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In foresight of 1.2: Standardized chat channels

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darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-12 07:19:00
December 14 2010 06:25 GMT
#1
I don't know how many of you have played on the PTR already, but chat channels are awesome. The most populated one, currently, is the "teamliquid" channel. What a surprise, eh? Anyway, Blizzard made this awesome little decision to only allow 100 people per channel. I think it's safe to assume that the "teamliquid" channel will almost always be full.

Currently, the channel is used for asking advice, asking for practice partners, hosting koth, obsing games, and the occasional troll. Once 1.2 hits, if one desires to join the teamliquid channel, he/she will probably end up in something like "teamliquid 6". Currently, there are already some channels created by the users of the TL channel, such as a channel called "obs" and one called "koth".

I think it would beneficial for all if we were to set up a standard chat channel system that we can all use so that we can do what we want. Of course, Blizzard set up some channels such as "looking for team" already, but I don't think they've covered all of the bases. It's good to be prepared ahead of time. I personally love joining random customs just to obs and standardization of chat channels would make this kind of thing so much easier than trying to talk in one of the 10 teamliquid channels.

The following is just a suggested list of standard chat channels, feedback and suggestions are always a good thing.


TLGeneral
Everyone's got to have a general chat for just hanging out. Just an internet standard.

TLStrategy
I'm not sure whether to separate channels for strategy for different races or not. Personally, I enjoy talking about all races at once, but perhaps that's just me. This channel would basically be a strategy discussion forum. And you can check the credibility of what everyone says right away

TLkoth
Like the title suggests, those who join this channel are interested in participating in a king of the hill. Spontaneous koths are a lot of fun, based on my experience with the PTR 1.2 so far.

TLobs
Kind of like the koth channel, except people play games and invite people to watch with no apparent structure.

TLCustom
For finding people to play UMS with, like SotIS and Star Battle.
Suggested by: Liquid'Jinro

TLPractice
For finding practice partners whether it be a matchup, practicing micro, or macro, or whatever.
Suggested by: Liquid'Jinro

TLTeamPlay
Meant for finding people to play 2s, 3s, and 4s with.
Suggested by: Liquid'Jinro

TLCoaching
Here, lower league player can seek tips from higher ranking players, whether it be some practice games or just build order suggestions.
Suggested by: hordeau


I can't think of any more at the moment, but I'm sure I missed at least a couple thousand. (NOTE: I will add suggestions if they make obvious sense or if they are supported by multiple users) Of course, these channels, should they be adopted as a standard, will also likely be full, so there might be a "TLkoth 3", but the point of the channel will remain the same and thus make it easy to do what we want to.


NOTE:
If a channel is full, add a number to it. For example, if TLGeneral is full, go to TLGeneral2. If that's full, go to TLGeneral3, and so on.

What do you guys think of this idea?

EDIT: Based on feedback so far, I still can't quite get a feel for whether the majority would prefer divided channels for different races and so on. So I'll leave it to the polls.

Poll: TLStrategy divided or united?

Just a TLStrategy channel is fine. (268)
 
72%

There should be TLTerran, TLZerg, and TLProtoss. (94)
 
25%

There should be TLTvZ, TLTvT, TL TvP, TL PvZ, TL PvP, and TLZvZ. (12)
 
3%

374 total votes

Your vote: TLStrategy divided or united?

(Vote): Just a TLStrategy channel is fine.
(Vote): There should be TLTerran, TLZerg, and TLProtoss.
(Vote): There should be TLTvZ, TLTvT, TL TvP, TL PvZ, TL PvP, and TLZvZ.


Poll: TLPractice united or divided?

Just a TLPractice channel is fine. (239)
 
70%

The channels should be divided by league (73)
 
21%

(19)
 
6%

The channels should be divided by race (segregation zomg) (10)
 
3%

341 total votes

Your vote: TLPractice united or divided?

(Vote): Just a TLPractice channel is fine.
(Vote): The channels should be divided by race (segregation zomg)
(Vote): The channels should be divided by league
(Vote):







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Crichton
Profile Joined September 2010
Japan196 Posts
December 14 2010 06:28 GMT
#2
I assume you're the DC I've been seeing on the PTR for a while? I'm DArgo on the PTR.

