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On November 08 2010 11:04 NevilleS wrote:
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.
"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!"
That was me. And thanks for missing the point of a clearly-self-deprecating post.
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Indeed even if Blizzard gains a lot of information on the incident, deletion of all threads detailing it still limits the exposure of the incident to other forum readers who may not have been aware of it previously. One purpose of forums is to exchange information; actively inhibiting that makes forums ineffective in that respect.
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On November 08 2010 11:05 elmizzt wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2010 11:04 NevilleS wrote:
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.
"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!" You're not very good at humor, are you? 
I thought it was a good joke. I lolled IRL.
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If I were blizzard, I'd delete them.
It's not like the threads are actually going to have content. Blizzard already knows that they made a mistake and they'll do everything they can to avoid server failures in the future; there is no need to remind them.
IMO blizzard has already made up their mind about forcing tournaments to go over bnet so...
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On November 08 2010 11:06 MichaelJLowell wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2010 11:04 NevilleS wrote:
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.
"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!" That was me. And thanks for missing the point of a clearly-self-deprecating post.
I didn't miss the self deprecation. You were trying to say "my bad, I can play starcraft well but can't read a website, lol". The tragic part was the "mid-high" qualification. I don't think that was for comic effect, because it would detract from the "good but stupid" comparison you were trying to make. No, it was genuinely put in there because you didn't think "diamond" was strong enough, surely there are diamond players who are legitimately dumb enough to not find a thread on the main page (probably those low-high diamond or even the vastly inferior somewhat-high-medium diamond guys, those kids are garbage).
But this guy is mid-high. You have no excuse.
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On November 08 2010 11:16 hellokitty[hk] wrote:
If I were blizzard, I'd delete them.
It's not like the threads are actually going to have content. Blizzard already knows that they made a mistake and they'll do everything they can to avoid server failures in the future; there is no need to remind them.
IMO blizzard has already made up their mind about forcing tournaments to go over bnet so...
"Server failures" has become a recurring theme. I don't think anybody can put it out of the realm of possibility that there's some DDoS going on here. This is the second major tournament (the other was a European tournament, if I remember correctly) that had server connectivity issues.
On November 08 2010 11:20 Redmark wrote:http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/981679149 (OP has posted in this one). I'd be kind of surprised if they keep deleting threads tbh. It's not something they can really get away with in this day and age.
Blizzard usually gives up eventually. It really comes down to whether people are willing to risk getting banned in the process. The servers apparently went wonky and my account was unbanned, so I'm not taking any chances for the time being.
On November 08 2010 11:23 NevilleS wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2010 11:06 MichaelJLowell wrote:On November 08 2010 11:04 NevilleS wrote:
The true tragedy its the guy saying how it's weird that he got to "mid-high level diamond" but couldn't find the thread, like getting to mid-high diamond was some fantastic achievement everyone on the forum would just jaw drop at.
"omg did you hear about that guy who couldn't find the mlg thread"
"yeah what is surprising is I heard he was actually mid diamond... I guess they are mortal"
"actually he was mid-high"
"... is nothing sacred?!" That was me. And thanks for missing the point of a clearly-self-deprecating post. I didn't miss the self deprecation. You were trying to say "my bad, I can play starcraft well but can't read a website, lol". The tragic part was the "mid-high" qualification. I don't think that was for comic effect, because it would detract from the "good but stupid" comparison you were trying to make. No, it was genuinely put in there because you didn't think "diamond" was strong enough, surely there are diamond players who are legitimately dumb enough to not find a thread on the main page (probably those low-high diamond or even the vastly inferior somewhat-high-medium diamond guys, those kids are garbage). But this guy is mid-high. You have no excuse.
Or maybe I was looking to gauge my own skills and decided mid-level Diamond would understate them. But good try! :D
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Oh god. Blizzard has locked literally the very last thread on this.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/981609056
"Please post your concerns about LAN play in the 'eSports and Multiplayer' forum.
But you've deleted all the threads there.
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It's incredibly lucky that there have not been more problems in MLG or GSL.
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GSL is more sacred. Less likely to be under DDoS attacks
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This is hilarious and identical to the deleting of threads EA did when they shit the bed on their EASHL patches and got rightfully hammered for it. awesome that this is the future of the consumer-publisher relationship in gaming.
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I wonder why Blizzard feels so threatened by MLG...
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i see no good reason for the no lan support, the only reasonable explanation is profit(pirating, which already exists for single player, even though it is unnecessary).
sc1 had lan support, required cdkey for online play and it was a huge success, leading to what blizzard is today(wow has bigger impact, i know).
there's absolutely no reason why sc2 can't have lan. single player can be played without logging in (as long as it has been connect to b.net before). same could be applied to LAN. its really sad to see they're doing this for every possible penny. region lock makes sense...this does not.
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