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ghen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1356 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-31 17:54:22
May 31 2010 17:52 GMT
#1
When reading long controversial threads I usually just skip to people with an icon or different colored names. The cesspool in between is just a blur under my scroll wheel. Its my poor-man's "blue tracker" like the blizzard forums.

That being said, I think there needs to be a few more elites. People that get a cool icon or name color just for quality thoughtful posting. It would be a nice way to separate the wheat from the chaff in those 50 page KeSPA or LAN play threads

(and yes, I'm chaff under that definition, don't get upset lol)

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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
May 31 2010 17:58 GMT
#2
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128151
PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5069 Posts
May 31 2010 18:00 GMT
#3
Or you can just read posts. TL's layout is amazing, it facilitates reading a lot of posts, which isn't necessarily true on other forums (like a phpBB forum or something, due to all the clutter). Besides that, there are individuals who get a Star for their contributions.

But people have their expertise in different areas. Once you read more and are familiar with recurring posters, you naturally figure out who's a good poster and who's just a troll. If poker threads popped up on TL I would be able to provide a lot of sound advice/information, but if I posted in a thread about say, Greece's debt, of which I have absolutely no idea about, you really couldn't apply my expertise in 1 field to another.
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
May 31 2010 18:04 GMT
#4
If nobody read the posts that came from people who didn't have a star, fancy icon, or different-coloured name then we'd never be able to get any new people that will one day obtain the aforementioned items. Then there are people like Kwark and Harem who choose to keep their unit icon, and those are people you don't want to be brushing over when reading threads.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
May 31 2010 18:10 GMT
#5
I'm more likely to read a post by a red/blue/iconned name, but what's more important is the length of the post, how well it's written or who actually wrote it. I've learned that post count is generally not indicative of posting quality AT ALL. There are still retarded fanboys and idiots with thousands of posts. The real shit posters get banned soon enough anyway.
BW4Life!
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
May 31 2010 18:15 GMT
#6
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names
buhhy
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1113 Posts
May 31 2010 18:16 GMT
#7
Lol, not all the people with special ranks make good posts.
Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
May 31 2010 18:19 GMT
#8
On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names


Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.
BW4Life!
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
May 31 2010 18:21 GMT
#9
On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names


Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=emlary
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
May 31 2010 18:21 GMT
#10
On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names


Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.


i bought it from meat (other guy who owns tl)
and i had too much money lol
naz wouldn't just give me a colored name so i went behind his back
kinda dick thing to do but tbh i really like my purple name
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
May 31 2010 18:22 GMT
#11
On June 01 2010 03:16 buhhy wrote:
Lol, not all the people with special ranks make good posts.

just look at l10f
Wohmfg
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1292 Posts
May 31 2010 18:23 GMT
#12
On June 01 2010 03:21 minus_human wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:
On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names


Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=emlary


Isn't that pink? Meh I dunno.

On June 01 2010 03:21 travis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:
On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names


Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.


i bought it from meat (other guy who owns tl)
and i had too much money lol
naz wouldn't just give me a colored name so i went behind his back
kinda dick thing to do but tbh i really like my purple name


Rofl, that's hilarious.
BW4Life!
saritenite
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Singapore1680 Posts
May 31 2010 18:26 GMT
#13
I usually follow a few people that I've seen post well. And names which jump out at me regularly (I.E JohnColtrane, fyre_dragon, monion, etc.)

The rest I devour in an attempt to find something good, while not noticing the username. Then i stumble upon gold and check the username.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
May 31 2010 18:26 GMT
#14
I usually just read the longer posts in the thread. They seem to be most conducive to learning. I mean granted, there are some people who just post up hilarious stuff, but when I look for knowledge, there are always certain names that I look for before reading.

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ghen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1356 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-31 18:28:33
May 31 2010 18:27 GMT
#15
Well,

#1 I'm not asking it be about post counts. That would only incite spammers.
#2 I'm asking for a highly recognized quality poster get an icon/color. This will make it easier to read
#3 I don't read the whole thread just for the luls... Bad posts or misinformation just don't seem very funny to me. To each their own.

I'm not asking for bad posts to be deleted, just regularly good posters get recognized as such.

If nobody read the posts that came from people who didn't have a star, fancy icon, or different-coloured name then we'd never be able to get any new people that will one day obtain the aforementioned items.


That doesn't make much sense to me. Nothing would change, all the rest of the posts would be there for everyone to read who wants to read everything.
DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
May 31 2010 18:46 GMT
#16
Sometimes I wonder if this would be a good thing, especially with the sudden influx of new users. I especially hate the posts that are just a wall of text. If a post has decent formatting and grammar I'm 100% more likely to read it.
buhhy
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1113 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-31 19:13:29
May 31 2010 19:11 GMT
#17
On June 01 2010 03:46 DeathByMonkeys wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if this would be a good thing, especially with the sudden influx of new users. I especially hate the posts that are just a wall of text. If a post has decent formatting and grammar I'm 100% more likely to read it.


Yeah, any more than 7 lines per paragraph is tough to read :/
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
May 31 2010 19:17 GMT
#18
A star by the name usually denotes a quality/known poster
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