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Hakker
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1360 Posts
January 06 2011 05:13 GMT
#1
Just ranting for the day. Apologies in advance for spelling/ grammar mistakes, typing from my phone is no fun .

Anyways, I've wound up spending some time on other Starcraft fan sites and the official battle.net forums recently, because for some reason at my school TL got classified as "GPORN" (the fuck is that?) and got blocked by the schools firewall.

A recurring theme on these boards Seems to be the assumption that TL is just an elitist cesspool where boys with self esteem problems rule the banhammer.

And I mean, in a sense I think this could be true for some people (I'm always very curious when someones ban is reasoned by 'I have my reasons'). I'm not sure what it is, But at the same time, TL really is one of the most intelligent, thoughtful, and friendliest communities I've ever been a part of.

I really couldn't even begin to understand why people think that the moderation on this forum is a bad thing. 99% of the time when I see the red text under someones post It's easy to see what rule was broken, what part was out of line, or the post was just straight up dumb. I really don't post all too often, but when I do I do try and make it count.

And I mean, I really do appreciate the massive amount of work the mods do to keep the board clean and rid of (most) idiots. Going back to other communities right now is almost like getting culture shock. When I returned to WoW for a bit when cata was released I was absolutely disgusted by the community. Even what could be called the teamliquid of wow arena, arenajunkies.com, is virtually all trolls and assholes looking to ruin your day.

Anyways, my intention wasn't to suck up with this blog, so ill stop. I just wanted to highlight an extremely prevalent curiosity that for some reason is repeated in almost every off site TL related discussion I've seen so far.

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hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
January 06 2011 05:16 GMT
#2
"I have my reasons" is just an automated message whenever a mod doesn't feel like writing out the justifications.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11577 Posts
January 06 2011 05:22 GMT
#3
oh hey. there's a reason why i've been a member for 6.5 years. it's a great community!
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Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 05:27:23
January 06 2011 05:25 GMT
#4
GPORN: Shortened version of Gorilla Porn, i.e. There is a copious amount of Jinro Fan Art here.

On topic: I can kind of get where the elitist image comes from. You have some of the worlds best players here, and a lot of the frequent visitors to the site are ranked highly on the ladder. This can be off-putting to some people maybe. Another reason I could think of is that here, for the most part, you are responsible for your own losses in games. Take a normal post from the Bnet forums, whining about unit x, or race y, or OP strat z. If you make a post like that here, it's likely to get closed, keep trying and you're likely to get banned. The mods do a decent job keeping the forums clean :p. So you get people who are told that imbalance is not their problem and they need to improve, and they take it as a personal insult and label TL as elitists.

I've also noticed TL is quoted quite often when it comes down to factual disputes on other forums. TL is seen as a voice of authority, so this may be a contributing factor as well. People could see them as high and mighty because of a lot of the thorough analysis on the forums.

Also, I just thought of this. A lot of people on the Bnet forums came over from WoW it seems. An equivalent site to TL for WoW would probably be Elitist Jerks for arena PvP and serious PvE, who's name is quite self-explanatory. They seem to do a lot of analysis similar to what people on TL do, so it could be a carry over effect of people equating the two websites and their attitudes.

This is all hypothetical of course...
you gotta dance
SiZ.FaNtAsY
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)1497 Posts
January 06 2011 05:25 GMT
#5
Teamliquid used to be such a relaxing and friendly place before SC2 rumors and the game got released. Due to the amount of users doubling or tripling due to sc2 it lost alot of community aspect since a hight percentage of the new users were really not that great. I'm sure most of the users from other forums are there because they been banned from tl.
Karma is a bitch
udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
January 06 2011 05:26 GMT
#6
A recurring theme on these boards Seems to be the assumption that TL is just an elitist cesspool where boys with self esteem problems rule the banhammer.


