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Today's Fresh Blogs...| What Women Bring to Raiding: Drama |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 10:53 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Girl Problems In Video Games, Guilds, Raiding, Sexual Politics, Video Games Gender Issues |
| believes that mixed gender guilds don’t quite work as well as single-sex guilds. O’Callahan does a fair job of trying to sound neutral about the issue, and even tries to make it about the whole concept of men and women coming together in a romantic bond as being problematic, not just having women there in and of themselves. But |
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| Blizzard Disbands Exteme Erotic Guild |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 2:39 am |
| Tags: Blizzard, World Of Warcraft, Abhorrent, Bottom Line, Breaking Rules, Deplorable, Digg, Disciplinary Action, Disregard, Freedom Of Speech, Guilds, Irl, Negative Publicity, Ousted, Pedophiles, Pervertedjustice, Ravenholdt, Role Playing, Sexual Behavior, Taboo, Welcome Statemen |
| on one of the more notorious guilds around. Abhorrent Taboo, the group that was ousted, is well known for their complete disregard for rules and structure. Their welcome statement was a fairly arrogant one and probably gave Blizzard more motivation to do something about it. Their welcome statement follows: “Role-playing is legal. Even |
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| Guild Wars State of the Game Splits: Part Three |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 4:38 pm |
| Tags: Guild Wars, Computer, Game Companies, Arenanet, Guild Wars, Guilds, Split Tactics, Splits, State Of The Game |
| goods on how each of these guilds coordinates split attacks, read the full article on the Guild Wars website. ---Related Articles at Gaming Today:Guild Wars State of the Game: SplitsGuild Wars State of the Game: The Secondary ProfessionGuild Wars: State of the GameGuild Wars: Eye of the North Goes LiveNCsoft Hits the 4 Million Mark with Guild |
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| Results From WGA Strike Vote Delayed |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 6:14 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations |
| I'm told that, due to "unexpectedly high turnout", today's 3 pm official announcement of the results of the WGA's strike authorization vote has been delayed for several hours. (Why do I have this feeling that the WGA negotiating committee has rushed out to Forest Lawn to collect the ballots of dead writers...?) Look, all we're going to learn is |
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| WGA Authorized To Strike ... As Expected |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 2:38 am |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| That's what members in the know are telling me. But the vote totals won't be officially announced until Friday at 3 pm. Here's some timing news, according to what I've heard: The WGA negotiators newly armed with a strike authorization won't necessarily call for a walkout right after their 3-year contract with the studios and networks expires |
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| Wow, The WGA's Paranoia Just Worsened |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 6:52 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Internet, Producers, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Blogs |
| Maybe screenwriter/director Craig Mazin (Scary Movie 3 & 4) of the WGA-bashing website ArtfulWriter.com has seen one too many horror pics. He's claiming today that the guild members' strike authorization votes are not private, and the way the voting is taking place is not kosher, either. These are quite explosive allegations, and I don't |
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| Vote Is In For WGA East: Over 90% "Yes" |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 7:23 pm |
| Tags: Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| I'll have updates and then a writethru when the results from the WGA West come in tonight. As I reported last night, the strike authorization "Yes" vote has decreed a walkout that will bring Hollywood to its knees when it happens. All that is left to be determined is the percentages by which the Writer's Guild of America members wanted the labor |
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| Latest Writers Strike News: Just Show Up! |
| Published: October 23, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Big Media, Hollywood, Studios, Movies, Producers, Moguls, Writers, Networks, Guilds, Labor Relations, Scripts |
| UPDATED: I'm told Nick Counter, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, wants ALL of the negotiating committee members at tomorrow's Thursday's 10 am session, no matter what. (Today's and then Wednesday's sessions were cancelled because AMPTP wanted time to caucus.) That's leading the Writers Guild of America side to think |
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| 12:01 AM: Writers Contract Has Expired |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 3:12 am |
| Tags: Big Media, Dvds, Digital, Distribution, Guilds, Hollywood, Internet, Moguls, Movies, Networks, Producers, Scripts, Studios, Tech, Writers |
| "Box Up Personal Items When You Leave Work Thursday": WGA's Strike Checklist New WGA Proposal Included Movement On DVDs, New Media, Jurisdiction Issues IATSE Sends Warning Memo To Members URGENT: Talks Come To An Abrupt Halt; Thursday's WGA Meeting A Strike Call? DHD UPDATE: Strike Comments Starting! WGA Fingers Agents "Lying" To Writers Update: |
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| Agency Holds Week's Pay Due To Strike |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 8:41 am |
| Tags: Agents, Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations |
| I'm told a major tenpercentery's Human Resources department has informed all employees, including agents, that the company would be "withholding" a week of everyone's pay. Assistants especially were in an uproar over this because "we get paid little enough as it is. Agents make enough money to deal with this, but most assistants live paycheck |
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| URGENT! Hollywood Writers Strike Called; Timing Announcement To Come Friday; Actors Agree To Walk WGA Picket Lines; AMPTP 'Ready To Meet This Weekend' |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 8:37 pm |
| Tags: Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations, Moguls, Movies, Networks, Producers, Scripts, Studios, Writers |
| LIVE-BLOGGING: I just heard from a source attending tonight's Writers Guild Of America general membership meeting that the exact timing of the writers strike will be decided tomorrow, then announced in the afternoon. In response, the producers' rep Nick Counter said, "By the WGA leadership's actions at the bargaining table, we are not surprised |
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| Agent Ari Butts Into Strike Ass-Backward |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 6:05 pm |
| Tags: Agents, Guilds, Hollywood, Labor Relations, Movies, Networks, Producers, Scripts, Studios, Writers |
| Of course, Endeavor co-founding partner Ari Emanuel couldn't keep quiet about the looming writers strike. But while most of the top agencies sound determined to stick by their WGA members' side, Ari throws them under the bus. Not to mention quotes from AMPTP's playbook. (And here I thought it was primarily CAA that was repping the studios and the |
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| Could Strike Clouds Be Parting With Whispers Of A DGA Deal? |
| Published: January 15, 2008, 2:00 pm |
| Tags: Dga, Director Dealwatch, Guilds, Hollywood Strikewatch, Wga |
| A rumor posted on unitedhollywood.com, and substantiated by an article in Variety, suggests the DGA is on the verge of having reached a deal with the AMPTP, if not having done so already. What this means for the WGA isn't entirely clear: United Hollywood cautions that "everyone stay calm," and give WGA negotiators an opportunity to "analyze the |
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| AFTRA Announces Tentative Agreement On Network TV Code; Claims "Major Milestone" And "Substantial Gains" |
| Published: March 9, 2008, 11:46 pm |
| Tags: Actors, Guilds, Hollywood |
| LOS ANGELES (March 9, 2008) - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), the national labor union of 70,000 actors, singers, dancers, announcers, and other broadcast talent, has reached a tentative agreement with the four major television networks and producers on the Network Code, which is subject to AFTRA National Board |
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