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monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
January 03 2012 23:52 GMT
#241
The strategy section can very easily disillusion you.
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Fallians
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada242 Posts
January 06 2012 19:02 GMT
#242
Everyone could just do what I do, search the the user profile of a pro player and go and look if he/she has posted any thing related to strategy. Maybe a bit lurky but I would rather spend 15 minutes looking for IdrA or Ret's opinion then some scrub who thinks marauders counter mutas T_T
If you attack before 15minutes.. It's cheese....
P0ckets
Profile Joined January 2011
United States430 Posts
January 06 2012 19:07 GMT
#243
When you watch a lot of Pros streaming they always seem to have Teamliquid up in the background behind their stream/chat/whatever. So if they are so active in lurking TL that they do it during their peak money making time, they probably are on there during their non-streaming time even more.
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
January 06 2012 19:09 GMT
#244
On January 04 2012 08:10 SeaSwift wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2012 05:54 willoc wrote:
On January 04 2012 04:49 IPA wrote:
There should be a blues/pros only board that everyone has access to but only for reading. I would read that every day instead of the random low masters guy talking in an authoritative manner about god knows what.


I would like this as well!


Me too. Life would travel at a slower pace, but we would get to see some more of the pros/community figures outside of SotG and interviews.


What incentive would IdrA have to respond to Jinro about an issue he is having in TvZ? I just don't know why any of the top pros would want to use the forum. If they want to collaborate they're all on strong teams and have 50 real ID pros already on their BNet dashboard that they could just as easily hash out an idea or strategy with. There is zero reason for any of them to post on a forum about strategy.
Wat
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3463 Posts
January 06 2012 19:14 GMT
#245
Would be cool with links to forums where a pro, wrote something funny.
I think nearly every pro searches tl/other forums, between qeueing for matches.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
Herculix
Profile Joined May 2010
United States946 Posts
January 06 2012 21:33 GMT
#246
they don't post because there's too many people who are just incredibly disrespectful. when SC2 went to beta, pros posted here for a while but went away real fast. after a few months following release most stopped posting. they started posting a lot on reddit at that point but then /r/sc had the same thing happen to them and many avoid that as well. it's just dumb to be criticized by people who usually don't know what they're talking about and who focus on you even more than the average person because you're a pro
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
January 06 2012 21:38 GMT
#247
On January 07 2012 04:09 Tenks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2012 08:10 SeaSwift wrote:
On January 04 2012 05:54 willoc wrote:
On January 04 2012 04:49 IPA wrote:
There should be a blues/pros only board that everyone has access to but only for reading. I would read that every day instead of the random low masters guy talking in an authoritative manner about god knows what.


I would like this as well!


Me too. Life would travel at a slower pace, but we would get to see some more of the pros/community figures outside of SotG and interviews.


What incentive would IdrA have to respond to Jinro about an issue he is having in TvZ? I just don't know why any of the top pros would want to use the forum. If they want to collaborate they're all on strong teams and have 50 real ID pros already on their BNet dashboard that they could just as easily hash out an idea or strategy with. There is zero reason for any of them to post on a forum about strategy.

this.. no one wants to make their thoughts on strategy public
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bnanaPEEL
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada138 Posts
January 06 2012 21:50 GMT
#248
On January 04 2012 04:49 IPA wrote:
There should be a blues/pros only board that everyone has access to but only for reading. I would read that every day instead of the random low masters guy talking in an authoritative manner about god knows what.

Hey, aren't you the guy who made/dramatically improved BW chart?
Always wanted to thank you for the work.
unintentionally intoxicated
tehemperorer
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2183 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-06 21:55:34
January 06 2012 21:54 GMT
#249
On January 07 2012 06:38 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2012 04:09 Tenks wrote:
On January 04 2012 08:10 SeaSwift wrote:
On January 04 2012 05:54 willoc wrote:
On January 04 2012 04:49 IPA wrote:
There should be a blues/pros only board that everyone has access to but only for reading. I would read that every day instead of the random low masters guy talking in an authoritative manner about god knows what.


I would like this as well!


Me too. Life would travel at a slower pace, but we would get to see some more of the pros/community figures outside of SotG and interviews.


What incentive would IdrA have to respond to Jinro about an issue he is having in TvZ? I just don't know why any of the top pros would want to use the forum. If they want to collaborate they're all on strong teams and have 50 real ID pros already on their BNet dashboard that they could just as easily hash out an idea or strategy with. There is zero reason for any of them to post on a forum about strategy.

this.. no one wants to make their thoughts on strategy public

That's what I thought, there's no point to developing something in a game as young as SC2 on a public forum where people that you regularly play in tournaments also read. As a mid-masters player who sucks balls (and is bad at Starcraft2 too :D :D :D) I want to basically post something, like a question or a statement in the expressed hope that I can be told clearly why it isn't correct. If it is correct, as a crappy player, I still need confirmation from better players because there is no other way to really tell, but either way, there's nothing in it for pros really.
I believe it just boils down to there being other avenues for pros to pursue strategy discussions that are better than the TL.net strategy forum.
Knowing is half the battle... the other half is lasers.
jtp118
Profile Joined November 2010
United States137 Posts
January 06 2012 21:57 GMT
#250
On January 02 2012 22:50 BoX wrote:
Every hobbyist forum I've ever visited suffers from the same effect.

The pros rarely ever post.

Ask any of them. From ANY hobby (RC, Paintball, Motorsports, Bodybuilding, etc), "is posting on the forums worth it?"

Nope.




halo pros constantly post in mlg forum threads, but i guess that community is still pretty small.

though it is a bit startling. at one point i made an argument about a certain player (heinz) being arguably overrated in 2009, and then heinz and one of his teammates jumped in the thread and wrote extensive (respectful) responses, lol ...
kineSiS-
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Korea (South)1068 Posts
January 06 2012 22:02 GMT
#251
Dustin Browder said the game was and still is tailored for the casual gamer.

All these different leagues are just ways to boost peoplea ego. ICCup was never lime that and instead fostered a competitive for a game that required significabtly more dedication to' succeed.

The ego boost allows peoplea with a pope understansinf of the game to' post thinking they know something when they font. Plus its harder to' moderate all trolls with a larger audience.

My two cents.
GreyMasta
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada197 Posts
January 06 2012 22:16 GMT
#252
Why would Starfcraft pros be different than me, or any of us?
Especially if they are passionate about their job & their game?

IMHO they even have more reasons to lurk than any of us amateurs :
- chasing Streams of competitors
- taking a quick look at the so called "New revolutionary XvX build" in the Strat section
- following popularities on Fan Clubs
- following the latest rants, controversies that often are "State of the Game" material.
- keeping tabs on tourney's announcements, results & schedules
stuff like that.

"Being up-to-date on what's happening out there in the Starcraft's world" may be also an important of part of the "professional metagame".
For a lot of them, I am pretty sure that Tl is their bowser's homepage
Von
Profile Joined May 2009
United States363 Posts
January 06 2012 22:20 GMT
#253
Often its best to keep silent, lest you run the risk of getting sucked into a chaotic whirlpool of confusion and stupidity.





... ie.......... people can be obnoxious imbeciles.
If its not fun I dont want it.
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