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Hi guys 
I just finished work on an unsolicited redesign of teamliquid.
Please find it here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/26207883/Teamliquid-Redesign
I spent a good 50 hours on the few concepts that you see there and I'd love feedback. As the concept says, this design is all about placing the high quality staff/community generated content right at the front. As you'll notice I haven't tried to redesign every single page, that would be much too large a project (I'm doing this in the rare spare time I have!)
So again, take a look and let me know what you think! Would you guys like to see teamliquid get a facelift? Would you want the other websites (legends/hearth etc) also get a facelift? Let me know what you think
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On May 26 2015 00:25 Jormundr wrote:
Website feedback
I would like to keep this here since it is a shared forum across all the websites and getting as much user feedback on this as possible can only be a good thing. Website feedback isn't really good for that.
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Only thing I don't like is there is no blue in the background just plain white. I think this makes the website look more generic.
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
you're missing CS:GO and hearthstone in your redesign. Where do you plan to put those games?
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I like the idea, most of it.
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On May 26 2015 00:32 ToastedBagel wrote:
Only thing I don't like is there is no blue in the background just plain white. I think this makes the website look more generic.
Yeah, I was about to mention this. Reading smaller black text on a white background on a computer screen for longer periods of time is problematic. Also, the forum headers should pop out more on the sidebar, which is why the liquidlegends one is better than the 'vanilla' site.
The streaming icons are too big and its going to be too much of a hassle to scroll through them for most people. Also in my opinion those comment speech bubbles under the spotlighted articles are too big and jump out more than the article headline itself (because of the colours).
All in all, its professional looking but too much like other gaming sites these days.
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Points I dont like:
- streaming icons are too big especially when there are a lot of streams online. Currently on LL over 10 featured streams.
- Would like to have a more SC or LoL feeling to it. Maybe make the background more game related instead of plain white.
Everything else looks good
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It looks more tablet friendly so I definitely like that. I spend a lot of time reading TL on my couch and always misclick stuff ;<
I don't see an event calendar/upcoming events however, I think those need to stay for sure! Nice work
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On May 26 2015 00:59 Ctone23 wrote:
It looks more tablet friendly so I definitely like that. I spend a lot of time reading TL on my couch and always misclick stuff ;<
I don't see an event calendar/upcoming events however, I think those need to stay for sure! Nice work
Yeah for 50 hours I don't think one has time to start considering all different platforms and all the different page templates. (Front page, Stream Page, Article/Forum thread, and so on) I like the more neutral feel of the page, whilst it doesn't shout TL in any way it does have a nice calming aesthetic to it.
EDIT: The only thing that went against this was the yellow, yellow with white text is pretty hard to read at the best of times, this very bright yellow didn't make it easy to see the interview text.
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Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net
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One of the things I like most about TL is that the blue (or green/red on hearthstone/dota) really stands out even though there's a white background. IMO this, combined with a number of borders being removed, takes a lot away from it and makes it less interesting to look at for me. There's also much more space being taken by a few things (news, streams) which does make them more noticeable, but is especially unnecessary for news and makes seeing everything on the front page a bit harder. Right now I can see featured articles, spotlight, hot topics, a poll, the featured video, and a few other things that other people almost certainly find important, but where's that going here?
On May 26 2015 01:24 JieXian wrote:
Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net
Also this 
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On May 26 2015 01:24 JieXian wrote:
Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net
The first redesign was already not good but this...ugh. I agree with the other guy, it's for tablets (minus the left side) and not something I would want to look at.
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On May 26 2015 01:24 JieXian wrote:
Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net
Somebody needs to link pics of OLD TL. I'm sure some people didn't want it to change back then either
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I honestly don't like it. I'd prefer a touch up of the current design.
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On May 26 2015 01:35 Sn0_Man wrote:Show nested quote +On May 26 2015 01:24 JieXian wrote:
Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net Somebody needs to link pics of OLD TL. I'm sure some people didn't want it to change back then either
https://web.archive.org/web/20041204025635/http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php.
I was around when the website looked like this. I prefer the newer look, except for how certain parts of the websites are very hard to find. (like final edits). So touch ups are fine. Especially since TL allowed for customisation when someone grouped the forums differently.
The previous ones weren't a complete remake to some generic modern fancy startup website that sells some REVOLUTIONARY hipster crap or some poser's blog about stupid business advice (looking at the one with the gigantic picture) but were touch merely ups or facelifts. Some of the pictures even screamed GosuGamers and I'm sure none of us want that.
On May 26 2015 01:36 coolman123123 wrote:
I honestly don't like it. I'd prefer a touch up of the current design.
Exactly.
Edit: Upon looking at it again, the homepage layout wasn't actually changed dramatically. It was only the article that had a giant imposing picture. It doesn't even look like a REVOLUTIONARY blog. It's just neither here (What TL is) nor there (a properly done modern design: very REVOLUTIONARY, much SLICK). I saw that circle in the upper right corner... TL definitely would not be better with 100 pictures of gamer guys in every forum page..
As for your design, the background definitely shouldn't be plain white. And looking at how you made a rookie mistake by putting that bright yellow background for a white font in a way that makes it illegible (for the homepage slide show "and exclusive interview with JD), you definitely shouldn't be the one redesigning TL. Definitely not ok with "liquidstarcraft" either.
I sincerely apologise for my attitude in this thread and I usually try to be nice with criticism (or just dont criticise) but this affects all of us. This is not simply some artwork you keep in your own computer.
I think the redesign doesn't respect the identity, image and look of TL.net. TL.net and its DotA, Hearthstone site already looks great and best of all, in its own unique way.
I hope you understand that if someone wants to redesign your (hypothetical) house you'd be making sure to get someone who does a good job. This is nothing personal and I appreciate you spending the time and effort. Just do something that respects the current design more.
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I'm really surprised. I thought I'd dislike whatever was presented, because I'm very happy with the current design. But I really enjoy what Phil/Book's done aesthetically.
Very clean finish. It looks very professional and modern. Perhaps less of a 'homely' TL feel, but comes across very mainstream, feels like you could be reading about football or any sport.
I'm happy if TL never changes, but I think this looks really good and I wouldn't mind it changing either.
On May 26 2015 01:43 JieXian wrote:Show nested quote +On May 26 2015 01:35 Sn0_Man wrote:On May 26 2015 01:24 JieXian wrote:
Call me old but I don't want TL to change, at least not teamliquid.net Somebody needs to link pics of OLD TL. I'm sure some people didn't want it to change back then either The previous ones weren't a complete remake to some generic modern fancy startup website that sells some REVOLUTIONARY hipster crap or some poser's blog about stupid business advice but were touch merely ups or facelifts. Some of the pictures even screamed GosuGamers and I'm sure none of us want that.
Haha. I guess I like the generic look in this case :D.
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Can we finally get an option to set background to black with white text? It's easier on the eyes. Can't get the plugin to work anyway.
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Anything that doesn't waste >50% of the screen space to the left and the right is an improvement for me.
Dunno why liquid sites still so stubbornly stick to this shitty fixed layout.
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