edit2: due to some scheduling shift on their end, youtube's gonna run the spotlight feature on the dec 30th, not 19 edit: just received this letter from youtube: + Show Spoiler +
Hi Xiaonan,
Congratulations! As you probably know, your channel received the top votes for the DecemberOn The Rise blog post, which means you'll be featured on the YouTube home page for a day.
The homepage spotlight is set to happen on Monday, December 19th. Typically we'll show a promo/overview video (more details below) as well as up to 3 of your existing videos. We're also planning to run a follow-up post on the YouTube blog again the same day, including your promo video and a blurb in your words.
So here's what we'll need from you, ideally by this Thursday, December 15: Overview video - This will be the main feature in the blog/on the homepage, Keep in mind this video will likely get 100k+ views and is your main promotion on the YT homepage, so it's worth spending some time on if you have it! When you upload, please upload as "Unlisted." I've also attached a one-sheeter with some tips from our Audience Development team, to help you make the most of the spotlight feature. Your 3 favorite videos that already exist on your channel - these will also be featured on the homepage. A few tips: Pick videos that have the broadest appeal to ALL YouTube users who might see the homepage. Choose good thumbnails for these videos. Put all 4 videos in a playlist, or annotate them, to get viewers moving through all of your videos. A paragraph about your channel and thanking your subscribers/those who voted for you. This will appear in the blog post. Here are a couple of examples of past winners' blog posts, for reference and inspiration. Feel free to put your own spin on the video and blurb.
Let me know if you have questions, and thanks for your help with the quick turnaround time!
-NAME / Partner support
Hero's video is definitely going up !!
(This blog may seem confusing if you weren't aware what's been happening with a youtube contest i'm in the last few days. If so see blog here) , you can also scroll down for a few quote snapshots from the thread that tells the part of the story.
There maybe many grammar issues as I'm not exactly a person of language and excuses this long rambling, I want to have this out asap and just kind wrote what is on my mind.
What can I even say?!? It started out as me just making a regular blog showcasing a new art video as well as drawing some attention to a small competition youtube's running. (winner gets channel spotlighted for a day) Mine was one of the final 4 channels chosen and I really believed that my channel would win based on its own merits and that just a few votes from TL would surely seal the deal if need be...nazgul is kind enough to spotlight this.
What happened in the next few days was unpredictable and amazing. I know on the surface it looks just like a mundane internet voting thingy, but what a lot of us felt as we came together, working toward a common goal was far from mundane. We are invested, invested in this community that has bonded together in a way I have not seen in a long time, invested in an idea of what it means to support a fellow member, and invested in a belief of our own power to make changes. I felt like we were brothers in a trench throwing grenades. When I first made the blog, of course I wanted my channel to win, then somewhere during all this I really stopped thinking about my channel and felt what I really wanted now was for us to win. I'm very happy to say that we did win, and that our spirits are high and our morale will be as strong as ever.
Before I thank everyone for their generous effort. I'd like to think that you didn't help me just solely because of my involvement in this community, and that you actually looked at the channels, and even if you've never heard of me, never saw a black and white Nony stare at you with such scorn during TSL, would still consider picking my channel. I hope that during the years my art has lifted your mood a little and that is partly the reason you voted for me. If my video have ever bought even just a few minutes of serenity and peace to you (or dare i say it, surprise and wonder), It served its purpose. After all, today's people are so often stuck in thoughts, dealing with its worries and day to day concerns, that one rarely calm their mind down to feel the presence of the moment, which is the only thing there really is and ever could be.. and I want more people to be in that state more often, to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create. I would like to think my videos can help people toward this and hope that it is partly the reason you have felt compelled to vote for me.
I'll try not to say anything negative about the competition itself, but it has been a rollercoaster. Those who were following the thread with me, we were in a place of constant nail biting tension. One point we were smiling about a sure win, the next we were losing. One sec we are pulling ahead, the next we are struggling to keep up. We went to bed in victory, and woke up in defeat. This pattern continues the entire way and as the numbers began to tell an unexpected story, we had our mixed feelings about it. As the votes danced back and forth, it was hard to deny that there were forces at work that we didn't fully..err.. understand or appreciate, but I feel grateful toward it because that is the main reason that drived and inspired us to come together, and unified us in a way that is more valuable than any competition result. It made us stronger as a community and this is the greatest good that has come out of it. At one moment fairly early on i was almost about to give up because I realized (due to one reason or another) that we probably can't win, and I can't bare to let people spend their effort on a loss cause, and I almost made my peace. Then i opened the thread and read about how everyone is still voting for me, still telling their friends, combined with naz's constant naggin for me to come up with something.. an inspiration finally came. That night I spent at least 8 hours doing a portrait illusion video that i have never done before and never really attempted before. There simply were problems with its stages of planning that was quiet impossible to accomplish, but this new inspiration gave me the perfect solution and hours later, you have the liquid`herO art video. I did it to give something back, but I also was in fighting spirit again.
