DCC Standard – Issue #1

[Matt 589]

 

Announcement

I am very pleased to announce to you the DCC Standard – a monthly newsletter covering a plethora of topics such as Forum Updates to Comics to several other things that we discuss here on DCC. A group of authors will be bringing you a new issue of the DCC Standard on the fifth of every month. Our focus is to keep you updated on everything going on, not only around the forums, but around the globe too. Therefore, along with many things happening on the forums, we will be trying to broaden our reach and to bring to you, updates about various topics ranging from science to comics and what not. So, keep an eye out for a monthly issue, on the fifth of every month.

In this issue –

Editor-in-Chief Matt

Author MidoriJordan

Author IntegrationNation

Author Agent P

Author Ferbbat101

 

 

 

Forum Updates 

by MidoriJordan

 

In this issue of the DCC Standard, we'll be going over some of the latest changes and events on the forum in this month's Forum Updates. Since the changing of hands to our new lord and forum owner, Kaleb (known to most here on the forums as Gramps/K2D2), his policy of introducing change, both to under the hood and over, has brought opportunity to expand the communities horizons. You can read the changes here in the DCC 2.0 Update post below.

                        

• The green tones in the DCC theme have been removed on desktop, and purple tones have been added to the mobile version of the site. The theme is still undergoing maintenance.
•  "Chemical Cupcake" is the new default forum theme due to popular use of darker themes while "Atlanta" is in the shop
• Look out for the nostalgia wave brought on by the new CPI theme which harkens back the days of Thinknoodles coverage of the events in the beloved Disney nurtured indie MMO.
• The ranking system has received an update and includes new titles. Be sure to post often to find out what they are.
• Interested in Manga, K-Pop, or Jazz? Enjoy talking about these subjects with fellow fans on the forum in their new topics. More subjects are on the way so stay tuned.
• The cursing filter has been updated to help you quit all that @#&$ swearing.

 

 

Since the beginning of Gramps' reign little more than a month ago, 17 new members have joined the forums. Shout out to one such member, Ferbat101, who has joined the DCC Standard team.

With all the serious stuff out of the way, make sure to keep an eye out for the fun times to be had either in a call with community members on Google Hangouts or Discord, or meet ups in game such as the one on Club Penguin Online. I haven't personally attended one of these events in a while but as memory serves, it was a blast hanging out with ones on Discord talking about various subjects and playing DJ with the music bot if only I'd learned to clear playlist quicker to get out of a 20+ hour queue. Hopefully, everyone enjoyed their January in the new year, including the anniversary celebration of DCC which turned three on Jan. 31st. Celebrations included karaoke, in game meet ups, and calls on Hangouts and Discord. With no end in sight for the growth of this continuing chapter in our beloved community, here's to a successful and fun filled 2019.

 Wanna enjoy talking with fellow community members and hanging out playing games? Be on the lookout for events such as Hangouts/Discord calls and in game meet ups like the Club Penguin Online meet up on the 26th of last month. Events can be found in Site Information or on Discord via the link in the top right corner (Useful links>Discord).

DCC Statistics

by Matt

 

In this section of DCC Standard,  we'll be organising and analysing data in such a way that meaningful conclusions could be withdrawn from them. We'll be presenting to you, each month, statistics showing ongoing activities, registration, community activity and reputation activities across the forums.

Community Activity

64 members visited the forums last month. The last time more activity was observed than January 2019 was in June 2016, having 74 active members.

The most active days since 23 December 2019 have been January 6th, 8th, and 9th  having 28 active members to contribute to the community. You can see the graph below for more information.

 

 

Registrations

The forums have had 17 new registrations in January. The last time DCC 2.0 had more registrations in a single month was in July of 2017, when the forums had 26 registrations. Note that for most of 2018, registrations were offline, likely by mistake. This might had happened because the CAPTCHA system that the forum was using before was outdated, preventing new registrations. 

 

 

User Activity

There have been 2,576 posts from 1st January to 29th January. The last time the forums had more posts in a single post was in May 2016, where there were 2,856 posts. The highest number of posts come from Forum Games. 

With 132 new topics from 1st January  to 29th January, the forums have seen this much activity after a long time. The last time there were more topics in a single month was February 2016.

