Table of Contents





Introducing TL Strategy

The new center of StarCraft II strategy







The Key Threads

The first stop for all your strategy needs







High Level Guides

Spotlighted and peer-reviewed







A Cooperation with Liquipedia

Liquipedia gains some strategy







Protoss vs Zerg

Updates to the ultimate guide







Strategy Reviews

High level analysis of professional games







The new center of StarCraft II strategyThe first stop for all your strategy needsSpotlighted and peer-reviewedLiquipedia gains some strategyUpdates to the ultimate guideHigh level analysis of professional games

Introducing TL Strategy



Previously, there did not exist a particularly good hub of information about Starcraft II Strategy on the internet. Your best bet was probably the Teamliquid strategy forums, but the guides written were often poorly organized and the quality wasn't easily verified. Liquipedia had the opposite problem; its guides were organized, but they were often out-of-date and incomplete. Some strategy content producers like Day[9] and d.Apollo produce great content, but they are but just single individuals. There are also a lot of smaller sites that try to cater to strategy, such as various coaching sites, reddit strategy, and small "guide" sites, but none of these have really taken the initiative to be more.



After the release of the Protoss versus Zerg guide, I received a flood of replies from volunteers wishing to donate their free time in order to help out with updates to this guide and even future guides. It was then that I realized that with some organization, Teamliquid had the potential and the resources to hold a dominant position as the premier place for StarCraft II strategy on the web. Our strategy section already contains many high quality guides written and researched by high level players. And for the first time, we had a readily available, organized group of motivated volunteers willing to cooperate in order to churn out projects for the strategy section..



I believe the timing for this transition is perfect. The release of Previously, there did not exist a particularly good hub of information about Starcraft II Strategy on the internet. Your best bet was probably the Teamliquid strategy forums, but the guides written were often poorly organized and the quality wasn't easily verified. Liquipedia had the opposite problem; its guides were organized, but they were often out-of-date and incomplete. Some strategy content producers like Day[9] and d.Apollo produce great content, but they are but just single individuals. There are also a lot of smaller sites that try to cater to strategy, such as various coaching sites, reddit strategy, and small "guide" sites, but none of these have really taken the initiative to be more.After the release of the Protoss versus Zerg guide, I received a flood of replies from volunteers wishing to donate their free time in order to help out with updates to this guide and even future guides. It was then that I realized that with some organization, Teamliquid had the potential and the resources to hold a dominant position as the premier place for StarCraft II strategy on the web. Our strategy section already contains many high quality guides written and researched by high level players. And for the first time, we had a readily available, organized group of motivated volunteers willing to cooperate in order to churn out projects for the strategy section..I believe the timing for this transition is perfect. The release of the ultimate PvZ guide shows that we are serious about producing high quality content. In addition, the upcoming release of HotS will certainly drive up the demand for guides with the brand new strategies it's sure to bring along with it. So without further ado, here is what a revamped TeamLiquid Strategy section means.

Spotlighted Peer-Reviewed Guides





Guide writers will submit their guides for consideration to be spotlighted. These guides will first be heavily peer-reviewed by a panel of high level players. Then they'll be organized, edited, and formatted by our internal strategy team that we've set up specifically for this process. In addition, all accepted guides will be immediately converted to Liquipedia (more on this later.) Finally, all approved guides that have gone through this vigorous process will received a special tag and then be spotlighted on the front page of Teamliquid, one of the, if not THE most heavily trafficked webpage in the Starcraft community. The multitude of benefits this process provides include:

Proper promotion of quality content: We actually have many wonderful guides in the strategy forums currently that are very well-written, but they don't get much exposure because many TL users don't frequent the strategy section.



We actually have many wonderful guides in the strategy forums currently that are very well-written, but they don't get much exposure because many TL users don't frequent the strategy section. Visibility for writers/high level players: It's difficult to convince the average high level, semi-professional, or professional player to write a guide. We understand that writing a guide takes a lot of time commitment and it can expose strategies that their potential opponents can use against them. In the past, it was also rather difficult to get a return on your investment when you wrote a guide. But now that guides will have a place to be displayed more prominently, guide writers can expect to see more of a return in the form of fans, students interested in coaching, or stream viewers.



It's difficult to convince the average high level, semi-professional, or professional player to write a guide. We understand that writing a guide takes a lot of time commitment and it can expose strategies that their potential opponents can use against them. In the past, it was also rather difficult to get a return on your investment when you wrote a guide. But now that guides will have a place to be displayed more prominently, guide writers can expect to see more of a return in the form of fans, students interested in coaching, or stream viewers. Writers can focus on writing: High level players may have the knowledge but perhaps not the organizational skills nor the time required to write a guide. But when other people are reviewing, editing, adding VODs, and making graphics for them, this time commitment is greatly reduced and guide writers will be able to focus on what they do best: putting their ideas to paper.



High level players may have the knowledge but perhaps not the organizational skills nor the time required to write a guide. But when other people are reviewing, editing, adding VODs, and making graphics for them, this time commitment is greatly reduced and guide writers will be able to focus on what they do best: putting their ideas to paper. Standardized, professional-looking guides: In the future, guides will be more standardized guides in terms of formatting and organization. This will allow guides to be much more readable and professional.



