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Neo7
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States922 Posts
September 15 2011 04:26 GMT
#261
Whatever happened to ManaBlue? He helped with teaching some of the basic fundamentals of Brood War to me and let me obs in his games a lot. He was fun to hang around.
It takes an idiot to do cool things.
Kimaker
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2131 Posts
September 15 2011 13:31 GMT
#262
Kwark and Mani have always scared me...not gonna change anytime soon xD

Cool write up, and I miss your powerranks Plexa, most controversial EVER. ^_^
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Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7992 Posts
September 15 2011 21:10 GMT
#263
On September 07 2011 01:37 GTR wrote:
DIE BOXMAN

Hahahahaha This is so gooooood

<3
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-16 01:02:39
September 16 2011 01:01 GMT
#264
On September 15 2011 02:54 Nizzy wrote:
-Nizzy

I don't see anything wrong with what hotbid did. While lots of people may call people hackers and bm on bnet, that doesn't mean that behaving in such a manner is appropriate. If you happen to hit a TLmod on bnet then you should expect to be warned. Hell, I've permed someone for bm/harassing me during the beta. Moral of the story? Dont be a dick online. You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate. If you still have an issue take it up with hotbid directly.
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Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
September 16 2011 01:09 GMT
#265
On September 16 2011 10:01 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 02:54 Nizzy wrote:
-Nizzy

I don't see anything wrong with what hotbid did. While lots of people may call people hackers and bm on bnet, that doesn't mean that behaving in such a manner is appropriate. If you happen to hit a TLmod on bnet then you should expect to be warned. Hell, I've permed someone for bm/harassing me during the beta. Moral of the story? Dont be a dick online. You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate. If you still have an issue take it up with hotbid directly.

I think the issue Nizzy has is that there was no way to tell that he was playing Hot_Bid, so he couldn't know to give proper deference. I don't think it's conpletely reasonable to expect TL users to always be GM all the time, in case they run into a staff member on Battle.net; it'd be nice, but unrealistic.
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
Nizzy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States839 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-16 01:54:13
September 16 2011 01:53 GMT
#266
On September 16 2011 10:01 Plexa wrote:

I don't see anything wrong with what hotbid did. While lots of people may call people hackers and bm on bnet, that doesn't mean that behaving in such a manner is appropriate. If you happen to hit a TLmod on bnet then you should expect to be warned. Hell, I've permed someone for bm/harassing me during the beta. Moral of the story? Dont be a dick online. You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate. If you still have an issue take it up with hotbid directly.


Thanks for the response.

Honestly I'm not even disagreeing with you but there's a few ways to look at the situation. Like I explained there was some logical though (multiple things) and gameplay that made him look like a legit hacker. I believe my discussion raised some legit points so it wasn't just 'WTF HACKER BBQ' right?

I think there was a huge line from 'bming/harassing someone' to what I did. I didn't even message him after the game he messaged me. Surely I upset him accusing him of hacking/winning the game. Nobody likes to lose/get trash talked. I surely don't.

I honestly didn't even think it was BM. I mean what really is BM anymore? It can get so ridiculous but for the shake of discussion lets not go that root/talk about what is/isn't. Is me calling someone a hacker 1 time in a game warranty of getting a warn on TL? And... don't get me wrong, I love being part of the community here I really do. However personally, just personally I think that's mod abuse. I don't know with how much shit you guys have to put up with on a daily basis. (I surely wouldn't want to be a mod here) so props. However I'm just still surprised that TL mods are expending their powers onto battle.

Now I want to throw something out here as well. Surely if someone like Deezer for all the stuff he does negative to the community would be so good mannered on TL, but the way he is on battle.net is just so bad that I think he should warranty a perma ban. I think all the community would agree. However I did not really harass a TL mod. First I didn't even know he was a MOD. He gave me a warning before I even had the CHANCE to apologize to him on battle.net. I believe I did after anyways.

""You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate.""

But once again, I had no idea it was one. The account name "ESPORTS" plus the teamers he was with (if you play 4v4rt you can tell almost instantly if they are teamers/RTers its easy) Looked highly suspicious/troll type team.