Now about the last 12 hours until the voting deadline... At this point many people already invested so much energy into this, and with all the help you guys / Nazqul / countless others have given me thus far, I was ahead by quite a few thousand votes. Given you guys's efforts, all the strings nazgul has pulled, and all the community top figures chipped in to get my number to where it was, I was expected to be ahead a lot more (a sentiment that came up often during this whole thing). but some how the other channel was like a shadow, no matter how hard you push me and how fast I ran, their numbers were right there behind me. Worse yet as the day went on, it was painfully obvious that their number was increasing A LOT faster than mine. Days of people helping, tweeting, clicking, shouting, all the energy invested, all the enthusiasm gathered, were about to be for nothing in terms of winning this competition. The smell of giving up was in the air, a smell that doesn't happen around here and certainly doesn't suit it. By now of course, we have already acomplished more than any other channel did before. Just my own channel had over 50,000 votes and past competitions barely had that in total votes. Nevertheless, every refresh, my votes went up by 2, refresh again, it went up by 3, refreshing yet again, the other channel's vote went up by 80... this was not an encouraging sign, and with less than 10 hours left.. is it time to throw in the towel? After all we have already pushed this far. The pros and the casters that we know and love tweeted for me, gave me shout out on streams, more shout outs were given by my friends who has vast subscribers, you have voted as much as you could, it is all already a lot more than I can ask for or ever could hoped for... we already fought the good fight right? 9 hour until voting ends and I'm down by 10,000 votes, every single refresh that number gets larger. Esports has already shown a lot of its strenghth, fair or not we were out matched... time to close the curtain.. ...that's when...
Nazgul sounded the horn of calling (he has never stopped this really, always working behind the scenes), and this time, more high class warriors came to the rescure of our cause. the epicness of what happened next couldn't be expressed in words, so I hired some actors and put together a little clip, which i believe is a frame by frame 100% accurate re-enactment, all those who were following the thread with me at the time can assure you this truth. May this clip give you a small and limited idea of what we felt at the time (unlisted vid):
(i chuckled @ that the uruk-hai comes in un-ending waves and is spawned from nothing.)
(TotalBiscuit has even put his dignity on the line by telling subscribers that he will sing Santa baby if I win, such are the heroes of esports)
Believe it or not, with TotalBiscuit/TotalHalibut and Husky's combined subscriber base of over 1 mega-charcozillion, we were still not in the clear, we quickly went from losing to well in the lead of course, but this opposing force was truely something else. It really sprang toward us in a desperation to catch up, it is hungry and it wants what we almost have...and the freaky thing is... it is gaining... the gap went from 20,000 to 18,000, then from 18,000 to 15,000 in an hour. It is some how accomplishing the seemingly impossible. However time was on our side, each sec we are closer to victory. We just need to hold out a little longer, just slow it's advance a bit more. We have fought too hard, too long, this isn't about any one person anymore.
You, combined with all the loyal subscribers did exactly that! Because of you, in the last hour they can no longer close any distance (maybe we've made them given up). 10,000 was their limit and time was running out, they cannot catch up. We were too determined and focused. I think we went up against something that we had very little chance of winning, and won ( - those who were there knows what I'm talking about). We defeated firebats with lings, killed roaches with zealots, decorated the colossus with bullet holes from our machine guns. We were in a disadvantageous position and rushed up the ramp to take the base and won the game.
do not for a single second think that this victory is not as much your as it is mine, winning to be spotlighted is nice, but winning with you guys is better..I had a blast following / refreshing the blog with so many TLers by my side the last few days, even tho at times it is a bit gut-wrenching.
I bought starcraft1 the first day it came out, I remember visiting TL when grrr was the top dog, NTT's scv jokes ran rampant, maynard started his worker transfer, tsunami's zerg guide spread its wisdom, even nazgul's reaver micro (yes he was a progamer), and I never imagined TL could grow to what it is today, and who knows what it will be like 5 years later, but I'll be around to find out.
and I'll be making art videos from time to time, I hope you stop by to check them out.
(totalbiscuit, if you are still doing the santa baby song, please let me make a drawing video of you and have that on as the background, the same offer goes to a lot of people but given my strained time lets start somewhere for now)
The people I like to specially thank in no particular order: Naz TLO Jinro Tyler TB Husky Day9 Ariwa Sheth Zenio - my frd rob reddit/starcraft "EverySingleFuckingPersonInThatThread and all others who kept voting, Live reported, made graphs and took statistics." loose quote taken from thread, which i agree wholeheartedly.
probably a lot more , when i do remember i'll try to update.
oh and I did a video drawing of liquid`zenio since he was a recent addition and never had a drawing done. it is on teamliqud's youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/teamliquidnet
====================================== here is a few snap shots of TLer's quote from the voting thread to give you an idea of the craziness that went down.
