Idea for a "master" guide for AC

[shezmu]

Hi, so on and off for the past 4-5 months now I have been digging through all of the character forums and the AC guides and cut 'n pasting any post that give info on the characters, not paying any mind to who said the post or the value of the posts content. I'm almost done with this, down to about three or so people left. Did I mention that I'm doing all of this by myself? Having waaaay too much free time and a ton of podcasts and music to listen to does that to ya.

Anywho, the reason I've been doing this is because when I'm done getting all this info, I would like to make a sort of master guide for AC. It'll be a complete a guide for every character, listing BnB, matchups, FRC point descriptions, spacing stuff, pretty much everything you can think of.

The problem with this is that I haven't been paying attention to the info I've been copying for a good reason: I'm not good enough to decide what's good or bad info! Now the FRC points, spacing stuff and stuff like that I can do by myself. Pretty sure you don't have to go to japan for a year to be able to hit the pause button when the input window flashs white or do moves and see if they hit people. However, stuff like separating good info from bad and match up info I don't have a chance of doing myself and doing the topics justice.

So I guess what I would need would from *preferably* good players (i.e. Digital Watches, Hellmonkey, japanese players, etc.) or at least people who really know what they're talking about would be either to throw out their knowledge (preferably through pms) or shift through the info I've gathered and tell me what info is good/bad. I have the data and posts organized in what I believe to be obvious fashion, with character forum stuff organized by "GG strategies" -> "character name" -> "thread title".doc. For the threads, the rule of thumb is two spaces (single spaced) between paragraphs to separate posters and one space to separate paragraphs, quoted posts and stuff like that.

That said, it's not a complete mess, but I suggest that you don't try reading through all the stuff in one sitting, that doesn't work out too well.

As for who's good/knows enough to contribute, I'm just gonna go with the honor principle on this and ignore any obivous offenders. I'm definitely not interested in getting caught up with that drama. Anyone interested in helping me out with the guide, feel free to let me know and I'll upload the files onto megaupload or something.

That said, I think that's all that I needed to say. Feel free to leave a comment and discuss... or flame.

EDIT: Here's the Megaupload link.

[feri]

Your intentions might be good but you've set the goal at something too high. Make a single guide for one character (your main so its easier) and you'll see how long it takes. Matchup guides are impossible! 23v23 matchups holy shit. Who is blessed with this kind of experience? If you really want to help then a basic bnb/mixup/basic strategy for each character is just enough to get people started. Once there the rest of the game is self taught if they have a scene.... going any further with the guide is honestly a waste of effort.

[doragonkoroshi]

Well, it may be a little ambitious, but if you get enough help, I think it's a good idea. Let me see what you have for Testament and I will try to help. I don't consider myself an absolute authority, but I can submit my stuff for review and see what comes out. I play (or have played) a lot of really good players, and I think I can come up with some useful info. Feri, I don't see the harm in people giving input on the matchups that they know. Maybe we won't be able to cover everyone, but with input from multiple players of the same character that live in different areas, we could potentially get a lot of matchups covered.

[shezmu]

@doragonkoroshi - Thank you. I'll upload the documents in one rar file (~34mb) on megaupload and edit the OP in I'm done with that. If anyone for whatever reason (shit computer, bandwidth caps) needs me to post the character folders separately or to a different uploader, just let me know. @feri - Thanks for the input. Till I get a job, I have a lot of free time to kill, so how long it'll take doesn't worry me. Being that all I'll be doing is stuff that GG newbies could do, and prettying up the good info into essay format, I don't think it'll be too much time. Worse case scenario, I'm thinking a day or so total time for each character. As for what should be in the guides, true, actual experience will serve players than the guides will be able to. In light of that, I'm think'in the guides should tell players how to practice smart and such. bnb/mixup/basic strategy, general pointers for match ups (i.e. stop venom from firing balls), an article on the importance of spacing, and that's about it. As for the match up stuff, I kinda figured that people will contribute what they know and that'll hopefully be enough. Thank you again for the input.

[shezmu]

Edited OP with megaupload link.

...You stole my idea, you bitch.

[Digital Watches]

Like feri, I think it's a bit ambitious. But if you want to know stuff, I'm willing to help out with anything I'm qualified to answer. Just ask. (Pro tip: I don't really check PMs, so hit me up on AIM or whatever.)