Portlands Derby Teams / Discussion

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ch00bakka 12 Sep 2018 21:26

The seed of this idea was, as with everything I write now, a joke in the Third Law chatroom. This was originally supposed to be a collab between Taffeta and me but I wrote like 75% of it all in one go and there was nothing left to collab on. GreenWolf, Taffeta, TyGently, NineVolt and A Random Day all helped out with ideas and crit. And it's tagged as goi-format, not tale, because I have at least one more of these in the pipeline and consistency is key.

If you want to write one of these for yourself...

First you're gonna want this bad boy at the top of the page. It has the fonts and it hides the page title.

 [[module css]]
@import url('http://www.scp-wiki.net/component:3lawtheme/code/1');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cinzel');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Anton');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Pinyon+Script');
#page-title { display: none; }

/*
    The Anton font was created by Vernon Adams and is licensed under the Open Font License
    The Cinzel font was created by Natanael Gama and is licensed under the Open Font License
    The Pinyon Script font was created by Nicole Fally and is licensed under the Open Font License
*/
[[/module]]

Then the rating module, and after that this sexy, sexy header:

[[div style="text-align: center"]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family: 'Cinzel'; font-size: 450%; margin: 2px 0 5px;"]]
Deer College Odyssey
[[/div]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family: 'PinyonScriptRegular'; font-size: 250%; margin: 2px 0 5px;"]]
The Buck Stops Here
[[/div]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 125%; border-top-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid;"]]
[[table style="border: none; width: 100%;"]]
[[row]]
[[cell]]
THREE PORTLANDS
[[/cell]]
[cell style="text-align: center;"]]
DAY, MONTH ##, YEAR
[[/cell]]
[[cell style="text-align: right;"]]
A JOKE PRICE - IT'S FREE
[[/cell]]
[[/row]]
[[/table]]
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

Then your title (and optional subtitle), which should be the Anton font in whatever size fits nicely across the page, followed by your author's name and their Void handle (it's wizard twitter).

[[div style="text-align: center"]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family: 'Anton'; font-size: 575%; margin: 2px 0 5px;"]]
A GOOD ARTICLE FORMAT
[[/div]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family: 'Anton'; font-size: 380%; margin: 2px 0 5px;"]]
INNOVATIVE AND WHOLLY UNPRECEDENTED
[[/div]]
[[div class="unmargined" style="font-family:serif; font-size:120%;"]]
//by Funny Name (⁂ch00bakka)//
[[/div]]
[[/div]]

The rest of the article should be justified with one of these

[[div style="text-align:justify;"]]
Article text goes here
[[/div]]

And subheadings should be in centered Anton like the title, although a smaller font size.

Last edited on 25 Sep 2018 18:30 by ch00bakka Show more

GreenWolf 12 Sep 2018 22:00

This is Portlands. Hats off to you for once again writing an incredible article that manages to fully capture the unique tone and feel of 3Ports.

Uncle Nicolini 12 Sep 2018 22:03

I'm so happy to have gotten into TLW and Portlands, this is some damn good stuff.

NatVoltaic 12 Sep 2018 22:08

I love this a lot, that's just ignoring how much I appreciate the appearance of Val Dell in it. Hats off for nailing the worldbuilding and the Three Portlands vibe.

+1

Modern_Erasmus 13 Sep 2018 00:43

This is absolutely brilliant, and brings back good memories of reading the satirical campus newspaper when I was in college. I think my favorite part of this whole article is the subtle implication that Art Garfunkel has an illegitimate daughter who became a wizard… which is the kind of sentence that could only make sense on SCP.

TheHouseOfBalloons 13 Sep 2018 00:44

Honestly, these 3ports stuff reminds me of WTNV in the best way possible.

This is without a doubt the stupidest article I have ever read

LuckyManJohn 23 Sep 2018 18:27

And its fucking great +1

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This has been an official Lucky Co. post

DrAnnoyingDog 30 Oct 2018 17:23

"Every Sport In Which There Is No Rule That Says A Dog Can't Play It Ranked By How Many Dogs Have Played It Professionally"

+1

Avett 06 Jul 2019 15:05

I'm not previously familiar with the canon here and happened across this purely by chance, but I'm breaking a years-long lurk streak to say that this is fantastic and, somehow, absolutely nails roller derby. I KNOW someone who tried to attach spurs to their skates. +1

Gentleman Thief 10 Jul 2019 12:30

I usually wait until I finish reading something before giving it an upvote, but the opening paragraph alone was enough to get my +1, and the rest of this only served to reinforce that decision.

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