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LuCiD37
Profile Joined July 2010
United States150 Posts
September 29 2011 00:24 GMT
#141
Too long didn't read.

User was temp banned for this post.
DminusTerran
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1337 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-29 00:28:26
September 29 2011 00:26 GMT
#142
Huh?

Seriously though I generally read the whole thread get depressed by tl's perspective on the topic and close the thread a good portion of my life wasted. This is why I try to remember to minimize general. Today I have failed severely.
Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22632 Posts
September 29 2011 00:27 GMT
#143
I read the first sentences, so now I think this thread is about postcount.

having a high postcount is easy to achieve, just copy the link in my signature and paste it into your browser's address bar, then press enter.

You have now arrived in paradise.
Computer says mafia
EtohEtoh
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada669 Posts
September 29 2011 00:27 GMT
#144
i read until i get something i want to post about, once i hit that I stop reading and post.

weak attention span?
yes...

stupid?
yes..



accidentally write about a completely different issue?
yes...







nitdkim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1264 Posts
September 29 2011 00:28 GMT
#145
OP should've included that "if you read the entire op, don't vote"
PM me if you want random korean images translated.
reneg
Profile Joined September 2010
United States859 Posts
September 29 2011 00:45 GMT
#146
On September 29 2011 00:57 Jibba wrote:
I think this poll is a whole bunch of bullshit, just like the "what's your IQ" poll was.

What the average TLer is and what they hope they are are two completely different things.


i pretty much completely agree with this. I often try to read whole OPs and articles etc before i post, but i don't really post a whole ton, so i just spend a lot of my work day just lurking online and checking out threads without actually contributing a whole ton.
moose...indian
seansye
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1722 Posts
September 29 2011 00:48 GMT
#147
I usually do, but not this one.
Btw if u want to raise your "post count" just go to a LR thread and do live game report or w.e where you quote yourself and explain whats going on in the game, but about 99% of the people are not actually paying attention to what your saying. yea O_o
I will master Speshul Taktics.!
DeepBlu2
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States975 Posts
September 29 2011 00:51 GMT
#148
This poll is completely inaccurate and inconclusive to say the very least... I often mind myself in situations of reading a thread then seeing the people below the OP post literally within 30 seconds of this nearly page long OP... which is ridiculous. I just don't see why people care so much about their post count, which I believe is the direct motivation of people not reading the OP. I see people with thousands of posts that consists of one liners, but there some exceptions, of posters who have many posts but the high majority of them are of good quality.
u gotta sk8
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-29 00:56:46
September 29 2011 00:56 GMT
#149
On September 29 2011 09:48 seansye wrote:
I usually do, but not this one.
Btw if u want to raise your "post count" just go to a LR thread and do live game report or w.e where you quote yourself and explain whats going on in the game, but about 99% of the people are not actually paying attention to what your saying. yea O_o


First, live reporting actually takes up a lot of work and time away from just watching and enjoying games if done accurately and properly (which most people who LR do). I very much doubt someone would do all that work for the sole purpose of raising post count - but even if that is their motivation, it's fine by me since content of those posts is actually useful information.

Second, I imagine it's useful to a lot of people who can't watch the games during work or people who miss a game or part of it. I myself rely on reading LR posts for the majority of a GSL season. It might be worthless for 90%+ people, but it's worth a lot to the rest (unlike most other LR posts).

Out of all useless bullshit in LR threads, you pick the posts that actually contribute something. -_-
Frozenhelfire
Profile Joined May 2010
United States420 Posts
September 29 2011 00:56 GMT
#150
I don't read posts that are too long for the title. This particular original post is two paragraphs too long for the question it asks. If it were me writing the post I would have something like 'I see a lot of low quality posts and people who get high post counts in short amounts of time, and I think they don't always read what they are addressing. What is your habit when it comes to posting in a thread?'

