| #1 Shuriken[150526] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| Hope you guys enjoy :D |
| #2 TwistedNecro[150527] |
| lsanca1-ar54-4-3-202-139.lsanca1.dsl-verizon.net |
| BOOOOO YAAAA, FIRST NON AUTHOR COMMENT! |
| #3 Desert Demon[150530] |
| 152-20-223-14.bearlabs.uncw.edu |
2nd!
Rate rate rate rate rate :D
Hehe...I wanna read ._. |
#4  [150531] |
| 68.79.174.39 |
Rating it an 8
7 for being on a boring map like Lost Temple, +1 for nice addins like diagrams showing unit movement, fine gfx art work, and build orders. |
| #5 LameJoker[150532] |
| pool-141-149-16-186.alb.east.verizon.net |
| gj, but IMO red on black = no thx. |
| #6 Lithium[150533] |
| pool-151-205-88-145.char.east.verizon.net |
| Dark Swarm kicks ass. Good report. |
#7  [150534] |
| wc01.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com |
Nice report, I would have rated an 8 but for a couple things:
Dark red on black is not the greatest idea. I know you wanted to provide atmosphere and such, but legibility is of paramount importance.
Also, I didn't think the diagrams were necessary - or at least, if they had been done they should have not been done in paint. I too have done that in a report way back, and it also was not the prettiest thing :O
That said, the good artwork, decent writing and great potential you display deserves more than a 7. So with JV and me this'll be a 7.5 for now :) |
| #8 The-Nut[150535] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| holy crap u sent this out already? nice report bro |
| #9 TwistedNecro[150536] |
| lsanca1-ar54-4-3-202-139.lsanca1.dsl-verizon.net |
Doesn't look like it's done in paint, but what do I know?
Nice report, I think it's around an 8. |
| #10 EldritchEvil - Rater[150537] |
| nr11-216-196-190-237.fuse.net |
Not bad.
Your photoshop skills are improving, with the decorated text especially. However, a bit more distinction between the different collage images as well as some brighter border colors would help. I also think that the "base collage" was largely useless, since it had no impact on what remained of the game.
Your writing is fairly good, too. However, I would recommend that you stop using smilies (ie. :P, :D) and focus on a more professional style of writing, as though you were a columist for a major newspaper like the New York Times, or something. Smilies give it a childish air, and I don't think you're aiming for that. Also, a bit more study on grammar and sentence composition would help, but overall it was fine.
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| #11 EldritchEvil - Rater[150538] |
| nr11-216-196-190-237.fuse.net |
The game needs a lot of improvement. It was obvious to me that Nerubian, the Terran, would lose after he got slaughtered in the middle. The Zerg was fairly decent, though. I'd recommend downloading replays of really good players, and reporting those.
And my main gripe was the color scheme. Red on black is never, ever good. Ever. White on black may seem overdone, but it's overdone for a reason.
Also, M&M never suck vs Zerg.
I give this a seven point four, rounded down to a seven. Keep reporting! |
| #12 [150539] |
| wc01.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com |
| sup ee ;) |
#13 
[150541] |
| 129.142.195.30.ip.tele2adsl.dk |
Man raters sure do own!
Eld - ratertags in the forum ;) |
| #14 Chris[150542] |
| astound-66-234-209-235.ca.astound.net |
Same as what is up there.
Disorganized though. |
| #15 PeaceableGhost[150543] |
| 69.212.30.7 |
The one thing that amuses me repeatedly is the banner at the end of your reports. While the Greek letters do look cool, if you transliterated them they'd say "dlupikee"... but anyway.
Nice report on a mediocre game. I'm going to state a minority opinion here - what's wrong with red on black? Still, 7-8. |
| #16 The-Nut[150544] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| i know theres nothing rong with red on black |
| #17 Lithium[150545] |
| pool-151-205-88-145.char.east.verizon.net |
| Yea M&M are always good against Zerg. TvZ is, I feel, the only matchup where Terran can effectively use infantry in the later stages of the game. In TvP and TvT, after the early stages, its almost always wiser to move onto metal or air. In TvZ, though, M&M (with a couple seige tanks for heavy hitting) are probably the most effective, until you get BC's or something of the stature. |
| #18 [150548] |
| 68.79.174.39 |
| test of new commentor cookie |
| #19 [150549] |
| 68.79.174.39 |
| It worked. :-) |
#20  [150551] |
| 68.79.174.39 |
| How's this |
| #21 [150552] |
| 68.79.174.39 |
| Forgive the 3 previous comments, they were me testing something. |
#22  [150553] |
| ip68-230-2-63.ph.ph.cox.net |
new tag!
writing - i really didn't like the writing here. i felt it didn't have much of a flow to it and it became somewhat confusing at places. also red on black only makes matters worse. 6
images - i liked them! but the words became difficult to comprehend at places, the first picture where you showed who was where is a pretty good example. other than that, the pictures looked really nice, and you took some good screenshots nicely depicting what happened with certain battles. 8
game - while it wasn't a superb game, it wasn't that bad of a game either. it featured a pretty good overall use of units, and did have a bit of back and forth action, but it was too straight forward (no drops or harass) and short. i dont think it would be too hard for you to find a better game to report on by surfing some of the korean websites. 7
overall - 7, though it could have very easily been an eight. strong effort anyway, deserving of gold |
| #23 Decay[150558] |
| 66.44.173.15 |
I didn't like the red on black either, but neh.
