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United States22154 Posts
So, I hit 4k. I forgot to do anything special for 2k and 3k, and damnit, I wasn't going to forget this time too. Anyway, this *started* as a blog about how awesome tl is, especially some of the subcommunites that dwell here, when I realized something, something simple, yet astoundingly deep,
Ready?
Team Liquid is full of awesome people. "Well, yes", I hear you say, "and what of it? How is this 'deep'?" What is deep about it is this. Team Liquid is full of awesome people, most of which spend the majority of their time living in their own small subcommunities, and most of which, for that reason, I will never get to know. Seriously, how many people here who are not from the mafia community know who Kavdragon is? How about Qatol? Anyone? Yet these people are incredible folks, who I am proud to consider my friends. Yet anyone who doesn't play mafia may never have the privilege of hanging out with them, or even knowing why they are awesome.
This made me immensely sad, there are so many people who, frankly, have a lot to share, and I might never get to know them because I'm too focused on my own little plot of land to see them, for example, I know that JingleHell posts in techsupport, that is literally all I know about him, I know that MoonBear is someone who does enough to get his own AMA, yet that is all I know about him. This is terrible! I could not allow this state of inequity to continue. There are people I need to get to know! So I did what I usually do when I encounter something that displeases me, I found a solution.
It is for this purpose that I present the Team Liquid Exchange Program
The Team Liquid Community Exchange Program
As easy as building a potato cannon!
So, what exactly am I proposing? It is simple, because there are literally hundreds of awesome people I would like to meet, I am going to go and explore one of the subcommunites I know nothing about for a period of two weeks. I will either become a regular there, or get to know a bunch of awesome people. Its win win! Then I will move to another subcommunitie, and so on and so forth. Eventually I will have at least explored every section TL has to offer.
Do I know anything about Map Making? No, (other than that barrin became a banling by working there). Does it matter? No, because I intend to hang out in the Map Making forum for the next two weeks and find out anything I can about the topic. I will post even if it is to ask noob questions, I will PM people who are making huge posts and great threads to get to know them better. I will educate myself on the topic, and by extension learn about myself and the people who make up TL.
Because in the end we are a bunch of passionate fans of esports, in one way or another, and its a freaking shame that I might miss out on knowing people and making friends simply because "DotA2 doesn't interest me". I cannot know it doesn't interest me! I haven't gotten to know it alongside the awesome people which I know for a fact inhabit that subforum.
"You exaggerate" I hear you think, "everyone knows everyone on TL!". Yes and no, I am of the belief that we are highly segregated, and that many, many of us stick to our little communities, where we know everyone, because we "don't care" about whatever it is that is going on elsewhere. This is exasperated by the very awesome possibility of customizing your sidebar so you never have to see things again. Some might argue that there aren't that many subcommunities here, which is why I was kind enough to compile a list of them. I skipped the very obvious General, SC2 and SC:BW sections. Although I think that we should all take the time to explore those. Some of these communities have forums, others are limited to threads, all are awesome.
Subcommunities of TL (in no particular order)
Dota2
LoL
Diablo 3
TL Mafia
Health and Fitness
The Anime Thread (#tladt on Rizon)
The Pony thread
The automated ban list (hardly self contained, there are still "regulars")
Tech Support
Mapmaking
Blogs (sort of)
EVE
Maplestory
Liquipedia (#liquipedia on quakenet IRC)
Korean Music Discussion
Nada's Body
Minecraft
Guild Wars
Skyrim
Touhou thread (I... don't even know what that is...)
the gay starcraft player thread
(if you can think of some that haven't occurred to me post them here or PM me and I will add them to the list)
The thing is, I'm almost 100% certain that this is not all of them, since there are probably several "thread based" communities, which I'm simply not seeing because those are circles I don't move in.
So, because I can, I'm going to start with Mapmaking and see who I get to know there. Then I will move somewhere else.
This is my recommendation to you, do exactly what I am doing, pick a community out of that list, one you have never set foot in before, and go find out who the mad awesome people who inhabit it are. Go join a game of mafia, find out what exactly overclocking is about, go read a girl blog and comment on it.
We need to stop living in our little holes and go meet the rest of Team Liquid, because at the end of the day we are all passionate people who share some interests.
That is all. I love you all. GMarshal.
 
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well said. wandering into health and fitness(like 2 days before it became a subforum) has had a pretty big effect on my life. TL too good.
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TL Maplestory is awesome. Well, used to be awesome... we're pretty inactive now, but it doesn't change the fact that we are an awesome bunch!
