Tip of the day

[nine2]

We could put a different tip of the day on the lobby each day. Have a list somewhere and pull them randomly.

Stuff like:
Move auroras away from incoming units to use their range more effectively.
Cybran T2 Gunships have splash damage.

And more advanced stuff like ASF micro and naval combat.

Good for learning, good for newbies = more players

[Golol]

good idea, someone needs to take the time and do it though so its unpropable it will happen.

[Szakalot]

good idea, someone needs to take the time and do it though so its unpropable it will happen.

I imagine you'd need one person to program this and monitor the tips, other than that the tips can be submitted by anyone.

Great idea, if it could work!

[johnie102]

This could probably be implemented as a "Message of the day" for the built-in IRC channel. So as far as I know, no additional programming is necassary, but you do need a list of tips to do this.

The other obvious place to put it is at the lower bar of the lobby that shows you that another player is available for a 1v1. When there isn't a player available it could show the tip instead.
I might even be willing to implement this if somebody comes up with a list of tips.

[nine2]

Would be even better in the game lobby ... something to look at while you're waiting

As far as tips go ... it's not that hard to harvest them from the wiki pages ... would take a lot of time of course

[Szakalot]

This could probably be implemented as a "Message of the day" for the built-in IRC channel. So as far as I know, no additional programming is necassary, but you do need a list of tips to do this.

The other obvious place to put it is at the lower bar of the lobby that shows you that another player is available for a 1v1. When there isn't a player available it could show the tip instead.
I might even be willing to implement this if somebody comes up with a list of tips.

I don't think its feasible to rely on one person to make up all the tips. Someone would have to gather tips from people that would send them in though, even in the lobby chat.

[nine2]

One person could start the list, then post it asking for feedback / additional stuff. Then see what happens.

[Deering]

As long as it has a 50% chance to say either reclaim more or scout more

[Aulex]

take the top 10 players and ask them for some "pro" tips and some funny ones

[Voodoo]

I could write so much

- UEF t2 gunships can transport one unit, if the unit is a light assault bot, then it can shoot on the ground
- cybran t1 mobile arty can paralyze air units, e.g. they are fireing from a hill and some gunships are flying under it
- a czar can kill a soulripper with the huge lazer, because the czar is flying higher as a soulripper