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On February 07 2011 14:23 Xyik wrote:
I think the problem is that all the portraits look pretty good and so having a 1000 win portrait doesn't make you that special.
This is true as well.
Not to mention some of the portraits being attached to achievements that are just dumb.
Archon portrait, for example. Win 750 team games as Random? what a fucking stupid achievement for such a cool portrait. get rid of the ugly Carrier portrait for 750 Protoss wins and put the Archon in its place.
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Russian Federation4295 Posts
Strangest thing, that Leviathan > Overmind. But I got my favourite character in StarCraft universe with 250 wins faster :-)
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I unlocked the Hydralisk portrait, and don't plan on changing it any time soon. I mean, it'd be awesome to get the Overmind or whatnot, but to me, a lot of the lower leveled portraits are just cooler looking than the higher. Besides... nothing says awesome like going into a match, and having the guy be like "oh, he only has the __________ portrait... guess I can goof off  "
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I see where you are coming from.. I think the real way of doing this is more skillful players (top 200 or etc) have certain portraits unlocked for them. That is really the only reason to get the "prestige" back. I dont think increasing the amount of wins will really do all too much =/
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On February 07 2011 15:57 Noxie wrote:
I see where you are coming from.. I think the real way of doing this is more skillful players (top 200 or etc) have certain portraits unlocked for them. That is really the only reason to get the "prestige" back. I dont think increasing the amount of wins will really do all too much =/
I actually agree with this... if you have different pictures for getting into different leagues, it'd be awesome. I mean, anyone can go into Bronze and win 1,000... I must've won at least that many against my one Bronze buddy... it's definitely not hard...
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The portraits which I really go wow at are those like collector's editions ones, like the worgen marine or diablo marine. Obviously blizzard is trying to capitalize on this portrait system, making you pay for the cooler ones.
Still, they are not "prestigious" in anyway. There's probably no way to have something prestigious, yet obtainable by the casual player.
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On February 07 2011 09:35 Assirra wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2011 07:49 Touch wrote: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? Cause the portrait system was never about skill? you got the league system for a reason. The portraits were put in there to show how dedicated you are and how many matches you have won. Does it realy bother you that much that a lesser player got the same portrait? Nope, but it would be nice 
Winning a match against a 3k Masters player compared to a Bronze is really a different matter entirely, so being rewarded in the same way doesn't make much sense.
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On February 07 2011 14:41 Criptos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2011 01:47 Enervate wrote:
The entire point of portraits is for it to be achievable by anyone as long as they devote their time to it. If you want a reward for being in masters or whatever, you're reward is the masters league icon. Portraits are merely a novelty and are designed to look cool, not to be prestigious. That's what ranking is for. Holy shit, Thank god someone in this thread has any sense left. There is absolutely nothing prestigious about the portraits, all they are is a time investment, If they were 1500 wins, you would be making this thread further down the road when, they were starting to show up more and more.
I loled at this pretty hard. It's pretty obvious most of you don't read any posts at all and are so quick to respond... You've all pretty much been chiming the same thing (your opinion is easily the majority of the thread) and that opinion, which is widespread in this thread isn't even answering the question that I originally asked.
But thanks for your input man.
On another note, let's get rid of the Orlan portrait. Not everyone and their mom can beat 7 FFA comps so it's imba and is providing an elitist mentality in the game. We don't want to become like those other communities, do we? Ew no!
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whenever i am playing a team game and i see a guy with a 1k portrait i just think to myself "game leave abuser el oh el" or something of the sort. and it's pretty common for the masser gamers in 1;1 to have those. for some reason i see so many zergs with 1k+ zerg wins and very few toss/terran with the 1k solo portraits
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I stick with the default Kczyinshinykziiynkzski guy
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I saw the Terran 1000 win portrait on a Bronze ladder player about two months ago; so yes, the portraits based on pure games played aren't exactly impressive. I think currently they're just an interesting customizing aspect for your profile, not really a symbol of prestige.
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Speaking of portraits. Back in WC3, there were tournament wins and such. How come SC2 doesn't have daily/weekly tournaments like in WC3?
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I need 30 wins for Team Random 1000. But I think I'll keep the Archon, it's pretty badass.
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it would be cool if you'd get a portrait for achieving a x amount of wins in a certain league say 50, 100 and 500.Bronze, silver, gold plat, diamond, master and grand master, that would add up to a total of 21 new 'cool' portraits in the game, pretty fair for an expansion i'd say.
In a way I agree with OP, it would be nice to get some portraits fix to some crazy achievements :-)
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i honestly don't know what any of the portraits mean...except kerrigan is 1000 zerg wins...i think.
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Hungary11305 Posts
It *was* a big deal back then when the first player got the random 1500 icon in Reign of Chaos. I think it was Showtime.Werra?
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Portraits are just a result of mass gaming. It doesn't matter if you're the worst bronze player or the #1 master's league dude, you just need 1000 wins to get the portrait. Did you award respect to people with "the insane" title in WoW? Because it's just a grind, not an achievement.
+ Show Spoiler +I mean achievement in the literal sense. Not the "you did something in our game, hooray for you, here's magical internet points" meaning that game achievements have.
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I wish the SC2 portraits were animated like WC3.  That's my only beef. I just got the Infestor and I like him.
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portraits don't have glamour, really!
check THIS LINK for Campaign Portrait Achievements.
You can get the solo zen master by playing 10000 random games all in bronze league, 1000 wins as terran, 1000 as zerg, 1000 as toss, all cheeses and the rest are 7000 losses. And after that, you can't play a straigh-up macro game and only get used to games that last 5 minutes
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On February 07 2011 15:55 teh_longinator wrote:I unlocked the Hydralisk portrait, and don't plan on changing it any time soon. I mean, it'd be awesome to get the Overmind or whatnot, but to me, a lot of the lower leveled portraits are just cooler looking than the higher. Besides... nothing says awesome like going into a match, and having the guy be like "oh, he only has the __________ portrait... guess I can goof off "
after i finished the campaign on hard, i used Mengsk's portrait.
After I did it again on brutal, I went on using the same Mengsk, no Sarah Kerrigan.
I don't think that having a certain portrait reflect your sexuality, but a guy having a chick as his avatar is sooooooo gay.
And i'm not changing the Mengsk portrait, unless i get a ghost or a battlecruiser one. The old admiral with mechanical eye is so badass.
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