On December 19 2010 01:59 alepov wrote: I was a top player in other games and I had very many people adding me on msn and emailing me and loads of pm's on mirc. It was cool and flattering at start, but after a while it got pretty annoying tbh.
edit: and in sc2 it's even more annoying if you get msg'ed during a game, obviously.
omg knaller :S? ":D" OT ya pm them once to wish them luck w.e if you feel the need to and theyre not busy but imo dont expect a chat or anything just a thx ^_^
"Welcomed" may not be the best term. It's cool if you do it once(when they aren't in a game) but if you spam them it's annoying. Imagine if 10 people messaged you constantly when you logged on. That would kind of suck, right?
i personally thinks its fine if you just played in a game on ladder or you were invited to ob their game or something but messaging them out of the blue is probably not ok
There's a decently large scene that watches "pro" streams. And if you're thinking about messaging them, do you think you're the only one? Sure, everyone loves to have their ego stroked every once in a while, but leave it to the 14 year old fanboys who don't know any better yet. IMO it would be a better use of your time to play and try to get near their level... then you can actually play vs. your idols.
Its just rude and annoying to message a pro as they most likely either training, playing etc, and would find it most annoying for randoms to ping them saying ur great
The only time that u should message a pro is if they message u or ask u to message them on say a board or other place.
Its like if u went onto the practise feild for a sporting team while their doing drills and said i just wanted to tell u guys that ur awesome, how pissed would the players be about u interupting their training, i think they would be very.
It really depends from player to player, a friend of my ask dimaga in sc1 for some reps and even go a huge autoreplay pack so some players are just super friendly and have no problems with it, i wouldn't do this to other players (Idra etc)
I'm not a pro, obviously, but even I get annoyed when I'm watching a stream and some nonamer messages the streamer asking for a 1v1.
Don't, it's rude and annoying.
Slightly related, but at a Marduk show, this guy came up on stage and hugged the lead vocalist. The lead vocalist slammed him into the floor. Flip at 1:15
On December 19 2010 14:25 BetterFasterStronger wrote: it really depends on the player but most the time they want to be left alone. Sometimes ill talk to IdrA and TT1... IdrA doesn't respond to "Fanboi messages" as i call them but sometimes he does respond when i ask him about patches and his thoughts when he just logs on to NA server but that was months ago so he will probably flame you now.
THIS WAS PATCH 1.1 NOT 1.2 rofl
Honestly, though It is better to just post on their Fanclub page and if they don't have one... make it
Dude, that pic is tiny. Mind resizing it? I want to read it. ^^
My bad heres the real pick
nice, a response from Idra himself! probably thats pretty rare...
at topic: I don't know why somone wants to start a conversation with a pro player in Battle.net... Cant you guys just write them a PM on TL.net? Battle.net-Chat wasn't supposed to be for mass conversations. I think its pretty annoying.
On December 19 2010 01:59 alepov wrote: I was a top player in other games and I had very many people adding me on msn and emailing me and loads of pm's on mirc. It was cool and flattering at start, but after a while it got pretty annoying tbh.
edit: and in sc2 it's even more annoying if you get msg'ed during a game, obviously.
omg knaller :S? ":D" OT ya pm them once to wish them luck w.e if you feel the need to and theyre not busy but imo dont expect a chat or anything just a thx ^_^
wow, is that realy knaller :OO I was a huge fan in cod2 !! awsome too see you playing sc2 ♥♥♥♥
I don't mind at all when fans wanna chat with me a bit :D Unfortunatley I d ont have any
It really depends on the person whether he will find it annoying or whatever, but I think messaging someone in-game will always be annoyed. Try to message PsY, I bet he loves it :D
To all the people saying things along the lines of "they can set you to ignore/ set themselves as busy etc" to Me that is like saying its fine to harass and stalk a person, if they don't like it they can get a restraining order.
At the end of the day, if you don't know them IRL or at the very least played against them, it's just unacceptable to messenge them on b.net
I've got lots of EU pro's added, but refuse to message them unless needing them to submit results/replays in cups. I think it's a bit rude to downright message them out of boredom/fanboy, technically the "pro's" are working and you wouldn't go into someones work place and start a conversation with them.
THe only time I talked to one out of asking for replays to be submitted was when totalbiscuit was looking to run a £50 showmatch so i tried getting a few involved, but all was busy
On December 19 2010 05:34 Socke wrote: you know whats the worst & probably most common query i get?
stuff like 'can i ask you a question?' BARTHARHARHRHR
Remember that pros are just people. Would you have reason to talk to a random person on battle.net?
I mean if you do go for it but I'd say it depends on who you're trying to talk to and what they're doing that makes a situation acceptable and unacceptable.
And if you don't know the person you should definately tread lightly
I always wonder what jerks write to pros on bnet.net when I watch their streams from time to time.
If you are a real fan of a player, I mean with posters and stuff. Then its really a thing you should do once. Otherwise dont write them, especially not if you are just a random dude that watched a few games of the player.
Imagine everyone would try to start a chat with the pros. They would have to blacklist everyone once they write them, even if they are kind personalities.
For example, everytime i'm bored, i like to check Aristeo's status. Take a brief look at his match history. If he is playing some 4v4, i wait until his status switchs from "ingame" to "available" and then immediatly click on find a 4v4 match. Not many people play 4v4 so it usually puts me in the same game as him. I like to annoy him by typing "OMG IT'S ARISTEO" at the beginning of the game.
This method pretty much works to stalk any proplayer that often plays on 4v4s or 3v3s. It also yorks if they are playing custom games such as micro tournament etc...
Yeah i know it's kind of BM but its actually quite fun
EPT
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