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« on: March 19, 2012, 05:52:27 pm »
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Should add something along the lines of "I/my friend discovered that if you just buy money you'll win all the time" and link it to this. I know it's covered in the Dominion Lingo dictionary, but it does seem to crop up often enough as a separate thread.
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 09:18:54 pm »
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Should have something linking to some of the many threads that are some variation of 'which expansion should I buy next?'
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 11:09:58 pm »
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thanks for the input guys. good call jorbles, i added that.  WW, i wasn't able to find too many threads in a quick search, but i linked what i found.  there might be more but the threads are probably pretty short.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2012, 05:35:43 am »
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2012, 06:37:09 am »
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Also, can you format this better? Right now it looks like a mess of links aka "ughhh I have to study?!? FOR A GAME?!??! And it doesn't even look like fun studying..." is what many people will say looking at this.

edit: By this I mean size changes to the section titles, bolding/underlining them, etc.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2012, 10:07:39 am »
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Also, can you format this better? Right now it looks like a mess of links aka "ughhh I have to study?!? FOR A GAME?!??! And it doesn't even look like fun studying..." is what many people will say looking at this.

edit: By this I mean size changes to the section titles, bolding/underlining them, etc.

thanks for the input. i'll work on cleaning up the formatting.  it will probably come in chunks, i technically do have a job i'm supposed to be doing.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2012, 10:13:45 am »
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Also, can you format this better? Right now it looks like a mess of links aka "ughhh I have to study?!? FOR A GAME?!??! And it doesn't even look like fun studying..." is what many people will say looking at this.

edit: By this I mean size changes to the section titles, bolding/underlining them, etc.

thanks for the input. i'll work on cleaning up the formatting.  it will probably come in chunks, i technically do have a job i'm supposed to be doing.

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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2012, 12:17:12 pm »
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If only this site weren't blocked at work...
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2012, 03:08:26 pm »
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Loving the new formatting. Well done :)
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2012, 03:24:13 am »
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  • USA Finals - July 2012 - Chicago, Illinois

Jay sent the qualifiers an e-mail confirming that this will be held on July 14, 2012.
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« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2012, 07:58:27 am »
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this is awesome! I just bookmarked it so I can find key threads more quickly.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2012, 02:17:09 pm »
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i haven't heard much information about qualifiers recently.  if anyone has any more info (on anything, really) let me know and i will add it in here.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2012, 09:20:13 pm »
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There was a Regional Qualifier held at KublaCon in San Francisco this past weekend.  http://kublacon.com
There was originally some confusion as to whether the winner would be sponsored directly to GenCon.  I believe the latest word was just to the U.S. Nationals in Chicago in July.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2012, 09:31:43 pm »
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There was a Regional Qualifier held at KublaCon in San Francisco this past weekend.  http://kublacon.com
There was originally some confusion as to whether the winner would be sponsored directly to GenCon.  I believe the latest word was just to the U.S. Nationals in Chicago in July.

thanks for the info! as i understand it only the winner of the US tournament will be sponsored, not all competitors.  though of course things could have changed.  there hasn't been a lot of available information on the tournament at large.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2012, 05:35:24 pm »
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I kind of want to sticky this topic in every forum. 
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2012, 03:10:50 am »
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I'm a bit sad there's no mention of the simulators. I believe they've been a big contribution to the strategic knowledge we have today.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2012, 08:14:04 am »
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I'm a bit sad there's no mention of the simulators. I believe they've been a big contribution to the strategic knowledge we have today.

well, i do briefly mention them, but it is not really a proper mention.

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i will gladly make a more detailed mention of the simulators though. just let me know where they might fit best and what you would like included!  perhaps a subsection in the first post?  a dedicated new post?  it can be a little tricky for me to overhaul the formatting in this without cleaning out some of suggestion posts in this thread.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2012, 08:36:50 am »
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The problem with including the simulators is, well, questions about them aren't frequently asked. Maybe they SHOULD be, but they aren't.

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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2012, 11:09:45 am »
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ok, i added a small section about simulations in the first post.  feedback and detailed examples from you guys (especially Geronimoo and WW) would be much appreciated.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2012, 11:39:10 am »
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It's good. Thx for including it.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2012, 03:32:01 pm »
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Wow, your summaries are awesome.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2012, 05:50:15 pm »
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The boardgaming subreddit picked me as their "Meeple of the Week".  Feel free to add the link to the Reddit links already in the FAQ :)

I talk about DS / TS a little bit, mostly about how awesome this community is!
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2012, 05:56:11 pm »
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done. added that florida qualifier to the list too.
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2012, 06:32:03 pm »
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Hey, decided to come back and see how well this worked or didn't work. You did a very good job. The slightest adjustment I would make is to underline the big categorizing words like

RESOURCES

instead
RESOURCES
and you can try making it bold too if you didn't already.

Basically, I approve. 5/5 :P

edit: Also, how come some users have YouTube links but some don't?
 
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Re: Re: Frequently Asked Questions
« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2012, 02:32:12 pm »
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Hey, decided to come back and see how well this worked or didn't work. You did a very good job.
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Basically, I approve. 5/5 :P

hey, haven't seen you around these parts in a while. thanks for the feedback! this FAQ has grown a bit since i put it together, and some of the early feedback was super helpful in doing that.

edit: Also, how come some users have YouTube links but some don't?
laziness mostly?  i haven't updated that portion of the text in a while. i think a few others have created youtube channels since i made that addition.

The slightest adjustment I would make is to underline the big categorizing words like

RESOURCES

instead
RESOURCES
and you can try making it bold too if you didn't already.

i messed around with a few formats early on, including underlining sections.  i found it hard to balance creating clear delineations while also keeping the format simple and easy on the eyes.  i am totally open for these suggestions and might change it later, but for now i am going to leave it as is.

the reason for that is that i think i might have to overhaul the whole FAQ in the coming week or two anyway.  between dark ages being released and the Goko/Funsockets online implementation coming out a whole lot of the FAQ should probably be reformatted.  while i would like to keep it around, a lot of the information and questions related to Isotropic will not need as prominent a place.  in line with that, i am sure that a host of G/F questions will pop up in the coming weeks.

while i'm at it i want to add in some other stuff too:
- detailed listing of all online tournaments, past, present, and future. links to rules, results, forum discussion, etc.
- a comprehensive listing of all IRL tournaments, especially those related to the World Masters tournament, with relevant links to forum threads
- more info on the simulators, and ideally a few tables showing win rates or turns to hit 4 provinces for common things like terminal draw BM

i'd like to keep the same basic formatting though, as i think it is useful to be able to link people to a post which specifically addresses their need instead of a single giant wall of text.  but to keep with this formatting i will probably need to split up some posts or add a few more. which, it would be nice if theory could hook me up with mod powers for this thread to take care of all that.
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