We'll still have our daily cash prize tournaments for Bronze-Silver, Gold-Platinum, and Diamond players who wish to play within their skill level, but we'll also offer a larger prize pool to our Master-GM players as well as anyone else that wishes to compete (the $75 Daily will be open to all leagues).
•All matches must be started on the map listed on the player bracket above the current round being played. •In a 'best of X' series, the loser chooses the next map to play from the map pool. + Show Spoiler +
ESV Cloud Kingdom, ESV Sanshorn Mist AE, GSL_Bel'shir Beach (Winter), GSL_Calm before the storm, MLG Metalopolis, ESL Shakuras Plateau, MLG Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar LE, MLG Antiga Shipyard, GSL Dual Sight, GSL Daybreak (Official), GSL Terminus SE
•All maps played on must be the exact name shown, letter for letter, no exceptions. •If your opponent hosted on the incorrect map it's your responsibility to leave the game at once and contact an admin. Failure to do so may result in the game being counted even though it's not the correct map. •Each map in the pool may be played once per series. Maps may not be vetoed by either player.
No-Shows ================
•All players should make an effort to be in one of the Playhem sc2 channels (Playhem, Playhem2..) when they are participating in a tournament, however this is not mandatory. •Should your opponent be missing, you must attempt to add them to your friends list by the character code on the bracket and message them, if they are unresponsive or offline you may contact an admin according to the following: •If your opponent is offline/unresponsive for 15 minutes after the start of the tournament OR 10 minutes after you were due to face them in any later round after the tournament began you may report a no-show to a tournament admin and be advanced. •Reporting false no-shows in an attempt to get a free win, or not taking the appropriate measures listed above may result in disqualification from the tournament. •Some exceptions may be made for players that are forced to delay their games and ask for an extension before hand so long as it's within a reasonable time frame, players should try their best to accommodate the other person if possible.
Observers & Casters ================
•All Playhem Admins and official streamers MUST be permitted into your game if they request it, failure to comply with official streamers and admins of playhem may result in immediate forfeit. •If you are unsure if a caster is an official member of Playhem, you should contact an admin to ask at once. Official casters will generally be accompanied by the account "PlayhemTV". •Observers are permitted in games as long as you have the consent from both players in the game. •A player may ask an observer to leave the game at any time for any reason (suspicion of cheating, lag, etc). •If a game is started with an observer that you did not want to permit in the game, you should leave the game immediately at the start and ask for a regame. •Failure to remove an observer from a lobby when another player requests it may constitute a technical no-show as the other player may refuse to play the game. •In the event that you permit a non-official caster or observer into your game, you do so at your own risk and waive any right to dispute the game outcome due to stream/observer cheating.
Smurfing & Leagues ================
•If an admin determines that you own an account that is of a higher league than the tournament you are playing in, or that you were previously in a higher league, you may be immediately forfeited from the tournament and/or banned from the site. •If you are consistently winning a low league tournament, or haven't been promoted due to Starcraft II's MMR system, you may be asked to not play in any further tournaments until you are promoted to the next highest league bracket. •An exception to this is the Open tournament, players of any league may participate and use any account regardless of their main account's ranking. •In the event that you suspect your opponent to be a smurf, you can report your opponent to an admin after playing all the games of your series (unless there is substantial and obvious evidence). •If an admin disagrees with your report, we ask that you respect the decision and accept it as a loss. We will do our best to catch any and all smurfs but we stand by "innocent until proven guilty" and go to great lengths to not ban innocent players, even if they are suspicious. Please keep in mind that in a tournament, there are bound to be players that are simply better than you. •In the event that you are playing on a secondary or new account, an admin may ask you to provide a profile link to your main account for review. Failure to comply may result in disqualification if you are under suspect of smurfing.
Disconnects ================
•Disconnects in most cases will count as an immediate loss within the criteria outlined below: •If the disconnect happened in the first 4 minutes of the game and no contact between the two players has been made (scouting, cheese, etc) then the game should be replayed. Once a player has scouted their opponent, disconnects will count as a loss. -Scouting constitutes vision of any portion of the opponents base/units/structures/spawning location. In the event of one player being random, indication of their race also counts as being scouted. •If it's obvious that your victory was imminent and definitive before the disconnect happened (ie. you were finishing off his base and he had no army left), contact an admin immediately and a decision will be made on a case-by-case basis. •The player who did not disconnect may offer a rematch after any disconnect at their own discretion, this is NOT mandatory and entirely up to the player to decide. •If a disconnected player does not return to battle.net within 5 minutes, you may report him to an admin as a no-show and get a walk-over for the remaining game(s) of the series if applicable.
Misc ================
•In the event of a stalemate game / tie, the game will not count as a win for either player and should be replayed on the same map.
Disclaimer:
Any admin can overturn or supersede these rules at our sole discretion, this will typically not be done except for extraordinary circumstances. If you disagree with any admin's ruling you may politely argue your case and ask it to be reviewed by another admin. These rules may be changed/updated at any time without notice, check back frequently to stay up to date on current rules.
On September 19 2011 07:15 Zarkze wrote: I've signed up for some today! Out of curiosity, which tournaments are casted? Also, are the games eventually streamed, or can we stream ourselves?
To be on the safe side, I will not be streaming, seeing as I don't want to break any rules.
I'm very excited! :D
We try to stream as many of our events as possible but it's hard since there's 8 every single day (4 on NA and 4 on EU) but we're in the process of getting some additional casters to help cover everything.
Players are more than welcome to stream their games but you have to do so at your own risk; if someone were to stream cheat you I can't do anything about that =//
Very good tournament shame ppl know little about it . No delays, user friendly interface, admins actually listen to you overall very entertaining to play. Only if we had more ppl to play with so guys come on
On September 20 2011 17:59 Veriol wrote: Very good tournament shame ppl know little about it . No delays, user friendly interface, admins actually listen to you overall very entertaining to play. Only if we had more ppl to play with so guys come on
You heard the man, everyone signup! :D
On September 20 2011 18:14 Rachnar wrote: Signing up for the first time, l'est see how it will be. But damn, a daily tourney, that's already so good
Played my first one today (bronze-silver) and it was an enjoyable experience.
I just had one question though @neeb, as sometimes the website can be a little hard to navigate.
If I don't remember the tournament #, is there any way for me to go back and look at previous tournaments that I participated in? There doesn't seem to be a good way for one to look at previous tournaments (either that or I'm just blind... but I couldn't find one).
It was fun today, and I recommend that anyone who is on the edge of trying it (especially lower level players like myself ) should definitely give it a shot.
On September 22 2011 13:50 DarkLF wrote: Played my first one today (bronze-silver) and it was an enjoyable experience.
I just had one question though @neeb, as sometimes the website can be a little hard to navigate.
If I don't remember the tournament #, is there any way for me to go back and look at previous tournaments that I participated in? There doesn't seem to be a good way for one to look at previous tournaments (either that or I'm just blind... but I couldn't find one).
It was fun today, and I recommend that anyone who is on the edge of trying it (especially lower level players like myself ) should definitely give it a shot.
Hey man, glad you had fun! I think our tournaments are a really nice break from ladder :D
We don't currently have a very good history system for previous tournaments like what you're describing but hopefully we'll have one soon (it is on the list of things to do xD)
Hi, these tournaments look really interesting - I'm thinking of participating as well. I have a quick question though. When you sign up, are you automatically placed in the tournament of your skill-level, or are those separate tournaments? If it's the latter, how do I sign up for those?
On September 22 2011 23:54 Mista_Masta wrote: Hi, these tournaments look really interesting - I'm thinking of participating as well. I have a quick question though. When you sign up, are you automatically placed in the tournament of your skill-level, or are those separate tournaments? If it's the latter, how do I sign up for those?
You have to manually signup for a particular tournament from the Tournaments page on Playhem. They're titled "[EU] Playhem $10 Gold and Platinum - Thursday" for example and they're league restricted but the daily is open to all leagues.
On September 24 2011 04:27 stevensonmat2 wrote: So these are all free? How does the point system work exactly?
Also, my profile said I "can't play on cash" since I have no money in paypal, what does that mean exactly?
Thanks!
Ahh! I completely missed this because of all of the excitement with the White-Ra announcement and the $400 open yesterday, I'm sorry man!
Our tournaments are completely free yes, points are entirely free. I make our tournaments have a 1 point entry fee because if I made them cash they would cost something to enter lol. It's very hard to run out of points as you get them just by playing games (as well as posting results to facebook or twitter and different things like that) but if you do run out just let myself or another admin know and we'll give you more.
If you're under 18, cash play is automatically disabled on your account because it would be illegal for you to wager cash in head-to-head matches or buy-in tournaments. You can still play in these though and win cash from our tournaments, you just can't wager your own cash.
Played in a tournament yesterday, lost first round but loved it . Only cricism is that he site a bit confusing at first, I wish you would be directed to a guide explaining how everything works when you first loggin. Also it would be nice to have a way to: -know every tournament we're in -maybe have the possibility to get an e-mail before a tournament starts? -when the tournament is over have a page with the results of the tournament.
Haha xD Hopefully we'll have some of the new features soon but that actually is one of the better ways to do it right now unfortunately :S For now I think I'll start posting the previous winners in this thread again =)
Yesterday's EU broadcast was absolutely ridiculous! Especially an amazing PvP between EGAxslav and TypeReaL (Korean player). The VOD itself will be up on my Youtube in just a bit, but other than that.. crazy tournament!