On December 12 2011 03:21 Latham wrote: TB and Apollo @ SCAN invitational gave us a huge lead =) GoGo Glider and gogo SC community ^_^
On December 12 2011 02:07 masterbreti wrote: Were 1500 ahead it looks like. Keep it going people!
On December 12 2011 05:47 Chairman Ray wrote: we are 4k ahead now!
On December 12 2011 08:54 procyonlotor wrote: Another shoutout from Day9. Victory draws ever closer.
On December 12 2011 10:05 Goibon wrote: She just jumped 300 votes in the past not very long.
This shit is on again.
On December 12 2011 10:19 Cowpieguy wrote: Just voted and Glider is winning, but barely! 45% to 41%
On December 12 2011 10:26 IWork4Skynet wrote: I'm checking this and the youtube blog like is a LR thread :D.
On December 12 2011 16:11 Seeker wrote: a) Our lead is 4500 AWESOME!!
b) our lead has been 4500 for like 8 hours now..... :[
which means for some reason, no matter how much we're voting, the gap is not getting any bigger. She is somehow never letting the lead keep going up. U could probably say the equivalent of we have 5 bases she has 2...... but holy crap, she is muling the heck out of those 2 bases!
On December 12 2011 19:31 Valkola wrote: come on guys she's catching up! still 13+ hours to go!
On December 12 2011 19:54 pPingu wrote: We are only 3000 votes ahead and she is gaining a lot of votes...
On December 12 2011 21:42 darksagus wrote: Wow, she's catching up kinda fast
On December 12 2011 22:20 Hammer442 wrote: JenniferESL is rising by around 50 votes every minute now, going to be close. VOTE VOTE VOTE!.
On December 12 2011 22:09 TotalBiscuit wrote: Alright, I got this shit, don't stress. Gimme a few hours.
On December 12 2011 23:07 JOJOsc2news wrote: What is your brilliant plan TB??? Ohhh the suspense...
On December 12 2011 23:34 TMOUllrich wrote: Unleash the weapon !!! We cannoot hold much longer, for Aiur !!!
On December 12 2011 23:41 Draconicfire wrote: Oh man, 4k up last night, only 700 up now. Getting inteennnsseee
On December 12 2011 23:58 MaBlo wrote: Well, it has been a hell of a fight, but unelss someone internet-famouse picks this up in the next couple of hours ThePortraitArt lost this for sure...
On December 13 2011 00:18 Draconicfire wrote: Overtaken
On December 13 2011 00:24 cauchy.riemann wrote: Well she is ahead 300 Votes soon and right now she gets absurd Votes per minute..just unreal.
On December 13 2011 01:12 friendlyass wrote: wow 1000 votes down, what the hell is going on
On December 13 2011 01:32 Jetaap wrote: Unfortunately it looks that no matter what we do she will always end up ahead it's really discouraging .
On December 13 2011 01:36 TOCHMY wrote: shes up by 1700 now...
EDIT: 10 seconds after this post she was up another 50... WHAT THE F
On December 13 2011 01:43 AndyGB4 wrote: TotalBiscuit tweeted:
On December 13 2011 01:43 TotalBiscuit wrote: Alright folks, I am home, let's see what can be done about this. I don't know if anything is enough to defeat the rampant botting but, never GG, never surrender!
I guess so woohoo!! TB!
On December 13 2011 02:10 EnderCraft wrote: We must get more votes for glider!
On December 13 2011 02:18 TotalBiscuit wrote: Alright, this is the nuclear option + Show Spoiler +
That's all I can do, here's hoping it helps.
On December 13 2011 02:22 Novalisk wrote: TotalBiscuit effect is in full force, votes are rising rapidly!
On December 13 2011 02:35 Josh111 wrote: omg the power of totalbiscuit and husky..... This is insane
On December 13 2011 02:39 JOJOsc2news wrote: Husky and TB ftw! Look at the numbers rising!!!
On December 13 2011 02:36 HolydaKing wrote: wow... esports uniting. i'm speechless. so happy, hope it will be enough but as you know bots can do anything so i'm not thinking it as over even if glider leads by 20k two hours before it's over.
On December 13 2011 02:38 robjapan wrote: AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE STARCRAFT COMMUNITY!!!
<3
On December 13 2011 02:40 Xyik wrote: This is like one of the epic movie moments where the chips are down and everything seems hopeless and all of a sudden reinforcements appear out of no where to save the day.
On December 13 2011 02:40 procyonlotor wrote: My joy is boundless.
Husky & TB and everyone working to make Glider win <3333333333
On December 13 2011 02:42 phant wrote: I just asked all my friends to throw in their votes.
Come on Glider!!!!!
On December 13 2011 02:43 The_PhaCe wrote: Great job guys! This community is fucking golden!!
On December 13 2011 02:54 MadChem wrote: 10 k lead. Yeah Baby....
On December 13 2011 03:04 Draconicfire wrote: Holy shit. The power of the eSports community.
