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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19203 Posts
January 30 2015 19:15 GMT
#81
Yeah I ran into a LEM smurf this morning :\
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NihiLStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark1413 Posts
January 30 2015 20:50 GMT
#82
On January 31 2015 03:20 Nimix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2015 23:42 tofucake wrote:
back in the day
[image loading]

today: gold nova 4

:<


Dude, nova is hard. I ranked up my main to LEM, then stopped playing for a bit (cause exams and WoW), only deathmatching and such. Recently I played a few games on another account with a gold nova 3 friend. There are so many smurfs because of valve's anti-boosting system that some nova games almost feel like DMG >.<


I'm not gonna lie, as a Gold Nova 3 it feels SO good to hear that haha. Yay for delusions!
Censured
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1061 Posts
January 31 2015 16:36 GMT
#83
Yeah, for some reason it feels easier for me to play on my "smurf" account that is MG2 now than on my main that is nova3. Maybe it is because nova people do really random things (pushing through smokes etc)
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19203 Posts
January 31 2015 16:57 GMT
#84
On February 01 2015 01:36 Censured wrote:
Yeah, for some reason it feels easier for me to play on my "smurf" account that is MG2 now than on my main that is nova3. Maybe it is because nova people do really random things (pushing through smokes etc)

people pushing through smokes has caught me out so many times in nova :|
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REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1904 Posts
January 31 2015 17:28 GMT
#85
Got this game on January 1st and I played so much this month, like 4 games per day on average I'd say.
Have not played that much in a month since sc2 release I think.

It's not even a top FPS game for me. Gameplay wise I like RTCW, ET, q3, warsow and CoD 2 all more but matchmaking is just so convenient and ranking up is fun.
No more organizing clanwars on IRC like in ET times where getting a match going sometimes took 30+ minutes.
Or Warsow which sometimes didn't have a single duel server worldwide with people on it and you had to join an empty server and wait 10 minutes for someone to join (I just have to smile when people call BW or SC2 a dead game :D )

Anyway I got placed in silver 2 and today got promoted to gold nova 4 in exactly 80 wins.

Something I noticed is that I am just average in standard situations but quite good in pistol rounds and when I am the last one alive in 1v3 situation or so. I guess it is from previous FPS experience that my aiming is relatively better then others in my skillgroup but I lack experience.
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
January 31 2015 19:06 GMT
#86
On February 01 2015 02:28 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
Got this game on January 1st and I played so much this month, like 4 games per day on average I'd say.
Have not played that much in a month since sc2 release I think.

It's not even a top FPS game for me. Gameplay wise I like RTCW, ET, q3, warsow and CoD 2 all more but matchmaking is just so convenient and ranking up is fun.
No more organizing clanwars on IRC like in ET times where getting a match going sometimes took 30+ minutes.
Or Warsow which sometimes didn't have a single duel server worldwide with people on it and you had to join an empty server and wait 10 minutes for someone to join (I just have to smile when people call BW or SC2 a dead game :D )

Anyway I got placed in silver 2 and today got promoted to gold nova 4 in exactly 80 wins.

Something I noticed is that I am just average in standard situations but quite good in pistol rounds and when I am the last one alive in 1v3 situation or so. I guess it is from previous FPS experience that my aiming is relatively better then others in my skillgroup but I lack experience.


Found another Warsow players! there are dozens of us, dozens!!!!

But sadly, i stopped playing it when i got into college
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
rwn
Profile Joined June 2014
19 Posts
February 02 2015 17:11 GMT
#87
On January 29 2015 21:35 Cheerio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2015 04:33 rwn wrote:
I'm in silver 1, the system put me here since I haven't been playing fps games for years, this is fine.
However I had a positive winrate since I got the rank and 2 days ago I won 10 games in a row with being at least the 2nd best player and still no promotion in sight.


