Someone needs to make a book

[MuttonBasher]

Seriously, with all the ATs, strategies, matchup charts, etc. for each character, somebody could make a pretty penny or more. I'm tired of having to go back and forth b/t the game and my computer reading all this stuff. The guides sold in stores aren't worth a crap. I'd pay $25 for one! Who wants to be rich?

 

[Anth0ny]

I've actually thought of this before. Smashboards should make a competitive guide to Smash Bros. SBR members would clean up all the information the community has gathered in Tactical Discussion and the Character Boards, then hire people to take screenshots.

However, I doubt it would happen. Legal issues ftl.

 

[TP]

By the time it was actually published, it would be very outdated. They could possibly make one for Melee, since the metagame for Melee is pretty sluggish now, but it would have a much smaller audience.

 

[Nintendevil]

By the time it was actually published, it would be very outdated. They could possibly make one for Melee, since the metagame for Melee is pretty sluggish now, but it would have a much smaller audience.

This ^

 

[Phoenix~Lament]

Just make your own makeshift book.

It's not that hard right? Name of technique, how to do it, expected results if you did it correctly, potential applications. That's all you need..

 

[XienZo]

Just make your own makeshift book.

It's not that hard right? Name of technique, how to do it, expected results if you did it correctly, potential applications. That's all you need..

Except if you made it, you wouldn't need it anymore...

 

[Black_Heretic]

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=187873

print out the first post of that thread

 

[ndayday]

^ I did that months ago. I never read past the first page. =P

But really, I don't see how a book would be better then using the search function and finding your characters techniques really fast.

 

[Kinzer]

I'm working on it, go and look in the Creative Minds section and look for my story in the making.

I promise when I finish it, it will look prettier and more well-done.

 

[gunterrsmash01]

Maybe after a few months, the Smash Lab could come up with something like this.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

A book could cover some techniques but not all of them. Some are just best demonstrated with videos.

For everything else, a book would be hawt. I'd help make one.

 

[feardragon64]

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=187873

print out the first post of that thread

Quoted because apparently not enough people saw it...

Seriously like, just use that. It has pretty much all of them. If it's missing one...
Then why haven't you ask for it to be added?

 

[Lemon Drop]

You all should see the Mother 3 guide starmen.net is working on.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

It needs to be formatted for a book. Saying "here is the thread with all the info" is inadequate for making a book. It needs to be organized in a logical manner (indexed using page numbers) and presented in a more down-to-earth way.

 

[Black_Heretic]

It needs to be formatted for a book. Saying "here is the thread with all the info" is inadequate for making a book. It needs to be organized in a logical manner (indexed using page numbers) and presented in a more down-to-earth way.

but would a book even be necessary with tools such as youtube and SWF itself at your disposal? It wouldn't even be as fast seeing as most people are always logged on their computers and ctrl+F is faster than a table of contents or index

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

but would a book even be necessary with tools such as youtube and SWF itself at your disposal? It wouldn't even be as fast seeing as most people are always logged on their computers and ctrl+F is faster than a table of contents or index

That's exactly my point. A book would need to be organized into a tool that you can have handy while you are actually playing the game. Otherwise, it has no point. Like you said, if you're going to actually sit down and do research (before attempting it in the actual game), having a book is pointless.

 

[Black_Heretic]

That's exactly my point. A book would need to be organized into a tool that you can have handy while you are actually playing the game. Otherwise, it has no point. Like you said, if you're going to actually sit down and do research (before attempting it in the actual game), having a book is pointless.

k, gotcha, and I think the tool you're referring to is a laptop

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

k, gotcha, and I think the tool you're referring to is a laptop

No way. I own a nice small laptop, but I hate trying to read off it while doing something in the game. Watching videos is great, but reading is bad news. I'd take a book any day.

 

[Black_Heretic]

No way. I own a nice small laptop, but I hate trying to read off it while doing something in the game. Watching videos is great, but reading is bad news. I'd take a book any day.

personal preference, either way, we're pretty much agreed on the fact that a book is limited in this subject, right?

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

I do think that there should at least be a nicely formatted PDF somewhere (even if the text was generally unchanged). vBulletin threads are stupid.

 

[Black_Heretic]

I do think that there should at least be a nicely formatted PDF somewhere (even if the text was generally unchanged). vBulletin threads are stupid.

I agree, maybe in my spare time one day I'll do it and post a download link here

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

I agree, maybe in my spare time one day I'll do it and post a download link here

LOL! I emphasized the huge disclaimers there. Can we expect a finished version by 2018?

 

[Black_Heretic]

LOL! I emphasized the huge disclaimers there. Can we expect a finished version by 2018?

=/ if people actually want that information in PDF format, I'd be glad to do it

but otherwise its coming out 2020

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

LOL! I've already expressed my personal interest in a hawt PDF. Wanna work on one together?

 

[Black_Heretic]

LOL! I've already expressed my personal interest in a hawt PDF. Wanna work on one together?

I'll do it, sounds like fun

 

[M15t3R E]

Newsflash: This is precisely one of the Smash Lab's major functions. Probably the biggest reason why it was created.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

Newsflash: This is precisely one of the Smash Lab's major functions. Probably the biggest reason why it was created.

They will be gathering information, but they won't be publishing in hawt BuzzPDF format.

 

[Lord Yawgmoth]

That's exactly my point. A book would need to be organized into a tool that you can have handy while you are actually playing the game. Otherwise, it has no point. Like you said, if you're going to actually sit down and do research (before attempting it in the actual game), having a book is pointless.

True that.


And it would make such a nice gift for gamers that 'play competitively' but you can't quite get to come on smashboards. (Hell, make sure to shoutout to smashboards often in the book)


Best present ever?

 

[illinialex24]

I think what we could do is if we got many authors, we could essentially have a book with different users having the ability to edit different sections. Essentially, it would have a guide to all AT's, guides for every character, matchups and metagame and all that. And each person could edit and update each area that they are dealing with.

 

[Lord Yawgmoth]

I think what we could do is if we got many authors, we could essentially have a book with different users having the ability to edit different sections. Essentially, it would have a guide to all AT's, guides for every character, matchups and metagame and all that. And each person could edit and update each area that they are dealing with.

lol,
someday that could happen.....



.....someday.....

Spoiler

(I would still totally buy the book to give to people as a means to get them into competitive smash)

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

In contrast to what I said earlier, if someone wants to just study tons of techniques in one long sitting, a book would be nice since reading a book for a long time is far less strenuous than reading a screen.