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jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-30 12:38:40
December 30 2010 11:38 GMT
#1
So one day I was making an LR thread and I realized, most of TL could beat me at BW, so why should I get to be the one to say which games were good and bad in the recommended section?

I then had an idea to create a poll for people to say if they would recommend a game. I included a "highly recommended" option because I really wanted a "highly recommended games" thread at the time I think.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129511

I'm not 100% sure I was the first one to do this, but it seems to have caught on. Recommended games existed for about a year and a half before this, but it was always at the OP's discretion and never a poll.

****
Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
December 30 2010 12:08 GMT
#2
Hm,. A bit of a random blog, but it's totally an excellent idea so cheers if you were the one to come up with it. =)
♥ I used to lasso the shit out of your tournaments =( ♥ | Much is my hero. | zizi yO~ | Be Nice, TL.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9543 Posts
December 30 2010 12:24 GMT
#3
haha recommended games are the first thing I read in Live Report thread.

Good job I guess?
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
December 30 2010 12:34 GMT
#4
fuck yeah dude, you're my hero.

I love those things haha, skips shitty games ftw
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barth
Profile Joined March 2008
Ireland1272 Posts
December 30 2010 13:15 GMT
#5
On December 30 2010 21:34 Butigroove wrote:
fuck yeah dude, you're my hero.

I love those things haha, skips shitty games ftw

Unless this happens:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=164178&currentpage=11#211
"Somebody you are talking to disappears mid sentence, and the universe shoots you because you talked to someone that wasn`t there." - MasterOfChaos
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
December 30 2010 13:18 GMT
#6
lolol
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-30 13:37:28
December 30 2010 13:33 GMT
#7
Well I actually prefer one person's biased and uninformed opinion rather than the mob's biased and uninformed opinion. Numbers on a poll don't motivate me to watch a game, but the OP commentating that the game was "AMAAAAZZIIINGGG!!!" does get me interested.

I think a combination of both is my favourite. I still think the poll is a good idea though.
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oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States6302 Posts
December 30 2010 14:43 GMT
#8
I have the opposite problem. When some brainless OP just writes meaningless things like "meh" and "Typical AvB" and "x fails again watch if you like y" it devalues his recommendations for the entire series because he obviously doesn't know Starcraft. The polls are super and I can just check the results if I need to follow a favorite player.
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
hazelynut
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2196 Posts
December 30 2010 17:20 GMT
#9
Haha, nice idea ! I've been away from BW too long.

(Also, I still remember your bracketology analysis for CSL--thanks for writing that long ago o.o)
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hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
December 30 2010 17:35 GMT
#10
On December 30 2010 23:43 oBlade wrote:
I have the opposite problem. When some brainless OP just writes meaningless things like "meh" and "Typical AvB" and "x fails again watch if you like y" it devalues his recommendations for the entire series because he obviously doesn't know Starcraft. The polls are super and I can just check the results if I need to follow a favorite player.


Well, that sounds almost exactly like my threads, and I'm sorry if you don't like it. I have to ask, though, what do you want instead? Something more detailed? There is a 50 page LR for a detailed account. You want someone else's opinion? That was the point of the polls. I would love to increase the quality of the op, but how do you suggest I do that?
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
December 30 2010 18:41 GMT
#11
Everytime Bisu/Flash/Jaedong wins a game the Poll is incredibly biased, I liked having the OP's opinion a lot more
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insanet
Profile Joined January 2010
Peru439 Posts
December 30 2010 19:40 GMT
#12
On December 30 2010 22:33 Nytefish wrote:
Well I actually prefer one person's biased and uninformed opinion rather than the mob's biased and uninformed opinion. Numbers on a poll don't motivate me to watch a game, but the OP commentating that the game was "AMAAAAZZIIINGGG!!!" does get me interested.

I think a combination of both is my favourite. I still think the poll is a good idea though.


I agree, Showing only polls doesnt really get me too interested in the games. I love some biased opinion and trashtalking about the games.
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