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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
On September 01 2011 23:41 Emporio wrote: Don't post for about two weeks. QFT. Lurking is an art-form that is sorely missing now-a-day. Liquipedia is the greatest invention since the slice-bread - use it often; useful it wisely. | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
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Insane
United States4991 Posts
Read the OP (yes, every single word. If it was long and confusing, read it again after you just read it, to make sure you didn't miss something; if you don't care enough to do this, then you shouldn't be posting). If the topic is less than 10 pages or so, read every single page and every single post. If it's a super long topic, then read the first 5 pages, and the last 5-10 pages (nobody is seriously going to read every page of a 400 page thread if they haven't been following it merely to join the discussion  ).After you write your post, read the whole thing to yourself. Are you contributing something to the thread that, had someone else written it, you'd feel made the thread more useful/a better place? If not, just delete the thing and move on. I have 4100ish posts, but I must've started writing like 15000+  . | ||
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
For example how many people know about the Article section? Or the Featured threads? Start with visiting this link (the general forum) and replace the 1 on the end with a higher number as you go on. Who knows where it will take you. Perhaps by some fluke or error you can even access the secret "Men in Red" staff forum. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=1 | ||
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AnxiousHippo
Australia1451 Posts
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57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
"Will i get warned/temped/banned for this post I am making?" If the answer is anything except no, don't post (Especially if you are one of those people who think the mods ban for nothing, don't post at all). | ||
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ChinaLifeXXL
United States365 Posts
To, you know, get any anxiety or butterflies out of the way so you can feel free to contribute with a clear conscience :X | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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Altern
United States1053 Posts
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bkrow
Australia8532 Posts
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
And if you don't give a shit what gum you chew... On September 01 2011 23:41 Emporio wrote: Don't post for about two weeks. In all seriousness, this is good advice. More specifically, lurk and learn the culture before barging right in. I've always liked Manifesto's analogy of being invited into someone's house... you're going to tread the waters lightly before you figure out how things work, that's how it should be here. | ||
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RabidSeagull
United States220 Posts
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insaneMicro
Germany761 Posts
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Falling
Canada11426 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:03 Primadog wrote: QFT. Lurking is an art-form that is sorely missing now-a-day. Liquipedia is the greatest invention since the slice-bread - use it often; useful it wisely. I cannot emphasize this enough. (Maybe because I am a chronic lurker... +1 years of lurking before I get involved in forums.) But seriously, there's been a few perhaps well-meaning posters that got shut down because they had absolutely no clue about the culture of TL and TL's standards. As a result they formed a negative opinion of TL because they felt they were behaving appropriately. A couple threads got opened like this : Confused about rules and community, but because they had already been 'hurt' they couldn't be reasoned with. Whereas, if they had spent a couple weeks or even a month or two getting a feel for what's considered acceptable and not (ban lists are good places to hang out.), the entire issue could have been avoided. This is the value I see in TL's high standards and why I continue to hang out in TL: a lot of people come here to get away from the rest of the internet But when new people jump in and post without gauging the audience, they are met by our first lines of defence and wonder how TL is such a community when they seem so hostile. The problem is the newbie's entrance. TL's defences are there for a reason else we would've been swarmed a long time ago. (Chill's aching bones meme comes to mind.) Also, everyone should know who is Boxer and the meaning of Taek-Bang Leessang. And maybe a few other greats. Know your history and your elders and appreciate it/them! | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On September 02 2011 00:10 sixfour wrote: This works, although I'd say maybe 5% of users actually read the entirety of an OP at the moment so having people read the whole thread is somewhat optimistic. Yeah, I unfortunately don't like reading an entire thread which would take a few hours, plus the thread also expands in that time. So I might start reading when it's 48-pages long but by the time I'm done it might be over 100... | ||
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ggofthejungle
Romania392 Posts
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ZeromuS
Canada13401 Posts
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Zim23
United States1681 Posts
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