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South Africa4316 Posts
On February 17 2011 22:10 Klaent wrote:
Would be even nicer if you could see the highlighted posts right under the original posts. So that when you highlight one it becomed the 2nd post in the threat, when you highlight another it becomes the 3rd one and so on. Then i dont have to look thru 5 pages of spam to find one good post =P
I think posts like these miss the point of highlighting a bit. Posts are highlighted because they can be trusted, not because they answer the thread. That is to say, jumping from one highlighted post to another will probably not make sense, since most of those posts will be responding to some discussion going on in the thread. The purpose of highlighted posters is not to stop other people from discussing the topic and giving strategic insight, it's to make readers pay more attention and give more respect to certain posts.
For example, if qxc says that 1rax expand is very risky against Protoss, then readers can see that he is a highlighted poster, and as such, they won't just call him a noob and say they saw someone in GSL do it. However, qxc saying that 1rax expand is risky against Protoss is not the answer to a thread on fast expands against Protoss, it is simply a part of the discussion. We don't want to say that normal posts be less informative, instead, we want users to realise that certain posts are more informative and dependable.
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On February 17 2011 22:01 BLinD-RawR wrote:
what if I make a really good post on the strategy forum,will that one post at least be highlighted?
Hopefully there will be a highlighted member who quotes it and agrees with it. Generally speaking, outstanding posts will be spotlighted one way or another (or so we hope). I actually made this suggestion internally and the argument against it is that it encourages "you should highlight X post" spam.
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Great idea! I read the strategy forum to be amused by the bad ideas though 
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On February 17 2011 21:57 Plexa wrote:Show nested quote +On February 17 2011 21:55 xtfftc wrote:
My main problem with the strategy forum at the moment is scrolling through lots and lots of pages in search for a familiar post. Would it be possible to add a toggle-able feature that hides other posts apart from those by highlighted users? Or a "jump to next highlighted" button or something like that? If we were to implement this at the moment, it wouldn't be useful in most threads due to the small number of users on the highlight list. This is something we will consider once the list has grown more.
On top of this I would LOVE to be able to see on the main forum page which threads have highlighted posts so I can immediately find them.
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Wow :D if I remember right it was Chill? or was it kennigit who said it on SotG that they were working on this. Finally glad to see got through :D Guess strategy is going to be unminimized and going to be lots of looking. First post I saw after 5-6 months was about Cecilsunkere saying about the 3stalker opening to delay 4gate push which Artosis made a video about. I really like it!
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Let us see if this changes the Strategy forum for the better. Most of the users that are on the list will most likely anyways get a lot of attention. But for members that don't know them, a highlight might scare them from throwing random ideas at them.
Hwaiting!
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Think this is a great idea. Good work TL.
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I really like this idea, it actually might make the strategy forum used for pros to spread their ideas on TL instead of in person or Bnet. I hope this eventually turns into putting amazingly thought out strats on the SC2 TL wiki, so lower level players can start playing and having fun with many different BOs.
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I think putting a little icon by a thread containing a blue post and direct linking the post below the title will show there is a useful response in it.
I mean, you can look at this system as either a way of making sure people know who to weigh more highly in a discussion so those people will post OR you can look at this system as a sort of Quality Control on the strategy forum because blue posts won't appear in threads that don't have enough useful discussion.
I'm not implying there is an XOR relationship but rather the opposite here. In my view, this system is to encourage skilled players to post and act as some form of Quality Control on threads. My claim is that if you mark the list of threads in such a way that blues are visible when casually browsing, you'll draw attention to useful thought out advice.
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You should also add people who are respected amateur and semi-pro players rather than just pros as you have it now.
People on this list would include people like:
iEchoic
Pokebunny
Madison
They post more often and offer sane advice because they know the game well enough to be aware of the fact that they have limits to their knowledge.
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Extremely happy to see something like this implemented.
The strategy forum desperately needs it.
I cannot wait for this list to grow. Will definitely be a great aid.
Well done TL Staff, well done indeed.
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Great move by TL, will be able to venture into the sc2 boards once again
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United States2294 Posts
nice, I am excited to see this at work. I am happy to see DarkForce made the list as well, always love his zerg advice
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Just a quick question are these people also highlighted in the Threads where patch notes are posted?
Because they are generally in the sc2forum posted (i think) and all i really want to read in those threads are the opinions of people that would fit in the category of being highlighted
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Good feature, i'll keep a eye on those.
Also, IdrA highlighted?Probably flamewars incoming.
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On February 17 2011 23:26 antilyon wrote:
Good feature, i'll keep a eye on those.
Also, IdrA highlighted?Probably flamewars incoming.
IdrA is tip-top level player, flaming will only happen because people with less than 100 posts want to make a name for themselves and either be his fanboy or anti-IdrA.
He knows his stuff and if he ever did post in the strategy section, it isn't going to be a horrible one liner unless the OP doesn't have any original thought to his post.
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Aw, I didn't make the list. Then again, I rarely post in the strategy forum anyway because I know how bad it can get. :/ This is a much better idea than any other I heard. Great initiative. Wish I thought of it myself.
You guys should be able to read between the lines if certain bias presents itself.
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This is a terrible idea, elitist attitude. I occasionally post advice in strategy and each strategy post is filled with feedback from different mindsets/users and there's probably thousands of people out there with valid strategy points. Are you going to add them all? By the size and scope of this list, it looks like you're just making a list of well known players and stroking their egos.
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I think this will be very good for the community. Will make it easier to sift through long strategy posts. Admittedly there are some folks missing from this list that should be there, but as you say, it will expand in time. One guy is MrBitter whose strategy advice has helped me personally, and he just posted a very well written ZvT Infestor strategy guide a few days ago.
I doubt that any pressure created by the "Blue Post" status will affect the content of the posts, however. These players are widely respected and the only kind of people who would trash them needlessly are trolls anyway, you know?
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Nice add. A good solution to this problem. I did not think you could manage to do something about it.
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