Devland99 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Its all in the title folks, has he helped you get to the Mun or made you laugh. He helped me a lot when I first got the game . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbowyer28 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I don't think Scott Manley was around when I started playing, If he was he certainly wasn't well advertised. Well when I started there was about 500 to 1000 players at most, hell there was probably less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWeegee4000 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Without him, I would never have invented a decent rocket design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omicron314 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Scott Manley helped me dock! All hail Manley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco P. Coltrane Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Ok, I'll say it. He didn't help me at all. I watch his videos because they are very entertaining, but as far as tutorial goes... well, I don't like them.There, said it. You can burn me at the stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Indeed he did. That's why I have four islands named after him on Laythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've watched maybe one of his videos, can't stand his voice but the video was informative and well-done. I personally learned most of what I know of how to build and fly rockets from Chickenkeeper24 and these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patupi Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Most of rocket design I got figured out before I found a Scott Manley video, but he did get me onto RLVs. Hadn't thought of sticking jets on a rocket till then. I even DLed his versions. Haven't bested them in my own designs yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralathon Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I like his reusable space program since it gives me some great ideas/shameless ripoffs to build. But in technical terms he helped me very little. I figured those out on my own long before I ever started to look for KSP on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa3532 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Scott and pebblegarden's vids I credit with helping me learn how to dock. Still not sure how I now manage to dock on a regular basis though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warzone2455 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Learned how to make a Delta V filled rocket that works, which got me interplanetary for the first time. I learned how to rondevous and dock from just plainly watching his and other random KSP videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo-not Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Scott Manley might be good to listen to if you want to know more about astrophysics, since he was an astrophysicist. As far as learning how to be a good pilot, I suggest you look elsewhere.I watched his tutorial on docking and got frustrated (telling him to "dock already" through my screen). He's not a great pilot, but at least he admits it.I learned rocket science myself through my knowledge of physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've found his tutorials very helpful. Not so much from the orbital mechanics point of view ( I've been using Orbiter for years and have that stuff down fairly well ) but as to how to get stuff done in KSP specific terms. Every time my wife hears " Helllloooooo, Scott Manley here " coming from the computer speakers she cracks up laughing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFries Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Yes, he has helped me. More in an inspirational since, then actually in one specific thing. I was like "Holy cow he's super good at this game, I wanna be as good as him" Like I never really watched any of his tutorials, but I sometimes learn a thing or two.PurpleTargets has probably taught me the most, if anyone. Edited July 9, 2013 by AustralianFries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo1391 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 scott manley really helped me as I a ksp noob would only explode without him I <3 Scott Manley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatoes Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I pretty much learned via stephen Baxter an amazing author, and the forums, by the time Scott was doing comprehensible tutorials I was flying orbitally assembled spacecraft to Moho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Thanks to Scott I knew how to dock and do interplanetary burns before even buying the game. Every Newb to the game should watch his videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisarmingBaton5 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 YES.I think Danny has taught me more, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow88 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've watched videos from a few different people, each of which have helped in their own ways. For Scott in particular, some of his videos have been very helpful i.e. when I was a complete noob, I found his 'Getting to Minmus' useful, both from a rocket design point of view, and the actual process of how to get there and land successfully.Probably the most difficult thing I found to get my head around was rendezvousing and docking. I found Scott's video slightly less helpful on this topic as whilst he showed you what he was doing, he didn't always tell you why he was doing it, which personally I would have found helpful. I have developed my own technique for doing this now, which probably incorporates ideas from a few different tutorials on this particular subject. It's probably not the most efficient method possible, but it works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levelord Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I haven't used any of Manley's tutorial. I'm sure as a former astrophysicist he knows his stuff, but his delivery of this knowledge is incredibly patronizing.However, I have learned docking from this fellow here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-FVywr8m8&feature=share&list=FLArmdg1vvWUtU2-7_TL-sQw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Tash Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I don't think Scott Manley was around when I started playing, If he was he certainly wasn't well advertised. Well when I started there was about 500 to 1000 players at most, hell there was probably less.I guess this applies to me too, even if his videos didn't help me play KSP, I sure learned a lot from his science/space stories. Always fun to watch and listen to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sof Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 His were among the many that I used to learn how to dock. Other than that, I guess just helpful tips such as how to throttle when launching rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshington Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 No, but that was because I didn't discover him until I had the mechanics of the game down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devland99 Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Its nice to see everyone responding to this, and to see how people found his videos keep them coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustangrande Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 He's only helped me with just about every aspect of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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