Live report threads have been a part of the TL culture for the better part of 8 years. During those days a typical live report OP would normally be one of the following: - "Hey does anyone know what's going on with this match?" - "Here are the lineups" - "I didn't see a thread, so I made one!"
The live report threads that pop up today are simply leaps and bounds ahead of what we started with. And while there has been a number of contributors who have made live report threads better, one man stands out.
opterown played a significant part of making live report threads are what they are today. He really took live report threads to the next level in terms of quality - be it through use of polls, ease of accessibility of information, prompt updating, sheer number of live report threads created or simply creating an incredibly useful live report resources thread which have served many others well. It's safe to say that live report threads would not be what they are today without his contribution. (He's also done some other cool things, like the unofficial world champion)
We very rarely award stars on TL. They are reserved for people who make standout contributions to the site - simply looking at our most recent stars dakota_fanning and juicyjames gives you a good gauge of the caliber of these people. opterown recently retired from making live report threads, but to honor his contribution to live report threads, today we award him with a forum star.
Congratulations Opterown. LR threads are not really my thing but from what I've recently seen of you, you certainly deserve one. Godspeed and good luck with year five of your medicine study.
Congrats on the star, well deserved. But to be honest, I'm glad you'll have a bit less time to post here, because otherwise we'd have more posts from people with stars than from people without stars, if you know what I mean.
haha thanks everyone i really wasn't expecting this at all, especially upon retirement haha :p glad i've helped out a bit around the site, glhf in years to come! :D
So this is the guy that improved LR-threads to an incredible useful level? All hail to opterown i say, for making my live as a starcraft spectator so much easier. Congratulations and well deserved! And also thank you to all the other LR-thread posters that keep up this standard.
ty opterown, often I haven't been able to watch a game due to timezone difference or whatever, and in these cases the live reporting threads are a wonderful resource.
Congrats Opterown. Weirdly, I didn't know you as The LR man for a long time. But I found you posting all over TL and thought you were one of the nicer guys here. Then I discovered that you're a wizard too ^^
%10000 deserved. Thanks so much for all the threads, Opterown. When I come to TL it's almost always for an LR thread, and when I come for an LR thread, it's almost always Opterown.
My man. I was just thinking this yesterday when I stumbled upon your LR resources thread again and saw just how dedicated you've been to it. Well deserved. Respect.
For me this is the most deserved star ever, maybe because i actually know who the guy is who got the star... haha. Hard to not know opterown on TL, though.
Congratulation, you certainly deserve it! I hope your studies go well and you keep visiting LR threads even though you might not have the time to be there so often or make them yourself <3
Deserved. Looks like mind-numbing grunt work to me, but the consistent effort he's put into them is undeniably laudable and helpful. Thumbs up to you, sah!
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Congrats opterown!
If so good luck and thanks nonetheless.
