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The Origin of Team Liquid?

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LibertyTerran
Profile Joined July 2004
Vietnam711 Posts
August 29 2006 15:39 GMT
#1
Errr, I've been around for a while and apparently TL.net is the best and the oldest English Starcraft forum, anyone disagrees?

Ok, so since i've always fcked up with history, prolly some of you gosu can answer a couple of my questions. And please dont flame my chobo ass, u little fuckwit:

1. Who's the man/woman/sh(e)im/lord created this forum and when was it first made?

2. Why is this called Team Liquid? (Some says it was first created for the team named 'liquid' only, then expanded to international community)

3. Why on the top of the forum there is a bunch of horses running in some sort of 'liquid', i.e. water?

LT
if it aint broke, dont fix it
PuertoRican
Profile Joined April 2004
United States5709 Posts
August 29 2006 15:44 GMT
#2
What I wanna know is, why was Satanik added to the team, that was pretty useless.

It would be one thing if he posted here, or if the Liquid members still played, aside from Drone.

Inquiring minds want to know.
If anyone orders any merlot Im leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking merlot.
SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-08-29 15:58:20
August 29 2006 15:57 GMT
#3
1. meat created it, presumably on the 22nd of september, 2002. Though, this isn't teamliquid's first site. They had some strange monkey URL to begin with (i wasnt around long enough to go into more details) i believe

2. the members of the forum voted for the domain to use. teamliquid.net was the most popular of the options available

3. no one knows
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
August 29 2006 16:05 GMT
#4
3. Horse fetish
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
August 29 2006 16:06 GMT
#5
#3 Is because I think Nazgul liked the picture? It was free form but it solidified and was strong like horse!
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27148 Posts
August 29 2006 16:23 GMT
#6
1) TL is the best, but not the oldest. SCLegacy, BW.com and many others were around before this. Liquid`Meat was the original webmaster, but Liquid was a clan with many good players in it, most notably Liquid`Nazgul.

2) It is Team Liquid because the team was called Liquid...

3) You have to go through a long initiation before you learn that secret.

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LibertyTerran
Profile Joined July 2004
Vietnam711 Posts
August 29 2006 16:28 GMT
#7
On August 30 2006 01:23 Manifesto7 wrote:
3) You have to go through a long initiation before you learn that secret.


^^ Enlighten me plz, master ^^
if it aint broke, dont fix it
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28665 Posts
August 29 2006 16:38 GMT
#8
team liquid was a team made on original starcraft like 5-6 years ago
it had nazgul meat and trip and then I joined like a week after
I wasnt sure I wanted to join at first cuz they werent all that great
then naz suddenly became awesome
well I guess it took some time
and we got bunches of more members n shiz
and made a webpage
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rpf289
Profile Joined October 2004
United States3524 Posts
August 29 2006 16:46 GMT
#9
On August 30 2006 01:23 Manifesto7 wrote:
3) You have to go through a long initiation before you learn that secret.
So basically you don't know, either
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
August 29 2006 18:26 GMT
#10
I do
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FroST(TE)
Profile Joined September 2004
United States909 Posts
August 29 2006 18:49 GMT
#11
if i know anything about anything its there because naz decided it looked pretty
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28665 Posts
August 29 2006 18:55 GMT
#12
viccie is such a girly girl
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LibertyTerran
Profile Joined July 2004
Vietnam711 Posts
August 29 2006 19:50 GMT
#13
On August 30 2006 03:49 FroST(TE) wrote:
if i know anything about anything its there because naz decided it looked pretty


So noone has come up with any answer for question 3 that better than this???? :| WTF
if it aint broke, dont fix it
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-08-29 19:57:07
August 29 2006 19:56 GMT
#14
Eh, the picture is from the scene in Lord of The Rings (at least it's in the book), when Frodo is riding on that horse towards Rivendell, being chased by the ringwraiths. And then when he's across the river and the wraiths are about to follow, Gandalf/Elrond make it rise and wash them away, in the shape of a bunch of white horses.. (ie the water rises and visual illusion or something made it look like white horses)

Yeah, something like that.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Evilmonkey.
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1628 Posts
August 29 2006 20:17 GMT
#15
Wow... didn't know some of that. In fact I had just thought about making a thread about this but noooo, LibertyTerran just had to steal my thunder. Thanks though .
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rick the dangerous
Profile Joined April 2004
Turkey90 Posts
August 29 2006 20:27 GMT
#16
i guess the picture was there long before the lord of the rings movie... but frankly it reminds that scene in the book...
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9374 Posts
August 29 2006 22:14 GMT
#17
On August 30 2006 04:56 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Eh, the picture is from the scene in Lord of The Rings (at least it's in the book), when Frodo is riding on that horse towards Rivendell, being chased by the ringwraiths. And then when he's across the river and the wraiths are about to follow, Gandalf/Elrond make it rise and wash them away, in the shape of a bunch of white horses.. (ie the water rises and visual illusion or something made it look like white horses)

Yeah, something like that.


Holy fuck, you are teh awesome.


TL is sooo picking you at Sandlot! :D
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bbz
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden416 Posts
August 29 2006 22:24 GMT
#18
isnt it snow?
LibertyTerran
Profile Joined July 2004
Vietnam711 Posts
August 29 2006 22:46 GMT
#19
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?
if it aint broke, dont fix it
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
August 29 2006 22:58 GMT
#20
On August 30 2006 07:46 LibertyTerran wrote:
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?


Yeah, in the movie it was Arwen that did that, dunno about the books though.
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mrc
Profile Joined October 2005
Poland72 Posts
August 29 2006 23:54 GMT
#21
it has to do with the 9 nazguls, their horses and the river, right?
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
August 30 2006 00:01 GMT
#22
On August 30 2006 07:58 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2006 07:46 LibertyTerran wrote:
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?


