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BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 01 2018 21:37 GMT

Over the years, TeamLiquid BW staff have worked hard to cover many tournaments, both offline and online, as well as write compelling articles in order to help promote the game, and keep the community rolling. What follows is an article archive that documents everything that was written in the post-KeSPA era till present day:

Offline Tournaments:
+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Starleague 7] +

- Round of 16 Preview - Where It All Began
- Round of 8 Preview - The Juice Must Flow
- Round of 4 Preview - Onwards and Upwards
- Final Preview - Better Late Than Never
- Grand Final Recap - The Year That Was

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Starleague 8] +

- Ro32 Preview - Back in Black
- Ro32 Preview - Bringing Sexy Back
- Ro16 Preview Part I - Business Socks
- Ro16 Preview Part II - All In
- Ro8 Preview Part I - Hey! Hey! You! You!
- Ro8 Preview Part II - Watch Him As He Goes
- Ro4 Preview - The Oldest War
- Grand Final Preview - Reunited At Last

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Starleague 9] +

- BW Power Rank - End of the Year 2013
- Round of 32 Preview - Welcome to 2014
- Round of 32 Preview - The Best Yet To Come
- Round of 16 Preview - Solid Foundation
- Round of 8 Preview - Salvation
- Round of 4 Preview - Anniversary of PvZ
- Grand Finals Preview - Historic Moment
- Grand Final Recap

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Starleague 10] +

- SSL & KSL - Player Previews
- Ro32 Preview - Hold On, We're Going Home
- Ro32 Preview - From ZerO to by.hero
- Ro16 Preview - So This Is The New Year
- Ro8 Preview - Extinction Event
- Ro4 Preview - Triumph of War
- Finals Preview - The Last Stand
- Finals Recap and a Look Back

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Starleague 11] +

- BW Power Rank: Mid-2015/SSL11
- Ro24 Groups A/B Preview - Max EffOrt
- Ro24 Groups C/D Preview - Bisu Returns
- Ro24 Groups E/F Preview - Zerg Rising
- Ro16 Preview - Rushing Forward
- Quarterfinal Preview: Fateful Eight
- Quarterfinal Preview: Carpe Diem
- Semifinals Preview: Proportionate Response
- Finals Preview: Deja Vu
- Finals Recap: Book of Records

+ Show Spoiler [Kongdoo Starleague] +

- Ro16 Preview - And It Was All Yellow
- Ro8 Preview - The Elite 8
- Ro4 Preview - Enter Mind
- Finals Preview - Bring out the Kong
- The First King of Kongdoo: Finals Recap

+ Show Spoiler [VANT National Starleague] +

- Ro32 Preview: Action Begins
- Ro32 Preview: Surprises Galore
- Ro32 Preview: Marching on
- Ro32 Preview: Cruise Control
- Ro16 Preview: This is War!
- Ro8 Preview: Final Eight!
- Ro8 Preview: ZvP Bonanza!
- Semifinals Preview: Final Countdown!
- Finals Preview: Modern Renaissance
- Finals Recap: We're almost there!

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 1] +

- Ro16 Preview - Flashback
- Ro8 Preview - Genesis
- Ro8 Preview Pt. 2 - Hot Off The Aisles Of S-Mart
- Semifinals Preview- Mere Mortals?
- Finals Preview- Sharp knife, fast shuttle!
- Finals Recap - Brutality

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 2] +

- ASL2 Power Rank
- Ro24 Preview Pt 1 - Stork and Bisu Return!
- Ro24 Preview Pt 2 - Flash and Jaedong Return!
- Ro16 Preview Pt 1 - Expectations
- Ro16 Preview Pt 2 - Hope
- Ro8 Preview Pt 1 - Bisu to BeSt Sea and hero?
- Ro8 Preview Pt 2 - Bisu Swept & Hero Dismantled
- Semifinals Preview Pt 1 - Tidal Wave
- Semifinals Preview Pt 2 - Flash vs Jaedong
- Finals Preview - Will God part the Sea?
- Finals Recap - God is back!

