Proposal to improve overall quality of C9 guides

[quote=utopus]Disclaimer: Wasn't sure if this should go in site support, or GD. If a mod thinks this is unfit for GD then they are by all means welcome to move it; However, moving this kind of thread to Site Support will result in a decrease in comment turnover. [spoiler=Dilemna] C9 Guides are short, not detailed, and hardly teach players how to play a champion.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Explanation:] C9 Members are being pressured to write a ton of these guides; It is understandable that after a certain point, they would want to rush through this kind of thing and just get it over with. Being a high ELO player myself, I can say that part of me kinda died inside trying to code and design my morgana guide, and I can imagine it is only worse for Balls, Sneaky, Hai, LomoNation, and Meteos.[/spoiler] [spoiler=Proposal:]Active MOBAfire members write a collab that will serve as a starting draft for C9 members. We will do nice coding, banners, pictures of team fights, etc etc. Having a good initial mass of work to start with, it will be much easier for them to narrow their scope on how they play that specific champion. They will be able to commmunicate actually valuable information on how to play a certain champion, because they will not get distracted (and bored) writing all the simple, easy, boring stuff.[/spoiler] Okay we've gotten enough positive feedback to go forward with a collab guide. We need to choose a champion. I'd like you guys to vote for 3 champions. Keep in mind that it will probably be best to write a champion guide that covers a champion that has not been covered by C9 already. I'll include a tally of people's votes in my initial post, and in 12/24 hours, i'll announce a champion that we will write about in our collab guide. Guideline for Voting on champions: [list][*]Vote for three champions. [*]Meta picks only - We will cover only champs that C9 actually played seriously (e.g. no Urgot) [*]If you vote on a champion that has already been covered by a C9 guide, I won't count that vote. [*]It is preferred if you vote on a champion that has a high skill cap. That way, we can really learn something meaningful for C9 to teach us. [*]If there is a tie for the winning champion, I'll use an RNG to find the winner[/list] Current Objective: VOTE FOR A CHAMPION!! I Will keep a tally of people's votes here [columns] [nextcol size=250] [u]Champion:[/u] [[lulu]] [[orianna]] [[vi]] [[yasuo]] [nextcol size=250] [u]#Votes[/u] 1 2 1 1 [nextcol size=250] [u]Who has voted:[/u] Utopus XeresAce(2/3) [/columns] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Future procedure: Write Collab guide on the chosen champion I would like hear your feedback on this. If it gets enough positive feedback, I'll code a guide on this post, and you are all welcome to contribute.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I think this is a great idea. I'm happy to throw in help on Graphics if needed.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]Aren't the guides getting coded by mobafire staff already? I am 99% sure that something like that was mentioned in the comments of one of hoodstomp's guides(I obviously don't know about those guides). The guides are also already coded and have dividers and stuff, so the c9 members can just copy-paste everything and just edit the text. The guides already look good and there is no need for more visual stuff. All that is needed is more actual content.[/quote]

[quote=Janitsu]I'd be glad to help if I can :)![/quote]

[quote=Mooninites][quote=mastrer1000]Aren't the guides getting coded by mobafire staff already? I am 99% sure that something like that was mentioned in the comments of one of hoodstomp's guides(I obviously don't know about those guides). [/quote] I can't speak for all, but I know the C9 guides were coded by staff, probably not that uncommon given that they wouldn't understand the layout or BBC coding.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]Seems good. Should improve things. I can help as well if required.[/quote]

[quote=utopus]Okay we've gotten enough positive feedback to go forward with a collab guide. We need to choose a champion. I'd like you guys to vote for 3 champions. Keep in mind that it will probably be best to write a champion guide that covers a champion that has not been covered by C9 already. I'll include a tally of people's votes in my initial post, and in 12/24 hours, i'll announce a champion that we will write about in our collab guide. Guideline for Voting on champions: [list] [*]Vote for three champions. [*]Meta picks only - We will cover only champs that C9 actually played seriously (e.g. no [[urgot]]) [*]If you vote on a champion that has already been covered by a C9 guide, I won't count that vote. [*]It is preferred if you vote on a champion that has a high skill cap. That way, we can really learn something meaningful for C9 to teach us.[/list] EDIT: I will also update my OP with this info[/quote]

[quote=utopus]My votes are: 1. [[lulu]] 2. [[orianna]] 3. [[vi]][/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]Very nice idea albeit naive because there's no way C9 will do anything while they're still bootcamping for worlds.[/quote]

[quote=IPodPulse]Sweet. my votes are 1. [[yasuo]] 2. [[vi]] 3. [[kha'zix]][/quote]