I learned of TL from playing sc1 so often. I'd see a link to TL through someones profile and go there. After awhile I really got into it after I seen so many SC1 pro matches. <3 TL

MTF

United States1739 Posts

July 17 2010 07:00 GMT

#102

I actually came to TL through Team Areola (now sadly gone), which I had found while searching for a place to download replays.

Replays were the main reason I stayed around TL, too. I believe I spent more time watching those than I did playing. : x

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

July 17 2010 07:03 GMT

#103

There was a link to something on TL on broodwar.de, I don't remember what it was about though. This is when I first learned about TL. Must have been early in 2003. I didn't come back to TL for a few months after that and then stumbled on it again. Lurked for a few more months and then signed up towards the end of '03.

Cheeseburgered

United States716 Posts

July 17 2010 07:03 GMT

#104

voted other:

i was on the gamefaqs SC:BW board and they kept mentioning liquipedia so i went there and found out that liquipdia was apart of this site

ghosthunter

United States414 Posts

July 17 2010 07:04 GMT

#105

When I was at Blizzcon, I first really got into blizzcon, and Tasteless (I believe he was MCing), kept plugging you guys, so I had to check you out

nttea

Sweden4353 Posts

July 17 2010 07:10 GMT

#106

Voted other, honestly i don't know. Teamliquid and me has been connected for as long as i can remember...

mint_julep

United States254 Posts

July 17 2010 07:12 GMT

#107

Googling starcraft questions sent me to liquipedia and I back tracked from there later on.

251

United States1401 Posts

July 17 2010 07:20 GMT

#108

IRL friend (Evochamber)

been glued to it since Savior v Bisu

OneOther

United States10774 Posts

July 17 2010 07:20 GMT

#109

Through IRL friend (Klogon)

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

July 17 2010 07:24 GMT

#110

I first found GosuGamers via Google and joined up. On their forums, they mentioned Teamliquid often in various contexts. Just about everyone held a grudge against sucky TL and its stupid, power-hungry mods because they were banned. "Unfairly" of course. One day I collected the courage to venture to the dangerous and mysterious realm of Teamliquid anyway. I completely abandoned GosuGamers soon after.

GrazerRinge

999 Posts

July 17 2010 07:38 GMT

#111

through nevake (TL VOD) in youtube,
I am glad that i found you, TL!!! =)

gorchiza

Bulgaria200 Posts

July 17 2010 07:39 GMT

#112

I know it from the first GOM , Tasteless mentioned it, I think

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

July 17 2010 07:41 GMT

#113

I don't really know anymore. Maybe through some post on bwcl or pgt or blizzforums or bwmn. Maybe someone on bnet dropped me a hint. I knew about this place a long time before I actually started visiting here more frequently.

I quite certainly didn't find TL via Youtube/Search Engine/IRL friend (I am still struggling to get more people around me to play SC/SC2)/TL Event. Maybe a website link, but I normally ignore those.

Tuke

Finland1666 Posts

July 17 2010 07:47 GMT

#114

On July 17 2010 11:08 3 Lions wrote:
Somehow through Gosugamers, I don't remember exactly.
How ironic =/

Me too, if I remember correctly I found TL after clicking links to their news' sources or something like that. I don't have clear image.

BloodDrunK

Bangladesh2767 Posts

July 17 2010 07:49 GMT

#115

google ftw

tnarg122

United States12 Posts

July 17 2010 07:54 GMT

#116

Fews years back I was reading the old Blizzard SC2 forum and pretty much everyone on their was trashing TL, so I decided I would take a look for myself.

Finland151 Posts

July 17 2010 08:03 GMT

#117

Jayde

Marshall Islands104 Posts

July 17 2010 08:14 GMT

#118

Well, here's the story. I first played SCBW in 2007 or 2008. I had a friend who had two legal copies of BW and he gave me one of them. I played the campaign and that was about it. About that time I saw some of the first SC2 videos, so obviously, I was excited about SC2. After I completed the BW campaign, I didn't play anymore.

Then, one day a friend called me up after he had been watching the arirang (Korea's global TV channel) and he said something like, "wow, that funny game you played a while back was on tv!?!" So, I kept an eye on arirang and watched the next match. I still remember that it was a PvT on zodiac in the GOM (pretty sure it was GOM) tournament. So, of course, I was blown away. All the "genius" ideas like zealot bombing and stuff were pretty much overloading my brain. So after I finished watching the game I called up my friend (who had re-watched it too) and we talked for about 20 minutes. Now I wanted to play again.

My friend and I played when we could and eventually we got a wee bit better. Competition finally drove me to do some goole searches to learn some strategies (I used to do some google searches for "advanced" SSBM stuff). I found a few weird sites that were pretty much really vague and general, but they still helped (remember, I was REALLY bad at this point).

It is worth noting that at this point I was still really just waiting for SC2 to come out.

Then I kept watching pro games and started looking for replays and more strategies. Eventually I found TL.net via a google search, but I didn't really know what I had stumbled upon at the time. I just used the site basics and looked at the "Recommended Threads" thread which was of great help to me at the time. I continued to play and watch more games and I often returned to TL.net for help with strategies and for replays. I have watched every replay posted on Teamliquid since early 2009.

I joined TL in mid 2009 after about a year of lurking.

Then everything kind of switched around in my head. I started to care less about SC2. I still will probably enjoy the game and will follow it, but I really realized that SCBW was something very, very special. Sort of a "once-in-a-lifetime" kind of thing. As long as TL is around I hope to be here, and I hope that they keep up with posting SCBW reps.

Cheers.