Your points seem really valid. If these do become standard channels, they should be put in a sticky on this forum, because as of now there's no good way to find 'private' channels if you don't know about them in advance.
Protoss is the easy race, but I'm sticking with it.
darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
December 14 2010 06:29 GMT
#3
Yes, I am

Glad you agree. I feel like I haven't thought of enough possibilities for channels as of yet, but as suggestions arise I can add them.
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
December 14 2010 06:31 GMT
#4
TLCustom
TLPractice
TLTeamPlay

Insert popular customs that deserve their own chanel etc.
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N3rV[Green]
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
December 14 2010 06:34 GMT
#5
I just think being able to type in TL"something" and find at least a few people to talk to, and or play a few games with is going to be fucking amazing. No longer do I just sit and look at my empty friends list and play random gold scrubs in custom games.

Things like TLPvP, TLPvZ..ect are going to be rather useful.

Never fear the darkness, Bran. The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.
tok
Profile Joined April 2010
United States691 Posts
December 14 2010 06:34 GMT
#6
Could also try
TL1v1
TL2v2
TL3v3
TL4v4
TLOpen
TLInvite
TLPro

just relating all the channels i used to use for counter-strike
darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 06:39:28
December 14 2010 06:35 GMT
#7
On December 14 2010 15:31 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
TLCustom
TLPractice
TLTeamPlay

Insert popular customs that deserve their own chanel etc.


Added.


On December 14 2010 15:34 tok wrote:
Could also try
TL1v1
TL2v2
TL3v3
TL4v4
TLOpen
TLInvite
TLPro

just relating all the channels i used to use for counter-strike


Usually, when I'm in the mood for teams, i don't care too much about whether its 2s 3s or 4s. We'll have to get more opinions on that.
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MavercK
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2181 Posts
December 14 2010 06:36 GMT
#8
TLSC2BW
Brood War Remake - SC2BW - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=145316
KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
December 14 2010 06:37 GMT
#9
it would be great if you could include descriptions to some of them like TLopen/TLinvite/TLpro, i dont know what they mean
To Skeleton King: "Have you considered employment at Apple?"
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
December 14 2010 06:39 GMT
#10
this gets me excited! i think the coolest part about chat channels is being able to be in multiple channels @ the same time.

any day now i hope to see patch.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
December 14 2010 06:39 GMT
#11
I think we can just do Teamliquid1, Teamliquid2, etc.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Aberu
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States968 Posts
December 14 2010 06:40 GMT
#12
I approve of this, and personally this should be made into an official topic in preparation for 1.2 and stickied.
srsly
Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany2959 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 06:44:41
December 14 2010 06:44 GMT
#13
TLProfessionals where only the pros will join as other people would understand... yeah right just kidding.

Nice idea though, a collection of chat channels may proof really useful.

Maybe some Race specific like TLZerg etc.?
Though that would probably end up in a lot QQ about the other races^^

Edit: That's it! TLQQ
WrathBringerReturns said: No no no. Sarcasm is detected in the voice. When this forum is riddled with stupidity, you think I can tell every post apart? Fair enough it was intended sarcastically, was it obvious? Of course not.
darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
December 14 2010 06:45 GMT
#14
On December 14 2010 15:44 Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo wrote:
TLProfessionals where only the pros will join as other people would understand... yeah right just kidding.

Nice idea though, a collection of chat channels may proof really useful.

Maybe some Race specific like TLZerg etc.?
Though that would probably end up in a lot QQ about the other races^^

Edit: That's it! TLQQ


Yeah, unfortunately some stuff is pretty limited since we don't have any moderation capabilities
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Creegz
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada354 Posts
December 14 2010 06:48 GMT
#15
Possibly a TL channel for each race? That would narrow down tips a bit so it's more like TLZerg to hear from Zerg players, and so on.

On the other hand, having a too many channels can cause some to be diluted, or make it more difficult to find specific people.
Who is this guy? ^
-Erik-
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
115 Posts
December 14 2010 06:50 GMT
#16
the only issue currently is that the lack of moderation possibilities leaves everything up to the will of the users
Jugan
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1566 Posts
December 14 2010 06:52 GMT
#17
This sounds like a good idea... But it'll be hard to get everybody to go to the right channel... very messy, but not much you can do. I like the idea :D
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crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
December 14 2010 06:54 GMT
#18
cannot wait for this! bnet is about to get a whole lot more fun. Cant wait to practice and play with my fellow TLers much easier.
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KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
December 14 2010 06:55 GMT
#19
can you set passwords to the chat channels? such as TLpractice would be "practiceTL" that could limit the people in going into the right channel.
To Skeleton King: "Have you considered employment at Apple?"
darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
December 14 2010 06:56 GMT
#20
Unfortunately, no, you cannot set passwords. Basically, you type in a channel name and you're in. No moderation or anything.
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