The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThe people who made these back in the day are heroeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1875arrow-down19
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minus-squaredeweydecibel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·7 months agoThese often were solo written guides, too. Not wikis. Somewhere, a company employs one of these people, and they have the best documentation you’ve ever seen.
minus-squarefsxylo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·7 months agoThere actually were usually citations of usernames that you never heard of that provided corrections and niche secrets. It was pretty neat.
minus-squarePatches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months ago Somewhere, a company employs one of these people, and they have the best documentation you’ve ever seen. Not my company 😂😭
minus-squareBambiDiego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoWhoever was the guy that wrote the Breath of Fire 2 walkthrough I read when I was 12 was a godsend for me. I was still learning English and his FAQ was so thorough and clear that I actually improved my vocabulary and grammar from using it.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoI keep spectacular documentation on personal projects because there’s no deadlines. If I get hit by a bus, my office will collapse because I ain’t got time to document shit.
These often were solo written guides, too. Not wikis.
Somewhere, a company employs one of these people, and they have the best documentation you’ve ever seen.
There actually were usually citations of usernames that you never heard of that provided corrections and niche secrets.
It was pretty neat.
Not my company 😂😭
Whoever was the guy that wrote the Breath of Fire 2 walkthrough I read when I was 12 was a godsend for me.
I was still learning English and his FAQ was so thorough and clear that I actually improved my vocabulary and grammar from using it.
I keep spectacular documentation on personal projects because there’s no deadlines.
If I get hit by a bus, my office will collapse because I ain’t got time to document shit.