I, Haro, am still in middle school. (Though I prefer the term Junior High.) This may shock you, because of my very "mature" decorum. Anyways, I had an assignment in my Computer Graphics class to create a newsletter about something we know about. I figured I would do something unique, and Minecraft is nothing but. I'd like to know if I described it acceptably. Now, keep in mind I would be writing this to people who did not know where the Start Menu was, and that I had limited time and resources.
Here is the image, a [printscreen] of the Word document.
It is very low quality (but not unreadable), because I am an idiot. :/
If you would like to download the "high quality" .word file, look here.
I'd like to know what you Minecrafter's think.
Sorry for the lack of comedy, sarcasm and offensiveness.
Haro
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As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
Cool paper, bro. But seriously, that's a fine introduction to Minecraft.
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I, Haro, am still in middle school. (Though I prefer the term Junior High.) This may shock you, because of my very "mature" decorum.
I'm older than you and I'm more than willing to admit that I'm an immature, self-absorbed manbaby. You use big words and can understand a lot of technical concepts, but maturity comes from the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. If you could do that, you'd know how very immature the above statement looks.
I'm not trying to insult you-- Hell, you're pretty much EXACTLY what I was like in middle school. You're a lot smarter than your classmates, and you think that's maturity. Just letting you know that it's not, and you're going to look back at posts like these and wish your peers never saw them. I know I did. :tongue.gif:
Cool paper, bro. But seriously, that's a fine introduction to Minecraft.
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I, Haro, am still in middle school. (Though I prefer the term Junior High.) This may shock you, because of my very "mature" decorum.
I'm older than you and I'm more than willing to admit that I'm an immature, self-absorbed manbaby. You use big words and can understand a lot of technical concepts, but maturity comes from the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. If you could do that, you'd know how very immature the above statement looks.
I'm not trying to insult you-- Hell, you're pretty much EXACTLY what I was like in middle school. You're a lot smarter than your classmates, and you think that's maturity. Just letting you know that it's not, and you're going to look back at posts like these and wish your peers never saw them. I know I did. :tongue.gif:
Hey, at least he used "Quotes" he could've meant anything~
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Being an artist/designer myself (I always do the design parts in school projects) I suggest you learn a bit about color schemes, as well as fonts. Using a shitload of different fonts on one paper really isn't going to make it better, while using one or two fonts makes it very solid and nicely readible. As for the color scheming, it looks like you don't have one at all. Use a clear background for the text, it helps a lot, and read some basic tutorials on the web about designing ads.
Being an artist/designer myself (I always do the design parts in school projects) I suggest you learn a bit about color schemes, as well as fonts. Using a shitload of different fonts on one paper really isn't going to make it better, while using one or two fonts makes it very solid and nicely readible. As for the color scheming, it looks like you don't have one at all. Use a clear background for the text, it helps a lot, and read some basic tutorials on the web about designing ads.
Adding to this, a colored box to at least gray out the background where the text is would help.
Although I see the font thing as a bit more thematic to the 'article' it's about the fun loving super hip customizable game Minecraft, so why not have fun with fonts? At least for the headers, the block text should be the same for legibility.
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Co-Founder of the PokeCraft Pokemon World Mapping Project
Also known as 'Rils'
If you'll notice, the pattern is bricks, which is all I could think of. This was intended to be an assignment to "show off" all the things we had learned in our Word unit. I got best in class, though considering the ignoramuses in my class, that is not saying much. Thanks for telling me about the "looks" of the document, but I was wondering more about what you guys thought about the content itself and how it introduces Minecraft to the commonfolk.
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There's quite a few spelling errors and some of the wording is a little confusing.
The background also makes it hard to red.
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
Thanks for the compliments, Peri. The quotes around "mature" meant sarcasm. I'm an immature punk who uses big words. :biggrin.gif:
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Give me a box and I'll think out side of it. Give me nothing and I won't think.
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
OH SNAP
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Thanks for the compliments, Peri. The quotes around "mature" meant sarcasm. I'm an immature punk who uses big words. :biggrin.gif:
Ohhh. To be honest, I was expecting you to flip your **** and tell me off. Mainly because the members here have habits of spontaniously flipping their **** and telling eachother off.
There's quite a few spelling errors and some of the wording is a little confusing.
The background also makes it hard to red.
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
Don't be so sure that you've got completely solid English in your project.
In the first block: "known to his by his"
Also in the first block: "the benefits [...] was"
Also in the first block: "whereas the once it is done"
In the third: "destruction of other player's blocks without their permission" ("player's" should be "players'")
Also in the third: "it's Multiplayer..." ("it's" should be "its", since it's possessive, and multiplayer doesn't really have much reason to be capitalized)
And then you have a somewhat major (Although I Have Seen Worse, Cough Cough Cough) case of randomcapitalitis.
