I have plans to improve the site based on the feedback I have received.

First, thanks for the feedback.

Make videos

I can understand the rationale behind this recommendation. Unlike Chess, Starcraft requires execution technique. Execution itself is an important aspect of the game that differentiate the better players. So, it is not just about writing notations. Videos definitely can help me to express certain ideas better than writing alone. To a certain extent, writing being the only form of communication restricts the type of content I can deliver.

However, I am not comfortable showing my face and speak about the game in a video. I don’t have the equipment too. If I want to spend the money to buy it, probably I will spend it on getting a domain first. no more .wordpress.com (remove the ads).

As of now, I don’t see it happening in the near future.

Cater for beginners

To begin, I never plan to make this site educational, but just set it as a platform to express my own view about the game. One main reason is that I don’t see myself as a good enough player to really give advice to others. I write with the mentality that it is to help myself organise my thinking and learning. If it helps others, great.

Someone mentioned that I should cater more for beginners as there will be many out there want to learn. Sure, I understand that. But I’m not sure how comfortable I am to put on the teacher hat and telling people this and that, what’s right or wrong. Quite often when I am asked about certain questions, I will just answer it directly through the same medium. I don’t really see the point of making a blog post on it. A friend said, “what you think is basic, may not be basic for others.” As a casual player, I will just take that as a compliment. But that also shows that there is more value to the content than I assume it to have.

How about making my own Bronze to Master series?

I don’t have plans to make videos. More importantly, I don’t see a reason to follow what others do. If you want to watch one, there are plenty out there. Interestingly though, this gives me an idea of writing some simple guides for beginners. No concrete plan yet, but it does seem like a good filler when there really isn’t anything to write.

Make money

I don’t earn a cent from this blog. The advertisement you see on this site is meant for wordpress’ operating cost.

People have suggested me to leverage the opportunity to earn some money. I can understand the optimism, but it is not easy to make it big enough for it to be worthy. I don’t want to shift my focus from simply enjoying the process to making a profit out of it. To post something meaningful consistently over a period of time (Terrancraft is more than 2 years old by the way) requires much dedication and time. If the purpose is to make money, then this project is definitely not worth my time and effort. I would have spent my time on other things that are more financially rewarding than this.

I was asked about donation. Thanks for the good will, but no thanks. Just leave a comment if you like it, that is more than enough.

Documentation

Based on my observation, it seems to me that Terrancraft has little revisiting value. You read a post, and that’s it. You won’t come back until a new post is published. Basically, this is how most blogs work (I may be wrong), right? This links back to the earlier point that the content may have more value than I thought it has. I find many questions asked on reddit have been discussed here before, and in my opinion, what I wrote here is more comprehensive than short answers provided there.

Then, why don’t people just visit the posts?

Assuming one searches for answer before asking on forums, it may be because the posts here do not pop up as the top search results. Also, another way of looking at it is that, the documentation of the content is poor. Let’s use Liquipedia for example. If I have a question on something, I will probably search it there. The things that I search there clearly are things that I expect to be found there. Then, logically, this should be applicable here too. That is, Terrancraft can serve as one of the top few references on top of someone’s mind for certain content. Therefore, I will start a new tab on top with the documentation of useful posts. For example, the details of building placement for wall off, and other specific match up tips.

Share on forums

“Why don’t you share your posts on forums?”

I occasionally do, but rarely. Like I’ve said, my intention is for my own learning. I’m certainly more than happy if viewership increases, but I won’t sweat about it. So I only share certain things that I thought others may find it useful as well. Also, this self-promotion taboo discourages me to share.

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Future improvement

To sum it all up, I will start documenting the useful posts on a new tap on top. This is going to take some time to dig back and filter through the 162 posts. I also need to think of an useful way to categorise them.

As for the guides for the beginners, I will need more time to think about it. These guides will be documented too.

EDIT

I took some of the advice on board. The side bar on the right has been improved for easier navigation. The menu at the top has been improved too. The information tabs have been grouped together in the “About” menu.

Featured posts and top viewed posts are added to the side bar.