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ZerG~LegenD
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Sweden1179 Posts
July 27 2009 13:46 GMT
#21
On July 27 2009 22:38 Chill wrote:
I give the pauser two to three minutes the first time. After that, fuck it, I unpause almost instantly if there's no explanation.

That's the way! I do pretty much exactly the same, save I normally wait only one minute when they tell me what's going on.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Revabug
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom147 Posts
July 27 2009 13:47 GMT
#22
On July 27 2009 22:37 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2009 22:27 Revabug wrote:
On July 27 2009 22:22 Shikyo wrote:
On July 27 2009 22:15 Revabug wrote:
It's pretty ludicrous how people at D (!) level are so content on snatching points to the point they'll unpause me 3 times in a row.

Basically I was playing a ZvP Destination and opening with a 3 hatch spire -> lurker build and got to 5 bases relatively easy.. at this point the phone rings, I pause and answer it, 3 seconds later he's unpaused and A-moved his dragoon/templar army in lurkers.. I pause, and he does it again... this time I don't notice until like 30 seconds later where my army's wiped out and he's on his to my 4th gas.. I pause once again (lol) and suprise.. he unpauses.

I continue playing but not with any confidence, with my resources now at 2k/2k.. and eventually I lose =(

I don't know what I'm expecting with this blog, I'm just kinda surprised that people go so far as to move up a rank (this win brought him to C-), be it hacking (hacking on iCCup lol wtf) or just simply unpausing.

It's pretty irritating when people pause, especially if they don't say what's going on. I'm there to play, not to watch a paused screen. Take care of your business in between games. Mute your phone. I don't unpause right away, but I'll countdown from 5 to 0 really quickly and then unpause. If you can't play all the way through, don't bother starting the game. Think about others, too.


Read the post above yours? I did say I was on the phone.

'Think about others, too.' this contradicts your entire way of dealing with pauses, so wtf?

I mean fuck I'd understand if I was on the phone for like 2+ minutes, but most of the time people will just say 'Can I call you back?' then return to the game 20 seconds later.. that's common sense to me t.t

Doesn't matter if you said you were on a phone, I just said "especially", my opinion still stands. Why don't you just mute your phone and call back after the match is over? Works for me. I actually have never paused a game on iccup for the year I've played SC now. How might that be possible...


Well this is a stupidly subjective argument but the fact you can't wait for 1 min> is quite shocking to me
0z
Profile Joined August 2006
Luxembourg877 Posts
July 27 2009 13:48 GMT
#23
On July 27 2009 22:42 Licmyobelisk wrote:
I myself hate to pause the game but what if the phone call is really important?


if you receive an important call you lose 50 pts on iccup, duh
Epicfailguy
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Norway893 Posts
July 27 2009 13:56 GMT
#24
I never pause the game when im playing, if someones calling, then I'll just call them back, but I understand why people want to pause, allthough its slightly annoying when this happens.

You make a game, someone joins, they dont pick a race or say anything as an indication of wanting to play, then leave because you're just sitting there waiting.
Some times I've just started the game, only to see them leave later couse they werent ready.
If you're not ready dont join ffs, or at least say SOMETHING.

And sometimes they pause like 4 seconds after the game has started. Whats up with that, come the fuck on. And when there's slightly lagging, its never "are you lagging" or "it might be me lagging" its "?" or "????" or "?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????" and it just pisses me the fuck off, so I just reply "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" jesus christ I swear to God one of these days its just *rattattattatata*
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
July 27 2009 13:57 GMT
#25
If the guy who paused justifies himself BEFORE pausing I'll give him 2-3 mins max. If he doesn't, too bad for him, time is money.
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cujo2k
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada1044 Posts
July 27 2009 14:01 GMT
#26
I've never really understood why people need to pause -_- If it's really important then why don't you just leave the game instead of pausing?
With that said, I've usually waited up to 5 mins. Last week a korean dude paused for at least 5 mins without saying anything, so I unpaused and killed him(Although I had a huge advantage before that anyways). To make matters worse, he disced after I unpaused and I never got any points cuz the manual report shit is bugged t.t
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hcliff454
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada127 Posts
July 27 2009 14:07 GMT
#27
Other than a phone ringing, what would make someone pause a game? I'd just let that shit go to the answering machine.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-27 14:12:47
July 27 2009 14:09 GMT
#28
if they dont say a thing i give them 30 second to about 1 min. Even a "wait" is okay and than ill wait 2-3 mins. If they give a good reason about 5 mins. After that unpause. Im understanding unless you just pause without saying anything. Like "phone" or "door" is so hard to type.

