words, for the first time, we have a website that can attractively present a wide array of content besides the track articles.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/DIV>
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What will the new\u00a0BTB continue to do?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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1)\u00a0 Collect weekly writing for the Sim<\/FONT><\/DIV>
2)\u00a0\u00a0Cover stakes races including Graded\u00a0events, Sim Eclipses, and Special Racedays<\/FONT><\/DIV>
3)\u00a0 Continue to be an established staff centered around the game’s “Black Type Bugler Forum”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
4)\u00a0 Maintain an archive<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
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But what about its\u00a0future goals?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In 2005, the BTB has been moving\u00a0towards\u00a0“Graded Stakes First” in coverage priority.\u00a0 We will continue to move in this direction.\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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2)\u00a0\u00a0 Since our capacity to diversify content has been increased, we will explore a\u00a0range of articles to populate the new Horses, General, and Breeding sections.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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3)\u00a0\u00a0 We will do all of this, even at the expense of regular “listed” stakes coverage.\u00a0\u00a0 With 88 tracks in the Sim, the time has long since past when winning “a” stakes race was a worthy prize in the game.\u00a0\u00a0 It still is for some, but we feel the majority appreciates the graded stakes more\u00a0and our readership, on the whole, greatly improves when we offer\u00a0special topics, contests, and articles geared towards as wide an audience as possible.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0\u00a0 The BTB will always cover some regular stakes though<\/EM>.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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4)\u00a0\u00a0 To make up for declining “listed” stakes coverage, we will tackle a lofty goal that has always been on our backburner:\u00a0\u00a0 we will attempt to foster storylines\u00a0amongst the major and upcoming race stars and starlets.\u00a0 Most storylines are out there week-to-week in message boards posts around the Sim as well as couched in BTB stakes race articles.\u00a0\u00a0 We will attempt to pick up on and develop them through various methods in the\u00a0paper.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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5)\u00a0\u00a0 Down the road, we’d like to add\u00a0reader-to-writer\u00a0feedback.\u00a0 <\/DIV>
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Most of all?<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
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Billgulch’s publication ensures that a paper will always be a continuous part of\u00a0the Sim — no matter who is editor or writer.\u00a0\u00a0 The Sim needs<\/FONT> some kind of “paper” or storytelling\u00a0element in the game, breathing life to the numbers and names.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And, believe it or not, it is this promise and reality that\u00a0b<\/FONT>rings the most satisfaction and peace of mind to the current editors.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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There is no question now — a paper will always be here and the BTB Staff salutes Mike Wallace (Billgulch) and Smartacre.com for taking up the helm as publisher.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Thanks for reading — good luck and go, GO, Bugler!<\/STRONG>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Roys, Editor<\/FONT><\/DIV>
Snowchief, Editor-in-Chief<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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www.blacktypebugler.com<\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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