Hey can somebody explain what happened to teamliquid.net? I know longer can have dota on this site in the way of streams, news and calendar for example. Dota2 is not even in the filter options button thing where I have broodwar turned off for example. I also have league streams which I don't care about. Did this change occur today? I remember before I went to class this morning that the site looked as it always has.

I care because I find it really convenient and easy to check both my starcraft and dota2 steams and calendars quickly with just one site. I would be really bummed if the addition of liquiddota meant losing out on this.

Angra

United States2652 Posts

May 14 2014 08:24 GMT

#562

I browsed this site (and participated from time to time) for 6 years, keeping up on BW, and then keeping up on Dota 2 when it was here. These days I don't keep up with BW as often so I mostly came here for the Dota 2 content, but also enjoyed browsing some of the other forums still.

Now that I have to go to a separate site to see all the Dota 2 content, I don't think I have enough of a reason to come here anymore. 6 years habitually going here and now there's no reason anymore. See ya I guess.

Ariovist

Germany430 Posts

May 14 2014 08:50 GMT

#563

I was also skeptical about these changes, but did not comment on it until I saw how they would go about it.
I personally feel that the change was needed, as the whole site started to feel awkwardly crowded with content that did not really belonged together. I watch lots of Starcraft and mostly only play Dota and only occasionally watch some of it, so mostly the dota news were kind of alienating.
After this re-vamp it really feels like the TL like a couple of years ago again, and I really like it, I have to say !

There is one tweek I would like to propose. Since I still would like to follow the Dota 2 scence once in a while, it would be nice if the links on the top right which lead you to the different TL "clones" would be bigger and maybe formatted differently, like using tabs in the browser. Often you check TL, read what you wanted to read and then switch.

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

May 14 2014 09:35 GMT

#564

You already could filter your account for news and such things. I never did so I don't know how "far" you can go with that. But why not make different websites with a presetting for a particular game!?

I mean:
Have it like this new DotA website, that you have all the news and articles and threads very prominent on the sides and focus "purely" on the "portal-game".
But have all the non-game related stuff like "Community", "Sports", ... globally over all different websites! So if you post something on teamliquid.net in the Community section you can also read that in the Community section of liquiddota.com! So we can all use a portal to our main game likings (may it be DotA, SC, SSBM or Hearthstone. You could even do a LoL version) and get all the news we want but still be together in all the other aspects of TL!
And maybe "banish" all the "other" games the same way under some new category on the bottom of the forums. So if my main interests are in SC, but like DotA a little bit too, I could use the SC-portal and if I want to know something of DotA, I just look in the "hidden" forums what's happening there without changing the website!

Maybe this is stupid, because I "propose" that you basically have the same website 3(+) times only with a different layout and focused on a game! But to me, that sounds quite like an idea and would love to be able to browse <whatever>liquid.net and be part of all!

Tru_m4n

162 Posts

May 14 2014 11:04 GMT

#565

I actually liked it better when all the events, forums and such were listed in one place, here. Now I have to visit yet another website to keep up with all the forum threads, as well as all the tournaments and streams that I want to watch

I kinda understand why you want to split things up, but I don't like it. Guess I'll just have to accept it.

winthrop

Hong Kong956 Posts

May 14 2014 11:18 GMT

#566

soon we may see liquidstarcraft.com as well

adiga

495 Posts

May 14 2014 16:34 GMT

#567

Great, but please keep Dota2 events visible on teamliquid.net too.

wangstra

922 Posts

May 15 2014 08:53 GMT

#568

I had fallen out of SC2 recently especially on account of how much zerg there was in the GSL recently. I still came back because it was easy to get a quick glance at information. My ears perked up as I knew International was coming and now I actually missed some qualifiers.

Maybe I'll get used to them separate but more likely, you'd just lose another visitor all together.

Para29

Canada40 Posts

May 16 2014 03:57 GMT

#569

I'm here for SC2 and LoL content (really, there has been some nice content in regards to LoL posted by the TL community. It is a shame that TL is biased for Dota2) and I am completely fine by this change. The Dota 2 news was mostly unnecessary noise for me.

Lucumo

6850 Posts

May 16 2014 17:33 GMT

#570

While I occasionally browsed some threads and posted in them, it's not enough of a reason to visit a completely separate website. Therefore, it's a bad decision.

hifriend

China7935 Posts

May 17 2014 00:59 GMT

#571

Well, this is the first time I've come on TL since the intro of liquiddota. 11 years of browsing the general forums, it's been pretty much my go-to place for news discussions or talking about the latest episodes of my favourite shows etc. Or catching the odd sc2 tournament, for that matter, even though I haven't kept up that much in the last year or so.

If I could propose one change it would be to keep the non-game related forums shared between the sites.

edit:

On the subject of having shared General/Community sub-forums: It's been brought up earlier in this thread, and it was brought up in the staff forums as well. I think the response was generally positive, though there are technical quirks to work out before it can happen. I think it is going to happen eventually though, provided the technical issues can be solved.

Great, then I'm happy.

Sycamore

204 Posts

May 17 2014 17:43 GMT

#572

Disliking the change, as someone who visits not only the dota forums but also the community, other games and blogs sections.

Another thing: The color contrast between the top bar (blue) and the text space (white/grey) is too strong and a lot harder to read than in the normal TL forums. A lighter blue would be better suited imo.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

May 19 2014 21:23 GMT

#573

congrats

Highways

Australia6105 Posts

May 26 2014 09:28 GMT

#574

Nice change, no more Dota polluting the site :D

Jayson X

Switzerland2431 Posts

May 31 2014 16:26 GMT

#575

Never cared about Dota, and I always regarded the mixed content as irritating.
So yeah I'm fine with the change.

SigmaoctanusIV

United States3313 Posts

May 31 2014 23:29 GMT

#576

I hate this change... Very very much, I follow both plus I really like the General threads for Teamliquid, Have to have two sites opened tabbing between is a bit of a hassle. Wish there was an option for things to stay the same