Also, when you are writing, you should watch out for those nasty tense changes (present to past and back and forth). Other than that, I thought you did a nice job, and the pictures were nice. You continue to improve with each report, a little bit at a time. :) |
#24  [150559] |
| nr11-216-196-184-138.fuse.net |
Here I am, testing my new rater tag.
One final thing on color schemes -- use contrast. Two similar colors will be too hard to see, whereas opposites (like the good ol' white on black and vice versa) are easily legible. |
| #25 EldritchEvil[150560] |
| nr11-216-196-184-138.fuse.net |
Heh, JV, looks like the tag you linked to is still mispelled.
Silly danes. |
| #26 Convider[150562] |
| HSE-Toronto-ppp317335.sympatico.ca |
| The writing wasn't that great, and you shouldn't have given away the ending like that. Plus, the text colour was a poor choice. 6.5 |
| #27 [150567] |
| wc01.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com |
| testing the cookie, tt |
| #28 badme[150569] |
| pcp05314423pcs.norstn01.pa.comcast.net |
tt
I liked it. Writing could be punched up, of course. Oh, and some of the terms you used ('lurx'), for whatever reason, I found annoying. It'd odd....stuff like goons and BCs are fine, but I get pissed off when you try something new :)
Overall, I'm amazed. You're lurkerburger?! Damn, you've gotten better! <3 |
#29  [150570] |
| c-24-9-238-168.client.comcast.net |
Rarely has a report suffered from so many differing opinions, and to think that this will get five (5) ratings for a non CattleBattle production.
Personally, I liked the writing, I don't care what anybody says. The lack of great supporting pictures made the entire game ride on it, and it didn't fail. Style-wise, I agree with EE, personally I didn't like seeing "lurx" and "zlings," but it didn't interrupt what you were saying.
Pictures could use more improvement. Aligned pictures help explain what you just wrote, and sadly a report can be rated on it's aesthetics. You had a good use of minimaps to help the writing along, however, and they are much better than those in lurkerburger productions.
Either way, this is your best report to-date, and they will get better the more you write. I encourage you to make more. I enjoyed this.
In the meantime, I give you an 8.
You have the blessing of having my first rating. |
| #30 [150571] |
| c-24-9-238-168.client.comcast.net |
Oh, and I don't know why everyone has a problem with this red on black. Sure there's some better choices, but it didn't interfere with the reading.
Maybe it's because my monitor has it's brightness all the way up. It's easier to read than this rater tag. |
| #31 Shuriken[150572] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
Yea dude im lurker fuckin burger7! lol man
I guess i have come a long way.
Thanks for the 5! ratings, im usually happy with 2 :)
And thanks for all the comments.
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| #32 Shuriken[150573] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
Thanks for all the comments
and yea... i am lurker fuckin burger7 biatch! lmao :P |
| #33 Desert Demon[150574] |
| 152-20-166-145.globals.uncw.edu |
Red on black isn't bad in terms of contrasting, methinks, but I don't like the color scheme.
The pics were good, however the arrows in the diagrams (as Dag said, I think) were really detracting...all I can think of is polygonal lasso then doing some fancy filling and stuff though. However, a straight decent looking arrow does much better than a hand drawn one that shows the exact path.
Writing was good, but I agree about the abbrev's thing.
Damn, I wanna do another report ._. |
| #34 casper[150576] |
| CPE0010b50f508e-CM00e06f16610c.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com |
nobody on earth voluntarily reads red text
2 |
| #35 TwistedNecro[150578] |
| lsanca1-ar54-4-3-202-139.lsanca1.dsl-verizon.net |
| I still don't see what was so bad about red on black... You people need better moniters or something... =P It showed up pretty well on my laptop, at least. |
| #36 [150580] |
| nr11-216-196-188-249.fuse.net |
More on the color, here.
Red on black would be okay if it was a brighter shade of red. The blood-red on black just doesn't work, sadly. While, perhaps, it may be legible (although just barely) it doesn't make it right. There's no reason to use a less-legible color scheme over an easily read one. |
| #37 [150583] |
| wc01.wlfdle.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com |
| wow it's good to see so many raters commenting, makes me all hot and bothered . . . . |
| #38 Desert Demon[150584] |
| 152-20-169-130.globals.uncw.edu |
| And that needs to be quoted :) |
| #39 maareek[150586] |
| mblt-ab013.gtcom.net |
DD, you think you're dying to do a report? I haven't submitted one in weeks...the comment whore in me is begging and my creative juices are flowing at an all time high (roughly around Gary Coleman's ankles level). And working on one without being able to preview every 20 seconds is driving me mad.
