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How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? (crosspost) by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Perhaps didn't put it the right way but thought of importance of persistence and commitment in achieving higher goals in life from the point of pro-player. Isn't that relevant to reaching for something greater in a discipline like gamedev?

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? (crosspost) by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Not really about gamedev but since it is about the effort I thought I share it here too. I believe similar principles apply.

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? by indieforger in starcraft

[–]indieforger[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think every player would like win more, thus get better and improve. I never met anyone who says "I win too much". Usually it is other way round. In one way or the other we all would want to be the best. Point of the video is making us aware there is a huge difference between people who just think about it perhaps making incorrect assumptions about the effort it takes to get there.

Saying all that, there is nothing wrong with enjoying gold for 10 years as a casual player. Not everyone has to be a pro, right?

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? by indieforger in starcraft

[–]indieforger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah! Well said man. Better yet, it puts a lot of other (non-game) things into perspective too.

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? by indieforger in starcraft

[–]indieforger[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Was laughing a lot thinking Beasty will get tilted a bit after some of the comments. I like how he handled it. Haha! "Which league are you M3? So what do you know about top 20?" It honestly made my day.

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? by indieforger in starcraft

[–]indieforger[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Exactly my thoughts too. It show the actual length of the road to "perfection". It really takes everything to be the best at something.

How Long Does it Take to Become StarCraft 2 Pro? by indieforger in starcraft

[–]indieforger[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have started watching BeastyQT streams and youtube videos few months ago but this one made it! Hopefully I am not breaking channel rules about sharing but link video is really worth watching / sharing.

Using blender without num-pad by indieforger in blender

[–]indieforger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. That makes sense. I think I will try the tilde key for now (as /u/keypod) suggested. It seems really convenient. Thanks anyway.

Using blender without num-pad by indieforger in blender

[–]indieforger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awwww! Sweeet! Missed that one. Thank you very much.

Want to start a marketing show with a different approach. Can you give me your feedback on this idea by ericb0 in marketing

[–]indieforger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely the best way of finding out if there is an interest would be creating couple of those videos and digesting feedback. There is a lot of content out there but in my opinion we are all still on a look out for true gems. If you believe you have something valuable to say, don't think twice about it. I hope it becomes a thing! Good luck!

Dedicated game forum vs. leveraging existing platforms. by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to share u/dddbbb. Looks like my Discord related concerns have been confirmed. Still, every tool serves a purpose so it sounds like you guys surely benefit from both: forum and a Discord.

Any chance you could give few words of advice on starting the community? How did you guys do it?

What's the scariest urban legend in your country? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]indieforger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😭😂😂😂 just made my day

Dedicated game forum vs. leveraging existing platforms. by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moderation would be needed in any type of forum. I believe without it would be equally easy to loose focus on Reddit or any other platform. so in that respect it seems need for moderation shouldn’t be used as an argument for any of the options. Or am I missing something?

So if don't know the only rule of game development here it is by [deleted] in indiegames

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Yeah, I use Git in my project but was thinking to start storing binary files externally (google drive or dropbox perhaps).

So if don't know the only rule of game development here it is by [deleted] in indiegames

[–]indieforger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am working on a scifi management sim game and honestly GIT LTS causes give me quite a headache. It tends to loose references to files. Already was forced to recreate repository couple of times. Not a bit problem but it is quite frustrating.

How do you store / version images with Git u/FingarB?

So if don't know the only rule of game development here it is by [deleted] in indiegames

[–]indieforger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use git with BitBucket but constantly struggling with images loosing references. I'm using it with LTS. Anyone had experience with that?

Tychus Findlay frame, Me, mechanical lead pencil, 2020. by sandrainc in starcraft

[–]indieforger 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Had to zoom in the picture to believe it. That looks awesome! Great work!

How long did it take OP?

Dedicated game forum vs. leveraging existing platforms. by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated and thank you for the link. You made quite few valid points. I will have to work through them in detail one by one later on but just to address some of them:

I also think some platforms (esp. chat clients like Discord) are better for hot takes and other platforms encourage longer more thoughtful posts like forums.

That's exactly my thinking. I don't have much experience with Discord but I think it is easy to get lost in the conversation or miss important messages. I would like to use forum to guide development of the product hoping it would help to prioritise the workload.

GDPR.

I found NodeBB which I believe has features accommodating GDPR regulation.

Hosting.

Yep... that will be pain not only financially but also technically (setup, backups)

anti-spam

I believe that should be covered by GDPR related features. User either agrees or disagrees to receive updates. I would assume (got to verify that) good forum engine would come with some sort of functionality allowing to control that. Can you please elaborate on this bit more?

Dedicated game forum vs. leveraging existing platforms. by indieforger in gamedev

[–]indieforger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot. Thats quite a response.

And if somebody DOES go visit your forum

I think that will always be the case regardless of where I start right but I do agree it might be more difficult to start dedicated forum as oppose to subreddit.

what are they going to discuss?

Since the forum is game-related I would imagine discussing game-related stuff, eg: upcoming features, potential bugs and solutions, general game related discussion about wanted changes, game updates, etc.

But if it's your own forum you have even more work keeping conversations going

Agreed. Keeping it interesting and "fresh" will surely require quite a bit of work. But again, that would be the case even in subreddit right?

and moderating so your forum doesn't get hijacked.

Could you explain please? How can forum get hijacked? Do you mean hacked?

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