Yeah, in the movie it was Arwen that did that, dunno about the books though.

It was DEFINITELY gandalf/elrond who did the thing with the river

Trust me, I read those books 7 times each before I turned 12 (then never read them again).
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Luhh
Profile Joined October 2003
Sweden2974 Posts
August 30 2006 00:32 GMT
#23
ZOMG TEH ILLITERATES? I thought reading LOTR was obligatory in the english / american schools. Guess I'm wrong, but it still surprises me that people haven't read one of the most remarkable works in literature. (Not the best, but certainly one of the most remarkable)
I wouldn´t call him stupid, but let´s just say he´s unlucky when thinking...
azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
August 30 2006 00:48 GMT
#24
In the book it was just some one-shot male elf who took Frodo to safety... Glorfindel

apparently he did more outside the main LOTR storyline... including prophesize that the witch-king (Nazgul leader) would get owned sometime
sTrAtO
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Mexico1084 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-08-30 01:11:21
August 30 2006 01:01 GMT
#25
On August 30 2006 04:56 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Eh, the picture is from the scene in Lord of The Rings (at least it's in the book), when Frodo is riding on that horse towards Rivendell, being chased by the ringwraiths. And then when he's across the river and the wraiths are about to follow, Gandalf/Elrond make it rise and wash them away, in the shape of a bunch of white horses.. (ie the water rises and visual illusion or something made it look like white horses)

Yeah, something like that.


as far as i know, in the book (which is more important than the movie), Frodo was saved by Elrond, but, in the movie, his part was given to Arwen (you know, the producers had to put her on something cause she was Liz Tyler and was getting a lot of $$ , although, her part in the book is pretty much meaningless).

SS of the horse part (sorry the shitty quality, i SS'ed them from my iPod version):

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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20019 Posts
August 30 2006 01:05 GMT
#26
I think i see nazgul in that pic
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
oddeye
Profile Joined March 2005
Canada716 Posts
August 30 2006 01:05 GMT
#27
On August 30 2006 09:01 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2006 07:58 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On August 30 2006 07:46 LibertyTerran wrote:
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?


Yeah, in the movie it was Arwen that did that, dunno about the books though.

It was DEFINITELY gandalf/elrond who did the thing with the river

Trust me, I read those books 7 times each before I turned 12 (then never read them again).


Yeah, you are right. I think elrond did it, at least he's the one who casted the enchantement on the river. And wtf 7 times ? I read them 2 time and that a lot I think.
Your soul shall suffer!
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4003 Posts
August 30 2006 02:14 GMT
#28
I like how we TLnetters care a lot about our fav site

Cheers!
Drone is a way of living
Aileon
Profile Joined June 2006
United States299 Posts
August 30 2006 02:20 GMT
#29
On August 30 2006 07:58 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2006 07:46 LibertyTerran wrote:
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?


Yeah, in the movie it was Arwen that did that, dunno about the books though.


But in the book it was gandalf and that male elf who isn't even in the movies whose name starts with G (can't remember it) who were on the other side of the river. IIRC, the nazgul couldn't pass into rivendell, so the stream fucked their couch, and gandalf just added the horses because hes fuckin gandalf, and he can do that.

And seeing as Nazgul's name is also from that movie (hell, from that SCENE), i'd say its pretty accurate (its what I thought of the first time I saw the banner too).
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-08-30 02:25:52
August 30 2006 02:23 GMT
#30
On August 30 2006 11:20 Aileon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2006 07:58 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On August 30 2006 07:46 LibertyTerran wrote:
Yeah, pretty cool to learn the history of your fav site/forum. Respect to the great team here. About the horses, in the movie, wasn't the female elf (cant remember her name tho) the one who took Frodo all the way to cure his injury? And she was the one who spelled da shit out of those mofo darklords ?


Yeah, in the movie it was Arwen that did that, dunno about the books though.


But in the book it was gandalf and that male elf who isn't even in the movies whose name starts with G (can't remember it) who were on the other side of the river. IIRC, the nazgul couldn't pass into rivendell, so the stream fucked their couch, and gandalf just added the horses because hes fuckin gandalf, and he can do that.

And seeing as Nazgul's name is also from that movie (hell, from that SCENE), i'd say its pretty accurate (its what I thought of the first time I saw the banner too).

Glorfindel I think was his name ;>

EDIT: Ah, someone already mentioned that
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
skindzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Chile5114 Posts
August 30 2006 02:40 GMT
#31
But these horses are in the snow.
Its not only the rain that brings the thunder
Zeto
Profile Joined January 2005
United States2290 Posts
August 30 2006 02:45 GMT
#32
On August 30 2006 10:05 decafchicken wrote:
I think i see nazgul in that pic


hehe
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azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
August 30 2006 02:47 GMT
#33
who made that pic anyway? since they'd probably be pretty good at designing the logo for Sandlot
Go)Pro(
Profile Joined March 2006
Poland14 Posts
August 30 2006 02:55 GMT
#34
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php - some of u will prolly find this useful.
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rpf289
Profile Joined October 2004
United States3524 Posts
August 30 2006 03:40 GMT
#35
On August 30 2006 09:32 Luhh wrote:
ZOMG TEH ILLITERATES? I thought reading LOTR was obligatory in the english / american schools. Guess I'm wrong, but it still surprises me that people haven't read one of the most remarkable works in literature. (Not the best, but certainly one of the most remarkable)
They weren't mandatory in my schools, and my town has some of the best schools in the state. Books like "The Catcher in the Rye," "Huck Finn," and so on were mandatory.
Hot77.iEy
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Finland1486 Posts
August 30 2006 03:55 GMT
#36
wtf its SNOW not water! You can see it from the frozen tree stump on the left.
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