EPTTeamliquid is a Starcraft website so I dont really understand why dota2 and LoL are featured often on the site, also why aren't other esports games such as cs 1.6 and quake featured when dota and LoL are?
Why are Dota streams featured?
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KAmaKAsa
Finland210 Posts
Teamliquid is a Starcraft website so I dont really understand why dota2 and LoL are featured often on the site, also why aren't other esports games such as cs 1.6 and quake featured when dota and LoL are? | ||
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Graviton
Australia146 Posts
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pycho
Paraguay372 Posts
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:33 KAmaKAsa wrote: Teamliquid is a Starcraft website so I dont really understand why dota2 and LoL are featured often on the site, also why aren't other esports games such as cs 1.6 and quake featured when dota and LoL are? y u mad? User was warned for this post | ||
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
I don't know how they make the selection tho. | ||
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Nekrowizard
Denmark4 Posts
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Witten
United States2094 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:34 pycho wrote: if you dont like it you can go to your profile and make it so it will not show dota/lol streams for you I agree with this, also some poeple on the site like LoL and Dota2, and some streamers will randomly stream Dota2 or LoL even though they're pro Sc2 players. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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DaPyro
Serbia131 Posts
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StuartLove
Germany267 Posts
its really annoying check the streamlist and realise that there are many dota2/lol and other games between. | ||
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Nekovivie
United Kingdom2599 Posts
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Pads
England3228 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:38 DaPyro wrote: They need to feature Testie already... Seriously... I don't think he will get featured, back when he played bw, he qualified for TSL 2 (iirc), but then decided he couldn't be bothered to play, and was banned as a result. | ||
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BushidoSnipr
United States910 Posts
IMO, DotA and LoL shouldn't even be esports xD | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
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n0ise
3452 Posts
inb4 TL.Dota2 squad? ^_^ | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50936 Posts
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:41 BushidoSnipr wrote: If they're gonna stream DotA/LoL they should at least stream CS/WC3/FIFA if theyre supporting esports. +1 IMO, DotA and LoL shouldn't even be esports xD There's currently 109323 reasons why you are wrong | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:38 Grumbels wrote: you can customize the streams to not show them On March 08 2012 21:34 pycho wrote: if you dont like it you can go to your profile and make it so it will not show dota/lol streams for you Do this if it bothers you  | ||
GMarshal
United States22154 Posts
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dtz
5834 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:33 KAmaKAsa wrote: Teamliquid is a Starcraft website so I dont really understand why dota2 and LoL are featured often on the site, also why aren't other esports games such as cs 1.6 and quake featured when dota and LoL are? Probably because most TL members including admins/staff/oldies play more LoL and Dota and other games than Starcraft 2 ( or at least as much as) And also TL is open-minded about what games they can support or not. Anything can get featured. Ng5 used to be featured playing chess. RuN used to be featured as well. Are there cs and quake streamers even in here? And anyone can customize their own streams list. So if it bothers you that much, you don't have to see them. | ||
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anatem
Romania1369 Posts
- where the fps and fighting communities which are the other relevant esports are niche esports by comparison.- because a huge amount of tl members play and follow the dota-genre scene(s). because a lot of the tl staff is very interested in the games. because many sc players/casters are playing these games and stream them. because featuring a game that is in beta with not even half of it total real community and competitors being truely involved in it that gives you 100+ page finals threads in a subsection of a subsection of a site is good for business. it has to be understood that TL is no longer merely a starcraft site, it is a site that is at the forefront of the new business and social model that is esports, and as such it needs to be open and stay in touch with its core which is the community of gamers that are passionate about seeing their favorite games turn into something bigger; and these gamers, us, don't play only starcraft. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:04 anatem wrote: it has to be understood that TL is no longer merely a starcraft site, it is a site that is at the forefront of the new business and social model that is esports, and as such it needs to be open and stay in touch with its core which is the community of gamers that are passionate about seeing their favorite games turn into something bigger; and these gamers, us, don't play only starcraft. "Starcraft progaming news . community . team". That's what TL is, it says so in the header. If you have other sources, please tell us. | ||
