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disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
April 30 2015 12:02 GMT
#1
Hi guys,

even if left my position in TLHQ I find it hard to stop thinking about TL and esports. A couple of weeks ago I woke up with the idea about Esports card collecting game. The concept is pretty simple - bridge all TL sub sites and create a fun and engaging feature for people with different interests to enjoy. You can see some concept pages here:

Concept Gallery


You will be able to buy packs with random cards by earning gold on the TL network. If you are familiar with how the gold store on LiquidDota works, it is pretty similar to that. All activities - logging in, posting, editing Liquipedia and voting on Liquibet will generate gold you can buy the cards with. There won't be any real money transactions!

You will be able to sell cards on a marketplace and earn more forum gold that way. By collecting specific cards you will also unlock a large variety of achievements. There are also going to be leaderboards for top users based on cards collected and gold earned or spent by trading.

I've been discussing with the rest of TL's staff how many cards we should make for people to collect and I think for all games combined the number will be about 600, maybe more. So there will be plenty to do.

Of course it is uncertain if that project will ever become a reality - there's still a lot of work to be done. I just wanted to share with you the concept as it looks like right now, because I've been extremely excited to work on it in the last few weeks.

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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
April 30 2015 12:09 GMT
#2
As long as I can collect the rare "Bisu OSL" card I'll be happy.
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Motlu
Profile Joined August 2014
Australia884 Posts
April 30 2015 12:13 GMT
#3
Now THIS would be amazing!
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[Phantom]
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Mexico2170 Posts
April 30 2015 12:23 GMT
#4
TL needs to exploit more the network they have, so I think this is a very good idea
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Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-30 12:38:59
April 30 2015 12:36 GMT
#5
The biggest hurdle with this would be the image rights of the people on the cards. (dunno if it's important if there is no money involved)

But i like the diamond shaped pokeballs on the cards
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13993 Posts
April 30 2015 13:12 GMT
#6
Sounds AWESOME! Please, DRG and Pashun cards!
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
April 30 2015 14:05 GMT
#7
make this a reality
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KtJ
Profile Joined October 2014
United States3514 Posts
April 30 2015 14:22 GMT
#8
I want this so much
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LightTemplar
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Ireland481 Posts
April 30 2015 14:34 GMT
#9
Those are some pretty pictures <3 would trade
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LeLfe
Profile Joined February 2011
France3160 Posts
April 30 2015 16:14 GMT
#10
I just want my Mvp card
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Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-30 16:15:55
April 30 2015 16:15 GMT
#11
This looks awesome.
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 30 2015 16:19 GMT
#12
Pretty cool, pretty cool
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Profile Joined April 2010
Australia156 Posts
April 30 2015 16:28 GMT
#13
Reminds me of iheartesports stickers, just checked and it looks like they've gone out of business though

Though if I'm reading the concept right, these aren't physical? It's kind of just an achievement whoring type thing ?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sponsored/302239-available-now-collectible-starcraft-2-player-stickers
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
April 30 2015 16:31 GMT
#14
On May 01 2015 01:14 LeLfe wrote:
I just want my Mvp card


We are yet to determine the drop rates but I would guess Mvp will be in the 0.01-0.05% range

Also, there won't be any physical cards, its all virtual pokemon.
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
April 30 2015 16:39 GMT
#15
will you know if you have the inca card?
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Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
April 30 2015 16:49 GMT
#16
sounds really fun!!!

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums. On the other hand Liquibets and FPL seem a great way to earn gold while encouraging people to play more
joshie0808
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada1024 Posts
April 30 2015 17:09 GMT
#17
This sounds insanely awesome! Excited to see what becomes of it.

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums

This is a good point though.
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
April 30 2015 17:35 GMT
#18
Maybe only earn gold for 1 post a day or 1 a week? Extra for a topic?
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
April 30 2015 17:50 GMT
#19
On May 01 2015 02:09 joshie0808 wrote:
This sounds insanely awesome! Excited to see what becomes of it.
Show nested quote +

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums

This is a good point though.

I have to opinions on this.
1. Gold from posts should come from LR threads and news posts exclusively.
2. Spammers who get warned or banned suffer a gold penalty.

Well damnit, now I have a third idea. Gold penalties from warnings sound hilarious and awesome. Banlings get to choose the severity of gold lost based on their moods. I want this!
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jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
April 30 2015 18:32 GMT
#20
Pretty nifty idea, though it does look like setting the whole thing up would be a ton of work

I particularly like the idea that it would span eSports. Splitting Liquid into different game sites was certainly a necessary decision, but I feel one of the downsides was that it segregates and isolates the respective communities, so something lighthearted like this could be a great addition

I'm also in favor because I'm a TL junkie and would look forward to buying tons of these things
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disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
April 30 2015 18:41 GMT
#21
On May 01 2015 02:50 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2015 02:09 joshie0808 wrote:
This sounds insanely awesome! Excited to see what becomes of it.

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums

This is a good point though.

I have to opinions on this.
1. Gold from posts should come from LR threads and news posts exclusively.
2. Spammers who get warned or banned suffer a gold penalty.

Well damnit, now I have a third idea. Gold penalties from warnings sound hilarious and awesome. Banlings get to choose the severity of gold lost based on their moods. I want this!


I hope we can make gold earning and spending a lot more dynamic through Liquibet. I wouldn't worry about spammers in the forum when LB would be a much easier and quicker way to earn a lot more gold.
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19320 Posts
April 30 2015 18:49 GMT
#22
On May 01 2015 03:41 disciple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2015 02:50 BisuDagger wrote:
On May 01 2015 02:09 joshie0808 wrote:
This sounds insanely awesome! Excited to see what becomes of it.

