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Woes of being random
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
This way you don't get as bored playing the same race and you don't get banned all the time. :S | ||
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tracer
Korea (South)693 Posts
On August 03 2008 02:55 Elric_ wrote: Maybe before you join a room you roll a dice. 1-2=T, 3-4=P, 5-6=Z. This way you don't get as bored playing the same race and you don't get banned all the time. :S That's actually a really good idea. The only reason you wouldn't want to do this is if you WANT your opponent to have the disadvantage of not knowing your race (which is pretty pussy). | ||
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ZZangDreamjOy
Canada959 Posts
It's one o fthe perks of being random. What's being pussy is dodging just cause you have to ALTER your build for a few seconds. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
The only reason you wouldn't want to do this is if you WANT your opponent to have the disadvantage of not knowing your race (which is pretty pussy). If the advantage gained from being random were that great, I'm pretty sure all pro's would be random, all top foreigner's would be random etc. Unless there's some rule against playing random in StarLeagues that I'm unaware of. In any case, random players choose random because they love the game and they like to play every aspect of it. Most random players won't even try to cheese you if the match up is zvz. That said, it's exactly for the OPs argument that I simply stopped playing random. You pretty much have to be with friends for them to let you play random, or you get bitched out... Even with dumbasses going "CHOOSE YOUR BEST RACE, CHOOSE YOUR BEST RACE" "... my best is random..." "NO, CHOOSE YOUR BEST" because they simply don't get that being random is different from choosing a race, not just because you could cheese your opponent if they don't choose random, but because no one wants to cheese you either. | ||
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ilovejonn
Canada2548 Posts
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HighTimes
Taiwan342 Posts
 Of course, nothing beats RvR! Oh, and why don't you just create your own game? just state that you're random in the gamename. But then again... there are douchebags, who join without reading and then quit after game has started... God, I hate that! | ||
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LonelyMargarita
1845 Posts
What makes me laugh even more than the "no ran" crowd is the people that choose R, but ONLY when you choose R. It's like they think they're getting some sort of advantage. I ALREADY PLAY RANDOM...you DON'T. You choosing random gives ME the advantage, NOT YOU. You getting an off-race is a lot more beneficial to me than me having to scout 15 seconds earlier is an advantage to you. | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
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RO.Word
United Kingdom62 Posts
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NrG.Bamboo
United States2756 Posts
On August 03 2008 03:42 thedeadhaji wrote: im not going to play vs random when i'm practicing, simple as that. QFT I go to iCCup to practice/to get better. The possibility to play vs cheese with a random player is pretty high. Plus factor in the fact that your on iCCup.. I'd be shocked to find both a: 1) non-cheese game. 2) actual GG (due to the fact that they are probably not that good at all races Both of which I hope for when I try to get practice games in. EDIT: If it's a remake (and my oppoent picked in the first game) I think it would be kind of rude to deny him of a second shot with whatever race he/she wants. Also I'm going to play paranoid because angry loser + random probably won't be a GG combo :p | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
"NO T" "NO Z" "NO P" "NO RAN" No StarCraft. Great players of old were Randomers. Liquid Drone, Episode French, Testie... All with their fair share of amazing replays... Refusing to play Random because it's different is like refusing to play BroodWar... Just learn to play the new matchups. Or at least when we say "ok, choose my race," don't ban. | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On August 03 2008 03:54 Valentine wrote: QFT I go to iCCup to practice/to get better. The possibility to play vs cheese with a random player is pretty high. Plus factor in the fact that your on iCCup.. I'd be shocked to find both a: 1) non-cheese game. 2) actual GG (due to the fact that they are probably not that good at all races Both of which I hope for when I try to get practice games in. EDIT: If it's a remake (and my oppoent picked in the first game) I think it would be kind of rude to deny him of a second shot with whatever race he/she wants. Also I'm going to play paranoid because angry loser + random probably won't be a GG combo :p You have friends to practice against, you don't need to ladder to get practice. Playing against random people isn't as good for practice as people you know anyway. You can play them over and over again, and there can be discussion afterwards. So if you go to iCCup and your opponent goes R, yeah I guess you can leave the game or flame him but I kind of think that means you're a pussy. | ||
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tracer
Korea (South)693 Posts
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On August 03 2008 04:18 Hypnosis wrote: When i play against random i just 14 cc and lose. I think I've lost every PvR game I've ever played. | ||
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Ideas
United States8037 Posts
I just always feel conned when the guy hits go and then i realize 1 second before the game starts that he hasn't picked a race lol. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On August 03 2008 04:26 FragKrag wrote: I ban randoms because I don't want to have to deal with that stupid shit when I'm trying to get better. What's with this? As I said, try to get better against people you know. I'm pretty sure the point of a ladder is to determine skill level, not to help you advance yours. Yeah that's a side effect, but to me banning someone because they play random or any particular race you don't want to play to me is like banning someone because their win record is too good. It's dodging, and in my opinion, abuse. I hope that in SC2 Battle.net the auto-matchmaking system doesn't allow for this kind of BS, and it's a shame that the current one does. Of course I can't blame you too much, because you're allowed to do it currently, and it's not really considered "abuse" by the admins (though I think it should be, they just don't have time to deal with it). If you can't play well versus random, you deserve to lose versus players who go random. Get over it. | ||
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BottleAbuser
Korea (South)1888 Posts
"No toss." I pick terran. Ban. WTF | ||
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