conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Either you lay back while others twist the truth, or do something about it.
   
  Not so long ago the link between world-wide events and the people was provided by newspapers. Now, you are one of them.
   
  Each player ‘plays’ a newspaper, and writes articles over news-items. The items are given as challenges, where each player may give their version of the story. The facts of the previous moves stand. Their interpretation, well…
   
  The setting is contemporary and realistic, yet purely fictional. No Prumt vs. Tonclin, but presidential candidates and elections will most likely be there. No actual magic or aliens as well, though “Yoga Master wins Nobel Prize for Curing Cancer” or “Aliens Abduct President” might be read. If everyone agrees than it must be true.
  
  The idea is to capture the tone of your favourite (or least favourite) newspaper, and think ‘what could they have said?’.  Go ‘light’ on the heavy topics, and ‘hard’ on the lighter topics; expect fierce debates about how long it takes for the firebrigade to get that cat out of the tree. Genuine political or ethical debates do not belong here, bold letters and bolder statements do.
  
  What do you say about lying economists, washed-up submarines, nation-scale catastrophes, and exceptionally dumb remarks by politicians? Are you a patriotic propaganda machine, the Voice of the People, lifestyle & human interest or the simple truth over breakfast with a page-3 girl? Are you a New York Times, a Daily Mirror, a National Inquirer or a Pravda?
  
  This game is a copy of https://storium.com/game/the-truth/act-1/scene-1, but this time with a single narrator, and three scenes only.
  
  Aimed as beginner game or beginner-friendly, but others are free to join as well. 
  
  (image from bgfons.com)
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have obviously done your research, and have the facts to tell the story in a comprehensive way
conversations.prefix: Factual:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Finally some good news, amidst all the cynicism and criticism.
conversations.prefix: Here comes the Sun:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Money makes the world go round, and it just started spinning a bit faster.
conversations.prefix: Rich:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You tell a clear and straight story
conversations.prefix: Clear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You miss some important things by reducing everything to data 
conversations.prefix: Cold Numbers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You prefer the term 'assertive', either way, you don't mind showing some muscle
conversations.prefix: Aggressive :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't let facts get in the way of the Truth
conversations.prefix: Bulldozer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oh my god. Oh my god. This is going wrong. Oh my god.
conversations.prefix: Panic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You write for the Great people of our Great country
conversations.prefix: Patriotic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is not that only rich people read you. 
  
  It's the other way round: your readers have an advantage in gaining money (or avoid losing it).
conversations.prefix: Financial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your readers are told the whole truth, not just the parts that the Powers That Be want to say.
conversations.prefix: Independent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world is more than humans living in cities.
conversations.prefix: Environmental:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An Arborean submarine has been found on the beach. What has gone wrong and what was it doing there in the first place?
  
  (image from flickr.com)
conversations.prefix: News: Washed-up submarine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A rising start within the Purple party, he is getting important enough for the national news.
  Any good?
  
  (Image from iphotostock.com)
conversations.prefix: Politics: Purple star:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A shuffle might put him/her forward as the new leader of a major party. Certainly newsworthy.
conversations.prefix: Orange party politician:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A new phenomena has been discovered in the territorial waters, reaching a depth of 10 km. Might be worth exploring.
  
  (image from wikipedia)
conversations.prefix: Science: The Big Hole:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: And the weather for the next period is...
conversations.prefix: The Weather:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is not that only rich people read you. 
  
  It's the other way round: your readers have an advantage in gaining money (or avoid losing it).
conversations.prefix: Financial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your readers are interested in Economy, Finance and all the other important things in life
conversations.prefix: World Finance:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world is more than humans living in cities.
conversations.prefix: Environmental:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your readers are told the whole truth, not just the parts that the Powers That Be want to say.
conversations.prefix: Independent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You write for the Great people of our Great country
conversations.prefix: Patriotic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are in line with the Orange party
conversations.prefix: Favors Orange:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The owner of the Steelstone Horseshoe Factory have decided to relocate the production abroad after 250 years (image from dreamstime)
conversations.prefix: Industry: the Ol' Factory:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maria Befrasoi (72) has been complaining of the discrimination of both women and elderly people in the movie industry. (Image from topunitedgist.com, the choice is accidental)
conversations.prefix: Showbizz: the old actress:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The current forecasts imply that the government is headed for a large deficit
  
  (Image from econetlink.org)
conversations.prefix: Economy: Budget Shortage:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The owner of the Steelstone Horseshoe Factory have decided to relocate the production abroad after 250 years (image from dreamstime)
conversations.prefix: Industry: The Ol' Factory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A new phenomena has been discovered in the territorial waters, reaching a depth of 10 km. Might be worth exploring.
  
