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.

Poehalcho

149 Posts

February 28 2012 23:34 GMT

#107

The following this may be a lot of work, but they will most likely improve the presentability

- Configure your video card driver to force some anti-alias, make the screenshots with ultra settings.
- It's hard to tell some things apart, transparency is to blame. Either keep the ground the units are walking on or add a shadow.
- The words GG will need some explanation, add in some small font underneath the pic or something. You may want to try quoting a famous player like Marineking.
- Raise an army -> Create an army
- Terran -> Crafty, versatile humans with a efficient forces and a powerful defense.
Protoss -> Psionic Aliens with futuristic technology, expensive but very powerful.
Zerg -> Insectoid creatures, weak but mobile, strength comes in numbers.
- Strategical -> strategic (not sure about this one)
- Cloaked units can cause untold damage -> Cloaked units can cause damage undisturbed.

Doomblaze

United States1292 Posts

February 28 2012 23:40 GMT

#108

This is great stuff.
The only things I would change are the introductions to the three races and the use of the word cloaked. I think making it cloaked (invisible) would be better, since more people understand invisible.

aussiesanga

Australia32 Posts

February 28 2012 23:43 GMT

#109

Top work with the guide! Shame I live in Melbourne and not Sydney I would've loved to come along to this.

dmasterding

United States205 Posts

February 28 2012 23:57 GMT

#110

hey looks great! could be improved with a short description of each of the units!

TrojanSC2

United States82 Posts

February 29 2012 00:01 GMT

#111

I like this idea! I'm sure it would help some of the clueless people understand the game more and perhaps encourage them to start playing.

inFeZa

Australia556 Posts

February 29 2012 02:34 GMT

#112

very pro.

_Major

United States107 Posts

February 29 2012 03:30 GMT

#113

I love the idea, and will be borrowing it =$.

Couple of comments:

1. Should focus on the dynamics of the races more with bars or the hexagons they use for MMA and boxing games. Each race has tendencies in relation to: Cost / Speed / Strength / Range / Defense.

2. Also agree that the background is too complicated and takes away from the text and images. I think this is because there is a lot of information on the page. Someone suggested making it a tablemat or coasters. I think those are awesome ideas. Particularly the coasters.

j3cht

United States86 Posts

February 29 2012 03:39 GMT

#114

I think this is amazing!

Not only is it a great idea, but the concepts are kept simple and concise while still being useful imo.

Great job! =D =D =D

bakesale

United States187 Posts

February 29 2012 03:47 GMT

#115

On February 29 2012 02:01 dizzy101 wrote:
A few typo's. It's "dependent", not "dependant". Also, I'd say "wipe opponent of battlefield", not "opponent's presence".

There are a few more typos.

You are correct about "dependent." I wouldn't replace with "wipe opponent of battlefield," even if you meant to type "off" instead of "of." Why not just "attempt to wipe their opponent out," maybe that's not common in Australian English but it's common in American. However the current language is a little unusual but not so awkward that it jumps out at you or anything.

Anyway, to the authors of the pamphlet, here are a few more:

On the Micro page, it should be "units' strengths."

On the Macro page, I would write "a.k.a." or "AKA" instead of "aka" but this is a minor concern. On this same page "efficiently" is misspelled.

Also on the last page, there should be a comma after the word motto, before the quotation. A colon here would probably be fine too.

Sorry to nitpick on the grammar but it can really stain an otherwise awesome, professional-looking pamphlet.

hootkai

China1 Post

February 29 2012 03:55 GMT

#116

Can you give me a PSD verison? I want to translate it into Chinese.
hootkai at gmail.com

Xapti

Canada2473 Posts

February 29 2012 04:57 GMT

#117

Very good idea. Would have been better to use PNG instead of JPG though considering it's for print media, and you don't want any quality loss. In fact, PSD (assuming photoshop was used) could be even better for some people, like hootkai just requested.

Personally I think that it could be better if it had more white than black though (which I know is hard considering the game is in space, and generally doesn't take place in light/white areas). It would mainly make it a lot cheaper an easier to print.