The Lordship tested

[emperorpenguin]

On a more serious note - proof reading should be done by someone completely unfamiliar with the text, even if you're as meticulous as Burger, you're going to miss something if you've been reading other drafts for weeks or months...your brain fills in the gaps between what you're reading and what you should be reading!

That makes a lot of sense, I lost count of how many versions of ships I looked at!
However would someone from outside catch things like Mimbari, aft AA Drakh lasers etc?

 

[Burger]

However would someone from outside catch things like Mimbari, aft AA Drakh lasers etc?

Neither of those are typos

 

[emperorpenguin]

However would someone from outside catch things like Mimbari, aft AA Drakh lasers etc?

Neither of those are typos

Ahem yes of course :wink:

 

[Greg Smith]

Stuff we spotted got removed from the text but returned to the finished product (like the Drakh AF laser).

Stuff that wasn't there is the first place got changed in the final text (Vorlon LC hull 6).

I recall someone at FASA telling us of the problems they had with proof readers and editors on Battletech and Renegade Legion who were not familiar with the genre.

Imitates proofreader: "I looked up 'tank' in the dictionary and it said large container for holding liquid..." :lol:

 

[Tank]

What??? Oxfords promised I'd get a mention!!!!

 

[Hash]

I recall someone at FASA telling us of the problems they had with proof readers and editors on Battletech and Renegade Legion who were not familiar with the genre.

Let me re-phrase that then - someone familiar with the genre, and perhaps even ACTA, that hasn't had to read through the rules before, would make less intuitive leaps when proof reading.

That's not to say people like playtesters can't play their part as well, the more eyes that read over the text to check for typos the better I think!

 

[Burger]

What??? Oxfords promised I'd get a mention!!!!

But you are a large container, holding liquid...

 

[emperorpenguin]

Stuff we spotted got removed from the text but returned to the finished product (like the Drakh AF laser).

and then surprisingly retconned as indeed being correct

Imitates proofreader: "I looked up 'tank' in the dictionary and it said large container for holding liquid..." :lol:

Which was the story behind the code word for the "landships" being designed in WW1, the codeword then stuck!

 

[emperorpenguin]

I recall someone at FASA telling us of the problems they had with proof readers and editors on Battletech and Renegade Legion who were not familiar with the genre.

Let me re-phrase that then - someone familiar with the genre, and perhaps even ACTA, that hasn't had to read through the rules before, would make less intuitive leaps when proof reading.

That's not to say people like playtesters can't play their part as well, the more eyes that read over the text to check for typos the better I think!

I'd agree with that. Boy was I sick of the sight of Drakh fleet lists after version number 10! :lol:

 

[Locutus9956]

What??? Oxfords promised I'd get a mention!!!!

But you are a large container, holding liquid...

Yes indeed Organic Meatbags ftw :twisted:

Best character in any Star Wars game ever

 

[thePirv]

What??? Oxfords promised I'd get a mention!!!!

But you are a large container, holding liquid...

Yes indeed Organic Meatbags ftw :twisted:

Best character in any Star Wars game ever

Awesome character, best dialog ever. Not so good in a fight.
But yeah, HK-47 rocks

 

[Karhedron]

but the Lordship is the sunburst looking one...not the big rock...that's Thoughtforce. They got the pictures swapped in Arm...

I thought they got them mixed up too. If you read the descriptions, it certainly doesn't match.

Thoughtforce is the one that Lorien and Ivanova meet at the beginning of "Into the Fire".