On September 30 2011 20:01 Coal wrote: Looks sick! Will definitely attend the diamond daily ! I'm guessing the prices payed out through paypal ?
=D! Yeah, prizes are paid out via PayPal
On September 30 2011 21:04 firehand101 wrote: Haha i though this was an event that anyone could sign up to and try to win, and then i saw nightend and goody as winners, and i was like :O
Well anyone can signup and try to win, it just isn't easy xD
[EU] Friday September 30th 1st: NightEnD 2nd: TypePhoeNix 3rd: EGAxslav
[NA] Friday September 30th 1st: ST_RainBOw 2nd: GoSuHwangSin 3rd: SlayerSGolden
On October 03 2011 06:24 purgerinho wrote: question, can I see some kind of archive of past tournaments or there is no something like that?
Unfortunately we don't have a good history system right now, hopefully we will soon!
On October 03 2011 07:01 Thaniri wrote: Hmm, i am confused. What is the orange P - 499 mean?
That is your Points balance. Points are entirely free and only used for fun, if you find yourself running low just contact myself or another admin and we'll give you more :D
lol this is my second one of these and I again get all inned by a protoss player first round. I guess no one really plays these things to improve against high level opponents :/ It's a shame.
On October 05 2011 09:27 icarly wrote: lol this is my second one of these and I again get all inned by a protoss player first round. I guess no one really plays these things to improve against high level opponents :/ It's a shame.
When there's money involved (or even if there isn't a lot of times lol) people are just like pew pew a win is a win =/
Everyone make sure you get signed up for the $400 Open Tournament #2, it's tomorrow (Wednesday October 5th) at 5:00pm Pacific // 8:00pm Eastern! More info here!
I just wanted to give Playhem a HUGE thank you for all the tournaments they run. Their dailies are super fun, easy to play in, and a great way for anyone to get involved in tournaments. If I'm ever left without something to do any night of the week, Playhem daily is my first stop - well run tournaments with a lot of strong players! Kudos
it would be nice if admins were updating like they did before. I've sent PM to neeb but no response and I seems like they don't care about this thread anymore :/
On October 13 2011 10:08 ssg wrote: pokebunny trying to play 3 tournies at once?
Tried, and somewhat failed. Got to the finals of playhem though
I think making it to the finals is nothing to scoff at in such a stacked bracket You played quite well!
On October 14 2011 00:19 Namu wrote: How come you can't look at previous tournament results on playhem? Really inconvenient, not sure why they don't have such a basic function..
It's something we're aware of and want added also, our developers just have a huge back-log of features/bugs to work on and they're getting through it as fast as they can - you can expect a history page for tournaments to show up in the near future. For the moment though, if you know the ID or url to a past tournament, the brackets stay up indefinitely.
On October 15 2011 02:19 purgerinho wrote: it would be nice if admins were updating like they did before. I've sent PM to neeb but no response and I seems like they don't care about this thread anymore :/
We're still here! The best way to contact us is usually to come in-game in the Playhem channels or to PM us +/- 1 hour before or after a tournament, we usually hang around to chat while things aren't busy.
On that note, Today's NA daily tournaments are starting in just over an hour! Sign up links:
On October 15 2011 02:19 purgerinho wrote: it would be nice if admins were updating like they did before. I've sent PM to neeb but no response and I seems like they don't care about this thread anymore :/
Never! Everything is updated guys sorry for the delay. Yesterday's winners:
[EU] Saturday October 15th 1st: EmpireHappy 2nd: Jaden 3rd: TypeReaL
[NA] Saturday October 15th 1st: PswChiTa 2nd: Burr 3rd: GosuGamersUS
The playhem.com site says they start at 7PM GMT which is 1 hour and 30 minutes from now isn't it? But the Liquid timetable says in 6 hours 30 minutes, which is it?
EDIT: NVM figured it out. New question though, can one play in 2 tournaments at once?
On October 26 2011 22:51 Egghead wrote: It's comical to look at people that my friend has lost to in the Gold and Plat tournaments after their placement matches. Most are masters...
I know its completely impossible to completely eliminate smurfs, but its rampant in the lower tournaments.
The ladder lock in particular gives us a pretty big headache that said, you should ask your friend to contact us/me in game or here on the forum as we investigate every smurf report we get and ban as many of them as we can.
On a lighter note: here are the sign up links for the EU tournament today
On October 26 2011 22:51 Egghead wrote: It's comical to look at people that my friend has lost to in the Gold and Plat tournaments after their placement matches. Most are masters...
I know its completely impossible to completely eliminate smurfs, but its rampant in the lower tournaments.
The ladder lock in particular gives us a pretty big headache that said, you should ask your friend to contact us/me in game or here on the forum as we investigate every smurf report we get and ban as many of them as we can.
On a lighter note: here are the sign up links for the EU tournament today
He did, but theres no real way to tell without obs'ing many many games. The opponent I'm referencing had just started an account (less that 1 week old) during the ladder lock, and had gone something like 15-2 on the ladder, and had custom games where he was "close" to beating a GM player. He reported him, but no action was taken...interestingly enough though, the Masters player won the next game, but the losing opponent advanced. I'm assuming because he also reported him, and he was banned.
It's really impossible to catch everything. In reality, you guys do a bang up job of catching those that you can.
On November 01 2011 02:17 purgerinho wrote: it is at 6pm at EU now, didn't know it. Winter time started and day is one hour shorter and now it is at 6pm, not at 7pm like before
We weren't aware of the daylight savings time taking effect, we're considering adjusting the start times to keep everything the same for you guys.
If anyone has any confusion about the adjusted start times, you can follow the count down on the first post to get the accurate time till the tournament starts.
On November 02 2011 05:30 Euph0ria wrote: in the daily tourneys, could it be an idea to rotate the maps and add more between rounds? perhaps dual sight and other gsl maps? x'el naga fortress?
Those maps are already in the map pool, and we do change our pool from time to time as well
On November 03 2011 01:29 WCH wrote: Where do I check in 45mins before the start?
On the tournament page that you signed up on, the "Join" button will be replaced with a "Check-in" button. At the top it'll say "You're checked in" if you are and it will also say "Here" next to your name in the player list
On November 09 2011 07:04 Navane wrote: I have a BW only filter on my side bar, yet this tournaments comes up. Can you guys fix this?
I'll look into it, thanks for letting us know.
Seems TL classifies us as an "Other" stream even though the game is set as Starcraft II. If you want it not to show up you'll have to un-check "Other" from your sidebar preferences from the looks of it. Not sure if this is an intentional behavior or not.
It wants me to input my profile information, and when I put my bnet link + char code, nothing happens. I've been trying to sign up for the tournament but it just keeps on bringing to that page asking for profile info.
On November 24 2011 04:45 Matzee wrote: Did you remove public replays or am I just to dumb to find it?
The links for them seem to have gone missing, might have been an accidental change in a recent update. If you need a specific tournament's replay pack you're welcome to post the link or ID for the tournament here and I'll get it for you.
On November 24 2011 04:37 LovE-z33k wrote: Im having trouble signing up....
It wants me to input my profile information, and when I put my bnet link + char code, nothing happens. I've been trying to sign up for the tournament but it just keeps on bringing to that page asking for profile info.
On November 24 2011 04:37 LovE-z33k wrote: Im having trouble signing up....
It wants me to input my profile information, and when I put my bnet link + char code, nothing happens. I've been trying to sign up for the tournament but it just keeps on bringing to that page asking for profile info.
What do I do?
anyone know what to do?
Click the save button (it's a check mark) and it will add your sc2 profile to your Playhem account ^_^
On November 26 2011 14:16 sYz-Adrenaline wrote: For some reason the previous link wasn't correct this is the one I wanted the rep pack too but isn't there http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12859
Are there specific replays from that tournament that you want?
On November 29 2011 13:10 mvtaylor wrote: Is there any chance we could get a link to the brackets for these?
I can never seem to find them...
If you're logged in and click "tournaments" you can see a list of all current and upcoming tournament signups/brackets. Here's the one currently on air: http://playhem.com/tourney/12991
I love Katu as a caster. He is very knownledgeble and energetic. He also works well with all the guys he works with. Especially kibblez! Katu and Kibblez is the reason I come to watch your tournaments.
On November 24 2011 04:37 LovE-z33k wrote: Im having trouble signing up....
It wants me to input my profile information, and when I put my bnet link + char code, nothing happens. I've been trying to sign up for the tournament but it just keeps on bringing to that page asking for profile info.
What do I do?
make sure your trying to sign up for the right one, i ahd the same problem when i first started doing these dailies becuase i was unknowingly trying to join the EU daily while being an NA player
So, I just signed up, it asked me if I want to sign up with facebook account, I clicked no, but it signed me up with it anyways... For some reason it also put wrong automatically wrong city in my profile (and its not even mentioned on my fb anywhere :o), is there any way to change it? (Im not sure if it actually matters, but just feels wrong )
Hey guys, I just signed up for playhem today and I am thinking of trying the 75$ tourney out. I noticed that there are players like min and revival signed up, and other amazing gm players. I am wondering if these are the actual pros or smurfs and do diamond players get paired against these guys or do diamond players go against eachother.
from 10-29 to 11-3 there´s a Mexican guy named maker who won 2 times and got second place three times, I believe that´s wrong, I´m pretty sure I remember the casters saying it was not him, but a korean using a random NA account.
