• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 06:54
CEST 12:54
KST 19:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2915Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Weekly Cups (Aug 3-9): Protoss get shut out5RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-2212Weekly Cups (July 27-Aug 2): SHIN's big week0SC4ALL II: Brood War - $2500 - Dec 5-69SC4ALL II announced - $10,000 prize pool, Dec 5-64
StarCraft 2
General
SC4ALL: II Talent Announcement! Weekly Cups (Aug 3-9): Protoss get shut out SC4ALL II: StarCraft 2 Player Announcement 5/8 Protoss AoE skill expression August World Ranking: Clem climbs to #2
Tourneys
2026 KungFu Cup Announcement PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22 RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 538 Media Blackout The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 537 Hostile Territory Mutation # 536 Railroad Switch
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion Michaelbg appreciation thread ASL22 General Discussion How FlaSh Nearly Forfeited MSL Finals being late BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues 2v2v2v2 Tournament Escore Tournament - Season 3
Strategy
Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Fighting Spirit mining rates Any training maps people recommend? Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread EVE Corporation Diablo 2 thread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank TL Mafia Community Thread NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Letting Off Steam Thread Iain M Banks Says He Has Cancer And Months To Live Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
Are High-Level Gamers more A…
TrAiDoS
Cathedral Of CS And NY pizza a…
FuDDx
Please support my new stand…
Peanutsc
Hello guys!
LIN1s
ASL S22 English Commentary…
namkraft
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 5043 users

NASL a popularity contest? - Page 17

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 15 16 17 All
schimmetje
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1104 Posts
February 22 2011 03:04 GMT
#321
On February 22 2011 11:56 Catch]22 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 09:37 Marou wrote:
On February 22 2011 09:35 Brad wrote:
On February 22 2011 09:34 MuteZephyr wrote:
That's the only way it should be. The good players who have won lots of tournaments are the popular ones and the ones people want to watch the most. I don't want to watch a bunch of people who just managed to cheese their way into a spot.

You gotta work hard for this tournament, the way it should be.


Uhm, no? Popularity has nothing to do with success.


Well lucky us in StarCraft it does.


Look at that poll to your right, Boxer is the most popular, but you could hardly say that he's better than ANYONE on that list right now.

Edit: Crap, I wasted my 1500 post on this! But I think i made a good point.


Honestly? You think that's a good comparison? Fucking BoxeR?
Change to MY nostalgia? UNACCEPTABLE! Monkey paaaw!
Toxi78
Profile Joined May 2010
966 Posts
February 22 2011 03:06 GMT
#322
omg piqliq has over 9000 votes.
i rly hope he gets chosen though, imagine the fun of watching a live piqliq cheese and him eventually winning with 20 proxy void rays, priceless...
squintz
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada217 Posts
February 22 2011 03:09 GMT
#323
On February 22 2011 12:02 Fa1nT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 12:01 squintz wrote:
On February 22 2011 11:58 TheRPGAddict wrote:
On February 22 2011 11:55 DyEnasTy wrote:
On February 22 2011 11:53 TheRPGAddict wrote:
On February 22 2011 11:47 itungle wrote:
i srsly cant stand how people starting to troll this voting system... LIKE COME ON PEOPLE this FKING* tournament is 400k+ and u guys starting to TROLL this voting system....

NASL are generously enough to LET the community speak and I dont think the community is doing what NASL wants. PIQLIQ(cheeser in the community?) and Destiny(streamer) for example I guess have a lot of fame but the thing is they did not accomplish other and did not show enough high level. I felt like NASL should just pick half the people they want in the tournament and half for qualifier like TSL
Well, Destiny's votes were gained from legitimate votes, not a bot/hack like PiqLiq's so I would not categorize that as trolling.



Actually your wrong. Destiny's votes have dropped alot.
I know that, but the votes that have been earned were not from automated bots or a hack like the majority of PiqLiq's. His loss votes were the product of someone's trolling as no one else lost that many votes let alone that fast.


Could be that the Destiny bot used a static IP with some sort of cookie deletion where as the PiQLiQ bot is using proxies or dynamic IPs.


Far more likely that Destiny is just more popular than most progamers, regardless of how much you like/dislike him.


His loss votes were the product of someone's trolling as no one else lost that many votes let alone that fast.

The subject is vote loss not vote gain. Read before replying. We're talking about why he lost so many votes so suddenly.
Elean
Profile Joined October 2010
689 Posts
February 22 2011 03:10 GMT
#324
At least with the popularity contest, terran aren't OP, not at all :D
TheRPGAddict
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1403 Posts
February 22 2011 03:11 GMT
#325
I dont wanna make assumptions though so I dont wanna say with certainty that that is the reason, it just seems probable. Could very well be wrong though.
Maynarde
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia1286 Posts
February 22 2011 03:18 GMT
#326
My god. This thread continued for 11 pages (so far) mainly about voting qq's after iNcontroL stated the voting means nothing. Amazing...
CommentatorAustralian SC2 Caster | Twitter: @MaynardeSC2 | Twitch: twitch.tv/maynarde
Buddhist
Profile Joined April 2010
United States658 Posts
February 22 2011 03:21 GMT
#327
On February 22 2011 12:18 Maynarde wrote:
My god. This thread continued for 11 pages (so far) mainly about voting qq's after iNcontroL stated the voting means nothing. Amazing...

