Making a brief post just to bring attention to one more point:
A lot of people will still make the following post, or some variation:
"Hey, please tell me what I can improve in my guide."
Although you're not advertising, you're still not specific.
This forum is for specific help only, meaning questions like "Are these masteries ok?", "Is my item build optimal", or "What runes should I use?" are much better options than the simple "What can I improve?" Threads that ask that type of vague, generic question, along with any advertising thread, will be locked immediately.
A lot of people will still make the following post, or some variation:
"Hey, please tell me what I can improve in my guide."
Although you're not advertising, you're still not specific.
This forum is for specific help only, meaning questions like "Are these masteries ok?", "Is my item build optimal", or "What runes should I use?" are much better options than the simple "What can I improve?" Threads that ask that type of vague, generic question, along with any advertising thread, will be locked immediately.
Svingas
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I have been noticing pretty consistently that people still post their guides and simply advertise trying to get people to look at them. This may not help, but I think it would be helpful if you somehow made this the very top thread, rather than at the bottom of the Stickies. It's very easy to not even see it because most people's eyes just first go to the top of the page and then whatever draws their interest. And I doubt many people come to the board just to look at rules. I don't know if this is possible or not. Sorry for posting in here. I didn't know where else to post for you to get the message directly. I expect this post to be deleted after you consider my suggestion. I do not mean to bog down this thread.
Tol Eressea
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Yeah but half of those views are mine :P
And my thread wasn't always stickied. I believe Stickied Threads receive less attention because people don't read them.
And my thread wasn't always stickied. I believe Stickied Threads receive less attention because people don't read them.
Freddy Shopan
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Is there a room for advertising? Maybe if you made something like that, people wouldn't post their ads here, and people could go into that room expecting ads... Although, there's really no guarantee people would actually post there, huh? Maybe make it called like... guide and build reviews or something like that...
Freddy Shopan wrote:
Is there a room for advertising? Maybe if you made something like that, people wouldn't post their ads here, and people could go into that room expecting ads... Although, there's really no guarantee people would actually post there, huh? Maybe make it called like... guide and build reviews or something like that...
It would be a pointless forum with hundreds of threads consisting of little more than "LOOK AT MY GUIDE" from people who don't care enough to put in the effort to ask an honest question.
The current system is good because the users who put effort into question asking are the same users who will put in the effort to improve their guides and take criticism in stride.
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Rules
Due to abuse we want to clarify the rules a bit. Although you are allowed to link to your builds in this particular forum section, you are still not allowed to blatantly advertise. This section is here so that you can ask for help on your build - specific questions. Theory crafting help, bbcode help, guide ideas, etc... If you link your guide and the mods decide that it appears to be an advertisement, your thread will be locked or deleted and repeated offenses may result in additional punishment.
This is a place for discussion and advice, NOT a place for advertising!
Furthermore, this forum section contains several review shops. Although we understand that guide writers might feel it's a good idea to ask for a review in as many shops as possible, we ask you to be sensible when looking for feedback on your guide. Remember that reviewing a guide takes time and part of that time is wasted when having multiple reviewers point out the same flaws / mistakes. Instead of asking for everyone's opinion in one go, request a review from one or two shops, and then stop. Read the review, and fix your guide. Then come back and ask some other people for a review. Don't spam.