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LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2015 Posts
November 01 2011 23:20 GMT
#1
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Oh come on guys really?
Don't hurt e-sports?
Where did this shit come from?

Back in 2009' there was no esports hurting in place and now if somebody does something out of line he is immediately hurting esports.

You may as well change the motto to something like:
Don't always tell the truth because you might be hurting esports!
If something is wrong don't complain right away because you might be hurting esports...

This is silly because actually it's the same as don't pay taxes because your taxes finance army weapons and so you are actually hurting people.

Next thing we know people are going to be calling others esport terrorists...

What I mean is that we had 10 years of esports without esports hurting... well actually if someone did hurt esports at some point it have never been the fans.
And we survived through it - we survived through Kespa issues, Savior's scandal...
Maybe we didn't think we would at first but we did.

Although right now I'm quite skeptical about the direction SC2:HOTS is going I think we all need just to have some more faith.


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- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
wherebugsgo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Japan10647 Posts
November 01 2011 23:21 GMT
#2
I think it's a joke...lol
LaSt)ChAnCe
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States2179 Posts
November 01 2011 23:23 GMT
#3
you might be getting shot with the e-sports shotgun soon
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
November 01 2011 23:24 GMT
#4
YOUR MAKING ELLY CRY!!
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
LaM
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States1321 Posts
November 01 2011 23:24 GMT
#5
How about you disable Adblock so you don't see that shit son.
Anything is Possible
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
November 01 2011 23:24 GMT
#6
Oh...I get it. This is satire right?
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kaisr
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada715 Posts
November 01 2011 23:24 GMT
#7
making light of hurting esports hurts esports.
Pocketsocks
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States192 Posts
November 01 2011 23:25 GMT
#8
I'd say the quote "Don't hurt esports" because in reality by having adblock on you're not supporting TeamLiquid by not giving advertisement revenue which in the end supports both the website and the professional team.
When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, you will be successful.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-01 23:27:56
November 01 2011 23:26 GMT
#9
Sir, you have stepped out of line. I am invoking the Entrepreneurial Protection for Esports Enterprise Networks Act, or EPEEN Act for short, to rate this blog post 1 out of 1 stars. My EPEEN will protect Elly! I encourage all other posters to make liberal use of their EPEENs in this thread.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
November 01 2011 23:27 GMT
#10
ESPORT terrorist. Interesting.

Need to get HP to draw that one.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
November 01 2011 23:27 GMT
#11
On November 02 2011 08:24 Myles wrote:
Oh...I get it. This is satire right?


I hope so =/
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
November 01 2011 23:29 GMT
#12
Not sure why this is a big deal. It's a joke ad.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
November 01 2011 23:30 GMT
#13
i think you may have missed the joke
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
November 01 2011 23:32 GMT
#14
It's a joke. Which is why I adblocked that image without any remorse whatsoever.


https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
November 01 2011 23:33 GMT
#15
lol, i see what you did there
Eve online FC, lover of all competition
DJWilma
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada740 Posts
November 01 2011 23:34 GMT
#16
If I were to take this seriously, TL makes money from ads, TL sponsors tournaments, therefore if you have ad blocker on you decrease the chances of tournaments.

I don't truly understand why people use ad blockers that kill banners though, they really don't interrupt the viewing pleasure of the website and if they do, chances are because I saw something in the ads which made me leave the site to see what they are. So wouldn't it just help everyone if you just took your ad blocker off and "helped a brotha out?"
I write stuff on LiquidDota also I own omwproductions.com
Symmetry
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada294 Posts
November 01 2011 23:36 GMT
#17
Removing adblock on TL disables adblock for every stream I try to watch on TL. The banner ads I didn't mind ignoring, but stream ads make me sadder than Elly
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-01 23:44:17
November 01 2011 23:42 GMT
#18
On November 02 2011 08:36 Symmetry wrote:
Removing adblock on TL disables adblock for every stream I try to watch on TL. The banner ads I didn't mind ignoring, but stream ads make me sadder than Elly


Stream ads are an important source of income for professional gamers! I hereby invoke the Esports Penalty from Elly the Elephant in November Act (EPEEN Act for short) to quote you with great dismay! I will smite you repeatedly with my EPEEN until you realize that many streamers, notably Destiny and Day[9], rely on stream ads for their livelihood. If you are going to use adblock when watching their streams, that's fair, but bear in mind that if everyone did this, these folks would have to get day jobs and there would be far less awesome content for you to view. I hope my use of EPEEN has shown you the light.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Ouga
Profile Joined March 2008
Finland645 Posts
November 01 2011 23:56 GMT
#19
I was just watching WRA stream with adblock on when I saw the ad. Teary-eyed elephant made me switch browser (usually use opera, firefox just when I need adblock). Obviously if you like watching someone's stream you should watch it with ads - they give you the stream, you give something in return by watching the ad.

I'm usually just pissed on bad usage of ads. I see 10 featured streams up, I decide to go thru them all to see if some of them has more important stuff going on. I can't do this without adblock since you'd have to wait 20sec to see that 3sec glimps, repeat 10x. So adblock has its use, but I just try to switch back to watching with opera (non adblock) once I know what has better content coming. It'd be cool if there was no starter-ad ever, then there wouldn't be need for adblock either.
nekuodah
Profile Joined August 2010
England2409 Posts
November 02 2011 00:12 GMT
#20
Your making a sarcastic post in an attempt to troll? please tell me you are
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