EPTIt's kind of lame playing against a race picker because then you can't really practice at all, 3 mu's is too much for most people that can only afford an hour or 2 a day to play. There's really no down side to race picking. If we're gonna allow it we may as well just hide everyone's race. Even if i only play zerg it'd be better to be listed as a race picker so the opponent can't practice effectively against me.
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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
It's kind of lame playing against a race picker because then you can't really practice at all, 3 mu's is too much for most people that can only afford an hour or 2 a day to play. There's really no down side to race picking. If we're gonna allow it we may as well just hide everyone's race. Even if i only play zerg it'd be better to be listed as a race picker so the opponent can't practice effectively against me. | ||
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Eywa-
Canada4876 Posts
On March 02 2012 06:41 Sethronu wrote: Well, the way I see it, if there isn't really a requirement to state the matchups you will play, I might as well cite myself as a racepicker and just 4-pool / proxy rax whenever I feel like I'm playing an unfavourable matchup or map. I mean, why not? Yes, and you would often lose too. On March 02 2012 11:26 L3gendary wrote: The whole point of the D league is to get better and get out of D! I mean it's silly to say that people dont care or practice for it cause they might as well just ladder instead. The fact that they joined a league shows they wanna compete. It's kind of lame playing against a race picker because then you can't really practice at all, 3 mu's is too much for most people that can only afford an hour or 2 a day to play. There's really no down side to race picking. If we're gonna allow it we may as well just hide everyone's race. Even if i only play zerg it'd be better to be listed as a race picker so the opponent can't practice effectively against me. You just said the point of the league is to get better than D and in the second paragraph, you say that you don't want to face race pickers because you don't want to practice more than 1 mu... Contradictory. | ||
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Gen.Rolly
United States200 Posts
Not to change topics, I am still looking for a team to join. I am actually thinking of creating my own team if there are ppl out there that have not been picked up yet (I know there at least two) and also if Nikon would allow me. I am not super serious about the whole practice thing as I do this mostly for fun but I respect those that do this take this seriously and I would not have to be the captain of the team but I would definitely help out in organizing and making timely submissions of the team roster and what not. PM me if you would like to be on this team and then I will message Nikon about making us legit. Note: because the season has already started and its Week 2 we might start at a disadvantage but to me I don't really care about that I just want to have fun and play against ppl my skill level instead of alays being owned on the iCCup D server by players much better than their rank it seems. ID: FirebatFTW Race: Zerg Rank: D | ||
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Nikon
Bulgaria5710 Posts
Speaking of delayed lineups, UED Academy has yet to submit theirs. It's now 33 hours sine the deadline for the lineups was passed. I have sent PMs asking for the lineup, but there hasn't been a meaningful response yet. As such, UED academy will be starting their games on Saturday with a 1 game deficit. If they do not submit the lineup by 11:00 GMT today, they will be starting the match with a 2 game deficit. It sucks that I have to do this disciplinary action, but the whole purpose of announcing the lineup was that people could focus their practice for the latter part of the week, and I feel that not submitting your lineup is really unfair to people who do. | ||
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Game
3191 Posts
On March 02 2012 11:56 Nikon wrote: As for racepickers, I do ask the captains about their players' choice of race, but sometimes they're just a tad slow in relaying the information. I did this in Week 1 as well, and no one complained about it, to my knowledge. Now, you might say that this gives an advantage to the person that plays multiple races, but the fact of the matter is that the said person has to vary his training schedule more. Playing PvP in Week 4 is vastly different from playing ZvT in Week 5, for example. Personally, I'd like to keep the pick method the way it currently is, but there are some problems with the speed that people rely lineups, and subsequently, player race choice to me. Speaking of delayed lineups, UED Academy has yet to submit theirs. It's now 33 hours sine the deadline for the lineups was passed. I have sent PMs asking for the lineup, but there hasn't been a meaningful response yet. As such, UED academy will be starting their games on Saturday with a 1 game deficit. If they do not submit the lineup by 11:00 GMT today, they will be starting the match with a 2 game deficit. It sucks that I have to do this disciplinary action, but the whole purpose of announcing the lineup was that people could focus their practice for the latter part of the week, and I feel that not submitting your lineup is really unfair to people who do. No problem, there are players in the UED academy who aren't even D rank to begin with. IMO they should start with a deficit every week strictly for that reason alone. | ||
