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shuurajou
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom6 Posts
November 02 2010 15:36 GMT
#1
I'm currently in a ZvP game against a guy called 'Chronics' I'm about to win and he pauses. No comments. Been 10 minutes now and I can't even unpause? Is this a big/hack/exploit I don't know about? Tried searching to no avail...
Clonze
Profile Joined October 2009
Canada281 Posts
November 02 2010 15:37 GMT
#2
try using the hotkey to unpause?
Putting zenio on your fantasy team is almost as bad as putting him on your actual team. -Alex Smith
shuurajou
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom6 Posts
November 02 2010 15:39 GMT
#3
Tried all possible key combos... not sure if I can do anything other than quit the game and let him have the win???
MoreFaSho
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1427 Posts
November 02 2010 15:41 GMT
#4
F10 - u
Are you 100% sure you tried that? If you bring up F10 and it doesn't show up, take a screenshot, send it in to blizzard. Even if it's not a hack / exploit, it's a bug and you can help make the game better by letting blizzard know about it.
I always try to shield slam face, just to make sure it doesnt work
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
November 02 2010 15:43 GMT
#5
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.

So anyways, I'm unsure about whether you can usually unpause... though i would assume not else you could just unpause and win while they are away, that would seem a big oversight in programming to let people who genuinely needed a pause to get a loss cause the other player unpaused.

I have been sure sometimes that players have paused on me and just left, hoping i would surrender in the meantime, not wanting to wait. But I always wait ;p
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
shuurajou
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom6 Posts
November 02 2010 15:44 GMT
#6
Thanks guys. Will screenshot it.
Cryp71c
Profile Joined September 2010
United States24 Posts
November 02 2010 15:45 GMT
#7
I don't understand, the f10 menu doesn't come up? I havn't even seen anything stating the thread starter had actually opened the f10 menu to unpause.
Triky
Profile Joined September 2010
Peru99 Posts
November 02 2010 15:47 GMT
#8
no way, take a screenshot and wait. when its done check his history and if he only have wins report him
my life for pylo!
TMTurtle
Profile Joined August 2010
183 Posts
November 02 2010 15:48 GMT
#9
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
So anyways, I'm unsure about whether you can usually unpause... though i would assume not else you could just unpause and win while they are away, that would seem a big oversight in programming to let people who genuinely needed a pause to get a loss cause the other player unpaused.
Nope. That's how it works, probably because of
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:

I have been sure sometimes that players have paused on me and just left, hoping i would surrender in the meantime, not wanting to wait. But I always wait ;p
DROPPINBOMBS
Profile Joined April 2010
United States312 Posts
November 02 2010 15:51 GMT
#10
Shouldn't this be in tech support?
Ideas are bullet-proof.
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
November 02 2010 15:55 GMT
#11
On November 03 2010 00:51 DROPPINBOMBS wrote:
Shouldn't this be in tech support?


Not necessarily. This could actually be a hack.
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Cryp71c
Profile Joined September 2010
United States24 Posts
November 02 2010 16:04 GMT
#12
What precisely is happening? the f10 menu doesn't come up, or pause doesn't show up on the menu, or unpause is there but doesn't actually do anything?
Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22634 Posts
November 02 2010 16:05 GMT
#13
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.


Haha, yeah.

Best ever was when my daughter woke up and I asked for a 1 min pause to comfort her and give her to my wife.

-----

me: "1 min, baby crying"
I pause
he unpauses immediately
me: "wtf man?"
me: "1 min"
I pause again
he immediately unpauses again
him: "I don't have time"
me: "well screw you then"
I box all my units, drones, mutas, everything, a-move to his base and go afk to tend to my daughter
When I come back I had a victory sign on my screen, checked the message log
him: "fuck you noob"

I actually spent like 2-3 minutes tending to her since I thought I'd lose anyway.
Computer says mafia
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
November 02 2010 16:10 GMT
#14
i had something like this a while ago, though if i remember correctly leaving the game gave me the win. Not sure though
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
NukeTheBunnys
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1004 Posts
November 02 2010 16:11 GMT
#15
Post the screen shot, Im curious if this is actually a hack, or if you made a mistake somehow

On November 03 2010 01:05 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.


