• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 14:14
CEST 20:14
KST 03:14
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall9HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0TL Team Map Contest #5: Presented by Monster Energy6
Community News
Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL62Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form?13FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event21Esports World Cup 2025 - Final Player Roster16Weekly Cups (June 16-22): Clem strikes back1
StarCraft 2
General
Program: SC2 / XSplit / OBS Scene Switcher The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation Statistics for vetoed/disliked maps Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form? PiG Sty Festival #5: Playoffs Preview + Groups Recap
Tourneys
RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WardiTV Mondays FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event Korean Starcraft League Week 77
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma Mutation # 477 Slow and Steady
Brood War
General
Player “Jedi” cheat on CSL SC uni coach streams logging into betting site Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL Practice Partners (Official) ASL20 Preliminary Maps
Tourneys
The Casual Games of the Week Thread CSL Xiamen International Invitational [BSL20] Grand Finals - Sunday 20:00 CET [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Trading/Investing Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Blogs
Culture Clash in Video Games…
TrAiDoS
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
Blog #2
tankgirl
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 576 users

Why Your Ladder Blog is Bad (and nobody reads it) - Page 6

Blogs > Bibbit
Post a Reply
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
riff
Profile Joined December 2010
United States113 Posts
November 25 2011 02:11 GMT
#101
Now, I’m normally not one for huge, sweeping generalizations but that is what I will be doing today. This is not directed at anyone in particular, so if you write ladder blogs, don’t hate me too much. Odds are I haven’t read yours in particular anyway. But as anyone who reads the blog section of TL as much as myself will know, there is a major pandemic of these atrocities that one must sift through to find the high-points of the section. Undoubtedly, I will get some hate and oh-so-feared one star ratings, especially from the writers of said blogs and, as usual, people who look like this:


You read TL blogs and are shocked at the quality of the writing? That's precious.
There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. -Mazer Rackham
alks
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada24 Posts
November 25 2011 02:45 GMT
#102
While what you say is true you're just another elitist. If you want people to accept what you say as true you'd have to be fine with a Korean grandmaster making a mockery of your NA Masters play.
hai
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
November 25 2011 03:01 GMT
#103
On November 25 2011 11:45 alks wrote:
While what you say is true you're just another elitist. If you want people to accept what you say as true you'd have to be fine with a Korean grandmaster making a mockery of your NA Masters play.

How did you manage to pick out that I'm a NA Masters player without reading the sentence that says it? I'm well aware that I'm bad at this game and certainly wouldn't mind some guy telling me that.

I get food capped all the time and botch the simplest of build orders every once in a while. Shit, I've forge expanded and blocked my bloody nexus with the forge ! But me also being bad doesn't make silver people any more or less bad, does it? Why can't I say it? You, your other friends in gold league, or the Korean grandmaster player are free to call me bad as much as you damn-well please and it will be true no matter who's mouth it comes out of.
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
November 25 2011 03:10 GMT
#104
That was a fun read. (:
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
Bonham
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada655 Posts
November 25 2011 04:00 GMT
#105
I am genetically compelled to point out that the OP needs to add an apostrophe to the "its" at the end of his article.

Grammar police!
T0fuuu
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia2275 Posts
November 25 2011 04:05 GMT
#106
First time I have given a 1 star in a while. Was hoping for it to not be another rant blog or ladder blog turns out it was a rant blog and not an interesting read at all.
beamingrobot
Profile Joined October 2010
United States685 Posts
November 25 2011 04:09 GMT
#107
This is awesome!
Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
November 25 2011 05:39 GMT
#108
After this blog being posted, I dont see anymore of them ladder/going pro blogs, lol~
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
November 25 2011 05:46 GMT
#109
On November 25 2011 14:39 Black[CAT] wrote:
After this blog being posted, I dont see anymore of them ladder/going pro blogs, lol~

tl blog section 2.0 :p
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
xXFireandIceXx
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada4296 Posts
November 25 2011 05:54 GMT
#110
On November 25 2011 14:39 Black[CAT] wrote:
After this blog being posted, I dont see anymore of them ladder/going pro blogs, lol~


Yup. Actions speak louder than words.
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
November 25 2011 05:59 GMT
#111
On November 25 2011 14:46 Alejandrisha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 25 2011 14:39 Black[CAT] wrote:
After this blog being posted, I dont see anymore of them ladder/going pro blogs, lol~

tl blog section 2.0 :p


So it is better or worse

Ever since battlenet anything 2.0 I immediately assume is a downgrade
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
November 25 2011 06:04 GMT
#112
It's only been a day since this came out so we cant know whether the ladder bloggers have subsided (though I doubt they will). Still, if we do in fact see a decrease in ladder blogs, I'm gonna start wearing a cape while I browse TL. B)
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
November 25 2011 06:09 GMT
#113
huh, Captain Bibbit.

