My routine is always: check streams on right, check news on left, check dem liquibets. It's a little hard not to be checking the front page section at the same time though, but the left bar is where it's at for me.

TenakaKhan

Germany4 Posts

January 21 2012 11:38 GMT

why no multiselect?
i always check the main and then the left sidebar

felisconcolori

United States6168 Posts

January 21 2012 11:41 GMT

I voted for the front page section, but while I use that for anything REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD READ NOW!!!!, I also look at the left side bar for things that I might want to see (like strategy stuff and tourney stuff) that might be getting drowned in the drama of the eSports moment (aLive, IEM Kiev, upsets at Ro32, Pool Previews, etc) and/or because the front page hasn't gotten an update in a day or two because the admins/writers are just as hyped about watching the tournaments as we are.

Or someone has to skate. (Sorry, that blog will forever mar my mind.)

voy

Poland348 Posts

January 21 2012 11:54 GMT

I would say 1st and 2nd answer

Nus5

Germany46 Posts

January 21 2012 11:56 GMT

front page for sure iam to lazy to search for it

pred470r

Bulgaria3265 Posts

January 21 2012 13:45 GMT

Front page, because I don't visit that part of the forum, and I don't look at the left side where I can't minimize those bars.

Latham

9568 Posts

January 21 2012 13:56 GMT

Front Page 1st, After that I look at the left side bar, and finally, there's a community news forum?

carloselcoco

United States2302 Posts

January 21 2012 16:03 GMT

#10

Left sidebar! I always see it before the front page

tsuxiit

1305 Posts

January 21 2012 17:31 GMT

#11

I always go to the front page first. Tons of cool stuff there.

Tortious_Tortoise

United States944 Posts

January 21 2012 17:55 GMT

#12

This seems like an odd poll to me. Front page generally, but I also sometimes just peruse through the left side-bar and happen over some new community news.

TheDougler

Canada8306 Posts

January 21 2012 17:58 GMT

#13

Do a bit of both personally.

Protocon

United States255 Posts

January 21 2012 18:12 GMT

#14

Front page, because it's literally bold and in my face.

Merikh

United States918 Posts

January 21 2012 18:40 GMT

#15

None of the above?

General Forum, by manually sorting through some of the terrible content to find gems. Since the community news/front page doesn't always catch it all unfortunately.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

January 21 2012 23:05 GMT

#16

Front page / left sidebar.
I don't think I've ever clicked on the community news link http://www.teamliquid.net/news/community

ps: I visit TL very often so I don't risk missing anything really that's why I don't need to click on the Community news forum.

Cable

116 Posts

January 22 2012 01:43 GMT

#17

Mostly the front page. Because it's the most convenient way of reading them.

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

January 22 2012 04:42 GMT

#18

I use the sidebar mostly...I almost never visit the homepage itself truthfully except to check the Spotlights once in awhile.

pierrot2999

France4 Posts

January 22 2012 08:03 GMT

#19

I use everything......like everyone else right?

Forplay

Russian Federation5 Posts

January 22 2012 09:24 GMT

#20

Mainly look for streams and if nothing interesting is up I check the front section. I use left side very seldom though sometimes there are some interesting things there.

di4m0nd

United States297 Posts

January 22 2012 15:56 GMT

#21

i mostly go by the left side bar sometimes main page

KiwiLime

United States44 Posts

January 22 2012 20:22 GMT

#22

Front page and left side bar. i always open new tabs of posts that look interesting to me while i watch streams.

Ruscour

5233 Posts

January 22 2012 22:52 GMT

#23

I've only ever used the left sidebar, maybe the main page once or twice.

EEhantiming

Canada519 Posts

January 22 2012 23:51 GMT

#24

left sidebar for life
only use home for the poll

nakedsurfer

Canada500 Posts

January 23 2012 00:48 GMT

#25

On January 21 2012 19:09 DisaFear wrote:
The left sidebar. Just open anything interesting in new tabs

This is exactly what I do. and then in one of the new tabs I look at the left sidebar again and go from there. Also after a little bit I refresh one of them to see if anything changed

KevinIX

United States2472 Posts

January 23 2012 04:02 GMT

#26

The big picture from the frontpage. If it's interesting, I always click that.

catcher

10 Posts

January 23 2012 12:37 GMT

#27

How do you usually view TL community news? :

Front page section (3045) 69%
Left sidebar headlines (1276) 29%
Click on Community news forum (118) 3%
So 101% view TL community news. Nice!

MarKeD

Australia183 Posts

January 23 2012 14:31 GMT

#28

On January 23 2012 21:37 catcher wrote:
How do you usually view TL community news? :

Front page section (3045) 69%
Left sidebar headlines (1276) 29%
Click on Community news forum (118) 3%
So 101% view TL community news. Nice!

68.59 rounds to 69
28.74 rounds to 29
2.65 rounds to 3

add up what the extra is due to rounding and it's 1.02

Pretty simple stuff really, fairly sure this is why most polls have a 1% error margin.

TheSwamp

United States1497 Posts

January 23 2012 15:45 GMT

#29

On January 21 2012 19:09 DisaFear wrote:
The left sidebar. Just open anything interesting in new tabs

This is exactly how I do it, unless there is something really cool in the front page section.

potatoedoughnut

United States334 Posts

January 23 2012 16:30 GMT

#30

Other: I use RSS or the Hot Threads page.

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

January 23 2012 20:19 GMT

#31

Left bar. Might be because of how everything I need is in the left side of the screen.

sVnteen

Germany2238 Posts

January 23 2012 20:33 GMT

#32

left sidebar or front page

looking at the front page first tho

actually THATS how i do it if i think about it

On January 24 2012 00:45 TheSwamp wrote:

Show nested quote +

This is exactly how I do it, unless there is something really cool in the front page section.

ReketSomething

United States6012 Posts

January 24 2012 01:45 GMT

#33

I use both but I always go to the left sidebar to look at eveything. Only when i REALLY REALLY dont want to do homework do I look into other areas.

Brotatolol

United States1742 Posts

January 24 2012 02:23 GMT

#34

I use the front page more often than the sidebar personally, and I rarely ever click on the Community News Forum itself.

Ownos

United States2147 Posts

January 24 2012 05:19 GMT

#35

I don't hang around on the forums much anymore. Skimming the front page section is the easiest way to keep up to speed on events and player drama.

Now that I think about it, shouldn't TL already know this if they keep track of click through rates?