On February 14 2012 06:17 RevTiberius wrote: I have a question for the community. Is it BM to deny a request to pause a ladder game?
Last night I was playing 1v1 when my opponent asked me whether he could pause the game. I was in a rush and probably shouldn't have gotten into that game in the first place, but before I could say anything he already paused the game. I unpaused immediately and said "If you don't even wait for my answer I won't allow you to pause". He then spent quite some time heaping scorn and abuse on me, calling me BM and all kinds of names. Then he just left.
I recognize that not allowing someone to pause may not be the nicest thing to do, but at the same time if you make a genuine request you should at least allow for the possibility that it gets denied. I don't consider my behaviour BM at all.
In my opinion VERY bm. I had a super sore throat, I asked for a pause, he paused, then un-paused when I was filling up my cup, then did a marine rush all in, i rage quit for the rest of the night.
On February 14 2012 07:47 Disconnect wrote: It is within your rights to REQUEST a pause. It is a request and is fully within the rights of the other player to deny the request.
If you don't have the ability to play the game all the way through and the opponent does not allow the pause then you forfeit. Nothing wrong with that.
If that bothers you then you probably take ladder way to seriously and you value your time more than your opponents.
I couldn't have put it better myself. a pause is a REQUEST, not a RIGHT. As such, it can be be denied. That's not BM.
@Balgrog: Your situation is different. It is VERY BM to agree to pause and then unapuse anway.
I feel like every ladder match should follow the rules of a promatch, if you're not having hardware problems, asking for a pause is clearly up to me feeling nice.
On February 19 2012 23:49 Jaybles wrote: Grats on the grind to diamond, welcome to the actual battlefield, how are you doing in season 6?
Thank you! So far season 6 has been surprisingly easy, I have been Top 25 or sometimes even Top 8 the whole time. However, a lot of players in my division are very active, and I'm sure I'll fall behind sooner or later because I just don't play as much.
EDIT: And I expect the dynamics in my current league to be different because getting promoted to the league above is quite different from getting promoted when you are in platinum, as I was for the longest time.
Do you think you are improving Tiberius? Your all ins are doing well but eventually you'll need to develop new ones or get a lot better or you won't be getting to masters.
On February 22 2012 10:24 Shiver wrote: Do you think you are improving Tiberius? Your all ins are doing well but eventually you'll need to develop new ones or get a lot better or you won't be getting to masters.
First of all I should say that I set out to prove to myself that I could make it to diamond. I have achieved that, and little ambition to go any further. I don’t play much, and it will be sufficient for me to know that I can play in diamond without fear of imminent demotion to platinum.
However, your point is well taken. As I explained in an earlier post, I don't think I have become a better player overall. I simply have become pretty decent at executing certain all-ins builds.
- Team games, strangely enough, are a good indication of my overall lack of 1v1 skills. In team games very often unforeseen stuff happens that throws me off my game. Then I suddenly have to play by ear without any timings or well-prepared builds that I can simply execute. And when that happens, my performance can be truly awful
- I've seen some low-level master league players who play really bad. I'm sure they just 4-gated their way into master league and have little else to offer. This may not be the most graceful way to get to master league, but I'm gonna stay the course with what I'm doing. Any realistic chance I have of ever making master - which is very doubtful to begin with - will have to include my current all ins.
- In TvP and TvZ I currently have win rates of far above 50%. So from a purely utilitarian perspective - and being only a casual player - I have to ask myself why should I change something that works so well
- My TvT is not so all in and often evolves into long macro games, so I do get some practice there.
In other news, I have to say I am really surprised how bad players' micro is at the upper end of diamond league, and I most certainly include myself in that. After all, leaving aside master league and GM, diamond is the top 20% of the community. I hardly micro at all, and I see most of opponents do a terrible job at it as well. For example, almost all zerg opponents nicely line up their drones for my hellions, and most protoss opponents keep fighting with their stalkers right underneath my point defense drones until they are all dead.
I also get a surprising number of comments asking me to expand on my taste of music as described briefly in the OP. So here we go. While writing this, I was listening to - among others - Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man"
It's been a while since I last posted here. I have since retired from SC2. However, I'm still watching streams from time to time and to some extend I also keep up to date on what's going on in the community.
It's been a lot of fun playing SC2, but after making DIAMOND (even top 8 for most of season 5 and 6) I feel that I have nothing left to prove. I do think that I could make (low) master league if I really wanted to, but I lack the dedication, and grinding out more and more ladder games just does not seem worth it, and there are a lot more important things that require my attention.
I'll keep posting here about my observations about SC2 from time to time because I do plan to follow what's happening to the game - if at a much lower level of involvement. My next post is gonna be about my observations from the different streams I'm following occasionally.
I'm also still playing at Chess.com as RevTiberius, currently with a 2250 rating. Anybody who brings at least 1800 or 1900 points to the table is invited to challenge me for games there.