Speechless, I am.
On December 13 2011 03:13 Azerbaijan wrote: Oh man it hit yogscast, I will be shocked if Glider loses now lol.
On December 13 2011 03:14 chaynesore wrote: I've got nerd chills.. so damn proud to be a part of this community :D This is a milestone achievement for everyone I think -- tells the world we know how to get shit done :D
On December 13 2011 04:34 feanor1 wrote: So I went to sleep last night with them both around 50k. I wake up and GLider jumps up by 50k and JenniferESL by 35k wtf happened.
Husky and Totalbiscuit videos happened.
On December 13 2011 04:51 TheSilverfox wrote: There is cleary someone/someones trying to take us down. Recently the opponent is catching up and in the last 30 minutes just got 5000 votes.
On December 13 2011 04:55 HolydaKing wrote: yup yup like i thought, jennifer is catching up. nothing is safe, yet.
On December 13 2011 05:03 chaynesore wrote: Guys, we're gonna get fucked over here I think.. I'm starting to record data so I can graph the growth rates at 5min intervals. But in the last two 5 minute periods, we've grown 699 and 770 votes, she's grown 836 and 1127.
Will post when I get a trend for the hour
On December 13 2011 05:04 Zozo wrote: she just gained 400 votes in 60 seconds lol
On December 13 2011 05:13 AxelTVx wrote: Are you kidding me? Within 10 minutes she gained 6000 ... this is complete bullshit..
On December 13 2011 05:15 Kznn wrote: Updates on the numbers please. I'm on my phone and I can't really see the pool
90000 her 106000 glider
she is gaining fast tho
last day part 3 - for the rest go page 100 in previous thread. + Show Spoiler +
On December 13 2011 05:22 Loooui wrote: She is getting many more votes per minute right now than theportraitart.
I made a little test, clocked one minute, and clicked refresh every 5 seconds and counted their votes and could see that she filled up 100 new votes about 3 times as quick as theportraitart.
If she continues with that pace she will overrun us!
On December 13 2011 05:24 caradoc wrote: At this rate we are definitely going to lose
On December 13 2011 05:24 Benjef wrote: Shes gained about 2k vote since I've started watching this thread 20 minutes ago -.-. the fuck.
On December 13 2011 05:30 Dodgin wrote: How do we even win against this?
On December 13 2011 05:33 HolydaKing wrote: hahaha every refresh she gets 30 votes. i know the winner already.
What are we going to do about this, we cant go down after putting in such hard work!
THINK TL, THINK!
On December 13 2011 05:45 EchoZ wrote: I dont get how she is catching up ._.
On December 13 2011 06:04 TOCHMY wrote: something is definately not right here....
On December 13 2011 06:06 Draconicfire wrote: Whoa what. The graph is so close it's ridiculous.
I think we can hold out at this rate though, but it's starting to feel like one of those campaign missions where we just turtle and survive >_>
On December 13 2011 06:15 gullberg wrote: My fucking god this is going to be close as fuck >.<
On December 13 2011 06:18 figq wrote: Fact is, the lead went ~20k ---> ~14k in about an hour, or a couple of hours. tt
On December 13 2011 06:44 masterbreti wrote: almost 13 k ahead. Lead has dwindled. idk what to do
of course I'm voting. But I want to do more. I feel so lonely.
On December 13 2011 06:51 Gin-san wrote: WTF, megajumps now. 100 new votes per SECOND.
On December 13 2011 06:53 Alejandrisha wrote: holy shit glider is getting insane amounts of votes towards the end now haha.
i will say tho.. glider is getting like 5-10 votes every few seconds, but the other chick is getting blocks of 50 like every 30 seconds.. how does that even function
On December 13 2011 06:58 brachester wrote: i literally spend 5+ hours reading this thread, this getting more and more epic
On December 13 2011 07:02 procyonlotor wrote: Two hours left and 13k votes ahead. Things are looking good.
On December 13 2011 07:07 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: green bar time
On December 13 2011 07:08 Enhancer_ wrote: I wonder how many people in this thread should be studying but are instead following this super closely and refreshing the poll every 5 seconds.
On December 13 2011 07:23 Qbek wrote: God why do I have to go to sleep now ;/ Shits gettin SO EPIC! Someone Write a nice story about it once its over plz?
On December 13 2011 07:26 Ariovist wrote: Alright now, this is getting ridiculous, EVERYBODY vote NOW as many times as you can!!!!!!!!!
On December 13 2011 07:28 Merfyn wrote: Gap has Dropped only 4% differance now.
On December 13 2011 07:38 Yello wrote: esports fuckin up my sleep schedule once again
but remember: "there's one thing i know: some things are just worth fighting for"
On December 13 2011 07:57 Theovide wrote: I was supposed to play Starcraft, but this contest "NOPE'D" all over those intentions.
THIS IS INTENSE.