On December 02 2011 22:01 WtsIcecream wrote: Do I have to pay anything to play in this?
What I got is "you sign up free and can win money". Is that correct?
Just want to know. I don't think this is a scam or anything like that.
So, to make it completely clear for * like me:
Im from Germany, I just can sign up freely and eventually win money.
Is that correct?
Totally bro. Best of luck . You use points to sign up for tournies(which are essentially free and easy to get). Each tourny sign-up is one point for a daily and you get 500 to start off with. If you ever run out you can beg Neeb or Ben nicely and they'll give you a few
On December 01 2011 06:53 DoomsVille wrote: TheEmulator, they are actual pros.
And the brackets are completely random. You could be paired against anyone (including any of the aforementioned pros).
So-so. Not completely random. They're seeded somewhat. GM usually get a bye first round. But yes you essentially are randomly matched up. So you could potentially face a pro like HuK, violet, hwangsin etc, in the first/second round. And yes they're usually the real dudes Aint that awesome? :D
Not sure how to get there from the main site though.
Don't believe you can get to the brackets manually without an account. You'd need a direct link. If you have an account hit the tournaments tab and then find the tournament you want the bracket to and click on it .
While you're at it instead of just looking for direct links just sign up @ playhem.com and do it yourself :D.
from 10-29 to 11-3 there´s a Mexican guy named maker who won 2 times and got second place three times, I believe that´s wrong, I´m pretty sure I remember the casters saying it was not him, but a korean using a random NA account.
As the creator of said liquipedia page that makes me quite irate. Would greatly appreciate reliable information of who this korean was, so that the statistics etc can be fixed.
from 10-29 to 11-3 there´s a Mexican guy named maker who won 2 times and got second place three times, I believe that´s wrong, I´m pretty sure I remember the casters saying it was not him, but a korean using a random NA account.
As the creator of said liquipedia page that makes me quite irate. Would greatly appreciate reliable information of who this korean was, so that the statistics etc can be fixed.
Yeah It's quite confusing, he goes by the same name as xSixMaker but not related. He has stated he doesn't want people knowing his identity but is on a korean team and in Code A.
from 10-29 to 11-3 there´s a Mexican guy named maker who won 2 times and got second place three times, I believe that´s wrong, I´m pretty sure I remember the casters saying it was not him, but a korean using a random NA account.
As the creator of said liquipedia page that makes me quite irate. Would greatly appreciate reliable information of who this korean was, so that the statistics etc can be fixed.
Yeah It's quite confusing, he goes by the same name as xSixMaker but not related. He has stated he doesn't want people knowing his identity but is on a korean team and in Code A.
and well, I saw the games and he was playing protoss, not terran, as the mexican Maker does. If you need more reliable information you can ask the casters about it.
I support this tournament. I watched it recently, and Rainbow vs vioLet provided some interesting games. Just because it's only 75$, it's daily and the money adds up, so koreans constantly come in and provide top quality games
you guys should check out the liquipedia page, I'm updating it daily it does most often have links to ongoing tournaments, and complete history of the dailies Playhem Daily
Great casting today, one thing I kinda missed having there was looking at what the player scouts early game, casts gets a lot better when you know what the player saw or didn't see by checking their vision. It only happened like 3 times total like when the overlord scouted hasuobs two stargates and seeing how much more exciting it got when you knew that the zerg saw it and could see how he reacted too it.
Otherwise great casts! Hopefully there'll be more keys to give out tomorrow ;D
On December 10 2011 09:03 Shaetan wrote: Does Playhem need more casters for the NA daily? Couldn't find anything about it on the site.
If you're interested in casting, you're welcome to pm myself or Neeb with details about yourself + links to sample vods of your casting and we'll review them.
On December 10 2011 09:03 Shaetan wrote: Does Playhem need more casters for the NA daily? Couldn't find anything about it on the site.
If you're interested in casting, you're welcome to pm myself or Neeb with details about yourself + links to sample vods of your casting and we'll review them.
On December 10 2011 04:31 Presidenten wrote: you guys should check out the liquipedia page, I'm updating it daily it does most often have links to ongoing tournaments, and complete history of the dailies Playhem Daily
On December 10 2011 04:31 Presidenten wrote: you guys should check out the liquipedia page, I'm updating it daily it does most often have links to ongoing tournaments, and complete history of the dailies Playhem Daily
Awesome! Great job on that man =D!
Yeah totally. It's awesome. I really enjoy being able to pull up the statistics of it whenever viewers ask. It's a great tool for the admins/mods. Keep up the good work .
On December 14 2011 03:20 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: As so often the wrong bracket is linked for todays EU tournament on LiquiPedia. Nonetheless nice everday experience those Playhem dailies.
the links change quite often during the last 24h before the tournaments, so it's kinda hard to keep up with that... But you are welcome to change them on lp
Ok, sometimes people in the Playhem casts ask for feedback and I've been watching for a while now and can't help but give some.
Neeb, you know me, you know I love Playhem, so please keep this in mind.
I can't listen to Lyrlian. I feel like he often borders on unprofessional to the players. Yes, sometimes, people make mistakes when they play, but often he makes comments that don't critique but rather degrades the players. Instead of saying "I don't quite understand what he hopes to accomplish here" I just heard Lyrlian say, essentially, that this was a stupid and terrible decision on the part of a certain player, and does so in a matter-of-fact sort of way. He basically will say that he thought that someone was ok but because of this that or the other he is stupid. As I sit and listen he "critiqued" someone for not having vision of a pylon that was in a random position that he didn't know about, a pylon that you would have likely needed complete vision of the map to find.
I guess what I'm getting at is it just feels like he expects perfection from people and derides people for decisions. You won't really find that except in the most extreme of circumstances from other casters. It just rubs me the wrong way.
I could say a lot about what I love from the Playhem Dailys, and I think I will soon, but... I really needed to get that off of my chest.
Hello, anyone knows who this "MouzMarco" / "uGpSwip" guy who won yesterdays NA daily is? His Playhem profile says he is Platinum so maybe it is a smurf account for someone?
On December 18 2011 04:55 Kauz wrote: Ok, sometimes people in the Playhem casts ask for feedback and I've been watching for a while now and can't help but give some.
Neeb, you know me, you know I love Playhem, so please keep this in mind.
I can't listen to Lyrlian. I feel like he often borders on unprofessional to the players. Yes, sometimes, people make mistakes when they play, but often he makes comments that don't critique but rather degrades the players. Instead of saying "I don't quite understand what he hopes to accomplish here" I just heard Lyrlian say, essentially, that this was a stupid and terrible decision on the part of a certain player, and does so in a matter-of-fact sort of way. He basically will say that he thought that someone was ok but because of this that or the other he is stupid. As I sit and listen he "critiqued" someone for not having vision of a pylon that was in a random position that he didn't know about, a pylon that you would have likely needed complete vision of the map to find.
I guess what I'm getting at is it just feels like he expects perfection from people and derides people for decisions. You won't really find that except in the most extreme of circumstances from other casters. It just rubs me the wrong way.
I could say a lot about what I love from the Playhem Dailys, and I think I will soon, but... I really needed to get that off of my chest.
On December 20 2011 06:39 Presidenten wrote: Hello, anyone knows who this "MouzMarco" / "uGpSwip" guy who won yesterdays NA daily is? His Playhem profile says he is Platinum so maybe it is a smurf account for someone?
I just know that he's a Korean player and he's very good lol
On December 18 2011 04:55 Kauz wrote: Ok, sometimes people in the Playhem casts ask for feedback and I've been watching for a while now and can't help but give some.
Neeb, you know me, you know I love Playhem, so please keep this in mind.
I can't listen to Lyrlian. I feel like he often borders on unprofessional to the players. Yes, sometimes, people make mistakes when they play, but often he makes comments that don't critique but rather degrades the players. Instead of saying "I don't quite understand what he hopes to accomplish here" I just heard Lyrlian say, essentially, that this was a stupid and terrible decision on the part of a certain player, and does so in a matter-of-fact sort of way. He basically will say that he thought that someone was ok but because of this that or the other he is stupid. As I sit and listen he "critiqued" someone for not having vision of a pylon that was in a random position that he didn't know about, a pylon that you would have likely needed complete vision of the map to find.
I guess what I'm getting at is it just feels like he expects perfection from people and derides people for decisions. You won't really find that except in the most extreme of circumstances from other casters. It just rubs me the wrong way.
I could say a lot about what I love from the Playhem Dailys, and I think I will soon, but... I really needed to get that off of my chest.
Thanks for your feedback, it's a good point you're making, I know I can be very harsh on players who make bad desicions or bad calls in my eyes. I think I remember the specific case with the pylon on anti shipyard which was in a place very often used for proxy pylons and warp ins. That's why I called it "bad" pro or near pro players should be aware of the fact that it gets used as a place to proxy pylon's at.
In general though you make a very good argument, especially when I am solo casting I can sometimes be a little too harsh on players. The specific broadcast you're now referring to was my first solo cast in ages because my co-caster didn't show, I was tired and sad to solocast and I let it out on the players too much.(also the entire tournament didnt see a game longer than 15 ingame minutes, guess it all added up).