On the report, red on black is legible on my comp, but I don't care for it. On this comp, I can't read a damn thing or see the pics really so I withhold saying anything specific. |
| #40 Desert Demon[150627] |
| 152-20-165-19.globals.uncw.edu |
| maar, you're at home. I'm not. I don't have SC. I don't have anything to report on. Don't tell me that it's harder for you :) |
| #41 .Praetor[150651] |
| dhcp201.des.ucdavis.edu |
Pffft. That's no reason not to report Desert Demon.
Anyway, since it seems to be the topic du jour, I'll put in all the things I thought were wrong with the report and call it 'constructive criticism'.
Red and black means I have to highlight all the text I want to read. Don't use abbreviations. Lurx and zlings NO GOOD. M&M are permissable. If you're that lazy a typer, do a search and replace after writing the BR. |
| #42 .Praetor[150652] |
| dhcp201.des.ucdavis.edu |
Most of your pictures were good, and I liked the arrows, no matter what everyone said. However, the 'baited' action collage is an example of cropping too close and making a potentially interesting sequence just a bunch of units standing around without the reader being able to tell what is going on. The 'meatgrinder' collage is better, because the reader feels they see most of the action and understands what's going on. Invincible tank was hilarious BTW. Your last 'bloodlust' collage is another case where a wider perspective is sorely needed.
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| #43 .Praetor[150653] |
| dhcp201.des.ucdavis.edu |
Your writing is good, but you really, really need to document major changes in strategy and not skip ahead too much. The two major changes I noticed were claiming the Terran was building a bunch of SCV and the Zerg was 6-pooling. Then all the sudden the Zerg has a decent economy with nary a sentence to say 'worried he was behind economically, the Zerg pumped drones for a full minute with no regard for his defense'. Similarly, the terran sends in infantry early and suddenly the Zerg has lurkers. I was like 'WTF'. Covering the strategy of the game as well as the battles is important.
Good report though. Good writing, mostly good pictures, and I enjoyed it. I WOULD have given it a 7, but someone seems to have let in a whole bunch of questionable characters as raters... (welcome guys). |
| #44 maareek[150655] |
| mblt-ac014.gtcom.net |
I feel bad for .Praetor, all the other raters have fun ratertags except him.
And DD, I'm NOT at home. If I were at home I would have put out 3 reports by now (notice how long it's been since I did one? Mine don't take anywhere near that long to do). I don't have SC on this comp and I can't get pics off my other comp onto this one. So basically...we're both screwed ;). |
| #45 Shuriken[150656] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| thanks praetor :) and its ok, im happy with the 7.4 |
| #46 Sabotage[150658] |
| pool-68-160-237-97.ny325.east.verizon.net |
lol yea
ok teh red definately was sorta annoying but thats just me
teh pict0rs needed brighter edging. good report!
that was fast as hell i thought you'd be stopping by now but no :]! |
| #47 Desert Demon[150670] |
| 152-20-166-145.globals.uncw.edu |
Heh...what to report, Prae?
"My Walk To Class"
"So I'm walking to class when this guy attacks me. I micro myself like a contortionist on crack and manage to dodge his initial attacks, but I'm not macroing well enough to keep it up. I throw a few punches which connect, and he's lightly defended so I manage to weaken his macro for the moment. I follow up with a full attack on his flank which crumbles, but not before he can counter my attempt to sneak in some additional resources with a sip of gatorade."
^_^
Maar, I guess we are ;o |
| #48 Desert Demon[150672] |
| 152-20-166-145.globals.uncw.edu |
Oh, and I remember one report's comment section where some guy jacked rater tag code or something...
"This guy knows how to do my tag and I don't!"
^_^ |
| #49 ProXy[cF][150730] |
| AC92F655.ipt.aol.com |
| Good improvment over your previous reports besides retarded comments like "M&M suck 15 minutes in" |
| #50 Shuriken[150875] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| 50 |
| #51 Some_God[150884] |
| ool-18b8c5a0.dyn.optonline.net |
| OMFG HAX! Err nice report... the red on black wasn't working for me but I bet other peoeple said that too (and probably use the word "nub" in their sentence :) ). Anyway, keep on writing and maybe your name will end up on the front page and in an interview. :) |
| #52 Sabotage[151331] |
| pool-68-161-122-116.ny325.east.verizon.net |
arghis
your lessons were all wrong jermard ;'[
m&m nevez0r suck >;/
Lurkers will get OwNzErFiEd if the terran was smart and had upgraded tanks. Yes scourge are drunkards lol.
red on black didn't take .5 off ;o maybe like .2 or somethingl ol
grr |
| #53 Shuriken[151381] |
| ool-182e1a3b.dyn.optonline.net |
| hehe thanks sabo |
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