• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 00:59
CET 06:59
KST 14:59
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12
Community News
Weekly Cups (Dec 15-21): Classic wins big, MaxPax & Clem take weeklies3ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career !11Weekly Cups (Dec 8-14): MaxPax, Clem, Cure win4Weekly Cups (Dec 1-7): Clem doubles, Solar gets over the hump1Weekly Cups (Nov 24-30): MaxPax, Clem, herO win2
StarCraft 2
General
ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career ! Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced! What's the best tug of war? The Grack before Christmas Weekly Cups (Dec 15-21): Classic wins big, MaxPax & Clem take weeklies
Tourneys
OSC Season 13 World Championship $5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship $100 Prize Pool - Winter Warp Gate Masters Showdow Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Winter Warp Gate Amateur Showdown #1
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 505 Rise From Ashes Mutation # 504 Retribution Mutation # 503 Fowl Play Mutation # 502 Negative Reinforcement
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion How soO Began His ProGaming Dreams Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Recommended FPV games (post-KeSPA)
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL21] LB SemiFinals - Saturday 21:00 CET [BSL21] WB & LB Finals - Sunday 21:00 CET Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Game Theory for Starcraft Current Meta Fighting Spirit mining rates
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Mechabellum Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Survivor II: The Amazon Sengoku Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread 12 Days of Starcraft The Games Industry And ATVI Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TL+ Announced Where to ask questions and add stream?
Blogs
National Diversity: A Challe…
TrAiDoS
I decided to write a webnov…
DjKniteX
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Thanks for the RSL
Hildegard
Saturation point
Uldridge
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1941 users

Discuss Beta Roulette - Page 2

Blogs > mOnion
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
May 01 2010 07:03 GMT
#21
I don't think it was that great of an idea. I would never have given a key to anyone who was willing to give up 2 weeks of TL for it.
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-01 07:05:04
May 01 2010 07:04 GMT
#22
He just wants to beat Mani for ban king title :X
EDIT: already three comments about this XD
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
May 01 2010 07:04 GMT
#23
On May 01 2010 16:01 Draconizard wrote:
The risk is not nearly high enough, and the participation threshold is much too low. It should be a one to three month long ban, and the required post count should be much higher (somewhere in the hundreds). Furthermore, the posts in the thread itself should require some more effort beyond simply hitting enter.


argh

i got temp banned for 1 month last time. I thought i was gonna kill myself. i dont understand how people lurk on this site @_@ every time i see some new thread i'm just like a kid in a candy shop with free candy MUST POST NAO

2 weeks is tough x.x
☆★☆ 7486!!! Join the Ban mOnion Anti-Trolling Initiative! - Caller | "on a scale of machine to 10, how bad is that Zerg?" - LZgamer | you are the new tl.net bonjwa monion, congrats - Rekrul | "Cheeseburgers dynamite lilacs" - Chill
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
May 01 2010 07:09 GMT
#24
Gotta agree with Monion. Once you get in a rhythm of posting, it's just too hard to all of a sudden stop. Even though you can read, there's bound to be times when you just want to post, like in this blog for example.
God Bless
Draconizard
Profile Joined October 2008
628 Posts
May 01 2010 07:10 GMT
#25
On May 01 2010 16:04 mOnion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2010 16:01 Draconizard wrote:
The risk is not nearly high enough, and the participation threshold is much too low. It should be a one to three month long ban, and the required post count should be much higher (somewhere in the hundreds). Furthermore, the posts in the thread itself should require some more effort beyond simply hitting enter.


argh

i got temp banned for 1 month last time. I thought i was gonna kill myself. i dont understand how people lurk on this site @_@ every time i see some new thread i'm just like a kid in a candy shop with free candy MUST POST NAO

