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Synystyr
United States1446 Posts
Guides broken down into pieces like; Build Order Analysis Replays FAQ should be considered acceptable since it doesn't cause any unnecessary clutter and makes it easy for you to find the portion of the guide you want to refer back to. Spoilers might be annoying the first time you read a guide, but you'll thank the author later when you want to go back to a certain part quickly. | ||
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Azzur
Australia6267 Posts
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Mowr
Sweden791 Posts
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ST.Narcotics
United Kingdom8 Posts
On July 27 2011 00:18 94liuwen wrote: Expand the spoilers from last to first. This way the spoilers won´t move. that's what I do, I think that spoilers are great and make things look organised rather than paragraphs and paragraphs of words | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
I've always thought it was a clever use of spoiler tags to create a virtual "binder tab" feeling that I can flip through to the section I want. Don't really understand why it would be irritating, either. Maybe if the person is literally spoiler-tagging two lines of text, but most people seem to tuck multiple paragraphs into the tags, and this makes it easier to read IMO. Just my 2 cents. | ||
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Marsupian
Netherlands455 Posts
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Blazinghand
United States25562 Posts
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TrickyGilligan
United States641 Posts
I like to read TL from my phone, and my shitty phone browser has to reload the page every single time I click a spoiler. For a lot of these guides, that's a huge amount of wasted time for no reason. Also, to people complaining about walls of text, maybe you should get off the internet and read a damn book. Seriously, learn how to have an attention span of over 30 seconds. | ||
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Squigly
United Kingdom629 Posts
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Squigly
United Kingdom629 Posts
On July 27 2011 02:00 TrickyGilligan wrote: Oh god thank you Zatic. I like to read TL from my phone, and my shitty phone browser has to reload the page every single time I click a spoiler. For a lot of these guides, that's a huge amount of wasted time for no reason. Also, to people complaining about walls of text, maybe you should get off the internet and read a damn book. Seriously, learn how to have an attention span of over 30 seconds. If a book had no pages, and was just one long wall of text. If would be much harder to read. How about you just say your opinion and not try and make trouble  | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On July 27 2011 02:17 Squigly wrote: I think a poll might be helpful. However if you look at the thread so far, if seriously in favour of tags Could just be the vocal minority. I don't like the spoiler stuff. | ||
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Vod.kaholic
United States1052 Posts
As long as the sections are laid out properly, the spoilers conserve a lot of space and let readers easily access the parts of the guide they want to look at. If I want to review transitions or counters or the BO, I don't have to scroll through the entire guide to get to what I want, I just click the right section and boom, I'm set. Back when I played HoN, I re-compiled all the changelogs at that time to keep track of individual heroes, and man I wish there were spoiler tags on the HoN forums! Honestly, I think spoiler tags are the best way to keep guides looking neat and consistent. Although, personally, I also prefer guides that have a non-spoiled intro paragraph. | ||
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gosuMalicE
Canada676 Posts
On July 27 2011 01:04 SeaSwift wrote: Walls of text are scary and put people off. Having them accessible but not in plain view makes people more likely to read the article, which means more people posting/commenting/improving on it. Like it or not, people work that way. Disagree, that is generally only true on forums populated by lazy 12 year olds/mentally retarded highschool dropouts that cant be bothered to read more then a sentence or two at a time. (You know the sites where people bitch when you don't put a tl;dr on every post longer then 4 lines) The posting standards in TL OP's is usually expected to be much higher and people expect long well written guides when they click on a guide thread, as you cant really explain anything about a strategy with only a few lines. | ||
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mathemagician1986
Germany549 Posts
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statikg
Canada930 Posts
On July 27 2011 02:27 gosuMalicE wrote: Disagree, that is generally only true on forums populated by lazy 12 year olds/mentally retarded highschool dropouts that cant be bothered to read more then a sentence or two at a time. (You know the sites where people bitch when you don't put a tl;dr on every post longer then 4 lines) The posting standards in TL OP's is usually expected to be much higher and people expect long well written guides when they click on a guide thread, as you cant really explain anything about a strategy with only a few lines. Funny post, just makes you look like a 12 year old though not us. | ||
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Hoban
United States1600 Posts
Pictures are also pretty nice too. I love pictures! | ||
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rsvp
United States2266 Posts
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Aletheia27
United States267 Posts
 I think it has to do with general organization. Even if it's unnecessary, it's easier to read when something is broken up in this way. Even though paragraphs are meant to do that by their nature, having things "spoiled" adds more visual clarity and is then easier to read. and aside: Who doesn't love clicking a ton? Gotta spend your extra apm somewhere as you alt-tab in the first 2-3 minutes. | ||
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iAmJeffReY
United States4262 Posts
Think of it. You want to re check a transition in game or right before a game. Now I gotta load the page, scroll down 23 paragraphs to find the line I wanted, and read it. Or? Just click TvZ 2 rax into tank push (SPOILER TAG) I think it's a bit whiny to plea for your own opinion to become to common opinion, but who am I. I am against it, I enjoy the spoilers. | ||
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Frozenhelfire
United States420 Posts
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