Oh, and also, grats on 4k. =)
*edit: yay now we're in!
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Yeah, you're right I don't know any of those guys. But then I still don't know what Mafia is so....
Actually the new thread portal is an awesome way to get into different kinds of threads, it's how I ended up at your blog just now: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/new.php
The only problem I see with your idea, is everyone already knows you G. After all, you are the creator of one of the most epic and amazing threads on TL. Yes, that one. 
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kitaman27
United States9245 Posts
Congrats on 4k. ^_^
TL Ponies, here I come.
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Gz on your 4k post!
I find the LoL sub-community here to be really awesome,don't know anyone in particular,but there is always great discussion going on.Gl hf with exploring!
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I'm sad that I'll never meet all the residents of Butte, Montana.
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You know, I saw the title and I got really excited about actually traveling around the world and visiting Team Liquiders, and then I read your post and got even more excited! I completely agree with you, each subsection does have its own regular posters and it is pretty cool seeing all these personalities coming together. TL is truly a wonderful place full of fantastic people, and I am going to take your advice. Maybe I'll find somewhere where I fit in and can contribute. That will make me happy!
Thanks GMarshal my pony friend, thank you for this post!
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Dunno bout you, but if you don't play the games listed above, it'd be kinda awkward running into a specific game community thread/section.
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United States22154 Posts
On November 16 2011 04:04 Roffles wrote:
Dunno bout you, but if you don't play the games listed above, it'd be kinda awkward running into a specific game community thread/section.
Why? I've found you can learn a lot by just reading the guides they have posted, etc. Who knows, maybe after spending two weeks in the DotA2 subforum I know what the hell DotA stands for and why everyone is so super hyped about it. I hardly play BW anymore and I haven;t touched sc2 in months, and that doesn't stop me from enjoying the bw and sc2 threads ^_^
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Much <3 GMarshal :D
On November 16 2011 04:04 Roffles wrote:
Dunno bout you, but if you don't play the games listed above, it'd be kinda awkward running into a specific game community thread/section.
I disagree. I spend TONS of time reading the EVE thread. I don't play at all but I enjoy reading about their exploits. I don't actually post a lot (pretty much never), but I still enjoy living vicariously off their adventures.
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I guess a lot of people will not be happy if you forget Liquipedia. And by that I mean go the irc channel, and contribute with all the guys over there.
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Awesome idea, hopefully this blog gets spotlighted!
On November 16 2011 04:01 A_Bandersnatch wrote:
You know, I saw the title and I got really excited about actually traveling around the world and visiting Team Liquiders, and then I read your post and got even more excited! I completely agree with you, each subsection does have its own regular posters and it is pretty cool seeing all these personalities coming together. TL is truly a wonderful place full of fantastic people, and I am going to take your advice. Maybe I'll find somewhere where I fit in and can contribute. That will make me happy!
Thanks GMarshal my pony friend, thank you for this post!
I also thought it meant an actual exchange program at first :D
Are you going to do a blog series after every 2weeks to describe the community you were in, and the people you met? It would be cool if you could at least in some form document your travel through the forums ^_^
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Stop by the running or triathlon thread in health and fitness. If you do maybe I'll play another game of Mafia sometime.
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Congrats on 4k :3
You'll soon find the beauty of various gaming communities within TL. I heavily enjoy the ones I participate in!
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Visit us "Europe Universalis 3" people, maybe join our succesion game!
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On November 16 2011 04:07 GMarshal wrote:Show nested quote +On November 16 2011 04:04 Roffles wrote:
Dunno bout you, but if you don't play the games listed above, it'd be kinda awkward running into a specific game community thread/section. Why? I've found you can learn a lot by just reading the guides they have posted, etc. Who knows, maybe after spending two weeks in the DotA2 subforum I know what the hell DotA stands for and why everyone is so super hyped about it. I hardly play BW anymore and I haven;t touched sc2 in months, and that doesn't stop me from enjoying the bw and sc2 threads ^_^
I'm with roffles if you're going to be active in the thread/forum for a game you're going to have to play the game with the TL'ers. Such a different experience than just reading the thread(s). That said you can still get a decent idea of who knows what's up in there. I dunno. If you have the time try playing the game for a few days/week with the TL crew. I've done it multiple times and I have awesome memories from them. (Hi MS kids/BF:Heroes =])
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Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
Great post GMarshal. I think this is something that every regular on TL could find benefit in. From Hot_Bid down to the most lurky lurker. I guess I should find a new subforum to lurk in 
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You forgot Korean Music Discussion. Once you enter, you won't be able to get out.
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