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jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
June 02 2009 17:01 GMT
#21
"wait a min" = insta leave for me.
http://twitter.com/jhNz
Clasic
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
June 02 2009 17:41 GMT
#22
On June 03 2009 00:46 Shivaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2009 00:45 konadora wrote:
Let me tell you what I do

First, I prepare the ICCup site on my firefox
Second, I go onto ICCup and create a game
Third, someone joins, I say 'wait plz' and check out that user's info
Fourth, if reasonable, play. If he's smurfing, ban.


lol


Haha.
This is what I do too.
But I usually like vsing Semi pro gamers - pro gamers simply for the fact
to play better.
No no no no its not mine!
Myst-
Profile Joined May 2009
United States96 Posts
June 02 2009 18:00 GMT
#23
I played 2 B- Koreans and one B+ Korean this morning and of course, I lost all 3(I played a 27 minute ZvP with the B-). One game, I got cheesed and the other two was standard.

I don't avoid Koreans or any other players better than myself, because I want to improve! I've been playing 1v1 less than a month, so I have alot of shit to learn. Also, why do people care about records? Personally, I don't give a fuck about my stats, as long as I'm learning and having fun, it's all good.

I went 5-6, after losing 4 straight.

Flow.of.soul
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States210 Posts
June 02 2009 18:10 GMT
#24
On June 03 2009 01:34 meathook wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2009 00:45 konadora wrote:
Let me tell you what I do

First, I prepare the ICCup site on my firefox
Second, I go onto ICCup and create a game
Third, someone joins, I say 'wait plz' and check out that user's info
Fourth, if reasonable, play. If he's smurfing, ban.

This is lame and gay. Don't do this.

I wish people would start to understand how little importance the rank has.. I mean, unless you are getting paid to reach a certain rank (this happens in some clans, I guess) what is the meaning of it? At that point you are just doing it to make yourself feel better, not to improve your game.


There is a difference between a challenging game and a game where your opponent just has superior mechanics that no matter what they do they will still win.
Papvin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark612 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-02 18:35:51
June 02 2009 18:34 GMT
#25
On June 03 2009 01:34 meathook wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2009 00:45 konadora wrote:
Let me tell you what I do

First, I prepare the ICCup site on my firefox
Second, I go onto ICCup and create a game
Third, someone joins, I say 'wait plz' and check out that user's info
Fourth, if reasonable, play. If he's smurfing, ban.

This is lame and gay. Don't do this.

I wish people would start to understand how little importance the rank has.. I mean, unless you are getting paid to reach a certain rank (this happens in some clans, I guess) what is the meaning of it? At that point you are just doing it to make yourself feel better, not to improve your game.


Nah, it's completely reasonable. It's not the rating loss that's the issue, it's the difference of playing a fair game of starcraft, and getting owned so hard without being able to do ANYTHING because the other player has an apm 200 higher than yourself, superior mechanics and tight pro buildorders. I for one can't stand playing against players who are so much better than me, and I'm getting the impression that most ppl at my rank (D+ or so) feel the same -.-.
I'd really like to play, but guess I'll just keep it at playing friends for the next week or two -.-.
"It's criminally negligent to dismiss Rock's contributions to other people's careers", Dukethegold
Myst-
Profile Joined May 2009
United States96 Posts
June 02 2009 19:00 GMT
#26
Playing against better players will make you improve. I don't see why you would want to avoid better players and play against your friends.

Papvin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark612 Posts
June 02 2009 19:05 GMT
#27
On June 03 2009 04:00 Myst- wrote:
Playing against better players will make you improve. I don't see why you would want to avoid better players and play against your friends.



This might be true. But I really play to have fun. I do not have fun getting assraped by B's, and to be honest, I don't think I learn anything by getting steamrolled. Imo, you'll only learn if you actually have a chance of winning (even though this chance can be little, like a D+ playing against a C). Else it's like watching a live replay of yourself getting owned. This is clearly subjective, but that's how I see it.
"It's criminally negligent to dismiss Rock's contributions to other people's careers", Dukethegold
kemoryan
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Spain1506 Posts
June 02 2009 19:39 GMT
#28
Well I also started checking for their stats before going. A lot of players at D / D+ that beat me was because they were higher ranked (B, etc.). It's not fun if you wanna get past D level and don't feel like getting owned.
Freedom is a stranger
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4182 Posts
June 02 2009 19:41 GMT
#29
Playing better players might make you improve, but when u lose like 10 games in a row its pretty frustrating and demoralising lol. Makes you want to smash your keyboard !
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
June 02 2009 20:04 GMT
#30
Sucking is pretty demoralizing. Beating sucky players worse than you shouldn't make you feel better. People gotta learn to improve through losses.
Nak Allstar.
vx70GTOJudgexv
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3161 Posts
June 02 2009 20:09 GMT
#31
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=94532 - Who is Who has been up for a bit now. Post the rep?
(-_-) BW for ever. #1 Iris fan.
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-02 20:52:07
June 02 2009 20:50 GMT
#32
On June 03 2009 05:04 MiniRoman wrote:
Sucking is pretty demoralizing. Beating sucky players worse than you shouldn't make you feel better. People gotta learn to improve through losses.


but in my opinion there's a difference between a loss and total rape... this is demoralizing too T_T
http://twitter.com/jhNz
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66364 Posts
June 03 2009 00:20 GMT
#33
On June 03 2009 01:34 meathook wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2009 00:45 konadora wrote:
Let me tell you what I do

First, I prepare the ICCup site on my firefox
Second, I go onto ICCup and create a game
Third, someone joins, I say 'wait plz' and check out that user's info
Fourth, if reasonable, play. If he's smurfing, ban.

This is lame and gay. Don't do this.

I wish people would start to understand how little importance the rank has.. I mean, unless you are getting paid to reach a certain rank (this happens in some clans, I guess) what is the meaning of it? At that point you are just doing it to make yourself feel better, not to improve your game.

I don't want to play a game where I get totally rolled over and don't know what the heck happened.

I'd rather play (maybe I didn't add this in, but I meant 'reasonable' as in 'people who are truly equally-skilled' ) a game where it goes back and forth, and I end up losing and then finding out my mistakes bit by bit and improve from there.

I wouldn't want to face some A+ smurf and get thrashed without knowing what just happened ~_~
POGGERS
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
June 03 2009 00:44 GMT
#34
I hope you have the replay and realize what he did better than you.. It's a fucking amazing opportunity to see how somebody way above you plays.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66364 Posts
June 03 2009 00:45 GMT
#35
I tend to analyze my own mistakes first but idk if that's effective. That's just how I learn though
POGGERS
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
June 03 2009 01:49 GMT
#36
Playing a progamer can be cool novelty wise, like "omg I played Reach on iccup, now my penis is larger", but I don't know how much you could actually improve from it.

Like, you play some A+ Korean, and get raped. And then you go look at the replay to see what he did right/you did wrong. Are you expected to go, "Well, his macro is twice as good as mine, so he rolled over me. I guess I need to improve my macro? I never knew this ever." after watching the replay?

Maybe if they did a strategic play you haven't played against before, or are uncomfortable playing against, I can see how it helps, but in alot of cases it just seems like the reason you lost would be common sense. "Scout for proxies next time" or "improve macro".
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
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