MagnusCore
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Hey all! My name's Vince. I'm heading up the writing efforts for IGN's Dead or Alive 5 wiki. I'm a looooong time franchise fan so it's cool that I get to write about the nuts and bolts of a series I love. The thing is, a lot of people think our game is just for casuals, or that it's super scrubby. I feel like I have a shot at changing that with this wiki.
The thing is, it's a lot for one person to do, and I couldn't think of a better place than FSD to enlist help. I'm primarily looking for character specialists to help write the character specific sections. I know the game well enough that I could learn anyone in the cast pretty quick, but it would be faster, and just plain better if each character section were written by someone who has been playing them for a while.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/dead-or-alive-5/How_Dead_or_Alive_Works
Check the link for what I've done so far. That page, and all the pages it links to are my work so far. I also put together a character hub page, but I haven't added anything to the character pages themselves yet. All the vids and most of the screens are my work too. Definitely open to suggestions and feedback from you all.
If anyone is interested in lending a hand, message me through IGN here, or just reply to this thread. It's a chance to show people that there is more to this franchise than eye candy. Hope to hear from some of you soon.
Update, 10/3/2012:
Ok all, I have a format for the character pages. My Tina page is in its infancy here, but I'm linking it just to give you all a sense of the skeleton:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/dead-or-alive-5/Tina_Armstrong?objectid=117918
So there are three main sections to each character page: Playing (character name), Combos, and Nuts and Bolts.
Under the Playing "X" section, there is a bit more structure. It should have:
Finally, "Nuts and Bolts" is where we go wild. You can create whatever sub-headings you want and discuss specific tactics, mix-ups and situations. So if you look at my Tina page, I've made sub-headings for stuff like "How To Bait Holds" or "Landing an M.D.T.". These are just examples. You can discuss anything you think is useful to playing the character here, nothing is too in-depth.
Finally, I just want to stress again, if you don't feel comfortable with the wiki-editing interface, or you just want to throw an extra two cents into a section that already exists, please post here or contact me. If you just want to share info and have me do the formatting, no problem. If you want to do it yourself but have questions, reach out to me. My email is magnusreloaded@hotmail.com. If you try editing the wiki directly and you screw something up, don't worry! It's just the internet! We can fix it! I want everyone who has good info and a hunger to share it to do so without worrying about making mistakes or being a wiki pro.
Thanks again to everyone who has shown interest in helping out!
The thing is, it's a lot for one person to do, and I couldn't think of a better place than FSD to enlist help. I'm primarily looking for character specialists to help write the character specific sections. I know the game well enough that I could learn anyone in the cast pretty quick, but it would be faster, and just plain better if each character section were written by someone who has been playing them for a while.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/dead-or-alive-5/How_Dead_or_Alive_Works
Check the link for what I've done so far. That page, and all the pages it links to are my work so far. I also put together a character hub page, but I haven't added anything to the character pages themselves yet. All the vids and most of the screens are my work too. Definitely open to suggestions and feedback from you all.
If anyone is interested in lending a hand, message me through IGN here, or just reply to this thread. It's a chance to show people that there is more to this franchise than eye candy. Hope to hear from some of you soon.
Update, 10/3/2012:
Ok all, I have a format for the character pages. My Tina page is in its infancy here, but I'm linking it just to give you all a sense of the skeleton:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/dead-or-alive-5/Tina_Armstrong?objectid=117918
So there are three main sections to each character page: Playing (character name), Combos, and Nuts and Bolts.
Under the Playing "X" section, there is a bit more structure. It should have:
- An opening paragraph loosely explaining the character.
- A "Play 'X' If..." sub-heading, under which you can just list a few reasons the character is worth playing.
- A "General Strategy" sub-heading. Write 2-4 paragraphs on the core of the character's gameplan.
- A "Key Moves" sub-heading. Here you can name important moves for a character, how to execute them and what their properties are. A brief description of why they are important would be good too.
Finally, "Nuts and Bolts" is where we go wild. You can create whatever sub-headings you want and discuss specific tactics, mix-ups and situations. So if you look at my Tina page, I've made sub-headings for stuff like "How To Bait Holds" or "Landing an M.D.T.". These are just examples. You can discuss anything you think is useful to playing the character here, nothing is too in-depth.
Finally, I just want to stress again, if you don't feel comfortable with the wiki-editing interface, or you just want to throw an extra two cents into a section that already exists, please post here or contact me. If you just want to share info and have me do the formatting, no problem. If you want to do it yourself but have questions, reach out to me. My email is magnusreloaded@hotmail.com. If you try editing the wiki directly and you screw something up, don't worry! It's just the internet! We can fix it! I want everyone who has good info and a hunger to share it to do so without worrying about making mistakes or being a wiki pro.
Thanks again to everyone who has shown interest in helping out!