 

 

Reputations and Reacts

The amount of likes given from 1st January to 29th January stands at 3,262. Ever since reactions were introduced later in the month, the amount of thanks were 68, 128 funny reacts, 24 sad and 4 confused reacts were also received. 

 

Beyond the Horizons: Global Warming

by Matt

 

Not a prediction, myth or conspiracy; global warming is real and happening right now. It is the increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere. Increase in the water levels of sea or melting of ice caps, altered weather patterns, changing precipitation, ecological dis-balance etc. are the things we should be worried of least. Global warming has seen growing trends in the past few decades. Since the pre-industrial age to the industrial revolution, we see a tremendous increase in the temperature. Since 1880, global average of temperature of the atmosphere has increased by 0.85 C°. The rate of global warming has increased at almost twice the speed in the last 40 years as compared to the years 1880-1970.

 

 

Since 1979, the temperature of the troposphere has increased by 0.12°C per decade. This has resulted in changed patterns of weather. However, at it's worst, ozone layer is depleting swiftly. Large amount of chloroflourocarbons and halons has caused a steady decrease in the amount of total ozone present in the atmosphere by four percent. The result? Ultraviolet B rays entering the earth coming from the Sun. This rays of wavelength around 280-315 nm result in increased chances of fatal diseases such as skin cancer, eye cancer etc. and a November 2010 report by scientists at the Institute of Zoology in London found that whales off the coast of California have shown a sharp rise in sun damage, and these scientists fear that "the thinning ozone layer is to blame". Crops which have economic importance such as rice, wheat etc. depend on cyanobacteria which are sensitive to Ultraviolet B rays. Adverse effect of UVB rays are thus, condemned by thousands of scientists worldwide as a threat to the quality of food.

 

 

Global warming stands as a major challenge to us. We cannot stop global warming at the expense of slowing down our industrial growth but cannot also bear these changes. Thus, the requirement? Clean sources of energy. But, will it ever be enough to fulfill the demands of energy to run the world? Perhaps. But this does not mean that we should stop our conquest to find alternatives methods. A human being, no matter how disconnected from the nature, has one basic trait of the natural world - survival. And that is what we will do and are doing. It is our foremost duty, as an individual, to work for the greater good of mankind collectively. The challenges ahead of us remain big, but we shall always remain adamant.

 

The Earth Is Not Round

by Agent P

 

 

Good heavens! My eyes bulged, as prayers fled mine own soul like pigeons off a Church ledge. What was this fantasy? A nightmare? The azure sky turned blacker, like the most unnatural sunset. Where was the crimson clouds? The purple haze? Stars no chart hath plotted before appeared before my pupils. No man, nor no woman, did dare to part their lips. Sand and water trickled down the edge, the sound like a defective hourglass. The vessel headed forward with the will of God, and the mariners left masterless their posts, being no more than Sisyphos against the current. The buzz of a hundred, nay, a thousand bees tormented the mind. The edge? Edge? Certainly, it must not be a wonted cliff. Hadst Eratosthenes been wrong? I refused to believe it. Yet, as the hull moved closer, no land, no sea was revealed beyond. Flashes of red, blue, and white soared across mine own eyeballs as the distance from the edge reached less than a yard. The roar was deafening. I might not, but must, have done something then; shaken my peers, yelled for the mariners, jumped off the ship. But all I remember was confusion, bitter cold, and darkness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to Artistical for winning the Member of the Month, January 2019!

   

The Year Ahead for American Politics

by IntegrationNation

 

Welcome, reader, to the first-ever political section of the DCC Standard. Here, we'll occasionally cover American political news and events happening in the near future.

While just about everyone and their mother are busy prognosticating and focusing on the 2020 presidential horse race(and to an extent, the 2022 midterms,) there are still some rather interesting and important elections happening in 2019. It seems as good as a time as any to give a quick rundown through American elections this year.

