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ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
July 29 2010 03:02 GMT
#61
23 wins per day assuming you have a good ratio which would be 2:1 is still 6000 games, I doubt people would play that much ladder without this

Kiwikaki is a sick grinder and he says it's really tough, he even told me 7 months would be fair, but screw this, I made it 6 months
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
July 29 2010 03:03 GMT
#62
On July 29 2010 11:59 Nikhedoniac wrote:
I wouldn't do this even if I had a 100% win rate and he was paying 10x as much... I can't believe some of you are considering the challenge! It's such a huge RL sacrifice...

what, you wouldn't do it for 20 000$? 4000 games in 6 months for 20 000$, that's like a full time job, people get paid less than that to work at mcdonald, you're playing SC2 here
YunhOLee
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Canada2470 Posts
July 29 2010 03:04 GMT
#63
i don't think this is doable for anyone, within 6months T_T if they manage to do it then they're probably going to end up getting sick for playing so many hours everyday non stop -.-
Live it, love it, play it, kill it. JulyZerg and IPXZerg greatest TL.net fan
sinn
Profile Joined May 2010
United States132 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-29 03:06:38
July 29 2010 03:05 GMT
#64
This is actually a really interesting way to give people incentive. But is it actually legit?

Edit: I wouldn't want to spend 6 months of my life grinding unless i absolutely knew I was working for something...haha
0neder
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3733 Posts
July 29 2010 03:07 GMT
#65
Is this leftover Idra/Smuft money? why not donate to something cooler like another tourney/showmatch?
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
July 29 2010 03:10 GMT
#66
I think this is actually pretty cool, but yeah I'll prob eventually host some tourneys if Khan or smuft is willing to do so with me

for now don't derail thread, this is about solo zen master! ~_~
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
July 29 2010 03:11 GMT
#67
On July 29 2010 11:00 zomgtossrush wrote:
Either some validity or contact/website or something more official needs to set up, or the admins need to close this thread and ban you.

We don't need a bunch of stupid posts.

Fayth has more than enough money, as well as more than good enough of a reputation for this thread to be perfectly reasonable.
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KillerPlague
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1386 Posts
July 29 2010 03:15 GMT
#68
i barely have 4k games played on my sc1 account and that took me 4 years..and not all of them are wins xD however i expect to play more sc2 then i did sc1 for sure. not that i count myself in this running at all
Side 1: Why no dominant players with 90% win ratio Side 2: Nerf Side 1
PokePill
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1048 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-29 03:17:55
July 29 2010 03:17 GMT
#69
We all know this isn't possible. Anyone with enough free time to grind this could easily make more doing something else like selling lemonade 8 hours a day for 6 months.

Despite that, you have to consider:

-Server down time, during beta servers would be down almost all day before a patch. I don't play WoW but I think this is a common thing for that game, it could be for SC2 too.

-Search times. Assuming you aren't bad and can keep 60%, you will eventually get so high ranked you won't have anyone near your "ELO" or whatever to match. Meaning you will probably have to lose games intentionally to be able to keep matching at a good rate.

-People will know what you are doing eventually, have fun NOT playing a 1 hour game with someone who wants you to play a 1 hour game. Suddenly you're no where near even 20 wins a day.
sinn
Profile Joined May 2010
United States132 Posts
July 29 2010 03:20 GMT
#70
Honestly, you're absolutely right. The whole point of this though is to garner interest towards players playing ladder - players of ANY skill level. OP really is just contributing towards the ESPORTS movement more than anything else so IMO props for him

On July 29 2010 12:17 PokePill wrote:
We all know this isn't possible. Anyone with enough free time to grind this could easily make more doing something else like selling lemonade 8 hours a day for 6 months.

Despite that, you have to consider:

-Server down time, during beta servers would be down almost all day before a patch. I don't play WoW but I think this is a common thing for that game, it could be for SC2 too.

-Search times. Assuming you aren't bad and can keep 60%, you will eventually get so high ranked you won't have anyone near your "ELO" or whatever to match. Meaning you will probably have to lose games intentionally to be able to keep matching at a good rate.