  (image from wikipedia)
conversations.prefix: Science: The Big Hole:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An Arborean submarine has been found on the beach. What has gone wrong and what was it doing there in the first place?
  
  (image from flickr.com)
conversations.prefix: News: washed up submarine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A column in The Bennett, any topic.
conversations.prefix: The Bennett Story (Cynt only):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What happens this weekend?
conversations.prefix: Festival:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Various candidates are seeking the Purple and Orange Parties' nominations for the presidency. Who will win?
conversations.prefix: Politics: The Primaries:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A prominent film and television actor has been arrested for giving minors drugs and alcohol at his lavish parties.
conversations.prefix: Entertainment: Actor Scandal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The national Sportsball Championship we just held. How'd it go?
conversations.prefix: Sports: The Championship:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An experimental surgeon wants government funds to research the feasibility of transplanting human brains into robot bodies. Good idea?
conversations.prefix: Science: Human Brain Transplantation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: MegaCorp's board of directors has forced out their long serving CEO and replaced them with a relatively unknown executive.
conversations.prefix: Business: New CEO:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Civil war has come to one of our neighboring nations. A minor conflict, or an incredibly dangerous threat?
conversations.prefix: News: Foreign Wars:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The place where it all happens. Where information streams from all over the world gather to be examined, summarised, embellished, and turned into *NEWS*.
conversations.prefix: Newsroom:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An accident in the harbour has led to a bizarre series of events. What happened, and what needs to be done to prevent this in the future?
conversations.prefix: Chain reaction disaster!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: UC navy vessels have been found and shot at within Arborea territorial waters. How should the government respond?
conversations.prefix: International incident:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The finals of the regional Sportsball championship between the Capital City Robber Barons and Breezilia’s Sultry City Goldcrests had to be interrupted because of a septuagenarian streaker running across the field. What should be done about this breach of decency?
conversations.prefix: Sports: Streaker at the sportsball regional championship:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With increasing competition from online media, traditional newspapers are ever more in red ink. Is the freedom of press at risk? The orange party candidate promises government support if elected.
conversations.prefix: Politics: subsidies for paper press:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A jaywalking man was hit by a truck in a busy intersection. He lay there for seventeen hours before a policeman tripped over him and brought him to jail for loitering.
conversations.prefix: Human interest: Empathy a Rare Commodity?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well, you can’t pay the bills from subscriptions alone, can you? 
conversations.prefix: Advertisements:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This is it. War has finally been declared on Arborea.
conversations.prefix: Global Affairs: War!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It all comes down to this. The last chance for the final Purple Party and Orange Party candidates to impress the U.C.
conversations.prefix: Politics: The Final Debate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A family was surprised when they found their goat stuck up a tree. It's as simple as that. WHAT WAS A GOAT DOING IN A TREE?
conversations.prefix: Suburban News: Goat Stuck Up Tree For An Hour:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After last week's strange and incredible chain reaction disaster, the harbour is an absolute mess.
conversations.prefix: Cleaning Up The Harbour:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: At a local primary school, students and teachers alike were surprised when it started to rain fish.
conversations.prefix: Suburban News: Rain of Fish Over School:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A famous Sportsball player was caught stealing Sportsball balls from the stadium.
conversations.prefix: Sports: Sportsball Champion Caught Stealing Balls:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The elections are over, and our new president has been announced. But who was triumphant?
conversations.prefix: Election Results: Our New President:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As countries rush to take sides in this war, one of the UC's closest allies has decided they don't like our approach and has sided with Arborea.
conversations.prefix: The War With Arborea: Taking Sides:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Our harbour, still recovering from that now two week old chain reaction disaster, has been attacked by the Arboreans.
conversations.prefix: The War On Arborea: The Battle Of The Beach:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An innocent man was framed for being an Arborean spy and executed.
conversations.prefix: The War With Arborea: 1 Angry Country:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A pop artists recently admitted that he always goes to the Ladies Room, 'because it feels more natural to me.'
conversations.prefix: Showbizz: Men's room?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A rough week for the president. Very rough.
conversations.prefix: The Presidents Woes:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Work from a famous painter has been discovered, inspired on Marco Polos travels. It is big, with numerous characters, very allegorical and err...sexually rather creative, even according to modern standards (DO NOT DESCRIBE IT)
conversations.prefix: Art: the Noodle Incident:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The final play for both candidates to get the votes they need.
  