House-

                                                                           

Congressional seats aren’t traditionally up for election in odd-numbered years, but NC-09, was, shall we say, an odd election. After obvious electoral chicanery by political operative and convicted felon McCrae Dowless, who was hired by Mark Harris, the Republican candidate, the NC Elections Board(4 D, 4 R, 1 Indepedent) has thrice refused to certify the election. Harris  is so badly compromised that even the state GOP thinks he’s a liability, as the GOP-controlled legislature has passed a bill mandating a do-over primary in a do-over election. Their goal, of course, is to get another Republican on board to win the election, as Harris would be a major underdog if he ran again. Harris is filing a petition to have the election certified, but the state board hasn’t certified the election due to election fraud with absentee ballots. Local Democrats have said the election should be certified when the election has been completed. A hearing on his petition is set to take place 2 days from now in Raleigh, NC.

Governor

Louisiana: There are three states that will have gubernatorial elections this year, and Louisiana is the biggest. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) is running for re-election. On one hand, he has the advantage of incumbency this time, being relatively popular at 49% approval, 35% disapproval, which amounts to a net +14%. On the other hand, Louisiana is still pretty red at R+11, and Bel Edwards won the last time primarily because his opponent, David Vitter, was enmeshed in all kinds of scandals. The Governor got some good news when the biggest threat to him, Sen. John Kennedy (R), decided not to run. He'll likely end up facing Rep. Ralph Abraham (R) instead, though with Louisiana's chaotic jungle primary, you never know. This will definitely be a bellwether election that people look to in order to judge Democratic strength, particularly in the South, heading into 2020.

Gov. John Bel Edwards (left/first), Rep. Ralph Abraham(right/second)

 

Kentucky: Gov. Matt Bevin (R) is running for re-election despite approval ratings that are 25 points underwater (30% approve, 55% disapprove). The Democratic bench in Kentucky is surprisingly deep, and Attorney General Andy Beshear and House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins are considering running. Beshear has both won statewide elections in Kentucky, and Beshear is the scion of a political dynasty; his father was the governor who preceded Bevin. Still, Kentucky is very red, going for the GOP 60% to 40% in the 2018 midterms, and Bevin is counting on that to carry the day (in much the same way that it carries the day for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is also way underwater, popularity-wise). This will be another bellwether election

 

On left/above: Phil Bryant (R), On right/below: Jim Hood (D)

Mississippi: Normally, this would be a foregone conclusion. However, Gov. Phil Bryant (R) is term-limited, and there could be a bloody free-for-all among the half-dozen pugnacious Republicans who have expressed interest in replacing him. Meanwhile, the Democrats have a solid candidate in Attorney General Jim Hood, the only Democratic statewide official in Mississippi, who does not appear to have any serious opposition, and who has won four statewide elections in Mississippi. We wouldn't quite call this one a bellwether, as the deck is still pretty stacked against Hood. However, if a Democrat manages to flip the governor's mansion in one of the reddest states in the union, alarm bells are going to go off at the RNC, especially since Donald Trump figures to hold many a rally in favor of the eventual GOP nominee.

 

Legislature: Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia

Both houses of the legislatures of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia will be up, as will the lower house in New Jersey. Virginia is the only one of those that is interesting, as the other three are certain to remain in Republican, Republican, and Democratic hands, respectively. In the Old Dominion State, by contrast, the GOP has a slim two-person majority in both the state senate (21-19) and in the house of delegates (51-49). Further, the Democrats just did very well there in the midterm elections, winning 57% of the vote in the Senate election. If the blue team can flip just two seats per house, which is well within the realm of possibility, they will add another trifecta on top of the six they gained in 2018, which would push their overall total to 15.

Mayor

Chicago: Rahm Emanuel is unpopular in his home town, and has decided not to run for a third term. The officially non-partisan ballot for his replacement will feature at least 11 names, and very likely more, including Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Cook County Democratic Party Chair Toni Preckwinkle, and former White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley, who is a member of the legendary Daley family (his father is Richard J. and his brother is Richard M.; both served as mayor, with Richard J. being particularly famous and infamous). The mayoralty of Chicago is as close as modern America gets to an old-style urban boss, so whoever wins the election can be expected to have an outsized influence on national politics, particularly Illinois' congressional delegation.

Incumbent Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel. (above)

 

Carolyn Goodman(D) (above)

Las Vegas: Nevada is also pretty machine-like, particularly on the Democratic side of the aisle. Two-term incumbent Carolyn Goodman (D) is running again, and will likely win. Like the mayor of Chicago, she too has a fair bit of influence over the state's Congressional delegation.

Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio: Though Texas' rural areas are deep red, their cities are purple-to-blue. And so, the state's four largest cities all have Democratic mayors (even though the office is officially non-partisan in all cases). Three of the four are up this year (with Austin the exception). Assuming that all three stay in the hands of the blue team, it will be a non-story. But if the GOP flips two or three of them? There will be stories all day and night about how the Texas Republican Party is reasserting itself and getting its house in order. In other words, it's kind of the opposite of the Mississippi governor's race.

So this is what it currently looks like from Jan 27th. Undoubtedly, other races will be added to the list based on resignations and the like.

 

Interview ft. Gramps

by Agent P

 

We, the staff, needed a special way to kick off the start of the DCC Standard. What better way to do so than to interview the very hero and founder of the site, @Gramps! I shot him a private message and asked a few related, as well as unrelated questions.

1. It must take a significant amount of time, effort, and money to keep DCC running. How important is DCC to you?

Ans. DCC is pretty important. It's a good hobby project for me. Some people start a stamp collection or take a cooking class. I work on the website in my spare time. It's the people that make it worth it to me. Some of the people on DCC hadn't talked much in two or three years, and they're now talking every day. I love being a part of that story. DCC is very important to me for that reason.

 

2. Facebook is still the biggest social media website, with over 2 billion users. On the other hand, twitter is known for its "stan culture", where hoards of dedicated fans interact with each other on a daily basis. If you could choose to shut down Facebook or Twitter, such that the users of either platform entirely shifted to DCC, which would you choose?

Ans. My first instinct is to say "neither", because DCC is not a social media website -- it is a discussion board. There's an important distinction there. Twitter limits you to, what, however many characters. It's a website for short, sweet messages. On the other hand, Facebook does allow you to type long posts, and sometimes does lend itself to interesting discussion groups, but if we shifted all of Facebook's userbase over to DCC, we would have a very different, older demographic than we currently do. Twitter captures the youth that DCC embodies. So, if I had to pick one, it would be Twitter. Users would just have to learn how to have deeper conversations. @Jack, if you're reading, we'll set something up. Slide into my DMs.

3. What is the most outrageous thing you've done in your life?

Ans. I plead the fifth! This is a hard question. First things that come to mind, my lawyer might advise me not to talk about. Haha! Just kidding... Or am I? In all seriousness, most of the crazier things I've done have been alcohol fueled stunts. Hey, here's a clean one! I once drove three hours to get some hot tamales. They were delicious and worth every mile driven!

4. I think it's common knowledge now that you wish to become a diplomat. Was there any specific event in your life where you realised that being a diplomat is your true calling?

Ans. This is going to sound bizarre and maybe a little lame, but I first realized I wanted to be a diplomat after taking an online career aptitude test. I know! Lame, right? Actually, DCC probably fueled my desire to become a diplomat -- being exposed to people from all over the world. I've always been curious about other cultures, but I didn't develop such an interest in such a large number of countries until, say, 2016. If you want the full story, I would say that you should understand my current career is Computer Programming / Application Development. Ever since I was young, I was always tinkering on the computer. This hobby particularly started to consume wide amounts of my time when I was about 11. I joined my first message board, and ever since, I've been addicted to them. I fell in love with technology because it allowed me to talk to so many diverse types of people.

It took me a long time to realize that it was the people I loved, not the technology. Growing up, it was always assumed by friends and family that I would become a computer programmer. I was good at it, and as far as they could tell, I enjoyed it. And I did. But I specifically enjoyed it when my work was going to be seen -- when there was a social aspect to it. I finally realized that midway through my Bachelors Degree, years later, when I realized during an Operating Systems class that the actual science of computers -- algorithms and binary code and memory storage -- bothered me terribly. That's not to say all coding bored me. I still greatly enjoy Web Development. However; there were other passions that beckoned to me. Since high school, I had developed a love for politics and history.