In the future, guides will be more standardized guides in terms of formatting and organization. This will allow guides to be much more readable and professional. The TL Strategy Seal of Approval: You can be sure that all guides featured on our front page have gone through our vigorous process and have had a great deal of value added to them. You can be sure that they are all quality guides are the best of what the internet has to offer about Stracraft II strategy.



You can be sure that all guides featured on our front page have gone through our vigorous process and have had a great deal of value added to them. You can be sure that they are all quality guides are the best of what the internet has to offer about Stracraft II strategy. A more complete Liquipedia: Again, more on this later.

Our first example of a spotlighted guide is should you choose. We hope this guide conveys a good idea of what you can expect from us in the future. As HotS comes out, you'll be sure to see a lot more guides fairly soon. Now that we have a solid base of key threads we can build from, we can begin to expand on what TL Strategy currently provides. The next step to the expansion of TL Strategy will be the introduction of Spotlighted Peer-Reviewed Guides. This is how it's going to work:Guide writers will submit their guides for consideration to be spotlighted. These guides will first be heavily peer-reviewed by a panel of high level players. Then they'll be organized, edited, and formatted by our internal strategy team that we've set up specifically for this process. In addition, all accepted guides will be immediately converted to Liquipedia (more on this later.) Finally, all approved guides that have gone through this vigorous process will received a special tag and then be spotlighted on the front page of Teamliquid, one of the, if not THE most heavily trafficked webpage in the Starcraft community. The multitude of benefits this process provides include:Our first example of a spotlighted guide is here . Written by QuanticGlon, this guide attempts to give a brief introduction on all the basic aspects of the Zerg match-ups in Wings of Liberty. Of course, you can also read a liquipedia version should you choose. We hope this guide conveys a good idea of what you can expect from us in the future. As HotS comes out, you'll be sure to see a lot more guides fairly soon.

Liquipedia Cooperation by salle, Head of Liquipedia



One of the things I've always felt that Liquipedia for StarCraft II has been lacking was quality strategy guides and build orders, which were the foundation when Liquipedia was first made for Brood War. We also have thousands of people coming to our wiki every day looking for guides and build orders and I felt really bad when they were faced with a rather outdated set of builds.



Liquipedia is a wiki, and a wiki is a content resource management tool. As such, it's more adept (and adaptable) than a forum at handling large chunks of information distribution. It is easier, for example, to make multiple guides internally link to each other as alternative builds after they are written or completely restructure three similar guides into one or split one guide into multiple guides. This is because anyone, and not just the authors of the other guides, is able to add these links or do these changes. For reasons like this, in my humble opinion, a wiki is better than a forum to handle content such as strategy guides.



What we have needed to be able to get quality guides onto the wiki is a set of trusted experts, people who know and understand the builds used in competitive play, to review guides-if not to write them themselves. The Protoss Portal and the people behind it started to take us down this road slowly, and it was a great first step. But what would be even more awesome would be getting to collaborate with the creators of the original content. We would then have a group that includes both talented writers and reviewers working in unison to create high quality content. Then we could copy these guides onto the wiki where we can connect together all the different guides into a larger whole, creating links between related builds and providing more exposure for the guides. I believe Liquipedia's collaboration with the newly formed TeamLiquid Strategy Team can accomplish just that.



They are a group of experts who produce and verify high quality content. In addition, their contribution to Liquipedia would give them even more exposure through our portal pages. With their help, we can make Liquipedia an even better, more complete resource for strategy. We look forward to working together with them and we will be striving to find more ways we can collaborate and help each other in the future. One of the things I've always felt that Liquipedia for StarCraft II has been lacking was quality strategy guides and build orders, which were the foundation when Liquipedia was first made for Brood War. We also have thousands of people coming to our wiki every day looking for guides and build orders and I felt really bad when they were faced with a rather outdated set of builds.Liquipedia is a wiki, and a wiki is a content resource management tool. As such, it's more adept (and adaptable) than a forum at handling large chunks of information distribution. It is easier, for example, to make multiple guides internally link to each other as alternative builds after they are written or completely restructure three similar guides into one or split one guide into multiple guides. This is because anyone, and not just the authors of the other guides, is able to add these links or do these changes. For reasons like this, in my humble opinion, a wiki is better than a forum to handle content such as strategy guides.What we have needed to be able to get quality guides onto the wiki is a set of trusted experts, people who know and understand the builds used in competitive play, to review guides-if not to write them themselves. The Protoss Portal and the people behind it started to take us down this road slowly, and it was a great first step. But what would be even more awesome would be getting to collaborate with the creators of the original content. We would then have a group that includes both talented writers and reviewers working in unison to create high quality content. Then we could copy these guides onto the wiki where we can connect together all the different guides into a larger whole, creating links between related builds and providing more exposure for the guides. I believe Liquipedia's collaboration with the newly formed TeamLiquid Strategy Team can accomplish just that.They are a group of experts who produce and verify high quality content. In addition, their contribution to Liquipedia would give them even more exposure through our portal pages. With their help, we can make Liquipedia an even better, more complete resource for strategy. We look forward to working together with them and we will be striving to find more ways we can collaborate and help each other in the future.