Is it BM to leave a game after you completely fail a split and send one of the peons past one (or make it jump over one) of the mineral patches to the back?

I would consider leaving after your gas gets stolen (before 2 minutes) to be BM, but would this count?

kdog3683

United States916 Posts

August 18 2009 03:18 GMT

it annoys the hell out of me.

they fail split, then say 're' and expect me to join again.

NonFactor

Sweden698 Posts

August 18 2009 03:22 GMT

I fail split 80% of my games. I'm not even kidding. I'm horrible at it. =(

Zozma

United States1626 Posts

August 18 2009 03:34 GMT

If you "gg" and leave the game, it might be okay... well, on ICCup it'll be annoying because the game will be counted as a draw.

When things like this happen to me, I say "a good player should be able to beat a D player even after losing one drone... so I just need to play better!" and then I get owned anyway.

NrG.ZaM

United States267 Posts

August 18 2009 03:35 GMT

I don't think I'd consider it BM to leave after a failed split, it's just mildly annoying and a slight waste of time, but nothing to be offended about. I've never left from a bad split though, I don't see it as big enough of a disadvantage to warrant actually quitting. Only time I probably would leave after split is if I managed to permanently trap a worker or something.

And on the subject of leaving after gas being stolen, I'd consider that GM since you can report it and get a free win and they get a 250 point penalty :p

Cube

Canada777 Posts

August 18 2009 03:43 GMT

why dont you just learn to split....

Try

United States1293 Posts

August 18 2009 03:47 GMT

On August 18 2009 12:43 Cube wrote:
why dont you just learn to split....

I can split... I assume you split perfectly every single game?

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22254 Posts

August 18 2009 03:54 GMT

You can't seriously be asking that... it is so incredibly BM. Should you rejoin for every mistake you make? Man up and take the hit, not like it makes a difference at your level anyways.

FragKrag

United States11552 Posts

August 18 2009 04:10 GMT

It is so annoying when they do that :|

Agro_Z

United States138 Posts

August 18 2009 04:10 GMT

#10

I would say, just live with the split. The difference between a good split and a split that causes one of your scvs to go all the way around to the back of the minerals isn't game breaking.

I would consider it a little BM. When I match up with someone, my opponent and I are both agreeing to play a game. If I simply leave or demand "re" because of some little mistake I made, then I've just effectively wasted my opponent's time haven't I?

ramen247

United States1256 Posts

August 18 2009 04:29 GMT

#11

a bad split doesnt cost you much at all. the game is still going to be dependent upon mechanics and game sense way more than some worker hop over minerals stuff.

just eep playing.

Cube

Canada777 Posts

August 18 2009 04:31 GMT

#12

On August 18 2009 12:47 Try wrote:

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I can split... I assume you split perfectly every single game?

99 out of 100 times yes...

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

August 18 2009 04:32 GMT

#13

This is like saying if all four of my starting peons don't come back at the same time, it ruins the mineral flow (because if they all come back at the same time, then sometimes the timings of building stuff seems to flow better), then you should leave the game. You're making your opponent waste some time playing a useless game for, at most, 8-16 minerals behind, and you just get away. It is very BM, and deal with it. It's about as BM as 4pooling on Python, and if you don't find him first, then you leave.

food

United States1951 Posts

August 18 2009 06:04 GMT

#14

how can you seriously think you putting yourself at a disadvantage? You not even 8 minerals behind, they just delayed and your first worker will be made on time even if you split bad, you only need 50 minerals, not 64. lets say you made your 2nd worker with 6 minerals left and that drone coming back late to add 8 more, which will happen before others come back, so its 14 mins and you only need 36 which 3 drones cover on time anyways. So you continue making scvs nonstop no matter what, you not wasting 8 minerals either, they just delayed and its soo insignificant. Ive seen some really good players send all workers to 1 patch just bcause it was a friendly game and they were eating or talking on msn and then proceed to play for another 30 minutes in absolutely equal game

clazziquai

6685 Posts

August 18 2009 06:07 GMT

#15

I only leave if it's like a epic fail split, like two SCVs mining one patch and the other jumps across a patch. =T

Avidkeystamper

United States8552 Posts

August 18 2009 06:08 GMT

#16

Instead of thinking about how minerals you're behind, think of it in terms of time. You're one, two seconds behind. At most. I've checked.

Saracen

United States5139 Posts

August 18 2009 06:10 GMT

#17

IIRC it was possible to get a worker stuck on Katrina (I think 3 o'clock) by jumping it over with a failed split. I would totally leave if that happened.

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

August 18 2009 06:20 GMT

#18

On August 18 2009 15:07 clazziquai wrote:
I only leave if it's like a epic fail split, like two SCVs mining one patch and the other jumps across a patch. =T

yea, this. if the scv is floating through minerals because of epic fail, then yeah, maybe. otherwise, the effects are negligible.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

August 18 2009 06:51 GMT

#19

how can you seriously think messing up your split impacts the game to need a re. I mean boxer killed one of his at the start and rolled over rek

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22254 Posts

August 18 2009 07:26 GMT

#20

On August 18 2009 15:10 Saracen wrote:
IIRC it was possible to get a worker stuck on Katrina (I think 3 o'clock) by jumping it over with a failed split. I would totally leave if that happened.

Erm, yeah... that would be me.

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