+ Show Spoiler [Afreeca Team Battle] +

- Friendship is Magic
- A Wild Bisu Appears!
- Showdown
- Race to the Finish
- Go Team Bisu!
- Flashing Out?
- God has Fallen!

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 3] +

- ASL3 Power Rank
- Ro24 Preview Pt 1 - Remastered
- Ro24 Preview Pt 2 - Bisu Reappears
- Ro24 Preview Pt 3 - Old and Older
- Ro16 Preview Pt 1 - Easy Way, Hard Way
- Ro16 Preview Pt 2 - Survival of the Fittest
- Ro8 Preview Pt 1 - SKT T1 Feud with Bisu
- Ro8 Preview Pt 2 - OutLasting Flash/BeSting SK
- Semifinals Preview - God Among Men
- Finals Preview - God vs Bag of Builds
- Finals Recap - God Above All

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 4] +

- ASL4 Power Rank
- Ro24 Preview Pt 1 - Reborn and Remastered
- Ro24 Preview Pt 2 - Enter the Tyrant!
- Ro16 Preview Pt 1 - Flash and Zergs
- Ro16 Preview Pt 2 - TBLS Galore
- Ro8 Preview Pt 1 - Let It Rain
- Ro8 Preview Pt 2 - Bisu and Flash Killers
- Semis Preview - Heroic Larva & Dazzling Bisu
- Finals Preview - Flash in the Pan?
- Finals Recap: 3-3-3

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 5] +

- ASL5 Power Rank
- Ro24 Preview Pt 1 - Old and New with Stork
- Ro24 Preview Pt 2 - Calm Before the Storm
- Ro24 Preview Pt 3 - The Tyrant's Time
- Ro16 Preview Pt 1 - Flash et al.
- Ro16 Preview Pt 2 - Zerg Territory
- Ro8 Preview Pt 1 - Forget Bisu, here comes S
- Ro8 Preview Pt 2 - Snow Fall
- Semis Preview - New ASL Champion Inbound
- Finals Preview - My Life For Aiur
- Finals Recap - Rainy Start to a New Era

+ Show Spoiler [AfreecaTV Starleague Season 6] +

- Ro24 Preview Pt 1 - Back & Better than Ever!
- Ro24 Preview Pt 2 - Tip of the Iceberg
- Ro16 Preview Pt 1 - A Storm is Coming
- Ro16 Preview Pt 2- Flash vs Jaedong Rematch
- Ro8 Preview Pt 1 - Outlasting Rain
- Ro8 Preview Pt 2 - Lights, Camera, Action!
- Semis Preview - Two of a Kind
- Finals Preview - Flash vs EffOrt OSL Rematch

+ Show Spoiler [Korea Starcraft League Season 1] +

- Ro16 Preview - Blizzard's Flashy League
- Ro8 Preview - Terran Graveyard
- Semis Preview - Champions and Chokers
- Finals Preview - Jaedong vs Last

+ Show Spoiler [Korea Starcraft League Season 2] +

- Ro16 Preview - The Crucible

Online Tournaments:
+ Show Spoiler [2012 Torenhire Starleague] +

- Round of Eight Preview
- Round of Four Preview
- Grand Finals Recap

+ Show Spoiler [Amateur Brood War Coverage] +

- Amateur Brood War Coverage (Vol I)
- Brood War On All Fronts (Vol 2)
- The Wheels Keep Turning (Vol 3)
- Power Overwhelming (Vol 4)
- A Ray Of Sunshine (Vol 5)
- Operation Boudoir (Vol 6)

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 11] +

- Ro16 Preview - In With The New
- Round of 8 Preview - Bare Necessities
- Round of 4 Preview - The Home Stretch
- Finals Preview - It Ain't Over Yet
- Grand Final Recap - The Lay of the Land

