| #1 PeaceableGhost[164064] |
| ppp-69-216-135-190.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net |
| 1st. |
#2  [164065] |
| dblt-216-227-24-248.gtcom.net |
kk, approved.
I'll rate it later cause I'm in the middle of cooking atm. T_T |
| #3 PeaceableGhost[164066] |
| ppp-69-216-135-190.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net |
Nice tight game, good report. Liked the use of borders on the pics 8.5-ish.
If Corn had built a few token goliaths, would you still have gone carriers? Not that gollies are that useful against the other stuff you and RF were attacking with. By the same token, I'm a little surprised Yoda didn't get a couple devos earlier for a mobile anti-sair force. But I'm merely the strategist crunching numbers, I suck at actually carrying the theories out. |
| #4 NewbEye[164067] |
| dp-216-106-106-182.storm.ca |
Fourth. I cracked it open, but won't have time to read it immediately. Looks nice (but holy crow, bitmaps???); I wish I had time right now :(
I'll leave a more substantial comment when I can.
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| #5 Psyonic_Reaver[164069] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
If he had only a few gollies I think it would have been better then none but he went wraiths near end game and that was the better road but it was too late.
The reason why the pictures are .bmp is because all I have is MSpaint and for some reason my SC pictures can't save as .jpeg. Sorry. =(
I am also surprised that Yoda didn't change gears when he saw my sairs just kicking the snot out of his OL's all game too but hey. I just got lucky. |
| #6 Turbo_Noob[164070] |
| c-24-15-79-148.hsd1.il.comcast.net |
| .BMPS LOL |
#7  [164071] |
| ip68-225-202-104.ph.ph.cox.net |
pretty strong report, it came off a bit newbish but thats ok.
you left out a ton of details i felt would have helped the report...like upgrades (suddenly poa's marines were 3/1), how many buildings people were macroing off of, peoples supply, etc.
it seems like you wrote this report as if we looked through your eyes as you were playing the game, minimaps without poa and yodas vision, first person, etc. which really made the sudden fleet of carriers awkward. if you're writing to put us in your shoes don't leave out such information, it really ruins perspective.
finally, the game didn't really feel epic. while i liked how you followed individual battles, i think the lack of details in between battles hurt it a lot.
on the other hand, like i said, i felt you followed the battles pretty well (occasionally it felt juvenile, but you were right with the turning points in the battles) and the pictures were well done. the report wasn't too long or too short, and it seemed to be a very close game. and most importantly, you beat poa and yoda!
a solid 7. |
| #8 Psyonic_Reaver[164072] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
I wanted the carriers to be as much of a surprise to them as it was for Corn and Yoda. I wasn't really planning on going carriers but it just kinda happened and I was surprised that it worked so good myself.
I agree with you on lack of details in between battles but I decided that that kind of stuff bores some people so I just stuck with the action. I had taken pictures of bases and written about buildings and builds and men but I just kinda got bored with it myself so I axed it.
But like I said. I'm just a so-so reporter and I aspire to get another 9 someday but I'm in no big rush. I just want to keep the site alive. |
| #9 mattzarella[164073] |
| 96.5.33.65.cfl.res.rr.com |
nice job dude
i think that the first person perspective was a good choice, but you left us (well, me at least) in the dark over a lot of things even with your own team. it's okay if you want to hide what your opponents are doing, but i think that if you leave two players out of the report then you have to pay exceptional detail to the two that you are writing about. i like to follow the actual momentum of games by viewing minimaps - you described the battles very well but i would have liked to see more minimaps if you do another SC report in the future (plz)
along with the formatting, you might want to put some more padding between your pictures in appropriate places. sometimes the words crunch up right next to the pic and it looks sloppy, that's just being picky though (no pun intended). other than those things, it was a very good relatively short read and im impressed with how you used paint :D did a nice job
8 sir |
| #10 NewbEye[164074] |
| dp-216-106-106-116.storm.ca |
Doesn't MS Paint allow you to save as .GIF (it allows me to save as .JPG too)? I think SC is 256 colours, so with .GIF you're getting the same picture quality with much better compression.
