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1. New Staff
Chill has voiced his frustration with the strategy forum for quite some time now, a sentiment shared by many who frequent this section of TL.net. It took a good deal of time to get things moving, but Chill has been promoted to moderator with a strong emphasis on improving the quality of both strategy material and user conduct in the section.
He is in the process of drafting a revamped Code of Conduct for the Strategy section, and would like you guys to make your voices heard in suggesting ideas to make the forums more efficient, productive and well mannered.
There are additional things being planned for the strategy forum in order to aid Chill and other mods carrying out their duty, but these are still undergoing discussion. You will surely hear about them from Chill in the near future though.
Kennigit has been making his presence felt at TeamLiquid since day 1, popping up in seemingly every part of the boards and contributing in various ways. He has been promoted to News, tasked with linking youtube vods into TLPD in VioleTAK’s stead. He has also inherited the family debt from me and is now responsible for updating all non-proleague games to the TLPD as well(proleague is handled excellently by GTR).
These are two highly unappreciated but critical roles that he will be responsible for, and I can't think of a better guy to handle the responsibilities.
2. News Reform
While the previews proved to be a solid endeavor when it was introduced, the format has become rather stale in recent months. The entries became somewhat repetitive, as writers struggled to find their identity within the format.
For the second half of the 2007 year, the News writers will introduce a new format, guided more by their own style, preferences and personality rather than any formal structure. The previews will be no more, replaced instead by a ”Generalized Recap of the games.
The profluence of game vods has rendered the old-style game reports into a thing of the past, while the Live Report thread makers have truly raised the bar in providing their own hype and preview for each set of matches. The new format of news recaps hopes to offer a reading experience that neither of these two could offer.
3. Strategy Section Reform
While the Sc2 forum is widely accepted to be the place where beasts roam, the strategy forum stands its ground as one of the most undermoderated boards on this site. The regular contributors have long voiced their dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs, and we have finally stepped up to the plate.
As previously mentioned, Chill (a strategy section regular himself) has been brought on board to bring order to the land. He is not alone in his pursuit, as we are truly committed to purging the plague that has infested the strategy section for far too long.
We are raising the posting standards that have fallen far too low, and there will be consequences for those who refuse to comply.
4. The Two Day Tempban
Implemented to facilitate moderation of slightly minor offenses, the 2 day tempban gives moderators the flexibility to deal with posters who don’t quite deserve a 1 or 2 week ban, but whose violations should not go unnoticed. PoP coded this one less than 1 day after I requested it to him, and both the mod crew and posters alike owe him a big thanks (yet again!).
Why should both sides be thankful? Because posters will be less likely to suffer a 1 week ban that is a tad on the harsh side, and moderators will be able to have a go-to choice when neither a 1 week or 0 week ban would have worked.
5. Manifesto7
Our fearless leader has applied for a sabbatical. While his presence will be sorely missed, we should understand that his duties as a father, husband, teacher, and student all precede that which he has to this site. He is the best thing that has happened to TeamLiquid, and will continue to be so through his legacy: a standard of excellence and commitment that we can only hope to match some day.