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 12] +

- Round of 8 Preview - A Pleasant Surprise
- Round of 4 Preview - A Gentle Reminder
- Grand Final Preview - Just Deserts
- Grand Final Recap - Box Office

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 14] +

- Round of 8 Preview - Snap Back To Reality
- Round of 4 Preview - The Moment of Truth
- Grand Final Recap - Sea At Last

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 15] +

- Ro16 Preview - The New Normal
- Round of 8 Preview - An Amateur First
- Round of 4 Preview - The Fall of Aiur
- Grand Final Preview - Kings Amongst Men
- Grand Final Recap - The Big Three

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 16] +

- BW Power Rank - August 2013
- Round of 32 Preview - End of an Era
- Round of 16 Preview - The Time is Now
- Round of 8 Preview - Fight For Your Lives
- Round of 4 Preview - Mirror Mirror
- Grand Final Preview - Remembered Forever

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Ranking Tournament Season 17] +

- Round of 32 Preview I - Old Acquaintances
- Round of 32 Preview II - Hot Toss
- Round of 16 Preview - Still Alive
- Round of 8 Preview - Clarity
- Round of 4 Preview - Quick Dream
- Grand Final Preview - Unstoppable Force

+ Show Spoiler [TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague Season 1] +

- Qualifiers: A Dark Swarm
- Qualifiers: Challengers Approach
- Qualifiers - The Final Competitors
- Round of 24 Preview
- Round of 24: Week Two Preview
- Round of 24: Week Three Preview
- Ro24 Recap and Ro16 Preview
- Round of 16: Week Two Preview
- Round of 8 Preview
- Semifinals Preview
- Grand Finals and Liquid`Sea Showmatch
- Grand Finals Recap

+ Show Spoiler [TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague Season 2] +

- Qualifiers - Legacy Continues
- Round of 24 Preview
- Round of 24 Group C & D Preview
- Round of 24 Group E & F Preview
- Round of 16 Groups A & B Preview
- Round of 16 Groups C & D Preview
- Round of 8 Preview
- Semifinals Preview
- Finals Preview
- Grand Finals Recap

+ Show Spoiler [TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague Season 3] +

- Qualifiers #3 and #4
- Round of 24 Preview
- Round of 24 Groups C & D Preview
- Round of 24 Groups E & F Preview
- Round of 8 Preview
- Semifinals Preview
- Finals Preview
- Grand Finals Recap

+ Show Spoiler [TeamLiquid Legacy Cups] +

- The Story So Far
- In Numbers

+ Show Spoiler [TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague Champions…] +

- Ro32 Preview
- Semifinals Preview
- Finals Preview

+ Show Spoiler [Sonic Gabangpop Proleague] +

- Sonic Proleague: Kick-off!
- Sonic Gabangpop Proleague: Week 2
- Sonic Gabangpop Proleague: Week 3
- Sonic Gabangpop Proleague: Week 4
- Sonic Gabangpop Proleague: Week 6

+ Show Spoiler [41 Starleague Season 2] +

- Ro16 Recap
- Ro8 Preview
- Ro8 Recap
- Ro4 Preview
- Ro4 Recap/Finals Preview

+ Show Spoiler [BCTV Starleague] +

- Ro16 Recap
- Ro8 Preview
- Ro4 Preview
- Finals Preview

+ Show Spoiler [Terror TEMPTS Starleague] +

- Ro16 Recap & Ro8 Preview
- Ro8 Recap & Ro4 Preview
- Grand Finals Preview

Other Tournament Coverage:
- SRT18 Round of 16 Preview - On The Edge
- PLU2014 Starcraft Sino-Korean Carnival
- BW ReUnion Tour Reminescence
- Xenix' 7th National PC Bang Event Finals Recap
- KT Giga Legends Match - They Have Returned!
- BSL Semifinals Preview: A Window Into Foreign BW

Strategy/Analysis Articles:
- The Berserker Iris' In-Depth Analysis of Camelot
- Gold Rush and Crossing Field Map Analysis
- Sparkle and Transistor Map Analysis
- Map Analysis - Autobahn and Sylphid
- The Old Man and the Build
- Flash's Starcraft Wakanda in Afreeca

