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QB Express #21 Needs Submissions!

Post by Pete » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:49 am

QB Express #21 is due out in less than two weeks, and so far I have gotten only ONE submission: a tutorial by MystikShadows. No articles, no reviews, no news briefs, no comics, nothing. This is NOT good.

But it's not too late! Let's make #21 just as good as all the other QB Express issues -- it can happen if you WRITE something! Tutorials, editorials, game reviews, rants, letters to the editor, comics, interviews, anything -- we need it all! Write as much as you possibly can in the next ten days, and send it to me at pberg1@gmail.com. (If you need an idea for an article, check out the QB Express article requests thread.)

Deadline: June 20th, 2006.

I need everything by June 20th so that I can put the issue together. It's a short timeframe, but I know we can pull it off!

Thanks, and I look forward to seeing the articles swarming into my inbox. :)
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Post by sid6.7 » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:17 pm

i'll go you one better pete, (if your willing)

if we can get 5 more submissions
by the 20th....NEXT month i'll offer a 10$ gift certificate for
amazon DOT com...after this issue is released we will have
a contest for the best article for this months issue? winner
gets the 10$ certificate...

each submission must be qbasic/basic related and
have at least 500 words....cartoons dont count...
i would prefer also if its a program or programming
solution.tutorial...but that could be up to pete......
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Post by rdc » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:05 am

Is there a category for submitting the strangest article? Mine would qualify I think. :)
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Post by MystikShadows » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:28 am

rdc, you mean the "Really Disfunction Coding Practice" one??? LOL

Note, that title was fictional, but it fits the subject lol.
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Post by rdc » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:10 am

MystikShadows wrote:rdc, you mean the "Really Disfunction Coding Practice" one??? LOL

Note, that title was fictional, but it fits the subject lol.
Almost as bad. :lol:
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Post by Pete » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:38 pm

Hey sid, the Amazon gift certificate seems like a pretty cool deal!

I'll make a poll after #21 comes out with all the articles, and whoever gets the most votes wins the certificate. (As long as you're still up for giving it away, heheh).
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Post by sid6.7 » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:15 am

yep a promise is a promise!

amazon makes it easy to do too...

no prob!
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Post by Pete » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:33 am

The deadline's quickly approaching! You have until the 20th of June. That means...

THREE DAYS LEFT!

It's not looking very good so far. Since my last post, I've received several comics, several newsbriefs, some letters to the editor, an article and a tutorial. That means I've got just two tutorials and one full-fledged article.

NOT GOOD.

But I'm not concerned....yet.

A lot of you have said you're going to write articles and send them in. Well, you've got three days. Get to work!
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Post by nkk_kan » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:16 am

Well, i don't know what to submit..i mean i don't know much Qb actually but i could give you some forgotten tuts
and i also did..
hope i'm of help..

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Post by sid6.7 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:34 am

well if you want a 10$ cert from amazon...get cracking...


no one wants some FREE spending money?... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by Pete » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:44 pm

I've gotten quite a few more submissions in the past few days for QB Express #21, but still not nearly as many articles as most issues. Many people have told me that a few more days will give them the time to finish their articles....well, your wish is my command!

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SATURDAY, JUNE 24th!

If you have time to write something, please do it. Remember, this is an open magazine written BY the community, FOR the community.

I'm especially looking for: GAME REVIEWS, TUTORIALS, and an upcoming game to preview in the next GALLERY.

As always, you can send your submissions to: pberg1@gmail.com
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Post by Pete » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:46 pm

By the way, this issue WILL come out in June, probably even this coming weekend.

QB Express is getting back on its regular, MONTHLY publication schedule.
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Post by {Nathan} » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:20 pm

Sorry pete, I would write a tutorial... but I am working at so many camps this month it's impossable. I'm lucky to be on the computer right now.
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Post by sid6.7 » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:14 pm

Pete wrote:By the way, this issue WILL come out in June, probably even this coming weekend.

QB Express is getting back on its regular, MONTHLY publication schedule.
do we have 6 articles/tuts yet?

i wanted 5 more beyond the 1 submission we
had....HEEEELLLOOOOO......FREE 10$ AMAZON CERT
to the winner of best article in this issue #21!!!
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Post by MystikShadows » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:22 am

not sure how many we're at, I know he received a few since that first deadline announcement, and I quote "I've gotten quite a few more submissions in the past few days for QB Express #21" so it's looking good, he just got one more from me too today. So let's hope...atleast 5 is a great number...6, 7 8 or more is awesome ;-)..

Still a couple days people, today, tomorrow, friday and saturday itself ;-) get typing :-)
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Post by Pete » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:11 pm

Yep, we've surpassed six. Currently I've got:
  • four tutorials (two by MystikShadows, one by Relsoft and one by Rick Clark);

    four articles / editorials (3 by SJ Zero and 1 by Rick Clark);

    five comics (QB Horse Humor, 0 1 comics and 3 Stickboy comics);

    two letters to the editor (mennonite and MystikShadows);

    and a bunch of news briefs (4 from MystikShadows, and a lot of info that people have sent in that I'll write up myself)
I may have missed something too...I'm not on my own computer right now.

Also, if time permits, I've got ideas for several articles. I usually don't end up writing stuff myself since I already have to write like 20 pages of my own stuff per issue anyway, between all my sections...but we'll see.

It's looking pretty good so far (way better than I expected), but that's still the fewest number of articles we've had in quite some time. Hopefully more stuff comes in by Saturday!
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Post by sid6.7 » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:37 pm

EXCELLENT!.... i'll be ready by the 3rd then for the winner
of the poll afterwards...good job guys!!!

not to disparage anyone but i do like meno's and mystiks
stuff so look forward to them....

thanks to EVERYONE for contributing to the cuase
this is a good thing for us all....



AND THE WINNER IS!??? stay tuned....:)
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Post by Pete » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:37 pm

Well golly gee, it's already Friday.

REMINDER: SUBMISSIONS DUE TOMORROW!!!

So hurry up!
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Post by rdc » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:15 pm

I just saw that Deleter had already posted an article about dynamic arrays in a type-def in a past issue so my tutorial is probably not worth printing since it contains pretty much the same info. I don't want to be accused of stealing someone's idea. I hadn't realized that this info had already been covered.
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Post by relsoft » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:24 pm

rdc. Submit it anyways
the more articles that cover a certain topic, the better. you may have some trick to teach us. :*)
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