Maybe I should stop watching sc2 and just watch poll numbers, because clearly that is amazingly exciting.
Congrats Glider! I posted that link everywhere I could and I was on the edge of my seat every time I saw you were barely losing. I am so happy for you!
Grats! you realize if this gets spotlighted - you are the 3 top spots on the spotlight list? Has that been done by 1 person like this before? :D Was a blast voting for you! If you asked me yesterday, a year ago, 2 years ago, and said "Do you think voting for a internet poll on youtube will be one of the most fun things you do in any given day?" I would have responded - Hell no, why would voting in a poll be fun? especially on youtube? that doesnt make sense!
Well today, with that thread, all of us voting, the EPIC finale music people posted - i personally finished on the hell march song from Red Alert... i had fun. All the graphs being post....
Voting in a poll shouldnt be that epic haha.
On December 13 2011 10:09 thedirtyleg wrote: This must be what all the Star Fox characters feel like when flying in formation after completing a mission.
YAY \:D/ well deserved indeed! Congrats Glider! Keep doing what you do. Especially now that you know how much people are willing to rally behind you and your awesomeness
I'm not really an artsy person, but your video was a truly beautiful video to watch. This is a well deserved win and I hope more people will come in to appreciate your artwork after it has been spotlighted.
I've been voting like 8-9 times in the past 2 days (sorry guys I don't have time nor the technical know-how to vote more than that) but I didn't have time to get on tl.net in the last hour of voting. When I finally got on, it was like half an hour past deadline and I was praying while clicking on "that one topic" hopeful for some good news.
And good news was what I saw, what a big relief, so glad that the community pulled through. Didn't know we were so far behind until the last hour :O
People can say whatever they want, I personally say this is a well deserve win for Glider. His art will now reach so many more people now, very happy for him!
today made me feel really proud to be a part of this amazing community.
Glider, you were by far the most deserving candidate on that list in my opinion, and its our job as a community to set right that which has been wronged. I haven't slept in 32 hours, my f5 key is probably going to break soon and i have a far too intimate knowledge of browser hotkeys than i did before, but reading your blog just made me really happy.
I too wanna thank TB and everyone else who tried to help. The feeling of solidarity from this is very warming. Although this whole ordeal has been quite draining. I'm so happy you won. But i feel like Artosis after NesTea v SCfOu semi finals. Glad it's over!
I'd never done a live report before, and it was damn fun giving that 5 minute update to help to rally the troops! It was amazing to have everyone working together like that. We all came together to become something greater. Congrats once again!
and don't worry, your work is really inspirational :D
@Grettin hell ya! WEEEEEE are the chaaaampionns my friiiiieeeeenddssss.....
Congrats, I happily voted, your video's were amazing, my housemates, (Who don't follow starcraft), and I watched a number of them, I particularly like the two handed drawing of Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as well as the Chocolate Lion. Such talent! (Obviously we all voted as well!)
As a member of the Sc2 community, I'm very glad that you/we won. Congrats, and I hope the feature brings you even more fame. That brings me to what I really want to say. When I first saw your work was in the TSL. I thought the portraits were photographs. When I heard that they were done with charcoal, I was cognitively impressed, but the portraits were still to me just images without feeling. That was, however, before I really watched any professional SC. The thing about watching your videos and about some of the images is that they engender a feeling in such a way that no other graphical art has been able to do to me. Somehow you convey so much more than the image of a person or object in what you do. Specifically the portrait of Zenio somehow, affected me in such a way that only music has been able to before now. In short, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to you for all you have done, and wish you the best of luck in the future.
So is it official ? did YouTube send you an email saying you won? When can we expect to see your videos on the front page? Sorry if it has been said before.
I would've voted for you even if I only knew you as a member of TL.
But I really voted for you because your drawings are that awesome. You're amazing at what you do, and your drawings are more than just drawings. There's something to them that's just incredible.
After all, today's people are so often stuck in thoughts, dealing with its worries and day to day concerns, that one rarely calm their mind down to feel the presence of the moment, which is the only thing there really is and ever could be.. and I want more people to be in that state more often, to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create. I would like to think my videos can help people toward this and hope that it is partly the reason you have felt compelled to vote for me.
That is a really beautiful piece of writing and it really resonates with me. I think art is a path to a clear and tranquil being. You've inspired me Glider. :D
On December 13 2011 17:59 Mordanis wrote: As a member of the Sc2 community, I'm very glad that you/we won. Congrats, and I hope the feature brings you even more fame. That brings me to what I really want to say. When I first saw your work was in the TSL. I thought the portraits were photographs. When I heard that they were done with charcoal, I was cognitively impressed, but the portraits were still to me just images without feeling. That was, however, before I really watched any professional SC. The thing about watching your videos and about some of the images is that they engender a feeling in such a way that no other graphical art has been able to do to me. Somehow you convey so much more than the image of a person or object in what you do. Specifically the portrait of Zenio somehow, affected me in such a way that only music has been able to before now. In short, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to you for all you have done, and wish you the best of luck in the future.
