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... that more people would realise how special this community truly is. For such and old site with so many visitors, the quality and variety of news, of its visitors, its staff and its features are beyond amazing. I've grown up here, literally, and I've seen it grow firsthand. TL is incredibly rare in its kind -- in my opinion unmatched and truly unique -- and I hope people start realising this more.. Just look at the FE by Ver and the Pony Tales. Simply amazing. Appreciate it, contribute to it, love it.
... that females become more accepted in the gaming community. They receive quite a bit of hate because internet is anonymous and its population young. I hope that gender becomes an unimportant aspect of gaming, because we are all just gamers. And to add to this, I truly hope that some females realize this as well. There are examples within our community that are here because they love gaming and the community embraces them, at least to an extent. I hope that this happens more and more. But sadly there are examples that hinder this development as well, trying everything to get attention by marketing their femininity. On this side of the story, I wish for them to realize what is going on and stop this development. In the end we all love this game.
... that people would complain less. Just a little bit. I'm guilty of this too sometimes. We, as a community, are incredibly harsh and too easily butthurt. Oh no the stream is gone for 2 minutes! Oh my god the caster made a joke I did not like! And the list goes on. I often wonder if the newer members to the SC community realize how incredibly blessed we are. Before TL there was basically no way to follow the pro-scene in Korea, and tourneys were incredibly rare, especially those with money-- let alone substantial amounts of money. There were no streams, there was nothing in first person view, and hell, at the beginning we did not even have replays. We are blessed with an incredible development all across the globe and TL has facilitated and still greatly facilitates this process. Be happy! Life is amazing, better than ever
!... that ESPORTS develops in a positive way. I honestly would hate to see the situation where progamers are arrogant, unreachable pricks-- where people stop forgetting what makes this game: its spectators. Without the spectators, the gamers are nothing. I fear the day when we 'mature' and the gap between the gamers and the spectators widens too much. I think Liquid`TLO is a prime example of how it can and imo should be. He radiates love for this game and remains approachable to his fans, remains humble, remains kind, despite his busy schedule and success. Sadly, there are also other examples of insane arrogance, where the popularity has gone to their heads. Maybe a few of them is not harmful. As said on the GSL, a game also needs a villain. But in the (near) future, it might become too many..
... that people would understand just how much this site and its staff does for the community and its members, and how much TL tries to improve. As an insider, at least to a large extent, each decision is well debated and acted upon for clear reasons. Though sometimes we are not transparant enough about these, or at least not in a way that is easy to reach for the newcomers. TL is not some large corporation of anonymous corporates that hates newcomers. Not at all! But we are quite strict to keep the same quality that we've always tried to achieve-- and always struggled to achieve. But remember that without this policy, TL would be like any other site, TL would not stand out. I hope that the newer users become more acquanted with the staff and vica versa!
... that some old members realise just how much we needed the new SC2 gamers. We were growing old, maturing a bit too much. There was not enough fresh blood because BW was and still is an old game. Of course this brings some troubles, as we are in a phase of adaptation-- a phase where newer users get adjusted to TL and its features and standards and where TL, even for a bit, gets used to the rampant growth. Nothing to fear though, as TL is perfectly capable of handling this, and new users bring an awesome lot to our community. Without 'them' (or maybe I should say us, SC2 has made me a lot more active.. I watch so many games now), esports would not be heading the way that we all always dreamed it would. And that? That is simply amazing.
Here's to TL, the site that I love
