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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-25-11 11:51 PM CT (US)

There have been many articles submitted over the years, some of which are timeless and ever-useful and some of which are outdated and gathering dust. In our quest for peerless, cutting-edge articles, we are offering you all deal. If you submit articles, we will give you custom titles in return!

Here's how the system works:

If you have submitted four articles, you will be given the title "Huskarl".
If you have submitted seven articles, you will be given the title "Champion".
If you have submitted ten articles, you will be given a custom title of your own choosing!
Every successive five articles after the first ten will give you the opportunity to change your custom title.

We will backtrack to include all articles that have been submitted and approved at the University forum, approximately August 2008.

Also, the staff will not be responsible for keeping track of how many articles each forummer has written. It's your responsibility to make a post in this thread to request your well-earned title.

Since we are offering you a very special carrot, we will hold high standards for articles that will be approved at the University. If you want to know what kind of things we are looking for in an article, you can either make a post here or send me an email.

As more articles are submitted, expect new threads at the University to discuss the quality or relevancy of various articles.

So, what are you waiting for? Get cracking on those articles! The opportunity to earn a custom title is now entirely in your hands.

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-25-11 11:53 PM CT (US) 1 / 62

Also, if you don't agree with our choices for the titles for the first two tiers ("C'mon, huskarls are lame!"), then feel free to post suggestions.

St33l_e
Squire

posted 12-26-11 00:51 AM CT (US) 2 / 62

What kinds of things are you expecting in an article? :P

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-26-11 01:10 AM CT (US) 3 / 62

Look through a few of the articles that are currently in the University. That'll give you a good idea of what kind of articles we're looking for. In general, we're looking for articles on subjects that have not yet been covered, articles that cover the subject of an existing article in more detail, or articles that bring an old article up to date.

General subjects include (but of course aren't limited to):

Multiplayer build orders and strategy tips

Civilization overviews and strategy guides

Scenario Design tricks and tips

Graphics and Data Modding guides

Scripting guides (AI and RM scripting)

Campaign walkthroughs

When writing an article make it concise and entertaining. Adding pictures help if they make sense for the subject matter.

Draconian Devil
Squire
(id: DraconainDevil)

posted 12-26-11 01:20 AM CT (US) 4 / 62

I think titles should be related a little bit to the techs related to the university in the game, like..architect, siege engineers, etc.

Ok here is my opinion

3-4 articles title Mason
6-7 articles title Architect
9-10 articles title Engineer
10th article custom title of your choice

That would perfect according to me as it would be related
to University in the game as well as to the forum!!

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-26-11 01:55 AM CT (US) 5 / 62

Also do the articles have to approved in the university?

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-26-11 02:58 AM CT (US) 6 / 62

They have to be approved articles, that is, articles that are in the University proper, not just the University forum.

We were intending the titles to be just like other custom titles, a mark of an extraordinary forummer. It was to go beyond marking someone as an excellent article writer, which is what those architectural titles would do. Plus, they're not as fun as other custom titles.

Not that we can't have architectural titles though. That's up to the community to decide.

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-26-11 03:18 AM CT (US) 7 / 62

Plus, they're not as fun as other custom titles.

Hmm...so architectural titles are not funny? Well thats agreed, so something which is a mark of an extraordinary forummer
and something related to universtiy will be a better title?

But then in what ways are Huskarls?

And that has been answered by

Not that we can't have architectural titles though. That's up to the community to decide.

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Nowhere
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posted 12-26-11 08:05 AM CT (US) 8 / 62

Ooh this is exciting!! I wanna earn me an upgrade!

*Thinks of potential article topics*

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-26-11 08:48 AM CT (US) 9 / 62

*Thinks of potential article topics*

*gets to writing the potential article*

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Lord Sipia
Knight

posted 12-26-11 11:37 AM CT (US) 10 / 62

It *would* be a bit more obvious if you'd go from squire to longswordsman- 2h swordsman- champion- champion with plate armor and blast furnace. Just a thought.

Further, I completely support more custom titles. You should do this stuff for different things too; for example, you get light cavalry for achieving a certain (official) rating for a blacksmith submission of yours. I dunno, just a thought.

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Jetkill Fastmurder
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posted 12-26-11 11:45 AM CT (US) 11 / 62

I hope this doesn't spring up a load of useless articles. Hmmm... do walkthroughs on custom campaigns count?

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ColdCanuck
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(id: Coldviper)

posted 12-26-11 12:16 PM CT (US) 12 / 62

Nice, I have several articles in the works, this gives me the motivation to finish them up.

Lord Basse
MI6 Scenario-Making Machine

posted 12-26-11 12:30 PM CT (US) 13 / 62

I was actually thinking of writing up a short article just yesterday! I'm not going to aim for a custom title though, but if the topic I want to write about doesn't have an article already, I'll be sure to write one.