I also love cultures and linguistics and a bunch of other subjects that would make me a good diplomat. I'm a natural extrovert. I'm a strategist who thinks broadly and doesn't get bogged down in specifics. I have a little knowledge in a lot of subjects. All these things are typical qualities in a diplomat. So, seeing the result on a career aptitude test that I took in the middle of a grueling internship made a particular amount of sense to me. In some ways, it was something that should have been obvious from the first time I got on a message board and interacted with people very different from anyone I had ever interacted with. It's something I've been doing most of my life now.

5. What is one quality you wish was more prevalent among the members of DCC?

Ans. This is another hard question to answer, because I don't want to offend anyone. I greatly value our members and everything they do. That being said, I hope to expand people's curiosity about subjects. I don't want to make DCC boring -- like you're stuck in school even after you're done with school -- but I do want it to make a place for people to discuss their interests. I'd love to see people posting more, especially in areas like the music forum or the hall of scholars forum. So, I guess the answer is curiosity, and I hope to provide the vehicle for that curiosity.

On that note, the interview has ended. Take from it what you will – I know I thoroughly enjoyed reading Kaleb’s (@Gramps) responses; they were succinct yet insightful.

Comic Review - Young Justice

by Ferbbat101

 

Well hello fellow Comic Nerds. It is I Ferb, a newer member of DCC. I figured if I’d do anything for this newsletter, it would be to review a comic, give some information and share my thoughts on them. This month we have Young Justice #1 written by Brian Bendis. Illustrated by Patrick Gleason and colored by Alejandro Sanchez. If you’ve recognized the writer that’s because he is recently known for writing Miles Morales’ Spiderman for Marvel that is before he left to take his talents to DC. He made his debut by writing a story in Action Comics 1000th issue and then brought forth a mini series titled “Man of Steel” and that finally takes us to our topic today. Mr. Bendis has joined the sub-brand titled Wonder Comics, their goal is to create teen-focused comics. Young Justice is the first to debut this brand but other comics include Naomi written by David Walker and Bendis himself and drawn by Jamal Campbell, Wonder Twins written by Mark Russell and illustrated by Stephen Byrne, and lastly Dial H for Hero written by Sam Humphries and illustrated by Joe Quinones.

But we’re here for Young Justice, aren’t we? Well let me give you a tidbit of information. Young Justice first started in 1998 and the creative team that formed the team that we know and love were Todd DeZago as writer plus Todd Nauck and Larry Stucker as artists. This team was initially formed because of the Teen Titans growing up and taking the Teen out of their name. So this team filled the teenage demographic need per say. The Interesting thing about this was that the first couple of series ended in 2003 and if my research is correct the Young Justice comic never came back on the shelves for a new volume or series until this year making it sixteen long years since we’ve seen any young justice content….excluding the show of course.

For our cast we have Four recurring characters; Tim Drake, Wonder Girl, Impulse and Superboy. But we have some new characters brought into the fold as well. We have Jinny Hex the great great great granddaughter of Jonah Hex, Teenage Lantern, and Amethyst princess of Gemworld.

