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s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-13 21:25:04
May 13 2014 21:18 GMT
#1
It has been 7-8 years since i started to lurk this website, and i still come every day. Used to come for the small community and the internal jokes, now i come for the game results. I really miss the the old ways, so i decided to do a small project.



I would play on Battle.net and ask every player I play against where he is from, and after that I would place their location on a custom google map. The decision was to play on NA server as that is the "central" server where people gather from all over the world. I played random and told my race so i would gain my opponents trust, so they would feel comforable giving out personal information.

To get 100 people to tell me their city it took about 150 games, as people would leave as the very first moment they saw they were about to play against a random opponent or they would just not want to disclose where they are from. Some people were assholes about it, but on a larger sample of users, that is expected. Each icon represents a single user with his race, nickname and location. (default for Zerg, blue for Terran, green for Protoss and purple for one guy named Rico).

[image loading]


Map link:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z9CF4BKbimGQ.kigtPYWdiONs

Some of the cooler locations players are located:

- Aswan, Egipt
- Hawaii, USA
- Perth, Australia
- Astana, Kazahstan
- Buenos Aires, Argentina

It feels unreal to play on a ISDN connection (thats 64k, a little better than standard modem 56k) on battle.net with zero lag or latency. So i guess Blizzard did that part right.

Random facts:

- Most friendly people are from France and South America
- Most players are from NYC area, Montreal and Taiwan
- Got placed in Silver league at the end of previous season, got up to Diamond in this one
- I lost to a user named Vivianne twice, and then defeated him 3x in a row, that was the most satisfing as playing goes
- Terran felt like the hardest race, and TvT as the hardest matchup
- People will complain about your race, even if you play random

[image loading]

I hope Blizzard does more regional settings in the last StarCraft 2 part, connecting to people is very fun. I miss the lobby Broodwar chat.

EDIT: no idea why the images do not load
EDIT.2: i found it, had to put extension names on the pictures

****
I am not good with quotes
sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
May 13 2014 21:56 GMT
#2
lol. that guy,,,,

cool blog
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25082 Posts
May 13 2014 23:18 GMT
#3
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
HeeroFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2704 Posts
May 14 2014 00:07 GMT
#4
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3



I felt like WC 3 had a really awesome community. Clans on US East had rivarlries. I remember anytime my clan would play some arrange 4v4 together and we matched another clan, both sides would go try hard mode. It was awesome.


Also P.S cool read, would be interesting to see a larger sample size on different severs.
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
May 14 2014 04:39 GMT
#5
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3


it's funny, when you play random and ask from?, people are expecting you are cheeseing
I am not good with quotes
staceymarie123
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Australia59 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 05:32:41
May 14 2014 05:32 GMT
#6
Wow that's actually amazing that someone from Western Australia came up! This is a great post
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3357 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 09:00:14
May 14 2014 08:59 GMT
#7
On May 14 2014 13:39 s.a.y wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3


it's funny, when you play random and ask from?, people are expecting you are cheeseing


yes, that s why when I play random I never talk outside of GL HF, I dont want my opponent to think I m just being BM/preparing a cheese.

I do talk after games though if I am talked to (politely I mean, I just ignore basic insults, after all the Brood War FRA-1 channel was an insult fest ^^)

edit: yay for most friendly players!
Horang2 fan
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
May 14 2014 09:20 GMT
#8
On May 14 2014 13:39 s.a.y wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3


it's funny, when you play random and ask from?, people are expecting you are cheeseing


Because it's a universal truth, from BW to SC2, from Peru to Korea.

[image loading]
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Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
May 14 2014 09:30 GMT
#9
fuckin beuneos aries erry time i play pandemic that city flares up and kills us all.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
May 14 2014 10:58 GMT
#10
I hate it whenever someone ask me "from?". Shut up and die to my my superior mechanics.
I think esports is pretty nice.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
May 14 2014 11:03 GMT
#11
i try to chat up people bec i know my gosu typing apm is better than theirs
AdministratorYOU MUST HEED MY INSTRUCTIONS TAKE OFF YOUR THIIIINGS
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
May 14 2014 11:21 GMT
#12
On May 14 2014 18:20 endy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 13:39 s.a.y wrote:
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3


it's funny, when you play random and ask from?, people are expecting you are cheeseing


Because it's a universal truth, from BW to SC2, from Peru to Korea.

[image loading]


haha, i completly forgot about that.

but i feel 6 pool and similar rushes were much harder to hold in SC:BW.
I am not good with quotes
Brindled
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States508 Posts
May 14 2014 13:54 GMT
#13
On May 14 2014 19:58 Saechiis wrote:
I hate it whenever someone ask me "from?". Shut up and die to my my superior mechanics.


But superior grammar you do not have.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono @TL_Brindled11
Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-14 15:29:49
May 14 2014 15:28 GMT
#14
On May 14 2014 13:39 s.a.y wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2014 08:18 Wombat_NI wrote:
I miss the days where 'from?' would always come after the obligatory gl hf. It definitely feels that idle chit-chat was more common in WC3


it's funny, when you play random and ask from?, people are expecting you are cheeseing



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/247624-from-rush

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