I once had a game guy paused. I said ? and nothing. 30 seconds later i unpause and he immediatetly pauses again. wtf? and than i unpaused it and 30 seconds later get cursed at in broken english.
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clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
July 27 2009 14:10 GMT
#29
On July 27 2009 22:30 konadora wrote:
I bet they were Koreans

Americans (or at least, English speaking people) always wait when I say 'hang on, phone' or something


I guess it really depends who you run across. I have found some very very mannered Koreans =]
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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-27 14:15:48
July 27 2009 14:14 GMT
#30
On July 27 2009 22:30 konadora wrote:
I bet they were Koreans

Americans (or at least, English speaking people) always wait when I say 'hang on, phone' or something


Yeah I think that's generally true.
Most frustrating game ever , a ZvP, I said something like pp cause I had to take a piss (I drink a lot of water^^) he just unpauses right away, he attacks me with zealots I defend with mutas -> kill his main and his natural with muta hydra while he keeps spamming korean stuff which I can't read but it surely wasnt very friendly, he only has his hidden expansion (defended by cannons and too many HT to break with just hydras) left so I'm waiting for him to gg so I can finally take a fucking piss.

But I suck so bad that eventually after he killed ashit ton of drones with HT drop and a base with DT drop I still somehow miraculously manage to lose that game, while he keeps insulting me and calling me a chobo - turns out the guy was A- the season before(my ZvP is D+ and it was a D lvl game)... arg

hm OK I kinda drifted away from the topic.
There can always be something annoying which you didnt expect when you play sc so I always wait as long as the guy says something. If he doesn't I'll do it like chill does and unpause after a while
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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
July 27 2009 14:17 GMT
#31
I got so many free points thanks people like yourself. And for that I'm very grateful
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Sixer
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States278 Posts
July 27 2009 14:18 GMT
#32
This happened to me in a ZvT. Luckily my opponent was an idiot and I had time to make lurkers just in time to defend my natural. I proceeded to turn around and pressure, and won the game.

Then I hit him with a healthy amount of BM ("You unpause all your games to get to C-?") and built hatcheries under his floating command center. Then I infested it.
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
July 27 2009 14:25 GMT
#33
Stop lurkers work well with people that unpause.
:)
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
July 27 2009 14:27 GMT
#34
some people just do it for fun.

I played against a korean who disc hacks against non koreans.
hi
barth
Profile Joined March 2008
Ireland1272 Posts
July 27 2009 14:32 GMT
#35
I cant imagine how could someone be enough of a piece of shit to unpause right away if the other player explained himself, not like 0.5-1 min makes any difference. Thankfully it happened only once or twice to me on Iccup.
"Somebody you are talking to disappears mid sentence, and the universe shoots you because you talked to someone that wasn`t there." - MasterOfChaos
Smorrie
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2926 Posts
July 27 2009 14:35 GMT
#36
I usually (whenever i actually play ) tell my opponent that it will only take 1 min.. or 2 mins max when i know it might take longer.

If my opponent pauses without saying anything I'll say '?', if there's no response I unpause.
If he's gone on the phone I'll wait 3 mins or so and then ask whats up. I don't think I need to be waiting more than 3 minutes : o

Whenever my mom calls and I'm in the middle of a game I tell her I'm playing starcraft and I'll call her back later after my game's done. That's how it should be done!
It has a strong technique, but it lacks oo.
ibutoss
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Australia341 Posts
July 27 2009 14:36 GMT
#37
yeah I unpause it instantly unless its someone I know. I play sc for fun not to sit around and wait for someone else's life. Turn off your phone and sc if it's a issue.

Nada got Yooned
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
July 27 2009 14:38 GMT
#38
I think it's pretty cruel to pause the game in a normal iccup game. I usually don't answer phone when I play, but if I really have to go afk I'll just quit instead of disrupting the game. I believe that is the right thing to do. It's way more bad mannered making your opponent wait for you than to unpause when someone paused. It's a different situation in clanwars though, but as people just use iccup for practising and don't feel like wasting time on someone just because he wants to phone I don't really see any problem...
I'm taking whatever coverage I can get, because frankly, I'm busy working on this million dollar deal at my job. Early retirement is a good thing brotha man. - MessengerASL
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24761 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-27 14:39:51
July 27 2009 14:39 GMT
#39
On July 27 2009 22:38 Chill wrote:
I give the pauser two to three minutes the first time. After that, fuck it, I unpause almost instantly if there's no explanation.

I do the exact same thing. I only can recall ever once having to unpause a game because I got sick of waiting... but then again you've played much more ladder than me. The guy was so pissed when he got back lol

I also agree with what was said that you shouldn't answer the phone while playing iccup. If you have caller ID and it's important then just quit the game; alternately if you expect an important call then don't play iccup so the issue doesn't come up.
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iD.NicKy
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
France767 Posts
July 27 2009 14:42 GMT
#40
On July 27 2009 23:35 Smorrie wrote:
I usually (whenever i actually play ) tell my opponent that it will only take 1 min.. or 2 mins max when i know it might take longer.

If my opponent pauses without saying anything I'll say '?', if there's no response I unpause.
If he's gone on the phone I'll wait 3 mins or so and then ask whats up. I don't think I need to be waiting more than 3 minutes : o

Whenever my mom calls and I'm in the middle of a game I tell her I'm playing starcraft and I'll call her back later after my game's done. That's how it should be done!


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