On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
If necessary, more people will be recruited as writers. That's not much of a problem.
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
We're still here! Don't forget about us T_T
I believe the staff even expanded lately right?
Definitely more SCII writers but I think the number of BW writers that have left/don't write outweigh the influx if I am correct.
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
We're still here! Don't forget about us T_T
I believe the staff even expanded lately right?
Definitely more SCII writers but I think the number of BW writers that have left/don't write outweigh the influx if I am correct.
omg i just realized influx = flux... inwards
ok anyway wait are kwark, plexa, etc. still covering BW?
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
We're still here! Don't forget about us T_T
I believe the staff even expanded lately right?
Definitely more SCII writers but I think the number of BW writers that have left/don't write outweigh the influx if I am correct.
omg i just realized influx = flux... inwards
ok anyway wait are kwark, plexa, etc. still covering BW?
Plexa is going to cover SC2 full time I believe, Kwark is in OSL team with wax and milkis
proleague team is composed of Snowdrift, Harem, Tree.Hugger, Intothewow, Alffla and me
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
We're still here! Don't forget about us T_T
Oh I love you guys, but you can't fight facts, TL is trying to spearhead the SC2 momentum.
It does spur our motivation that we have the best team outside of korea.
On November 11 2010 09:22 TwoToneTerran wrote: TL hasn't really downsized in staff, so much so as there's much much more to deal with with SC2 coming out and the staff caring a bit less about BW. The few dedicated BW staff we have left are stretched thin, though.
We're still here! Don't forget about us T_T
Oh I love you guys, but you can't fight facts, TL is trying to spearhead the SC2 momentum.
It does spur our motivation that we have the best team outside of korea.
Think of it this way: either SC2 will take over and we'll be pretty important or if it fails, we still have a lot of potential new BW players. I don't like it much either, but at least there's the potential to help BW eventually.
No offense intended, but is Waxangel dedicated enough to Broodwar? We're 11 days overdue with his second Power Rank. Some of us still love the BW scene over SC2, and the Power Rank means alot to us. Amongst the tens of thousands browsing TL, it shouldn't be too difficult assigning a staff writer with the proper dedication to writing the monthly Power Rank.
On November 11 2010 19:46 Demand2k wrote: No offense intended, but is Waxangel dedicated enough to Broodwar? We're 11 days overdue with his second Power Rank. Some of us still love the BW scene over SC2, and the Power Rank means alot to us. Amongst the tens of thousands browsing TL, it shouldn't be too difficult assigning a staff writer with the proper dedication to writing the monthly Power Rank.
On November 11 2010 19:46 Demand2k wrote: No offense intended, but is Waxangel dedicated enough to Broodwar? We're 11 days overdue with his second Power Rank. Some of us still love the BW scene over SC2, and the Power Rank means alot to us. Amongst the tens of thousands browsing TL, it shouldn't be too difficult assigning a staff writer with the proper dedication to writing the monthly Power Rank.
Atleast give us a response or an ETA?
Dude. Power Rank is late most of the time. (See my spoof "prediction" above.) Is it good? No. Is this completely normal (especially with PL, OSL, MSL, GSL, MLG to cover)? Yes.
Now, if it's not out by, say, next Monday I'll happily join the bitching.
On November 11 2010 19:46 Demand2k wrote: No offense intended, but is Waxangel dedicated enough to Broodwar? We're 11 days overdue with his second Power Rank. Some of us still love the BW scene over SC2, and the Power Rank means alot to us. Amongst the tens of thousands browsing TL, it shouldn't be too difficult assigning a staff writer with the proper dedication to writing the monthly Power Rank.
On November 11 2010 19:46 Demand2k wrote: No offense intended, but is Waxangel dedicated enough to Broodwar? We're 11 days overdue with his second Power Rank. Some of us still love the BW scene over SC2, and the Power Rank means alot to us. Amongst the tens of thousands browsing TL, it shouldn't be too difficult assigning a staff writer with the proper dedication to writing the monthly Power Rank.
