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United States2911 Posts
These are great!
Possible suggestion: If it wouldn't add too much to the presentation (ideally you want to keep it simple so people aren't overwhelmed by the introduction), it would be nice if you give a small introduction to the scene outside of the game. I.e., address Korean dominance, popular/large tournaments, how teams and sponsors help players succeed, etc.
A lot of people I've talked to that have never encountered eSports thinks it's astonishing anybody could get paid to play a video game. It might help bridge the gap if we could address how the infrastructure works and why there is a market for these players.
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This is incredibly well made. Nice job sir.
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nicely done. thanks for the hard work!
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Seems that it could be very useful. Will be great to find out after GSL Code S finals to see how useful it was to the uninitiated.
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Oh my goodness, this is absolutely amazing! Tbh, I felt like the third page was had a tad bit too much jargon, but this is an awesome product. Great job guys!
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Nice work dudes, good stuff.
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Really well made, great job.
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This is a really good idea. I think for people who don't even know what an RTS is, it's still going to be too complicated and loaded with terminology that is used in unusual ways for non sc2 players.
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These are awesome, though I believe that they can be somewhat refined. Thanks!
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We already had one at barcraft vienna, and it is a very good idea. Yours does look nice too, though.
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High quality, and I love all of the images with the armies! :D
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A lot of the feedback here is extremely valid. We'll get working on the next iteration of this immediately.
Translation?
Ah... Unfortunately, only the first and fourth pages could be translated, as something got mangled with the 2nd and 3rd page text layers in my photoshop  Perhaps translations could wait until a better version of this idea is released?
On February 29 2012 01:19 SupLilSon wrote:
Really good Idea, it's funny that it's still 4 pages though, damn starcraft why are you so complicated??
Have you guys toyed with the idea of making an educational video? Like a 5 minute presentation on SC2. Just play it before barcraft starts?
Bottom of the first post xD This was the original plan, but we found it was taking longer than expected so I whipped this up in the meantime.
On February 29 2012 02:25 willoc wrote:
Well done. I think the info in this pamphlet is the perfect amount to start. A second 'advanced' pamphlet could be made up with more info for people who ar still curious after the first one. I would make the second pamphlet go into each race and it's units (show-casing a tactic or ability from each). Stuff like Mules, Stalker Blink, Muta stacking, Blue Flame Hellions, etc.
Exactly our thoughts/plans! High-five buddy!  This is the logical progression.
On February 29 2012 02:28 JustPassingBy wrote:
A very good idea and the handout does look great. Could you guys also make one that kind of introduces you to the scene, to promote upcoming barcrafts?
This might get abit unwieldy haha, how many handouts do you give someone new to the scene? It might be a tad overwhelming. Nevertheless, might be helpful to have these as people leave the venue, if they're interested they can pick it up and it allows them to read up and get sucked into the world of Starcraft... We'll see!
On February 29 2012 02:33 petrie911 wrote:
I think a sheet that has a picture of each unit, its name, and maybe a quick blurb about what it does would be helpful. That way, whenever a caster mentions, say, Stalkers, the person can just look at the sheet and know which unit he's talking about.
Basically a SC2 reference guide? Not a bad idea, but I feel like most of the units are inherently obvious in their roles and functions (except for when some key upgrades are introduced) so I'm not sure how useful this would be. Another thing to consider though, throw it on the pile ^_^
On February 29 2012 00:38 xSixGeneralHan wrote:
Anyone from USA, print in letter form. Not all printers have A4 paper etc, it's not our standard size.
Ah, wasn't aware of this. Sorry :<
On February 29 2012 02:31 branflakes14 wrote:
If someone doesn't know much about something, the last thing they want is being bombarded with pages of information because they asked one simple question on a whim. I get the feeling you might scare away more people than you get interested in the game.
I sincerely hope this isn't the case. It was kept short because of this reason, and except for the last page the amount of text is incredibly low, mostly just nice pictures. We'll see if it works out!
On February 29 2012 03:38 ZasZ. wrote:
These are great!
Possible suggestion: If it wouldn't add too much to the presentation (ideally you want to keep it simple so people aren't overwhelmed by the introduction),
This is a pretty popular sentiment, absolutely worth including in the next iteration although it'd have to be dastardly simple. We'll see how it goes!
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Sami you so clever.
Now to consider: Do I show the girl I'm bringing who has no idea about SC2 this sheet, or just have fun with her knowing nothing so that when I video her reactions to the GSL finals it'll be pure with no former knowledge... Hmmm...
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love it
really nice work and a nice idea
gogo e-sports gogo barcraft
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Great handout. Had a quick read and it all made perfect sense
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thats the best introduction to starcraft that our planet has seen yet! awesome!
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This is such a good idea. So glad someone did this.
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Printing one for my girlfriend!
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Love this so much, I could never have made a better one myself! Do you think you can upload the photoshop/raw project files so that I can translate it to Norwegian for events in my country? (Im sure alot of other could translate it to their own language as well)
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Totally awesome! Some suggestions (because I get way to into this sort of thing):
• Racial descriptions are a little weird, try these: Terran: Versatile and persistent humans; Protoss: Advanced and powerful psychic aliens; Zerg: Legions of swarming insectoid predators
• The "secure, expand, raise" points are okay, but I could see a couple changes - 1. Change "Expand your base" to "Construct your base" - 2. maybe add arrows between the points, to show the path of gather/build/army
• the "gg" section feels so tiny! - add a little explanation there and enlarge the in-game text
• Crank up the opacity on the background of the boxes or something so we can see the units better. Maybe try giving the unit layer a drop shadow (1-2px distance, 0-1px size). Right now I know some new ppl will not understand these diagrams.
• Finally, maybe use max settings for the pics of the racial units at the beginning?
Sorry for being so suggesty! I love your work and will definitely see about sharing it at MNBarcraft!
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