Pwning nooby ladder blogs! Cleanser of the blogs section. Defender of the...

Maybe Captain Sarcasm is better. Mmm I wonder what colour says "Make a crappy ladder blog and die"?
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
AySz88
Profile Joined March 2011
United States83 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-25 07:12:09
November 25 2011 07:08 GMT
#114
Meh, this post seems structured backwards. That is, stuff should have been presented in reverse order: "Bloggers, decide whether you want to write about your SC2 play for yourself or for others. If you're writing for your own benefit, have low expectations. If it's for others, offer what others want: great skills, good games, interesting situations, good writing, etc.."

Structuring it this way is a bit presumptuous, since many of the blogs probably really were started for the writer's own benefit, even if the writer doesn't realize it. So it just invites all the defensiveness and flaming (as the OP anticipates). A missed opportunity.

[edit] clarify/reword
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-25 09:16:34
November 25 2011 09:13 GMT
#115
I like everything about your blog except for the part where you single out the lower leagues. Honestly nobody gives a damn about master level players either, since compared to real pro's their games are still shit so i'd say unless you are grandmaster fighting with with the best you really need to add some gosu writing to make it bearable even if you are masters!
edit:
Undoubtedly, I will get some hate and oh-so-feared one star ratings
i am very tempted to treat this as a request for a one-star; TL mod style
StateAlchemist
Profile Joined January 2011
France1946 Posts
November 25 2011 09:33 GMT
#116
Free protips, the world should thank you Sir Bibbit :D

Good job
VWSChe
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States144 Posts
November 25 2011 10:37 GMT
#117
Whaaaaat in the world is this...okay I'm gonna keep my mouth shut.
Trust, but verify
Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8090 Posts
November 25 2011 10:49 GMT
#118
Great blog, blog section used to be really good, especially sifting through the crap to find a gem but it just got to tedious with the influx of these ladder blogs. Good expression of how I feel, thanks a bunch Bibbit.
Loda talked about the fun counter, it's AdmiralBulldog on his natures prophet
Gesh
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria69 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-25 12:18:15
November 25 2011 11:39 GMT
#119
God damn you, Bibbit!
I've decided to not play till the next expansion was out, but this blog and the links in it, especially the Gheed story made me wanna dust off my account, download the crapload of SC2 of patches and play again. I maybe even get to *GASP* gold league this time!
5 stars for you, sir!
Ryalnos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1946 Posts
November 25 2011 17:40 GMT
#120
On November 24 2011 13:41 Bibbit wrote:

If you don’t write to make people want to read, you can’t complain when people don’t want to read. Simple as that really.



If you just want to make a diary to yourself about Starcraft II, accept that if you don't put effort into making it interesting/unique then you are just a spammer in the blog forum and will be treated as such.
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL: ProLeague
18:00
Grand Finals - bo9
Dewalt vs Bonyth
ZZZero.O167
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 693
Hui .122
BRAT_OK 102
MindelVK 54
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 778
EffOrt 469
Mini 258
Hyuk 234
Soma 221
ZZZero.O 167
TY 107
ToSsGirL 72
Terrorterran 20
HiyA 8
[ Show more ]
LuMiX 3
Stormgate
BeoMulf178
NightEnD4
Dota 2
qojqva3486
League of Legends
Grubby2540
Dendi2249
Counter-Strike
fl0m1438
kRYSTAL_61
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King130
Chillindude56
Westballz31
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor730
Liquid`Hasu483
Other Games
Gorgc3176
FrodaN2701
B2W.Neo718
mouzStarbuck234
KnowMe112
elazer88
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick41245
EGCTV1574
StarCraft 2
angryscii 14
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 20 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Adnapsc2 23
• HeavenSC 21
• maralekos13
• OhrlRock 2
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 4150
• Ler161
League of Legends
• masondota2566
Other Games
• imaqtpie1739
• Shiphtur617
• WagamamaTV378
Upcoming Events
Wardi Open
16h 47m
Monday Night Weeklies
21h 47m
Replay Cast
1d 5h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 15h
WardiTV European League
1d 21h
MaNa vs sebesdes
Mixu vs Fjant
ByuN vs HeRoMaRinE
ShoWTimE vs goblin
Gerald vs Babymarine
Krystianer vs YoungYakov
PiGosaur Monday
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
WardiTV European League
2 days
Jumy vs NightPhoenix
Percival vs Nicoract
ArT vs HiGhDrA
MaxPax vs Harstem
Scarlett vs Shameless
SKillous vs uThermal
Replay Cast
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs SHIN
Clem vs Reynor
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Classic vs Cure
FEL
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
FEL
5 days
FEL
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
RSL Revival
6 days
FEL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL 2v2 Season 3
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL Season 20
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025

Upcoming

2025 ACS Season 2: Qualifier
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSL Xiamen Invitational
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.