Either way like I said, I agree with your comments I was just surprised. However to think all TL members are going to always be 100% gm on battle.net lol... well that's just silly to think dude. Hasn't IdrA bad mannered direct team liquid players in games and bad mannered them? I believe to my knowledge he's only been banned for TL posts on TL.

It's over now so whatever. If he was just like, 'yeah you pissed me off kid, so i warned you deal with it' I'd honestly understand. It's pretty much what happened, however no matter how you look at it, from a players perspective from 8 years in the wc3 community, 1 in sc2, it's mod abuse. But once again, sure, I was BM so I'm not really even complaining too much.

Thanks for the discussion Plexa, take care.

-Nizzy

On September 16 2011 10:09 Aeres wrote:
I think the issue Nizzy has is that there was no way to tell that he was playing Hot_Bid, so he couldn't know to give proper deference. I don't think it's conpletely reasonable to expect TL users to always be GM all the time, in case they run into a staff member on Battle.net; it'd be nice, but unrealistic.


Yeah it's just going to happen from time to time. Even have the pros rage on ladder, the game is frustrating. I'm at the point now where I understand when peeps get mad.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7992 Posts
September 16 2011 11:19 GMT
#267
On September 16 2011 10:09 Aeres wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 16 2011 10:01 Plexa wrote:
On September 15 2011 02:54 Nizzy wrote:
-Nizzy

I don't see anything wrong with what hotbid did. While lots of people may call people hackers and bm on bnet, that doesn't mean that behaving in such a manner is appropriate. If you happen to hit a TLmod on bnet then you should expect to be warned. Hell, I've permed someone for bm/harassing me during the beta. Moral of the story? Dont be a dick online. You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate. If you still have an issue take it up with hotbid directly.

I think the issue Nizzy has is that there was no way to tell that he was playing Hot_Bid, so he couldn't know to give proper deference. I don't think it's conpletely reasonable to expect TL users to always be GM all the time, in case they run into a staff member on Battle.net; it'd be nice, but unrealistic.

Honestly, I think on bnet everybody should be equal.

If someone does something that would deserve a ban from the community anyway, then I'm fine with it (like hacking, disconnecting, being a complete jerk or whatever).

But now, seriously, if someone makes a blog and ask some other member to be banned because this other member has accused him of hacking, everybody will laugh at him. The problem is that it was someone who had the power of taking revenge, and that's not justice or moderation, but retaliation. And retaliation is an abuse.

That being said, mods do whatever they want, it really is their website.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
September 16 2011 11:35 GMT
#268
How did I miss this. Amazing blog. It really is the community that carries Teamliquid and makes it different from a lot of 'community' sites.

I like how mods don't abuse their power and respect opinions of others even if it differs from their own opinion. Never going to quit here.
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Hassybaby
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom10823 Posts
September 16 2011 11:38 GMT
#269
I used to be scared of the TL staff, but then I see Plexa and Beyonder, among others, who pop into threads (LR threads come into mind), give a hilarious one-liner, and then disappear for a while

At this point, I realise that they're just awesome

<3
"These guys are mindfucking me into a sex coma" | "Mayonnaise is a must-have lubricant when performing necrophilia"
Neo7
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States922 Posts
September 16 2011 17:57 GMT
#270
On September 16 2011 10:01 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 02:54 Nizzy wrote:
-Nizzy

I don't see anything wrong with what hotbid did. While lots of people may call people hackers and bm on bnet, that doesn't mean that behaving in such a manner is appropriate. If you happen to hit a TLmod on bnet then you should expect to be warned. Hell, I've permed someone for bm/harassing me during the beta. Moral of the story? Dont be a dick online. You can still confront a mod, but remember to do it in an appropriate way - calling him a hacker isn't appropriate. If you still have an issue take it up with hotbid directly.


