Poll of the Day > Do you take notes for games?

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Like, I realize that I like taking noted for games sometimes. I use to do it way more. Just so I can remember stuff. Obviously, it works well for things like codes or whatnot. But also for things like taking a note to come back to a specific place once I get a certain skill. Or a spot where a certain enemy is. Or the only spot to find a certain item. Or any spot you have to return to for any reason. Or quest info. Or character info. Or really anything.

Do the posters of PotD ever take notes on games, as well?
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Sometimes - depends on the game.

It sort of goes hand-in-hand with using wikis - for games that are complex enough that I need to plan ahead, and am using information from an outside source to determine what my future plans are, I'll occasionally jot down notes to lay out what I'm going to be doing. But for most things, I don't necessarily make explicit notes based solely on stuff that happens in a game itself.


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Not really but I miss when games had ingame notebooks you could type in. I would use them then.
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Not as a rule, but I'll write things down sometimes if it's like a memory-based puzzle. And passwords of course, for the rare game I still play that uses those. Except instead of writing down, nowadays it's usually just taking a picture with my phone.

When I play Minecraft I'll keep a file with coordinates of key areas, that's probably the closest thing to what you're talking about.

PTO for Sega genesis was near unplayable if you didn't write down the position of enemy fleets
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Sometimes I do. If I have enough notes, the time for it, and see hardly anything for it at the time, I'll attempt to write a guide. If I complete the game and guide both within a reasonable amount of time then I'll consider whether or not to post it on this site. That hasn't happened in ages, though.
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Chewster posted...

Except instead of writing down, nowadays it's usually just taking a picture with my phone.

I noticed a youtuber that was doing that. When they showed a password, he would get his phone and take a picture. I have also done that, before.

I have actually typed stuff when I have my computer right next to me, though.
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The only 'notes' I ever took were of radio frequencies in mgs3.
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Usually just copy item locations in a notepad file then check that instead of using a browser. I can just edit it later when I get that item.
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A few select times. I organized my team on paper for Tactics Advance when I was twelve. It was a few pages? Felt cool.
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A long time ago. Made a map or two, wrote passwords, etc.

Not really, the only thing I ever need to take notes for is Diablo 2 due to rune words and other rune related stuff.
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Rarely. I pretty much only did it back in the Myst days and more recently for the 999 trilogy.
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PnP RPGs, yes.
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I used to use the notes feature on 3DS all the time for games. I also use a document on my devices to track Fire Emblem pairings for each run through so I don't double a pair.

Smiffwilm posted...

for the 999 trilogy.

Yeah. They gave you space in the game. But there definitely wasn't enough... I had to do the same...

GanglyKhan posted...

I also use a document on my devices to track Fire Emblem pairings for each run through so I don't double a pair.

On Fire Emblem Warriors, they also have the relationship ranks. It's a little different, but similar. I made an excel document to keep track of everyone's relationship level. Haha.
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I used to take a bunch of notes for Everquest since that game didn't have a quest log. always had paper and a pen near the computer

I keep a monster Hunter notebook. It's mostly armor sets i want and lists of the parts needed for them. I used it a lot for tri and less and less every game since, but it's neat to have my original notes.
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Mostly for puzzles.

I have the messiest notes for games like Talos Principle and The Witness lol just scattered sheets of paper with crude line drawings. Look like the notes of some lunatic in an asylum

Back in the day I took very detailed notes for games like Myst.
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Far-Queue posted...

Mostly for puzzles.

I have the messiest notes for games like Talos Principle and The Witness lol just scattered sheets of paper with crude line drawings. Look like the notes of some lunatic in an asylum

Back in the day I took very detailed notes for games like Myst.

You gotta get a board so you can make a conspiracy wall. Just start putting all the papers on the wall with lines of thread going from one to another.
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Not often but sometimes, like when I'm gathering items to craft.
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In skyrim I made notes of what ingredients made the most expensive or strongest potions or poisons, but thats it.
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JimCarrysToe posted...

