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Originally Posted by crazygirl
I've been with DS for about a year and a half now, and just recently started doing a lot of video game titles (blame the boyfriend lol). I did a bunch of articles on cheats for online video games, but the cheats are different. Their security won't let you do a "push this button, then this one, etc" kind of thing and a lot will suspend your account for even trying it. I've been doing them more from a trick standpoint: how to trick the game into letting you do something, get something for free, etc.
Last night I had 3 come back from the same editor who was actually pretty rude and commented on the fact that she edited my other articles. Basically she said things weren't cheats and I needed to specifically mention cheats or she'd reject it when it came back. I'm thinking about taking them and posting them somewhere else since they're fairly popular topics...
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If you've really been with DS for a year and a half, you know that they are extremely strict regarding "writing to title." If a title is impossible (asking for cheats for a game that has none, for example) then we can't write around it and expect it to pass. It's not rude of the editor to point this out, especially since it says in the editorial guidelines that we should not attempt to write titles that are technically impossible. The editor has no choice in the matter; she can't accept an article that isn't written to title or her position is in jeopardy.