  Tensions rise high.
conversations.prefix: Politics: the debate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The people of Scheermonkeye, an Island 1000 km off the coast with 2000 inhabitants and 30.000 seagulls, is asking to leave the UC and join the neighbouring Arborea (two km away).
conversations.prefix: The wayward colony:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Van Lek is missing still. Where is it?
conversations.prefix: The missing painting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your target audience millennials and you are motivated by what will grab their attention and generate the most online traffic - although you do print a zine once a month on recycled paper that you can only find in the bathroom of your local micro brewery. 
conversations.prefix: Youth Culture:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your delivery of the news always has a bit of humour to ease the pain of reality.
conversations.prefix: Humour News:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: - - -
conversations.prefix: Laughter is the Best Medicine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Others have difficulty taking the newspaper seriously because of it's tone
conversations.prefix: Why So Serious?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Times are Rough and a bit of levity is needed to help with the hard-hitting news
conversations.prefix: Lighten the Load:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some people are simply too simplistic or too stupid to understand the deep thoughts printed in every edition of The Iconoclast. That is their own loss.
conversations.prefix: Pretentious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone has to get the populace whipped up. Might as well be us. 
conversations.prefix: Alarmist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Our readers know what they like, and that's mostly being told what they already think. 
conversations.prefix: Confirmation Bias:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are facts we like and facts we don't. Everyone seems to understand that, except perhaps for our readers. 
conversations.prefix: Fact-Selective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your readers are interested in the injust treatment of women in the workforce, at home, and more... But don't forget to check the back page for the Cheesecake Recipe of the Month!
conversations.prefix: Gender Equality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After years of researching the most famous speeches by women and getting fired up about the issues, you know how to inspire your readers to action! Or at least tears.
conversations.prefix: Inspiring:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Equality for everyone. A world of peace and harmony. No war and equal wages!
conversations.prefix: Equality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You seek to uphold a patriotic and nation-centered view over events, and are willing to *twist* the facts a little bit in order to keep the population's mind on the wellbeing of our glorious nation.
conversations.prefix: Patriotic Values:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your articles hold power over the opinions of those who read it.
conversations.prefix: Convincing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't let cold, hard facts get in the way of the one and only truth: yours.
conversations.prefix: Bulldozer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You write to rouse the public's opinion to favor the nation in our beloved country.
conversations.prefix: Patriotic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Readers are interested in what's in store in youth trending. Just a little dose of what are the youth insights.
conversations.prefix: Youth Trend:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They have a voice too, you know? Support in listening, sharing ideas, employment, removing barriers, to bring the world together.
conversations.prefix: Youth Support:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lack of experience to understanding politics, economics, science, and global affairs.
conversations.prefix: Inexperienced:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To change the world with love by unlocking the power of the young to spread across the world.
conversations.prefix: Power:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your readers want to be informed about current trends in science and technology and what their futures may become, whether utopian or dystopian.
conversations.prefix: Envision The Future:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Casual readers will gloss over the big words unless they have a stake in the story.  Find a reason to make them care!
conversations.prefix: Technobabble:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Science reveals the truth and technology changes the world.  For better or worse, you want to ensure that your readers are well informed.
conversations.prefix: Enlightenment:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your readers need to know what's really going on, not the bullshit government cover-up they feed the masses. Wake up, sheeple!
conversations.prefix: Part the Veil:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You look beyond the obvious into the realm of the near-absurd to capture the real story. Sometimes, just sometimes, you're actually on to something.
conversations.prefix: Visonary:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Late at night when every lead has gone cold, your hunt for a story sends you spiraling into your own paranoid imaginings.
conversations.prefix: Paranoid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can see the hidden machinations behind even the smallest story. All you need to do now is spread the word. 
conversations.prefix: Open Their Eyes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: We don't believe in changing with the times. Men are men, women are women, and bathrooms are a sacred space.
conversations.prefix: Stodgy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This is amazing!
  