Other Articles:
- Hwaseung Oz's History
- The Many Faces of GuemChi
- Fighting Spirit Imbalance: Fact or Fiction?
- Flash vs Jaedong Rivalry Explored
- Sonic's Legacy: SSL's Lasting Impact
- Revolution: 10 years on
- 2017 Reflection - TeamLiquid BW Awards
- Jaedong: Never Give Up!
- Larva No More - The Evolution
- Eternal Bond - For Aiur
- The Legend Killer - Last
- Hero - Farewell to a Consistently Great Zerg
- Shuttle - Farewell to the Monstrous Progeny of Capitalism
- EffOrt - Farewell to a Monstrous Zerg
- Does Tesagi Exist?

Monthly Power Ranks:
- BW Power Rank: August 2018
- BW Power Rank: September 2018
- BW Power Rank: October 2018

Interviews:
- Shuttle Interview - ASL Champion
- TaekBangLeeSsang Interview
- ZerO Interview - ZerO draws himself
- Flash Interview: "My rival was Bisu"
- Hero Interview: "Zergs are doing very well"
- Cutedan Interview - Peace through StarCraft
- Rain Interview - "Best has the best body"
- Britney Interview- "Took a loss of 25,000,000 KRW"
- Interview with the Devs of StarCraft: Remastered
- SC:R Launch Detected

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium5873 Posts

November 01 2018 22:45 GMT

my favorite one missing here

God of the Battlefield: Part 1

i remember the joy reading that one ,back then i was so bad,but it gave me really good inspiration

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 01 2018 22:47 GMT

God of the Battlefield was written during the KeSPA era. You can find all those articles here: https://www.teamliquid.net/tlfe/

This is the TLFE equivalent for the post-KeSPA era.

GTR

48681 Posts

November 01 2018 22:55 GMT

while its nice to have an archive i don't see why this merits being community news.

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 01 2018 23:31 GMT

The purpose of the newsing is to let the community know that they can find all the writeups since mid to end of 2012 in one place, rather than having to try and search by keywords in the hopes of finding an article that was written years ago. It's another service done for the community that will maintained for a long time. Think of TLFE, except this doesn't have it's own special section due to reasons.

[AS]Rattus

370 Posts

November 02 2018 01:38 GMT

is there a reason, the flash wakanda article isn't listed in interviews?

AntiHack

Switzerland538 Posts

November 02 2018 01:44 GMT

I can't thank you enough BigFan. Keep the hard work!

Edit: This post is especially helpful for those returning or regaining interest in the game after the dark age

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 02 2018 02:29 GMT

^ np. The hope is that this will help any new people to the scene, or allow older ones to find an article that they wanted to read much faster.

On November 02 2018 10:38 [AS]Rattus wrote:
is there a reason, the flash wakanda article isn't listed in interviews?

Yes, the wakanda article is an interview, but also contains an analysis and talks about the 1-1-1 meta. It's essentially a strategy article, with an interview to back up things up so it goes much further than a standard interview. It would be disingenuous to post it under interviews, and as such, it was posted under strategy.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia17434 Posts

November 02 2018 02:46 GMT

It's great to see this. I hope someday I can write as much as I used too. This should be inspiration to those who want to write for TL. The entire sonic era was done through pure passion. None of us cared how small the community got or whether we would receive money. That period defines TL as why it is the greatest community.

FFW_Rude

France10166 Posts

November 02 2018 07:36 GMT

#10

On November 02 2018 11:46 BisuDagger wrote:
It's great to see this. I hope someday I can write as much as I used too. This should be inspiration to those who want to write for TL. The entire sonic era was done through pure passion. None of us cared how small the community got or whether we would receive money. That period defines TL as why it is the greatest community.

