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An integral part of smash culture (particularly here at SWF) is the plethora of wonderful guides that zero in on the utmost details of each character. They detail the character's strengths, weaknesses, strategies, combos, character matchups, etc. I can assure you they will return when Brawl hits the streets.
I am hoping to set some new standards. With these new guides, I would like to see an evolution in how we handle them. There were several things that bugged me about the current system. First and foremost, I cannot stand reading guides in forum thread form. I like the threads themselves for comments, questions, and feedback, but the guide needs to be placed elsewhere and formatted nicely. Let the forum be a forum while the guide does its own thing. The SmashWiki is an excellent compendium of knowledge, but when it comes to character guides, I think the Wiki is even uglier than the threads, so please don't put them into the Wiki.
Second, there needs to be more of a character guide "home". This is where the SmashWiki would be useful. An index of guides sorted by character would be wonderful as opposed to having to dig them out of the character specific forums individually. There can also (hopefully) be a master update page where guide creators can post notifications of guide modifications.
Third, there needs to be at least one "open source" guide for each character. I learned the hard way the burden of attempting to be the knowledge center of a character. It works out at first, but the game evolves, and everyone starts disagreeing and bickering about certain aspects (mostly character matchups). It would be nice if the community worked together to agree on those aspects. This is a more complex issue that would need to be discussed further.
Thoughts?
I am hoping to set some new standards. With these new guides, I would like to see an evolution in how we handle them. There were several things that bugged me about the current system. First and foremost, I cannot stand reading guides in forum thread form. I like the threads themselves for comments, questions, and feedback, but the guide needs to be placed elsewhere and formatted nicely. Let the forum be a forum while the guide does its own thing. The SmashWiki is an excellent compendium of knowledge, but when it comes to character guides, I think the Wiki is even uglier than the threads, so please don't put them into the Wiki.
Second, there needs to be more of a character guide "home". This is where the SmashWiki would be useful. An index of guides sorted by character would be wonderful as opposed to having to dig them out of the character specific forums individually. There can also (hopefully) be a master update page where guide creators can post notifications of guide modifications.
Third, there needs to be at least one "open source" guide for each character. I learned the hard way the burden of attempting to be the knowledge center of a character. It works out at first, but the game evolves, and everyone starts disagreeing and bickering about certain aspects (mostly character matchups). It would be nice if the community worked together to agree on those aspects. This is a more complex issue that would need to be discussed further.
Thoughts?