My tip on how to play your first game of SC2, if you ever played SC1.

[Blashy]

Just try it without the user manual or looking at ANYTHING else, like the script files.

This will give you the best experience at discovering new things. I guarantee it. That is what I did when I first got on the beta and for the 1st 2 hours I kept finding out some sweet things.

Best of all... try the cookie cutter ;) .

[Codename Condor]

Yeah, sure..so u dont want to hand the manual to us, do u?

[Codename Condor]

I feel that taking France with axis is gonna be easy so congrats u have anihilated Condor Scandinavian Blitz strategy.

[WarMakerX]

Thanks Blashy... enjoy your discussion of the beta version of the game.

[Jon Patrick]

I'm sorry... isn't the alternative to this thought to receive your game, settle in for a long night of studying the glossy manual, and then waiting until the next morning to being your first, well informed game?
Really... who's gonna do THAT after the wait!
Bring it on! rip it open, and put it in the CD drive!!!!!!!!!
JP

[pzgndr]

FWIW, the printed User Manual will be about 150 pages. Sure, go ahead and play the game without skimming the manual if you want. Most features will be intuitive for SC1 players, but many will not. When you start scratching your head about stuff, then please go read the manual. It's got just about every detail discussed someplace. ;)

[TaoJah]

I never read the manual for any of the games, lol. Back in the old days, the only time I ever opened a manual was to fill in those silyl test-words like "the 5th word on page 17" to advance a level or so.

It's much more fun to try stuff out on your own and see if you can beat the AI without all the nitty gritty finetuning details.

Once you start playing against others, though, you got to know everything, ofcourse.

[Hubert Cater]

Originally posted by pzgndr:
It's got just about every detail discussed someplace. ;) I'll definitely second this and happily add that Bill did an excellent job putting together this manual for you guys. A fantastic read smile.gif

[Jon Patrick]

Originally posted by Hubert Cater:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by pzgndr:
It's got just about every detail discussed someplace. ;) I'll definitely second this and happily add that Bill did an excellent job putting together this manual for you guys. A fantastic read smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Having, um, 'skimmed' the manual now, I absolutely agree. One of the best I've ever seen for a game.

Not to brown-nose (I already sent my money in!), but I hope some nights you sit back with a coffee, wine, whiskey, cigar or cigarette or a good smokeless tobacco, look at the work you've done on these 2 games and are truly, sinfully PROUD.

you should be, and the community here exists because of you and your games.

JP

[Kuniworth]

no we the commuinity exists because we are cool dudes, crap boy!

[jon_j_rambo]

Why be sinfully proud? Easy on the vices, son.

[Jon Patrick]

pride is a sin.
to be proud is to be sinful.

that's all I say.

'son'??

[Jon Patrick]

Originally posted by Kuniworth:
no we the commuinity exists because we are cool dudes, crap boy! crap boy?
WTF does this mean?

[Kuniworth]

Originally posted by Jon Patrick:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Kuniworth:
no we the commuinity exists because we are cool dudes, crap boy! crap boy?
WTF does this mean? </font>[/QUOTE]We the community got an own fansite, regardless of all sc1 copies in the whole world will be destroyed or if sc2 will never ship. It's called SC Buntaland and you can find the link in my sig. Go sign up crappie.

Oh...by crap boy no offence. Crap means "knowledge or wisdom" in swedish.

[pzgndr]

Having, um, 'skimmed' the manual now, I absolutely agree. One of the best I've ever seen for a game. Thank you! I'm not about to quit my day job for full time wargame User Manual writing, but some days I'm tempted. ;)

Btw, there's already a lengthy updates and errata file for the User Manual included with the game. It's been a royal challenge to keep up with all of the changes, let me tell ya. And we're not finished yet!

[Jon Patrick]

Originally posted by Kuniworth:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jon Patrick:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Kuniworth:
no we the commuinity exists because we are cool dudes, crap boy! crap boy?
WTF does this mean? </font>[/QUOTE]We the community got an own fansite, regardless of all sc1 copies in the whole world will be destroyed or if sc2 will never ship. It's called SC Buntaland and you can find the link in my sig. Go sign up crappie.

Oh...by crap boy no offence. Crap means "knowledge or wisdom" in swedish. </font>[/QUOTE]Okay,
first, I know of SC Buntaland, and my reference to 'this community' was specifically to the fans who gather here.
I've lurked on Buntaland, but haven't joined.
As for Crap meaning "knowledge or wisdom" in swedish...uh.. okay.
I certainly didn't take it that way the first time. ;)

[Jon Patrick]

Originally posted by pzgndr:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Having, um, 'skimmed' the manual now, I absolutely agree. One of the best I've ever seen for a game. Thank you! I'm not about to quit my day job for full time wargame User Manual writing, but some days I'm tempted. ;)
</font>[/QUOTE]LOL! How's the pay on that!!
(not prying... meant to be funny... I would suspect it wouldn't replace your day job.)

[Hubert Cater]

Originally posted by Jon Patrick:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Hubert Cater:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by pzgndr:
It's got just about every detail discussed someplace. ;) I'll definitely second this and happily add that Bill did an excellent job putting together this manual for you guys. A fantastic read smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Having, um, 'skimmed' the manual now, I absolutely agree. One of the best I've ever seen for a game.

Not to brown-nose (I already sent my money in!), but I hope some nights you sit back with a coffee, wine, whiskey, cigar or cigarette or a good smokeless tobacco, look at the work you've done on these 2 games and are truly, sinfully PROUD.

you should be, and the community here exists because of you and your games.

JP </font>[/QUOTE]Thanks Jon and while SC2 will probably still keep me a little busy for a while... hopefully that break comes sooner rather than later smile.gif