If you wanna be a bigFan starts by Bming like a canadian. (That's what i was told)

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom1701 Posts

November 02 2018 17:32 GMT

#11

I have personally collated quite a few of these to keep a record, so this is really useful, thanks.

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 02 2018 19:57 GMT

#12

^ Ah, np. Glad to hear someone else had the same idea and hopefully this helps you out.

Indeed BD. The amount of work that was done then is pretty insane. Lots of members took part and put forth lots of hours of work and content for a small community. One other thing is that the Sonic era writeups also had interviews, and other articles in the coverage and not as standalone so there's a lot of stuff there as well, despite what it looks like.

On November 02 2018 16:36 FFW_Rude wrote:

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If you wanna be a bigFan starts by Bming like a canadian. (That's what i was told)

lol who told you that!

]343[

United States10318 Posts

November 02 2018 21:00 GMT

#13

<3 thanks for this and for continuing to produce content on bw

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 08 2018 08:15 GMT

#14

Thanks, always will <3

XenOsky

Chile1752 Posts

November 08 2018 11:37 GMT

#15

in 10 years this will be esports archeology

GeckoXp

Germany1935 Posts

November 08 2018 11:41 GMT

#16

Wasnt xkcd staff? If so SBWI Teamleague is missing

Also link those on the LP pages

Highgamer

1064 Posts

November 08 2018 12:37 GMT

#17

On November 02 2018 07:47 BigFan wrote:
God of the Battlefield was written during the KeSPA era. You can find all those articles here: https://www.teamliquid.net/tlfe/

This is the TLFE equivalent for the post-KeSPA era.

I never knew about this... how do you find/access this about the main-page?

Mongery

892 Posts

November 08 2018 17:51 GMT

#18

This is insane ty.

BigFan

TLADT24297 Posts

November 08 2018 18:59 GMT

#19

On November 08 2018 20:37 XenOsky wrote:
in 10 years this will be esports archeology

Agree.

On November 08 2018 20:41 GeckoXp wrote:
Wasnt xkcd staff? If so SBWI Teamleague is missing

Also link those on the LP pages

Yes, but this contains all news'd writeups by TL staff. I don't recall seeing SBWI writeups when I was looking?

Afaik, some of the recap/preview writeups are linked, but I have no clue what is and isn't. I don't have time to link them personally, but if a community member wants to try their hand at LP, this is a great opportunity!

On November 08 2018 21:37 Highgamer wrote:

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I never knew about this... how do you find/access this about the main-page?

If you click features which is right under the logo, you'll find the final edits page at the bottom. It was retired sometime around the end of the first open season of Starcraft II so back in 2010.

On November 09 2018 02:51 Mongery wrote:
This is insane ty.

np.

Highgamer

1064 Posts

November 08 2018 22:55 GMT

#20

On November 09 2018 03:59 BigFan wrote:

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If you click features which is right under the logo, you'll find the final edits page at the bottom. It was retired sometime around the end of the first open season of Starcraft II so back in 2010.

I see, and I know why I didn't find it (and this is not meant as a harsh critique, just some user-reply):

If you don't clikc on but just hover over "Features" (as you would do, because there is a little arrow indicating that you will get displayed further options/detail), you only get displayed the options Liquibet, Fantasy Starcraft, TLPD and Bar Craft.
If I see that, I would not assume that I can find other stuff by clicking on the "Features"-button... why would they show me the little arrow and the four options otherwise? It's not intuitive to find more there. But this is exactly the case: If you click and open the page, you get further explanation on other cool basic features like the Forums, Live Streams, Event Calendar, TL Shop - and TLFE.
It's only a detail but I don't think this is well designed. Feels like at some point the "Features"-page was planned to become a gateway for TL-newbies to learn about all the features of the site (which sounds reasonable) - but as it is now, this will hardly be the case: There already is a special "Forum"-button and the Live-Streams can hardly be missed if you visit the main-page. I doubt many people would expect much of another little, unemphasised "Features"-icon, but instead assume that the four that are displayed via the arrow are the only ones to chose from.

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