• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 03:46
CEST 09:46
KST 16:46
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver4[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call8[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End9Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2915
Community News
Weekly Cups (Sep 7-12): SHIN, ByuN, MaxPax double down1StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon98Weekly Cups (Aug 30-Sep 7): herO thrives amid growing schism10Official StarCraft website teases new content ahead of BlizzCon?179Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20)9
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Sep 7-12): SHIN, ByuN, MaxPax double down How do you feel about the StarCraft shooter announcement at BlizzCon 2026? Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16)
Tourneys
RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22 SC2 AI Tournament 2026 Fall Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament KSL Week #92
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 543 Enhanced Defenses The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 542 The Ascended Mutation # 541 Binary Choice
Brood War
General
ASL22 General Discussion Why Protoss Struggles on ASL (Ft. Shuttle, Tulbo) Remastered crash fix suggestions BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Official StarCraft website teases new content ahead of BlizzCon?
Tourneys
[ASL22] Ro16 Group D [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Ro16 Group C [ASL22] Ro16 Group B
Strategy
Replay Review Process - What do you do? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Game Theory for Starcraft
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread EVE Corporation Diablo IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Post Your Watch! Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The Creator Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
Virtual Romance, Real-Life C…
TrAiDoS
Regacy Esports:Our Goa…
regacyesports
Dreaming of BW patches (mod…
c3rberUs
LOCKPICKING NOOB
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 6855 users

Increased player numbers recently - Page 6

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17082 Posts
February 13 2009 20:18 GMT
#101
Totally ban. What a fucker, I've noticed this kid everywhere and he's annoying. Good thing tons of other people feel the same. Get rid of this shit asap.
Moderator
Sourdough
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany92 Posts
February 13 2009 20:21 GMT
#102
"An inflatable is an object that can be inflated with a gas, usually with air, but hydrogen, helium and nitrogen are also used."

(taken from wikipedia)

I propose to extend this definition and add the "discussion" in this thread to the materials that can be used to "inflate" said object. Considering this, the term: "inflation" could be referred to as the process that has been happening here. Hot_Bid and inReach have "inflated" this thread to a far bigger size then it was originally. Both have put in their share of "hot air".
Also I want to note that this post (mine) will also increase the size of the thread and thereby cause "inflation"

I want to see the bubble burst!
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
February 13 2009 20:27 GMT
#103
On February 13 2009 18:20 Hot_Bid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2009 18:18 inReacH wrote:
On February 13 2009 18:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
i think this phenomenon is easily explained by the concept of player inflation, the number of players naturally inflates over time, if you look at the inflation-adjusted numbers its pretty much the same as last year, so its not really signifying anything


Is this guy serious?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation

educate yourself, knowledge is with inReacH


My, my, my. I have to say that this is just amazing.
*applause*

Anyways, an alternative theory to inflation could simply be SCII. But besides that, inflation is your best bet.
ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-13 20:34:05
February 13 2009 20:33 GMT
#104
edit: oh wait. oopsies.
hazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom570 Posts
February 13 2009 20:36 GMT
#105
rofl that poll made me jump
ArC_man
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States2798 Posts
February 13 2009 20:36 GMT
#106
There are more people on battle.net nowadays because Locked started to play BW again.
StRyKeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States1739 Posts
February 13 2009 20:41 GMT
#107
damn that poll shoud have been in its own thread
Ars longa, vita brevis, principia aeturna.
Senx
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Sweden5901 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-13 20:48:47
February 13 2009 20:41 GMT
#108
This has to be the weirdest thread I've ever read on TL.net, I really hope he didn't get banned, beacuse then all his posts won't be inReach anymore
"trash micro but win - its marine" MC commentary during HSC 4
dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
February 13 2009 20:43 GMT
#109
hahaha omg epic thread
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
February 13 2009 20:45 GMT
#110
I voted yes, ban that fucker.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 13 2009 20:54 GMT
#111
AHAHAHHAHAH lmaoooooooo
don't ban me ^_^
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 13 2009 20:54 GMT
#112
its a paradox, if everyone votes yes then everyone on the site is banned
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
February 13 2009 21:06 GMT
#113
Hahaha, I nearly shit myself when I saw the poll, I hadn't even said anything in this thread xD Brilliant use of words in every single post Hot_Bid!
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
banana
Profile Joined January 2009
Netherlands1189 Posts
February 13 2009 21:11 GMT
#114
Wow haha, hot_bid best troll of 2009.
Nightmarjoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3360 Posts
February 13 2009 21:27 GMT
#115
Well I knew the poll's effect from the facebook thread, I just voted yes instantly anyway.

