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QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
September 16 2010 02:56 GMT
#101
Nice, that's a creative solution!
. . . nevermore
eNbee
Profile Joined July 2010
Belgium487 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 03:04:39
September 16 2010 03:02 GMT
#102
+ Show Spoiler +
On September 16 2010 08:52 marcusklaas wrote:
For the love of god people, stop the freaking spoiling already. There's still people that don't know Idra got kicked out of GSL. Use the spoiler tag.

User was warned for this post



Says the guy who spoils it himself?

durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

On topic : It's a shame that it's gonna come down to doing something "technical" like this or having to buy an extra account to avoid getting spied on...

It would be nicer if they just added an option to make your account "private", like only visible to your friends list, or even no one. (people you added)
hmmmm
TheAngelofDeath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2033 Posts
September 16 2010 03:03 GMT
#103
Wow thanks for this :D
"Infestors are the suck" - LzGamer
Dox
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia1199 Posts
September 16 2010 03:31 GMT
#104
On September 16 2010 09:27 Garaman wrote:
sc2? their main cash cow?

Guess you haven't heard of this little thing called "World of WarCraft."
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TheKing
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia186 Posts
September 16 2010 03:44 GMT
#105
Can you still watch replay of these games?
urashimakt
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1591 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 04:05:25
September 16 2010 04:04 GMT
#106
On September 16 2010 12:31 Dox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 16 2010 09:27 Garaman wrote:
sc2? their main cash cow?

Guess you haven't heard of this little thing called "World of WarCraft."

I wasn't gonna bring that up.

On September 16 2010 12:44 TheKing wrote:
Can you still watch replay of these games?

You absolutely can, sir. It only affects your match history records of that game.
Who dat ninja?
SichuanPanda
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1542 Posts
September 16 2010 04:32 GMT
#107
Great idea, good work. I got a question though, in regards to maps, we all know Blizzard's maps suck for high level play, so why are none of the leagues/tourneys starting to put custom ones out akin to KeSPA maps.
i-bonjwa
urashimakt
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1591 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 06:16:26
September 16 2010 06:10 GMT
#108
On September 16 2010 13:32 SichuanPanda wrote:
Great idea, good work. I got a question though, in regards to maps, we all know Blizzard's maps suck for high level play, so why are none of the leagues/tourneys starting to put custom ones out akin to KeSPA maps.

I'd like to see it happen too, but who would be in charge of that? We don't have an SC2 version of ICCup or Proleague to hand out maps they deem "good". Some entity has to arise and be approved of to hand out map ultimatums, preferably one with better taste than Blizzard.

And yes, the praise of Teddyman should be endless.
Who dat ninja?
MoriyaGXP
Profile Joined September 2010
Korea (South)240 Posts
September 16 2010 06:29 GMT
#109
How about get another account, use that secret account to practice, and use ur famous account to stomp in tournament?
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urashimakt
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1591 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 07:15:46
September 16 2010 07:09 GMT
#110
On September 16 2010 15:29 MoriyaGXP wrote:
How about get another account, use that secret account to practice, and use ur famous account to stomp in tournament?

Pros:

-You can ladder privately like this

Cons:

-People can still check your build orders, they just might not have a name to tie it to
-If you play practice games against your known teammates on their main accounts or known smurfs, it's pretty obvious anyways
-You're out $60 + expansions (in the future) every time someone leaks your identity

Teddyman's BO Hider is free and fixes all the cons, but just doesn't have that 1 pro. If you're super serious about practicing on both ladder and against teammates, I'd suggest using a single smurf account solely for ladder and do all non-ladder activities on your main account with BO Hider.
Who dat ninja?
billyX333
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1360 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 08:25:10
September 16 2010 08:16 GMT
#111
On September 16 2010 15:29 MoriyaGXP wrote:
How about get another account, use that secret account to practice, and use ur famous account to stomp in tournament?


your account is gonna get leaked eventually even if you only ladder (if you even need to keep your builds a secret you are probably capable of getting #1 on ladder... not a very good secret)
and if you practice with good practice partners i'm sure somebody would be smart enough to do detective work and check out a lot of pro match histories
this method seems far more reliable and less expensive
QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
September 16 2010 08:25 GMT
#112
Buying another account doesn't work particularly well unless your practice partners also buy their own 2nd accounts.

Example: Let's say I'm Morrow, and I'm about to play an important Bo5 vs. Dimaga. Dimaga spends the entire day before the match practicing ZvT with DeMusliM, with DeMusliM on his main account and Dimaga on a smurf. As Morrow, I now see several hours of practice matches between DeMusliM and some random unknown Zerg account with few to no ladder games played, and a style of play reminiscent of Dimaga's, and it's pretty easy to connect the dots from there.

Ok, so what if DeMusliM also gets a smurf account? Sure, that'd work for this particular instance. But what happens if a month down the line Dimaga and DeMusliM are going to face each other in an important match? What do they do now? Do they both need to get a THIRD account just so that they can practice . . . and so on.


Anyways, fortunately these maps exist for pro players who are concerned about this.
. . . nevermore
agarfin
Profile Joined May 2009
United States106 Posts
September 16 2010 18:42 GMT
#113
These will probably be some of the most important custom maps made. Amazing job!
Escape
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada306 Posts
September 16 2010 19:27 GMT
#114
Great idea!

This is a feature that should've been in B.net in the first place. T T

Keitzer
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2509 Posts
September 16 2010 19:38 GMT
#115
On September 16 2010 00:16 Liquid`TLO wrote:
Is it possible for somebody to post the already changed maps?
That stuff would be pretty good for the whole house here



indeed it would be...

great idea OP...

and TLO... GL in your games.. hope you're feeling better
I'm like badass squared | KeitZer.489
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15737 Posts
September 16 2010 22:23 GMT
#116
This is excellent work, OP. I'm very glad to see someone taking the time to help the community with this. I'm sure every single professional-level player will appreciate this greatly.
Bleb
Profile Joined August 2010
Croatia278 Posts
September 16 2010 22:37 GMT
#117
I'm pretty sure top players have multiple accounts anyway
Nice work regardless
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12026 Posts
September 16 2010 22:43 GMT
#118
On September 17 2010 07:37 Bleb wrote:
I'm pretty sure top players have multiple accounts anyway
Nice work regardless


This doesn't work. You are Z1, you practice with P2, P3 and P4 prior to a game series you are going to do.

You are Z1, you face P2 in a series. P2 knows of your other account.

It just takes longer the more accounts you have.
Smigi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States328 Posts
September 16 2010 23:09 GMT
#119
On September 15 2010 22:55 Plexa wrote:
Awesome might save pros shelling out for a practice account


Pretty Much.

Hopefully Blizzard enables a way to toggle the match history, on and off :/

But thanks for sharing, will be helpful for lans and such ^^
Drone then Own
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
September 17 2010 05:52 GMT
#120
Two things.
1) Happy birthday
2) Thank you for discovering this. You've made a lot of people happy.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
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