EPTSo1 Finals: Slayers_`Boxer` vs Anytime[gm] - Page 3
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
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scrapperdog
United States779 Posts
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x2fst
1272 Posts
 youd be far better off just doing it normal style.... the osl final is not the time to experiment | ||
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Andas_007
Romania1 Post
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NoName
United States1558 Posts
On November 10 2005 00:18 scrapperdog wrote: Well you asked ... I hated the report. Having to wade through all that crap in order to follow the game action sucked. you can read the live game thread for that | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27173 Posts
On November 10 2005 01:47 x2fst wrote: sorry, cos its obviosu you put alot of time and effort into this but i absolutely hated the "story" report, i read the first report and just looked down at the result... seriously how could anyone enjoy this youd be far better off just doing it normal style.... the osl final is not the time to experimentYeah, I thought a lot about that before putting paper to pen, the fact that this was the finals. However, in reality, this OSL finals was a real let down. The score may have been 3:2, but Boxer won two games because of A) an unscouted vulture mine trap, and B) Anytime's expanding arrogance in the face of a turtling terran. The other three games were pretty much rape by Anytime. So, how does one make a lousy OSL finals interesting? Maybe this isn't the answer, but a traditional battle report on lousy games makes for a lousy report. I still put all the relevent information about the games in the story. Hell, that's what drove the plot. But, it is just in a different format than normal. This wont become the norm, beleive me. I have to sleep. But, a change of pace never killed anyone. | ||
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Hwoarang
Korea (South)235 Posts
Mani has got to be one of the greatest writers of all time ever... EVER ! | ||
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MaTRiX[SiN]
Sweden1282 Posts
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x2fst
1272 Posts
On November 10 2005 05:06 Manifesto7 wrote: Yeah, I thought a lot about that before putting paper to pen, the fact that this was the finals. However, in reality, this OSL finals was a real let down. The score may have been 3:2, but Boxer won two games because of A) an unscouted vulture mine trap, and B) Anytime's expanding arrogance in the face of a turtling terran. The other three games were pretty much rape by Anytime. So, how does one make a lousy OSL finals interesting? Maybe this isn't the answer, but a traditional battle report on lousy games makes for a lousy report. I still put all the relevent information about the games in the story. Hell, that's what drove the plot. But, it is just in a different format than normal. This wont become the norm, beleive me. I have to sleep. But, a change of pace never killed anyone. Ok fair enough, but what I look for in the battlereports (that i consider the 'trademark' of this site) is not only a report but strategical analysis, I think the format you used was lacking in that area. I think if you comprimised the 'story' aspect of the report in favour of more focuss on the build etc then it would be a more interesting report, I mean I read these reports because im interested in the game of starcraft, not because im looking for entertainment, you know what I mean? I think you could make the report more interesting by concentrating on the specific reactions of the players in the game (eg "oh the seat was running down boxers face...." or whatever) than making up a largely fictional story that is only loosely focussed on the stratigical aspect of the game. Just my humble opinion;) | ||
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Ekii
Poland346 Posts
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Szelkye
United States18 Posts
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MaGnIfIcA
Norway2312 Posts
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Sunce
Poland111 Posts
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
JK, awesome report. | ||
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westvolk
United States29 Posts
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
That said, I can understand why some people don't like this type of report. It does lack strategic discussion, and it can be hard to know what's going on if you're not used to that perspective. This type of report should by no means replace the standard play-by-play with strategic commentary ones, but it'd be great to have one of these as a supplement. The best thing would be to have one of each type of report for a given match, but that's not very realistic. I'd prefer if Mani did one of these whenever it's possible for him, as it's easy for any number of people to make a standard report. This type of report, though, I feel is unique to Mani, at least at this level of quality. Lastly, I don't understand anyone who "hated" this report, as that's just a lack of respect and appreciation of what went into putting it together. Maybe I interpret "hate" more strongly than others, but it's quite harsh to use that term in reference to anything that was obviously so carefully and wonderfully crafted. You can "dislike", "not prefer", or criticize it, but hate? I think it's unnecessarily harsh, and don't think this report deserved anything close to that level of disdain. | ||
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scrapperdog
United States779 Posts
Lastly, I don't understand anyone who "hated" this report, as that's just a lack of respect and appreciation of what went into putting it together. Maybe I interpret "hate" more strongly than others, but it's quite harsh to use that term in reference to anything that was obviously so carefully and wonderfully crafted. You can "dislike", "not prefer", or criticize it, but hate? I think it's unnecessarily harsh, and don't think this report deserved anything close to that level of disdain. I hated the report. That does not mean I hate the person that wrote it, does not mean I dont have respect for the effort and time he put into it, and does not mean it is not ok for other people to love it. It means I hated it. I also hate the Monet painting at our local musuem. That does not mean I hate Monet as a person, it does not mean I dont have respect for his status as a painter, and it does not mean I want to go on a crusade to stop other people from liking giant impressionistic waterlillies. I would like to say I thought it was a good try, and obviously he worked hard on this. If I was a teacher he would get an "A" even if it did not suit my taste. If this was just a normal battle report and not an osl final it would have worked a lot better for me. It is kind of like turning on the super bowl only to find out they are going to experiment by having Sigfried and Roy doing the commentary. Even if they did a great job I probably would not like it. | ||
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DuSkie
Czech Republic451 Posts
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STD
Sweden350 Posts
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Chibi[OWNS]
United Kingdom10597 Posts
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