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:38 blackone wrote: "Starcraft progaming news . community . team". That's what TL is, it says so in the header. If you have other sources, please tell us. What, so TL can't make small branchings out into other games, simply because the header at the top of the website has the word "Starcraft" in it? My two cents: Dota 2 is an awesome spectator sport. I'd never played a match in my life but I fell in love after watching a single replay. No commentary, just the game. That's not something that's ever happened to me when watching something that is meant to be an esport. Not with Quake Live, not with LoL, and not with HoN. There's just something about Dota 2. It's a Valve game, man. It's a game where one of the top priorities, maybe the top priority from a design standpoint, is competitive balance. Don't be surprised, then, if TL starts to aggressively highlight Dota 2 content more and more. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:43 motbob wrote: What, so TL can't make small branchings out into other games, simply because the header at the top of the website has the word "Starcraft" in it? What? That's not what I said. I was responding to "TL is no longer a starcraft site". anatem said that TL is now a general esports business website, which I don't think it is. | ||
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:51 blackone wrote: What? That's not what I said. I was responding to "TL is no longer a starcraft site". anatem said that TL is now a general esports business website, which I don't think it is. I was snippy, sorry. But I think anatem is on to something. Saying that TL is "at the forefront of the new business and social model that is esports" is maybe overstating things, but TL is certainly looking for ways to serve its userbase that don't have to do with SC2. The crossover between SC2 watchers and Dota 2 watchers is pretty sizable at the moment and I think it's going to grow immensely as the Dota 2 scene matures and the game heads towards release. | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50936 Posts
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Slardar
Canada7596 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:43 motbob wrote: What, so TL can't make small branchings out into other games, simply because the header at the top of the website has the word "Starcraft" in it? My two cents: Dota 2 is an awesome spectator sport. I'd never played a match in my life but I fell in love after watching a single replay. No commentary, just the game. That's not something that's ever happened to me when watching something that is meant to be an esport. Not with Quake Live, not with LoL, and not with HoN. There's just something about Dota 2. It's a Valve game, man. It's a game where one of the top priorities, maybe the top priority from a design standpoint, is competitive balance. Don't be surprised, then, if TL starts to aggressively highlight Dota 2 content more and more. I will not be surprised, and I will love you guys more for it! <3 | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On March 08 2012 22:43 motbob wrote: My two cents: Dota 2 is an awesome spectator sport. I'd never played a match in my life but I fell in love after watching a single replay. No commentary, just the game. That's not something that's ever happened to me when watching something that is meant to be an esport. Not with Quake Live, not with LoL, and not with HoN. There's just something about Dota 2. It's a Valve game, man. It's a game where one of the top priorities, maybe the top priority from a design standpoint, is competitive balance. Don't be surprised, then, if TL starts to aggressively highlight Dota 2 content more and more. My two cents: MOBAs are by far the most boring games I have ever seen and there are very few esports sites that haven't made them their top priority so I'd like TL to stay a starcraft site, especially since Dota is to Starcraft like the NFL is to Chess in terms of popularity. That's just my personal opinion though. | ||
Kiante
Australia7069 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:29 blackone wrote: My two cents: MOBAs are by far the most boring games I have ever seen and there are very few esports sites that haven't made them their top priority so I'd like TL to stay a starcraft site, especially since Dota is to Starcraft like the NFL is to Chess in terms of popularity. That's just my personal opinion though. i really doubt dota or lol will become tl's top priority. tl was built on a fountain of starcraft and continues that way O.o | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:38 DaPyro wrote: They need to feature Testie already... Seriously... THIS | ||
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Whole
United States6046 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
