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blitzkrieger
Profile Joined September 2010
United States512 Posts
February 05 2011 18:31 GMT
#101
Portraits have no meaning, leagues dont matter, those symbols dont matter either. I know bads in gold 1v1 who have 500-1000+wins at team leagues (and probably 2x as much games total) with portraits. I have sub 410 games in 1v1 and less than 200 team games Id guess. Sure Mohander looks cooler than an immortal but being a better player is what matters (2700D atm).

Id much rather have less games played high 1v1 than any combination of portraits, high games, and relatively low ratings.
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
February 05 2011 18:32 GMT
#102
does anyone else remember the Ultra icon from beta? it was for 500 teamgame wins as zerg or something. i normally don't care about portraits at all but this ultra had this big goofy smile and was absolutely awesome, i actually grinded out the games for it. when the game was released, i was very disappointed to find this vague ugly ultra =(((
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KevinIX
Profile Joined October 2009
United States2472 Posts
February 05 2011 18:33 GMT
#103
On February 05 2011 23:52 dogbreath48 wrote:
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On February 05 2011 20:57 Babaganoush wrote:
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The only portrait you need.

But honestly, I really don't care about any of the portraits "glamor". It's just a picture. What should be shown off is skill, not the thing you see during the loading screen.



hell ya


meh. The best portrait is this one:

[image loading]
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PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
February 05 2011 18:33 GMT
#104
On February 05 2011 20:22 Tachion wrote:
Going by sc2ranks.com, currently around .1% of the people who play have the 1k wins portrait(for 1v1). One out of a thousand people is hardly "dime a dozen".


haha thank you.

sure its more common, but the playerbase that started SC2 absolutely DEMOLISHES the wc3 scene that started off.
its n ot even comparable, also try to remember that blizz will surely implement more icons requiring more wins in time
AzarIntrets
Profile Joined September 2010
109 Posts
February 05 2011 18:33 GMT
#105
On February 05 2011 23:52 dogbreath48 wrote:
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On February 05 2011 20:57 Babaganoush wrote:
[image loading]

The only portrait you need.

But honestly, I really don't care about any of the portraits "glamor". It's just a picture. What should be shown off is skill, not the thing you see during the loading screen.



hell ya

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After I finished the campaing I looked through the portraits and saw the Pandarine! Been using it ever since I got it.
RoarMan
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada745 Posts
February 05 2011 19:44 GMT
#106
On February 06 2011 03:09 Geovu wrote:
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On February 06 2011 01:52 Nagisama wrote:
I miss the portraits being animated, it was in wc3, why take it out in sc2 =(

This.

Also, the thing I am pissed off the most about the portraits is the zeratul one:

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Look at it, that's a terrible angle, compare it to ANY OTHER Zeratul pic.

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[image loading]

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[image loading]

Also the SC1 High Templar:

[image loading]
Coolest dood evar

I agree with this rofl, Zeratul is such a bad ass but the portrait for him sucks.

I really do think Blizzard kind of failed these portraits, most of them have such terrible angles that a portrait that should look baller looks terrible.

The rate of gaining portraits is fine imo, but really the portraits themselves are so lackluster.
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Silmakuoppaanikinko
Profile Joined November 2010
799 Posts
February 05 2011 20:17 GMT
#107
On February 06 2011 04:44 RoarMan wrote:
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On February 06 2011 03:09 Geovu wrote:
On February 06 2011 01:52 Nagisama wrote:
I miss the portraits being animated, it was in wc3, why take it out in sc2 =(

This.

Also, the thing I am pissed off the most about the portraits is the zeratul one:

[image loading]

Look at it, that's a terrible angle, compare it to ANY OTHER Zeratul pic.

+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]

[image loading]

[image loading]

Also the SC1 High Templar:

[image loading]
Coolest dood evar

I agree with this rofl, Zeratul is such a bad ass but the portrait for him sucks.

I really do think Blizzard kind of failed these portraits, most of them have such terrible angles that a portrait that should look baller looks terrible.

The rate of gaining portraits is fine imo, but really the portraits themselves are so lackluster.
Yeah, I remember that I started the campaign on brutal just to get the Zeratul portrait really (didn't know hard was enough back then), when I got it after finally getting my 1500 extra kills after trying and trying with really my last carrier trying to score zergling kills while some hydras were shooting at it, I was dissapointed with basically the worst Zeratul portrait on the planet.

Now, which one is awesome is:

[image loading]

Hot smoking motherfucker.
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Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 05 2011 20:49 GMT
#108
On February 06 2011 03:32 intrigue wrote:
does anyone else remember the Ultra icon from beta? it was for 500 teamgame wins as zerg or something. i normally don't care about portraits at all but this ultra had this big goofy smile and was absolutely awesome, i actually grinded out the games for it. when the game was released, i was very disappointed to find this vague ugly ultra =(((

you mean this one? on the bottom right
[image loading]

The new one isn't bad, but I do like the old one better. I also just noticed the old baneling looks a little better as well. ah well whatever
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DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
February 05 2011 20:51 GMT
#109
All of the good portraits have shitty achievements linked to them that nobody with a mind would try to get. The achievement/portrait system is pretty gimp. They should have linked portraits to tournament wins.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
February 05 2011 21:08 GMT
#110
The portraits should be recategorized to fit rank and number of wins.