I would invite you to join me again tonight on the stream and I will show you what I normally cast like. I'll make sure not to let my personal mood afect the style of commentary anymore in the future, thanks for watching! (:
On December 21 2011 02:44 wattabeast wrote: Just a quick question are the "noob" dailies (the plat one, which I play in for example) casted? Because I'd love to be able to be casted xD
Unfortunately we don't have the manpower to cast all 4 tournaments; it's hard enough covering the Open bracket twice a day every single day (EU and NA). There are sometimes independent casters that cover the lower leagues though so it is possible you would be casted sometime =D
On December 21 2011 02:44 wattabeast wrote: Just a quick question are the "noob" dailies (the plat one, which I play in for example) casted? Because I'd love to be able to be casted xD
Unfortunately we don't have the manpower to cast all 4 tournaments; it's hard enough covering the Open bracket twice a day every single day (EU and NA). There are sometimes independent casters that cover the lower leagues though so it is possible you would be casted sometime =D
Well I guess you just have to join the casting line up then so we do have enough man power.
I'm not sure if it's me just being an idiot, please feel free to call me out if I am XD, but I haven't seen the casts for the last 2 NA playhems. I checked playhemtv on twitch both nights and no stream was running. Are you guys just short on manpower in the NA atm because it is the holidays?
On December 22 2011 01:36 Acronysis wrote: I'm not sure if it's me just being an idiot, please feel free to call me out if I am XD, but I haven't seen the casts for the last 2 NA playhems. I checked playhemtv on twitch both nights and no stream was running. Are you guys just short on manpower in the NA atm because it is the holidays?
I miss my nightly dosage of playhem =( haha
There were some technical issues yesterday and yes, a lot of people are away because of le holidays. Luckily I don't have a life so Playhem EU tourneys should be cast most of the time!
On December 22 2011 01:36 Acronysis wrote: I'm not sure if it's me just being an idiot, please feel free to call me out if I am XD, but I haven't seen the casts for the last 2 NA playhems. I checked playhemtv on twitch both nights and no stream was running. Are you guys just short on manpower in the NA atm because it is the holidays?
I miss my nightly dosage of playhem =( haha
There were some technical issues yesterday and yes, a lot of people are away because of le holidays. Luckily I don't have a life so Playhem EU tourneys should be cast most of the time!
haha, thanks =D I've never seen anyone cast the EU daily but you (along with a co-caster), so I can assume you're pretty reliable. I'll definitely be tuning in
On December 25 2011 17:18 Xorphene wrote: Perhaps i'm being blind, but I can't find a way on the Playhem site to access previous tournaments to download the replay pack?
You're right, there's no way to acces previous tournaments on the website. I'm not trying to make any excuses but Playhem isn't about SC2 alone, it also does other stuff. And things we (you) might see as a priority, might not be as high on the list of Playhem as an entire organisation. (I'm only caster. Just speculating here.)
I'd love to have an easy overview on Playhem.com with the past tournaments + winners + replay packs for the entire tournament. Maybe sometime in the future we will all be able to enjoy such a thing ^^
SIDENOTE
I will probably cover the quarter-finals and onward tonight on my private stream after I'm done eating Christmas dinner with family.
Lyrlian, i love your casting, its really good, but one thing that I noticed today is that you call out gg's really early, things like that can really break the magic, that is all!
I know I do. No reason to make things sound nicer than they really are. If someone is dead, I will not be afraid to throw that out there I'll try to keep it to a minimum though, thanks (:
In my opinion live casting should not allowed in tournies that involve money. Playhem fails to prevent people from cheating in that regard, and it's highly uncomfortable situation where you can just load stream into dual screen as easily as just clicking a button.
On December 31 2011 02:22 nuki wrote: i cant find at playhem site bracket, participants etc..
You need to have an account with playhem in order to view the tournaments and the daily bracket. Unless someone links it to you then I believe you can see it.
Personally, since I watch playhem a lot, i just made an account since its free and easy.
On January 01 2012 03:51 Awesomeness wrote: So a cup on EU that starts at 19:00 CET on new year's eve? I think the winner deserves a special prize for his dedication. :D
Easy just US/NA player playing in the morning for him.
On December 31 2011 22:26 titoftw wrote: Why I can't add my Battle.net ID?
It links your league to your account so I think if you do not have enough 1v1 games played it won't let you set it up. This happened to me. Pretty sure its because they have lower league tourneys as well and they don't want smurfs. Someone can correct me if I am wrong on this.
Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
On January 01 2012 23:54 cyclone25 wrote: Do playhem admins know who "Sad" is? He won the NA 75$ cup two days ago, and got 2nd yesterday (http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/14403).
His hotkeys are exactly like Huk's and he has a 56-8 record on the US ladder. He also wrote "TL" with his units in one of his games.
I don't think smurfs should be allowed, and it also makes me not watch matches where players use smurfs.
I don't see a reason for that, since the 75% tourneys are open to all leagues, so why should someone not use a smurf if he wants?
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
On January 01 2012 23:54 cyclone25 wrote: Do playhem admins know who "Sad" is? He won the NA 75$ cup two days ago, and got 2nd yesterday (http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/14403).
His hotkeys are exactly like Huk's and he has a 56-8 record on the US ladder. He also wrote "TL" with his units in one of his games.
I don't think smurfs should be allowed, and it also makes me not watch matches where players use smurfs.
We have no idea who he is but there's a lot of different pros that use smurfs for a variety of reasons, we won't ever try to prevent them from joining or somehow *make* them tell us who they are lol. I would love to know who some of them are but if they go out of their way for privacy, we respect that.
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
But yesterday Ben told me I'm not allowed. Now I am really confused ^^
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
But yesterday John told me I'm not allowed. Now I am really confused ^^
o.O Who is John? Lol there isn't a John that admins for Playhem =/
I love these daily tournaments but i think the map order should be generated randomly. Like Calm before the storm is always @ round 7 and i can never get that far but i would love to play on that map. Its boring that its always the same map order.
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
But yesterday John told me I'm not allowed. Now I am really confused ^^
o.O Who is John? Lol there isn't a John that admins for Playhem =/
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
But yesterday John told me I'm not allowed. Now I am really confused ^^
o.O Who is John? Lol there isn't a John that admins for Playhem =/
Eh sorry I ment Ben ^^
Follow whatever he told you. I don't have any idea what the circumstances surrounding this are, I was speaking generally
On January 01 2012 23:54 cyclone25 wrote: Do playhem admins know who "Sad" is? He won the NA 75$ cup two days ago, and got 2nd yesterday (http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/14403).
His hotkeys are exactly like Huk's and he has a 56-8 record on the US ladder. He also wrote "TL" with his units in one of his games.
I don't think smurfs should be allowed, and it also makes me not watch matches where players use smurfs.
We have no idea who he is but there's a lot of different pros that use smurfs for a variety of reasons, we won't ever try to prevent them from joining or somehow *make* them tell us who they are lol. I would love to know who some of them are but if they go out of their way for privacy, we respect that.
They're playing in a tournament hosted by you and where you pay them real money. How is it wrong to ask them who they are?
What stops a player from using hacks on a smurf account? If he gets caught, you don't know who he is anyway. He has nothing to lose. Also he can use smurf accounts to play the lower leagues. He can join a tournament with 2-3 accounts, and play on the account that has a easier bracket.
A lot of abuses can happen if you're not willing to ask who they are ...
On January 01 2012 23:54 cyclone25 wrote: Do playhem admins know who "Sad" is? He won the NA 75$ cup two days ago, and got 2nd yesterday (http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/14403).
His hotkeys are exactly like Huk's and he has a 56-8 record on the US ladder. He also wrote "TL" with his units in one of his games.
I don't think smurfs should be allowed, and it also makes me not watch matches where players use smurfs.
We have no idea who he is but there's a lot of different pros that use smurfs for a variety of reasons, we won't ever try to prevent them from joining or somehow *make* them tell us who they are lol. I would love to know who some of them are but if they go out of their way for privacy, we respect that.
They're playing in a tournament hosted by you and where you pay them real money. How is it wrong to ask them who they are?
What stops a player from using hacks on a smurf account? If he gets caught, you don't know who he is anyway. He has nothing to lose. Also he can use smurf accounts to play the lower leagues. He can join a tournament with 2-3 accounts, and play on the account that has a easier bracket.
A lot of abuses can happen if you're not willing to ask who they are ...
I always ASK them who they are but I will never take it any further than that. A lot of pro players wish to remain anonymous because they're practicing new builds or simply don't want the forums to explode if they lose to a player they shouldn't have or whatever the case is. If they want to practice in our tournaments anonymously, that's entirely fine with me, we see great games regardless.
On January 01 2012 23:35 roym899 wrote: Hey, am I allowed to play Bronze/Silver Tournement when I was Gold Terran but fell to Silver because I switched my race to Zerg? And if not, am I allowed to play the Gold/Platin Tournement? :D
Gold-Platinum is fine. Bronze-Silver is fine as long as you were legitimately and naturally demoted. If it's determined by an admin that you intentionally got yourself demoted to play in the lower leagues, you may be banned
But yesterday John told me I'm not allowed. Now I am really confused ^^
o.O Who is John? Lol there isn't a John that admins for Playhem =/
Eh sorry I ment Ben ^^
Follow whatever he told you. I don't have any idea what the circumstances surrounding this are, I was speaking generally
I have to give major props to you guys for setting this up. The Playhem daily is super fun to play in, the website is amazing [although would love a 'remember me' sign in option. Having to sign in each time is tedious], and there's always something interesting to keep me watching (sometimes the dude I was vsing is streaming after he beats me, so I can track his progress and see where he falls). So, kudos :D
How can I follow the current tournament that's going on? When I create an account on playhem there is a screen for adding xbox/etc/starcraft2 ID that I can't get rid of (I haven't actually played SC2 for a while). Also there doesn't seem to be any links to anything from the home page.
