There are a thousand places on the internet you can see troll faces. There is only one TeamLiquid.

And seriously, there have been some AMAZING trolls on TL. The best ones aren't the regurgitated garbage of the internet, but grow organically on the site.

Hahaha, so the truth is out. All along I had suspected it was all a ruse, and know I finally know. Hot_Bid isn't human, he's an organic cyber-growth! :O

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

December 31 2010 08:36 GMT

#1344

New years plans for TL staff?

iamke55

United States2806 Posts

December 31 2010 10:32 GMT

#1345

Can someone explain the differences between locking and closing a thread?

p4NDemik

United States13896 Posts

December 31 2010 10:37 GMT

#1346

Locking = no one but mods can post, but the thread stays in the forum it started in. Used primarily if a thread had a very good start (quality OP/posts) and a very bad end (typically a flame war that brings any useful discussion to a halt).

Closing = thread goes to the dungeon that is the closed threads forum. If a thread has little to no redeeming factors, it gets closed.

UberThing

Great Britain410 Posts

December 31 2010 10:59 GMT

#1347

How come if u mention 4chan in an OP the thread get closed? I used them as an example of a DDoS attack and despite being a quite decent light-hearted discussion on how TLs would cope, it got closed

iGrok

United States5142 Posts

December 31 2010 11:09 GMT

#1348

Is there a sandbox-type thing on TL, where I can form my long and heavily formatted posts without fear of accidentally hitting "post message" instead of "preview"? Not that I've done that recently and had to ninja-reflex edit delete or anything. And over-reacted and pm'd a certain admin.

Search for "sandbox" didn't reveal anything =/

And btw, is there a proper etiquette to request a thread be locked/closed?

zatic

Zurich15365 Posts

December 31 2010 11:09 GMT

#1349

On December 31 2010 19:59 UberThing wrote:
How come if u mention 4chan in an OP the thread get closed? I used them as an example of a DDoS attack and despite being a quite decent light-hearted discussion on how TLs would cope, it got closed

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=86434

Also please make an effort to type proper English in the future. Thanks.

KwarK

United States43960 Posts

December 31 2010 11:19 GMT

#1350

On December 31 2010 20:09 iGrok wrote:
Is there a sandbox-type thing on TL, where I can form my long and heavily formatted posts without fear of accidentally hitting "post message" instead of "preview"? Not that I've done that recently and had to ninja-reflex edit delete or anything. And over-reacted and pm'd a certain admin.

Search for "sandbox" didn't reveal anything =/

And btw, is there a proper etiquette to request a thread be locked/closed?

Use preview. If you do it then simply edit your post and explain that you accidentally hit post rather than preview. It's not an issue.

Wala.Revolution

7584 Posts

January 01 2011 10:21 GMT

#1351

On December 31 2010 12:22 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:

Show nested quote +

We'll see who eats whom >: O

Feeder everywhere you go eh?

Archas

United States6531 Posts

January 01 2011 18:28 GMT

#1352

About the TL.net changelog in Website Feedback:

On December 24 2010 10:34 R1CH wrote:

Banned users can now PM moderators if they wish to discuss their ban.

Are people aware of this by now? I doubt that many users here even know what the Website Feedback subforum is or where to find it, let alone having the foresight to check the changelog for important updates. Are banned users notified of this new privilege, so as to prevent any more cases of people making accounts to PM about their bans, only to be rebanned due to suspected ban-dodging?

Also, how do you guys know that this feature works as intended? I don't mean to imply that R1CH is in any way less than omnipotent, but did you just ban some random Joe and force him to test the feature against his will? The idea of the mods using an RNG to select some TLers to fuck over is amusing to me. =)

TheMunkey

Canada470 Posts

January 01 2011 19:05 GMT

#1353

Who is the concensus "funny man" on the tl crew?

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

January 01 2011 19:21 GMT

#1354

On January 02 2011 04:05 TheMunkey wrote:
Who is the concensus "funny man" on the tl crew?

Bob and Brood always make me laugh.

Harem

United States11393 Posts

January 01 2011 20:39 GMT

#1355

On January 02 2011 03:28 Aeres wrote:
Also, how do you guys know that this feature works as intended? I don't mean to imply that R1CH is in any way less than omnipotent, but did you just ban some random Joe and force him to test the feature against his will? The idea of the mods using an RNG to select some TLers to fuck over is amusing to me. =)

Are you volunteering to test if it works??

Archas

United States6531 Posts

January 01 2011 20:43 GMT

#1356

On January 02 2011 05:39 Harem wrote:

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Are you volunteering to test if it works??

You sure know how to twist words. Then again, you have the banhammer, so it's not like I could stop you from banning me. =(

Do what you will, I suppose.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

January 01 2011 21:02 GMT

#1357

How many of the mods wanted TSL 3 to be a BW tourney?

Mr. Wiggles

Canada5894 Posts

January 01 2011 21:23 GMT

#1358

Hi TL staff! I was wondering, is there anywhere I can read the history of TL, or should I PM one of the admins to get the story? Also, is there any possible way you know of to get Morgan Freeman to narrate it out to me?

Thanks.