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Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
March 04 2010 10:27 GMT
#1
Ok so the last two koreans I have played that have both asked me their rank have lied about theirs.

They say max rank, I say B-. One Said A- and I checked his profile later and he was B-. Other said he was A+ and that his aka was dara21 and that he was a korean gosu but I checked that account and it was OLYMPIC.
This game his first zeal killed 2 of my marines and he tried some kind of 1 gate expo robo and my FD still took him out.
Something tells me he is not dara21-_-

Combine this with the fact that a LOT of foreigners will lie about their rank or just straight up leave if you are anything better than C- means I am just going to fucking lie about my rank and say I am C- which is such a fucking lame thing to do.

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Kim_Hyun_Han
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
706 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 10:29:33
March 04 2010 10:28 GMT
#2
to make u create blogs with their nicknames

so they can get famous

but atm

to lie about ur rank is a good mind game
unionbank
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia666 Posts
March 04 2010 10:31 GMT
#3
Lying about your rank not only gives you security but also assurance that even if you lose you won't have to worry about having to get embarrassed by losing to someone who is badder than you. That's the biggest psychological factor.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17731 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 10:34:28
March 04 2010 10:34 GMT
#4
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 10:36:23
March 04 2010 10:35 GMT
#5
Uh but they are exaggerating their rank unionbank... so your comment makes zero sense. I am used to people reducing their real rank (I do it too or people just leave the game at the lower ranks) but these koreans seem to have a taste for increasing their real rank ... So I'm like w00t a- gosu raped but then I check account and the have been even stats C rank for the last four seasons

On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped

lol. *hug*
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FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6177 Posts
March 04 2010 10:42 GMT
#6
two time this season I beat C guys and they ask me my rank, they dotn trust me when I say I'm D+
n_n
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
March 04 2010 10:44 GMT
#7
On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped


you ladder?g
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Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6105 Posts
March 04 2010 10:50 GMT
#8
They always smurf alot as well.

So many high C, B players constantly resetting their stats to noob stomp.
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IceCube
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Croatia1403 Posts
March 04 2010 11:37 GMT
#9
For some reason they like to stomp noobs and then get delight from it any way possible by gloating or w/e.
Maybe in their way to reach top ranks in Iccup they've goten their asses served and now when they became any good they want to stomp noobs to retaliate.
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
March 04 2010 11:58 GMT
#10
They're obviously just joking around, they have no obligation to answer a random person's questions correctly so why not toy with them just for laughs. I mean it's not like you lose anything for pretending to be a higher rank than you are, but the other guy might be intimidated.
No I'm never serious.
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
March 04 2010 12:14 GMT
#11
I've had people at D level rage at me (this is at start of season btw so everyone was on D) because I got C- last season and I play at D lol.
Rillanon.au
Romantic
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1844 Posts
March 04 2010 12:49 GMT
#12
On March 04 2010 20:58 Nytefish wrote:
They're obviously just joking around, they have no obligation to answer a random person's questions correctly so why not toy with them just for laughs. I mean it's not like you lose anything for pretending to be a higher rank than you are, but the other guy might be intimidated.
basically this lol

Whenever someone asks me a common, silly question I either lie one way or the other and say d- or A- or something just to see how they react
l10f *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3241 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 12:51:59
March 04 2010 12:51 GMT
#13
On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped


Stop lying about your CPU rank.

Typical Korean.
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seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9776 Posts
March 04 2010 13:11 GMT
#14
i had someone say i was stork just cuz i creamed them straight up pvt -.-

ppl really have to chill about rank, what if you just came from bnet and are really gosu anyways? or from china?
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Nal_rAwr
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2611 Posts
March 04 2010 13:47 GMT
#15
i am dara21
Nony is Bonjwa
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
March 04 2010 13:50 GMT
#16
Well i just can speak for myself:

Im a B rank protoss and I lie when im starting laddering on D-C and people ask me.
I usually say +1 of my current rank.

Reason for this is the fact that 30% leave on D-C when they know im B......pisses me off.

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RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
March 04 2010 14:03 GMT
#17
I never leave when I am facing higher rank players. I ran into two B- players ZvZ at the D rank and got my shit stomped. I liked it because it showed me how good players would abuse the build I was doing.
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Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Portugal1370 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 14:11:00
March 04 2010 14:10 GMT
#18
Koreans lie because they dont want to scare you ^^
We all know that some ppl ask the rank and if they say good rank they leave so is probably that the main reason for the lies
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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
March 04 2010 14:27 GMT
#19
Most koreans I run into lower their rank, although its probably accurate in keeping with the general hours they play. Koreans who blatantly lie are just smurfing.