2 weeks is tough x.x


I lurked for more than a year before actually bothering to register, and then it was quite a while after registering before I actually made a post. My suggestions are designed to make entering that thread a true risk to the participants. Perhaps a post count requirement is the wrong way to go about it. Upon further reflection, I would make the requirement based on the number of posts / week. This way, those who enter will care greatly (or so it is hoped) if they are banned or not.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
May 01 2010 07:13 GMT
#26
On May 01 2010 16:10 Draconizard wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2010 16:04 mOnion wrote:
On May 01 2010 16:01 Draconizard wrote:
The risk is not nearly high enough, and the participation threshold is much too low. It should be a one to three month long ban, and the required post count should be much higher (somewhere in the hundreds). Furthermore, the posts in the thread itself should require some more effort beyond simply hitting enter.


argh

i got temp banned for 1 month last time. I thought i was gonna kill myself. i dont understand how people lurk on this site @_@ every time i see some new thread i'm just like a kid in a candy shop with free candy MUST POST NAO

2 weeks is tough x.x


I lurked for more than a year before actually bothering to register, and then it was quite a while after registering before I actually made a post. My suggestions are designed to make entering that thread a true risk to the participants. Perhaps a post count requirement is the wrong way to go about it. Upon further reflection, I would make the requirement based on the number of posts / week. This way, those who enter will care greatly (or so it is hoped) if they are banned or not.


you have such a cool name
☆★☆ 7486!!! Join the Ban mOnion Anti-Trolling Initiative! - Caller | "on a scale of machine to 10, how bad is that Zerg?" - LZgamer | you are the new tl.net bonjwa monion, congrats - Rekrul | "Cheeseburgers dynamite lilacs" - Chill
wongi
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia86 Posts
May 01 2010 07:13 GMT
#27
On May 01 2010 15:47 Gliche wrote:
what a lot of people don't realize i think, is that the ban also stops you from participating in future beta key contests for 2 weeks

that's pretty harsh o_O


I guess this pretty much sums it up. You don't just lose Hot_Bid's beta key, but the possibility of other beta key contests in the next 2 weeks.
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
May 01 2010 07:18 GMT
#28
I lurked for YEARS before I actually started posting regularly I believe my first account has 6 posts and I registered it in 2003, I made this one 2 years ago and actually started posting on it. So thats what 5 years of lurking? Can I get some sort of award for that? But I still wouldn't want a 2 week ban for a CHANCE at a beta key. Not worth it imo.
Draconizard
Profile Joined October 2008
628 Posts
May 01 2010 07:22 GMT
#29
On May 01 2010 16:13 mOnion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2010 16:10 Draconizard wrote:
On May 01 2010 16:04 mOnion wrote:
On May 01 2010 16:01 Draconizard wrote:
The risk is not nearly high enough, and the participation threshold is much too low. It should be a one to three month long ban, and the required post count should be much higher (somewhere in the hundreds). Furthermore, the posts in the thread itself should require some more effort beyond simply hitting enter.


argh

i got temp banned for 1 month last time. I thought i was gonna kill myself. i dont understand how people lurk on this site @_@ every time i see some new thread i'm just like a kid in a candy shop with free candy MUST POST NAO

2 weeks is tough x.x


I lurked for more than a year before actually bothering to register, and then it was quite a while after registering before I actually made a post. My suggestions are designed to make entering that thread a true risk to the participants. Perhaps a post count requirement is the wrong way to go about it. Upon further reflection, I would make the requirement based on the number of posts / week. This way, those who enter will care greatly (or so it is hoped) if they are banned or not.


you have such a cool name


I cannot tell if that is sarcasm or not (Romanian, etc.), but I do not particularly care for it. It's a relic from long ago.

On May 01 2010 16:13 wongi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2010 15:47 Gliche wrote:
what a lot of people don't realize i think, is that the ban also stops you from participating in future beta key contests for 2 weeks

that's pretty harsh o_O


I guess this pretty much sums it up. You don't just lose Hot_Bid's beta key, but the possibility of other beta key contests in the next 2 weeks.


This is true, but I doubt any of those contests (should they even exist) would require such minimal effort as this one..
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
May 01 2010 07:22 GMT
#30
On May 01 2010 16:18 iCCup.Raelcun wrote:
I lurked for YEARS before I actually started posting regularly I believe my first account has 6 posts and I registered it in 2003, I made this one 2 years ago and actually started posting on it. So thats what 5 years of lurking? Can I get some sort of award for that? But I still wouldn't want a 2 week ban for a CHANCE at a beta key. Not worth it imo.

