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The Mass Game Effect

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FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
January 02 2008 05:22 GMT
#1


Starcraft's top scientists have discovered, the mass game effect. It's a never ending chain that goes something like this. (What happened to me)

Noob buys Starcraft
Noob beats Computer
Noob goes on Battle.net
Noob gets pwned
Noob discovers WCG and Tasteless's commentary
Noob watchs game
Noob plays more B.net
Noob gets frustrated
Noob keeps playing
Noob wins
Noob loses again
Noob loses for 6 months more
Noob starts winning
Noob becomes Amateur
Amateur signs for leagues
Amateur loses
Amateur mass games
Amateur quits due to hatred of mass losses
Amateur comes back
Amateur writes in blog about mass game effect


The worst part about this "illness" is that it cannot be cured without further losses. It happens to every noob. I've taken breaks but that decreased my skill level. I've even played games against computers just to win.


***
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
January 02 2008 05:44 GMT
#2
You seem to be on the same path I was on, so I'll tell you what will probably happen.

Amateur masses games again.
Amateur loses more.
Amateur finds another game.
Repeat from step one on.

Eventually you'll move on to this game.

[image loading]


and hopefully

Amatuer becomes pro.


nA.Inky
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States794 Posts
January 02 2008 05:53 GMT
#3
Falcynn, that is absolutely hilarious! OUTSIDE!!!

That's essentially the game I have moved on to (with occasional little ventures into Tetris world and other silly games like that).

To the OP, as long as you enjoy it, keep at it. You play enough and you'll win a lot vs a lot of people. Of course, with a competitive game such as this, as long as you play competitively on ladders and with good players, you will lose very often. Woohoo!!!!

Email (use instead of PM): InkMeister at aol dot com AIM: InkMeister
noobienoob
Profile Joined July 2007
United States1173 Posts
January 02 2008 06:02 GMT
#4
where do i download this game?
FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
January 02 2008 06:13 GMT
#5
I'm not sure about Oustide, something tells me if I pull an elite bear mob, I wont be rezzed
hasuprotoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States4612 Posts
January 02 2008 06:23 GMT
#6
Hmm... Outside lies, I seem to only find dumb NPC AI .

Heh, massing games is fun, I'm actually starting to play again so I'm massing on ICCup. It probably won't last too terribly long though as I'm playing Terran and I suck.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?viewdays=0&show_part=5 <--- Articles Section on TL
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
January 02 2008 06:32 GMT
#7
I'm still trying to figure out how to play Outside without monthly fee, the stupid AIs keep telling me to pay rents and buy foods and the like.

Also its hard to find people who wants to PVP
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
January 02 2008 07:02 GMT
#8
On January 02 2008 15:13 freedom yay wrote:
I'm not sure about Oustide, something tells me if I pull an elite bear mob, I wont be rezzed




lololololoolol
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
January 02 2008 07:03 GMT
#9
Fucking elite bears
[iHs]SSP | I-NO-KI BOM-BA-YE | のヮの http://tinyurl.com/MLIStheCV , MLIS.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20145 Posts
January 02 2008 07:17 GMT
#10
did anyone else read thsi title as "The Game Mass Effect"
T_T
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
SuN-TzU
Profile Joined January 2007
United States213 Posts
January 02 2008 07:22 GMT
#11
OMG im freakin noob at outside. my loot suckz and my mount is a 1996 geo, wtf....

need to grind more epic mawbz
Ultimate Excellence Lies Not In Winning Every Battle But In Defeating The Enemy Without Ever Fighting. - Sun-tzu
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
January 02 2008 07:32 GMT
#12
On January 02 2008 16:17 decafchicken wrote:
did anyone else read thsi title as "The Game Mass Effect"
T_T


Only you my friend...only you..
Snowflakes in January, Heart warm like February, I wouldn't ordinarily..
-WGT-Stars-
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States888 Posts
January 02 2008 07:46 GMT
#13
lol Oo no monthly fee is a lie!! btw i get better when i dont play for months >.> weird heh?
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
January 02 2008 07:48 GMT
#14
On January 02 2008 16:46 -WGT-Stars- wrote:
lol Oo no monthly fee is a lie!! btw i get better when i dont play for months >.> weird heh?

No you don't.
Being healthy, it has been said, really consists of having the same disease as everybody else.
-WGT-Stars-
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States888 Posts
January 02 2008 10:10 GMT
#15
im serious lol i get online and i play better then the last time i played ;p
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
January 02 2008 20:16 GMT
#16
If you want to start winning games a lot I advise a training regimen period rather than more mass games.
First is APM training (search you'll easily find the thread describing it), it's pretty brutal but if you do it correctly I think it will greatly increase your APM, assuming you want it higher. Most people have the potential, just need to bring it out.
Second would be examine your game or have someone else examine it for you (through replays) and see what kind of typical poor decisions you make and change them. For example, say you often like to be overly aggressive or do risky all-inish type of moves rather than playing the safe macro route.
Third is watch replays, or play with friends who share vision with you during games so you can understand the timings of the game, then use that to say maximize your efficiency. (by say building cannons at the latest possible time to defend had he gone 3 hatch muta).
ModeratorBlame yourself or God
FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
January 06 2008 05:00 GMT
#17
Just some questions, if you commit suicide, does that mean you delete your account? Also, is it possible to get epic armour the size of your upper body from a boar?
I don't know how it got over 6 billion players.
lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
January 06 2008 09:30 GMT
#18
Nothing beats the graphics of OUTISDE, but it has a shitty story and unimaginitive levels and work grinding is awful.

And still why don't the graphic whores go play OUTSIDE, so game designers stop making(and successifully selling) retarded games.
I'll call Nada.
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