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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4330 Posts
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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
On March 02 2012 11:31 Eywa- wrote: Yes, and you would often lose too. You just said the point of the league is to get better than D and in the second paragraph, you say that you don't want to face race pickers because you don't want to practice more than 1 mu... Contradictory. 1 mu at a time...jeez. | ||
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
On March 02 2012 11:56 Nikon wrote: As for racepickers, I do ask the captains about their players' choice of race, but sometimes they're just a tad slow in relaying the information. I did this in Week 1 as well, and no one complained about it, to my knowledge. Now, you might say that this gives an advantage to the person that plays multiple races, but the fact of the matter is that the said person has to vary his training schedule more. Playing PvP in Week 4 is vastly different from playing ZvT in Week 5, for example. Personally, I'd like to keep the pick method the way it currently is, but there are some problems with the speed that people rely lineups, and subsequently, player race choice to me. Speaking of delayed lineups, UED Academy has yet to submit theirs. It's now 33 hours sine the deadline for the lineups was passed. I have sent PMs asking for the lineup, but there hasn't been a meaningful response yet. As such, UED academy will be starting their games on Saturday with a 1 game deficit. If they do not submit the lineup by 11:00 GMT today, they will be starting the match with a 2 game deficit. It sucks that I have to do this disciplinary action, but the whole purpose of announcing the lineup was that people could focus their practice for the latter part of the week, and I feel that not submitting your lineup is really unfair to people who do. I will try to get this message to blood ..... none of my team mates are online right now ... None of us are at keyboard rank or e- I can assure you that ...... | ||
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hp.Shell
United States2527 Posts
They're definitely not C/C+ Edit: This topic is really too full of drama for me to continue reading it. I don't know why I bother. I'll read the updates to the first post and that's about it. | ||
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HeaDStrong
Scotland785 Posts
On March 02 2012 13:03 hp.Shell wrote: They're definitely not C/C+ Edit: This topic is really too full of drama for me to continue reading it. I don't know why I bother. I'll read the updates to the first post and that's about it. Yeah because people exchanging ideas and opinions is drama. I absolutely follow you... | ||
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Gen.Rolly
United States200 Posts
Yeah because people exchanging ideas and opinions is drama. I absolutely follow you... I think you just proved his point... | ||
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Game
3191 Posts
I think you just proved his point... | ||
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Gen.Rolly
United States200 Posts
I think you just proved his point... I don't quite follow you, but... I think you just proved his point... (and on and on if you want to play that game...) | ||
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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4330 Posts
That's my two cents. Also, Team 1 vs Team 6 games going up on youtube. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On March 01 2012 15:50 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: Videos going up on youtube. I'll be doing Team 3 vs Team 8 first tonight. Tomorrow night I'll do another set, so on and so forth until the next replay pack is released. Brent if it comes down to it when our two teams meet we can settle the ace match with a speed commentary dual instead! My attempt: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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chrisolo
Germany2606 Posts
Just play ladder and train like that if you wish to practice for your match, it won't be hurting to do that. In Proleague the Proplayers do not know which matchup they will play and it still works, doesn't it? | ||
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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4330 Posts
On March 02 2012 16:09 L_Master wrote: Brent if it comes down to it when our two teams meet we can settle the ace match with a speed commentary dual instead! My attempt: + Show Spoiler + Nice Image link. =) I fixed it for you. I'll also post your link below for those too lazy to open the spoiler. Dat WPM. | ||
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S2Glow
Singapore1042 Posts
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fold
Australia665 Posts
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floi
203 Posts
 Re: racepicking As I don't really see the use of generalizations about what people should do, what their motivations are for playing in DRTL or whether it's better to practice one MU or 3 - I would personally prefer the race to be clear from the lineup, because I personally think it would benefit my preparations. Also adds to the character and hype of the league, because it kinda feels more serious if you practice both MU and map specifically to try and get an edge from it. Maybe a poll addressed at the players might solve this problem? | ||
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