Do you want you're guide to be the one everyone remembers? Do you want guide the one everyone learns from? Do you want to read this guide? Introducing your guide Guiding Spazzaz Maker your guide best it can be It is important to introduce your guide so your reader will keep reading. A bad guide would start like this: I'm going to tell you about a faster build. A better guide would start like this: I have a new build that will make you higher than everyone else around, The BEST. Which one caught your eye? Guiding: Your guide should not bore your reader. a guide droning on about importance of this or that. or even if its not important, saying something like: Ok now that you have your first twenty-five lands explored we'll begin to switching builds. So in your top right, you'll put a guild in the top righthand corne, directly under that put a... Instead say something like: Using the method discussed earlier to get money, replace buildingings with 10 guilds 4 defense towers... (I'm not saying this is part of a great build) Now Explain everything!! I saw a guide a few days back with question answers doing something like this: :?: *Question :idea: *Answer :?: *Question :idea: *Answer :?: *Question :idea: *Answer :?: *Question :idea: *Answer :?: *Question :idea: *Answer :?: *Question :idea: *Answer All of his things were about one sentence long. not giving enough detail a better version would be like this. Question Answer Example, with lots of extra writing......................... ...................................................................................... ....................................................................................... ....................??? Example, with lots of extra writing......................... ...................................................................................... ....................................................................................... ....................!!! Example, with lots of extra writing......................... ...................................................................................... ....................................................................................... ....................??? Example, with lots of extra writing......................... ...................................................................................... ....................................................................................... ....................!!! You get the idea?? Spazzaz This should explain itself... Spazzaz = Color + Pictures + Neat + Bad grammer Alternatively Dont have: a MeSsy gUidE wItH nO coLoRs YoUr PicTUres an worser gramer Get it?? Maker your guide best You want your guide to be informative, useful, and awesome. So far I've covered awesome. Now and informative useful guide contains correct information that has not yet been posted on forums. First we'll talk about ensuring what you write about is true. OK, lets say your guide is about forum codes an easy test would be to try everything out on a test guide seeing if there are no errors. ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? Code: [list]??Does it work??[/list] (that was code) Does it work? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? ??Does it work?? After you see if it works, try again until it does. Then post your guide. Unless you read the next step. DON'T POST A GUIDE THAT'S ALREADY THERE!!! ESPECIALLY A STICKYED ONE!! Go through the first five pages of you're section that the guide might be posted in and if there is one, dont post. If you fail to accomplish these you may be greatly trolled. Thank you.
An example guide: The complete guide to de-n00b-ifing KaW. 1. Destroying clans a. Becoming Admin i. Kick members ii. Delete Can info b. Getting owner i.Disband 2. Farming a. Strip farming b. WIN!!! 3. If you ever get hold of their iPod a. Delete app ********************************* That probably explains it but I will go into more detail the farther down you go. ********************************* 1. Destroying clans This is a very important step taking away the morality in ANY noob. Destroy the clan that they worked every waking moment on, got 44 other noobs to join. Destroy that clan, destroy that noob. a. Becoming Admin How to become an admin? Simple! Join your target noob's clan. Being the strongest person in the clan will give plenty of bonus points BUT when you say you'll "recruit" someone stronger (your friend/alt in on the plan) they won't hesitate to make you admin in their (soon to be dead clan). Now your admin. Complain about the fact that your clan has 44 members and !!12!! admins, and how it makes your role greatly diminished. Try and get him to cut it down to say 3 admins including you. (If you make it to six your doing well) when you feel you've made him cut as many admins as possible head to step two. i. Kick Members For this step I suggest wait till the noob owner is asleep, then act (the reason is that 44 members is alot to kick without being noticed and de-Admined) go through every member and hit manage>kick. ii. Delete info As a final flare and to DEVASTATE the target noob, go to manage and edit clan info to " " (blank). Press done. To finish it off turn off applicants, and leave. Side note: If you want to play with the mind of you target noob, I suggest going to his wall and post: "Oooops" or "Who killed your clan? I'm leaving!!" b. Getting Owner Becoming owner is difficult even among noobs. The way I suggest to accomplish it is try and become co-owner by following the steps to become admin (stated above). You might want to stay a day, then say something like, "if you don't really trust me I'm leaving!" The noob will say, "I trust you" You say, "No, I mean really trust me. Give me ownership, I'll give it right back." He'd say, "You promise??!" You say, "Of corse" Tada you're an owner. i. Disband Manage> Disband> Are you sure?>Yes 2. Farming A farmed user has no money, no allied to hire, way overpriced (can't get a volley), and has nothing to about. In short: Farmed n00b = n00b quits! a. Strip farming If your a noob hater you should know this so I'll be brief. Hire targets allies farm them till dtw, repeat. If your target is too weak to attack, don't bother joining a war against the noob, you'll only take like 14k a hit. b.Win If you don't I'll be mad at you. 1. If you ever get hold of their iPod Do as much damage to their account as possible, delete the app. a. Delete App Hold down the app. Wait for it to wobble and an "X" appears. Tap the "X", answer YES!! I'm sure. IF YOU DID NOT READ THIS, get back to the top and read!!! Trolls? If you need help with something to troll about I will post a few options. Or the best one yet (feel free to use it) And if this woks or you just want to help out de-N00B-ifing KaW: Post "Sticky" below this line. (the gray one)
This guide seems to be more of a guide to have people read your whole guide, but not how to actually make a good guide. You also aren't setting a good example. You didn't introduce your guide.
Btw, for getting ownership of a noob clan, i usually say "Give me ownership for a sec and i will volley you to 1 trill and give you big stats" then i take the clan...ladadada
Something along the lines of: Do your research Make sure everything is correct Make sure there isn't already a better one Include all details possible Etc. But expand on each of those.
For you Bacon, I'll edit the post and tell you how to make your guide good. and I'll introduce my guide and example guide.
I hope you don't mind but i'll post my criticisms here as they will benefit readers that way too. On the very first point, id look at the faster build, because it's objective is clear. where as the " a new build that will make you higher than everyone else around, THE BEST" sounds too arrogant and noobish. reading that intro would instantly make me think its a pre-existing build that has only just been discovered by that player and he is assuming that it must be better than the rest as he discovered it. I'm aware these are only examples, but i want to see HOW it'll help me in the intro, not whether the OP thinks it's good. The secound point is right, however depending on who the audiance is. someone how is LC would not need detailed instruction. where as newer players may need more guidance on what buildings to put down first and in what order. However it would never need to go as far as where to place each building. i completley agree with point 3. nobody ever seems to write why and give explanations. it's always as simple as "build this.. because i say so" basically lol. I also agree with the need for pizzaz in a guide. It stops the reader from getting bored, and keeps the trolls happy(ish). however there needs to be moderation on this. the guide has to stand out from the pictures, and the font has to be a readable size and colour. hope this sounded like constructive criticism, because it's intended to be. ps. on PC i have no spell check and i'm awful with speling etc.
This guide has kind of been made before. Here's an excerpt from How to be as Awesome as Dillybar~ by Toast.