Bronze should get their own portraits.
Silver as well
etc etc

Not only will that show the progression of a play (He has a 200 win portrait in Bronze before he got bumped to Silver where he won 100 games and a portrait before he was bumped to Gold, etc. etc.), but it'll help distinguish those who try to bypass the system by dropping their MMR to unbelievable levels in order to farm achievements.
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Chaoz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States507 Posts
February 05 2011 21:08 GMT
#111
I still don't understand why the SC2 portraits can't be animated.
Rawr
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden624 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-13 14:52:15
February 05 2011 21:12 GMT
#112
On February 06 2011 02:31 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
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On February 06 2011 02:22 confusedcrib wrote:
On February 05 2011 20:33 HitStarcraft wrote:
Whats so stupid about how you are rewarded for portraits are the meaningless wins you can get.
For instance thers a bronze that has like 1000 wins by playing silver and bronze players, why should that be compared to someone that gets 1000 wins from master players.
I believe it should've been separated as so in a logical manner.
Bronze to Platinum obviously getting boring portraits while Masters get their secluded portraits.


This is stupid, that bronze player had to put in just as much effort, if not more as bronze league games without cheese usually go on 30+ minutes


doesnt make much sense in any way. ofc its way easier to get them in bronze. is it harder and requires more effort to win 1k games in masters or in bronze? this is not even a question.


but the poster above me is right. nothing will change cause the outcry from the lowbies would be huge and why take something away from the lowguys that play for portraits when no on really cares about em anyway.



sure id love to have the kerrigan pic. but given how casual i play (not even 600 laddergames since release) and how i switch between races all the time i doubt ill win 1k z games in masters before hots . but its just a pic so whatever.


Because of mmr, you always meet a person at the same level as you. Doesn't that mean that a bronze player has to fight just as hard as a diamond player to get his wins?
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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
February 05 2011 21:16 GMT
#113
I'm not sure if this has been discussed already, but the Terran 1000 solo win icon with Nova BLOWS. I demand a change!
FreeUrMind
Profile Joined November 2005
639 Posts
February 05 2011 21:23 GMT
#114
Portraits never had glamour since they do not show anything but how many games have you played, or how much time did you waste on the WoL campaign.

What I really would like to see in the loading screen is some info about the opponent such as:

1. league and rank
2.wins - losses or just win ratio
3. current streak / results of last 5 games

This would add much more thrill into the game imo
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Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
February 05 2011 22:02 GMT
#115
The could always extend it in the future for you competitive portrait hoarders.

10-25-50-100-250-500-1000-1500-2500...etc.

Also, they add portraits for other things too, like buying the collectors edition, buying a blizzcon ticket, etc. So I am sure there will be plenty of other portraits to be earned both for specific tournaments and other activities. I wouldn't be surprised if they credit accounts with Feats of Strength for players who attend/win etc. various major tournaments.
RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
February 05 2011 22:06 GMT
#116
one big thing i think in regards to the lack of prestige of portraits is that people actually ladder in sc2 now. if you played wc3 you woudla known it was hack-ridden for the last 2 years pretty mucht hat it was out, and had people playing on GGC (similar to iCCup for thsoe who did broodwar), where your practice games couldn't have any influence on portraits, since it was all LAN based
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Touch
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada475 Posts
February 06 2011 22:49 GMT
#117
On February 06 2011 02:55 Grimjim wrote:
Man, first people complained about the exclusivity of the leagues until Masters was finally introduced, now they've found yet another way to complain about how they still aren't properly hoisted atop the lower-league masses even more, and now demand the portraits be exclusive as well.

Stop. You're being silly.
What's wrong with being rewarded for skill?
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ShyRamen
Profile Joined July 2010
United States322 Posts
February 06 2011 22:59 GMT
#118
i agree with everything the OP said
having played wc3 my self thats also how i feel
Herpadurr
Profile Joined January 2011
Monaco151 Posts
February 06 2011 23:03 GMT
#119
Well apparently people don't care about things that add nothing to the game as much as they did back then.
I can only support it.
You're stupid. Stop it.
S.O.L.I.D.
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States792 Posts
February 06 2011 23:08 GMT
#120
Well it's kind of obvious that as the game progresses, more people are going to get the higher portraits. That's just the way it is. Win ratio is really the defining thing imo if you're going to be "in awe" of something. Anyone can get to 1000 wins if they play enough games, but keeping up a high win ratio is a truly impressive achievement.
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