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Popeychops
"Cool" Huskarl

posted 12-26-11 12:49 PM CT (US) 14 / 62

I might write a few articles on the basis of custom scenario design and play, since I have a pretty good grounding in both.
I suppose I ought to do some community service.
We email them to lief, right?

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Julius999
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posted 12-26-11 02:11 PM CT (US) 15 / 62

This is a good initiative.

If you repeat this with other things though, you have to be careful that you don't cheapen custom titles or else using them as rewards will be less effective. There's already a slight risk of this, as I for instance have won three of them, and Kor has won at least that many.

For example, offering custom titles to, as was suggested, people who get a certain score in the Blacksmith probably wouldn't achieve a great deal.

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panel
Squire

posted 12-26-11 04:28 PM CT (US) 16 / 62

6-7 articles title Architect
9-10 articles title Engineer

change the order :P

I hope this doesn't spring up a load of useless articles.

In Leif's own words: "we will hold high standards for articles that will be approved at the University"

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-26-11 06:00 PM CT (US) 17 / 62

We thought about the possibility of custom titles becoming less significant, and we thought that it was worth it, since our article section fulfills a niche that isn't provided as much by other AoK community sites. However, AoKH won't be giving out custom titles willy-nilly. This will probably be a special case.

In regards to Popey and others, you can email me if you have some ideas for articles if you want some feedback, but the University forum will still remain the place to post drafts of your articles for approval.

In regards to naming, I agree it makes more sense to have, say, Long Swordsman and Champion, but in my opinion, people would prefer to be a Huskarl over a Long Swordsman. We're basically looking for what kind of titles would encourage someone to write articles and also serve as a sort of status symbol.

ColdCanuck
Squire
(id: Coldviper)

posted 12-26-11 08:11 PM CT (US) 18 / 62

I think you should add "university" as a prefix to the custom titles. So, University Huskarl, or something like that.

Nowhere
Squire
(id: NowhereT)

posted 12-26-11 08:11 PM CT (US) 19 / 62

change the order :P

Pah, engineers are better

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-27-11 08:21 AM CT (US) 20 / 62

There you go,
three articles have already popped up!!

So are we not discussing about the titles to be give?

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-27-11 08:38 AM CT (US) 21 / 62

I also hope this news does not go to other forums and people(aliens to this forum

) come and write articles, and get
approved and get custom titles

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TOAO_DaVe
Squire
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posted 12-28-11 02:43 AM CT (US) 22 / 62

Pah, engineers are better

+1

we do the real work

but honestly panel is probably right in terms of perception

Signed,
DaVe.

Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-28-11 02:58 AM CT (US) 23 / 62

Yes, keep discussing the ideas for titles. I'm looking to see if there's a consensus on the titles that were picked beforehand or whether people want other ones.

Also Draco, don't worry about people from other forums.

It would be quite hard for someone without AoK knowledge to write four quality articles about some aspect of the game.

Draconian Devil
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posted 12-28-11 03:16 AM CT (US) 24 / 62

3-4 articles title Mason
6-7 articles title Architect
9-10 articles title Engineer
10th article custom title of your choice

this my suggestion ,but as panel says it should be like this

3-4 articles title Mason
6-7 articles title Engineer
9-10 articles title Architect
10th article custom title of your choice

Now if we could include something else instead of a Mason?

Also i was thinking of something related to University,
like something more scientific?
But then lets stick to the University in the game itself.

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panel
Squire

posted 12-28-11 03:05 PM CT (US) 25 / 62

we do the real work

well if "real work" would be the criteria, then "masons" would be the ones getting the top place

episkopos
Squire
(id: pong676)

posted 12-28-11 04:16 PM CT (US) 26 / 62

I think ten articles for a custom title is far too much. I mean, how many people have written ten articles to date? And having to write more articles in order to change that title? I think that's just silly, if you have a title of your choice you should be allowed to change it whenever.

Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-28-11 04:51 PM CT (US) 27 / 62

The Total War Heavens implemented something like this a while ago, and there we a few who submitted ten articles or more because of it. If the incentive is there, then people will put in the work to get their own custom title. If four articles were all that were required for a true custom title, then half of the regular forummers would have their own title, meaining that the value of custom titles would be very low.

I agree that ten articles sounds like a huge amount, but in practice some people will write ten articles. It probably won't be more than three or four, but that's how the system was intended. It's supposed to be a very prestigious award.

That's how I see it anyway. If you disagree, then don't back down.