In skyrim I made notes of what ingredients made the most expensive or strongest potions or poisons, but thats it.

Doesn't the alchemy table tell you that?
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Revelation34 posted...

JimCarrysToe posted...

In skyrim I made notes of what ingredients made the most expensive or strongest potions or poisons, but thats it.

Doesn't the alchemy table tell you that?

Yea but I forget which ones they are when I'm out adventuring and I don't want to collect a bunch of garbage ingredients.
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JimCarrysToe posted...

Yea but I forget which ones they are when I'm out adventuring and I don't want to collect a bunch of garbage ingredients.

That's why I always organized the ingredients in nearby drawers.
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No.
The internet exists, and especially this very website.

Questionmarktarius posted...

No.
The internet exists, and especially this very website.

But maybe there's something that you specifically want to remember that's not in a guide. Or that not everybody cares about... So no one else really remembers...
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LinkPizza posted...

Do the posters of PotD ever take notes on games, as well?

Yup, all the time. I take both pen and paper notes and notes typed in something like notepad.

I mean, recently I got an H game and for each girl you get exp on various body parts to get all the parts up to 100%. You don't want to waste time teasing the nipples when you should be focusing on the anus.

Now that I think about it, I don't even know what getting them to 100% even does.

Let's see here, what kinds of lists do I have nearby?

Evil Genius starting list since I threw the last one away.
a few different builds for Smite since I was going to get back into that but kinda stopped.
Some Japanese names in kanji for some reason.
A list of my Re;Birth 2 saves for when I stream that game in the near future.
A list of endings in Night at the Inventory that I got. But is now defunct since I don't have the save anymore.
Another Smite build on a different piece of paper.
Build orders for Red Alert 3 factions
A small list of specialist I needed to farm for Disgaea 1. Along with what they did and the max number I can have.
3,2,3,1,4,3,3,1,1,3,1,1,4,4,2,2,4,2,2,4
1,2,1,3,4,1,1,3,1,4,3,3,4,3,2,2,4,2,2,4
I have no idea what those strings of numbers are for.
A list of skills to do in The Crew 1 back when I used to play that game.
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I think I do have a few noted that I have no idea what they're for...
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Sometimes. With Lego: The Hobbit I noted down each time I used a particular combination of the Company for a buddy ability, because there's an achievement/trophy to get when you use every possible combination, and I'd never have been able to keep track otherwise.
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Trialia posted...

Sometimes. With Lego: The Hobbit I noted down each time I used a particular combination of the Company for a buddy ability, because there's an achievement/trophy to get when you use every possible combination, and I'd never have been able to keep track otherwise.

That one would seem easy to do. Just go down a list.
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Sometimes, though being able to quickly take a picture of any areas I want to return to on my Switch means that I don't do it often.
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AllstarSniper32 posted...

I have no idea what those strings of numbers are for.

Blockhead Grande, from Okami?

Tails 64 posted...

Sometimes, though being able to quickly take a picture of any areas I want to return to on my Switch means that I don't do it often.

Yeah. the screenshot really does help. Especially with the Mario Odyssey Hint Art.
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I often do stuff like checklists for pigeon hunts, etc.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Sometimes - depends on the game.

This, tbh.

Chewster posted...

Not as a rule, but I'll write things down sometimes if it's like a memory-based puzzle. And passwords of course, for the rare game I still play that uses those. Except instead of writing down, nowadays it's usually just taking a picture with my phone.

That, too.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

AllstarSniper32 posted...

I have no idea what those strings of numbers are for.

Blockhead Grande, from Okami?

Doubt it since I've never played an Okami game.
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Some games I do, more so now that notes can easily be taken digitally. I remember back when I played the original Myst. It came with a notebook, and I filled that bastard with tons of written notes, pictures, maps, and other various diagrams. I still have it sitting in my basement.
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Depends on the depth of the game.

Did it in Nioh, most fighters, and Mercenaries in RE6 because no one thought it would be a good idea to know where enemy spawn points are at specific chains.