TL doesn't have a high tolerance for idiocy.
E-Sports is competitive video gaming with a spectator fan base. Do not take the word "Sports" literally.
Gatsbi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1134 Posts
January 06 2011 05:29 GMT
#7
Gaming Porn?
"IF WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE KNOWN. THEN YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ANYTHINIG YET." - Rev Kojo Smith
OPSavioR
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1465 Posts
January 06 2011 05:34 GMT
#8
GPORN sounds like Gay porn to me..
i dunno lol
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
January 06 2011 05:39 GMT
#9
No its definitely 'G' porn, as in Gangsta.

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Gatsbi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1134 Posts
January 06 2011 05:39 GMT
#10
On January 06 2011 14:34 OPSavioR wrote:
GPORN sounds like Gay porn to me..


Maybe they saw the Nada's Body thread.... lol.
"IF WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE KNOWN. THEN YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ANYTHINIG YET." - Rev Kojo Smith
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
January 06 2011 05:47 GMT
#11
Hmm during my stint with WoW over the summer I felt that elitistjerks was a stuffier environment. At least in creating spreadsheet formulas and general PvE number crunching, the atmosphere felt rather serious and sterile. On the other hand, arenajunkies held nonsense simply because it focused on competition in a game whose competitive tradition has no semblance of manner. I don't know how or if the noble BW chivalry carried over to the SC2 crowd, but I'm glad people at TL talk about manner as a serious discussion topic. In every other game, bad manner is just a fact of life and you're all sorts of a terrible newb if you'd like to contest it.

But yeah, Team Liquid is really something special in the world of gaming.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
January 06 2011 05:49 GMT
#12
So wheres the "the World" part?
Essentia
Profile Joined July 2010
1150 Posts
January 06 2011 05:56 GMT
#13
While TL isnt perfect and the mods might appear to be overly strict, its the best thing the SC community has and it sure as hell beats the crap out of all the other sites!
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
January 06 2011 06:00 GMT
#14
Basically if you are prepared to engage your brain before bashing out a post then you're going to be fine on TL. But if you don't, then you're going to get banned and repeatedly banned until you improve. Some people don't like that they can't shit all over this website heh.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 06:08:19
January 06 2011 06:05 GMT
#15
As someone who (very pretentiously) believes that he has seen a good number of online communities, I can say that Team Liquid is by far the most mannered/constructive/disciplined.

It's quite a contrast, because often I bounce around between 4chan /a/ (meh), /g/ (crap), /r9k/ (lol), XtremeSystems (also a great place).
(I'm the Loser777 there)

Places I used to be active on:
bwhacks.com (you can guess what that stands for LOL), gamethreat.net
(Also the Loser777 there lol)
tom's hardware forums (for a short bit)

To be honest, if the moderation at TL weren't what it is... the amount of crap would just be ridiculous. At bwhacks.com, with a community size just a fraction of what TL is, the amount of garbage/flame/trollan is unthinkable compared with what TL has. I appreciate this community and it doesn't have to 100% adhere to what I see fit. I'm more than happy with what's going on here after having experienced the bottom of the barrel.
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
January 06 2011 06:10 GMT
#16
Despite TL being dumbed down a bit by the influx of new SC2 players, I'm sure all of the new users will eventually catch onto the level of maturity and intelligence that made the BW community so well respected amongst forum goers. Even with the plethora of poor posts and balance whining in the SC2 section and especially the Live Reports, TL is still worlds above any other online community.

I used to browse the official Command and Conquer forums up until after C&C4 was released, and I have concluded that official forums are never the place for mature, intelligent discussions.

Reddit is also quite awesome.
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SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
January 06 2011 06:21 GMT
#17
Hmm, I may not be the first person that thought this but I opened this blog expecting LR fighting off Zatic's 7 evil exes or something (well just the first part)
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 06:26:03
January 06 2011 06:24 GMT
#18
On January 06 2011 15:21 SayaSP wrote:
Hmm, I may not be the first person that thought this but I opened this blog expecting LR fighting off Zatic's 7 evil exes or something (well just the first part)

Haha I thought this was gonna be a parody story too xD

On January 06 2011 14:26 udgnim wrote:
Show nested quote +
A recurring theme on these boards Seems to be the assumption that TL is just an elitist cesspool where boys with self esteem problems rule the banhammer.


TL doesn't have a high tolerance for idiocy.

