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Front Page Arrangement: We've moved Community News and Headlines to a more prominent position in the top right. We've also added a "TL Articles" section, which will be an archive of all news articles written by TL writers.
Front Page Coverage Box: We will now have a box that applies to the most recent event with links to a variety of informative articles and resources. This space will be used to keep our coverage more up to date and comprehensive, instead of just having it link to one big aggregation article.
Latest Results: This is an entirely new front page feature. It is a frequently updated section where we show links to Liquipedia for all of the latest tournament, to provide a quick and easy solution for people looking to catch up on results.
Spoiler Policy: We're removing our spoiler policy for StarCraft 2 news. That means news threads and forum threads can now have spoilers in the title and spoilers in the comments, though posters will still have to stay on topic (i.e. don't post about GSL in an NASL thread). Brood War news and forums will remain on the old spoiler policy.
We've always envisioned our site as a place where we can have live, up to date news. We want fans to come to our site and see a player holding a trophy with an appropriate headline. This is the future of coverage and where we've always wanted to be as a coverage site. We began as a site during a time with no live streams and everyone read news to see who won last night. Even as technology advanced, the time zone difference made it impractical to watch live for all but the most dedicated fans. But with the SC2 boom, there are plenty of NA and EU events in appropriate time zones. Although many fans still use VODs, live viewing is now the norm. Professional StarCraft 2 resembles live, mainstream sports for most of its fans, and we believe it's finally time to provide fast, up to date coverage on events as they unfold.
For the minority that still want to visit TL without spoilers, here's how:
+ Show Spoiler [Spoiler Process] +
1. Check the box at the bottom left of the front page, "hide spoilers."
This will hide the Featured News and Community News sidebars, as well as hide any titles with spoilers on the front page, whether in images or in the TL articles or the Community News and Headlines section.
2. Register an account and collapse the forums (typically SC2 and SC2 Tournaments) that will have spoilers in their thread titles.
This will hide the Featured News and Community News sidebars, as well as hide any titles with spoilers on the front page, whether in images or in the TL articles or the Community News and Headlines section.
2. Register an account and collapse the forums (typically SC2 and SC2 Tournaments) that will have spoilers in their thread titles.
Fast event coverage: We will be recapping all events as they happen live. The game descriptions will be generic and not super in depth, but there will be recaps that let you follow the tournament beyond just scores even if you are not watching the stream.
We will also be putting up headlines and images as the events happen as well. If Nestea wins MLG, you will see a photo of him holding the trophy and an appropriate headline hopefully within minutes of the tournament concluding.
We'll be going live with these changes starting this weekend, with ASUS ROG in just four hours and MLG in less than 24. Hopefully with these changes we can provide a much more enriching and enjoyable experience for all StarCraft fans.
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