i dont kno anyone particular in teamliquid so i m not sure who would i nominate but i think the people who deserve the key the most would be the contestants who tried to get a beta key from contest that have been happening. they should be rewarded for their hardwork. i <3 TL i m glad u guys are getting recognized by blizzard u guys keep it up love the scavange hunt!

intrigue

Washington, D.C9935 Posts

April 20 2010 19:15 GMT

#42

bizzump, we have another winner!

s2pid_loser

United States699 Posts

April 20 2010 19:18 GMT

#43

best banner ever!! lol

rahkshi

United Kingdom36 Posts

April 20 2010 19:18 GMT

#44

Congrats to Klapdout

TheMick

Great Britain164 Posts

April 20 2010 19:23 GMT

#45

harsh rules =x

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

April 20 2010 19:24 GMT

#46

Nice! Goes to show you if you are a quality poster you WILL be recognized and appreciated.

More beta giveaways should be like this and less about random pointless contests. True quality gets rewarded here not random gimmick.

Kerotan

England2111 Posts

April 20 2010 19:28 GMT

#47

I really happy for the guys that won, you guys totally deserved a key, and it makes me happy that good people in the community get rewarded.

Congratulations to Aether and Klapdout.

Vain

Netherlands1115 Posts

April 20 2010 19:29 GMT

#48

On April 21 2010 04:24 LuckyFool wrote:
Nice! Goes to show you if you are a quality poster you WILL be recognized and appreciated.

More beta giveaways should be like this and less about random pointless contests. True quality gets rewarded here not random gimmick.

Yeah, but giving keys away this way is less fun. Well, at leas for me it is

SHr3DD3r

Pakistan2137 Posts

April 20 2010 19:34 GMT

#49

I think its a good idea. Let the undiscovered talent get a chance to shine, blossom, and grow.

Now I will go drool on Kara. brb

rally_point

Canada458 Posts

April 20 2010 19:38 GMT

#50

Grats, Aether, that mineral stuff was very interesting

Daemor

Spain9 Posts

April 20 2010 19:38 GMT

#51

think i cannot come up with something like aether did , good job on his part , he truly deserved it.

cheers

Luga

52 Posts

April 20 2010 19:45 GMT

#52

Pretty sweet contest. A good way to make sure people contribute with useful thoughtful posts that helps the community.

I will have no chance of gaining a key this way XD I screw around too much, too goofy

ElaineCake79

Sweden13 Posts

April 20 2010 19:49 GMT

#53

I have a huuuge insight to something very, very, very uninteresting and not at all important!

I don't have talents like this either.. so uhm.. I'm gonna try to win a beta key by... ah maybe... no.
I'm usually good with figuring out cost efficiencies vs damage output and fiering speed of units in RTS games... but seeing as I don't have a key, I dont really have a good concept of it all, so that's not an option.. hmm...
Don't suppose anyone need a morale boost or something? I can do that... :p
Oh, I can stand on one foot for really long.. I haven't actually meansured... get bored, you know. >.<

Seriously though... I think most things are already covered by those that are really into the game already and commentating/playing really good... Although not to put the OP down for this "contest" or anything! There surely is alot of things to talk about that is considered good info and insight, still.

Maybe something to talk about would be the learning curve of SC2 vs SC/BW. Alot of control and mental capabilities is needed as well as a degree of good finger dexterity is also nessesary, to be a good player. SC2 is more tactical a game than SC1 was IMO.. because of the bonus damages added, you have direct, hard counters in SC2 that didn't exist in SC1. (I like that concept ALOT)
However, for a newbie to get good at SC2, from scratch... there's really only one way:
PLAY GAMES... lots of games! Over and over again until your fingers are getting it by themselves, you start to get faster and faster at doing what's needed.
Also, take small time-out minutes sometimes, to think about what you're doing and what should be improved in your strategy. Watch your replays, analyze and do ask people about counters and such to get a better knowledge and playstyle.
Do NOT go cheesing in every game just to win... you get alot better at the game if you try to get a solid Macro and evolve it to counter the enemies unit compositions.....
I could elaborate alot more on this subject but... oh jeez... did I just write all that...? I'm sorry.. >.< textwall... *rollseyes*

Anyway, cheers to teamliquid for all they do for the SC2 community! (Feel free to move the texwall to another forum if you find it useful)

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

April 20 2010 19:52 GMT

#54

I nominate Lordwierd for this!
I also do not understand that there are any rules aside from no self-nominating.

Cheree

Canada123 Posts

April 20 2010 19:54 GMT

#55

On April 21 2010 02:50 cloudJR wrote:
I'd like to nominate indecisivepenguin for a possible scholarship. He seems like a really genuine guy and I think he would be very gracious if you even just considered him. Congrats Aether on getting a key!

I'm backing IndecisivePenguin as well, I only started to get to know him in the CRUEL! contest. He puts thought, effort in his posts and he's good humored to boot! He stepped up to the challenge and justified his decisions. He wasn't afraid of voicing his opinion despite the criticism. He's shown to be quite open to it in fact and will respect it. He backed up what he had to say as well. Whether or not you agree with what he has to say, he seems like a reasonable person to me, just like NightOfTheDead, also another nominee I would consider for demonstrating he can think, something I haven't seen from a lot of new users. Though, I don't know if he wants to post more, but if he does, he'll do good. I would like to read more from them both about various topics in the future.