Example of a well structured DAR for us noobies?

[polarnomad]

Before we get going with the first course, could someone please post a link or attach an example of what a well structured DAR should look like?

[Stuie]

Any from the Civ 3 AU forum should give you a good idea of what people write. I picked one at random:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90542

[Stuie]

Oh, and I love this screenie in that thread from alexman with the worker/settler factories ID'd. I hated the rapid expansion settler/worker micromanagement in Civ 3. Good riddance!!

[Arrian]

Cort Haus' AAR (slightly different than a DAR) for AU101 was one of the first really good writeups, I think:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55890&perpage=30&pagenumber=3

[polarnomad]

Thx guys. I figure it'll take a few submissions before I'll have learned what works best for everyone.

[Arrian]

Wow, holy nostalgia (looking back at the old minitourneys). I'd completely forgotten that MT1 was my idea! @ myself.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Catt's AAR from AU102 (Give Peace a Chance!) was also very, very good:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57468&perpage=30&pagenumber=4

[ducki]

Also, I forget who, but during the Conquests timeframe, we had one or two creative-writing types whose DARs were always an enjoyable read.

There's no single "right" way to do it. Some folks get creative and build a fiction around the events, others(like me) are more of a "this is what happened, this is what I did, this is why" type. You can basically do it in whatever style feels right. Mine ended up rather dry because I'd tried one of the CFC Quick Start contests, and I ended up keeping more a log of what I did than anything else.

For me, part of the point of doing DARs and keeping turn logs and sharing is to learn. When you keep a log, it a)makes you think about what you're doing and why and b)lets you look back at what you were thinking last week when you planted that city in the middle of the desert, stuck at pop 1 for thousands of years(or whatever).

Anyway, there's plenty of good examples in the C3 DARs, but don't overstress about structure or style or content. Focus more on learning and sharing.

[Arrian]

Yup: what you did, and why (what were you thinking). The rest is basically window dressing, but it can be a LOT of fun! Screenshots are a key addition that really helps others get a feel for your game. I'm pretty bad about that (haven't taken a single one in CivIV yet!), but I know they're important for AU DARs. A picture may not be worth a 1000 words, but it's worth quite a few!

-Arrian

[Jawa Jocky]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Arrian
Catt's AAR from AU102 (Give Peace a Chance!) was also very, very good: QUOTE]

Everything Catt wrote was very, very good
He is a very gifted writer and was able to balance story, strategy, and screenshots to write a highly entertaining AAR/DAR.

BTW, I always thought yours were pretty good too.

[kptb]

One more question

Is there an easier way to put a link into your reports than copy and paste from the adress bar? It seems to cumbersome for me to link all my DAR's together this way.

Thanks

[DeepO]

Re: One more question

Originally posted by kptb
Is there an easier way to put a link into your reports than copy and paste from the adress bar? It seems to cumbersome for me to link all my DAR's together this way.

Thanks

Next to the 'reply with quote' button above each post, you will find a little blue number (this should be #12). Right click on that number, and use 'Copy Link Location'. Then, you can past it in every report.

You will still need to have to add the url tags if you want to make something like this link to your post

DeepO

[kptb]

Many Thanks

Originally posted by DeepO

Next to the 'reply with quote' button above each post, you will find a little blue number (this should be #12). Right click on that number, and use 'Copy Link Location'. Then, you can past it in every report.

You will still need to have to add the url tags if you want to make something like this link to your post

DeepO

Thank you very kindly DeepO.

[Addled Platypus]

thanks from me as well

love learning from everyone