Also, I've run into 2 Koreans who thought "noob" meant pro. I joined a 1v1 python "noob" game and he turned out to be some gosu, and when I told him to piss of he genuinely thought it meant pro and gave me the free win lol.

For your theory maybe the korean just knows that a B- v other koreans is an A- v normal people?
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krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
March 04 2010 14:42 GMT
#20
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Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 15:04:45
March 04 2010 14:57 GMT
#21
Read OP. I am not talking about this. I am talking about them exagerrating their rank.
I understand people saying +1 rank of current, I do the same thing because people just leave.
Why say A- when you are B- ? Both are terrifying for newb player.... if you are B- say B- ffs. Or lie and say C- to not scare away newbs but why A-? What's the point? This is what I don't understand...


Nytefish what do you mean they are obviously just joking around? There are a shitload of a- players and I expect them to say they are a-, not Olympic.

I expect b- player to say b-, not a-. How is that obvious joke?

What if it's real A- and he says A- ? I am supposed to say YA LOLZ WHTS YOUR REAL RNK ROFL?


I played 3 games vs http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/sksmswodyd.html today.
He is real A-... I ask his rank and he says a rank... further discussion reveals 72-21 a- which is EXACTLY what he is, was really cool manner korean, is in movie's clan (movie is leader of clan on west, so he says, I trust him) we had good chat and games. Why can't it be like this always T_T
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
ZeKk
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sweden320 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 15:07:14
March 04 2010 15:05 GMT
#22
It's a retarted question to ask about some1's rank. Don't expect to get an honest answer. It's like some1 here said u have no obligation to answer such a question. It's like asking a random -player about he's race when the game starts just to get an advantage.
Espers
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom606 Posts
March 04 2010 16:22 GMT
#23
i think it's fairly obvious
Wotans_Fire
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United Kingdom294 Posts
March 04 2010 16:22 GMT
#24
I was playing against some Italian terran and he goes max rank? D+ then just spams lololololololololololo and proceeds to rape me with bbs
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
March 04 2010 16:44 GMT
#25
I mean it's an internet game played by youngsters. If some people find it fun to tease others into thinking they're better than they are then they will do it. There doesn't need to be a more complicated reason than that.
No I'm never serious.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17731 Posts
March 04 2010 17:56 GMT
#26
On March 04 2010 19:44 StorrZerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped


you ladder?g

no
just the few times i actually did before its what happened
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
March 04 2010 18:04 GMT
#27
probably happens because when people ask about rank, it's just like... why the hell do you care.

For example I played some D+ zerg and beat him with 1 gate scout into expo.. and told him was A- when he asked lol. It just seems like the most pointless question. Why would you ever care about the rank of someone who beat you enough to ask them in game? The replay reveals all about their strat, and then its up to you to see what you could've done about it. Of course, if you win and you were playing far above your normal level in a very close and tense game, then that's another matter.
cascades
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Singapore6122 Posts
March 04 2010 18:36 GMT
#28
The reasoning is really very simple. I also feel it is appropriate to mention that I have an Olympic rank penis.
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
March 04 2010 18:37 GMT
#29
That's a really odd shape you've got there.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25987 Posts
March 04 2010 19:14 GMT
#30
you need to learn about sample size.
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MorningMusume11
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3490 Posts
March 04 2010 19:58 GMT
#31
On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped


D is the safe way to go =P
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 20:14:52
March 04 2010 20:14 GMT
#32
On March 05 2010 03:36 cascades wrote:
The reasoning is really very simple. I also feel it is appropriate to mention that YPANG has Olympic rank penis.


fixed.
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GogoKodo
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Canada1785 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 21:29:45
March 04 2010 21:29 GMT
#33
It's obvious that the Starcraft gene that makes Koreans so good at Starcraft is also responsible for the affinity to lying about Starcraft rank. The same gene may be a contributing factor in liking horrible music but I won't make any unfounded statements.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17731 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-05 08:39:48
March 05 2010 07:03 GMT
#34
On March 04 2010 21:51 l10f wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2010 19:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
i tell them im d and they wont believe me
And then i get raped


Stop lying about your CPU rank.

Typical Korean.

http://tinyurl.com/yaqbqlu
you caught me heres my account
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Amnesia
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3818 Posts
March 05 2010 08:36 GMT
#35
it's mind games.
so that you feel intimidated. trust me, i sometimes do this.
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