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| Guide on why not to make a guide; work in progress | |
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| Burton0873 | Feb 17 2008, 11:10 PM Post #1 |
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The guide on why not to make a guide: By: Burton0873 Table of contents: I- Introduction II- Audience III- Skill IV- Familiarity with topic V- Grammar/Spelling VI- Helpfulness VII- Conclusion VIII- Acknowledgements I- Introduction: Well I have seen many guides that ae completely Unnecessary, poor of quality or just not needed. So I decided to write this for the people who feel they need to create one. II- Audience: Before you put that "thing" down on paper, is the game you're creating the guide for active in the forums, or still played by many people? For example: Let's say you want to write a guide about Space Giraffe. Do you think that people would actually read it? Few people even play the game. It would be a waste of time. Correct? Correct. III- Skill: Another skill you sould have is that of Guide making. No one wants to read a wall of text. People are attracted to colors, links, and differences of font. Here are some examples of good guides: http://forums.xbox.com/18495012/ShowPost.aspx http://forums.xbox.com/1/12019316/ShowPost.aspx#12019316 If your guide looks nothing like them, rethink what you're doing. IV- Familiarity with topic: Remember, if you suck at the game or can't do what you write down, don't make the guide! People will come to you for help with their problems. They may want to more in-depth stratedgies and tricks. If you can't beat the part or can barely pass how can you help them? Now there are some situations where this is okay, but in most it's frowned upon. V- Grammar and spelling: First, if people can't understand your posts then just don't even think about making one untill you can improve. Second, if you refuse to use spellcheck, remember this: guides are generally long, and everyone makes mistakes. Also make sure that everything in your post makes sense, sometimes you may accidently add a word and make your whole point jumbled. VI- Helpfulness: Why are you making this guide exactly? If it's for that shiny little question mark, then you are to be shunned. Don't create a guide unless your sole purpose is to help users. Now if that is your sole purpose think about this: How helpful is the topic you are writing on? Now here are a few types of guides not to make: a 5 page guide for one achievement, a guide on why not to make a guide (oops), and a guide that will cause flaming/arguing. VII- Conclusion: Now if anyone out there intended to make a guide and decided not to after this post, I thank you. VIII- Acknowledgements: I would like to thank all of the people who actually can make guides that help users. I would also like to give thanks to Cintreuse for giving me the idea of this guide following his rant guide. I would also like to thank Cow Moolester for having the coolest name on Xbox Live. Lastly I would like to thank any mods who accept this and wont lock it. |
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| Burton0873 | Jun 4 2008, 06:14 PM Post #2 |
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