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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-25 23:26:59
February 25 2021 23:24 GMT
#1
Im hosting this tournament via matcherino.link https://matcherino.com/tournaments/43678/overview

If you wanna join let me know.. Matches gonna be live streamed aswell so if you wanna watch its possible too
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
February 26 2021 18:48 GMT
#2
still 1 seat left
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
February 28 2021 17:57 GMT
#3
we now 17 players its possible to be more than 16 come come all players welcome
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
March 01 2021 07:50 GMT
#4
theres no good DS players on this site looking for a challenge??
MineraIs
Profile Joined September 2020
United States846 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-01 08:37:40
March 01 2021 08:35 GMT
#5
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kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2041 Posts
March 01 2021 08:42 GMT
#6
Sorry we only play noob friendly maps like Fighting Spirit or Circuit Breaker. Maybe Radley will sign up to show some skills.
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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-01 10:13:43
March 01 2021 10:08 GMT
#7
On March 01 2021 17:42 kogeT wrote:
Sorry we only play noob friendly maps like Fighting Spirit or Circuit Breaker. Maybe Radley will sign up to show some skills.


what you mean about nub friendly? aint most maps noobfriendly at least i dont know any noob hostile maps. fighting spirit and circuit breaker noob friendlyness depends on the players playing it if you setup a really good vs a new player i dont think it would be so noobfriendly as youre saying

i tryid message radley seems hes not into putting money to hes skills.. he havent reply me so im thinking hes backing out not fully sure ofcourse. we happy to play good players so if he thinks him self as good ds player hes should join.. all races is in the tournament we 16 players 6 terran 3 zerg and 7 protoss so far..
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
March 04 2021 07:25 GMT
#8
we need 1 or 2 more players at this tournament theres 2 weeks left to join
radley
Profile Joined August 2008
Poland582 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-05 01:21:34
March 05 2021 01:14 GMT
#9
What mode is this tournament played with? Auto or manual? Name of tournament is so funny I can only assume it's gonna be played on auto. I'm pretty sure kogeT assumed you play on manual.

Edit: you didn't contact me regarding tournament, so please don't spread a lie. You asked to reply in thread about map, where I think I wrote everything you had to know. That is you used wrong name for map and there is not much I can talk more about until me and my colleagues check it out in free time.
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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-05 14:59:42
March 05 2021 06:54 GMT
#10
On March 05 2021 10:14 radley wrote:
What mode is this tournament played with? Auto or manual? Name of tournament is so funny I can only assume it's gonna be played on auto. I'm pretty sure kogeT assumed you play on manual.

Edit: you didn't contact me regarding tournament, so please don't spread a lie. You asked to reply in thread about map, where I think I wrote everything you had to know. That is you used wrong name for map and there is not much I can talk more about until me and my colleagues check it out in free time.


The rules of the tournament is given in matcherino link in the top of this thread you can read about it. You gotta pick your favorite race and play with that all battles. The game mode will be the best fitted for 1v1 battles which is single race, heroes and abilities on, reinforcements off, specs on at fast speed, income speed fast. The tournament is gonna be played in 4 rounds 1 per week of best of 3 1v1 battles you win you pass to next round you loose youre out. the winner will get 50% of the prize pool and the 2nd will get 30% and the third will get 20%. the matchlist is drawn randomly by 16 numbers made drawn in a map i make for it hosted with observers to be legit. when youre setup with an opponent you got 1 week to arrange your battle and send info on battle time to me so one observer can be choosen to observe and stream the max 3 battles.

All races is represented by the players in the tournament so far so it seems we gonna see all kinds of battles. but everyone is free to exploit if any imbalancies and choose the best race

You and Your colleges are very welcome to join the tournament the worlds best DS player will be found here

You never replied to my private msg tho, im happy to have you speaking now (we can also do private battles you radley and me if you dont wanna join the tour) All the questions and asking about links in the other thread i made have never been answered thats why i private messaged you to come up with answers.
radley
Profile Joined August 2008
Poland582 Posts
March 05 2021 13:05 GMT
#11
Do you even know what means auto / manual mode in DS? Just to clarify, I'm asking whether you use mode with controling spawned units by player (manual) or by computer (auto).
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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-05 15:09:08
March 05 2021 14:52 GMT
#12
On March 05 2021 22:05 radley wrote:
Do you even know what means auto / manual mode in DS? Just to clarify, I'm asking whether you use mode with controling spawned units by player (manual) or by computer (auto).


i pretty well know that you can override the lobby ums settings to have a player controlling the computer intended units, but DS is not made or balanced that way, If your talking about builder and fighter its not DS, I only know one DS map made for this and that one is made by me called DS Fighter. Maybe theres other DS maps intended to be played that way but ive never tryid em and i played alot of ds for many years... Anyways right now i think you just avoiding the actual subject that you could join the tour to show you skills as you should know that the ds mode manual cannot be played in a 1v1 tour so where your question of the game mode will be manual or auto come from i dont know, Its so clear to read and understand that this is 1v1 tour = auto mode. the way DS is intended and balanced to be played.