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Draconian Devil
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posted 12-29-11 08:53 AM CT (US) 28 / 62

in practice some people will write ten articles

Agreed (i am one of such kind of people

)

Yes, people would write articles atleast for a title better than a squire

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Francis de Talking France
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posted 12-29-11 01:46 PM CT (US) 29 / 62

Enjoying this new influx of articles a lot.

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CarolKarine
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posted 12-29-11 02:09 PM CT (US) 30 / 62

I will have my article... it just may be a bit before it's done. this one is research, rather than a guide to known waters.

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-29-11 02:16 PM CT (US) 31 / 62

Looking forward to it, CarolKarine.

local boi
Squire
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posted 01-02-12 06:38 AM CT (US) 32 / 62

Heaven Seraph. is that an option?

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 01-02-12 02:11 PM CT (US) 33 / 62

What do you think?

Jan dc
Squire
(id: Den cekke)

posted 01-07-12 05:26 AM CT (US) 34 / 62

Well if it's for a university what about:
Student
Doctorate
Professor
Rector
?

Or to keep it within the medieval theme(the titles that were used within guilds)
1 article: apprentice
3 articles: craftsman
5 articles: journeyman
7 articles: master
10 articles: grand master

Nowhere
Squire
(id: NowhereT)

posted 01-07-12 11:51 AM CT (US) 35 / 62

I imagine they won't want to change the number of articles required to earn a title - 1 is definitely too easy, I think 4 is a good level. That shows commitment and like someone (possibly Julius?) said a while back, it'd be a shame to devalue custom titles.

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devagrawal09
Squire

posted 04-22-13 04:36 AM CT (US) 36 / 62

How about this?

1 article : Militia
3 articles : Long swordsman
6 articles : Samurai
9 articles : Teutonic knight
10 articles : Choice!

or cavalry titles

1 : Scout
3 : Hussar
6 : Cavalier
9 : War Elephant
10 : Choice!

*just a thought*

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Feliks
Squire
(id: Joshooarh)

posted 04-22-13 12:58 PM CT (US) 37 / 62

We had more or less decided that the current system was adequate in the original discussion. Four is a bar to aim for, seven is an achievement and ten is worth a tremendous pat on the back. I don't think that we've need to change.

fr steve
Squire

posted 04-23-13 03:43 AM CT (US) 38 / 62

A very good idea, guys!

That will encourage people to write more useful things.
For the titles, may I suggest a choice for every stage? For 4 articles, you can choose an standard unit (militia, knight, skirmisher...), for 7, a unique unit, and for 10, a custom one. What do you think of it?
Else, huskarl and champion sound good to me.

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CanOfSpam
Champion

posted 02-07-14 09:46 AM CT (US) 39 / 62

Nice! I guess my campaign walkthroughs have been approved, addition pending. I formally request my custom title.

Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 02-07-14 03:55 PM CT (US) 40 / 62

Yep, sorry it took so long for them to be approved. Send me an email to tell me what you want your custom title to be and I'll get you your custom title. My email is in my profile.

HockeySam18
D�nadan

posted 02-07-14 05:57 PM CT (US) 41 / 62

If I have some time in the near future, then I may try writing some articles on either scenario design tricks or walkthroughs for the AoF campaigns.

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 02-07-14 08:26 PM CT (US) 42 / 62

That'd be awesome. I'm working on finally getting these articles up.

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posted 02-07-14 09:40 PM CT (US) 43 / 62

Scenario design tricks would be cool. Good luck!

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HockeySam18
D�nadan

posted 02-08-14 08:08 AM CT (US) 44 / 62

While on that topic, what would people think of possibly writing walkthroughs for some of the classic and higher rated campaigns on the Blacksmith? It would be a cool tribute to those designers.

Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 02-08-14 12:05 PM CT (US) 45 / 62

That'd be pretty cool. It'd probably increase exposure for those campaigns.

HockeySam18
D�nadan

posted 11-07-15 09:02 AM CT (US) 46 / 62

I just realized that I'm currently sitting at 5 approved articles here. Any chance I could get my Huskarl custom title anytime soon?

MrMew
Huskarl

posted 01-19-16 11:19 PM CT (US) 47 / 62

Hey guys, I submitted four articles. That's crazy! Could I get that custom title too please?

Does the University on the website still get updated? Or is this where all the articles go now?

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 07-04-16 06:40 PM CT (US) 48 / 62

Hey MrMew, I'm really sorry about not responding to this. I've requested a title for you. The University is finally going to be updated in the near future with the couple dozen articles that are currently in the queue.

TriRem
Huskarl

posted 11-29-16 08:14 AM CT (US) 49 / 62

Hey, it's been 4 articles for me too

can I have my custom title please ?

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 12-22-16 10:08 PM CT (US) 50 / 62

Hey TriRem, I just realized I didn't take care of your custom title request. The request has been made. Hopefully it's added soon.

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