-People will know what you are doing eventually, have fun NOT playing a 1 hour game with someone who wants you to play a 1 hour game. Suddenly you're no where near even 20 wins a day.

QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
July 29 2010 03:22 GMT
#71
Now there's some serious mass gaming. Gl to all who try
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Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
July 29 2010 03:23 GMT
#72
On July 29 2010 12:02 Fayth wrote:
23 wins per day assuming you have a good ratio which would be 2:1 is still 6000 games, I doubt people would play that much ladder without this

Kiwikaki is a sick grinder and he says it's really tough, he even told me 7 months would be fair, but screw this, I made it 6 months


Make it 8 months or it's just cruel.
rip passion
zoltanqc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada171 Posts
July 29 2010 03:23 GMT
#73
SHIT, JUST GOT REAL...

GL to every1, will read again
AND THEN, THE INTERNETS EXPLODED.
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
July 29 2010 03:28 GMT
#74
there are people who do this for free. Challenge will be met in 5months imo.
hi
Nikhedoniac
Profile Joined July 2010
Australia20 Posts
July 29 2010 03:31 GMT
#75
On July 29 2010 12:03 Fayth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2010 11:59 Nikhedoniac wrote:
I wouldn't do this even if I had a 100% win rate and he was paying 10x as much... I can't believe some of you are considering the challenge! It's such a huge RL sacrifice...

what, you wouldn't do it for 20 000$? 4000 games in 6 months for 20 000$, that's like a full time job, people get paid less than that to work at mcdonald, you're playing SC2 here


Firstly, I didn't mean to come off so harsh; I appreciate that your initiative is well-intentioned and I like it.

But, yes, I was serious. Aside from the fact that my current job pays me more than 20,000/6months, I plainly wouldn't do it as it'd ruin my life. Period. I wouldn't have time to socialise or exercise or anything!
You require additional APM!
MiyaviTeddy
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada697 Posts
July 29 2010 03:31 GMT
#76
Someone should keep a close contact with him for the next coming years also, maybe there should be some sort of box infront of the TL front page about the $2000 Fayth Contest and shall remain for a long time so no one would forget.
Aiyeeeee
reprise
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada316 Posts
July 29 2010 03:34 GMT
#77
Does playing as random also give credit to the race that you played as? That'd shave off 1000 games =S
for graphs of passion, and charts of stars
moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
July 29 2010 03:35 GMT
#78
On July 29 2010 12:31 Nikhedoniac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2010 12:03 Fayth wrote:
On July 29 2010 11:59 Nikhedoniac wrote:
I wouldn't do this even if I had a 100% win rate and he was paying 10x as much... I can't believe some of you are considering the challenge! It's such a huge RL sacrifice...

what, you wouldn't do it for 20 000$? 4000 games in 6 months for 20 000$, that's like a full time job, people get paid less than that to work at mcdonald, you're playing SC2 here


Firstly, I didn't mean to come off so harsh; I appreciate that your initiative is well-intentioned and I like it.

But, yes, I was serious. Aside from the fact that my current job pays me more than 20,000/6months, I plainly wouldn't do it as it'd ruin my life. Period. I wouldn't have time to socialise or exercise or anything!

Yeah, its not for everyone (or even most people), thats what makes it a challenge. IMO it will be done in under 6 by someone for the challenge and bragging rights alone, even without a money bounty.
I'm going to sleep, let me get some of that carpet.
Kadoka
Profile Joined October 2008
United States82 Posts
July 29 2010 03:36 GMT
#79
This is cool, I would love to have the time to compete in the race to Solo Zen Master for $2000. And then go pro afterwards.

Looking forward to seeing someone get the $2000, thanks fayth!
asdf
YunhOLee
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Canada2470 Posts
July 29 2010 03:37 GMT
#80
On July 29 2010 12:34 reprise wrote:
Does playing as random also give credit to the race that you played as? That'd shave off 1000 games =S


to my knowledge, it did in team games during the beta so i guess it should still do.. but i'm not 100% sure
Live it, love it, play it, kill it. JulyZerg and IPXZerg greatest TL.net fan
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