When reading long controversial threads I usually just skip to people with an icon or different colored names. The cesspool in between is just a blur under my scroll wheel. Its my poor-man's "blue tracker" like the blizzard forums.

That being said, I think there needs to be a few more elites. People that get a cool icon or name color just for quality thoughtful posting. It would be a nice way to separate the wheat from the chaff in those 50 page KeSPA or LAN play threads

(and yes, I'm chaff under that definition, don't get upset lol)

minus_human

4784 Posts

May 31 2010 17:58 GMT

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128151

PanoRaMa

United States5070 Posts

May 31 2010 18:00 GMT

Or you can just read posts. TL's layout is amazing, it facilitates reading a lot of posts, which isn't necessarily true on other forums (like a phpBB forum or something, due to all the clutter). Besides that, there are individuals who get a Star for their contributions.

But people have their expertise in different areas. Once you read more and are familiar with recurring posters, you naturally figure out who's a good poster and who's just a troll. If poker threads popped up on TL I would be able to provide a lot of sound advice/information, but if I posted in a thread about say, Greece's debt, of which I have absolutely no idea about, you really couldn't apply my expertise in 1 field to another.

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

May 31 2010 18:04 GMT

If nobody read the posts that came from people who didn't have a star, fancy icon, or different-coloured name then we'd never be able to get any new people that will one day obtain the aforementioned items. Then there are people like Kwark and Harem who choose to keep their unit icon, and those are people you don't want to be brushing over when reading threads.

Wohmfg

United Kingdom1292 Posts

May 31 2010 18:10 GMT

I'm more likely to read a post by a red/blue/iconned name, but what's more important is the length of the post, how well it's written or who actually wrote it. I've learned that post count is generally not indicative of posting quality AT ALL. There are still retarded fanboys and idiots with thousands of posts. The real shit posters get banned soon enough anyway.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

May 31 2010 18:15 GMT

i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names

buhhy

United States1113 Posts

May 31 2010 18:16 GMT

Lol, not all the people with special ranks make good posts.

Wohmfg

United Kingdom1292 Posts

May 31 2010 18:19 GMT

On June 01 2010 03:15 travis wrote:
i think it's most important to obey/idolize members with purple names

Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.

minus_human

4784 Posts

May 31 2010 18:21 GMT

On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:

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Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=emlary

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

May 31 2010 18:21 GMT

#10

On June 01 2010 03:19 Wohmfg wrote:

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Lol, what is with your name/icon anyway? I don't think I've never seen another purple name.

i bought it from meat (other guy who owns tl)
and i had too much money lol
naz wouldn't just give me a colored name so i went behind his back
kinda dick thing to do but tbh i really like my purple name

Trezeguet

United States2656 Posts

May 31 2010 18:22 GMT

#11

On June 01 2010 03:16 buhhy wrote:
Lol, not all the people with special ranks make good posts.

just look at l10f

Wohmfg

United Kingdom1292 Posts

May 31 2010 18:23 GMT

#12

On June 01 2010 03:21 minus_human wrote:

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http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=emlary

Isn't that pink? Meh I dunno.

On June 01 2010 03:21 travis wrote:

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Rofl, that's hilarious.

saritenite

Singapore1680 Posts

May 31 2010 18:26 GMT

#13

I usually follow a few people that I've seen post well. And names which jump out at me regularly (I.E JohnColtrane, fyre_dragon, monion, etc.)

The rest I devour in an attempt to find something good, while not noticing the username. Then i stumble upon gold and check the username.

Zergneedsfood

United States10671 Posts

May 31 2010 18:26 GMT

#14

I usually just read the longer posts in the thread. They seem to be most conducive to learning. I mean granted, there are some people who just post up hilarious stuff, but when I look for knowledge, there are always certain names that I look for before reading.

ghen

United States1356 Posts

May 31 2010 18:27 GMT

#15

Well,

#1 I'm not asking it be about post counts. That would only incite spammers.
#2 I'm asking for a highly recognized quality poster get an icon/color. This will make it easier to read
#3 I don't read the whole thread just for the luls... Bad posts or misinformation just don't seem very funny to me. To each their own.

I'm not asking for bad posts to be deleted, just regularly good posters get recognized as such.

That doesn't make much sense to me. Nothing would change, all the rest of the posts would be there for everyone to read who wants to read everything.

DeathByMonkeys

United States742 Posts

May 31 2010 18:46 GMT

#16

Sometimes I wonder if this would be a good thing, especially with the sudden influx of new users. I especially hate the posts that are just a wall of text. If a post has decent formatting and grammar I'm 100% more likely to read it.

buhhy

United States1113 Posts

May 31 2010 19:11 GMT

#17

On June 01 2010 03:46 DeathByMonkeys wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if this would be a good thing, especially with the sudden influx of new users. I especially hate the posts that are just a wall of text. If a post has decent formatting and grammar I'm 100% more likely to read it.

Yeah, any more than 7 lines per paragraph is tough to read :/

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3701 Posts

May 31 2010 19:17 GMT

#18

A star by the name usually denotes a quality/known poster