The comic begins with a man talking to a Lord Opal. He begins speaking of the Earth Crises stating that they’ve been affected all seven times due to their occurences. did I mention that this comic is involved with the new crisis storyline? No? Well there ya go. The story then shifts to Jinny Hex who’s moving to Metropolis. It looks like her and Robin almost get into a wreck and then she immediately gets flagged down by a cop for a busted tail light and then gets hassled by the cop by the gun she has in her truck. She’s told to get out and to explain what’s under the tarp in the bed of her truck. After not being specific and explains she’s just trying to find someone who can help her like Superman that’s when a freaking portal opens up in the sky and twelve warriors drop out requesting Superman. The Police come and immediately gets sidelined and Jinny begins to fight back while Robin finally hops in. One of the warriors of the Twelve Kingdoms of GemWorld asks if that’s superman. Apparently they don’t know what Supes looks like. We get a four minute flashback sequence of Robin bumping into our gal Cassie aka Wonder Girl and when things get out of control she refuses to help while Robin gets changed making it seem like she might have some issues going on. Back to the present Robin kicks some butt but some cops are about to get slaughtered until Impulse comes in and takes to a safer spot that being a kids playground. The next 4 panels show him engulfed in his ADHD saving four people while Jinny and Robin are in the air beating down on one of the Warriors. We then cut to Robin realizing that Jinny is using a gun and asks if she has anything less lethal because yeah these god like champions are destroying metropolis but let’s not use lethal weapons when thousands are in peril. Meanwhile Wonder Girl’s crying but has convinced herself to do something. She saves Robin and beats the Hawk-Man wannabe into the ground but is then blasted to the ground but is caught by a huge green Baseball mitt. She goes “Green Lantern?!” but the person replies “Well, Kinda Sorta.” She says her names Teenage Lantern and that she’s new.  Meanwhile Jinny pulls the tarp out and it reveals a chest. And then we got Bart aka Impulse running past Robin screaming It’s Happening with one puppy in his hair, two in his one arm, two snakes wrapped around his arm, and a turtle in his hand with a crab on that turles chest. Yeah I don’t know either. I’d assume he has at least some information on these events since he’s from the future and he probably saved animals from a pet shop or something. Jinny pulls out a laser gun thing from the chest. We get a cool page with each character in a rectangle like panel of their own. Jinny assumes Impulse means they’re being invaded but he says “No! Us! We! Duh…” we get a big two page panel with Impulse on his knees screaming “Young Justice is back!!!” with the rest of the cast above him and next to him. You scream your heart out Bart. the warriors begin to retreat with Impulse yelling “YOUNG JUSTICE ASSEMBLE” with a lot of confusion from Jinny which he just yells “YOUNG JUSTICE UNITED” in response. Robin apologizes, Wonder Girl isn’t in agreement to it, and Teenage Lantern asks if she’s included cause she’ll change her name if so. With Jinny in her truck and the rest of the team next alongside her they chase after the warriors. Impulse says “This is exactly how things like this happen. A need is met.” In which Robin replies “You’re crazy!!” and then “Not without Connor!” in which Impulse manages to get out “Now You’re Talki” and then followed by screaming. At this point everything begins exploding and crackling. The team is now presumably on Gemworld and are separated. Robin wakes up with a sword in his face. He is met by Amethyst who asks what he’s doing in the house of Amethyst. Bart wakes up in another location and makes a Horton hears a who reference and is about to run when he hears his name. “You?!?” he yells. We are then introduced to Edgyboy I mean Superboy. He asks how Bart got there which Bart replies with “That is a very good question and I promise I’ll answer it as soon as you tell me how!” Superboy says “How What?” and Bart says to end the comic “How did you grow a Beard?” aliens have Puberty too Bart. Don’t worry you’ll get there.

So that was a summary on the comic now for my thoughts.

It took me awhile to actually pick the comic up and I set it down a few times during the read. It didn’t really pull me in at first but I did enjoy the dialogues and action scenes. The art was fantastic really. The only thing I noticed was that when Impulse first appeared it was a little cartoony. Perhaps that’s kind of the style they use for him but after that he looked like how everyone else looked. Maybe I’m seeing things I don’t know. In terms of the character choices, it’ll be interesting to see what Bendis has instore for the newer characters backstories. That being Jinny Hex, Teenage Lantern, and Amethyst. We’ve seen Amethyst before but I’m intrigued to see what this newer design of her fully looks and what her story could be. I feel the dialogues between the four recurring characters will be impactful and it should be. The way Bart went to embrace Connor was amazing and I feel they can top it off and give their readers a sob fest when Connor is reunited with Tim and Cassie. I also like the design for Superboy, the beard is great, the hair is edgy, his jacket and pants make him look like he’s a biker if not an 50’s/60’s Greaser. I’m interested in this series now that I got to the end of it. I only hope the series survive past the Seven Crises storyline and make it past 13 issues because unfortunately some of the New Age of Heroes Comics are getting canceled excluding Silencer and The Terrifics. I’ll never forgive them for tossing Sideways out, that was good. I only hope Young Justice doesn’t get that fate. I’m also curious if they’ll ever cross with the other comics like Dial H, Wonder Twins, and Naomi or if any other past or new members will cross paths with them like Ray, Beast Boy, or Arrowette, or Blue Beetle. We’ll just have to wait and see for ourselves now won’t we?

