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

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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
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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
Australia8091 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.
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