To ignore them is to deny TL's community feature. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14115 Posts
As illustrated by the recent incident with mlg the calender and by proxy the sidebar is a resource to team liquids community. The fact is that it services the lol and dota boards doesn't change anything about it. | ||
disciple
9071 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:29 Kiante wrote: i really doubt dota or lol will become tl's top priority. tl was built on a fountain of starcraft and continues that way O.o who knows... | ||
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Canada13407 Posts
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:29 Kiante wrote: i really doubt dota or lol will become tl's top priority. tl was built on a fountain of starcraft and continues that way O.o Just need bw to finally die and heart of the swarm to be complete shit and it could happen very quickly ;p | ||
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blae000
Norway1640 Posts
On March 08 2012 21:41 BushidoSnipr wrote: If they're gonna stream DotA/LoL they should at least stream CS/WC3/FIFA if theyre supporting esports. +1 IMO, DotA and LoL shouldn't even be esports xD Agree! Dont like moba games what so ever! I can truly say that I will never tune in to a stream showing moba games. It says "Starcraft 2 and Brood War Pro Gaming News" on the tab.. So imo it should only be sc2 and bw stuff. And like you said, if they want to show other esports as well, show the good ones! >o<'' blarhg, pisses me off when LoL gets any attention. (free to play, no skill needed to be slightly good at it = popular) I want esports to be what it was 10 yrs ago.. sad panda. I'll go be emo somewhere now!... | ||
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Sermokala
United States14115 Posts
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idonthinksobro
3138 Posts
On March 10 2012 00:41 Whole wrote: Since they have an option to hide those streams, I don't see the issue. i did not know that you could block all the lol and dota streams, thanks a ton.  | ||
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JonnyLaw
United States3482 Posts
On March 11 2012 01:04 blae000 wrote: blarhg, pisses me off when LoL gets any attention. (free to play, no skill needed to be slightly good at it = popular) I want esports to be what it was 10 yrs ago.. sad panda. I'll go be emo somewhere now!... Are you implying there's no difference in player skill throughout the game? At the same time you're saying that a free to play business model automatically makes a game bad? Cmon man, if a company can make something work without the initial 60 dollar price tag attached it's great for the consumer who then gets to decide whether to spend money directly into the game. On topic. TL has a great community so I appreciate the coverage of other tournaments and games. It allows players to stay within a group of people and have decent forum discussions. Most forums do not uphold posting standards and most communities are not this awesome. | ||
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firehand101
Australia3152 Posts
and @ blae000, wtf? really? that sort of stuff just makes me sick with how people could be so ignorant of other games. If you dont like it, please do not post | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On March 11 2012 13:16 JonnyLaw wrote: At the same time you're saying that a free to play business model automatically makes a game bad? No, he's saying it automatically makes a game popular. That's why Farmville is the most popular game of the last decade. On March 11 2012 13:59 firehand101 wrote: and @ blae000, wtf? really? that sort of stuff just makes me sick with how people could be so ignorant of other games. If you dont like it, please do not post You're the one who's being ignorant here. It's perfectly fine to not like a game and post about that. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
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JugJug
United States37 Posts
i guess i understand if it's hard to set a bar for being featured at this point, but i'd love to see more dota 2 streams. it'd also be pretty awesome if the live stream list was separated by: SC2 DOTA2 Other vs: Player Other ...or something similar. | ||
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matiK23
United States963 Posts
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JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
On October 11 2012 10:13 JugJug wrote: now that TL is covering dota 2, i wanted to ask the opposite question? why aren't more dota 2 streams featured? it seems the only time i see featured streams is when it's a sc2 pro playing dota. i guess i understand if it's hard to set a bar for being featured at this point, but i'd love to see more dota 2 streams. it'd also be pretty awesome if the live stream list was separated by: SC2 DOTA2 Other vs: Player Other ...or something similar. You can go to the right sidebar settings and separate streams by game already. The only featured Dota 2 streams are of pro Dota 2 players and most of the time only if those players make accounts on TL. There's no point to add them to the sidebar if they won't bother with the TL community. | ||
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