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#1 Adrenaling[107031]
CPE002078E0F4B2.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
fuck! now they look like squares!
#2 Adrenaling[107032]
CPE002078E0F4B2.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
i'll try again, LOL
#3 the()vermind[107033]
p69-236.acedsl.com
gj
#4 Adrenaling[107034]
CPE002078E0F4B2.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
maybe i should just stick with my text-only's
#5 katome[107036]
px2ar.ed.shawcable.net
the problem with the images is you have <img sr.c="url"> instead of <img "url"> ie no period in there. I don't know how that happened, but it seems to be in all of the pics.
#6 FlyingSquirrel[107038]
dhcp104-22-151-24.nm01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com
yah, I looked at the source, and what is with the img sr.c? its img src.
#7 |||l||||ll|||||[107039]
cdm-66-5-97-tylr.cox-internet.com
7th, images dont work

GEE HTML IS HARD

#8 Manius[107040]
adsl-81-166-218.asm.bellsouth.net
Adrenaling...I give you my kudos(whatever they're worth) for getting the guts to post a br in the first place. I've been trying to work up the nerve to post one...and just don't have any confidence in my pic posting ability (plus i can't find a decent game to br). So my kudos man, keep going.
#9 [SM]Strega~F[107044]
proxy4.senet.com.au
Adrenaling, you have forsaken the ancient code of the Preview Button. For this treasonable act, I must kill you.


Strega


#10 Sovereignty[107045]
wwck1UBR1-6-hfc-0251-40e81298.rdc1.ct.coxatwork.com
Strega is right. Pfft. Got me all excited about a br with pics :/
#11 Adrenaling[107046]
cr862712-a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
strega, i did preview it, and it fucking worked.
#12 OnSlaughT[107048]
wc01.ym.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com
Thanks for coming out.
But you didn't make the team.
#13 [107088]
206.214.215.15
ok newb.

I was bored so I fixed your horrible html.

First, it's img src, not img sr.c.

Second, you need to write the file title EXACTLY as it is on the web. "image" and "Image" are not the same. In point of fact, image02 does not return your cute little pic included in your files as Image02. I had to ftp into your br.com account to figure out that little debacle.

I didn't fix the horrible use of align tags, despite the ugly result they produced. Consider it a learning point for next time.

Huge start pics and eensy weensy little paragraphs make for a very ugly amount of white space.

Yes, this comment is probably too mean, but I got frustrated fixing your html. 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I'm not going to rate your report on the basis of my frustration, I'd be unduly biased against it. Try using the html guides and report guides on the sidebar.











#14 [107089]
206.214.215.15
And while I'm on the subject, your text seems choppy, filled with far too many adjectives, and I have no idea where Image7b is.
#15 Furious[107092]
bal-ts3-2500.tpgi.com.au
geez mark way to hurt the poor fellas feelings =/

The pics looked good but they are to large, having to scroll across is very annoying. Although the players were good the game left ALOT to be desired.
I prefered your other reports to this one, 550 pixels wide is ideal size for pix any bigger and yeah.

Dont give up, keep em coming :)




#16 [107094]
206.214.215.15
Well, I don't mean to discourage you from submitting. So in my ever so helpful manner, I advise the following things:

First, the game had very good players, but something longer and with more intense conflict might have given your effort a more epic feel. Description comes more naturally for intense fights, so that would help your writing also.

The big pics were a mistake I think, but I'm a small pic man myself. It was a very good effort for your first time with psp, just concentrate on more of a coordinated feel between all the pics, and of course correlate them closely with the text. Use a darker background for the text to make the pics seem a more integral part of the report. Try checking out YRM's old school reports for an example of what I mean by that. You've seen the potential, now bring in the art.






#17 [107095]
206.214.215.15
Either let the pics tell more of the story, or go deeper into the action with your prose. We want to feel like we're watching the battle in our heads, which is even better than watching the replay. You might try to speculate on why the players do what they do, provided you understand strategy and tactics on that level. Or, if you're more viscerally minded even describe it with more of a first person, fan fic style. Whatever final method you decide on, make sure the pics complement it and vice versa.

To help you into that mode, a report on ppl you know and a battle you witnessed can be a lot more helpful than a replay. It adds a lot of flavor to the game. Try hanging out in clan ~nohunters and asking some of the old schoolers to obs thier games, then try a report on one you really like. It takes more time than dloading replays, but the results may be worth it.

Anyway, don't get discouraged, it's not very hard to improve, and you've started in the right direction.

#18 [107096]
206.214.215.15
This is the most I've commented on a report in over a year =p
#19 stonecoldnewbie[107104]
24.245.64.22
u da man mark~~

not too bad of a report w/the pics fixed, but not great, keep trying 5 maybe 6 ?

#12 that was funneh ^^
#20 Furious[107106]
bal-ts2-2500.tpgi.com.au
Im the reason MArk4 posted so much, thank me :)
#21 CaughtNaked[107109]
205.222.243.82
w00t~!~ mark said read my guide, do it damn it!
#22 Tavernology[107115]
proxy4.senet.com.au
Your reports are getting better. I just went and read the other ones, and this is definately better with pics.
Don't rely on the pics to tell the story for you, put more detail in the report and you'll get much better scores.
Tav
#23 Mjotnar[107122]
client-151-200-161-80.bellatlantic.net
mark4 u suck, now give me advice on women :)
#24 |]agomar[107127]
Ottawa-ppp3517247.sympatico.ca
Mark, may I worship you plz? You own.
#25 |]agomar[107128]
Ottawa-ppp3517247.sympatico.ca
btw - barely gold in my book :)
#26 TheCh0b0[107130]
1Cust193.tnt1.holman.wi.da.uu.net
mark4: One thing about your advice, good luck getting "old school" NH'ers to let u watch a game: (
#27 Adrenaling[107147]
CPE002078e0f4b2.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
lol. i came into br.com and saw my report on the top ten gold list. then i thought i got gold for my broken-pic, text-only br. But i guess im wrong.

Thx, Mark.
#28 Mjotnar[107164]
client-151-200-161-80.bellatlantic.net
I believe it's safe to assume that you are now Mark4's bitch for life :)
#29 |]agomar[107165]
StCatherines-ppp109159.sympatico.ca
btw, better game and somewhat superior collages/layout would help alot
#30 katome[107279]
px2ar.ed.shawcable.net
I thought it fine first time around before pics... The pics themselves are very good, as is the text, its where you combine the two that problems start to crop up ;] One pic appears to be massively huge and mostly white space or something... they really mess the format.

Anyway don't give up I think you gonna be good ^^
#31 Breeze[107710]
cache-out.mnet.bg
Mark owns :o
Sigh, I wish we ever see some more sc competition reports from Mark and YRM like those i2e2 ones



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