Haha, yeah.

Best ever was when my daughter woke up and I asked for a 1 min pause to comfort her and give her to my wife.

-----

me: "1 min, baby crying"
I pause
he unpauses immediately
me: "wtf man?"
me: "1 min"
I pause again
he immediately unpauses again
him: "I don't have time"
me: "well screw you then"
I box all my units, drones, mutas, everything, a-move to his base and go afk to tend to my daughter
When I come back I had a victory sign on my screen, checked the message log
him: "fuck you noob"

I actually spent like 2-3 minutes tending to her since I thought I'd lose anyway.



Also: that is awesome, way to outmacro an angry nerd who takes him self too seriously. I approve
When you play the game of drones you win or you die.
Cryp71c
Profile Joined September 2010
United States24 Posts
November 02 2010 16:14 GMT
#16
Indeed, that's quite nice to hear. I had a game like that a few days ago, except I lost because of the macro loss from the unpause
Shifft
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1085 Posts
November 02 2010 16:15 GMT
#17
On November 03 2010 01:05 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.


Haha, yeah.

Best ever was when my daughter woke up and I asked for a 1 min pause to comfort her and give her to my wife.

-----

me: "1 min, baby crying"
I pause
he unpauses immediately
me: "wtf man?"
me: "1 min"
I pause again
he immediately unpauses again
him: "I don't have time"
me: "well screw you then"
I box all my units, drones, mutas, everything, a-move to his base and go afk to tend to my daughter
When I come back I had a victory sign on my screen, checked the message log
him: "fuck you noob"

I actually spent like 2-3 minutes tending to her since I thought I'd lose anyway.


Hah that's pretty awesome.
=O
Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22634 Posts
November 02 2010 16:25 GMT
#18
On November 03 2010 01:14 Cryp71c wrote:
Indeed, that's quite nice to hear. I had a game like that a few days ago, except I lost because of the macro loss from the unpause


Obviously that's the standard outcome when you encounter dicks that do it. It's quite hard to come back from a lost minute.
Computer says mafia
Moody
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States750 Posts
November 02 2010 16:26 GMT
#19
On November 03 2010 01:05 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.


Haha, yeah.

Best ever was when my daughter woke up and I asked for a 1 min pause to comfort her and give her to my wife.

-----

me: "1 min, baby crying"
I pause
he unpauses immediately
me: "wtf man?"
me: "1 min"
I pause again
he immediately unpauses again
him: "I don't have time"
me: "well screw you then"
I box all my units, drones, mutas, everything, a-move to his base and go afk to tend to my daughter
When I come back I had a victory sign on my screen, checked the message log
him: "fuck you noob"

I actually spent like 2-3 minutes tending to her since I thought I'd lose anyway.


Epic dad is epic.
A marine walks into a bar and asks, "Where's the counter?"
Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
November 02 2010 16:27 GMT
#20
On November 03 2010 01:05 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2010 00:43 emythrel wrote:
i've had this happen to me a few times, though i've never attempted to unpause the game. I don't attempt it because if my opponent genuinely had to run away in an emergency (like their child crying or to throw up etc) i don't want to "steal" the game.


Haha, yeah.

Best ever was when my daughter woke up and I asked for a 1 min pause to comfort her and give her to my wife.

-----

me: "1 min, baby crying"
I pause
he unpauses immediately
me: "wtf man?"
me: "1 min"
I pause again
he immediately unpauses again
him: "I don't have time"
me: "well screw you then"
I box all my units, drones, mutas, everything, a-move to his base and go afk to tend to my daughter
When I come back I had a victory sign on my screen, checked the message log
him: "fuck you noob"

I actually spent like 2-3 minutes tending to her since I thought I'd lose anyway.

HAHA. This brightens my day. So awesome! Thank you for sharing.
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