• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 06:03
CEST 12:03
KST 19:03
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash9[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy16ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple6Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research8Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool49Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win4
StarCraft 2
General
https://www.facebook.com/Hair.Boost.Serum.UK/ What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple
Tourneys
RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
Mutation # 519 Inner Power The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat
Brood War
General
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash ASL21 General Discussion Gypsy to Korea How Can I Add Timer & APM Count? A cwal.gg Extension - Easily keep track of anyone
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group F [ASL21] Ro24 Group E Azhi's Colosseum - Foreign KCM Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game General RTS Discussion Thread Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Canadian Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 14615 users

How to practice with privacy - Page 6

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
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."
@NvDox | Plantronics Nv: Rossi . mOOnGLaDe . deth . JazBas | @NvSC2 | @NvCoD | @NvLeague | @NvHearthstone | @NvDotA2 | @PLT_MF
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?
Jaedong/Bisu/Tossgirl fan <3
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 States15742 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
12077 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
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
RSL Revival
10:00
Season 4: Playoffs Day 6
Maru vs MaxPax
Tasteless390
Rex37
CranKy Ducklings23
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Tasteless 390
SortOf 69
Codebar 58
trigger 44
Rex 37
StarCraft: Brood War
Stork 509
BeSt 301
actioN 244
Shuttle 194
Leta 143
sSak 112
Dewaltoss 108
910 31
Noble 24
sorry 24
[ Show more ]
Hyuk 21
Rush 21
NaDa 19
Bale 10
Dota 2
XaKoH 684
XcaliburYe435
NeuroSwarm118
League of Legends
JimRising 425
Counter-Strike
zeus570
fl0m99
Heroes of the Storm
MindelVK12
Other Games
gofns22098
summit1g5910
Sick82
Mew2King46
Organizations
Counter-Strike
PGL8109
Other Games
BasetradeTV270
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 65
• LUISG 23
• 3DClanTV 19
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1684
• Stunt756
Upcoming Events
BSL
8h 58m
RSL Revival
20h 58m
Cure vs Rogue
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
1d 3h
BSL
1d 8h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 23h
Wardi Open
1d 23h
Replay Cast
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
Kung Fu Cup
4 days
The PondCast
4 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Escore Tournament S2: W1
WardiTV Winter 2026
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
ASL Season 21
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026

Upcoming

CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.