Well all in all I liked the Issue and hope it continues. I’d give it a 7 out of 10 which is fairly high since I’ve read more Marvel Comics and don’t usually read DC because of the flatness in the comics but this comic surprisingly was the opposite of what I usually seen from them. I like to say that it had the Bendis touch in this one.

Well this is all from me. Thank you all for reading! I hope you enjoyed this lengthy review and I’ll catch y'all next time.

 

Thank you for reading the first issue of DCC Standard. For feedback, please private message any author. We always welcome feedback from the community.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2019 by Matt

[Gramps 2,227]

What an amazing first issue, everyone! THIS is quality journalism! I specifically told Matt when he came to me with this project that I wanted an independent newspaper that was not controlled by the staff, and that's what he has given us. Can't wait to read next month's issue!

[AJ Mysterio 1,494]

Good work guys. Every one of you did a great job! @Matt @Agent P @Ferbbat101 @IntegrationNation @MidoriJordan

I'm really looking forward to the next issue!

[Shawnic 2,977]

A very well put together piece! I must say I enjoyed reading through this and the stats in particular were very interesting. Looking forward to the future issues!

Good job everyone! Give yourselves a pat on the back from me!  

26 minutes ago, Gramps said:

I specifically told Matt when he came to me with this project that I wanted an independent newspaper that was not controlled by the staff, and that's what he has given us.

Great! (I had asked @IntegrationNation about how to join DCC Standard earlier, but I think it's best I don't join the team )

[Gramps 2,227]

Just now, Master Flap said:

Great! (I had asked @IntegrationNation about how to join DCC Standard earlier, but I think it's best I don't join the team )

To be clear, I am not barring my staff from being in the paper if they are invited by @Matt. But if you do so you are joining as an individual and not as a representative of the staff. Matt has final say on what gets published, not the staff of DCC.

[- - - 1,719]

This was a great read! Good job guys! Very informative! The DCC statistics is what stood out to me the most. It's good to see DCC's activity levels rising! All of this was detailed and it shows the amount of work you guys put into making this. 

[Shawnic 2,977]

1 minute ago, Gramps said:

To be clear, I am not barring my staff from being in the paper if they are invited by @Matt. But if you do so you are joining as an individual and not as a representative of the staff. Matt has final say on what gets published, not the staff of DCC.

Yeah, that makes sense. Therefore I think it's best not to ask the team rather be asked by the team. 

[Candy 804]

Wonderful job guys! I always enjoyed reading monthly issues so I’m glad you brought this back! Very well written and very insightful.

I particularly enjoyed reading the Global Warming section. We talked about chlorine radicals destroying our ozone layer in organic chemistry and recent studies have also shown that it’s repairing itself but there is definitely still a huge risk of exposure. It’s slow and will take years for it to repair enough damage that’s been caused. For anyone also wondering, this damage was caused by literally - hairspray (or spray cans), air conditioners and etc. (I believe in the 1980s) from chlorofluorocarbons. They banned the use of CFC and since then, apparently they’ve seen some parts of the layer repair itself. It was brutal because the substance they used was able to replicate itself and create multiple chlorine radicals which is what was destroying the ozone layer.

I believe it’s great to educate yourself about topics like these and you guys did a great job. Can’t wait till next months issue! 

Edited February 5, 2019 by Artistical

[Quack 1,568]

alright, time to read this on the couch

[Liberty 2,305]

very amazing edition! good job guys! i’m super proud of all of you

[Echo 746]

Great job guys! Love the detail and all the fresh content!

I'm a Young Justice fan so well done there @Ferbbat101 !

[Matt 589]

Thank you everyone! We appreciate your kind words! 

[David 563]

Very impressed with the quality overall. I love how you integrated some old features and sections from previous newspapers. In love with the authorship quality, and the overall informative nature of the entire project. The broad subject range made it particularly interesting, and I hope to see more from the DCC statistics section in the future!

Super glad that this project won't die with me. Excellent issue, much respect!

[Conan Edogawa 837]

Thanks, everyone, for all the kind words and compliments from all of you. We will all work tenaciously and persistently to make The Standard a continuing success.

 

Edited February 6, 2019 by IntegrationNation

[Grant 646]

Well done! An interesting read.