I've been working on a lot of Shadowrun stuff over the past few months, pulling it together and I pulled out the first issue of the Dumpshock Datahaven. When Bull moved on to Missions Coordinator it fell by the wayside. I'd like to pick it up again and put out at least 1 issue (after one I may run away screaming in horror and pass the buck to the next crazy shocker...). I'm also a bit of a realist about schedules, scope and time frames so I'd like to lay out a target date of Christmas time for publication, though I would consider a scaled back publication sooner if it all came together; Size to be determined.

So a schedule would look something like this:
09/15 - Submission ideas due
10/15 - Rough drafts & sketches due
11/01 - Initial layout formulated;
11/15 - Final drafts and images due; Fillers identified
12/01 - Fillers due
12/07 - Final review
12/15 - Publish

So that brings me to submissions: Fiction, articles, art, faux advertizing. Send them to redjack (at) dumpshock.com

I'd love to snag the original issue, but the ling in the important links sticky just takes you to the Dumpshock main page. Searching on either site doesn't turn up anything either. Can you help me out? I have a few article ideas, but I really prefer to look at past work first to get an idea of how things were done.

I fixed the Dumpshock Datahaven Site. It is just a download link for now, but I am also open to getting updated code for a website.... {hint}

Also, no offense to Bull, but I have a little more experience with layout so I'll be updating that.

Thanks! I'll give it a peruse and get back to you.

I sent in my piece, IIRC.

I do not have any of the unpublished submissions from round #1. Bull - Are those still filed away?

bull may not have any but i have a few from various people because i was working on getting out an issue 2 and kinda got railroaded by real life. if you want them PM me an email and i will forward them to you with the orriginal emails

if you want some help proofreading if it was never done in the first place, I'd be happy to help. I do more than look for squiggly lines

Aku - You bet. That will give me three proof-readers.

warrior_allanon - PM sent. [its redjack (at) dumpshock.com]

All - We are now on the 1 month countdown for submissions. I would be happy to close the deadline early if I get enough submissions.

I've got a couple of vignettes I posted on DS a while back. 850 or so words each. Is this something you could use?

Yes.

I was under the impression that the DDH already had an issue 2 and 3 basically finished that stalled out. I was part of Issue 1 but wasn't invited back for the others, so my data is obviously out of date.

Bull is trying to find the submissions that were placed on the back burner for later issues, but he has not located those yet... To that end, I am still taking submissions having only received a couple to this point. I will keep to the above time line, even if it means a light issue just to keep to the schedule. Feel free to submit/resubmit as you feel appropriate.

And of course, I've switched computers by this point...

If you guys manage to find the stuff I've already submitted, you're more than welcome to use it

Starting to line out issue #2's table of contents. Looking for the following things:
1. Artwork
2. Fiction.
3. Submissions for the Black Market Column
4. Submissions for the Seattle Newsnet Scream Sheet
5. An op-ed piece

Any interest in the docs I've sent you?

Plan to spend some time with them tomorrow. Tonight however is our table-top night and there is a troll goblin-rock band looking to cause a little lot of mischief.

Would love to contribute, but am not sure how. Is there anything you would need (writing-wise) to fill in the publication?

I have received a number of scream sheet submissions and one fiction piece to date. None of the others.

In preparation for Issue #2, I have updated issue #1 with bookmarks.

RJ: if you are interested in locations/maps I would be willing contribute.

Edit: could even add an adventure framework... Sort of mini-adventure with maps.

I've got a couple ideas for the black market, and maybe a Horizon ad, I just need to get a chance to discuss the the new drugs with my resident power gamer to get his opinion, and actually make the Horizon ad, if you want in-universe ads.

Method/ggodo - Those are all great ideas. Email them to me. I'm still finalizing content for issue #2. If the adventure was in the Puyalllup Barrens, that would be a big plus.

Edit: Horizon ad is great. Any ads from underworld sources, like vendors in the Crime Mall would be fitting to the issue even more!

Maybe not fitting for this issue but I have a whole bunch of stuff related to medicine (drugs, skills, qualities, equipment, etc) that I was thinking of submitting to Catalyst as a proposal for a PDF supplement. Not sure if I have the time or will to see that through (or if there is any interest among SR players) but maybe some of that could be cannibalized into a future issue of DDH.

I'd be interested in trying to help, although I have a tendency to bite off more hobby fun than I can handle. I have some skill with graphics, but little actual artistic talent. There isn't much that I can't do with Word and Excel and could probably do advanced page layouts in other publication software if I tried. I don't have much writing skill, but am pretty anal and could probably find text errors that some might miss and often find errors in published materials. However I am a slow reader.

