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I just read top to bottom the Liquid Awards of the year. And something that surprised me was the number of Pros and International figures that were on there commenting about the awards. IdrA, Morrow, Day[9], all the TL mods including Nazgul, Huk, Naniwa, Thorzain, and many more. The amount that they posted got me curious as to how much time they actually spend on team liquid looking around. I know that in that particular instance, the article was about them and more specifically, things that could be debated, however, I was wondering why they don't comment more? I know that may sound ridiculous to say because they're busy people with busy lives but I have a feeling they read a vast majority of the topics because of the smaller ones that get commented on.
For example:
1. Nani's hilarious post about the sex appeal topic.
2. Morrow's post about how his 4 queen opener is "f'ckin awesome."
3. Nazgul's post on Hero's fanpage.
There are more, but I'll stick to those recent ones. I was just curious as to how many Pros are in fact lurkers on the forums because I think everyone in the community would love to hear all your opinions on topics.
Disclaimer: In NO way am I saying the pros don't do enough for the community, because I am greatful that there is even a place where pros can interact. That is awesome. The basis of my post is about the number of lurker pros on Team Liquid and how when they do come out and speak on certain issues, they brighten everyone's day. So, if they're already reading the forums, why not give us their perspective?
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I find that pros post a lot. I'm sure some just lurk, but I think that's the minority.
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isn't it Nazgul's job to be aware of the site? lol.
as for the other players im happy to get the funny nani comment every once and a while 
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DRG posts occasionally, and he has said in interviews that he reads TL often.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts
lol Nazgul posts quite a bit to call him a lurker.
Sheth posts a lot because he usually plays mafia
Morrow pots when there is map balance discusssions
Nani posts when he feels like it.
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A lot of pros used to post.
Then the site grew and they got tore apart sometimes on the forums.
That's the unfortunate of iNcontrol's predicament D:
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HerO posts fairly regularly (for a Korean progamer) in his fan club.
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
Back in the broodwar days, Idra used to post a lot. He's one of the few writing good posts in the strategy forum. SC2 came and he no longer cares.
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It's nice to be able to read what they have to say, however some people treat pros posting like spotting a celebrity.
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A lot of pros used to post.
Then the site grew and they got tore apart sometimes on the forums.
That's the unfortunate of iNcontrol's predicament D: '
Torte: I feel like they still are on the forums even though the website is huge, they just don't post. It may be because of the Newbie to Pro ratio now, but the point is I feel like they still are actively checking in on the forums, and not just the news.
lol Nazgul posts quite a bit to call him a lurker.
Sheth posts a lot because he usually plays mafia
Morrow pots when there is map balance discusssions
Nani posts when he feels like it.
Blind: I would say it is fair to not call Nazgul a lurker, however I think that other pros such as the ones you listed are on a surprising amount so I don't know if that it's just their personality but I feel like if they are on so much and they are pro they'd have a hard time not spewing information and showing their opinion.
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On January 02 2012 18:19 T.O.P. wrote:
Back in the broodwar days, Idra used to post a lot. He's one of the few writing good posts in the strategy forum. SC2 came and he no longer cares.
+ Show Spoiler +
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On January 02 2012 18:15 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Nani posts when he feels like trolling someone.
Fixed that for you.
To be honest last few post by Nani made me giggle a bit.
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Grobyc and T.O.P- Why do you think they stopped caring about posting so much? I'm really quite curious. Is it the new members? The new atmosphere?
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Some guy one time did a 'Posts from pros' thread that had all the posts from pros in that week, but apparently he didn't continue it.
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On January 02 2012 18:19 T.O.P. wrote:
Back in the broodwar days, Idra used to post a lot. He's one of the few writing good posts in the strategy forum. SC2 came and he no longer cares.
Not entirely true. He used to post even then, but he got banned at one point.
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I barely see any pros post
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A track pro post option on the site would be awesome IMO.
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When you look at the kind of responses they're getting in other threads ("you should maybe win something before commenting on strategy" and "you can't talk about what this player does, he's sooo much better than you" and so on), is it really that much of a surprise that they rarely post anywhere in general, and almost never in Strategy?
I know Darkforce used to post A LOT in Strategy, and the kind of replies he was getting and number of random people that would theorycraft-argue against him was painful to read.
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well i think they just dont wanna say anything that would get them into trouble and most would get bombarded(? is that the word) with messages etc. so they decide not to do it. when i watch streams i see that most of the pros have tl open on the back
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lol it shouldn't really be surprising.
just look at incontrol: one post and everyone jumps on the bandwagon, quotes him and pretends they're best friends. it's like twitter (annoying).
or they decide to take the moment to draw attention, criticize him and call him an idiot.
"AHA! GOTCHA!"
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