I'm not looking at numbers at all and don't care about the semantics of the situation, but regardless of whether or not there are more players playing bw, I find it harder and harder to get decent "low money melee" games, on battle.net atleast. Seems that most people I see are the same people I've been running into for the past few years, the growing battle.net populace isn't really allocating itself evenly through the various communities within bnet. So then from a less technical definition of "inflation", there's apparently more players, but fewer games in the "low money melee" community, so we aren't seeing much effect from the "rise in players", if anything we're seeing a diminishing player-base within this community, relative to the amount of players on bnet, = inflation.
aka Lyra; My favourites: July, Stork, Draco, MistrZZZ, TheStc, LastShadow - www.broodwarmaps.net - for all your mapping needs; check my stream: high masters mech terran: twitch.tv/lyrathegreat
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
February 13 2009 21:33 GMT
#116
On February 13 2009 21:56 Hot_Bid wrote:
[image loading]

Poll: Ban?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No


err? why does this poll have my name in it? is this a new poll feature or did i piss off Hot_Bid when i sleeped typed or something...
Rillanon.au
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
February 13 2009 21:36 GMT
#117
wait....WTF?!??!?! The pool has everyone's name in it? So like it says "Ban Racenilatr" for me, and for other people, it would say "ban person"? LOOOOL
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
February 13 2009 21:37 GMT
#118
Oh dear.
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
feathers
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States236 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-14 00:41:33
February 13 2009 21:47 GMT
#119
On February 13 2009 21:58 Manifesto7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2009 21:56 Hot_Bid wrote:
[image loading]

Poll: Ban?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No


These numbers are obviously inflated -_-


lol
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
February 13 2009 21:49 GMT
#120
On February 14 2009 06:47 feathers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2009 21:58 Manifesto7 wrote:
On February 13 2009 21:56 Hot_Bid wrote:
[image loading]

Poll: Ban?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No


These numbers are obviously inflated -_-


what did I do?!?


If you review your post history carefully enough it should be obvious.
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 2h 14m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 673
Jaedong 640
Hm[arnc] 62
sorry 48
Killer 46
sSak 28
Noble 26
zelot 20
Dota 2
ODPixel478
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King93
Other Games
summit1g11382
JimRising 569
Happy542
ceh9533
XaKoH 227
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick899
BasetradeTV40
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH394
• Letter146
• LUISG 4
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2157
League of Legends
• Lourlo1280
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
2h 14m
Kung Fu Cup
3h 14m
Replay Cast
16h 14m
KCM Race Survival
1d 2h
IntoTheTV X SOOP
1d 3h
Cure vs SHIN
herO vs Solar
Percival vs Classic
ByuN vs Rogue
OSC
1d 14h
Replay Cast
1d 16h
IntoTheTV X SOOP
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
GSL
3 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
GSL
4 days
Shopify Rebellion Sundays
4 days
Spirit vs Mixu
Replay Cast
4 days
WardiTV Weekly
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #5 - TRS
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
K-JUNGMAN
ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
Calamity Invitational
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSA
Acropolis #5 - GSB
Acropolis #5 - GSC
SC4ALL II: Brood War
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Copium Cup
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.