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Blizzard actively deleting all MLG downtime talk.

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MichaelJLowell
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States610 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-08 01:38:22
November 08 2010 01:16 GMT
#1
Normally don't whine about this sort of stuff. It's one thing to say "We would like you to discuss this in a single thread." I don't think TeamLiquid would disagree with that. It's another to actively delete all references to an issue and pretend it never happened. That's what Blizzard is doing right now with the MLG downtime.

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The above prompted me to ask this question:

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Every thread on the Battle.net forums either referring to Battle.net's Sunday-afternoon instability or MLG's issues are being deleted outright. I can't find a single MLG discussion thread dedicated to the Dallas event on the first several pages of either General or Multiplayer Discussion.

Is it really too crazy for me to ask that Blizzard should just admit they goofed instead of deleting every reference and hoping this doesn't blow up within the Starcraft community?

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http://www.learntocounter.com - I'm a "known troll" so please disconnect your kid's computer when I am on the forums.
infringement153
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30 Posts
November 08 2010 01:30 GMT
#2
Blizzard deleted the thread that you linked to this in.

PS I'm Saturn in that.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
November 08 2010 01:32 GMT
#3
This is painful to see. I wish they wouldn't censor....

I hope they don't ask TL to censor.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
Karliath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2214 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-08 01:38:04
November 08 2010 01:34 GMT
#4
Spam threads faster than they can lock > : D
elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
November 08 2010 01:38 GMT
#5
Come on man, don't feed the fire. Yes, Blizz is cleaning up the trash threads like you said. Look a little closer, there is an MLG feedback thread in multiplayer/esports.
d=(^_^)z
Redmark
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2129 Posts
November 08 2010 01:42 GMT
#6
On November 08 2010 10:38 elmizzt wrote:
Come on man, don't feed the fire. Yes, Blizz is cleaning up the trash threads like you said. Look a little closer, there is an MLG feedback thread in multiplayer/esports.

There is? Can't find one.

I can't say I don't understand though, the moderators there are probably so used to cleaning up trash threads that they got overzealous. There's not usually much of worth over there.
MichaelJLowell
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States610 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-08 01:43:58
November 08 2010 01:42 GMT
#7
On November 08 2010 10:30 infringement153 wrote:
Blizzard deleted the thread that you linked to this in.

PS I'm Saturn in that.

Yeah, I got a kick out of that. Probably got to that thread from my link.

On November 08 2010 10:38 elmizzt wrote:
Come on man, don't feed the fire. Yes, Blizz is cleaning up the trash threads like you said. Look a little closer, there is an MLG feedback thread in multiplayer/esports.

I not only had to search for it, but it happened to be the discussion thread with the most benign take on the incident. It happens to be a "LAN Lag: MLG" thread that someone must have bumped. The first post in that thread was October the 18th.

On November 08 2010 10:42 Redmark wrote:
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On November 08 2010 10:38 elmizzt wrote:
Come on man, don't feed the fire. Yes, Blizz is cleaning up the trash threads like you said. Look a little closer, there is an MLG feedback thread in multiplayer/esports.

There is? Can't find one.

I can't say I don't understand though, the moderators there are probably so used to cleaning up trash threads that they got overzealous. There's not usually much of worth over there.

There were plenty of good threads on the topic. It got completely aggravating because threads were being wiped faster than I could post in them. And that's saying something.
http://www.learntocounter.com - I'm a "known troll" so please disconnect your kid's computer when I am on the forums.
OverKiLL.
Profile Joined October 2010
United States199 Posts
November 08 2010 01:44 GMT
#8
lol blizzard is just terrible. they clearly havent improved at all in customer service since wc3
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
November 08 2010 01:46 GMT
#9
looks like its just some preemptive damage control, since their PR office is gonna explode. I actually kinda feel bad for the staff who have to deal with this when they go into work tomorrow morning
the courage to be a lazy bum
madnessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1581 Posts
November 08 2010 01:47 GMT
#10
wait the MLG finals were postponed because bnet is down? has the finals match taken place yet?
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
November 08 2010 01:48 GMT
#11
On November 08 2010 10:32 DivinO wrote:
This is painful to see. I wish they wouldn't censor....

I hope they don't ask TL to censor.


They dont have such power to do so.

