• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 03:43
CEST 09:43
KST 16:43
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 20255Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202576RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18
Community News
Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced20BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams10Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed19Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll8
StarCraft 2
General
Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 2025 #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time I offer completely free coaching services Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 What tournaments are world championships?
Tourneys
Esports World Cup 2025 $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced $5,000 WardiTV Summer Championship 2025 WardiTV Mondays FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $10,000 live event
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced Flash Announces (and Retracts) Hiatus From ASL Dewalt's Show Matches in China
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China CSL Xiamen International Invitational [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers [G] Mineral Boosting Does 1 second matter in StarCraft?
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread UK Politics Mega-thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Eight Anniversary as a TL…
Mizenhauer
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 682 users

I had a good ladder experience

Blogs > Icx
Post a Reply
Icx
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Belgium853 Posts
January 25 2011 17:04 GMT
#1
As a lot of you know the starcraft 2 ladder isn't always the best place to be on.

Normal games mostly just end up with me and my opponent typing glhf, and then the loser just leaves the game once he sees the game as lost.

Then the other games, well those are just downright silly, by this time I have seen everything, offensive gg'en, people telling me to kill myself, people that lash out at things for almost no appearant reason.

But I had my first actually fun game.

What you should know is that I used to play zerg, but I have switched to terran since I started playing again, but I'm still using the hydralisk portrait just because I like it.

Anyway, I play a TvZ on metalopolis, and the guy asks if I had switched to terran.

I say yes, and I explain why, and we talk a bit about the state of TvZ, just some friendly banter.

He scouts my base with his overlord and he sees no 2 rax, and tells me that he is happy about it.

I tell him that I am gonna bunker him tough, because I have to pressure him a bit.

At noteworthy points in the game we give comments, in the end I won, he gg'ed and said he made some major mistakes wich cost him the game, I say gg and he leaves.


In the end, I couldn't care less if I actually won that game or not, because it was a fun game, and in the end isn't this what this game is about, to have fun?


If you end up reading this, and you are one of those guys who never says a word, you might wanna try being a bit more talkative, it can be fun.

I know that I'm gonna do it from now on.


Anyway, nothing major, but I did wanna make a small blog about it.

Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
January 25 2011 17:21 GMT
#2
In my experience, whenever someone tries to have a conversation with you at the start of the game, it's because they're cheesing you and trying to throw you off. This is why I never say anything besides "gl hf" and "gg".
anatem
Profile Joined September 2010
Romania1369 Posts
January 25 2011 18:08 GMT
#3
cool story, really. if only it was more common
'Tis with our Judgements as our Watches, none / Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Reason.SC2
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1047 Posts
January 25 2011 18:16 GMT
#4
On January 26 2011 02:21 Sayle wrote:
In my experience, whenever someone tries to have a conversation with you at the start of the game, it's because they're cheesing you and trying to throw you off. This is why I never say anything besides "gl hf" and "gg".


OK but in the early opening stages of your build (I mean less than 30 food), do you actually not have enough time/APM to do everything you need to do *plus* type a few things to opponent??

I don't rly see how typing a couple of chat messages would throw you off unless you are pretty unpracticed at executing your basic opener and/or type with 1 finger at a time lol
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-25 18:23:03
January 25 2011 18:22 GMT
#5
I have macro's setup on my keyboard for gl hf, u2, gg and a few other things. I used to play fps games and had similar macro's along with ones that said things like "boom, head shot" that i would hit right before sniping someone between the eyes, would throw people off in 1v1 games ;p

I try not to talk to my opponent because they are the enemy, I dont want to like them while we are in battle, once the game is won/lost i will converse with them sometimes about the game, but before that... its war.
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
January 25 2011 19:31 GMT
#6
Cool. I wish that was more common.

I had a PvZ on Desert Oasisjust after release that was full of action, and there were lots of battles with us going back and forth. Eventually we're down to two bases each, and my opponent tells me something to the effect of, "Whoever wins, this is an awesome game." I agreed, and eventually I ended up losing and I have to say, I didn't mind in the slightest that I'd lost. Having an opponent be so mannered and cool even when they won is nice.
Shinshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1237 Posts
January 25 2011 19:59 GMT
#7
On January 26 2011 03:16 Reason.SC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2011 02:21 Sayle wrote:
In my experience, whenever someone tries to have a conversation with you at the start of the game, it's because they're cheesing you and trying to throw you off. This is why I never say anything besides "gl hf" and "gg".


OK but in the early opening stages of your build (I mean less than 30 food), do you actually not have enough time/APM to do everything you need to do *plus* type a few things to opponent??

I don't rly see how typing a couple of chat messages would throw you off unless you are pretty unpracticed at executing your basic opener and/or type with 1 finger at a time lol

Well typing can sometimes cut off concentration, if you type too much... xD I've talked to friends in custom games (they want to warm up before laddering) and he raged a bit after I sent him over like 10 messages :D

I've never had an experience like the OP where we talk about the game itself, but I think that laddering kind of promotes the gl hf OP -> gg ending, as people are trying to
A) Get better
B) Get promoted
In which both you might want a good amount of concentration so you don't slip up on anything big
BeSt[WHITE] Have a great retirement | "SKT is best KT." - Vortok | http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7190/ep24hitcombo2small.gif
BasilPesto
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia624 Posts
January 25 2011 20:09 GMT
#8
Yeah, I would like to have more banter, but in RTS games, you simply don't have much opportunity to, given the need for constant macro and micro.

In a FPS perhaps, you can just camp somewhere and type away.
"I before E...*sunglasses*... except after C." - Jim Carrey
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
January 25 2011 20:19 GMT
#9
Good story, but I don't understand why you told him what you were going to do.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/proxywolf
TL+ Member
Dromar
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States2145 Posts
January 25 2011 20:30 GMT
#10
I've had some good experiences like in the OP, wish I could have them more.
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 17m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft808
Nina 243
ProTech54
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 3916
Hyuk 3117
Larva 707
Backho 365
Hyun 198
zelot 109
scan(afreeca) 73
sSak 45
Mind 10
Sacsri 10
[ Show more ]
IntoTheRainbow 7
Dota 2
XcaliburYe278
League of Legends
JimRising 634
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K928
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor197
Other Games
summit1g7292
SortOf110
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1315
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 8
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 12 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH268
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2144
Upcoming Events
FEL
1h 17m
Krystianer vs sOs
SKillous vs ArT
MaNa vs Elazer
Spirit vs Gerald
Clem vs TBD
uThermal vs TBD
Reynor vs TBD
Lambo vs TBD
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
6h 17m
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
10h 17m
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV European League
2 days
Online Event
2 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Korean StarCraft League
5 days
[ Show More ]
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Non-Korean Championship
BSL 20 Team Wars
FEL Cracov 2025
CC Div. A S7
Underdog Cup #2
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.