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Re: FIRST Stronghold Game Explanation.

First off thanks! Saves me time. Love the guide attempt. Its a great thing to produce.

Basically try to write it so a 5 year old can understand or 85 year old it and know the basics of game play. So that the reader with that guide in hand is understanding what they are seeing. It can be confusing think back to Day 1.
For the audience this the their Day 1.

Perhaps simplify for the reader the six areas of the game that matter over two days of viewing the game.

0. Defensive selections
1. Auto "big points"
2. Crossing and breaching attempts
3. Castle weakening
4. Endgame (last 20, scales, challenges, captures)
5. Elimination captains and selections

16 Main scoring plays: 8 on outer works, 8 on the castle per match.

Also explain "audience selection of defenses" and when it occurs "You get to cheer for your favorite"

Finally explain what teams are after (Auto points/Ranking points) to qualify for the Eliminations. Then a tournament of best eight alliances to see who goes to World Championships.

Remind the reader they can visit the pits!

Simply explain the basics for the reader..

Matches are 2:30 first :15 auto

RP are for ranking high (Win 2 , Breach 1 , Capture 1) "Ranking Points are the best"

RP help you "rank high" and get you to Eliminations and there pointss go way up for Capture and Breaches ! 8 alliances face off.

Defense takes two crosses to destroy.Outer wall breach for RP is any 4 defenses destroyed by crossing twice.

Weakened Castle for is any 8 boulders scored on it. Their flag will fall.
Only weakened Castles can be captured with three bots surrounding it at end for a RP

Last 20 seconds robots can get taller than 54" to try to Scale for an extra 10 points.

Extra points available for High Goal shots and Scales!

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Pictures are good but you need to "explain" in on sentence or so what the importance is of them, or the reader won't care. Less is more!

Make the reader comfortable understanding the very essence of Stronghold...think like a novice reader and create a document for them.

The basics that make the viewing of the game more fum for the reader.... NO complexity, spell things out and WIFFM
Whats in it for me if I read it.

Something they can pass around and another reader "gets it" in under 1 minute , getting it makes it a better experience for them. Remember this is not for those that know its for those that do not know.
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Last edited by Boltman : 02-03-2016 at 09:29.
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