Actually he only raised more questions.

If voting isn't the "sole factor", then what are the factors? Many different answers will lead to the same result: a very closed tournament, where only already known players have a chance.
SilverJohnny
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States885 Posts
February 22 2011 03:25 GMT
#328
Just vote for who you'd like to see play, and let iNcontroL and crew figure out what to do with it. Its not like they're only gonna invite random scrubs to play, nor are they gonna throw our votes out the window. Just let nature take its course, geez.
also i think you should be able to combine like 5 archons to make a really really shitty oliver stone film - Keanu_Reaver, bw balance genius
Zeke50100
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2220 Posts
February 22 2011 03:25 GMT
#329
On February 22 2011 12:18 Maynarde wrote:
My god. This thread continued for 11 pages (so far) mainly about voting qq's after iNcontroL stated the voting means nothing. Amazing...


As I recall, iNcontrol said that the voting would not "decide" who would get it. He said it helped. If the voting truly meant nothing, that's a pretty sketchy, dodgy way to "answer" the question of whether voting would have an effect.

People who still believe voting should have no effect whatsoever are still entitled to rant. I, for one, don't really like the fact that polls end up being popularity contests regardless of good intent; however, I acknowledge that it is a nice way to involve the community (and that there probably isn't a better way of doing it).
Alphaes
Profile Joined April 2010
United States651 Posts
February 22 2011 03:26 GMT
#330
I find it somewhat predictable but still hilarious that the poll got abused in a manner. Still, just one qualifier spot makes me feel a bit disappointed. Really would've liked to seen some more opportunities for dark horses to come forth.
What this
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-22 03:28:36
February 22 2011 03:27 GMT
#331
On February 22 2011 12:21 Buddhist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2011 12:18 Maynarde wrote:
My god. This thread continued for 11 pages (so far) mainly about voting qq's after iNcontroL stated the voting means nothing. Amazing...

Actually he only raised more questions.

If voting isn't the "sole factor", then what are the factors? Many different answers will lead to the same result: a very closed tournament, where only already known players have a chance.
Sounds good to me for a tournament where the Top 50 are supposed to compete.

Unknown players can make a name for themselves in any of the countless Open tournaments that are held every week, I don't think it's a problem if promoting unknown players is not a priority for the NASL.

There's definitely some merit to be found in a tournament that is held to show off matches between elite players.


Even with that said, there's a finals spot reserved for the winner of an open tournament. With that kind of prize pool, that's very generous as is. There would be no problem to sell this as an Invitational tournament only.
Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
February 22 2011 03:29 GMT
#332
On February 22 2011 12:18 Maynarde wrote:
My god. This thread continued for 11 pages (so far) mainly about voting qq's after iNcontroL stated the voting means nothing. Amazing...
You have to see it this way - that's 5 and a half pages full of people arguing for the way NASL does things. :D
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
February 22 2011 03:29 GMT
#333
On February 22 2011 10:06 iNcontroL wrote:
The voting is a fun way to get involved and support your favorite players. It helps but by no means WHAT SO EVER decides who gets selected.

Please stop looking for ways to make this a bad thing.
ModeratorGodfather
Prev 1 15 16 17 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
09:00
KungFu Cup 2026 Week 18
CranKy Ducklings90
LiquipediaDiscussion
PiGosaur Cup
00:00
#94
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko300
TKL 9
Rex 6
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 4573
Bisu 1440
firebathero 803
Mini 382
Soulkey 312
Hyuk 281
Larva 272
actioN 211
Stork 181
Sexy 179
[ Show more ]
EffOrt 167
Pusan 123
Light 113
Killer 110
PianO 104
Last 100
Rush 74
Barracks 58
ZerO 57
Hyun 55
hero 41
Hm[arnc] 37
Snow 37
Sharp 33
yabsab 22
Terrorterran 22
sSak 20
Free 20
NotJumperer 18
ToSsGirL 18
JulyZerg 17
sorry 13
JYJ 12
Shine 12
Dota 2
Fuzer 138
League of Legends
JimRising 349
Counter-Strike
fl0m3395
shoxiejesuss852
olofmeister833
byalli597
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King153
Other Games
crisheroes189
DeMusliM180
ToD161
Sick138
B2W.Neo98
QueenE21
ZerO(Twitch)6
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick528
BasetradeTV48
StarCraft 2
IntoTheiNu 38
WardiTV23
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 13
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 58
• LUISG 18
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP7
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2256
League of Legends
• Jankos929
Other Games
• WagamamaTV306
Upcoming Events
Kung Fu Cup
6m
Replay Cast
13h 6m
The PondCast
23h 6m
OSC
1d 2h
Replay Cast
1d 13h
Escore
1d 23h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
OSC
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Rush vs Hm
Bisu vs Shuttle
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Weekly
5 days
The Patches Monday
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Sharp vs Shinee
Action vs Shine
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
BeSt vs Paralyze
Jaedong vs Speed
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-08-10
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
K-JUNGMAN
Acropolis #5
RSL Revival: Season 6
Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026: LCQ
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W7
CSLAN 4
ASL Season 22
Escore Tournament S3: W8
Acropolis #5 - TRS
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Acropolis #5 - GSA
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1
META DYMY #4
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Thunderpick World Champ.
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.