Monthly Archives: August 2018

A Story with Five Stories Tailing Off of It

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/us/jacksonville-madden-shooting/index.html

The originally story is attached above and it talks about the shooting in Jacksonville at the Madden tournament over the weekend. The five stories I am finding have stemmed from that main idea of the shooting.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/28/madden-gamer-hailed-as-hero-for-shielding-young-players-as-bullets-rang-out-at-jacksonville-event.html

The first story stemming off is about one of the gamer that shields multiple younger people as bullets went flying at the Madden tournament. The article calls him a hero.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/08/28/jacksonville-shooting-twitchcon-security-measures-under-review/1119417002/

The second story stemming off is about how TwitchCon is taking a heavy look at security before their upcoming event near the end of October. This has become a big priority for them after the shooting.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/ign-says-video-games-not-to-blame-in-jacksonville-shooting

The third story is about how IGN a big gaming organization says video games are not to blame for the shooting this weekend (which I agree with). The article says that it is not to blame the high stakes environment and stresses of the tournaments for the actions.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/08/28/jacksonville-shooting-ea-cancels-madden-19-video-game-qualifiers/1118623002/

The fourth story is about how EA Sports canceled their next three tournaments due to the shooting. All qualifiers are void and nothing from the tournament essentially matters within the actual tournament after the shooting.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/jaguars/2018/08/28/jags-blake-bortles-free-meals-jacksonville-first-responders-madden-shooting/1118987002/

The fifth article is about what happened after the shooting. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles bought all the first responders meals for their service during the shooting and for representing Jacksonville positively. Bortles ate the meal with all the first responders and thanked them for helping their great city.

Story Idea for Entitlement and Health Care

For the ‘Entitlement’ idea I would talk about the sharing of passwords for paid stuff such as: DirecTV, Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and many more. Sharing these passwords are something almost everybody does now-a-days, especially millennials.

For the ‘Health Care’ idea I would talk about how why I believe everybody should have it, and how it should be provided to everybody at a much cheaper rate.

Five Questions and What is a Story/Why do we need them

  1. Why do stories need a point?
  2. Are there not plenty of stories that are pointless?
  3. What is the motivation of writing a book?
  4. Why must an author be one with the story?
  5. How do you find a story?

 

We need stories to be entertained and have something to talk about. Without stories we would be boring people with no real purpose or anything interesting to talk about.