Do you know how to play more than only one DS map? I dont think flash can only play one map if you want to bring such an player to your comparison.. But i think flash would say that some maps is not fair balanced for all races the same way im argumenting that not all DS maps is fair balanced for all races
radley
Profile Joined August 2008
Poland582 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-05 19:10:22
March 05 2021 19:06 GMT
#13
Yes, that's what I thought. Your map does not even have manual control mode, which is complete bullshit when talking about professional play. DS maps with auto fighting units are made for casual players bro :D. Which is totally fine to have such maps, but trying to make competition on them is just weak. There is not much skill in just building proper buildings and selecting heroes. I'll tell you how professional competition looks like in DS 1v1 tournament:
1. Mode is manual (there is waaaay more abillity to play when you can control units plus it avoids totally luck based factors, that units are stucked, bugged, use abillity completely wrong etc.
2. Matches are usually bo3 and played using zvz, pvp, tvt (first matchup is ban vetoed, then loser picks next) - to avoid any race imbalance, because there is always some.
3. Map maker does not take part in tournament, because he can abuse his knowledge about some hidden factors.

Generally your tournament does not comply with any of these important points. But you called it Grandmaster Desert Strike World Championship. Tell me what can I do here apart from scratching my head and feel pity for you.
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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-06 05:31:38
March 05 2021 20:49 GMT
#14
On March 06 2021 04:06 radley wrote:
Yes, that's what I thought. Your map does not even have manual control mode, which is complete bullshit when talking about professional play. DS maps with auto fighting units are made for casual players bro :D. Which is totally fine to have such maps, but trying to make competition on them is just weak. There is not much skill in just building proper buildings and selecting heroes. I'll tell you how professional competition looks like in DS 1v1 tournament:
1. Mode is manual (there is waaaay more abillity to play when you can control units plus it avoids totally luck based factors, that units are stucked, bugged, use abillity completely wrong etc.
2. Matches are usually bo3 and played using zvz, pvp, tvt (first matchup is ban vetoed, then loser picks next) - to avoid any race imbalance, because there is always some.
3. Map maker does not take part in tournament, because he can abuse his knowledge about some hidden factors.

Generally your tournament does not comply with any of these important points. But you called it Grandmaster Desert Strike World Championship. Tell me what can I do here apart from scratching my head and feel pity for you.


1. give me link to that ds you talk about.. ive never seen it or tryid it. DS have always been intended to be played by auto mode and the ai of the computer units(bugged, stucked, stacked) is in the balance of the map. So in the DS you speak about you build buildings while controlling the units that is spawned? (what an huge mess 99999 money maps go home you need an 3k apm to play this your speed is the only factor, on my ds when players maxed the spawns each side spawns around 1000 units with players beeing able to click 12 units at a time and give them an action you can imagine how many actions it would take to control this many units all this while you also need make buildings at the base) not a ds ive ever tryid and not a ds other than your secret ds colleges play. Is this the DS you call the one and only classic that no players know off?. Luck is also a factor in fastest and low map play.
2.So if battles are always zvz pvp tvt than you call the map balanced? maybe you can never say its 100% balanced but your choices and timings and luck plays the biggest role instead of the race differencies.. like if ranked battles always would be zvz pvp and tvt than you couldnt say sc is balanced. I would say scbw is balanced tho i know some can argument that stuff is never 100% balanced.. but skills play big enough a role for me to call scbw balanced.
3.Why should map maker not play in the tournament if the map is legit and dosent have cheats and info about all stuff in map is given to players. why should the map maker then not be allowed in the tour thats nonsense. as i am the map maker of ds classic your trying to argument that i know stuff to map that ive or is hidden from players? do you really think my map would be played or players would join my tournament if that was the case? Is the map maker of your DS also a secret?Im pretty sure map makers of bgh and lost temple etc are allowed to tournaments too

Can i ask you a simple question is pro low map players better or worse than pro fastest / 99999 money maps? the maps i see streamed with pro players playing em is low maps. but the high apm should be an advance if playing fastest/99999 maps right. what im saying is just speed is not the only factor in sc. DS is alot more slow based and compareable to chess in a way.. and theres plenty of skill in beeing good at chess or the DS i know

