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Dear great and merciful gods of TL.net.
There is a topic that I am quite concerned about and I would like to open the discussion here.
The topic is: Should all images be banned from LR threads?
Last night, the mighty EvilTeletubby started warning and banning people left and right for posting images in the 2012 GSTL day 1 LR thread.
I admit that I have been guilty of posting images in LR thread before, but I was not aware that this is a criminal act.
In fact, it seems almost a folkway, as in a rule that is lightly enforced here at TL.net
I have personally asked the all powerful EvilTeletubby about this topic and he mercifully replied in the following PMs
+ Show Spoiler +Original Message From EvilTeletubby: The one image is a simply screencap of the feed, that isn't a big TBH. The other image from Fionn I actually agree with you - it shouldn't be in the LR thread. I will send him a PM about it.
I come today not to disrespect the great Teletubby's wishes but merely asking if it is possible that we do not ban all images/cheers from Live Report threads. Not all images posted in LR are as terrible as this one!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=32696¤tpage=1119#22374
Here are a few examples of cheers we may want to keep around.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=300525¤tpage=4#62
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=301612¤tpage=17#340
The first picture was one I had posted was a cheer for the AOL finals. I took time and some thought into making that picture in order to hype a match that everyone knew ahead of time would be a very brief one sided finals. The image got people's attention and interests as seen by this poster:
On January 05 2012 16:00 bittman wrote:Ahahahaha, I wasn't hyped then this popped up =D
The second image was posted as a cheer for EGIdra as he prepared for his match that night. It was meant to rouse fans to watch the tournament and support the player.
Although I agree with that we should preserve the integrity of teamliquid.net and not allow it to turn into a image spam board, I do think that certain images/cheers are helpful in bringing the spirit of the fans into the live report. I submit that the total denial of all images in LR threads including fanart will undermine the purpose of such threads all together: fans gathering together to cheer for their favorite players and supporting esports.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50612 Posts
just to repost what I said in the ABL thread
I think there is a certain threshold as to what kind of images are accepted.
Pregame images and cheerfuls are totally fine because they serve the purpose of hyping the match(or a match for the play day) same goes for banners that OPs use for LR threads, I mean thats why they(I) do it, to create a hype for the match.
whereas randomly spamming images in the middle of the game doesn't really serve any purpose and is no different from regular spamming.
as long as it serves a well defined purpose to the users and the mods, you should be fine.
but still god know why you weren't warned for that hideous bulgougi(am I saying it right) pic, ugh
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
On January 28 2012 00:29 BLinD-RawR wrote:just to repost what I said in the ABL thread Show nested quote +I think there is a certain threshold as to what kind of images are accepted.
Pregame images and cheerfuls are totally fine because they serve the purpose of hyping the match(or a match for the play day) same goes for banners that OPs use for LR threads, I mean thats why they(I) do it, to create a hype for the match.
whereas randomly spamming images in the middle of the game doesn't really serve any purpose and is no different from regular spamming.
as long as it serves a well defined purpose to the users and the mods, you should be fine.
but still god know why you weren't warned for that hideous bulgougi(am I saying it right) pic, ugh
AHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOL!!!
OMFG BLIND-RAWR!!! I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!!
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That picture sure made a lasting impact on blindrawr.
haha
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
On January 28 2012 03:08 neoghaleon55 wrote:
That picture sure made a lasting impact on blindrawr.
haha
-__-;; He wasn't the only one scarred for life FYI
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
I'm too lazy to search and I'm a bit afraid to ask but what was that picture? Somebody can just PM me.
...Or you could post it in this thread.
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On January 28 2012 06:45 flamewheel wrote:
I'm too lazy to search and I'm a bit afraid to ask but what was that picture? Somebody can just PM me.
...Or you could post it in this thread.
Omg finally a two liner
of flamewheel.
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i was wondering this same thing myself, because tons of images bother the shit out of me when reading a LR thread. That is unless they're the awesome hype you up kind of images
I think as with all of TL the quality should just be kept high
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United States7488 Posts
The problem with images in the live report thread is that as soon as someone posts an image, even if it's awesome/cool, then someone else seems to think that it's okay to post images and then proceeds to do so. But most people who do this have terrible judgment. Most of those kinds of people post shitty/annoying images with nothing else to add and clutter the thread which only leads to more shitty images.
If you are posting a picture or image macro or meme or some variation thereof, that isn't directly related to the match at hand and not accompanied by anything else insightful in your post related to the image you decided to add... then please don't post it. It's spam, it's annoying, and it's most often not what we want on our site.
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