You still are a lurker, look at your icon.
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
Isas
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada45 Posts
May 01 2010 07:46 GMT
#31
I've been lurking without an account for a while and even since creating my account I haven't posted all that much, but I really don't think I would want a two week ban. I do like the idea though. Very different from any other beta key contests I've seen.
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
May 01 2010 07:55 GMT
#32
On May 01 2010 16:22 Sentenal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2010 16:18 iCCup.Raelcun wrote:
I lurked for YEARS before I actually started posting regularly I believe my first account has 6 posts and I registered it in 2003, I made this one 2 years ago and actually started posting on it. So thats what 5 years of lurking? Can I get some sort of award for that? But I still wouldn't want a 2 week ban for a CHANCE at a beta key. Not worth it imo.

You still are a lurker, look at your icon.

I chuckled, yo.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
XeliN
Profile Joined June 2009
United Kingdom1755 Posts
May 01 2010 07:57 GMT
#33
You know you have a gambling problem when you feel like entering this even though you have no need for a beta key.... Thankfully this isn't a new revelation to me
Adonai bless
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
May 01 2010 08:03 GMT
#34
I do like the fact that this will get a lot of the more.... desperate people for beta keys out of the way for 2 weeks and hopefully cut down on the amount of begging going on even though mods have been good with the bans and such for that.
SC2Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2814 Posts
May 01 2010 08:04 GMT
#35
Omg great idea Hot_Bid xD
Who the fuck has a family of fucking trees? This song is so god damn stupid. Fuck you song, fuck you and your stupid trees. -itmeJP
way2easy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden27 Posts
May 01 2010 08:07 GMT
#36
Its a funy idea, but what if he gives out keys during the days we risk getting banned?
I R ZERG!
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
May 01 2010 08:13 GMT
#37
God, I would actually consider doing this since I have exams coming up, and constantly posting on TL isnt going to help me study.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
May 01 2010 08:21 GMT
#38
i think the best part was that a user named LoseAlot posted "beta key time" and won---with style
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
May 01 2010 08:52 GMT
#39
And another guy who got a key has 69 posts. lolol
Please PM me with any songs you like that you think I haven't heard before!
CakeOrI)eath
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States327 Posts
May 01 2010 08:58 GMT
#40
On May 01 2010 16:02 iCCup.Raelcun wrote:
Anyways I still think it's a plot by Hot_Bid to increase his ban count to catch up to Manifesto7.

Never gonna happen unless Mani goes missing again for a long time.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 4h 1m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft578
RuFF_SC2 266
NeuroSwarm 224
StarCraft: Brood War
actioN 1698
Shuttle 130
GoRush 24
eros_byul 0
League of Legends
JimRising 694
C9.Mang0447
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor97
Other Games
summit1g7411
XaKoH 141
minikerr41
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1140
BasetradeTV64
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• practicex 29
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Migwel
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki39
• Diggity2
• Pr0nogo 2
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21841
League of Legends
• Rush1338
• Lourlo1094
• Stunt464
Other Games
• Scarra1727
Upcoming Events
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4h 1m
Krystianer vs Classic
TriGGeR vs SKillous
Percival vs Ryung
ByuN vs Nicoract
OSC
12h 1m
BSL 21
14h 1m
Cross vs Dewalt
Replay Cast
1d 3h
Wardi Open
1d 6h
OSC
2 days
Solar vs MaxPax
ByuN vs Krystianer
Spirit vs TBD
OSC
5 days
Korean StarCraft League
5 days
OSC
6 days
OSC
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Escore Tournament S1: W1
WardiTV 2025
META Madness #9

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
BSL Season 21
CSL Season 19: Qualifier 2
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025

Upcoming

CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
Escore Tournament S1: W2
Escore Tournament S1: W3
BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
HSC XXVIII
Big Gabe Cup #3
OSC Championship Season 13
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.