I wish you the best of luck, Tiberius. You're a good friend and did a lot with Revoki. Thank you for everything and be sure to stop by and say hello when you watch those streams
And another one. An interesting pawn endgame with the better end for me.
This game actually made me laugh. My position was completely lost, and I was about to resign when I suddenly got the opportunity for devastating counterplay that ended in a rather unique final position.
I have received several fan messages asking about my favourite video games. That's an interesting one, so here we go:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure First game I ever really played, and still by far my favourite. I was maybe 12 or so when I played it, and hadn't seen the movie at the time. It's not really a difficult game but it took me a few weeks to get through. Which made it all the more memorable.
Pirates! The original game from like 1989 or so. First time for me to play an open-ended game without a story line. The game is maybe a little too easy, but a lot of fun. Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Ultima IX: Ascension Pretty buggy, but the story was very well developed. It was more like being part of an epic fantasy novel than playing a video game
Super Mario World: No explanation necessary
Bottom line is: of course nowadays' games are more sophisticated and have better graphics and all… but I am not longer at an age where video games can really impress me. That includes SC2. Same goes for movies actually. Great movies nowadays just don't impress me as much anymore… compared to like watching STAR WARS for the first time…
Song of the day: Eric Clapton / Bob Dylan: Crossroads
Today's Champions League final was a minor disappointment, but I would like to remind the team liquid community of the following:
German chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron jointly watching the game Germany-England during the 2010 World Cup. Needless to say, Germany won convincingly 4-1.
The press conference a day later during which Cameron admitted - after being taunted by Merkel - that the English team sucked and never stood a chance.
As England's striker Gary Lineker once famously said "Soccer is a game for 22 people, and in the end the Germans always win"
I've been wondering for a long time: Playing SC2 at the highest level - or even just trying to get there - for many players means sacrificing their college careers. To me this seems incredibly risky and something I'd never do even if I had the skills to play SC2 competitively. Of course I respect other people's choices though.
But my point is this. It's one thing to arguably lose career potential by not having a college degree. But what's much worse is that by not going to university you lose out on a lot of diversity that goes far beyond simply getting a degree. For example, it means meeting a very diverse group people and having exposure to things and ideas that you did not even know existed. College to me just seems too important a part of character and personality development.
Of course SC2 professionals travel a lot too and meet all kinds of people, but it seems that everybody is still just living in their SC2 bubble. Same goes for professional athletes in other games and sports, too. For example, I always cringe when I hear professional soccer players talk about non-soccer related topics, and think to myself "DUDE, you shouldn't have spent your ENTIRE youth on soccer".
I'm looking for interviews with professional SC2 players where they discuss this tradeoff. I respect their choices and I enjoy the entertainment they provide to the SC2 community, but I would like to hear their thoughts on not being able to go to university as a consequence of playing SC2 competitively.
I've been looking all over this site for information about this, but couldn't find anything. I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.
I think Bly says here, that esports can make you rich in Ukraine(although he still got an higher education).
As higher education is becoming more important for getting even the simplest of jobs, it's actually more interesting to see, how those, without higher education, can become successful in life(without having rich parents).
One thing to remember is, that people in some welfare countries, can actually have the luxury of taking risks. If I remeber correctly, then Denmark, for example, has huge support for those without jobs. The country has social support which pays almost the same, as a good salary(somewhere between minimum and middle) for 2 years. Again, this last part maybe completely wrong, as I don't remember it that well.
On May 24 2012 05:40 Bunn wrote: Deleted a big wall of text which sucked T_T.
I think Bly says here, that esports can make you rich in Ukraine(although he still got an higher education).
As higher education is becoming more important for getting even the simplest of jobs, it's actually more interesting to see, how those, without higher education, can become successful in life(without having rich parents).
One thing to remember is, that people in some welfare countries, can actually have the luxury of taking risks. If I remeber correctly, then Denmark, for example, has huge support for those without jobs. The country has social support which pays almost the same, as a good salary(somewhere between minimum and middle) for 2 years. Again, this last part maybe completely wrong, as I don't remember it that well.
Interesting video, thanks!
As higher education is becoming more important for getting even the simplest of jobs, it's actually more interesting to see, how those, without higher education, can become successful in life(without having rich parents).
Good point. Though most aspiring professional SC2 players never make it very far, and even among the top players only a handful make serious money.
And the question remains how long that success is going to last. For example there are a lot of former Brood War professionals who now have a hard time reaching similar levels of success in SC2. What are they going to do now? And looking at the professional SC2 scene, hardly anybody there is older than 25.
I guess my point is an e-sports career is going to benefit you for a few years but a university degree pays divdends for life.
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On an unrelated topic: I just had a major winning streak on Chess.com, approaching 2300. This is how I see myself when I play chess ;-)
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