Since the new overlay, as cool as it is, was introduced there has been numerous games with the players in the wrong positions. Some games it doesn't get switched.
In addition, I love Katu's casting but tonight there was sooo much random shit being talked about on stream during the games, and I found Katu disappearing during the finals to watch hockey, then coming back and talking about hockey during one of the games pretty unprofessional.
I watch every EU and NA stream, and this was definitely a thumbs down from me tonight...disappointing.
On January 07 2012 00:56 Liquid`TLO wrote: can someone from playhem please pm me here, for some reason I cant login into my account it says it is banned :o
Hello Neeb and Ben, I would just like to bring your attention to a problem i have been haveing in the US gold-plat tornements. Up to date I have been supporting this tourney but it has come to my realization that the map GSL metropolis is not a balanced map, it is very favored by zerg, they can put 2 spine crawls in the natural to there base to completely stop hellions and early pressure. thank you for taking this into consideration, Biocause.
On January 09 2012 11:56 krelian wrote: The liquipedia page says that replays are available at each tournament's webpage but I can't find them. Are they really available?
yeah dude, look for "round replays pack" just above the brackets
edit: or better, "full replays pack" in the top right of the bracket, just below "Champion", above the top 3 scoreboard
Is there any way to access the brackets for tournaments that are already finished? I'd like to know who won the last (17.01) EU Playhem Daily. I just saw that TLO and Delphi played each other in the semi-finals but wasn't able to watch their games as well as the rest of the tournament.
edit: Nevermind, Liquipedia has already posted the results.
On January 04 2012 13:50 Xorphene wrote: Since the new overlay, as cool as it is, was introduced there has been numerous games with the players in the wrong positions. Some games it doesn't get switched.
In addition, I love Katu's casting but tonight there was sooo much random shit being talked about on stream during the games, and I found Katu disappearing during the finals to watch hockey, then coming back and talking about hockey during one of the games pretty unprofessional.
I watch every EU and NA stream, and this was definitely a thumbs down from me tonight...disappointing.
i really enjoy watching the playhem daily, i watch it almost everyday if i can and I would enjoy it even more if somebody could unban me from chat pl0x. My name is iwishiwasgud
On January 18 2012 16:07 CosmoK wrote: Is there any way to access the brackets for tournaments that are already finished? I'd like to know who won the last (17.01) EU Playhem Daily. I just saw that TLO and Delphi played each other in the semi-finals but wasn't able to watch their games as well as the rest of the tournament.
edit: Nevermind, Liquipedia has already posted the results.
You can also find the replay packs on each of those brackets if you want to go back and watch those games.
Haven't gone through the entire thread so sorry if it's been addressed but didn't see anything about it in OP. Are you allowed to race pick / change races if you want? Or do you have to play one chosen race throughout whole tournament. If race picking is allowed, can you switch even within a Bo x? For example playing terran first game than protoss second. Are players who sign up as "random" allowed to race pick or do they have to play random every time.
If anyone knows or can point me towards info on this would be appreciated thanks!
On January 18 2012 16:07 CosmoK wrote: Is there any way to access the brackets for tournaments that are already finished? I'd like to know who won the last (17.01) EU Playhem Daily. I just saw that TLO and Delphi played each other in the semi-finals but wasn't able to watch their games as well as the rest of the tournament.
edit: Nevermind, Liquipedia has already posted the results.
You can also find the replay packs on each of those brackets if you want to go back and watch those games.
Could you please explain how? cant seem to find them :<
On January 25 2012 07:02 Presidenten wrote: Does anyone know if this "crazyboy" with bnet account "Maynard" really is the same person as Maynard? He has won a shitload of NA dailies lately
I still enjoy the playhem daily whenever there are no bigger tournaments streaming. Commentary is nice, although sometimes I do miss the excitement in big engagements by the casters. Sometimes they just sound quite plain... Other than that: keep up the good work!
Okay, I guess I'll just drop the question into this room, am I able to participate in the Bronze-Silver Daily when I'm 15 years old (seeing you can win 3 dollars, I'll just ask to be sure)? Really curious as I'd like to participate.
On January 27 2012 10:26 SRuff wrote: So yeah really sad to find out Playhem doesn't even have a race lock in the tournament, which means anyone can play any race they want in any match up. Pretty unprofessional. No longer going to play, watch or support this tournament in any way since that is pretty much a standard across professional tournaments
lol did someone beat you with their off race or something?
On January 27 2012 02:04 tryteyker wrote: Okay, I guess I'll just drop the question into this room, am I able to participate in the Bronze-Silver Daily when I'm 15 years old (seeing you can win 3 dollars, I'll just ask to be sure)? Really curious as I'd like to participate.
You can as long as you have access to a paypal account (friend's or parent's is fine). You also wont be able to use the site to withdraw your prize automatically, but an admin can help with that.
If I sign up for Bronze-Silver, but practice beforehand and place into Gold, do I have to drop out of the tournament? Unlikely, but I thought I'd ask just in case.
On January 25 2012 07:02 Presidenten wrote: Does anyone know if this "crazyboy" with bnet account "Maynard" really is the same person as Maynard? He has won a shitload of NA dailies lately
On January 25 2012 07:02 Presidenten wrote: Does anyone know if this "crazyboy" with bnet account "Maynard" really is the same person as Maynard? He has won a shitload of NA dailies lately
Not the same Maynard as far as we know.
Then who is he? A korean maybe?
From the conversations I've had with him, I would say he is Korean. Next time I speak to him I'll ask if he has a more well-known alias. His Playhem username is "crazyboy".
On January 25 2012 07:02 Presidenten wrote: Does anyone know if this "crazyboy" with bnet account "Maynard" really is the same person as Maynard? He has won a shitload of NA dailies lately
Not the same Maynard as far as we know.
Then who is he? A korean maybe?
From the conversations I've had with him, I would say he is Korean. Next time I speak to him I'll ask if he has a more well-known alias. His Playhem username is "crazyboy".
He just won another Playhem cup beating HasuObs and Tgun. This guy seems really solid, we need to know who he is! :D
Just a notice to everyone, we've made more adjustments to our map pool and starting maps! Please take note when making your games for tournaments after today:
Map Pool: GSL Metropolis, ESV Cloud Kingdom, ESV Sanshorn Mist AE, IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship, GSL Bel'shir Beach (Winter), GSL Calm before the storm, MLG Metalopolis, MLG Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar LE, GSL Antiga Shipyard, GSL Daybreak, IPLMap Darkness Falls, Entombed Valley
Starting Maps: Round of 512 MLG Shattered Temple Round of 256 Tal'Darim Altar LE Round of 128 GSL Metropolis Round of 64 ESV Cloud Kingdom Round of 32 IPLMap Darkness Falls Round of 16 GSL Antiga Shipyard Round of 8 GSL Bel'Shir Beach (Winter) Round of 4 Entombed Valley Round of 2 GSL Daybreak
On February 03 2012 13:56 godulous wrote: Just a notice to everyone, we've made more adjustments to our map pool and starting maps! Please take note when making your games for tournaments after today:
Map Pool: GSL Metropolis, ESV Cloud Kingdom, ESV Sanshorn Mist AE, IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship, GSL Bel'shir Beach (Winter), GSL Calm before the storm, MLG Metalopolis, MLG Shattered Temple, Tal'Darim Altar LE, GSL Antiga Shipyard, GSL Daybreak, IPLMap Darkness Falls, Entombed Valley
Starting Maps: Round of 512 MLG Shattered Temple Round of 256 Tal'Darim Altar LE Round of 128 GSL Metropolis Round of 64 ESV Cloud Kingdom Round of 32 IPLMap Darkness Falls Round of 16 GSL Antiga Shipyard Round of 8 GSL Bel'Shir Beach (Winter) Round of 4 Entombed Valley Round of 2 GSL Daybreak
Daybreak is one of my favorite maps in the pool right now, and from the games I see (which is a staggering amount every week) it produces some of the best games...
On January 25 2012 07:02 Presidenten wrote: Does anyone know if this "crazyboy" with bnet account "Maynard" really is the same person as Maynard? He has won a shitload of NA dailies lately
Not the same Maynard as far as we know.
Then who is he? A korean maybe?
From the conversations I've had with him, I would say he is Korean. Next time I speak to him I'll ask if he has a more well-known alias. His Playhem username is "crazyboy".
He just won another Playhem cup beating HasuObs and Tgun. This guy seems really solid, we need to know who he is! :D
We had a thread about this a while ago. It's confirmed to be coL.Heart.
On February 19 2012 18:24 VirgilSC2 wrote: How can you say Daybreak is a horrible map? o.O
Daybreak is one of my favorite maps in the pool right now, and from the games I see (which is a staggering amount every week) it produces some of the best games...
On February 19 2012 18:24 VirgilSC2 wrote: How can you say Daybreak is a horrible map? o.O
Daybreak is one of my favorite maps in the pool right now, and from the games I see (which is a staggering amount every week) it produces some of the best games...
On February 19 2012 18:24 VirgilSC2 wrote: How can you say Daybreak is a horrible map? o.O
Daybreak is one of my favorite maps in the pool right now, and from the games I see (which is a staggering amount every week) it produces some of the best games...