If you need a simple, no-frills pic converter, try this one:
http://irfanview.com/
Or you could always go for the GIMP. |
| #11 micro[164075] |
| cache-mtc-ae02.proxy.aol.com |
i have so much trouble following all the players in 2v2 br's t_x
nice report. |
| #12 [164076] |
| ip68-225-202-104.ph.ph.cox.net |
it's cool psy, you don't need to justify anything
im just giving advice according to how i rate reports. |
| #13 Dibbler[164081] |
| 193.173.119.66 |
| Good one, enjoyed it. I thought the action was easy to follow, which is remarkable for me reading a 2v2. |
#14  [164082] |
| usrns12.dialup.hawaii.edu |
Admin abuse!
One of the following is untrue:
1. Converted bmps to pmgs.
2. Replaced alt with title tags.
3. Wrote my name frequently in the report.
4. Read the report.
Know which? |
| #15 solo[164083] |
| 82.148.97.70 |
| I was looking the old reports, this one would get 9 or something if it was published in a couple years ago. |
| #16 detomaso72[164084] |
| firewall.awhc.com |
| It was too wide. But thank goodness it was a Starcraft game. |
#17  [164085] |
| user-0ce2kp9.cable.mindspring.com |
3. Wrote your name frequently in the report.
Final answer, WGL. |
| #18 Agent_of_Sol[164086] |
| spc-manuscripts.library.upenn.edu |
Reading this, I was thinking: "Huh. I thought Psy was a better player than that. Well, I'm compliment him for reporting a loss....WHOA, carriers!"
As for "gayness," their fault for being overconfident and not scouting. |
| #19 Decay[164087] |
| 250-56.69-92-cpe.cableone.net |
| Nice report, and good to see you back on the BRing scene again. :D |
| #20 Convider[164088] |
| toronto-HSE-ppp4110710.sympatico.ca |
| Nice report, but was a bit hard to follow at times. |
| #21 Psyonic_Reaver[164090] |
| mail.seventhmountain.com |
Thanks for the comments guys. I'm glad your all commenting and enjoying it. I know it's not my best work. Let me work back into it. I've been off the scene for 2 years or so and I think I just need to get back into my groove. I vow to recieve an 8 on my next report because it will rule and not be so-so. =p
WGL : You converted my alt to title tags? What's that? What's the code? Thanks for fixing my pictures and hope your having fun in Hawaii. =p
One last thing. I'll had a link to the replay for those of you who are interested in watching. |
| #22 [164091] |
| dblt-216-227-17-230.gtcom.net |
I'm still debating my rating on this. I don't know how long it'll take me to decide, I'll read it once or twice more then if I don't have a clear decision I'll flip a coin. ;p
Thx WGL for changing the bmps and the alt text. To psy: alt text shows up fine in IE but doesn't show up at all in firefox. Title text shows up fine in both (afaik). The code for title is the same as alt except you change the words ;p IE title = blah blah instead of alt = blah blah.
If you don't have a game for your next report I could probably find you one. It'd probably be of me, though. ;p |
| #23 Psyonic_Reaver[164094] |
| mail.seventhmountain.com |
| If your thinking Dark Archones... I'm already on it. =p |
| #24 [164095] |
| user-0ce2kp9.cable.mindspring.com |
| The reason alt text doesn't show in Firefox is because it's supposed to be an alternative in case the image is missing or you're blind or something, not a mouseover title. Which is why more stuff takes title. |
| #25 [164096] |
| user-0ce2kp9.cable.mindspring.com |
No idea why I posted that.
Am I allowed to rate a report I proofread? Do I want to since it's going to get two ratings anyway =] |
| #26 [164099] |
| usrns135.dialup.hawaii.edu |
Actually it was #4. My name appears frequently in the html in the picture source code. =)
Oh were you going to change the code further? I moved the fileread location when I changed things. If you can upload your updated html and give an admin the new URL to fileread in it should be fine.
battlereports.com/users/WhosGotLag_IDO/Fixed_Reports/6245/6245.htm |
| #27 [164100] |
| dblt-216-227-17-230.gtcom.net |
mmk. I have reached a decision.
I agree with most of the criticisms here (especially about the pics needing excess padding, it didn't really bother me much until I payed attention to it but now it does ;/). I really agree with keanu about the large amount of details that are missing, and that's definitely my biggest knock against this.