I have some time to kill but I'll shove up what my predictions on what things will look like with quick reasons:
1 - Flash
Fairly obvious. Looks to have lost little after the break since taking the OSL, only defeat in recent memory coming against Best in a game where Best simply played very well. KT's not so great start to the proleague season can in no way be attributed to him, more like nobody else (maybe Stats excepted) is really doing much to help him on a consistent basis. With Flash already having byes deep into each of the individual leagues, there's not a great deal else to comment on.
2 - Jaedong
Also fairly obvious, also can't really say much other than what's happened in the proleague, where he's looked very good, unlike the rest of his team. Losses to Light and Stork aren't overly bad, particularly given Light's absurd vZ record, but are easily enough to answer any question about which way the 1-2 goes.
3 - Bisu
Guy is in form. Very good form. With most other players showing some weakness somewhere, it's quite easy to claim the number 3 slot, and an undefeated proleague record is good enough for me. Would have been nice if he could have taken out Kal in the MSL wildcard thing, but I guess you can't have everything. Hopefully for all the fanboys out there his current proleague form can be translated into a decent run in the individual leagues.
4 - Fantasy
Here's where it starts to get a bit tricky. I'm going to leave Fantasy here because he's not made any huge errors - an above .500 record in the SPL is fine, with the only losses coming to a couple of Protoss players with decent vT (Snow, Stats), and Soulkey, who's just crushing more or less anything right now. He's not had the chance to mess up in an individual league yet through being seeded, so I'm happy to leave him here for now.
5 - Kal
I'd move him up a few spots. Taking down the MSL wildcard event to get seeded in that tournament wasn't easy (although the quality of the opponent prior to Bisu in the final was questionable), but he did so, and a 4-1 proleague record is not bad either, so it looks like he's maintaining some of the quality that saw him qualify for the WCG, rather than some of the garbage he was throwing about towards the back end of the season.
6 - Sea
Playing decently. Already through to the round of 16 in the OSL, he's looking somewhat the better of MBC's Terran powerhouse pairing of late. Hasn't been overly dominant in proleague, with the only decent player he's beaten being Best, but you can only beat who you come up against, and for the most part he's done so.
7 - free
Could easily swap him and Sea around. Free has been an important part of Stars' good start to the proleague season, picking up five wins and doing more or less what's been asked. Dropping that ace match to Hydra against Hentus was bad though, whereas Sea's bad vZ loss to ggaemo came when MBC were dead already against Ace.
8 - Soulkey
If you haven't heard about him already you really should have. His form towards the back end of last season, where he was kicking ass and taking names in the STX Masters, has continued into this one, qualifying for both individual leagues with ease (and already into the round of 32 in the MSL) and looking very good in the SPL as well, with scalps including Sea, Fantasy and Stork. I'd place him higher maybe, but I'll try to be objective rather than letting Stars fanboyism take over.
9 - Stork
Stop doing stupid stuff like losing to Backho. Thanks. Stork has a losing record in proleague at the moment, but is doing just about enough to stay on, with a win over Jaedong and some of the losses coming to good players who are in form. I'm thinking that a different set of opponents could have seen him with more wins quite easily.
10 - Zero
Should have been on last time in my opinion - a 6-2 record so far (only losses coming in ZvZ where anything can happen really) justifies him taking the 10 spot, and because I'm just throwing out opinions I can get away with shoving three Stars players on there.
CBNC - Light (stop doing stupid stuff like being knocked out of the OSL by Horang2), Best (stop doing stupid stuff like being knocked out of both individual leagues, beat Orion and Tyson and you easily make the top 10, but you didn't, so you don't), Turn (6-0 is nice, but like Best you're not in OSL/MSL so will need to keep this up), Stats (in both leagues, some good wins, stole some ace match work off Flash, but nothing really spectacular), Snow (see Stats comment)
EPT
