Understand the decision and congratulations.
But Im still crying a bit on the inside.

This website was a major part in me growing up. Being one of the only ones in Norway even knowing about Starcraft it felt like. (Except my dad) when I found Teamliquid because of a search to find korean Starcraft vods I stumbled upon it and found my first handle, and have been checking in now and again for now 2 decades.
Allways forgetting my username, forgot the email connected to the site. I probably have had 10s of different profiles created, just to discuss something random starcraft related.

This site has given me so much love (and hate) over the years. Sad to see it go. But I guess it has to evolve at some point.

Just scared the second I type in teamliquid.net and im not redirected to this wonderful blue and grey homepage, ill be devastated.. And maybe that will take away some of the great memories I have from always having this site to go to.

Its the most familiar thing for me to write on the keyboard of a pc of everything. My default so to speak.

Which was such a personal place for me to go. As my introverted personality, has actually never met a person in real life, who was here before me. Or at least as much of a part of their personal story.
Thats what I get for not ever daring to go to a a LAN alone in my younger years.

I'll miss you, Teamliquid.net.

FueledUpAndReadyToGo

Netherlands30548 Posts

April 05 2019 22:06 GMT

#85

edit nvm

Pedro1

Brazil40 Posts

April 05 2019 22:32 GMT

#86

I cant help but feel sad. I understand the reasoning behind the change but it feels to me that people are moving forward and away from starcraft.
I get that its only natural, but still saddens me. Nevertheless lets make our new home, TL.net, very cozy and warm... just like teamliquid.net has always been

edtechy

Philippines30 Posts

April 05 2019 23:55 GMT

#87

I'm going to miss teamliquid.net so much but I understand and support your decisions. <3

Danglars

United States12133 Posts

April 05 2019 23:59 GMT

#88

You missed a big troll opportunity by not announcing this four days ago.

micronesia

United States24749 Posts

April 06 2019 00:30 GMT

#89

Back when TL first made a turn towards going more 'corporate,' I was one of the people who was secretly against the idea but didn't really offer any resistance. Now that TL is going to have to change the URL, I realize that I should have PREVENTED this and stopped the formation of the pro teams altogether.

As someone who has been reading/posting on this site almost every day since July 2006, it will be an adjustment. First they came for the AJAX-based chat room, then the URL, then...?

iPlaY.NettleS

Australia4374 Posts

April 06 2019 01:10 GMT

#90

should keep it the same

renaissanceMAN

United States1840 Posts

April 06 2019 01:14 GMT

#91

On April 06 2019 06:01 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:

Show nested quote +

About 7 papa john pizzas

Can we get an exchange rate in non-racist pizza?

deathgod6

United States5064 Posts

April 06 2019 06:20 GMT

#92

It's been great, teamliquid.net. Congratulations on finally buying TL.net.

+ Show Spoiler +

Also, I feel like liquidpoker is the most secret of all the team liquid sites, especially now that it's not listed at the top of TL anymore.

Kitai

United States878 Posts

April 06 2019 06:45 GMT

#93

Same great site, just officially naming itself what people have already been calling it for years as an abbreviation. No sadness here =). Congrats on acquiring the domain.

IMLyte

Canada714 Posts

April 06 2019 07:12 GMT

#94

TL is where I first found a like-minded community. I respect the decision and appreciate how Team Liquid has grown to be so much more than a Starcraft community site.

Edpayasugo

United Kingdom2216 Posts

April 06 2019 08:58 GMT

#95

This is sad but I can undertsand the reason, thanks for the full explanation.

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

April 06 2019 10:59 GMT

#96

As long as it’s the same great place where I can occasionally cheer for a Zerg or Protoss player and read the USPMT then it’s all Gucci pour moi.

I never type .net anyways, I just google teamliquid.

Iyerbeth

England2410 Posts

April 06 2019 12:37 GMT

#97

We'll always have the memories. ♥

...And I guess a new url.

ShAsTa

Belgium2841 Posts

April 06 2019 12:58 GMT

#98

I hope the site itself won't change as well.

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

April 06 2019 15:11 GMT

#99

I'm the same as most here, very sad about the decision, and wish TL didn't take the corporate path like Micronesia said, but now that we're, I understand it.

Damn it! Why couldn't we have been our cute little community that does things together, and is nice, and watches starcraft, and branches it out to other life things, and we'd all work for the common good... And not have the community that allowed the team to grow in the first place, replace us

Man, just sad really, hopefully the change won't lower the member base here too much long term, but I think it'll have an impact.

WombaT

Northern Ireland26223 Posts

April 06 2019 16:28 GMT

#100

*Grumbles in not liking change*

It is a pretty minuscule one all in all, makes a lot of sense to me.

Over the years wearing my glorious TL shirt has gone from the occasional bar chat with fellow SC players, to people asking me about MOBA players and getting really confused when I say I really dislike MOBAs, which has been fun at least.

It’s a minor inconvenience that Liquipedia has so many games on it, really stressing the minor, minor inconvenience of having to specify ‘Starcraft liquipedia IEM Katowice’ instead of just ‘Liquipedia IEM Katowice’

Really as long as the forums remain as they are I’m not fussed, they’re immeasurably superior to other spaces both in the user base, basic civility and sensible moderation policies.