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Sorrows of 2v2 Placement

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HeyitsClay
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada336 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 11:14:37
May 02 2010 11:07 GMT
#1
The Horrors of 2v2 Random Placement


Ok so im about a 1700~ ++ plat Zerg player and i got bored tonight and decided to try my luck at some random 2x2

it seems in ALL 5 of my games i got no joke copper allies or bronze with like 30% win on my team. I can understand a few of my games but it was literally every game. its not THAT bad if its like all copper but it was me and copper vs gold or me and bronze vs plat most of the time it was kinda effed.

Rather then complain seems i really dont care seems i actually won most the games 2x1 anyways i just wanted to share my journey of 2x2 Random placement with u guys

Here is pretty much the average game out of my 5 placement matches

In this spoiler here u will see one game where my partner went for a 5 barracks 6 supply 6 barracks Load 2 scvs into ur command center and dont notice 6 supply 6 supply 1 marine build. He was promptly defeated by 1 zealot, Leaving me to face off vs T/P
The Report: + Show Spoiler +

The soon to be top trend build by all the players, the "5 rax into load all ur scvs into ur cc and forget that it happened" build
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Then 1 zealot came to his base and it was just too much for him to handle and ended up leaving the game, knowing the hopeless situation i made extra drones instead of saving him. atleast he could be a distraction to buy me time
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Now having lots of noob irl friends i always 1v2 or 1v3 for fun i know living vs that first attack is normally the hardest part of the match, and with this game it held true with quite an organized attack that took every ounce of will power i had to survive


The attack:+ Show Spoiler +

I knew it was going to be close, in the ruckis of everything i TOTTALY did not hear the nuke warning and well....
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Things got pretty messy... i lived the first attack but had alot of work ahead of me
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Having lost my first few matches due to horribly bad allies, but also vs pretty low ranked teams i REFUSED to settle for being placed in a low div and having to be cursed with n00b allies all my life (or until the next reset) i knew i needed to win this game to have any chance at being in plat... or at worst gold.... i would shed a few tears if i were in gold.... anyways my efforts were noticed doing all i could to beat these guys

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thankfully these guys sucked pretty bad so i did end up winning after like 25 minutes of fighting and my sad enemy were in awe after thinking they were going to get an easy win

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and in the end the GG's were said and everything ended in .... oh wait thats not how SC2 works

the official "GG" of SC2
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And here is the final score:
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More Score Screen Screenshots: + Show Spoiler +

And here are my score screens from my other placement matches. 1 is left out its a game i lost that was me and a silver guy vs plat/plat that game all the scores are fairly close and not so 1 sided

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And where did i get placed after it was all done?: + Show Spoiler +

After going 3-2 and every win being me completely by myself literally and the loses me fighting 2v1 and folding under the pressure

ALL THAT WORK TO GET PLACED IN SILVER LOL

o well it was a good run

Edit: and i TOTTALY forgot i could use my ally units when he left, that would have helped me a CRAP LOAD lol i wish i remembered so i coulda nuked em back for revenge!


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Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 11:16:15
May 02 2010 11:15 GMT
#2
Yeah, I managed to get some trash players in placement, as well as in plat games after.

In one game, my partner teched to...I don't even know before dying without making a single fighting unit. After that, I just macro'd like crazy and won hehe.

In a 2v2 I just played, the game went into the macro stage, but my partner left (lagged out) after 10 min. The only reason I won that one is my opponents being retarded and suiciding both of their maxed armies into a choke with 20 sieged tanks at my end. I sure was happy when they did that, as it allowed me to simply steamroll their bases after that.

Edit: hah, those score screens are so typical of my 2v2s as well
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 11:30:35
May 02 2010 11:30 GMT
#3
I had the luck of getting a Bronze player as a partner as well...
I think the random queing for 2v2 is that they try to "balance" it with your ranking.
Therefore Plat + Bronze/Copper vs. Silver + Silver is somewhat logical thinking about score
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
May 02 2010 11:33 GMT
#4
thought this was gonna be a jerk/brag thread but then it was actually pretty LOL haha
i don't know how you could subject yourself to playing with random allies, i learned better 4 or 5 years ago!
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538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
May 02 2010 11:43 GMT
#5
on the victory2 and victory3 pictures the "partner" actually does not point to your partner, according to the "team" column. Or am I not getting something?
BW fighting!
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 11:49:02
May 02 2010 11:47 GMT
#6
Oh, random 2v2. I wanted to play 1v1 after I'd just played some 2s with a friend as Terran. So I ticked the race box back to zerg but forgot to change it back to 1v1, which left me with a loading screen and a partner who I didn't know.

Once I got in game, I asked my partner, "So are you any good?" He responded with a "It's my first game".

Well, there's various types of first timers. There are ones that haven't played SC2, but used to play SC1, and there are total noobs who don't play RTS. 5 minutes into the game, I peer over to my partners base and saw three bunkers, no units in them. I just left and didn't bother. Fuck 2v2 Random.

But that first picture is absolutely epic.
God Bless
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 13:23:13
May 02 2010 13:22 GMT
#7
I don't think you can win 1v2 vs two gold/plat players except if it is P vs TT and for some reason they were afk and let you take two expos.
I call bs.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
May 02 2010 14:59 GMT
#8
hahaha so epic
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
May 02 2010 19:05 GMT
#9
On May 02 2010 22:22 Boblion wrote:
I don't think you can win 1v2 vs two gold/plat players except if it is P vs TT and for some reason they were afk and let you take two expos.
I call bs.


i think you overestimate gold/plat players :3
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Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-02 19:22:06
May 02 2010 19:18 GMT
#10
On May 03 2010 04:05 paper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2010 22:22 Boblion wrote:
I don't think you can win 1v2 vs two gold/plat players except if it is P vs TT and for some reason they were afk and let you take two expos.
I call bs.


i think you overestimate gold/plat players :3

I think you overestimate the difficulty of this game and the skill ceiling.


Actually it reminds me the old pro vs 2 beginners debate.
Two 2v2 D+ guys are enough to take down a pro in broodwar, it think that's probably the same in Sc2.
This is just a brag blog but fake.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
May 02 2010 19:24 GMT
#11
I've been too scared to play 2v2 random, and this blog affirms my position haha.

Sucks =(
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