Poll containing better options comes here:
1) always read the whole thing
2) read the whole thing more often than not
3) read the whole thing a minority of the time
4) almost never

In this way I don't need a tl;dr because i didn't fluff up the post with useless garbage like you did. I tackled that whole italicized paragraph in a fraction of a sentence. Brevity over verbosity if you want people to read what you have to say. I didn't read your post because I scanned it and saw fluff and garbage.
polar bears are fluffy
Le BucheRON
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada619 Posts
September 29 2011 00:58 GMT
#151
I think it isn't as important, reading the whole OP, as reading for comprehension. Anyone who reads all day will tell you that getting the gist of a whole article (or paper etc) can be accomplished by skimming a bit.
...But be damn sure you understand the OP before posting a 1 liner idiots!
Guess who`s special?!
Veritask
Profile Joined November 2010
260 Posts
September 29 2011 00:58 GMT
#152
I always read the whole thing... But I disagree OP, I don't think bunker rushes are imbalanced
seansye
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1722 Posts
September 29 2011 00:59 GMT
#153
On September 29 2011 09:56 Talin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2011 09:48 seansye wrote:
I usually do, but not this one.
Btw if u want to raise your "post count" just go to a LR thread and do live game report or w.e where you quote yourself and explain whats going on in the game, but about 99% of the people are not actually paying attention to what your saying. yea O_o


First, live reporting actually takes up a lot of work and time away from just watching and enjoying games if done accurately and properly (which most people who LR do). I very much doubt someone would do all that work for the sole purpose of raising post count - but even if that is their motivation, it's fine by me since content of those posts is actually useful information.

Second, I imagine it's useful to a lot of people who can't watch the games during work or people who miss a game or part of it. I myself rely on reading LR posts for the majority of a GSL season. It might be worthless for 90%+ people, but it's worth a lot to the rest (unlike most other LR posts).

Out of all useless bullshit in LR threads, you pick the posts that actually contribute something. -_-


LOLLLLLLLLL!!! you make really great points and yes their are a lot of bullshit in LR threads.
Sorry to all the LRers out there.
I will master Speshul Taktics.!
Drock
Profile Joined October 2010
United States305 Posts
September 29 2011 01:26 GMT
#154
Had to vote "Sometimes"

If it is more than two or three paragraphs I usually read the first half and skim the rest. If they post a tldr at the end then I usually just skim most of it because if they can sum it up in one sentence then the OP should probably have been shorter in the first place.
I kinda miss Idra...
Xxazn4lyfe51xX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States976 Posts
September 29 2011 04:51 GMT
#155
For me it's more of a question of "can I get through the OP". If I can get through the entire OP and read it all, I might post. If not, I'll just stop and quit reading, but not post either.

(I got through yours, clearly ^.^)
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
September 29 2011 04:55 GMT
#156
It really depends. If the topic interests me, I'll read even the longest of OPs and then read every page before posting.

If not... then yeah it sucks.
chocolatebunny
Profile Joined September 2011
301 Posts
September 29 2011 04:58 GMT
#157
the problem for me isn't the op. its all the pages of posts that are already there >.<
Disquiet
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia628 Posts
September 29 2011 05:16 GMT
#158
Sometimes I will reply to posts without reading the OP, if its a long rambling one I'm not interested in, but someone makes a comment worth responding to. In 99% of cases where I post I will read the OP and usually the latest page of comments. Though sometimes I will skip parts if its a particular long OP, some people can write 5+ pages.
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
September 29 2011 05:18 GMT
#159
depends on the author

length, topic, and how they compose themselves when writing. if i read 4 sentences and 2 of them are complete shit i may not read the entire thing.

yet if someone starts a thread properly I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and read it
Karliath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2214 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-29 05:20:28
September 29 2011 05:19 GMT
#160
Not this one, no.

But yeah, I do read OPs. Especially when you're trying to make an argument against the OP...it's ridiculous to continue if you haven't even read the OP ><
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