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Old 10-31-2009, 02:22 AM
I swear Tycho's writing on the news page gets worse and worse each week. All that purple prose and the constant thesaurus syndrome. 'Byzantine gyrations', indeed. It's his website of course and he can write however he wants, but as a professional editor I just get the urge to put a gentle hand on his shoulder and whisper "no". He probably considers it his own 'style' but it's not effective and it aggravates me no end.
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:36 AM
Gabe and Tycho read the forums rarely if ever, try sending them an email.
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:41 AM
If you genuinely want to give feedback on Tycho's writing you should email him. His address is right there on the front page. They don't read the forums anyway, so criticising the writing here is at best a wasted effort and at worst passive agressive trolling.
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:43 AM
I don't see how this latest newspost is any worse than others from an obscure terms standpoint.
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:45 AM
Yeah I don't mean they literally get worse every week. It's just a trend I've been noticing for a while. I'm not trolling or being passive aggressive as such, just wanted to get it off my chest. If no one else has a problem with it then it hardly seems worth it to give him feedback personally.
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:46 AM
Well, noone else seems to have a problem with it so, thanks for posting?
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Old 10-31-2009, 02:54 AM
Ok, well I guess the 'new comic' thread in Social Entropy would probably be the most appropriate place to mention it. That's where discussion of the comic and accompanying news posts usually go. I think the mods prefer to keep this forum clear for dealing with more technical issues.
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Old 10-31-2009, 03:51 AM
youandwhosearmy wrote: View Post
as a professional editor I
... what? Didn't bother to read the 14-word description of this forum?

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Bug reports, general announcements, suggestions, etc. GABE AND TYCHO DO NOT READ THE FORUMS.
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Old 10-31-2009, 04:33 AM
Tycho is being ironic in his posts, the language he uses is meant to sound dickish and uppity
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Old 10-31-2009, 06:26 AM
The difference between what Tycho is doing and what someone with "constant thesaurus syndrome" does is that Tycho is familiar enough with the language to use the words correctly, and for comic effect.

Perhaps the news posts are not for you. Perhaps you exceed Tycho's newly laid demographic boundaries.

Perhaps.
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Old 10-31-2009, 09:16 AM
There is room in the world of writing both for excessively verbose writers and excessively concise once. If you don't enjoy the writer of Tycho or any other author my advice to you would be not to read their work. It is hardly forced upon you.
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Old 10-31-2009, 01:03 PM
Oh hey, is it time to bitch about Tycho's writing again? My, how the week flies.
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Old 10-31-2009, 01:36 PM
I just don't get how anyone couldn't see that the verbosity is the joke.

Tongue is planted firmly in cheek. It is an exercise in hilarious japes and humorous shenanigans, and so forth.
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Old 10-31-2009, 03:55 PM
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as a professional editor .

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aggravates me no end.


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Old 10-31-2009, 04:05 PM
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...Tycho is familiar enough with the language to use the words correctly, and for comic effect.
This is why I love the newsposts. They also have a certain poetry to them. One of my favorite bits is when Sony was running its "All I want for Xmas is a PSP" promotion, and Tycho said "It speaks! But it is not language. It is like the wind blowing through a pile of skulls."
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Old 10-31-2009, 08:16 PM
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youandwhosearmy wrote: View Post
as a professional editor I
... what? Didn't bother to read the 14-word description of this forum?

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Bug reports, general announcements, suggestions, etc. GABE AND TYCHO DO NOT READ THE FORUMS.
I suppose my 'suggestion' would be to adopt a better writing style. In the absence of a more appropriate forum (and I don't really think the 'latest comic' thread would be more appropriate) I decided to post it here.

I understand he's aiming for humorous effect, but jesus, change the record occasionally.
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Old 10-31-2009, 08:20 PM
'Better' writing style, based on the sole opinion of a single dude.
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Old 10-31-2009, 08:21 PM
I could've sworn I already posted in this thread already...

Anyways, in hindsight they don't seem to mention it much, so it's forgivable if people don't realize that overly verbose is his schtick. Complaining about that is like going to a Gallagher show and complaining that it seems forced that almost every gag ultimately ends in him smashing something. That's what he does, that's the point.
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Old 10-31-2009, 08:29 PM
His writing style has never bothered me. I just let him do his thing.
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Old 10-31-2009, 10:40 PM
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as a professional editor I
... what? Didn't bother to read the 14-word description of this forum?

quote:
Bug reports, general announcements, suggestions, etc. GABE AND TYCHO DO NOT READ THE FORUMS.
I suppose my 'suggestion' would be to adopt a better writing style. In the absence of a more appropriate forum (and I don't really think the 'latest comic' thread would be more appropriate) I decided to post it here.

I understand he's aiming for humorous effect, but jesus, change the record occasionally.
I think you bolded the wrong part of the description quote.
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Old 11-01-2009, 12:51 AM
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youandwhosearmy wrote: View Post
as a professional editor I
... what? Didn't bother to read the 14-word description of this forum?

quote:
Bug reports, general announcements, suggestions, etc. GABE AND TYCHO DO NOT READ THE FORUMS.
I suppose my 'suggestion' would be to adopt a better writing style. In the absence of a more appropriate forum (and I don't really think the 'latest comic' thread would be more appropriate) I decided to post it here.

I understand he's aiming for humorous effect, but jesus, change the record occasionally.
I think you bolded the wrong part of the description quote.
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Old 11-02-2009, 06:17 AM
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I swear Tycho's writing on the news page gets worse and worse each week. All that purple prose and the constant thesaurus syndrome. 'Byzantine gyrations', indeed. It's his website of course and he can write however he wants, but as a professional editor I just get the urge to put a gentle hand on his shoulder and whisper "no". He probably considers it his own 'style' but it's not effective and it aggravates me no end.
Well, that's ONE effect...
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Old 11-03-2009, 04:13 PM
youandwhosearmy wrote: View Post
I swear Tycho's writing on the news page gets worse and worse each week. All of that purple prose and the constant thesaurus syndrome frustrate me. 'Byzantine gyrations', indeed. It's his website, of course, and he can write however he wants, but as a professional editor, I just get the urge to put a gentle hand on his shoulder and whisper, "No". He probably considers it his own style, but it's not effective, and it aggravates me to no end.
As an amateur editor, I fixed that for you.

Quit your day job.
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Old 11-03-2009, 04:18 PM
I don't think that's quite necessary is it?
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Old 11-03-2009, 04:23 PM
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I don't think that's quite necessary is it?
I suppose it was a little excessive. I just cannot fathom the mindset of a person that logs onto someone's Web site just to complain about the way that person runs said Web site. As you said, "If you don't enjoy the writer of Tycho or any other author my advice to you would be not to read their work."
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