I'm in silver too, topfragging, and yeah it takes time. Can't say I'm really looking forward to promotion, the game is less stressful at lower levels and having a high k/d ratio feels rewarding. So enjoy it while it lasts. My personal theory is that the ELO rankings (or whatever they use) are much more diverse at silver (like it is the case in sc2 for bronze), so naturally it takes more wins for a promotion. I also think it depends on the server. East Europe is really packed I assume? So the ELO distribution is larger there, hence diversity at silver larger too.


No idea what's happening, I have ~105 wins and I just got silver 3 even though I'm winning like 8 games out of 10.
Could be cause I'm playing solo but this seems really slow (maybe this is normal I don't even know) and it doesn't really feel rewarding to me when I'm killing people who constantly keep their crosshairs on the ground and can't react in time etc.
Nouar
Profile Joined May 2009
France3270 Posts
February 02 2015 17:14 GMT
#88
On February 03 2015 02:11 rwn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2015 21:35 Cheerio wrote:
On January 25 2015 04:33 rwn wrote:
I'm in silver 1, the system put me here since I haven't been playing fps games for years, this is fine.
However I had a positive winrate since I got the rank and 2 days ago I won 10 games in a row with being at least the 2nd best player and still no promotion in sight.


I'm in silver too, topfragging, and yeah it takes time. Can't say I'm really looking forward to promotion, the game is less stressful at lower levels and having a high k/d ratio feels rewarding. So enjoy it while it lasts. My personal theory is that the ELO rankings (or whatever they use) are much more diverse at silver (like it is the case in sc2 for bronze), so naturally it takes more wins for a promotion. I also think it depends on the server. East Europe is really packed I assume? So the ELO distribution is larger there, hence diversity at silver larger too.


No idea what's happening, I have ~105 wins and I just got silver 3 even though I'm winning like 8 games out of 10.
Could be cause I'm playing solo but this seems really slow (maybe this is normal I don't even know) and it doesn't really feel rewarding to me when I'm killing people who constantly keep their crosshairs on the ground and can't react in time etc.

Mind sending a screenshot of your last games page in cs:go ?
NoiR
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-02 18:16:36
February 02 2015 18:12 GMT
#89
On February 01 2015 01:57 tofucake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 01 2015 01:36 Censured wrote:
Yeah, for some reason it feels easier for me to play on my "smurf" account that is MG2 now than on my main that is nova3. Maybe it is because nova people do really random things (pushing through smokes etc)

people pushing through smokes has caught me out so many times in nova :|

Right?! I played with my Nova friend before the change to the MM system so we were against a bunch of 3-4 stars and they play so weirdly it catches me off guard. I think perhaps one of the worst things is you can't rely on your teammates because they won't hold their angles, they just won't. As CT, they'll drop your back without saying anything and they'll retreat until there's no where for them to run and they'll die there.

It's difficult to carry a GN team because you have to rely in your shooting. Now I'm LEM and my shooting is absolute garbage, I'm winning solely off of positional play and a general loose awareness of what's happening in the map. I'll outgun GNs most of the time but I can't play like a COD player and just flick everyone because I have to watch 3 spots at once.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
plgElwood
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany518 Posts
February 02 2015 20:50 GMT
#90
I got teamed up with some smurfs 2 games in a row, basicly went AFK, leaned back, watched the destruction of our opponent Went from silver III to silver IV. Feeling good. EZ GAME.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
February 02 2015 21:55 GMT
#91
On February 03 2015 05:50 plgElwood wrote:
I got teamed up with some smurfs 2 games in a row, basicly went AFK, leaned back, watched the destruction of our opponent Went from silver III to silver IV. Feeling good. EZ GAME.


Thats how i came from nothing over Silver IV to Gold Nova 2.

Random Games, no premade teams, allways smurfs in my team or enemy team. Bam Gold Nova 2 after 40 wins.

Now I am back in Gold Nova 1, but I still do not belong there. The amount of 1k hours gamers or smurfs is so high, it is like rolling a dice and you feel no impact on a game whatsoever. I hope I am soon back to Silver where I belong for the moment, the amount of smurfs is much lower, they just rank up 2 fast.

