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hubfub
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Australia352 Posts
May 30 2009 15:14 GMT
#1
OK so I've always wondered this - TL is such a massive active SC community - I mean I think its the biggest SC fansite that exists? (correct me here if I'm wrong)

Anyway we all know why TL is so fucking awesome today but having only joined up in 07 I've always wondered how and when TL started and what made TL so big and popular as it is today - what was it like in the beginning?
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
May 30 2009 15:19 GMT
#2
FUCK YEAH
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
May 30 2009 15:22 GMT
#3
If you really want to look at some of the old old threads, click the individual forum tabs and change the "Show 14 days" setting to "Show All". You'll find tons of history buried within the recesses and archives of this site. Also check out the Articles section, which contains some legendary threads!
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9033 Posts
May 30 2009 15:23 GMT
#4
No bigass avatars!.
hubfub
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Australia352 Posts
May 30 2009 15:24 GMT
#5
On May 31 2009 00:22 ilovezil wrote:
If you really want to look at some of the old old threads, click the individual forum tabs and change the "Show 14 days" setting to "Show All". You'll find tons of history buried within the recesses and archives of this site. Also check out the Articles section, which contains some legendary threads!



although I would love to I dont have that many hours in the day to look through all the old stuff - I was hoping one of the veterans here could sum this up for me :D
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-30 15:30:34
May 30 2009 15:28 GMT
#6
On May 31 2009 00:14 hubfub wrote:
OK so I've always wondered this - TL is such a massive active SC community - I mean I think its the biggest SC fansite that exists? (correct me here if I'm wrong)

Anyway we all know why TL is so fucking awesome today but having only joined up in 07 I've always wondered how and when TL started and what made TL so big and popular as it is today - what was it like in the beginning?


Yooo

I wonder how TL started too

I forgot how this forum looked like when I first came but I'm sure everything on the right side of the website wasn't there.

My profile says I joined in 2004 but I was lurking around before then.
I don't even play or watch SC anymore but I'm still here =D

*I think I came to TL.net when players like HovZ, FroZ, Grrrr..., Assem, Rek, FF)JianG[tC], etc.. were still playing and were pretty big in our SC community.
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14899 Posts
May 30 2009 15:29 GMT
#7
because.
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
May 30 2009 15:31 GMT
#8
This site was actually a lot like the typical bw clan site with the same color backgrounds. It's just through proper site maintenance policies and a slow but fostering community that eventually grew from a small ember to a blazing inferno fueled by passionate translators, ardent battlereporters, and a sort of "laizze faire", but ban when appropriate policy by moderators.

That, pretty much in a nutshell.
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
May 30 2009 15:33 GMT
#9
Oh, and do check out the articles section as i recommended, no matter how little time you have, you should at least check out the forever-archived threads that made it into the hall of fame.
jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
May 30 2009 15:33 GMT
#10
On May 31 2009 00:31 ilovezil wrote:
This site was actually a lot like the typical bw clan site with the same color backgrounds. It's just through proper site maintenance policies and a slow but fostering community that eventually grew from a small ember to a blazing inferno fueled by passionate translators, ardent battlereporters, and a sort of "laizze faire", but ban when appropriate policy by moderators.

That, pretty much in a nutshell.


Yes! That is how I remembered the earlier TL days =)

Also; the replays were awesome. I was trying to find replays earlier on to learn new strategies and counters and watch pros, etc.. but had a hard time finding stuff (before ygclan) but TL had an awesome database.
SilentNoodle
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia290 Posts
May 30 2009 15:34 GMT
#11
i support this thread.
furymonkey
Profile Joined December 2008
New Zealand1587 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-30 15:43:45
May 30 2009 15:43 GMT
#12
TL is awesome.

One thing I don't like is the banner. Can someone explain why is the banner are made out of bunch of white horse? What are their meaning and how they came about?

Everytime when I surf at uni I always quickly scroll down to avoid other seening it. :p

Cheers!
Leenock the Punisher
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
May 30 2009 16:12 GMT
#13
Sure, you are not talking about the divinity that watches TL from the baby-blue background skies? The pony stays!
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
May 30 2009 16:14 GMT
#14
On May 31 2009 00:23 Garnet wrote:
No bigass avatars!.
The mistery of TL has been solved.
BW fighting!
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
May 30 2009 16:16 GMT
#15
It sure is interesting how it all transformed from a clan homepage to a news/community site. The clan itself is more or less dead, but the community lives on.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66357 Posts
May 30 2009 16:17 GMT
#16
On May 31 2009 00:22 ilovezil wrote:
If you really want to look at some of the old old threads, click the individual forum tabs and change the "Show 14 days" setting to "Show All". You'll find tons of history buried within the recesses and archives of this site. Also check out the Articles section, which contains some legendary threads!

Lol I did that a month ago... man those threads had like 1-2 replies rofl
POGGERS
FieryBalrog
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1381 Posts
May 30 2009 16:18 GMT
#17
TL is a lot bigger now than it was in the past. I used to lurk for a year or so.
I will eat you alive
Oedi
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada265 Posts
May 30 2009 16:22 GMT
#18
because it gives out awesome birthday icons :D
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
May 30 2009 16:33 GMT
#19
On May 31 2009 01:17 konadora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 31 2009 00:22 ilovezil wrote:
If you really want to look at some of the old old threads, click the individual forum tabs and change the "Show 14 days" setting to "Show All". You'll find tons of history buried within the recesses and archives of this site. Also check out the Articles section, which contains some legendary threads!

Lol I did that a month ago... man those threads had like 1-2 replies rofl


Ya, like i said, Teamliquid was a lot like the typical BW clan site back in those days. Lots of idle banter and way less replies than what we see today, obviously.

It's crazy actually. It almost inspires me to make a thread on the history of this site :p
LaLuSh
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden2358 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-30 16:37:27
May 30 2009 16:36 GMT
#20
On May 31 2009 00:43 furymonkey wrote:
TL is awesome.

One thing I don't like is the banner. Can someone explain why is the banner are made out of bunch of white horse? What are their meaning and how they came about?

Everytime when I surf at uni I always quickly scroll down to avoid other seening it. :p

Cheers!


Always as hilarious everytime someone brings up the horses (and it's been done alot through the years).

I honestly don't know about the horses. Just that it's been discussed and that by now they're considered an integral part of TL.

Whatever you do though, don't try finding out how rank icons work! Attempting to unlock TLs secrets can lead you straight into some fucked up shit.
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