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The Sundance Kid

2008-01-01T00:59:51Z

78.150.44.136: New page: The Sundance Kid joined TWC in the summer of 2005, but did not begin participating in earnest until early 2007. It is due to this that many view him as a fairly recent member, yet he has w...

The Sundance Kid joined TWC in the summer of 2005, but did not begin participating in earnest until early 2007. It is due to this that many view him as a fairly recent member, yet he has witnessed many of the TWC upheavals from the sidelines, as it were. He was, for a brief period, a librarian at the TWC Scriptorium and remains a content writer for the Helios publication, reporting on the Universitas Ludus Olympus, or sports and activites, section.

The Sundance Kid is a light-hearted member who doesn't often get 'stuck-in' in the Political Mudpit, but has posted multiple times in the Ethos, Mores, et Monastica forums and more often the Thema Devia. He was made a citizen on the 28th August 2007 for his contributions to the site. He was patronised by Annaeus.

He changed his name to that of the famous outlaw, The Sundance Kid, from 'Melboy', at exactly midnight on December 31st 2007. Purely for dramatic effect.

[[Category:People]]

Melboy

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Helios

2007-12-31T16:18:42Z

78.150.44.136: /* Sun too Big */

[[image:helios.jpg|right|thumb|535px|The current Helios logo]]
== Overview ==
The Helios is a publication of the [[Total War Center]] forums reporting on the various non-TW related activities of the forums, though in the past it has carried advertisements for the [[University]]. The publication is also characterised by being TWC's second oldest publication, first having been brought out December 2005 [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40459[1]], and by being one of the most broken-up in terms of its publication history, having taken several hiatuses and gone through a long series of editors. It is currently released approximately every fortnight.

==History==
In fact, the editorial history alone is worthy of note due to the great names involved; begun by [[imb39]], [[Kscott]] and [[Grimsta]], it then fell to [[Grimsta]] alone to edit the Helios. After a period a hiatus begun, sparked off by the Helios Political Issue (outlined below) and when it restarted, [[King Henry V]] was editing it. After a happy period as editor, bringing in a variety of innovations in style, he resigned in favour of [[Saint-Germain]]. However, on the retirement of Saint-Germain, the Helios fell into abeyance with no replacement editor until [[Justinian]], during his long period as Republican Consul, restarted it and added innovations of his own, including the contents (a forerunner of that in use in the present Helios), before finally stepping aside in favour of [[Tom Paine]], who edits it to this day.

The Helios style has changed greatly; the original Helioi were written by the editors alone, and got very involved in politics. This ended with the Helios Political Issue, and since then the Helios has not only been less involved in politics but has also hired reporters in order to put in an extra layer of protection, a practice continued to this day.

== Contributors ==
'''Editor:'''
*[[Tom Paine]]

'''Reporters:'''
*[[Annaeus]] (Coliseum)
*[[Feliks]] (Athenaeum)
*[[Freddie]] (Basement)
*[[Melboy]] (Ludus)
*[[Scorch]] (Vestigia Vetustatis, TWC Wiki)
*[[Seneca]] (Political Mudpit, Political Academy, Ethos Mores et Monastica)
*[[Shaun]] (Thema Devia)

'''Editorialists'''
*[[the Black Prince]]
*[[Grimsta]]
*[[Lord Rahl]]
*[[Oldgamer]]

== Editions ==
==='''[[:Category:The Helios|The Helios]]'''===
'''Released Editions:'''
*[[Issue One]] *[[Issue Two]]
*[[Issue Three]] *[[Issue Four]]
*[[Issue Five]] *[[Issue Six]]
*[[Issue Seven]] *[[Issue Eight]]
*[[Issue Nine]] *[[Issue Ten]]
*[[Issue Eleven]] *[[Issue Twelve]]
*[[Issue Thirteen]] *[[Issue Fourteen]]
*[[Issue Fifteen]] *[[Issue Sixteen]]
*[[Issue Seventeen]]

The current series of Helioi has so far run for 17 issues, approximately fortnightly, usually late; the number of previous editions is, however, rather large and noteworthy in and of itself, and should not be forgotten, locatable as they are in the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=246 Archives]

== Controversy ==
[[GrimSta]]'s political Helios edition was written in January 2006. It was an article featuring an interview with [[Belisarius]] which included a large attack on [[Simetrical]]. [[Simetrical]] Posted a reply, and things soon escalated as a group of members led by [[Belisarius]] pushed for [[Simetrical]]'s resignation from staff and as [[Curator|Pro-Curator]]. This failed as most [[Citizen]]s voted in support of Simetrical. some now believe the whole incident was started by Belisarius for his own ends.

=== Sun too Big ===
The Helios banner contains an image of the sun which is obviously far too large. This inherently fraudulent depiction has been controversial with several members.

Some have theorised that it is in fact the explosion caused by Doctor Octavian's fusion reactor at the end of Spiderman 2, and not the sun at all, but this has never been backed up with any real evidence, most likely as Both Octavian and the reactor were lost in the explosion, and Spiderman has as yet refused to comment.