Dude, like, you're reading my mind. I never thought i'd be one to care so much about non-musical art, specifically static images. But that TSL, those pictures. They really felt alive somehow. I can picture almost all of them in my mind right now and how long ago was that tournament? The music comparison is a great one.
I've half a mind to try and buy a Tyler one and put it on my wall. Maybe try get T-Zain to sign one or something. Theyr'e just such striking images. I feel like i'll never forget them. They're etched into my brain.
I have nerdchills, this is just beautiful. Congratulations Glider, you deserve this. I really love your work and you never cease to amaze me with your truly incredible drawings. <3
On December 13 2011 14:47 HawaiianPig wrote: The Horn of TL sounded in the deep that day, and in our darkest hour, we looked to the east, and saw the coming of ESPORTS.
That was awesome, I'm ashamed to say I only voted sth like 10 times (the private session trick worked only once), but that was just great (and I love the way around the 20k we were fighting for each vote to take the lead. I have to say that when I went to bed sunday night I thougt you were loosing (1k vote down), but when I woke up the lead was in the 10k :D
On December 13 2011 17:39 fishuu wrote: Congrats! Your work is so flipping awesome, you definitely deserved it.
Your work is awesome too, if you have a voting contest I'll definetly vote for you
Congratz and honestly, yesterday was crazy... nearly ten hours fighting! Never would have thought a poll can be so interesting. GG and thx to all the brothers in arms
So epic. This was not just a victory for you, Glider, but a victory for all of ESPORTS and ART. I sent in my fair share of votes but wasn't around for the final hours. Awesome recap, so glad you get to be featured on the front page of youtube! Do you know what video will be shown on the front page yet?
Well deserved. The moment I saw your first video on youtube (after TSL2 I think) I knew you were a superb artist. This win seems to be a tribute to that. I wish you tons of motivation in the future and hope to see many more of your amazing illusion drawings.
Glider. You made the liquid hero portrait thread the best thing TL had this year. Everybody together, analyzing, voting. This is what TL should be not whining X.X Anyway gratz to you Glider. Hope TL and reddit can rally together again and smash more people :D
Heartfelt congratulations! It would have been easy to give up so many times (I was working nights all weekend, so I know how particularly awful it was during those hours) but you and the community kept at it, and we did it!
Wow that was the most fun i've ever had in a single thread, I followed it constantly! We were coming up with plans to get more votes, contacting anyone we could!
We had our moments where it seemed like the.. uhh.. ESL Community.. would catch us no matter what and all our troops were down, but we hung on until reinforcements came (such a great job by the shining knights of ESPORTS!). But no matter how many votes we received, our opponent's numbers just kept rising at a faster pace! That's when we knew we needed to turn it up and spread the news about this contest to absolutely anyone we could and man did we fight hard!
That thread had Guts but it also had Nerves and some Panic. It had Joy but it also had Sadness at times as well. And it had a whole lot of Disbelief, positively at the support of our community, but also negatively at how her numbers just kept catching up! But in the end, the biggest thing that thread had was Determination. We were determined to make sure one of ours, an exceptionally talented artist, would win this challenge!
Congratz once again Glider, you deserved it, and you really brought the community together!
Your drawings brought TSL3 to another level. Those videos before all the matches STILL give me nerd chills. Thank you so much for all you've done and congrats. <3
For those who want a refresher or to relive the chills + Show Spoiler +
Congrats! I remember watching several of your videos and being in awe of the things you do. I showed you to my girlfriend and now whenever she is upset or bored see watches one of your videos to cheer herself up or give her something to do. I don't think it would be fair for you to lose considering all the great feelings your drawings have inspired.
On December 13 2011 14:47 HawaiianPig wrote: The Horn of TL sounded in the deep that day, and in our darkest hour, we looked to the east, and saw the coming of ESPORTS.
Really glad you won Glider, I remember seeing your portraits awhile before the TL team portrait era and when I found out you were doing those portraits I was mad impressed. When I get some extra money on my hands I'll try and get a commission!
congratz, i also voted and followed this whole theatrics...
what was that with the jenniferESL channel? how can they have done that, cause I doubt there was a community as strong and large as ours backing them up.
anyways, that short clip made read and watch lotr again...
On December 13 2011 16:35 caradoc wrote: I'd never done a live report before, and it was damn fun giving that 5 minute update to help to rally the troops! It was amazing to have everyone working together like that. We all came together to become something greater. Congrats once again!
and don't worry, your work is really inspirational :D
@Grettin hell ya! WEEEEEE are the chaaaampionns my friiiiieeeeenddssss.....
your Live Reports we're Excellent, it was just... omg :D
Gratz Glider, you deserve the win, and Everyone on TL should feel happy that they help achive somthing brilliant :D
I think it was about 8 hours left where I saw the other channel ahead and panicked, for the first time I tweeted it out for everyone, regardless of Starcraft or Esports (or fighting game) followers to please vote and spread the news. Hell I even posted on my personal facebook for all my friends who have no affiliation to gaming to do the same. Really glad that you were able to take the win Glider, you deserved it.
