One account per game - Goodbye to smurfing? - Page 29

On August 31 2009 00:45 Krikkitone wrote:
Well there is the issue of what leve you start off with in your first 10 or so "off race" games.

Your "Offrace" ELL should be based on your "other race" ELL until you have at least 10 games or so with the Offrace.

ie if you have 30 Protoss games, your first Zerg game should start with the same ELL as your Protoss ELL.

On August 31 2009 07:31 SiGurD wrote:
wow that would be so bad!
like if someone "STOLE" you're nickname which happens way to often, you will never be able to remake it at all ? that will really suck imo

On August 31 2009 07:34 Klockan3 wrote:

But there will be a lot more nicknames out since you aren't able to bind up a million ones yourself.

On August 31 2009 07:54 SiGurD wrote:


yes but people would want to stick to their nickname used in BW/SC as they were known d as. So if people installs it fast and just "steal" or take the name, people will not have the chance to create their names they've used for ages.

On August 31 2009 08:52 dupsky wrote:
the best option i have come across, to allow multiple names as well as anti-smurf protection, is what i have termed "smurf alert".........basically it is a option that EVERY player has to switch on or off (although i cant imagine why anyone would choose the latter) which allows the player to view ALL NAMES AND RANKINGS linked to the player who is in your game, or be blind to your opposition.

....best of both worlds?....(the only opposition, i can see, would be from the bottom feeders that thrive on a tilted playing field in thier favor.)

On August 31 2009 10:27 ZeitgeistMovie wrote:
Lol at all noobs so afraid of getting owned that they actually encourage blizzard to milk the customers even more than they are doing.

Hey noobs, getting owned is not a bad thing. It makes you better. I am not a great player by any means but it pisses me off when I see game names like "3v3 noobs only." WTF? Don't you want to be better than you are? Every person should always stride to better themselves, whether it's something as trivial as getting better at Starcraft, or in life. So what if somone smurfs and owns you? their skills decrease with every noob they play while your skill increases. How is this a bad thing? It should be considered a privilege to play someone better than you. I bet 99% of the whiners about smurfing will never amount to anything in SC2. They're skills will stay relatively the same years into playing the game.

That said, obviously there should be a casual server for people who just want to play custom games, games with their friends and for fun. But when you enter a ladder, the main purpose is to win, to compete, to test your skills against others. Yet you noobs want the best of both world? You want ladders (which are compettitive in nature) to be noob-friendly, yet remain competitive? Isn't a newb-friendly ladder an oxymoron?

So what's with all the whining about smurfing, noob bashing, blah blah blah...Don't be scared of losing, newbs. You gain more from losing than you will ever gain from winning, even though many frown upon it, unfortunately.

On August 31 2009 11:02 dupsky wrote:
are you f...ing kidding ?????

if you need cheap wins by tricking newcomers into a annihilation fest dont try making lame excuses by telling us what is good for us.

i play games PRIMARILLY FOR THE FUN FACTOR and i rather play people my own level to try and get better at my own pace. i certainly dont need your pathetic excuses to change the game to your favor at the cost of mine.

On August 31 2009 10:27 ZeitgeistMovie wrote:
Lol at all noobs so afraid of getting owned that they actually encourage blizzard to milk the customers even more than they are doing.

Hey noobs, getting owned is not a bad thing. It makes you better. I am not a great player by any means but it pisses me off when I see game names like "3v3 noobs only." WTF? Don't you want to be better than you are? Every person should always stride to better themselves, whether it's something as trivial as getting better at Starcraft, or in life. So what if somone smurfs and owns you? their skills decrease with every noob they play while your skill increases. How is this a bad thing? It should be considered a privilege to play someone better than you. I bet 99% of the whiners about smurfing will never amount to anything in SC2. They're skills will stay relatively the same years into playing the game.

That said, obviously there should be a casual server for people who just want to play custom games, games with their friends and for fun. But when you enter a ladder, the main purpose is to win, to compete, to test your skills against others. Yet you noobs want the best of both world? You want ladders (which are compettitive in nature) to be noob-friendly, yet remain competitive? Isn't a newb-friendly ladder an oxymoron?

So what's with all the whining about smurfing, noob bashing, blah blah blah...Don't be scared of losing, newbs. You gain more from losing than you will ever gain from winning, even though many frown upon it, unfortunately.

On August 31 2009 10:27 ZeitgeistMovie wrote:
Lol at all noobs so afraid of getting owned that they actually encourage blizzard to milk the customers even more than they are doing.

Hey noobs, getting owned is not a bad thing. It makes you better. I am not a great player by any means but it pisses me off when I see game names like "3v3 noobs only." WTF? Don't you want to be better than you are? Every person should always stride to better themselves, whether it's something as trivial as getting better at Starcraft, or in life. So what if somone smurfs and owns you? their skills decrease with every noob they play while your skill increases. How is this a bad thing? It should be considered a privilege to play someone better than you. I bet 99% of the whiners about smurfing will never amount to anything in SC2. They're skills will stay relatively the same years into playing the game.

That said, obviously there should be a casual server for people who just want to play custom games, games with their friends and for fun. But when you enter a ladder, the main purpose is to win, to compete, to test your skills against others. Yet you noobs want the best of both world? You want ladders (which are compettitive in nature) to be noob-friendly, yet remain competitive? Isn't a newb-friendly ladder an oxymoron?

So what's with all the whining about smurfing, noob bashing, blah blah blah...Don't be scared of losing, newbs. You gain more from losing than you will ever gain from winning, even though many frown upon it, unfortunately.

On August 31 2009 11:08 ZeitgeistMovie wrote:
Moron, don't read only what you want to read.