== See Also ==
*[[Total War Center|The Total War Center]]
**[[Podcast|The TWC Podcasts]]
**[[Eagle Standard|The Eagle Standard]]
**[[General Suns Tent|General Sun's Tent]]
**[[Scriptorium|The Scriptorium]]

== External Links ==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=122 The Helios on TWC]

[[Category:Total War Center Forums]]
[[Category:Total War Center Publications]]
[[Category:The Helios]]

Helios

2007-12-31T16:18:13Z

78.150.44.136: /* Sun too Big */

[[image:helios.jpg|right|thumb|535px|The current Helios logo]]
== Overview ==
The Helios is a publication of the [[Total War Center]] forums reporting on the various non-TW related activities of the forums, though in the past it has carried advertisements for the [[University]]. The publication is also characterised by being TWC's second oldest publication, first having been brought out December 2005 [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40459[1]], and by being one of the most broken-up in terms of its publication history, having taken several hiatuses and gone through a long series of editors. It is currently released approximately every fortnight.

==History==
In fact, the editorial history alone is worthy of note due to the great names involved; begun by [[imb39]], [[Kscott]] and [[Grimsta]], it then fell to [[Grimsta]] alone to edit the Helios. After a period a hiatus begun, sparked off by the Helios Political Issue (outlined below) and when it restarted, [[King Henry V]] was editing it. After a happy period as editor, bringing in a variety of innovations in style, he resigned in favour of [[Saint-Germain]]. However, on the retirement of Saint-Germain, the Helios fell into abeyance with no replacement editor until [[Justinian]], during his long period as Republican Consul, restarted it and added innovations of his own, including the contents (a forerunner of that in use in the present Helios), before finally stepping aside in favour of [[Tom Paine]], who edits it to this day.

The Helios style has changed greatly; the original Helioi were written by the editors alone, and got very involved in politics. This ended with the Helios Political Issue, and since then the Helios has not only been less involved in politics but has also hired reporters in order to put in an extra layer of protection, a practice continued to this day.

== Contributors ==
'''Editor:'''
*[[Tom Paine]]

'''Reporters:'''
*[[Annaeus]] (Coliseum)
*[[Feliks]] (Athenaeum)
*[[Freddie]] (Basement)
*[[Melboy]] (Ludus)
*[[Scorch]] (Vestigia Vetustatis, TWC Wiki)
*[[Seneca]] (Political Mudpit, Political Academy, Ethos Mores et Monastica)
*[[Shaun]] (Thema Devia)

'''Editorialists'''
*[[the Black Prince]]
*[[Grimsta]]
*[[Lord Rahl]]
*[[Oldgamer]]

== Editions ==
==='''[[:Category:The Helios|The Helios]]'''===
'''Released Editions:'''
*[[Issue One]] *[[Issue Two]]
*[[Issue Three]] *[[Issue Four]]
*[[Issue Five]] *[[Issue Six]]
*[[Issue Seven]] *[[Issue Eight]]
*[[Issue Nine]] *[[Issue Ten]]
*[[Issue Eleven]] *[[Issue Twelve]]
*[[Issue Thirteen]] *[[Issue Fourteen]]
*[[Issue Fifteen]] *[[Issue Sixteen]]
*[[Issue Seventeen]]

The current series of Helioi has so far run for 17 issues, approximately fortnightly, usually late; the number of previous editions is, however, rather large and noteworthy in and of itself, and should not be forgotten, locatable as they are in the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=246 Archives]

== Controversy ==
[[GrimSta]]'s political Helios edition was written in January 2006. It was an article featuring an interview with [[Belisarius]] which included a large attack on [[Simetrical]]. [[Simetrical]] Posted a reply, and things soon escalated as a group of members led by [[Belisarius]] pushed for [[Simetrical]]'s resignation from staff and as [[Curator|Pro-Curator]]. This failed as most [[Citizen]]s voted in support of Simetrical. some now believe the whole incident was started by Belisarius for his own ends.

=== Sun too Big ===
The Helios banner contains an image of the sun which is obviously far too large. This inherently fraudulent depiction has been controversial with several members.

Some have theorised that it is in fact the explosion caused by Doctor Octavian's fusion reactor at the end of Spiderman 2, but this has never been backed up with any real evidence, most likely as Both Octavian and the reactor were lost in the explosion, and Spiderman has as yet refused to comment.

== See Also ==
*[[Total War Center|The Total War Center]]
**[[Podcast|The TWC Podcasts]]
**[[Eagle Standard|The Eagle Standard]]
**[[General Suns Tent|General Sun's Tent]]
**[[Scriptorium|The Scriptorium]]

== External Links ==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=122 The Helios on TWC]

[[Category:Total War Center Forums]]
[[Category:Total War Center Publications]]
[[Category:The Helios]]