On February 19 2012 18:24 VirgilSC2 wrote: How can you say Daybreak is a horrible map? o.O
Daybreak is one of my favorite maps in the pool right now, and from the games I see (which is a staggering amount every week) it produces some of the best games...
the playhem winrates are from a much larger sample
Our own stats are also more relevant here I feel, TLPD stats mostly account for players that don't even participate in our daily but Presidenten is correct - my post was based on our own stats.
@Presidenten Farily certain that the player going by VIP is actually ClassicPrime based on his account information. You might want to take this into account for the results page if you're updating those.
On February 24 2012 11:02 godulous wrote: @Presidenten Farily certain that the player going by VIP is actually ClassicPrime based on his account information. You might want to take this into account for the results page if you're updating those.
Playhem.. than you for doing thsi for the comunity. I guess this is the best chance for players to prove. They are a lot of good players who are not seen for various reasons.. here they can shine!
Have anybody a idea, who is Kirche? He won the last 3 Playhems at NA Server. On Playhem stands that he is BBongBBong, but his Mainrace is Zerg and Kirche plays Protoss. So it's a smurf? A shared Account? Any other Player which is unknown?
Sorry for my english and thanks anyway for your answers.
On March 02 2012 18:03 Rathi wrote: I have a little question.
Have anybody a idea, who is Kirche? He won the last 3 Playhems at NA Server. On Playhem stands that he is BBongBBong, but his Mainrace is Zerg and Kirche plays Protoss. So it's a smurf? A shared Account? Any other Player which is unknown?
Sorry for my english and thanks anyway for your answers.
GadH Rathi
It's a korean smurf who's identity is known by Playhem but he wishes to remain anonymous.
On March 02 2012 18:03 Rathi wrote: I have a little question.
Have anybody a idea, who is Kirche? He won the last 3 Playhems at NA Server. On Playhem stands that he is BBongBBong, but his Mainrace is Zerg and Kirche plays Protoss. So it's a smurf? A shared Account? Any other Player which is unknown?
Sorry for my english and thanks anyway for your answers.
GadH Rathi
It's a korean smurf who's identity is known by Playhem but he wishes to remain anonymous.
Come on playhem, no admins online. vVvAstro is online, I tell him that he might wanna go to channel, put his ''only friends may speak'' filter on..... really nice.....
On March 20 2012 17:29 Fenneth wrote: Has Playhem stopped releasing replays? I really enjoyed watching them sometimes
On March 21 2012 11:52 FGL wrote: Will replays be up for the last few tournaments? I too really appreciate it when tournaments release replays
This was a slight bug, unfortunately it didn't come to my attention sooner so thanks for the posts. It should be fixed on all future tournaments and I adjusted all the ones that didn't have them enabled (let me know if I missed any).
On March 27 2012 08:15 FGL wrote: Will the replays for sunday's NA daily be released? The games weren't casted due to MLG http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/18312
Could they please add a rule for players attempting to pause in an attempt to get the others to missclick the surrender button? This is becoming a problem for some very bm players.
Is Golden the only player ever to win both EU and NA Playhem in the same day? And if so, why is nobody talking about that... I personally watched him play 10 hours of Playhem yesterday, was crazy
Yesterday's (April 4th) EU tournament was great as always, but unfortunately the finals between Forsen and Kiljardi were marred by some extremely bad manners from Forsen. Ragequitting the first game was no real problem, everyone has done that at some point (except maybe Sheth), but after securing the win in the third game of the series he went on to verbally abuse his opponent, showing extreme disrespect and generally making a huge ass of himself. When winning. This turned an otherwise great tournament into one that left us spectators with a sour taste in our mouths instead of the usual great feeling of having seen two great players clashing in the finals.
With this in mind, is there any chance that Playhem in the future might introduce some minimal standard for player behaviour? I'm not talking super-serious stuff like the GSL where you can potentially be reprimanded for not saying GG before surrendering, but some level of respect between players really shouldn't be too much to ask.
That aside, I love Playhem. The concept is great and the casters always do a great job delivering an exciting broadcast, even one time managing to turn 16 straight ZvZs into something that was watchable Keep up the good work.
On April 06 2012 04:08 Matzee wrote: Did you stop releasing replaypacks?
It's a problem with the tournament configurations we're working on at the moment. All the currently unavailable packs will be up once it's fixed (as well as all future tournaments). It's not a high priority at the moment but it will be fixed.
Is there any way we can get replays from the tournaments? I remember being able to access them through the bracket, but that options no longer there for some reason. Has it been removed or is there a fault that's being sorted out?
On April 12 2012 00:11 k!llua wrote: Is there any way we can get replays from the tournaments? I remember being able to access them through the bracket, but that options no longer there for some reason. Has it been removed or is there a fault that's being sorted out?
On April 12 2012 00:11 k!llua wrote: Is there any way we can get replays from the tournaments? I remember being able to access them through the bracket, but that options no longer there for some reason. Has it been removed or is there a fault that's being sorted out?
You could read four posts up :o
It's late at night, super tired + working >_<;;
thank you anyway (playhem and PB for pointing that out).
The daily for both NA and EU is canceled today (April 17th) due to technical issues, we'll be resuming again tomorrow with a doubled prize to make up for the cancellation. Thank you for understanding!
On April 16 2012 08:25 mastergriggy wrote: Seems like the last couple weeks, playhem hasn't been casting their tournament. Scheduling problem or something?
I was casting EU 15th With Pokebunny and 16th (yesterday) Solo! So I am not sure what you are on about, maybe NA?
On April 17 2012 17:50 godulous wrote: The daily for both NA and EU is canceled today (April 17th) due to technical issues, we'll be resuming again tomorrow with a doubled prize to make up for the cancellation. Thank you for understanding!
Map pool has been altered slightly as a short-term adjustment, I'll be doing a re-analysis of our stats and our regularly scheduled full adjustment of the map pool / starting maps later this week.
Isn't Everize Polish? I find it wierd because he won one of the NA Dailies that is supposed to work as Blizzard SCII World Championship Series USA Qualifier...
On April 25 2012 01:17 Presidenten wrote: Isn't Everize Polish? I find it wierd because he won one of the NA Dailies that is supposed to work as Blizzard SCII World Championship Series USA Qualifier...
Hey you guys should do a double elim tournament since the rounds dont actually take more time the increase in time would be minimal. Other wise I love the casting
Is it just me...or is there no tournament today and tomorrow. I can only see the Bronze-Diamond ones. I am in Diamond but would rather play against masters for better experience and really push my builds. I am sure you can see them no matter what league you are in....so where is it?
On May 01 2012 00:11 Iroh wrote: Is it just me...or is there no tournament today and tomorrow. I can only see the Bronze-Diamond ones. I am in Diamond but would rather play against masters for better experience and really push my builds. I am sure you can see them no matter what league you are in....so where is it?
EDIT: This is EU.
2nd EDIT: Ok, todays just popped up.
I still can't find any daily tournament on the site...
Just a note to anyone who missed it, bnet was having connection issues yesterday during NA causing us to cancel the daily, so NA tournaments prizes are doubled today! Be sure to sign up.
Did anybody just witness the 80 baneling drop followed by a 110 baneling drop by TSL_Hyun vs. mouzHasu? Ridiculous! Funniest thing I have seen in a while.
On May 10 2012 16:21 ajizi wrote: This sounds awesome, just one question. Is it free? Or do I need to buy points in order to be able to join the tournaments I want.
As of the last two days we've experienced slight technical difficulties. In light of these difficulties, we are temporarily postponing the dailies. We will be holding an event to make up for the short hiatus soon.
Thank you for your understanding, The Playhem Team
I was told I can write here why I think tal darim it should be removed.
I think it should be removed because there's no race that likes it, it's an outdated map and there are better alternatives out there (and I'm certain other good players would prefer 3/4 good maps as fixed starting maps instead of a separate one every round).
It sucks for protoss because of 4 gate vs 4 gate coinflip pvp. It sucks for zerg because of not being able to get a fast 3rd (people still do it but it dies to 7 gate, that's why pros take a late 3rd at the rocks) pvz, and it sucks for terran because getting a 5th base vs a good player is virtually impossible (tvp specifically probably also other matchups).
If you asked the players who you count as pros (I think it was 8 times in quarterfinals?), I garantuee none will be sorry to see it go.
I was told to write here about what i think about the mappool: In general I think the mappool is very zerg favored, atleast in the aspect of protoss vs zerg. The only good maps for Protoss right now is more or less Entombed Valley and CLoud kingdom. I guess Antiga works out ok too, atleast compared to many other maps that is used. I know that removing maps just because of PvZ might not be a good reason, alot of the maps that I dislike for PvZ is good in other matchups.. Therefore I would suggest to add a few more maps to the mappool, and maybe remove some too - Just so that there are more verity in the mappool and something that suits everyone.
My suggestions: Remove: Calm before the storm Belshir Darkness falls
Change version: MLG Entombed valley to ESL Entombed valley (Forced cross spawn, much more balanced) Korhal, change to the TSL4 Version with some changes around the 3rd base.
