On November 04 2010 04:07 Mente wrote: Yeah I plan on writing something nice up for this, how long do you want it to be about? A few sentences? A page? I want to help make this nice as it really documents a nice portion of my childhood and it'd be a nice thing to share.
It's hard to say exactly what I'm looking for in length. It's really too early for me to say what will fit where in the book, so send me whatever you have and if it is too long, I will immediately let you know. If it's too short, I'll tell you I'm interested in more.
Max short story length in many anthologies is from 7K-9k words. Keep that number in mind, send me what you've come up with and I will be mercilessly honest from there
Well expect something this weekend; kinda busy next few days.
I appreciate everyone who has offered their services editing but submissions are what this book needs more than anything If you're looking to help, create some art or write a story. Be creative and send it my way.
For the record, 'Bible' technically just means book. It comes originally from the Greek 'biblion' meaning book, scroll, letter, etc; in the original Greek, the holy scriptures were known as "ta Biblia Hagia"; The Holy Books. In the Latin West this became Biblia Sacra, again, "The Holy Books." Which got directly transliterated into English as the Holy Bible; which, in common slang, lost the holy and just became Bible.
So it's not necessarily religious in connotation. Just FYI.
Also, I'll definitely try to submit something for this. I have a story idea that I think could be pretty cool...I'm pretty busy at the moment, but I'll try to find some time to write it out.
We'll hit the printers in early December and, if all goes according to plan, by mid to early December, you'll be able to order a copy. By the holidays, you'll have a shiny new present to share
Physical book
This sounds amazing, I hope you get some additional content.
It would really nice if players like ret / legionare / nazgul / nony talked about their korea experience.
Also would be nice to see manifesto/kennigit/nazgul talk about the community aspect of SC and how its developed over the years.
Why not add Rekrul to that list? He's got a lot of great SC related stories.
I for sure will be buying a physical copy whenever it comes out! Hard copy would be AMAZING, pricey or not. I think this is a amazing project chobo. Keep up the great work.
Your book needs to have a word from many of the big names who are promoting esports, Day9, DJWheat, JP, Artosis and Tasteless if you can get a hold of them, Husky, HD, Chill, the list goes on sorry for those I dont get to name, you still have a place in my heart. Pretty much all casters.
And do add my 2 cents in about day9's 100th episode, I watched it after playing SC2 for about 2 months and I barely played BW, and let me tell you, that story completely changed the way I see this game, and many other things as well, but yah, I believe it is a piece of esport history right there. It may sound weird but I dont see anything able to stop esport from becoming something very huge in the future, maybe we won be able to actually enjoy all the benefits from it, but I can definitely imagine myself in like 20-30 years, cheering for my son or daughter playing an insane match on TV, in a studio where a wild crowd makes real sport look like nothing special anymore. And I'm not talking about GSL kinda thing, I'm talking about american superbowl kind of hype and shit on real TV for the the entire world to see even if they dont play.
That day I'll be like 55ish, bald, drinking beer on the couch, watching my kid's games on TV, I'll remember the rise of SC2 and Esports, and I'll be fucking proud.
On November 11 2010 06:34 tofucake wrote: It'd be really cool to see some great articles from LP put into the book, like Raven or Ghost.
Also, I keep reading the thread as "StarCraft Bible Black" and it's really starting to mess me up
haha..
i don't think i'll be taking LP articles wholesale and using them but LP is a great tool and I'll use it and credit it the second I think it's necessary... which turns out to be all the time.
Would be cool if you could find big fans of the great players who are articulate and they each do a piece about their player. So one about iloveoov, one about sAvior and so on.
I think this book is definitely a good idea, I'll be glad to help in anything if you need like typing, editing etc.
Indeed, Day9 #100 is a must have in this book. I'd like a section who follow the life of a player during one-day. Show us the place where he's training, his schedule, his life and activities around starcraft... He could talk also about his pre-gaming history.
It will be a great book for sure and I'll order mine as soon as it's out.
On November 12 2010 00:09 amarillo wrote: Would be cool if you could find big fans of the great players who are articulate and they each do a piece about their player. So one about iloveoov, one about sAvior and so on.
yeah that would be cool. step up, big fans, step up ;p
EPT
Raven