Valve should just put all the "got only CS:GO or the got two 0.2 hours f2p games + CS:GO" accounts in a own League while not letting em know. But hey, every smurf account is a sold coppy.
The Problem is, these players are mostly the worst mannered players on the servers, they flame enemys, teammates and whatever else, they start votekicks in round 2 because you couldnt get the 1vs4 in the eco round.
Shure I should not complain so much, but damn, it gets on your nerves, because noone of them has good manners, they all flame and start votekicks for nothing in earliest rounds.

And then you have servers in MM which give you damn hard lags...

But hey, it is called Mad Making for reason. As soon as I am back in Silver VI, the promissed lands will be there.
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
CaM27
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium392 Posts
February 05 2015 18:56 GMT
#92
well i need to fucking vent

i managed by solo queuing to reach MGE. In a few weeks time im back to mg1 after being mostly in the top 2 fraggers and always in the top 3 fraggers. That shit is enraging man..fUCK
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
February 05 2015 21:57 GMT
#93
Played my first MM game at LEM in a while. I expected to get totally destroyed, but instead I've played one of the best games I've ever played on matchmaking. Great teammates (skilled + communicative + funny), good and fair opponents, nobody really carried and the game was even and fun. yay \o/
Stancel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
February 06 2015 08:15 GMT
#94
On February 06 2015 03:56 CaM27 wrote:
well i need to fucking vent

i managed by solo queuing to reach MGE. In a few weeks time im back to mg1 after being mostly in the top 2 fraggers and always in the top 3 fraggers. That shit is enraging man..fUCK


what was your winstreak for mg2-mge

I went 6 wins in a row without ranking, now I'm starting to lose again because valve decided to put me in a 100 ping server (India) because why the fuck not
ffxiv enjoyer
CaM27
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium392 Posts
February 06 2015 13:11 GMT
#95
On February 06 2015 17:15 Stancel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 06 2015 03:56 CaM27 wrote:
well i need to fucking vent

i managed by solo queuing to reach MGE. In a few weeks time im back to mg1 after being mostly in the top 2 fraggers and always in the top 3 fraggers. That shit is enraging man..fUCK


what was your winstreak for mg2-mge

I went 6 wins in a row without ranking, now I'm starting to lose again because valve decided to put me in a 100 ping server (India) because why the fuck not


Well i m not sure but all i remember we trashed a couple of games like 16-2 16-4, it was perhaps 4/5ish games but they were completely one sided
Crownlol
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States3726 Posts
February 06 2015 14:16 GMT
#96
My triumphant return to MM after quitting since the new WoW launch: 0 and 3! Haven't even gotten a rank (they disappear due to activity apparently).


Game 1: All AK and Double AK, ok, this is where I was before leaving. WTF is this map? Shit, forgot to ban Operation maps. We lose.

Game 2: Aks and Novas. Uh oh. And it's fucking Overpass, this map sucks. Someone on other team drops a 40bomb, one of my teammates starts the game 1-10. We lose.

Game 3: Cobblestone. Goddamnit. Other team has obvious waller who AWPs entire game, we lose. AKs, Novas, and a Silver.

I haven't even bothered to queue again, but I've deselected every map except Nuke, Inferno, Mirage, and Train.
shaGuar :: elemeNt :: XeqtR :: naikon :: method
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
February 06 2015 14:48 GMT
#97
Inactivity takes away your rank?
Nouar
Profile Joined May 2009
France3270 Posts
February 06 2015 15:06 GMT
#98
Yes after around 2 months. Happened to me a few times due to oversea missions.
NoiR
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-06 22:08:24
February 06 2015 21:22 GMT
#99
Made my way back to Legendary Eagle carrying some buddies on my back (sometimes with the help of other good friends mind ye). One guy I play with is DMG now and he can't get more than like 5 kills per game against other DMGs. Whoop whoop.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
February 06 2015 21:40 GMT
#100
I should start doing a mm match so i don't lose my rank (haven't done mm in a long time).
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