This is something (and probably the only thing) I've always strongly disagreed with on TeamLiquid. It's fine to run a website and forum the way you want it but having the jurisdiction being expanded beyond the website (especially on battle.net's server) is way too much and provides too much grounds for potential abuse of power. For tournaments sponsored and managed by teamliquid then this would be understandable, but for public games or the public ladder, its not a very good move and leaves a bad taste for everyone else. This kind of enforcement actually encourages me (and possibly others) to keep my battle.net usernames as private information incase I happened to be paired with a TL staff member and I happen to rage if I wind up losing and it costs me more than just losing ladder points. I mean battle.net includes blocking tools to prevent that stuff. I've been accused of numerous things playing Brood War and had a bot constantly send a message every 30 seconds and I just simply typed /ignore or /dnd and that was the end of that.
It takes an idiot to do cool things.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-16 18:21:21
September 16 2011 18:18 GMT
#271
I gotta say, we (TL staff teams) get BM'd a fuckton on bnet. People say the most racist, disgusting things because well, we kind of play a 4v4 style that often produces these kind of reactions. So it's safe to say we brush off like 99.9% of this stuff.

I don't have the replay in front of me but if I actually went on TL and warned you, I'm going to assume you said some pretty horribly BM stuff. Like beyond simple hack accusations or "you guys suck" kind of stuff, because we get that all the time. I think the solution here is to stop accusing people of hacking and to stop BMing people on bnet in random 4v4s instead of asking TL mods to identify themselves.

I don't see it as an abuse of power; we've banned people for actions off TL before. I feel it is a matter of degree rather than a matter of policy, as he must've really went beyond simple BM. Again, I don't have the replay, this is just me making assumptions based on the fact that we receive a shitton of BM but rarely if ever go on TL and warn. I wish I had the replay to confirm.

I'm not saying we're going to start taking BM complaints or something from everyone on public Bnet, but maybe it's good you'll think twice about insulting people in random 4v4s? I certainly don't agree with "treat mods with respect and nobody else" kind of thinking.
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intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-17 05:04:39
September 17 2011 05:04 GMT
#272
ohhhh man. the percentage of people i've looked up on TL after a game is easily less than 1%. TL mods have tremendous tolerance for bm (many of us come from USEast), so if something's happened to you because of bnet you were probably being a malicious, mean-spirited little bitch. why not just be kind to everyone, instead of only sucking up to people with power? is that not the definition of self-respect? rofl
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Neo7
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States922 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-18 19:09:16
September 18 2011 19:04 GMT
#273
But don't people hate your 4v4s because you guys use teamwork/vent/teamspeak to create unbeatable cheese-like builds? I kind of picture almost anybody would just be laughing at the reactions. I mean in 4v4's, it's almost expected to have tons of BM from the opposing team (sliding scale of manner favors 1v1 for gm with each addition of a teammate getting much worse). If you've seen how bad DotA is (which is team vs team) it's just kind of shocking it would got that far. And granted these two games run on Blizzard's platform, it really isn't all that surprising if the public community is a good chunk of that DotA community.
It takes an idiot to do cool things.
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
September 18 2011 19:14 GMT
#274
you were probably being a malicious, mean-spirited little bitch



Try to forgive Intrigue for the above quote if you can find the generosity in your little heart—like most male gamers, he doesn't understand that gendered insults are wrong and off-putting to women. Since E-Sports is even more male-dominated than Magic: The Gathering, he's probably never been encouraged to censor himself in that way.


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haavard29
Profile Joined February 2011
Norway37 Posts
September 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#275
Like reading about the history of the community
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
September 19 2011 04:32 GMT
#276
Love you Plexa. Hope you feel better or get better soon.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3822 Posts
September 19 2011 04:55 GMT
#277
On September 19 2011 04:14 marttorn wrote:
Show nested quote +
you were probably being a malicious, mean-spirited little bitch



Try to forgive Intrigue for the above quote if you can find the generosity in your little heart—like most male gamers, he doesn't understand that gendered insults are wrong and off-putting to women. Since E-Sports is even more male-dominated than Magic: The Gathering, he's probably never been encouraged to censor himself in that way.


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GOD I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT THE JOKE JESUS

Hahaha, well played.
lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
September 19 2011 19:17 GMT
#278
A very clear and enlightening post by Plexa! Things like this only help to strengthen the community.
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