Good games and maps is played alot, like chess and ringing bloom, bgh, lost temple and fastest vgt maps etc etc but the map your speaking off is not played.. but is very competetative and tournaments is played on it too. Im sorry for your scrathing on your head and feeling pity for me
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-06 09:51:53
March 05 2021 23:44 GMT
#15
@radley at least your can prove your skills by uploading one of your battles too BWreplays.com and send the link to it here

im really just curious about that secret ds your playing and really wanna see you play it..
GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
March 07 2021 22:25 GMT
#16
@radley scratching my head not at the point where i feel pity for you yet, but where you at come out please let me get some links, replays and answers?
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10282 Posts
March 08 2021 02:01 GMT
#17
Can't believe you're still harassing Radley after trying to host a "high level" tournament on an auto DS map... What do you do in your games, just sit back and watch the armies ram into each other? Lol...
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
MineraIs
Profile Joined September 2020
United States846 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-08 02:37:29
March 08 2021 02:35 GMT
#18
i wish there was an option to block or hide posts...
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GGmano
Profile Joined February 2021
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-08 17:04:31
March 08 2021 07:05 GMT
#19
On March 08 2021 11:01 Jealous wrote:
Can't believe you're still harassing Radley after trying to host a "high level" tournament on an auto DS map... What do you do in your games, just sit back and watch the armies ram into each other? Lol...


Imreally not harassing radley rather i think its opposite. I only want radley to share info (links and replays) on the map i think is a non existing map(if its not existing than why all these post against me). If you know and have played DS you would know an manual game mode as hes speaking of wouldnt be good to watch or play. In my DS theres alot to do in a strategic way so its not just watching the armies ran into each other, its timing on when you add income and when you add marines instead of bat and when you add mech and or air units and when too add supportive units and stack units and when to upgrade techs and upgrades for units. in my map you got around 80000 ore (depends how good you timed you income advance) to choose which units you need add at a good timing. Theres lots of build combinations. if you intrested i have replays you can watch.. your skills matter more than you think(chess is not won by sitting back watching the pieces battle and if you think its thats easy you should join the tournament sit back and win 50 dollar). if this would be played on the (manual mode) there would be way too much too control thats why the map is not made for that. if it was the case that a manual mode ds would be good it would have been made and played for a long time now but its not.. thats why i think its him harasssing me but if i see links to the map he speaks and replays ill be sorry for my mistaking ofcourse.

I know other DS maps there wouldnt be so good in the matter choice and timing demanding, mostly because of its balance and simpliness. But i know another DS thats played on a league base, thats the Desert strike Angel, which is played in china server, but no one knows or play it in the other servers. In that map theres enough to do that differencies the winner from the looser which makes it skill demanding and hence its played league wise. (That map is no secret and its only played on auto, i can send you both replays and links to download it)

In another post where im introducing my DS radley post these two post at the start:
1.Radley saying:I am pro at desert strike classic with 10 years experience and I have never heard of this map version, nor any of my other pro colleagues, as I asked them on our discord server for desert strike pros. Just saying...

2.Radley saying:Desert Strike Classic has around 11-12 years. The fact you took a name from it for your 2 years old map doesn't mean it belongs to you. I'm talking about original Desert Strike Classic - the only one considered competitive for professional DS players so far. We will give it a try though on one of our daily training sessions and give you a feedback. Please don't call yourself pro though, since your west scene has really nothing in terms of ds competition to our europe scene. I doubt I have even seen any of you on yearly DS Online Championships, mostly korean and european players have been qualified for it.

Here he is disrespecting the name of my DS aswell as disrespecting the level of the DS players on us west server, hes mentioning a DS map he calls the one and only ds classic and says its the only one beeing competetative enough to play tournaments on it.. As he says its been around 11-12 years i have an idea of what DS version he speaks about and its not played on manual mode (aswell as i can argument that the DS he speaks about is too simple and not well balanced= the opposite than good for competition, he says in this thread aswell that they play it bo3 tvt or zvz or pvp(which i dont call balance).. But he dont wanna spit out which DS version hes speaking of. Too me it seems he only wants to disrespect my DS

So untill ive seen links or replays of Radleys DS map (how hard is it too upload a replay too BWreplays.com?). This is the one and only tournament for good DS players
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10282 Posts
March 09 2021 06:09 GMT
#20
I'm sorry, I think I am misunderstanding - in your version of DS, you need to choose whether you gather resources or make army? And you don't even get to control that army when you make it? Why not let people do all of that at once? Seems like you made it too simple, it's like rock-paper-scissors...
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
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