this thread is pretty damn tilting, almost every pro that chimes in here says its annoying and please dont do it and still people try to justify their creepiness for no reason. Just leave people alone if you don't know them or they have given you their ID.

Crackensan

United States479 Posts

December 20 2010 15:28 GMT

#202

I would never message a pro unless they initiated it first, or it was for a paid coaching session.

There's no need too, really.

HyperDeath

United States64 Posts

December 20 2010 15:30 GMT

#203

Im not sure if this was mentioned earlier (sorry if it was).

A lot of pros have websites or fan pages or something of the sorts. Try finding their fan page on facebook or twitter. You could even go to their team website and see if they choose to give out a fan mail email address then use that as a means of communication. If they don't, then they probably prefer to not be bothered.

Just think if your about to play a game and like 20 people send you "quick messages." I could see it being irritating messaging back everyone saying "thanks" while then getting more quick messages at the same time.

cilinder007

Slovenia7251 Posts

December 20 2010 16:17 GMT

#204

its better to have a ton of spamming fans then no fans or supporters at all...

Baz

United Kingdom289 Posts

December 20 2010 16:38 GMT

#205

Personally I would never randomly message a pro over battle net. I have a couple of pro's on my friends list due to playing them in the ESL (and got beat each and every time), and have kept them on my friends list, but would never consider messaging them. I think this is largely just common sense. It must be extremely frustrating to recieve tons of messages on a dailly basis from people you don't know when you just want to play/practise/watch replays etc.

I believe there are many better situations and/or places where you could talk to a pro player and it would be absoloutly fine, at live tournaments, on their streams, perhaps even pm's over TL (although i still personally don't think I would ever do this). Basically I don't think battle net is the right platform to start a conversation with a pro

CidO

United States695 Posts

December 20 2010 16:54 GMT

#206

It's rude. Period. If it's in a stream, leave it in the chat, if they have a fanclub, leave on the TL Fan club post. For example I have day9 on my contacts list only as a reminder to watch his show. I acquired his contact through being in the same league with him (what a coincidence out of 100+ divisions of platinum.)

Would i ever message him? No. A pros job is SC2, you don't run out onto a football field, american or regular football in the rest of the world and ask your favorite football player "what do you think about that keeper?" Off the job I could see it being fair game(in a polite way at a LAN/Tourney), but their job is SC2 so no contact in game is not fair.

If they want to give their opinion on a patch, they will state their opinion in a interview or a podcast, if you want tips/tricks/hints or general information about the game, you can pay them for their coaching service. If you want to say anything else, remember there is probably hundreds of people at any given time who considered it, and a huge percent are probably doing that. No wonder they have smurf accounts >.>

MerciLess

213 Posts

December 20 2010 17:01 GMT

#207

Bottom line, it's rude, and kinda weird. When you randomly message someone you don't know to say anything, even if it's "just" good luck or well played or whatever your justification, you're not really messaging them to congratulate, you're doing it just so you can talk to them. And randomly talking to someone you don't know just for the sake of talking to them, to me is incredibly weird. The guys trying to talk to the "famous" players are probably the same ones who creep chicks out trying to date them by being too insistent. Meh, just my opinion, you should never message someone you don't know unless it's for a legitimate reason.

Perscienter

957 Posts

December 20 2010 17:05 GMT

#208

I don't like the word 'pro' concerning sc2 players at all. A physician is a pro. A pro gamer in sc2 is someone who makes a living out of advertising contracts playing a broken game.

CidO

United States695 Posts

December 20 2010 17:35 GMT

#209

On December 21 2010 02:05 Perscienter wrote:
I don't like the word 'pro' concerning sc2 players at all. A physician is a pro. A pro gamer in sc2 is someone who makes a living out of advertising contracts playing a broken game.

pro·fes·sion·al - pruh-fesh-uh-nl - following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain.

Pro in something is.
Getting paid to do something.
Getting paid to play Football
Getting paid to play Starcraft

They wake up, practice SC2, work out, play SC2, practice Sc2, then play in a tourney for SC2. 10 hours a day is devoted to SC2.

Perscienter

957 Posts

December 20 2010 19:26 GMT

#210

Ok, you have a point there.

MrTng

69 Posts

December 20 2010 19:33 GMT

#211

I wonder if Blizz would intervene if you spammed the max count of @'s at all the pros when they're ingame

Qzy

Denmark1121 Posts

December 20 2010 20:04 GMT

#212

Everytime I see a scrub messaging a 'pro' I can't stop smiling, it makes me think of some random fan humping the window of a hollywood-celeb. "I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN! *Celeb screams, and fan
tongues the window a bit* HELLO? ARE YOU IGNORING ME? BUT I LOVE YOU <3"

Gudeldar

United States1200 Posts

December 20 2010 21:37 GMT

#213

How would you feel if random people just started calling you on the phone all day? You'd probably be pretty annoyed, same thing goes for battle.net. Unless you know them or have a good reason to contact them then leave them alone.

Treemonkeys

United States2082 Posts

December 20 2010 21:50 GMT

#214

I can't even imagine doing this, I would feel like a complete jackass. Unless I just laddered against them or something.

HtC

Korea (South)26 Posts

December 20 2010 22:33 GMT

#215

I think most pros don't like getting messaged by people they don't know, even if they are fans. The ones who do reply are probably doing it because they don't wanna come off as an ass.

dekuschrub

United States2069 Posts

December 20 2010 22:38 GMT

#216

do NOT do it.

there are better ways to support your favorite pros. dont message them like an asshole. They are on Bnet to train/play, not be harassed by people from bnet 2.0 shitty system.

piskooooo

United States351 Posts

December 20 2010 22:38 GMT

#217

Not sure if I posted this already, but stop it. Get real friends instead of bugging random people who don't know/want to talk to you. If anything doing this will only make them not want to talk to you even more.

Ryze

Canada234 Posts

December 20 2010 22:39 GMT

#218

They are normal people past their rts skills, they probably don't want to spend their time chatting with every stranger who decides they want to talk to them.

they are busy and you're just interrupting their practice or downtime you should just leave them alone.

Vei

United States2845 Posts

December 20 2010 22:40 GMT

#219

In WoW at 60 I released a warlock PvP video and it was one of the top3 popular ones (along with DrakeDog and Maerad, two koreans) and I got a lot of spam and it was so annoying lol. At the very least I'll say this: if you message someone don't present yourself as completely inferior to them. Don't be like blah blah /suckup /ursogood /10lines later ask for tips.

Cut to the chase with your first msg, if you really are set on pming a pro =p. Ask him if he has tips on X strat or whatever. Or just PM them... bnet privacy features suck so abusing them kind of blows