I checked the votes about twice a day, and about ten times on that last day. That was a really different, and exciting experience.
When Husky and TB caused the votes to spring from 60k to 90k, I assumed it was smooth sailing, but it really wasn't. Watching the clock tick down as the votes narrowed was terrifying.
The ride was crazy fun, it was really interesting to see the starcraft community come together like this.
Beyond that though, I really feel as though you deserved this win and would have voted for you even if I had never even heard of starcraft. So congrats, keep up the good work
Huge thanks to Nazgul and TL staff for helping to get the word out about the contest, which I surely would have missed if it weren't for the announcement banner. That enabled me to vote, to tell my friends and coworkers, and really spread the word about Glider's excellent portraits. The HerO portrait was extremely impressive and there were some others that I hadn't seen before (like with salt and blood) that were simply amazing.
I was following the voting all Monday morning, and things really did seem dire for a while when your main competition was receiving an insane influx of votes, but in classic TL fashion we were able to bring home another win for one of our own. Congratulations to you, Glider! I hope you benefit greatly from the spotlighting of your channel as a result of this win.
So does anyone know how the other channel kept getting such an insane amount of votes? Looking at her channel, she doesn't strike me as someone who would be able to summon the forces of the internet the way TL can.
I had no idea it was such an insane ride. I saw the call, voted, was like "he's way ahead and he's got TL behind him, no way he can lose." Glad to see I was right in the end, but wow, gg everyone.
have to say, both you and the ESL teacher are equally deserving of the prize. her work is truly amazing and an inspiration. i still voted for you on every ip account i own though. ;-) that liquid~hero picture, wow. congratulations.
I would have voted for you if I didn't know who you were Glider, you deserved that win. We had some great moments in that thread, especially in the last hours
Haha, just looked at your update with the letter they sent you.. I'm surprised they didn't actually mention anything about the ridiculously high number of votes in that poll! That video of HerO's going to blow people away. Congrats again and I'll be looking out for your spotlight on the day.
On December 14 2011 03:09 Mataru wrote: So does anyone know how the other channel kept getting such an insane amount of votes? Looking at her channel, she doesn't strike me as someone who would be able to summon the forces of the internet the way TL can.
Dont underestimate the power of the PTA... Women at home got lots of spare time ^^.
I'm really happy for you man. I'm a little sad that I can't check to see the progress anymore, but I look forward to seeing you up on the main page! Congrats man. And congrats TL and the starcraft/esports community. Time after time you show that you are a force to be reckoned with. There is no other community out there with as much zeal for everything about the game as you. Feel proud. This is yours!
Wow I had no idea this was such an amazing nailbiter. I just remember voting on the thingy once since you know, support esports and your art videos are really really really good.
Haha great news. I voted everyday except one If I remember correctly. Using firefox / IE / Chrome each time Love how the combined effort got you all the way.
You most probably don't remember but I asked you a drawing of me and my wife maybe 3 years ago. I most probably will be asking you a new one for my 2 year old son
Congrats and grats again on the e-mail you JUST received! Can't wait to see what THE WORLD thinks of the illusion art (and your ambidextrous drawings are amazing as well btw, well actually it's all amazing, but illusion and ambidextrous are eye catchers).
It was really an ordeal, like watching one of the closest SC2 games ever, where your favorite player is playing his best, but the no name person keeps getting units out of nowhere. He has 3 rax and is somehow making 20 marines at once. But even then our hero comes through.
When I first voted and the number was at a mere 200, I had no cause to believe this race would completely spiral out of control. It was a long and difficult race, leaving our pulses pounding. But at last, we stand triumphant. Congrats Glider, you earned it.
It was incredible to follow the thread that turned into a live report thread of the poll. It's amazing what the starcraft community can do to help out one of its members, it really is. It feels like there are very few communities anywhere that would support another community member to this degree, with not only other community members pulling their weight but many of the high profile community figures like TB, Husky, Nazgul, Day9 and a whole bunch of professional players helping out as best they could.
And I dare say the community could hardly picked a more deserving and talented person to support. I doubt anyone who voted could say that they voted only for the community and thought one of the other entries were more deserving of the win. I'm absolutely confident that just about all people who voted for you really thought you were the most deserving to win, by far.
Huge congratulations on the win, it was incredibly well deserved!
On December 14 2011 05:12 jetburger wrote: Congratulations, Glider! A well deserved victory for you and for us all. I am very glad to have been a part of this.
Congrats ! I wish you all the best, it was well deserved. Though I do hope that the other lady gets a spotlight too someday, im sure that ESL stuff helps out so many ppl.