I also felt like the game wasn't very good, it seemed close but I must admit I was disappointed with the play for most of the game. ;( I care less about that since it's a 2v2, though. ;)
And, lastly, I liked the pics but I did not like the borders at all. I'm sure that's just me, though. I'm not a big fan of fancy borders, anyway.
Now, with those criticisms out of the way let me say that I really enjoyed this thing. I had fun reading it for the most part and it was a nice distraction. I actually had to pull myself away from this thing to get my cooking done (and in fact I forgot to add a few ingredients because of it ;)~). So, going with the old maxim of "rate by how you enjoy the report" I'm giving this an 8.
Yeah, I'm a softie. ;p |
| #28 Psyonic_Reaver[164101] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
Awww shucks. You didn't have to give it an 8. I was perfectly happy with 7's but thanks for your kindness oh great Maareek of the great african tribe of Maareekykoo.
WGL: Alright I'll um.. email you somehow and let you know. You have AIM or something? I suppose I could just tell Lucky... Has he even read my report??? =p |
| #29 [164102] |
| dblt-216-227-17-230.gtcom.net |
| Lucky read a report? lol? He's a rater ffs! :)~ |
| #30 Psyonic_Reaver[164104] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
Well here's the link to the replay.
http://www.battlereports.com/viewreplays.php?replaynum=31599
If anybody is interested there ya go. |
| #31 Psyonic_Reaver[164105] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
| Thanks Zip_Disk! =p |
| #32 [164106] |
| user-0ce2kp9.cable.mindspring.com |
| Damn I coulda sworn it was 3. There goes my 500 dollars. |
| #33 NewbEye[164108] |
| dp-216-106-106-188.storm.ca |
Neat, a first person report. I agree with Keanu_Reaver -- nice and subtle emphasis in the allied-vision minmaps! Overall, the pics were nicely done: good action, and I applaud the effort you put into creating fancy borders with just MS Paint. (If you like fancy borders, do look into GIMP -- it does the fuzzy rectangular stuff pretty much automatically.) The first image was especially enticing.
Others have remarked on the report width. I'd like to point out a bit about the layout too... On my resolution, there's a section in the middle of the report where the text flow isn't all that great, starting from your "airfight" to "rnbase2" pictures, and again at your "minimapupdate3" image. If you'd turned these into collages or just centred them outside of the text, it would've improved the visual appeal of your contribution.
The minor spelling/grammar errors (spank your proofreader =0) weren't too distracting, as it wasn't hard to figure out what you were saying. And, except for the carriers out of nowhere, you hit the high points of the game quite well. I'm surprised how close it was.
Looking forward to your promised Micro Wars report. |
| #34 Psyonic_Reaver[164113] |
| mail.seventhmountain.com |
| Thanks Newb. I too look forward to my Micro Wars report but sadly now that Blizz released the new patch it is rendered useless.... =( Isn't it? |
| #35 [164121] |
| dblt-216-227-17-230.gtcom.net |
| It shouldn't be. o_O I don't think the patch fucked up any reps. Though if I understand correctly you can't have someone join your rep if it was on a PGT map from before 1.14. All those maps are now illegal because of having now banned characters in them, so noone can join games made on the maps nor reps made on the maps. ;/ |
| #36 OverTheUnder[164122] |
| 12-205-145-63.client.mchsi.com |
nice~_~ 8.5 for being the first bw report in a while:D
maar makes up like 25% of the comments in all replays/reports.
70% on his own reports, lawl;o |
| #37 NewbEye[164124] |
| dp-216-106-106-106.storm.ca |
If your replay doesn't work in 1.14, running with the 1.13 executable might help. Although, some of my old replays actually crash SC when I try that :(
If you didn't back up your 1.13, you can get the executable from bwprogrammers.com. |
| #38 Psyonic_Reaver[164125] |
| 67-59-78-62.generic.webformix.com |
| Meh... I'll just get another player to MW with me and we'll go from there. =p |
| #39 Umm[164127] |
| cpe-67-10-130-8.houston.res.rr.com |
| GG |
| #40 Blaze[165024] |
| 202.84-48-80.nextgentel.com |
Wow, you guys are still around. If I can find a cd key I'll drop by one day:)
Nice report! Was thinking about trying one myself soon. |
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