  Or too good to be true?
conversations.prefix: Ahead of Its Time?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You report what other newspapers don't. They could be talking about another fast food restaurant opening up while you report the important things such as Doctor prescribes wrong drug, causing death.
conversations.prefix: Importance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You do not stand for the people. You do not stand for the country. You do not even stand for the facts. You stand for what you think is ethical.
conversations.prefix: Ethical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may sometimes go overboard and disregard religious views.
  You may even think some illegal things are ethical, such as using weed for medication.
  
conversations.prefix: Never Ending Controversy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You always stand for right things. The Right Choice was founded by a couple of adults who had to see someone pay a huge price for something so small that it could have been neglected. Ever since that incident, you have made it your mission to stand for everything and everyone right.
  Again Legal doesn't necessarily mean right.
conversations.prefix: Do the right things:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You report what other newspapers don’t. They could be talking about another fast food restaurant opening while you report the important things such as Doctor prescribes wrong drug, causing death.
conversations.prefix: Importance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You do not stand for the people. You do not stand for the country. You do not even stand for the facts. You stand for what you think is ethical.
conversations.prefix: Ethical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may sometimes go overboard and disregard religious views.
  You may even think some illegal things are ethical, such as using weed for medication.
  
conversations.prefix: Controversies:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ever since an incident, you have made it your mission to stand for everything and everyone right.
  It isn't always easy though.
  
conversations.prefix: Doing the right things:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You refuse to back off anything. You need to get to the bottom of everything. You do not believe in such a thing as simple. There is always more, and you keep digging.
conversations.prefix: Nosy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: News is often so depressing that many people choose not to inform themselves. The polemicist provides his readers unconventional as well as humoristic approaches to even the most serious issues. 
conversations.prefix: Off the wall:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You dare mocking the powerful of this world, with no regards for consequences, and you don't hesitate to enrage certain people, just for the fun of it. 
conversations.prefix: Impertinent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Good or bad, news should be fun and exciting. It should make people smile and think. It should disturb ill plans and destroy false images. And finally, it should give rise to debate. That's what The Polemicist strives for.   
conversations.prefix: Why so serious ?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rumours are distracting.
  Look past the drama.
conversations.prefix: Just The Facts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's not that you don't ask the right questions; it's that you know the story you want to tell and sometimes makes the facts fit your conclusion instead of the other way around.
conversations.prefix: Bad Research:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's not always wise to speak the truth.
  
  The Polemicist pledge to tell it to its readers anyway. 
conversations.prefix: The Polemicist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't hesitate to upset the rich and the powerful of this world, whoever they are.
conversations.prefix: Provocative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your sense of justice compells you to take strong positions in favor of those who have been wronged. 
conversations.prefix: Repair a wrong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Without recorded evidence, relying on first-hand reporting is not always as good as it seems.
conversations.prefix: Unreliable Witness:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world is doomed. We know it. Our readers know it.
  Why tell otherwise?
conversations.prefix: Bad News Bearer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are certain things too mind blowing for you to admit. You feel safer denying them.
conversations.prefix: Disbeliever:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not afraid to talk to disreputable sources; everyone has something to contribute!
conversations.prefix: Open Minded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're so poorly managed you're out of cash. 
conversations.prefix: Bankrupt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Exploration by the curious never stops and we will report on everything they find.
conversations.prefix: Reveal All The Secrets!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You always hope for the better. It is what keeps you going.
conversations.prefix: Hope: