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Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
May 23 2010 19:48 GMT
#1
So I'm on a three game losing streak, which I hope to break. The game: TvP on Scrap Station.

I open up marine ghost, doing a ton of damage while getting an expo up with a timing push that exploits his awkward opening (2 gate before core into fast stalker?). I get a clean economic advantage, and do a second timing push while he's getting his expo up before he can reap the benefits of it.

This essentially kills him. He notes that it's difficult to beat infantry with ghosts, and I kill his main and expo.

Game over, right?

He starts running his remaining probes around, trying to get a base up, even building a nexus on the high ground outside of the natural in order to not be revealed for the pylons he was building.

Soon, his darker purpose showed.

"3 minutes until system shutdown"

I figured I could manage killing his buildings in three minutes. I kill all of his probes, and his last nexus, making him only have what I thought was one pylon left.

"10 seconds until system shutdown."

After killing the pylon, I notice on the minimap one little dot just above my units sight.

A last pylon.

"5 seconds until system shutdown."

I take a couple shots.

"Connection to battle.net lost."

I've never been so angry in my entire life. I didn't get a win because battle.net went down for maintainance, and my opponent refused to leave and stalled for this moment.

AND IT WORKED.

Replay (I think, haven't checked to see if this is, in fact, the game because battle.net is obviously down):

[image loading]


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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
May 23 2010 19:52 GMT
#2
That... really sucks.
:)
selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
May 23 2010 19:53 GMT
#3
>.<;;;;
"That's what happens when you're using a mouse made out of glass!" -Tasteless (Referring to ZergBong)
DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
May 23 2010 19:57 GMT
#4
What a fucking douchebag, people like this need to... well, I'd like to stay not banned so I guess I'll leave that part to myself.
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
May 23 2010 19:59 GMT
#5
This is the worst feeling in the world, losing from something outside of your control =[
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
May 23 2010 20:02 GMT
#6
Man, does that blow. =/
XK ßubonic
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
May 23 2010 20:06 GMT
#7
You won the game, in all but stats, do you really care about a number on your profile more than actually defeating your opponent?
aka Teutonica
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
May 23 2010 20:14 GMT
#8
On May 24 2010 05:06 Slayer91 wrote:
You won the game, in all but stats, do you really care about a number on your profile more than actually defeating your opponent?


In reality, I was on a three game losing streak, so I'm in danger of losing diamond status. This game would have broken the winning streak, so yeah.

Also it's a pretty big dick move to not let your opponent win because of maintenance.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-23 21:00:22
May 23 2010 20:56 GMT
#9
I managed to pull off the exact same thing on iccup during a scheduled server shutdown. I was losing a ZvZ and the server shut down as he was eliminating me, I thought it was hilarious.
mG.sixghost @ iCCup || One ling, two ling, three ling, four... Camp four gas, then ultra-whore . -Saracen
Reason
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United Kingdom2770 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-23 21:21:31
May 23 2010 21:19 GMT
#10
hahahaha
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.
radim
Profile Joined October 2009
Czech Republic122 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-23 22:15:55
May 23 2010 22:15 GMT
#11
it's sad, but it's just one game plus it's still only beta. i was playing my placement match yesterday and was about 20 seconds away from victory and it dropped. shit happens
끝까지.
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
May 23 2010 23:07 GMT
#12
Haha that sucks, I haven't been in a situation where it was this close, but I have definitely been in some games thus far when I would have won had I not dropped.
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
May 24 2010 01:17 GMT
#13
I just checked, it's listed as a loss on BNet (though no points were lost).
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
May 24 2010 01:23 GMT
#14
If you need stats and numbers to tell you that you have won, have fun raging for the rest of your SC2 life
Get it by your hands...
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-24 01:39:56
May 24 2010 01:39 GMT
#15
On May 24 2010 10:23 Judicator wrote:
If you need stats and numbers to tell you that you have won, have fun raging for the rest of your SC2 life


It isn't really the number I care about, it's the fact that I want to still be in diamond league (I was on a losing streak when this happened, so I was worried about it), and the fact that I don't want people who delay elimination so that maintenance can save THEIR score to be able to accomplish this.

Also I played BW for almost a year on ICCup before getting into the beta, and rarely raged about things because of score (I was D, whatever meaningless score I had didn't matter to me).
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
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