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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1959 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-19 12:26:17
February 19 2018 12:25 GMT
#1
This recent stir in the wake of Wardi’s tweet has once more brought a touchy subject to the attention of the community. As a content creator I’ve had to weather a decent amount of abuse. I’ve had my articles condemned as clickbait and some guy on reddit even called me the f-word in response to a recent article (this is how you know you’ve truly made it ). I wrote a blog post about how draining of a job writing about StarCraft II can be and how unappreciated one can feel at times. But this post isn’t about that. It’s about the other side of the coin.

Content creators are in a spot of trouble from the start. Not because of you, but because the majority of us (maybe not stuchiu or wax, but they are superior human beings) want our hard work to be validated through support and praise from our readers/viewers (I’d look really stupid if this only applies to me TT) . This is an entirely human thing and I admit that am guilty of it.

And yet, for all the people who said mean things, there are so many more who have been incredibly supportive. I want you to know I hear you and your words matter. I remember the guy who said he made an account on the site after I wrote Fourth because “this is possibly the greatest article I have ever read in my entire life”. I remember how a ton of people said Eo Yun Soo was the best article they had read on teamliquid in years. I remember all the people who were glad I wrote PROTOSSED and addressed the irrational hate the race and those who play it recieve head on. There are so many kind words like that I couldn’t list them all if I tried. What I’m getting at, is I want the community to know that, while I write for myself, the support offered by readers means a lot to me, especially when I take risks to write articles that I know will piss some people off. I want to thank you for everything you’ve done for me since I starting writing. I’m sure other content creators feel the same way about those who cheer us on.


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boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
February 19 2018 13:07 GMT
#2
I might not be the longest user on here and I sure had my fair share of being an idiot in the past. Having grown up a little bit though, I do realize that most of the content I do enjoy here is absolutely amazing and even the bits that I do not enjoy are made by passionate people that try their best.

There's a reason why I'm revisiting this site although I haven't been active since basically the release of LotV, and a part of that reason is all the writing I get to enjoy here.

So thanks for that. Thanks a lot!
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-19 13:59:22
February 19 2018 13:59 GMT
#3
I would hope people would give writers a little bit more love, especially when the writer creates a lot of good content on a regular basis like you do. I am not sure how realistic that is but i hope the community will improve on that front.
Other than that, thanks for letting us know how you feel about it, fighting!

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Executer08
Profile Joined June 2015
Germany163 Posts
February 19 2018 14:04 GMT
#4
TLDR: i want to write good articles for my fans and hope you cheer for me, thank youuu <3 ;D

j/k, will always cheer for you though mizi. it sucks how one terrible comment can overshadow all the positive feedback, but thats just sometimes how it works. usually the best thing is to distance yourself from the issue for a while and then reevaluate the situation, takes some of the (negative) emotion out of it and helps you to look at it with a clear mind
"You have the image of being a robotic, stoic player among foreign fans. What do you think about that?" - "I don’t think it’s incorrect." || letodSWAG
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
February 19 2018 21:08 GMT
#5
5/5 because I got a shoutout!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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SPcrusader
Profile Joined September 2011
Norway99 Posts
February 19 2018 22:39 GMT
#6
Thank you for doing what you do! You guys have given us such good content over the years that I actually never hurt Elly the E-sports elephant. (at least not on TL)
https://www.twitch.tv/spcrusader
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States973 Posts
February 19 2018 23:45 GMT
#7
A+
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8320 Posts
February 20 2018 04:14 GMT
#8
What's this about?
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
February 20 2018 09:01 GMT
#9
I know I have made a few remarks of ever so slight (in my eyes) criticism in the recent past, but know that I am ever so grateful for the content the likes of yourself and the other writers provide, along with LPers and everything that goes on in the TL community that makes it tick.

My bus journeys to and from work would be a shite side more boring without them <3.
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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-20 18:36:21
February 20 2018 18:36 GMT
#10
On February 19 2018 22:07 boxerfred wrote:
I might not be the longest user on here and I sure had my fair share of being an idiot in the past. Having grown up a little bit though, I do realize that most of the content I do enjoy here is absolutely amazing and even the bits that I do not enjoy are made by passionate people that try their best.

There's a reason why I'm revisiting this site although I haven't been active since basically the release of LotV, and a part of that reason is all the writing I get to enjoy here.

So thanks for that. Thanks a lot!


Agree with this. I haven't played Starcraft (outside of the smallest bursts) for like 2-3 years. And I just keep up to the basics in the pro scene now. But I always try and make sure to read the TL articles.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14001 Posts
February 23 2018 00:49 GMT
#11
On February 20 2018 13:14 TheDougler wrote:
What's this about?

this

also don't worry Miz, you have our support
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Thaniri
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1264 Posts
March 04 2018 00:35 GMT
#12
Your articles are fine, the kpop fetish is retarded.

I bet that if it weren't for kpop being a part of your persona there would be less proverbial sharks smelling blood in the water. Even I couldn't help myself.

Such is the nature of the internet. Be quirky at your peril.
207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
March 10 2018 10:59 GMT
#13
On March 04 2018 09:35 Thaniri wrote:
Your articles are fine, the kpop fetish is retarded.

I bet that if it weren't for kpop being a part of your persona there would be less proverbial sharks smelling blood in the water. Even I couldn't help myself.

Such is the nature of the internet. Be quirky at your peril.


To be fair, TL in general has always had an unhealthy obsession with KPop and a lot of Koreaboos in here... not to mention the KPop idol industry (yes, yes, same is true in Japan, I know) is very creepy and objectifying to begin with, so to see people who are obsessed with it is just as creepy.

Mind you, when I say objectifying, I am not some 20 year old social sciences college freshman who thinks men are evil and men looking at women is rape; I am a grown ass adult who grew up during some harsh times in the shittier end of Europe, but even I look at some of these phenomena - phenomena that have become very lucrative industries and are very exploitative of their stars - and say "man this is really fucking creepy, wouldn't it be better if we didn't do that?"

Anyway mizenhauer I don't think you're a bad person or a shitty writer, I just wish you would choose titles that accurately represent the content of your articles. We are on TeamLiquid here, not gizmodo, not Kotaku, not Cracked. The people who are interested in reading it will read it regardless; the only people you gain by clickbaiting are the people who will get angry and call you an idiot, does it really matter that your thread has 5000 pageviews instead of 3500 if the difference is people who are just there to be angry and belligerent?

Look at TotalBiscuit, back when he did industry opinion pieces he would title them "I will now talk about [topic name] for just under 40 minutes" and they still got hundreds of thousands of views and people found them to be good.
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