Announcing PJN Magazine (UPD)

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UPD: Added a survey so I can obtain some first impressions. Make sure to fill it out!

I’m proud to announce that Pokéjungle.net will get its own self-published professional magazine! It’s an idea I came up with a month or two ago and I wanted to make sure it’d be possible for us to do it. I also wanted to wait until after the launch for XY, as it will involve lots of input from the community! Let’s start with the general information first.

General information

PJN Magazine (PJNM) will be a professional looking magazine released two or three times a year available in both digital and printed editions. Page count will be big enough for substantial articles but will also be kept reasonable to keep the price down. Price is as of yet undecided, but will be kept to a minimum seeing as the magazine is intended to be non-profit. The content consists of articles which normally wouldn’t be placed on the site, with a big focus on community and behind-the-scenes stuff.

I’ll now explain it in more detail, but keep in mind these are all subject to change seeing as we’ll use a lot of community input to give the magazine shape.

Release timing

We chose a scarce release for a number of reasons. First, it gives us enough time to write the magazine so we wouldn’t feel a deadline rush, so we can give it all the care it deserves. Second, it would become expensive to buy all printed editions rather quickly, and we’re not here to suck all of your (or your parents) money out of your pockets. And as a last bit, we want to give it a special feel by it being a sort-of limited release, making it feel more likely a luxury product for our truest fans rather than a business.

Price

We don’t intend this to be a profit-making product. Therefore, we want to keep the price down as much as possible. There are however some costs involved in putting together the content and especially in assembling the printed edition. Self publishing is relatively expensive, and we also must keep international shipping in mind. However, we still aim it to be nearly the same price as a normal magazine you buy in shops. If there will be a mark-up, we will try to get your input on it, and rest assured it will be very small (<$2). I can promise the first digital edition will be distributed free of charge to give you a feeling of the quality.

Printed Edition

PJNM will be printed on the same stuff your usual gaming magazine is printed on, in full color. We think we found a way of doing this at reasonable price. We will update with more specifics closer to printing release.

Content

PJNM won’t feature the normal news you can usually read on the site. Instead, if it features news, it will be in the form of thought out opinion articles. The magazine is intended to be read anywhere, anytime, something you can pull up years later and still enjoy reading. We’ll have articles on lots of older and obscure games from the Pokémon franchise. We also want to take this opportunity to get you to know the staff a bit more. The big outlook is mostly planned out already, but I’ll keep most of it under the wraps, and it will get trickled out in further announcements regarding the magazine.

FAQ

Who is part of the team?

PJNM will be led by Daedardus (Editor-in-chief), with moving second in charge and responsible for design. The rest of the PJN staff will be responsible for providing content, and of course Pokéjungle who gave his approval for the project.

Can I contribute?

If you mean writing your own article, we’re not sure on that yet. It mostly has to do with silly copyright laws and we don’t want to get hit by copyright trolls trying to pull down the magazine. This also means we’re not sure if we can feature fan-art. We’ll communicate more on that later. But rest assured, you can help along with the general shape of the magazine and we will greatly appreciate your input.

When can we expect the first issue?

Somewhere around January/February 2014.

Will you feature ads? Can I promote my business in the magazine?

You probably can’t. We don’t want to make a profit and while it’s true ads could keep the price down, we still want to deliver the best experience to the readers. The magazine is totally intended as fanservice from my part, and I believe fanservice shouldn’t involve $$$. However, I may have a cool idea in my head, stay tuned for more info :).

Will the magazine contain a picture of the rare and elusive Daedardus?

Yes. No. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know.

This idea sucks. Pokéjungle is the worst fan site there is and I hate all the staff.

That’s fine. You can read our competitor’s magazines in the meantime.

More info pls

Soon. Like next week soon.

UPD: You can fill in a (short) survey here. I’ll use this data in an upcoming post, which may take a week however. Stay tuned! 😉

~Daedardus~ on behalf of the whole PJN staff.

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1,596 thoughts on “Announcing PJN Magazine (UPD)”

  4. hey I, not so sure if any of you took the time to notice this, but you should take a look at the e4 castle at night! the starry sky and shooting stars look beautiful!

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    • Not this second. I have yet to even get the requirements to gain access to the Manectite… If I have time, maybe tonight. 🙁

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  6. Does anyone else feel that the legendary battle music fits xerneas more than Yveltal? I mean, if you encountered a majestic, colorful, giant, eternal life deer, wouldn’t that music make more sense in that situation? Just sayin’, but I imagine Yveltal with more of a darker, scary theme, because both the pokemon AND the battle setting are dark. But xerneas has more of an exciting, whimsical appearance, so I feel it better matches it. Either way it is my favorite battle theme ever!!

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  9. I’m on the Smogon forums currently, and I’ve noticed that they are having a tough time deciding to ban Megas, those pokes, or just the stones. The new balances, and the nerf to Stealth Rocks, and other moves of the same nature. Also with the nerf to Weather abilities, will Smogon not be able to handle Gen. VI?

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  10. I highly recommend consecutive fishing if you haven’t tried it yet. I just caught my fourth shiny: Dragalge. (Use a Cradily with Suction Cups)

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  11. Who should be a part of SSB3DS/WIIU? Lucario + Mega? Mewtwo making a badass return with his Megas being his Final smashes? Or even Blaziken with him getting faster when in his Mega as a Final Smash?

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  12. So I’m up trying to catch Yveltal, just listening to the amazing music!

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    But lemme get this straight, Lysandre is pissed off at stupid people, so he wants to kill everybody. Cool.

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  18. Couple questions on this, and my 2 cents.

    First, I think this is a really cool idea!

    I have a question…keep in mind I know nothing about this, but…how does it cost $$$ to have an online magazine. Seems like a ~50 page PDF should be a small fraction of site’s expenses.

    Also, about ads, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say I’d prefer ads to a cost. When people online complain about ads, its those annoying popups and stuff; if there’s an ad in a magazine that I don’t wanna pay attention to, I just don’t look at it–not that annoying. Also, these things are often posted all over the internet–I’m not sure how much luck you’d have in making sure only people who pay for it can see it. Even if there is a way to do that with a pdf, can’t one take a bunch of screenshots and send it to all his friends?

    Also, about copyright issues, aren’t there anti-plagiarism softwares and such? Although granted they may be expensive for an individual to buy since the people buying them are usually schools or universities.

    Again, pardon my ignorance–I’m sorry if this post came off as ranty or selfish. =]

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  19. I was so moved by Yveltal crying out for me to help that I didn’t even hurt it when trying to catch it. I just kept on chucking Premier Balls at full health.

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  20. I just wonder traded a bunch of squirtles with aura sphere and dragon pulse. I got several bunnelbys and a weedle named caterpie.

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