Well said
:)
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
January 06 2011 06:39 GMT
#19
teenliquid.net!!!

I love teamliquid!
Jaedong :3
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
January 06 2011 06:44 GMT
#20
TL is the first online community that I have ever regularly participated in. It truly is a diamond in the rough of the intersludge.
gamecrazy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States421 Posts
January 06 2011 07:26 GMT
#21
On January 06 2011 15:44 AirbladeOrange wrote:
TL is the first online community that I have ever regularly participated in. It truly is a diamond in the rough of the intersludge.

I second this wholeheartedly except I'm guilty of just lurking instead of actually participating.
Still, the few TL people from the TL community I have met in real life have all been worthy of the praise that we enjoy lavishing upon ourselves.
<3 TL
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
January 06 2011 07:48 GMT
#22
I like the TL rules. Most forum poster-people drive me nuts because they can't put their hands on a keyboard without constantly referring to stupid memes that no one liked in the first place. If that makes me elitist, then I personally gladly would accept that title.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
RandomAccount#49059
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2140 Posts
January 06 2011 08:03 GMT
#23
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 08:21:55
January 06 2011 08:20 GMT
#24
Since 2004 (and we exist a lot longer than that) we have banned over 14000 users. That's enough to form a community of their own so I guess that's what you run into when you leave this godly place. Wouldn't be too concerned about it. In the end TL is just a mirror of what we feel how a site should be and this is not going to change for anything.
Administrator
tealc
Profile Joined October 2010
109 Posts
January 06 2011 08:27 GMT
#25
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.
Licmyobelisk
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines3682 Posts
January 06 2011 08:39 GMT
#26
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer
I don't think I've ever wished my opponent good luck prior to a game. When I play, I play to win. I hope every opponent I ever have is cursed with fucking terrible luck. I hope they're stuck playing underneath a stepladder with a black cat in attendance a
tealc
Profile Joined October 2010
109 Posts
January 06 2011 09:07 GMT
#27
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
January 06 2011 09:38 GMT
#28
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.
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zXk3
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Mexico1178 Posts
January 06 2011 09:55 GMT
#29
On January 06 2011 15:00 Plexa wrote:
Basically if you are prepared to engage your brain before bashing out a post then you're going to be fine on TL. But if you don't, then you're going to get banned and repeatedly banned until you improve. Some people don't like that they can't shit all over this website heh.

And thats the main reason i dont post as much, but man i <3 tl
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Ricjames
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Czech Republic1047 Posts
January 06 2011 13:01 GMT
#30
TL is the most awesome community i have ever seen. I became member long time after i started visiting regularly. Some people might seem elitist, but it is only because they have spent so much time and dedication, so they have the right to it. Only one time i was banned and i didn't feel it was justified, but i got over it. Strict moding is neccessary with the load of newcomers with SC2. With that said i wish TL many succesfull years to come.
Brood War is the best RTS that has ever been created.
LittLeD
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden7973 Posts
January 06 2011 14:23 GMT
#31
The strict modding is really what keeps the community clean. I'd like to dedicate a big Thanks to all the admins, mods, banlings, programmers, coders and all that it's called.
<3 u all
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
January 06 2011 14:31 GMT
#32
TL is way too lenient. There's a lot of crap on this board that really should be banned or closed or at least given a new forum.

TL is fairly accepting of idiocy. Take the 20 contentless threads about people who've decided they want to be a progamer even though they aren't even highly ranked.

Even though I'm not a member of SA, they have the best quality threads on the internet, and it's due to the fact that you aren't just banned for being rude, but you're banned for screwing up threads and posting dumb, annoying shit too.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19049 Posts
January 06 2011 15:03 GMT
#33
I'd love to see TL mirror itself. One for normal TL, one for banned TL. Banned users don't get told they are banned, they are just sent to Banned TL, where everything behaves normally. Only Posts and PMs from Banned TL never appear on Real TL. Sort of a Twilight Zone thing I guess.

Anyway, I <3 TL. Sooooo much better than most communities.
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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
January 06 2011 15:10 GMT
#34
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.

That is absolutely not true and a gross mis-characterization of what actually goes on here. People being banned for their opinion is a rarity. People get banned for how they present their opinions.

I don't know where people get the idea that all opinions are created equal, or that TL should have to stomach stupidity to satisfy some uninformed notion of freedom, but that's not the case at all.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
January 06 2011 15:49 GMT
#35
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.


I completely agree, 4chan is the last bastion of free speech on this planet. We need to break free of our controlling over-masters, and migrate to 4chan. Then the deep, creative, intellectual discussions shall commence!

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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
January 06 2011 16:31 GMT
#36
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.
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Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
January 06 2011 17:29 GMT
#37
On January 06 2011 14:47 EchOne wrote:
Hmm during my stint with WoW over the summer I felt that elitistjerks was a stuffier environment. At least in creating spreadsheet formulas and general PvE number crunching, the atmosphere felt rather serious and sterile. On the other hand, arenajunkies held nonsense simply because it focused on competition in a game whose competitive tradition has no semblance of manner. I don't know how or if the noble BW chivalry carried over to the SC2 crowd, but I'm glad people at TL talk about manner as a serious discussion topic. In every other game, bad manner is just a fact of life and you're all sorts of a terrible newb if you'd like to contest it.

But yeah, Team Liquid is really something special in the world of gaming.



Starcraft is fine art,
Gentlmen play it.

Not the crowd.
Jstor
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States107 Posts
January 06 2011 18:42 GMT
#38
On January 07 2011 02:29 Boonbag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2011 14:47 EchOne wrote:
Hmm during my stint with WoW over the summer I felt that elitistjerks was a stuffier environment. At least in creating spreadsheet formulas and general PvE number crunching, the atmosphere felt rather serious and sterile. On the other hand, arenajunkies held nonsense simply because it focused on competition in a game whose competitive tradition has no semblance of manner. I don't know how or if the noble BW chivalry carried over to the SC2 crowd, but I'm glad people at TL talk about manner as a serious discussion topic. In every other game, bad manner is just a fact of life and you're all sorts of a terrible newb if you'd like to contest it.

But yeah, Team Liquid is really something special in the world of gaming.



Starcraft is fine art,
Gentlmen play it.

Not the crowd.


sup elitistjerk

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jk lol
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9500 Posts
January 06 2011 18:49 GMT
#39
I like TL.
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
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
January 06 2011 18:59 GMT
#40
It's really sad what some schools ban nowadays. Back in my day we had Napster in the college dorms!
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
tealc
Profile Joined October 2010
109 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 19:33:55
January 06 2011 19:12 GMT
#41
On January 07 2011 01:31 Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.

I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.
On January 06 2011 18:38 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.

On your week off use your time to search the words "banned" and "warned" on teamliquid, soon you'll find enough evidence to write a book about. The very first thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7498848
and some mods defending their own: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182157&currentpage=15
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
January 06 2011 20:16 GMT
#42
On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 01:31 Chill wrote:
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.

I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2011 18:38 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.

On your week off use your time to search the words "banned" and "warned" on teamliquid, soon you'll find enough evidence to write a book about. The very first thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7498848
and some mods defending their own: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182157&currentpage=15
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?

"Makes me derp" is not acceptable posting on Teamliquid.

Complaining about skill and balance in live report threads has been bannable for awhile now. That's been a consistent policy. It's got nothing to do with it being Ret, despite it being pretty ignorant to say you that.
Moderator
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
January 06 2011 20:18 GMT
#43
Also, you probably aren't the best person to explain how a site should be moderated:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=175903#3
Moderator
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
January 06 2011 20:31 GMT
#44
This is something about a loud minority that we should pay attention to. So few people actually think that Team Liquid is a really bad place. But they scream a lot about it. Hell someone made a Team Liquid Sucks youtube video.

There are so many people who love this place and don't voice it as much as those who are adamantly against it. And that's okay. Because TL is a good place and we all know that.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
elmizzt
Profile Joined February 2010
United States3309 Posts
January 06 2011 21:09 GMT
#45
On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.

