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Your Pet Peeves Regarding Guide Writing

Creator: Jebus McAzn May 3, 2011 8:42pm
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What do you find annoying about some of the guides on this site? What are some mistakes or even trivial things you see that piss you off?

Hopefully we can get enough information in this thread to maybe compile a thread on "guide-writing tips".

Personally, I have two major guide pet peeves:

1. When a user has to display every item component of every one of his main items. The item section has around 40 items in it and it's hard to see what the final 6 are anyway.
2. When a user uses a seemingly random rune/mastery/skill setup to, I don't know, make the guide look harder to remember and therefore more high-level?
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I agree with what you've said and also:
Punctuation.
Please get an English-speaking friend to correct that for you. It's such an eyesore.

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The incorrect use of to, too, and two.

I don't know why. Makes me want to end lives.
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When people post scores or say "But I own with this guide"

I'm like you idiot everyone is at different elos

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^This.
When people build Warmogs as a staple item in a guide despite the fact it is in fact, situational.
Not explaining your personal play style in the guide. Can't adopt or adapt it, if you don't know it.
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Adonikam wrote:

When people post scores or say "But I own with this guide"


Posting people's scores makes them feel somewhat special :)

and I don't think I have any that aren't covered.

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1. When a user has to display every item component of every one of his main items. The item section has around 40 items in it and it's hard to see what the final 6 are anyway.



TELL ME ABOUT IT!
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When a user puts stupid stuff "that they use" - for instance "health quints might be better but I only own Attack Speed quints so I put them in the build" or "I'm not summoner lvl 30 yet so I only invested 15 mastery points". /facepalm give me a break, PUT WHAT'S IDEAL NOT WHAT YOU PLAY WITH
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Players below lvl30 making guides. You don't know **** about the game, stop making guides..


Players using several champions in the same guide to display different builds. That should be covered in the guide and only serves to confuse the reader..

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I seriously hate when people go over EVERYTHING

They go through every single summoner spell, why you should use what and what not to use. Like seriously, dont even mention smite on annie or revive.. period, just hit your main points

Also items.
They go over every single item that could ever possibly be considerable on that champion.
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