You're an amazing artist and you deserved to win this. Congrats. Once more the community just proved itself that it is one (if not THE BEST) of the best out there.
I've watched through all your videos multiple times, they are truly amazing and inspiring (and Miranda Kerr is hot).
I did everything I could to get you as many votes as I could, told all my friends about the competition and made sure they voted. Beautiful artwork like yours deserves that spot on the front page, you deserve recognition from the wider internet community
Congratulations Glider. Glad to see YouTube showcasing your work. I recall clearly how impressed I was the first time I saw Tyler's portrait on his stream, and then was amazed to see the other portraits for TSL2. Look forward to more!
Glad you won!! It really shouldn't have been this close tho.... i dont know how that ESLJennifer got so many votes but it was very suspicious.....Boring English Teacher vs Real Skillz + TL + Reddit and she went head to head lol wtf no waii
Every time you're upset with idiots shitting on LR threads, morons spoiling finals for you, silly kids being unappreciative of the vast amount of work ppl are doing on this site- some thirteen year olds hating on broodwar because they don't know where we're coming from (holy shit, the game is older than them oO)... SET YOUR EYES ON HELMS DEEP, set your eyes on this thread and remember what TL is all about.
I didn't vote twice because you're a member of TL. I didn't vote twice because you made the TSL3 Portraits. I didn't vote twice because you like Starcraft. I voted twice because you have amazing talent, and your art is simply amazing.
When i went to bed we where 1000 Votes behind and thought it would be over, even though tb announced to support Glider. The next time i looked at the threat and noticed that we won by 10000 votes, i was extremely happy and in a good mode for the rest of the day.
Congratulations Glider! you totally deserved to win! The first time we watched TSL and we saw those portraits we were awed, at first even thinking it was made with a program wich redrawed photographs...
But you and this badass community showed them all...
And WE will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger at those who attempt to poison and destroy our brother!
It seemed fitting For Art and E-Sports! hope you keep up the awesome work!
On December 13 2011 14:38 Glider wrote: After all, today's people are so often stuck in thoughts, dealing with its worries and day to day concerns, that one rarely calm their mind down to feel the presence of the moment, which is the only thing there really is and ever could be.. and I want more people to be in that state more often, to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create
After following this chaos I got the idea to start drawing again. I haven't done art since high school. Last two days I spent 6 hours each with prismacolors in hand. It's so meditative and cathartic. Thanks for the dose of inspiration. Congratulations!
For not being a person of language, this line of yours touched me: "to see things not through the limited and rigid mind or the fearful ego, but through a heart that loves to express and create."
Not a person of language?You totally nailed it man, I had tears in my eyes by the end of it(granted that the LOTR clip really helped with that and it also made my respect for husky and TB grow tenfold), despite not getting too involved in the whole thing(I voted though!). Anyways, you truly deserved it, congratulations!
Your art spoke for itself man, I didn't even have to beg people for votes, I just legit linked your channel and people were excited to go support you because you do amazing work.
I do not understand this... What sort of artillery did the Jennifer Woman use to match full-force the power of the SC community? Does anyone have any idea how the hell did she manage to obtain such an insane rate of voters?
Don't forget r/starcraft! The voting link/your youtube was that the top of r/starcraft (sometimes multiple threads) every day!
I'm actually not a big TL-er, but I do read almost every top thread on r/starcraft, so I voted, posted to my blog, tweeted multiple times a day, and ended up making a graph to see if you would win in 3 hrs at the rate JenniferESL was increasing (you did, obviously.) Reassured by mathematics! Congratulations! Keep it up.
Glider, I really appreciate everything you have done for the community. Its awesome that you won. Can't wait to see the special on youtube man! SICK JOB
I think the 30th is a much better day to have it run for you. Gonna be so many people on vacation with nothin to do but observe Glider's super rad awesome skills on the youtubes.
Wonderful! I was here to witness this unfold, and let me tell you.. it was fucking awesome! And for a great cause. May you receive many more eyes. May you blow up and may your presidential portraits hang in museums one day!
haha good that you won dude! i was actually a long time subscriber but was so surprised a while ago when you posted the liquid hero drawing coz i never knew you drew for TL! awesome work i hope you get tonnes of subs and views!
Here are my congratulations! Insignificant but very heartfelt! I too felt very proud of this community that day and am sure that those events will go down in TL history as one of 'those few' epic moments.
Maybe it counts as necroing a blog, but today on wimp appeared this: http://www.wimp.com/paintsportrait/ Your portrait of Chloe Grace Mortez! Wimp is a sort of collector of all the cool videos around the net, and generally you aren't featured if you aren't amazing in some sort of way. TL already knows about you, maybe another site featuring your art will help you to reach the fame you righteously deserve. Keep it rocking, Glider!
EPT
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fuck yea eSports! Congrats Glider, it's well deserved!
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.. Hooray for E-Sports winning!!!!
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