Nope, he doesn't. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=17883

On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?

Again, read the 10 commandments.
d=(^_^)z
mapthesoul
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Trinidad/Tobago429 Posts
January 07 2011 00:00 GMT
#46
GPORN = Gayporn?

They probably saw this thread.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100673
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9500 Posts
January 07 2011 00:18 GMT
#47
On January 07 2011 09:00 mapthesoul wrote:
GPORN = Gayporn?

They probably saw this thread.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100673

Or this one?
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
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3684 Posts
January 07 2011 01:49 GMT
#48
diamond player here

TL is the best site on the internet. Is this a Bo50?
Abstinence
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States328 Posts
January 07 2011 06:10 GMT
#49
b.net forums are:

"OMG MARAUDERS OP NERF PLS"
"yeah bliz dusnt know how to balance teh game they dun know the community"
"shaddup, you're in silver lololol im in diamond so my opinion is worth something"
"i bet youre from tl elitist freak, we can have opinions too cause we understand the game too and marauders are op!"

^^ Or 50 other variations of the same thread about balance. It gets tiring. I'm glad TL doesn't have the same thing. :|
Shana
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Indonesia1814 Posts
January 07 2011 06:14 GMT
#50
So....what does GPORN stands for?
Believing in what lies ahead. | That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
tealc
Profile Joined October 2010
109 Posts
January 07 2011 08:36 GMT
#51
On January 07 2011 05:16 Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:31 Chill wrote:
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.

I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.
On January 06 2011 18:38 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.

On your week off use your time to search the words "banned" and "warned" on teamliquid, soon you'll find enough evidence to write a book about. The very first thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7498848
and some mods defending their own: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182157&currentpage=15
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?

"Makes me derp" is not acceptable posting on Teamliquid.

Complaining about skill and balance in live report threads has been bannable for awhile now. That's been a consistent policy. It's got nothing to do with it being Ret, despite it being pretty ignorant to say you that.

So using the word "derp" is acceptable reason to ban/warn someone? TL staff really doesn't have anything else to do? Also I'd like to take a look at this "1000 words you're not allowed to say on TL"-list so that I can clean up my act and never get banned for using words such as "derp" that aren't even offensive or bad-mannered. I missed the part where you explained inclusively the reason people get banned for complaining about skill, why is that? And I'll just assume Idra is on the same protective list that ret is in since you refused to pay attention to the matter.
On January 07 2011 05:18 Chill wrote:
Also, you probably aren't the best person to explain how a site should be moderated:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=175903#3

Going through my posts to find something that would disregard everything that I've said this far, eh? Please don't post until you have something better to say. Explain don't accuse. Is doing the basic logical fallacies the basis of how tl is being moderated? Who allows this? And to be fair, the post that you're refering to is both comforting and a piece of financial advice, guess I'll should've worded it better.
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-07 09:35:59
January 07 2011 09:35 GMT
#52
On January 07 2011 17:36 tealc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 05:16 Chill wrote:
On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:31 Chill wrote:
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.

I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.
On January 06 2011 18:38 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.

On your week off use your time to search the words "banned" and "warned" on teamliquid, soon you'll find enough evidence to write a book about. The very first thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7498848
and some mods defending their own: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182157&currentpage=15
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?

"Makes me derp" is not acceptable posting on Teamliquid.

Complaining about skill and balance in live report threads has been bannable for awhile now. That's been a consistent policy. It's got nothing to do with it being Ret, despite it being pretty ignorant to say you that.

So using the word "derp" is acceptable reason to ban/warn someone? TL staff really doesn't have anything else to do? Also I'd like to take a look at this "1000 words you're not allowed to say on TL"-list so that I can clean up my act and never get banned for using words such as "derp" that aren't even offensive or bad-mannered. I missed the part where you explained inclusively the reason people get banned for complaining about skill, why is that? And I'll just assume Idra is on the same protective list that ret is in since you refused to pay attention to the matter.
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 05:18 Chill wrote:
Also, you probably aren't the best person to explain how a site should be moderated:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=175903#3

Going through my posts to find something that would disregard everything that I've said this far, eh? Please don't post until you have something better to say. Explain don't accuse. Is doing the basic logical fallacies the basis of how tl is being moderated? Who allows this? And to be fair, the post that you're refering to is both comforting and a piece of financial advice, guess I'll should've worded it better.



