I'm looking to make a Minecraft Magazine which will be out monthly and on special occasions (such as Christmas). The magazine will be downloadable from the internet for FREE and will include information including:
News
Updates & Bugs
Build of the Month
Skin of the Month
Competitions
Polls
Resource Pack of the Month
World Seed of the Month
Tips, Tricks and Secrets
... That kind of thing.
Please let me know if you think this is a good idea and if you would download the magazine below.
Sorry to say, I don't think it is a good idea. Here is why, for each of your bullet points in order:
This website
Wiki and bug tracker
This site (usually shows several builds, videos, resource packs each month)
This site has a whole section for skins (although it doesn't normally showcase skins)
This site
There are hundreds of polls in threads here
Same as for Build of the Month
Seeds section
Wiki
Basically, you are trying to compete with these forums and the wiki, with an inferior approach (monthly updates versus immediate updates). I guess for a metaphor you could say you are trying to compete with McDonalds by bringing two slices of bread with a can of wet dog food between them.
The only ways to beat McDonalds is to offer something they aren't, serve a better product than them, or give them the same for less cost to the consumer. The same basic principle applies to any competition.
TL;DR: Why get your magazine when I get a hundred times as much info right here?
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Yeah, sorry, but I have to agree with the people above me. The Minecraft Forums are many times more informative than a magazine, and it's not particularly original, either. Do a search for "The Obsidian Block", it's an old MC magazine that shut down years ago.
I'm looking to make a Minecraft Magazine which will be out monthly and on special occasions (such as Christmas). The magazine will be downloadable from the internet for FREE and will include information including:
Please let me know if you think this is a good idea and if you would download the magazine below.
Thanks
The only ways to beat McDonalds is to offer something they aren't, serve a better product than them, or give them the same for less cost to the consumer. The same basic principle applies to any competition.
TL;DR: Why get your magazine when I get a hundred times as much info right here?
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I'm a pixel artist who makes pixel things and maps! I also do line art occasionally.
I have two work in progress resource packs!
This is the second one!
And of course, by "work-in-progress" I mean "will never, ever be completed".
This was just a thought and to be honest it probably wouldn't have been successful after searching for some other Magazines.
Thanks.