Thematic Guide Writing

[quote=jhoijhoi]Well, hmm. Why not? "And beware the infidel's deadly hook, which can pass through walls" etc etc - you're better at it than I am. I mean, even explaining runes would be fun, "It is likely that this creature will be wearing armour, 9 seals worth, to be exact" or whatever. You could totally work with it. You'd just have to make sure it makes sense.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]I guess, but I still feel like that gets confusing. I'm attempting to teach people how to play a champion, in a narrative that expresses extreme hatred for the character the guide is about. XD[/quote]

[quote=animorte]Please do that again. I can't stand guide formats these days. Everybody's guide looks almost exactly the same. I hate how over 60% of the entire guide is just describing what abilities and items do. That's what I thought being able to do this ([[Boots of Speed]]/[[Arcane Shift]]) was for. It's so difficult for me to read guides anymore because it's so rare to find anything unique.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Yes, I agree. Guides should tell you how, and when to use abilities, or unique tricks with them. Not give you a tooltip text in different words. I'm glad to see people liked the writing in my Cho guide. :][/quote]

[quote=drakon136]Yes. Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes. The narrative in your Cho'Gath guide was great, and was one of the main reasons why I loved it so much.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Well, I don't see why you can't still explain things in-depth. For example, if I was writing a Warwick guide from Soraka's point of view, I could say something like: "Despite his hedious transformation, he was given gifts beyond moral imagining. Like Death himself, the wolf can smell the scent of blood. [[blood scent]] will allow him to hunt you down. From how I understand, the smell is so enticing, the monster quickens his pace." You're not repeating a tooltip. And even if you ARE, it's amazingly more entertaining if you do it right.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]True, very true. BTW you should totally do your WW guide like that ;p[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]haha, I totally would, but I wouldn't want to step on your toes :P And it sounds like a WHOLE lot of work.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]It is. Making updates is a bitch and half, not so much writing it up the first time.[/quote]

[quote=animorte]I might do my next guide like that, just because it's fun. My really old (now archived) guides did not follow suit and were swiftly and harshly downvoted. I don't care.[/quote]