Among other SR related art projects, I've been working on an extensive set of useable (meaning monotone like the dumpshock.com Elmore banner) SR wallpapers for my amusement.

If the principals see a void that i might be able to fill or task that I might bolster, let me know.

Method: I might be able to work an angle into the Black Market column for that stuff.

Mistakil - Appreciate the offer. In order to maintain consistency, I already have the layouts designed and well in hand.

Did you receive my two vignettes?

Yes. I am slowly working through the several submissions.

The content for Issue #2 is pretty close to finalized.
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I. Cover: Ronin - Done
II. Table of Contents & Credits - In Progress
III. Dumpshock VPN - Done
1. Introduction - Done
2. Fiction: Duality - Done
3. Hacker's Node - Done
4. Prime Runners
- Ronin - In Progress
5. Alternate Rules for Miniatures - In Progress
6. The Scan: Focus Puyallup Barrens
- 1. Introduction - TBD
- 2. Maps - Done
- 3. Scream Sheet - TBD
- 4. Black Market - TBD
- 5. Points of Interest - TBD
- 6. Gangs - TBD
- 7. Contacts - TBD
7. Fiction: TBD
8. Review of JackPoint's This Old Drone - In Progress
9. Interview with Mission Coordinator - In Progress
10. Dumpshocked - In Progress
11. Last Word - In Progress
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That said, I still have the submissions to date and may slip some of those in or save them back for a possible 3rd issue. Squinky is working on some drawings and I have some renders, ads and a new Dumpshock Datahaven VPN interface.

So what exactly am I looking for to complete issue #2?
Fiction, Scream Sheet News, Black Market, Points of Interest, Gangs & Contacts specific to the Puyallup Barrens, Seattle. We also could use more artwork.

What are you going to do with stuff submitted that doesn't make issue #2?
Hold back and try to build up enough material to build a "The Scan" column for elsewhere.

What happens when everything shows done?
Then the issue goes to the proof readers. Once they are done, we publish.

Seems like a lot of work already done? Will it still take until December?
Maybe not. I'd sure like to publish early.

i think i once sent in a location named The Hole . . is that still around somewhere? O.o
if not, i could try and dig it up, maybe make it a bit more pretty, if i have the time even try and do a map of it . . probably in ms paint tough <.<

I don't have any material that wasn't directly submitted to me.

hng, then i will have to sift through my . . oh by the gods, 15TB of HDD's to find it and add some polish x.x

Slow week as I was traveling for work this week so no more sections completed.

Still looking for a good piece of fiction, preferably from the Puyallup Barrens (to fit the theme).

I've pinned a status tracking thread *HERE*

I have a second fiction I am reading today and a second artist is providing one or more pieces of art (Yeah!!). I have several submissions to review that may fit in the "Black Market" column and several other submissions that may work in future issues (should they ever be created).

I am still looking for Puyallup Barrens specific submissions at this time.

RJ: working on the write up for my submission, which is coming along nicely. But I need shadowtalkers and want to use some of our newly Dumpshocked. Any ETA on when you might have a list with profiles?

Actually, you make a good point. I think I will publish a sneak preview with the Shadow Talkers. I'll try to get that up today.

Stahl i have a copy of that and am sending it along with just about everything people sent me to redjack, but i'm gonna have to list titles and people claim them because i lost the emails

Ok, I posted the current Dumpshocked Shadow Talkers to the DDH website. If you are a Dumpshocked member who has posted/submitted a profile and I missed you, please let me know. It has been a crazy few weeks.

Do you guys realized the number of smart-asses shadowtalkers in the list. Each conversation will be a small-scale fight

And that's different from the usual how? O.o

Touché!

It's only a small-scale fight and not an engagement on division scale

But it looks like I was not the only one who was like "hmmm, what's particularly noteworthy about the character's conversation style" and came up with nothing else than how he tends to confront people...

Hey, If this is about Puyallup you should talk to the guy who wrote the Shadow Skool Story.

When I see him online, I'll poke him.

Uh?
Wha?

*Rubs sleep from his eyes*

Sorry guys I was in cryogenic suspension.

What's happening?

I had to use the three metre cattle prod to poke him.

DDH's second issue has a Puyallup focus, They're looking for fiction and I thought of The Shadow Skool. It was quite simple.

Ahh.
OK. Yeah I can do something specific for this.

No pressure, I just thought it'd be something to feature, and you were the guy who really solidified it, so I thought I'd see what you thought about using it in some capacity.