Add: Ohana Daybreak Shakuras
I think those changes would make the game play alot more fair, because on certain maps that is used right now one race gets a very big edge because of spawns or how the map looks. Its pretty boring to play a whole cup to start of a final series on best of 3 at belshir vs zerg - which gives you the options of either try to make a 3rd and lose or make a 2 base all in.. You will be so "un predictble", especially with the recent overlord speed changes.. Thx
On May 23 2012 06:54 viPro- wrote: My suggestions: Remove: Calm before the storm Belshir Darkness falls
Add: Ohana Daybreak Shakuras
Calm will likely be removed from the pool next update and the other 2 are uncertain still. Shakuras and Ohana were originally removed because of versioning issues so I'll see if there's any change with that, and since Daybreak is a ladder map now I think that's reason enough to add it back as well. I'll make an update when the next map pool change is done.
That looks like a well thought out update. Map pool will be the better for it.
[Edit] Though I imagine there will still be the occasional complaint about Entombed Valley in ZvP. Nonetheless, this goes a long way towards balancing the map pool.
I like watching games on it, but Tal'Darim Altar was rather unique in that players of ALL races complained about it. That would seem to indicate that it's pretty balanced, but on the other hand there's little reason to keep a map if very few players like playing on it.
On May 27 2012 02:03 Acchernar wrote: That looks like a well thought out update. Map pool will be the better for it.
[Edit] Though I imagine there will still be the occasional complaint about Entombed Valley in ZvP. Nonetheless, this goes a long way towards balancing the map pool.
Every map pool needs to have some imbalanced maps in it. If every map was focused on being a perfect 100% well balanced giant macro map then the meta game would be terrible and the game would not really develop that well.
With this being said though we do keep a constant eye on how maps develop over time and if it ever was the case that a map was truel broken in a certain matchup we would remove it ^_^
On May 27 2012 07:02 Acchernar wrote: I like watching games on it, but Tal'Darim Altar was rather unique in that players of ALL races complained about it. That would seem to indicate that it's pretty balanced, but on the other hand there's little reason to keep a map if very few players like playing on it.
It is true that the map was very balanced when we ran it through sc2 gears 5 months ago. Almost 51 49 across all matchups. However a lot of players disliked the map greatly due to the current meta game. Also I bitched quite a bit about this map to Ben so he had me annoying him constantly.
Another thing to note is that this map is super old I WANT FRESH SHIT MAN!
On May 27 2012 07:02 Acchernar wrote: I like watching games on it, but Tal'Darim Altar was rather unique in that players of ALL races complained about it. That would seem to indicate that it's pretty balanced, but on the other hand there's little reason to keep a map if very few players like playing on it.
It is true that the map was very balanced when we ran it through sc2 gears 5 months ago. Almost 51 49 across all matchups. However a lot of players disliked the map greatly due to the current meta game. Also I bitched quite a bit about this map to Ben so he had me annoying him constantly.
Another thing to note is that this map is super old I WANT FRESH SHIT MAN!
2 months ago it was as balanced aswell,,, its just the gameplay on it being disliked,
make the big ramp smaller and it will look more attractive agian
On May 27 2012 07:02 Acchernar wrote: I like watching games on it, but Tal'Darim Altar was rather unique in that players of ALL races complained about it. That would seem to indicate that it's pretty balanced, but on the other hand there's little reason to keep a map if very few players like playing on it.
It is true that the map was very balanced when we ran it through sc2 gears 5 months ago. Almost 51 49 across all matchups. However a lot of players disliked the map greatly due to the current meta game. Also I bitched quite a bit about this map to Ben so he had me annoying him constantly.
Another thing to note is that this map is super old I WANT FRESH SHIT MAN!
Would it be possible to get another one of those big balance updates? I loved the thread with based on the 29000 replays. However this time it would be awesome to get the data on all the maps in the pool, not just the most played ones.
I would love to do it myself but it's a very big hassle to find old replays on your site. The most 'effecient' way I can currently come up with is to simply change the URL tournament number one tournament at a time to download the replay pack. Either I'm doing something wrong or the website can be improved upon in a major way. (Is there a way to show finished tournaments in the listing?)
To my knowledge, you can't easily access finished tournaments directly from the Playhem site. However, links to the brackets of most Daily tournaments can be found on the results pages at http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Playhem_Daily - Note though that replay pack downloads still seem to be bugged, so they may not be available for more recent tournaments.
that might still be hard and as we got new maps now it wil lbe very hard. last time i did it it looked like this stats its on swedish and not as well executed as ben's, but its a fast way . i guess its something, made in feb i think
For some reason the profile section that deals with my US battle.net name and character code dosnt work. Any ideas as to why? I have the right profile section from the online battlenet, but IDK how to get a character code. Do I just make it up, or what?
Just a quick question: As a streamer, do I still mark my stream as hosting the event 'NA Playhem Daily' even if I'm playing in one of the lower league tournaments (the bronze/silver, gold/platinum, or diamond dailies)?
The Playhem Daily is probably my favorite regular tournament in SC2. It's too bad to see that they don't get a lot of regular viewers, but it's understandable since actual streaming of the dailies is somewhat sporadic. I'd love to see backup casters when, for one reason or another, it doesn't get casted. Either way, it's great to have something with a significant prize pool every day.
On July 15 2012 11:03 WahMyNose wrote: The Playhem Daily is probably my favorite regular tournament in SC2. It's too bad to see that they don't get a lot of regular viewers, but it's understandable since actual streaming of the dailies is somewhat sporadic. I'd love to see backup casters when, for one reason or another, it doesn't get casted. Either way, it's great to have something with a significant prize pool every day.
Working on reimplementing a more steady schedule. Many of our old casters have other gigs and stuff, we're getting some more staff to cover all the things once again
where do I comment on the games going on for the playhem 7/23 7:00 PST
Sage fighting! I wanted to comment on the last game vs Sully and get some discussion going, so could somebody kindly point me toward that thread (or make one) thanks!
edit : so sully was just announced to be having a rematch with sage, because he apparently plays terran? ?!?!
As is pretty obvious from other comments in this thread, find a tournament brackets page of a currently running tournament is wayyy too difficult. Its a very minor fix and I think you guys should look into it.
Update: Just found it after logging in. So real-money tournaments aren't shown until you log in?
On July 31 2012 05:11 iDope wrote: As is pretty obvious from other comments in this thread, find a tournament brackets page of a currently running tournament is wayyy too difficult. Its a very minor fix and I think you guys should look into it.
Update: Just found it after logging in. So real-money tournaments aren't shown until you log in?
the playhem site has a LOT of issues, this is just one of many. Playhem has shown no interest in fixing their site in the past, dont see why they would now
Hey what happened to the Diamond tournament that used to be every day? Still love the site, can't find any info on where the tournament went (the 15$ one) If anyone knows ty ty ^_______________^
On August 06 2012 10:36 KAgravyboat wrote: Hey what happened to the Diamond tournament that used to be every day? Still love the site, can't find any info on where the tournament went (the 15$ one) If anyone knows ty ty ^_______________^
Read the 5 posts before you ^_^ Because of problems with 1.5 replays, they are on hold for now.
I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
I hope/think that playhem admins/founders look at this. Is that so weird?
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
I hope/think that playhem admins/founders look at this. Is that so weird?
Just for reference, don't admin Playhem anymore. I did about a year ago, but haven't since maybe July 2011 Your best bet is to talk to Luka or Ben from Playhem.
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
I hope/think that playhem admins/founders look at this. Is that so weird?
Just for reference, don't admin Playhem anymore. I did about a year ago, but haven't since maybe July 2011 Your best bet is to talk to Luka or Ben from Playhem.
Luka= unfortunate? How can I contact them except sc2 ingame?
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
I hope/think that playhem admins/founders look at this. Is that so weird?
Just for reference, don't admin Playhem anymore. I did about a year ago, but haven't since maybe July 2011 Your best bet is to talk to Luka or Ben from Playhem.
Wait, why did I see then a Frodan in the EU Playhem channel shout out "I'm an admin". Am I going crazy, or was it just someone other than you?
Frodan used to be caster for playhem but he gave his EU account to the (north american) playhem admins when he left for NASL. This is the story of the Frodan EU account, more news at 11 :-)
On August 18 2012 05:46 topschutter wrote: I have a complaint about head admin Frodan. In the diamond daily I got bm'ed by a player with: BG, noob (alot), STFU, GTFO. So I went to Frodan and he didn't do anything, he didn't even warn the guy for the bm. He only told me to ignore him. It is more then stupid that a head admin is accepting bm. I don't play playhem to get bm'ed and it should not be ok or normal to do so. If you ask me every bm player should be banned from the site.
I'm not intending to be mean, but why do you post this here? Not like anybody here could do something about it. (Or am I mistaken?)
I hope/think that playhem admins/founders look at this. Is that so weird?
Just for reference, don't admin Playhem anymore. I did about a year ago, but haven't since maybe July 2011 Your best bet is to talk to Luka or Ben from Playhem.
Wait, why did I see then a Frodan in the EU Playhem channel shout out "I'm an admin". Am I going crazy, or was it just someone other than you?
Unfortunate (Luka) uses Frodan's account to admin EU.
Are these still casted? I haven't seen one up for a while.
I came to ask the same thing. The Playhem Twitch.tv account doesn't seem to load for me. It's been that way for the last few months, too. I really enjoyed watching these every night, and I wish I could watch them again.
Im writing this as an open letter to the Daily, also sending it to the moderators on the site.
The content below will be regarding this game: This Game and 1. The lack of rules for Threats, BM. 2. The importance of moderators staying to facts, not who is GM/M/Dia.
