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So I was playing a ZvT on Shakuras Platea and I was on 5 base over his 2 base. I had just killed 3 of his tanks, burrowed baneling busted a lot of his marines. He sieges up in the middle of map. I start getting a call from my mother(Recently Diagnosed with Lung Cancer 2 months ago. It's besides the point. but just saying) I say PP 1 sec please, my mom needs help. I pause. I go to my mom she wanted me to put away some stuff and get her icecream.
So I do that, in the process knock over a glass which is still in my kitchen in pieces. I get back to my computer and hes killed almost all of my bases and I go WTF? He says you were longer than 2 minutes. I came back maybe 2 minutes after 2 minutes. I am so very pissed off. I don't know what do with myself. I never make blogs, i rarely post.
I am sooo pissed off. The asshole knew he was going to lose. asdjfk;ladsjflasdjflakdsjfladsfjka. How do you find Character codes? This guy was complete dick. I have replay if people want to see.
His name is Affix.
I think I'm being way too emotional about this, but whatever. Made me really upset. He is low masters and I can never win a game against masters and I am so close to being promoted. SOoo frustrated
Edit: I posted this pretty frustrated, I calmed down once I walked away from the computer afterwards. I feel that people should be little bit more patient with other people. Use the golden rule, Treat others like you would like to be treated. I feel a lot better now that I have released my stress in this blog. Isn't that kinda what blogs are for?
Have you guys had this happen to you before?
How many times?
How did it make you feel?
I've always considered unpausing games lol
 
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Cant expect people online to wait for you, especially if they get ladder points for it.
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Haha...Affix...maybe the same idiot from the Lindsey Sporrer interview?
+ Show Spoiler +
He was apparently a WoW player or something before...I wonder if it is the same guy.
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You probably should stay long enough to make sure your opponent agrees to waiting when you pause.
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Ladder games are much less important than family. Learn to accept the loss.
Also, you should be grateful he even let you pause in the first place. A lot of people insta-unpause regardless of the reason
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FortyOzs, I know I can't expect people to do it. I'm really just using this as an avenue to vent. I don't have anyone else I really play with and no one around that can understand. I'm just saying hes a dick for not waiting another 2 minutes.
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101toss, I really dont care about the loss, i can get the points back easily, and I really don't care about the situation anymore. I posted this out of frustration. Nah, I'm not grateful, because most people actually wait.
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On August 07 2011 11:41 Emporio wrote:
You probably should stay long enough to make sure your opponent agrees to waiting when you pause.
My mother was calling from the other room, I had to assume the worst and just get up and go.
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Sorry dude, it really feels impossible to find good people on bnet.
You could give us your info and we could find it in your match history. (I'm not saying you should do this, I'm just saying it's an option. I don't know if it could be considered cheating on his part, or right for us to report, or if TL is the right avenue for doing this: it's just an idea).
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I wouldn't say "one sec", it is very vague and the opponent won't know roughly how long to wait for. Usually I say the exact time I expect to be away, and if I pass that rtime then I can't even blame him for starting without me
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Thanks Darclite, I appreciate it. Like I said though, this post was raw emotion and frustration. I have calmed down. I don't care that he did it, just sad that he had to, to win.
Good point hiyo, I'll do that in the future.
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I'd unpause in his position too. I don't really care about ladder games and I really don't believe in pausing for more than more than a minute. If something is so important that you really need to pause then just leave the game (unless you have to go get the door or something thats really quick). It's just a game, don't waste my time sitting around waiting for you for you, especially when I have no idea how long you are going to take.
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Calm down. Take a deep breath, and count to 10. Even if you lose, it's just a game. Who you are as a person isn't decided by a number that pops up in your battle.net profile.
It sucks that you didn't get to play your game out, but that's life. By stepping away from the computer, you knowingly take on the risk of him unpausing it. But more importantly, you signified that your mother was more important than a single game that you'll forget about in the future. It also helps to slow down and not rush yourself, I find that accidents (like knocking glasses over) happen less often if I take things slowly 
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In your position, I would just leave the game, its just points anyways. Better then wasting your opponents time.
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I don't feel I should waste 20 minutes of my time because I have to go AFK for no more than 5 minutes. I mean really? I was not gone for longer than 2 minutes. I'm not going to just leave. I think that's a little ridiculous.
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Its just ladder points when you think about the amount of games you play it really dosent mean that much.
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why does it matter, it's just one game. I don't think it's fair to expect players to wait for you for over a minute. And it's not a matter of winning or losing.. i just don't want to be staring at a screen waiting for someone for an unknown amount of time
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How was this guy meant to know you were helping your mother who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer? All you said was "PP 1 sec" then you proceed to be gone for nearly five minutes
You have no idea what this guy is doing with his life, maybe he has something important to do and doesn't have time to wait for some random who said he'd only be a second?
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Dang dbos sorry to hear about your mother 
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I understand its just a game and just ladder points. But this is just discussing it. Vocalizing what i had in my head. I can easily get these points back I understand. It's just the principle. I just wish I got the same courtesy as I give other players.
Why does it matter? Because its upsetting, to watch you what you worked on for 20 minutes go to waste as you were AFK for 2 minutes. Getsome, have you ever had a 20-30 minute game, then have something unexpected come up, then come back 2 minutes later from a game you were winning and have this player destroying your bases? How would you feel? I'm not expecting these players to wait, but at the same time, who is this person? I have played thousands upon thousands of games where most players are nice enough to wait 5-10 minutes. I've waited 30 minutes. This is the first time I've experienced someone unpausing.
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