Also, it seems like you added a lot of your wording just to make yourself seem more articulate to your classmates (and I'm sure you succeeded), but it seems to be mostly fluff, and it causes the overall project to be less clear than it should be.
There's quite a few spelling errors and some of the wording is a little confusing.
The background also makes it hard to red.
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
Don't be so sure that you've got completely solid English in your project.
In the first block: "known to his by his"
Also in the first block: "the benefits [...] was"
Also in the first block: "whereas the once it is done"
In the third: "destruction of other player's blocks without their permission" ("player's" should be "players'")
Also in the third: "it's Multiplayer..." ("it's" should be "its", since it's possessive, and multiplayer doesn't really have much reason to be capitalized)
And then you have a somewhat major (Although I Have Seen Worse, Cough Cough Cough) case of randomcapitalitis.
Also, it seems like you added a lot of your wording just to make yourself seem more articulate to your classmates (and I'm sure you succeeded), but it seems to be mostly fluff, and it causes the overall project to be less clear than it should be.
Quatroking has good advice, too.
OH SNAP
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"Thomas". There, now this thread has a reference to Thomas.
There's quite a few spelling errors and some of the wording is a little confusing.
The background also makes it hard to red.
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
Don't be so sure that you've got completely solid English in your project.
In the first block: "known to his by his"
Also in the first block: "the benefits [...] was"
Also in the first block: "whereas the once it is done"
In the third: "destruction of other player's blocks without their permission" ("player's" should be "players'")
Also in the third: "it's Multiplayer..." ("it's" should be "its", since it's possessive, and multiplayer doesn't really have much reason to be capitalized)
And then you have a somewhat major (Although I Have Seen Worse, Cough Cough Cough) case of randomcapitalitis.
Also, it seems like you added a lot of your wording just to make yourself seem more articulate to your classmates (and I'm sure you succeeded), but it seems to be mostly fluff, and it causes the overall project to be less clear than it should be.
Quatroking has good advice, too.
I sincerely apologize for not reading my own work.
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Give me a box and I'll think out side of it. Give me nothing and I won't think.
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
Here is the image, a [printscreen] of the Word document.
It is very low quality (but not unreadable), because I am an idiot. :/
If you would like to download the "high quality" .word file, look here.
I'd like to know what you Minecrafter's think.
Sorry for the lack of comedy, sarcasm and offensiveness.
Haro
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
Also known as 'Rils'
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
The background also makes it hard to red.
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I'm older than you and I'm more than willing to admit that I'm an immature, self-absorbed manbaby. You use big words and can understand a lot of technical concepts, but maturity comes from the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. If you could do that, you'd know how very immature the above statement looks.
I'm not trying to insult you-- Hell, you're pretty much EXACTLY what I was like in middle school. You're a lot smarter than your classmates, and you think that's maturity. Just letting you know that it's not, and you're going to look back at posts like these and wish your peers never saw them. I know I did. :tongue.gif:
You should put more pictures, because everyone likes pictures. :smile.gif:
Hey, at least he used "Quotes" he could've meant anything~
Also known as 'Rils'
Adding to this, a colored box to at least gray out the background where the text is would help.
Although I see the font thing as a bit more thematic to the 'article' it's about the fun loving super hip customizable game Minecraft, so why not have fun with fonts? At least for the headers, the block text should be the same for legibility.
Also known as 'Rils'
There are spelling errors if you are trying to "red" it in another language.
Thanks for the compliments, Peri. The quotes around "mature" meant sarcasm. I'm an immature punk who uses big words. :biggrin.gif:
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.
OH SNAP
Ohhh. To be honest, I was expecting you to flip your **** and tell me off. Mainly because the members here have habits of spontaniously flipping their **** and telling eachother off.
Don't be so sure that you've got completely solid English in your project.
In the first block: "known to his by his"
Also in the first block: "the benefits [...] was"
Also in the first block: "whereas the once it is done"
In the third: "destruction of other player's blocks without their permission" ("player's" should be "players'")
Also in the third: "it's Multiplayer..." ("it's" should be "its", since it's possessive, and multiplayer doesn't really have much reason to be capitalized)
And then you have a somewhat major (Although I Have Seen Worse, Cough Cough Cough) case of randomcapitalitis.
Also, it seems like you added a lot of your wording just to make yourself seem more articulate to your classmates (and I'm sure you succeeded), but it seems to be mostly fluff, and it causes the overall project to be less clear than it should be.
Quatroking has good advice, too.
OH SNAP
http://www.minerwars.com/?aid=640
I sincerely apologize for not reading my own work.
As Warrant Officer of the 1st Infantry Battalion, I am dedicated to the dissuasion and defeat of griefers.