Bnet forums have only one purporse for me: ask for tech support help.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
November 08 2010 01:48 GMT
#12
If something goes wrong, just pretend like it didn't happen...blizzard of old...where are you...
Sup
Redmark
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2129 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-08 01:51:52
November 08 2010 01:49 GMT
#13
I've been refreshing a whole bunch and not only have there been no new MLG threads, there have been no new threads period.
Maybe it's just an anomaly though, but why aren't more people posting? It's not like they can ban you for it.

edit: hey, there's a three-page thread... in technical support. lol
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
November 08 2010 01:51 GMT
#14
There's been problems with bnet at every single event in the US now. It's time they did more than delete threads and act like no lan is still a good idea
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
November 08 2010 01:51 GMT
#15
What the fuck Blizzard...
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Redmark
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2129 Posts
November 08 2010 01:54 GMT
#16
They could at least post a sticky saying 'hey guys don't post about it here go to that thread down in technical support for no real reason'.
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
November 08 2010 01:55 GMT
#17
who even cares about battle.net forums? i think its fine to have those for tech support if anything is wrong that requires contact to blizzard. But posting random trash talk like "as you could see on the example of mgl, lan mode is certainly required" is just pointless anyways. Do you seriously believe they don't know the downtimes and don't notice what goes on due to these downtimes? I don't think they need thousands of posts on the forums stating to them what they know anyways. So its just pointless to post stuff like that there.

And obviously, once a thread of yours gets closed, they will only close your further threads from you on the same topic over and over. Any forum moderation would do that, otherwise they wouldn't have felt the need to close your first thread. That has not even to do anything with the topic that is addressed. You keep opening threads about the same topic, so they keep deleting it because they decided the first time they don't want it. Repeated thread deletion is not censorship but completely normal moderating. So please all of you just stop flaming blizzard for something everybody does, just because it's a big company behind it and not a non profit community thing or something.

Please don't get me wrong though, its fine to voice your concerns. Just over-exaggerating the voicing part is plenty stupid and you should stop it. You have voiced it, they have noticed and deleted. So firstly, they know now. And secondly, well, yeah, they maybe ignore you. They are allowed to do that.
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
MichaelJLowell
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States610 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-08 02:01:26
November 08 2010 02:00 GMT
#18
On November 08 2010 10:49 Redmark wrote:
I've been refreshing a whole bunch and not only have there been no new MLG threads, there have been no new threads period.
Maybe it's just an anomaly though, but why aren't more people posting? It's not like they can ban you for it.

edit: hey, there's a three-page thread... in technical support. lol

I'm not going to post on those forums right now. I like having that forum as a conduit. Why risk saying anything when the mods haven't taken their meds?

On November 08 2010 10:55 MisterD wrote:
who even cares about battle.net forums? i think its fine to have those for tech support if anything is wrong that requires contact to blizzard. But posting random trash talk like "as you could see on the example of mgl, lan mode is certainly required" is just pointless anyways. Do you seriously believe they don't know the downtimes and don't notice what goes on due to these downtimes? I don't think they need thousands of posts on the forums stating to them what they know anyways. So its just pointless to post stuff like that there.

And obviously, once a thread of yours gets closed, they will only close your further threads from you on the same topic over and over. Any forum moderation would do that, otherwise they wouldn't have felt the need to close your first thread. That has not even to do anything with the topic that is addressed. You keep opening threads about the same topic, so they keep deleting it because they decided the first time they don't want it. Repeated thread deletion is not censorship but completely normal moderating. So please all of you just stop flaming blizzard for something everybody does, just because it's a big company behind it and not a non profit community thing or something.

Please don't get me wrong though, its fine to voice your concerns. Just over-exaggerating the voicing part is plenty stupid and you should stop it. You have voiced it, they have noticed and deleted. So firstly, they know now. And secondly, well, yeah, they maybe ignore you. They are allowed to do that.

There's a difference between "we're aware of the problems, please direct all traffic to this particular topic and please remain civil" and "we don't need this incident harming consumer perception of the company so WITH YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM CAPTAIN DELETE BUTTON". Blizzard doesn't want this incident making headway. This company insisted to the universe that the lack of LAN functionality wasn't going to infringe on the most critical export of LAN, the tournament scene.
http://www.learntocounter.com - I'm a "known troll" so please disconnect your kid's computer when I am on the forums.
NevilleS
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada266 Posts
November 08 2010 02:04 GMT
#19
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.

"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!"
elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
November 08 2010 02:05 GMT
#20
On November 08 2010 11:04 NevilleS wrote:
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.

"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!"

You're not very good at humor, are you?
d=(^_^)z
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