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums

This is a good point though.

I have to opinions on this.
1. Gold from posts should come from LR threads and news posts exclusively.
2. Spammers who get warned or banned suffer a gold penalty.

Well damnit, now I have a third idea. Gold penalties from warnings sound hilarious and awesome. Banlings get to choose the severity of gold lost based on their moods. I want this!


I hope we can make gold earning and spending a lot more dynamic through Liquibet. I wouldn't worry about spammers in the forum when LB would be a much easier and quicker way to earn a lot more gold.

True. As long as I get the new LiquidLegends style LB to work with.
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Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
April 30 2015 18:52 GMT
#23
There should be a rare GSL Booth card
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-30 19:01:50
April 30 2015 19:01 GMT
#24
Wow. Sounds like an amazing concept. Surprised no one suggested this before.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10700 Posts
April 30 2015 19:09 GMT
#25
I was actually expecting hockey cards, this was better though.
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Valiver
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Caldeum1977 Posts
April 30 2015 19:57 GMT
#26
This is a great idea, hopefully it can be added.

Nada's body to be the rarest card?
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Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
April 30 2015 20:24 GMT
#27
will do blowjobs for a maru card
TL+ Member
Negius
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Netherlands290 Posts
April 30 2015 21:05 GMT
#28
Best. Thing. Ever.
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TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28100 Posts
April 30 2015 21:06 GMT
#29
On May 01 2015 03:41 disciple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2015 02:50 BisuDagger wrote:
On May 01 2015 02:09 joshie0808 wrote:
This sounds insanely awesome! Excited to see what becomes of it.

One possible I see is, if people earn gold by posting, there will be lots of spam in the forums

This is a good point though.

I have to opinions on this.
1. Gold from posts should come from LR threads and news posts exclusively.
2. Spammers who get warned or banned suffer a gold penalty.

Well damnit, now I have a third idea. Gold penalties from warnings sound hilarious and awesome. Banlings get to choose the severity of gold lost based on their moods. I want this!


I hope we can make gold earning and spending a lot more dynamic through Liquibet. I wouldn't worry about spammers in the forum when LB would be a much easier and quicker way to earn a lot more gold.

I think it's important to note that we've had the LiquidGold on LiquidDota for a while and spamming hasn't been an issue. Although the introduction of the cards could encourage it, I'm not sure it would actually be that big of an issue. I guess with TL having a bit more traffic it might be different.
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billynasty
Profile Joined October 2014
United States260 Posts
April 30 2015 21:52 GMT
#30
this is a pretty cool idea & a great way to encourage more activity on the site. Great idea, now comes the hard part, actually creating the content to make it a reality. Looking forward to seeing it!
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
April 30 2015 23:28 GMT
#31
Jaedong card!!! Give it to me! Now!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
April 30 2015 23:30 GMT
#32
exciting idea i really like it.
I hope this will actually be released
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50748 Posts
May 01 2015 03:44 GMT
#33
This is an amazing idea

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[16thSq] Kuro
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
1218 Posts
May 01 2015 06:44 GMT
#34
I've been using Liquibet for some time, I just got into FPL last round and I really like this idea :D

About earning gold from posting, yeah, the spam can be tricky. Maybe make a limit that you need to be registered on the forum for a certain period of time and have a certain number of posts before you can start earning gold from posting? I mean if someone isn't banned by that time, they're less likely to spam. Liquibets and stuff would work immediately since there's no risk.
Please don't limit it to news threads though since most of my posts are in fan clubs, thanks <3
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Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
May 01 2015 13:12 GMT
#35
On May 01 2015 02:50 BisuDagger wrote:

Well damnit, now I have a third idea. Gold penalties from warnings sound hilarious and awesome. Banlings get to choose the severity of gold lost based on their moods. I want this!


Hahah I like this idea!

There could be also rewards for those who keep their account clean (no bans nor warnings) during the current week/month... It will work as an incentive for people to think twice before shit posting
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
May 01 2015 13:55 GMT
#36
The most important part is that there are enough Zest cards though
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Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
May 01 2015 14:10 GMT
#37
On May 01 2015 22:55 The_Red_Viper wrote:
The most important part is that there are enough Zest cards though


We all know what picture is gonna be in the Zest card
EatThePath
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3943 Posts
May 01 2015 16:56 GMT
#38
On April 30 2015 21:09 BisuDagger wrote:
As long as I can collect the rare "Bisu OSL" card I'll be happy.

THIS :D :D
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claybones
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States244 Posts
May 01 2015 20:25 GMT
#39
On May 01 2015 03:52 Chairman Ray wrote:
There should be a rare GSL Booth card

Also power outage needs a card. Apparently that "player" no longer exists in TLPD though.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50748 Posts
May 02 2015 04:42 GMT
#40
On May 02 2015 05:25 claybones wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2015 03:52 Chairman Ray wrote:
There should be a rare GSL Booth card

Also power outage needs a card. Apparently that "player" no longer exists in TLPD though.


huh? flash and jaedong are still on TLPD
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
May 03 2015 00:26 GMT
#41
I just wonder if we can get any TLStaffers as cards.
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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
May 04 2015 18:40 GMT
#42
The logo under hero looks like a square pokeball.
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disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
May 04 2015 20:23 GMT
#43
What a coincidence
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