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Syvan · 07-17-2012, 06:46 AM

(07-17-2012 05:45 AM)Harti Wrote: 1 - If there was such a column, wouldn't reading it bring all readers to the same level of skill? Is that what we want?
2 - Is our point of view good enough to call it advanced strategy and is it really the best way to go?
3 - If people begin playing like this, is this going to be the new orthodox metagame which can once again be exposed by unorthodox strategies?
4 - Writing walls of text is not only cumbersome but also tough to read; screenshots cost even more time to prepare; making videos/replays would either require (interesting) games with active opponents or a "scripted" unranked game between two strategists - so the question is the "HOW"
5 - Also, "WHERE" to put it in a way the media elements (images, videos) can be embedded?

As for point 1, I think an educated player base can only improve the game. Even into high masters I saw some egregious mistakes (you beta testers who couldn't get The Algorithm rank up don't count). Besides, the only people benefitting from obscurity are the people with the most experience.

2 - For now at least, the beta testers are the best source of strategy. You have by far the most experience of anyone and have more than likely been analyzing the cost-benefit tradeoffs of various forms of play. Besides, this weekends games against you, Josue, and ArtNJ have made me question whether I should even be playing on the ladder until I understand the game better. The level of the beta-testers has been astronomically higher than almost everyone else I've played.

3 - I think the best way to achieve this is to post the replay with a discussion of the critical points in the match. Between high level players, there are likely to be fewer "You should have probably taken the wit space on turn 1" comments and more "Poor scouting failed to the reveal heavy wit investment on the north side of the map." Even in games that take a long time, it was probably due to a miscalculation early in the game. The discussions about what decisions to make and why they were made incorrectly could be interesting.