Why so much rage?

edit : If you want to post random crap, there's about just anywhere on the internets to do so. Why team liquid?
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
January 07 2011 13:23 GMT
#53
On January 07 2011 18:35 Boonbag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 17:36 tealc wrote:
On January 07 2011 05:16 Chill wrote:
On January 07 2011 04:12 tealc wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:31 Chill wrote:
On January 06 2011 18:07 tealc wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:39 Licmyobelisk wrote:
On January 06 2011 17:27 tealc wrote:
Everyone here loves TL because anyone who doesn't is terminated, everyone speaking against the public opinion gets terminated, "for trolling". Free discussion inspires creativity but if there is a higher force deciding for us who should be posting and about what, it dies. The day that I was worried of getting banned for posting my own sincere opinion was the day I ceased to respect of what tl had become.



mostly the people that gets banned usually attacks the other poster personally, there's a lot of posters there that argue with each others opinion and it's damn entertaining. As far as I can tell not everyone gets banned because of his out of this world opinion but more on attacking someone else or a programer

Well I see this almost every day and it's even better when other posters of the thread actually ask why a certain person got banned for their post. I remember in a few patch threads multiple people got warned simply because they had understood the patch notes wrong.

Please link to one person getting banned for asking why someone got banned.

Please link to people getting warned for misunderstanding.

Until then, I feel you are actually misunderstanding the situations.

I never said that users that asked about other peoples bans got banned themselves. Oh and according to Nazgul you now deserve to be banned.
On January 06 2011 18:38 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Yes reading ability is a requirement on TL we won't deny that we appreciate it when people bother taking the time to read what they respond to.

On your week off use your time to search the words "banned" and "warned" on teamliquid, soon you'll find enough evidence to write a book about. The very first thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=7498848
and some mods defending their own: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182157&currentpage=15
Also, why does Idra get temp banned constantly, whereas a normal user not enjoying a celebrity status inside this community would have been permanently banned years ago?

"Makes me derp" is not acceptable posting on Teamliquid.

Complaining about skill and balance in live report threads has been bannable for awhile now. That's been a consistent policy. It's got nothing to do with it being Ret, despite it being pretty ignorant to say you that.

So using the word "derp" is acceptable reason to ban/warn someone? TL staff really doesn't have anything else to do? Also I'd like to take a look at this "1000 words you're not allowed to say on TL"-list so that I can clean up my act and never get banned for using words such as "derp" that aren't even offensive or bad-mannered. I missed the part where you explained inclusively the reason people get banned for complaining about skill, why is that? And I'll just assume Idra is on the same protective list that ret is in since you refused to pay attention to the matter.
On January 07 2011 05:18 Chill wrote:
Also, you probably aren't the best person to explain how a site should be moderated:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=175903#3

Going through my posts to find something that would disregard everything that I've said this far, eh? Please don't post until you have something better to say. Explain don't accuse. Is doing the basic logical fallacies the basis of how tl is being moderated? Who allows this? And to be fair, the post that you're refering to is both comforting and a piece of financial advice, guess I'll should've worded it better.



Why so much rage?

edit : If you want to post random crap, there's about just anywhere on the internets to do so. Why team liquid?


Just ignore him, he's obviously trolling. In a short time he'll be banned like the rest of the fools.
TRUEESPORTS || your days as a respected member of team liquid are over
oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States5581 Posts
January 07 2011 16:50 GMT
#54
I live in a couple microcommunities on the internet where we basically regulate ourselves by flaming away anyone who is obviously too stupid to keep up with most of us. Lots of big communities don't work this way. They have rules in the sense of offensive content and individual power of moderators, but not a common community standard. Or really a community identity. TL has this. It isn't just about Nazgul, for instance. It isn't corrupted by the influence of any one person, and it's also strong enough to stay alive without that.
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
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