Yesterday I played in the tournament and got in a situation which became very strange due to it being an online tournament. I was supposed to play against Verdi, a GM-Toss in the round of 4. After my third game was finished, I went to the toilet for 2 minutes and came back to the computer. I was going to upload the replay of my last game to the site when Verdi wrote me and said that we were going to play. However, I did not know my next opponent and told him to relax for a minute so that I could upload the replay and confirm him as my next opponent. However, I joined his game-invite and told him to stay calm. He starts writing a lot of BM in chat.
He then randomly started the game, I instantly paused after 1 second. Here he stats threatening me in game chat (see replay) and I tell him to wait for me to speak to the moderators.
What happends is he tells the moderators I have not shown up for half an hour (which there is solid evidence is a straight up lie due to my matchhistory) and I the moderator starts telling me I cant waste the players time by not showing up (in other words, instantly buying the history of him).
It ends up with me sending the replay with Verdi BM-ing me, copying in what he tells me and also me pointing out that it is straight up impossible for his story to be true since I was playing my first game when he was supposed to have "contacted me".
I went to the website of the Daily to be suprised there are not any general rules about those kind of things. Lying, Theatening, just to realize there are no general rules about it. The moderator for the day also said "Just play the game, he is a semi-pro, it is good practice for you".
My point is that this kind of behaviour should never be accepted in tournament play. In a real life tournament, the player had been suspended instantly. If he is a semi-pro or a Bronze League-Hero should not matter at all.
I strongly suggest that the Playhem adds rules about BM, Threats, Lies and likes so that in situations like this it is easier to DQ a player then it was yesterday, with the moderator and me realising there aint any rules against him lying and saying a lot of BM. A player acting like Verdi did yesterday is not good for the community, being a GM-or not and wont bring any joy to a tournament while behaving like he did.
Tbh, when i look @ the match history of a potential opponent and see he won game 3 in the previous round, i expect him to reply with " okay give me two minutes for a bathroom break, please invite me to the game." Clearly he understands your his opponent and you shouldn't have gone the 15 year old way by *following strict code* and waiting to send in the replays.
I'd consider it to be more bm what you did to him than him to you.
Don't go to the bathroom for 2 minutes, then attempt to upload. Upload, tell him you'll be right back, and then get on with the games. Don't throw a fit because someone got angry with you for doing something rather inconveient.
On September 04 2012 03:22 RMonkeyF wrote: Tbh, when i look @ the match history of a potential opponent and see he won game 3 in the previous round, i expect him to reply with " okay give me two minutes for a bathroom break, please invite me to the game." Clearly he understands your his opponent and you shouldn't have gone the 15 year old way by *following strict code* and waiting to send in the replays.
I'd consider it to be more bm what you did to him than him to you.
Don't go to the bathroom for 2 minutes, then attempt to upload. Upload, tell him you'll be right back, and then get on with the games. Don't throw a fit because someone got angry with you for doing something rather inconveient.
this man is right (although verdi is a certified douchebag), you have no idea how annoying it is to play against several people in a tournament (who you will almost certainly beat easily) and each one of them has something to do that ends up wasting more of your time.
On September 04 2012 02:54 Glorfindel! wrote: Im writing this as an open letter to the Daily, also sending it to the moderators on the site.
The content below will be regarding this game: This Game and 1. The lack of rules for Threats, BM. 2. The importance of moderators staying to facts, not who is GM/M/Dia.
Yesterday I played in the tournament and got in a situation which became very strange due to it being an online tournament. I was supposed to play against Verdi, a GM-Toss in the round of 4. After my third game was finished, I went to the toilet for 2 minutes and came back to the computer. I was going to upload the replay of my last game to the site when Verdi wrote me and said that we were going to play. However, I did not know my next opponent and told him to relax for a minute so that I could upload the replay and confirm him as my next opponent. However, I joined his game-invite and told him to stay calm. He starts writing a lot of BM in chat.
He then randomly started the game, I instantly paused after 1 second. Here he stats threatening me in game chat (see replay) and I tell him to wait for me to speak to the moderators.
What happends is he tells the moderators I have not shown up for half an hour (which there is solid evidence is a straight up lie due to my matchhistory) and I the moderator starts telling me I cant waste the players time by not showing up (in other words, instantly buying the history of him).
It ends up with me sending the replay with Verdi BM-ing me, copying in what he tells me and also me pointing out that it is straight up impossible for his story to be true since I was playing my first game when he was supposed to have "contacted me".
I went to the website of the Daily to be suprised there are not any general rules about those kind of things. Lying, Theatening, just to realize there are no general rules about it. The moderator for the day also said "Just play the game, he is a semi-pro, it is good practice for you".
My point is that this kind of behaviour should never be accepted in tournament play. In a real life tournament, the player had been suspended instantly. If he is a semi-pro or a Bronze League-Hero should not matter at all.
I strongly suggest that the Playhem adds rules about BM, Threats, Lies and likes so that in situations like this it is easier to DQ a player then it was yesterday, with the moderator and me realising there aint any rules against him lying and saying a lot of BM. A player acting like Verdi did yesterday is not good for the community, being a GM-or not and wont bring any joy to a tournament while behaving like he did.
Regards Glorfindel
I have had same story with other semi pros. It is no secret that they threat more known players over unknown players, even going as far as bending rules in their likes even if you might be right. I don't think there's much to do about it since it's their tournament and they can do whatever they want I guess...
When is GSL whirlwind going to be removed? The map clearly favors zerg, allins are much harder to stop because of the supply depot making the ramp huge with 2 weak spots (pylon and supply depot), while at the same time it's almost impossible to stop a roach max thanks to the 3rd being so wide open. Tastosis themselves mentioned in one of their recent casts how most often Protosses do some wacky 2 base allin on it in pvz.
Could you please move it down at least to a lower round, it's so incredibly annoying having to always meet gm patchzergs on it 90% of the time I play in it. I'm sure by far the majority of other high level players will agree with me.
Since the NA Turbo wasn't posted on time we're pooling the extra $20 to make tonight's $75 Daily a $95 one! Register at http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/25538
We're giving away a Razer Banshee Headset today on the EU Daily Stream! Make sure you tune in at 1pm EST to find out how to be entered to win! www.twitch.tv/playhemtv
It has been 2 weeks that I am trying to link my SC2 account to my Playhem account and it says it can't do it because my account is currently in use. I have tried to contact Playhem, but have yet to receive any answer (it has been 8 working days).
Everything is right in the information I entered. Basicly, I had some problems with my account where it wouldn't let me enter a tournement where I should have been able to enter (my account met the requirements), so I tried to unlink my SC2 account and now I can't link it back.
On November 01 2012 11:28 Maniak wrote: It has been 2 weeks that I am trying to link my SC2 account to my Playhem account and it says it can't do it because my account is currently in use. I have tried to contact Playhem, but have yet to receive any answer (it has been 8 working days).
Everything is right in the information I entered. Basicly, I had some problems with my account where it wouldn't let me enter a tournement where I should have been able to enter (my account met the requirements), so I tried to unlink my SC2 account and now I can't link it back.
I would suggest to go onto Bnet and join channel Playhem, especially around Daily tournament time. There are admins around that can help.
Also, holy stacked dailies recently. On NA most of the top complexity players, a couple of TSL zergs, Byun and other Korean pros. Seems like a great opportunity for some community casters to get more recognition.
On November 19 2012 06:25 Noispaxen wrote: So is it really the end of the dailies? Also, any idea why I can't withdraw the money? >_< I get an error and it says they will look into it :/
On November 19 2012 06:25 Noispaxen wrote: So is it really the end of the dailies? Also, any idea why I can't withdraw the money? >_< I get an error and it says they will look into it :/
That's probably why there's no daily scheduled, be patient.
I'm guessing since there is no official announcement and several days have passed that it might be some sort of bug or a scheduled break for the people who have to run the tournament. That said it would definitely be nice if someone who was actually in the know could help clear things up :/
^^ it is really enjoyable seeing players way better than myself competing in these tourneys. the playhem gives many otherwise unknown streamers get exposure. hopefully it'll be back up again and on TL. cheers
On November 20 2012 12:10 packrat386 wrote: I'm guessing since there is no official announcement and several days have passed that it might be some sort of bug or a scheduled break for the people who have to run the tournament. That said it would definitely be nice if someone who was actually in the know could help clear things up :/
More like they've gone bankrupt and all the money is gone. Thank god I removed most of the money already, still got some left that I can't get out either (like noispaxen/pink) though.
hmm they have changed the design of the website now a little... a thing you wouldnt do if you're out of money... but still no dailies. i miss them... play some games on my level without losing points before i start laddering..
Website redesign and also I was able to withdraw the money finally, so hopefully they arent bunkrupt... Would love to hear smth from people involved though
On November 25 2012 08:18 Noispaxen wrote: Website redesign and also I was able to withdraw the money finally, so hopefully they arent bunkrupt... Would love to hear smth from people involved though
How did you withdraw them on the new website? Because as far as I saw on my profile I just lost the 20$ I had on the website as I couldn't withdraw before.
On November 25 2012 08:18 Noispaxen wrote: Website redesign and also I was able to withdraw the money finally, so hopefully they arent bunkrupt... Would love to hear smth from people involved though
Still not letting me transfer the $5 I won in the last gold/plat tournament. In fact, it doesn't even show that I have the $5 anymore. It just says that I have 499 points. Very annoying...
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