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Ever wanted a Starcraft practice partner?
Are you tired of facing rude people on the ladder or using slow forum threads ?
Try the Practice Buddy Search Engine!
The results are instantenious:
- Go to scvrush.com/practice
- choose the server, league and race of your ideal opponent
- get a list of players with their BN credentials
- add one on BN
- practice happily ever after
Simple.
Fast.
Effective.
Free.
1. How Do I Get In?
+ Show Spoiler +Register on SCV Rush and when doing so, leave this box checked: + Show Spoiler +That's it. You will display in the results with the data you filled in. If you signed up in the past, you can check your profile and find out whether you're in the engine now.
2. Won't I Spam People?
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Absolutely not.
All users listed in the engine have agreed to be a part of it. If you still encounter someone saying you should flip off, let us know at info@scvrush.com and we'll remove him or her from the listing.
3. Is There a BN Channel?
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Users are welcome to use the general chat channel "SCVRush" (without quotes) on all gateways. As the number of users grow, we will dedicate a special channel for it.
4. What If Someone BMs Me?
+ Show Spoiler +Make a screenshot and send it to info@scvrush.com. - First BM = warning
- Second BM = temporary ban (2 weeks)
- Third BM = don't let the door hit you on your way out
5. There Are Too Few People...
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All databases have a major flaw - they have limited use until they reach some critical mass of data.
We have quite a few players to begin with and with your help, we'll combat this scarcity.
6. Help! I Got Some Weird Error!
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Practice Buddy is still in beta testing so errors are more than possible.
If you have any problem, make sure to describe it in as much detail and possible (preferably including screenshots) and email it to jakub@scvrush.com saying "Practice Buddy Error" in the subject.
Our webmaster will get back to you within a day.
7. What About More Features?
+ Show Spoiler +Once we know the current version is flawless, we will add: - specific matchups to look for,
- day & time preferences
8. Is It Free?
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Conclusion
By all means, use this thread to express your opinions and feedback.
If you want to keep your thoughts private, I look forward to hearing from you at ondrej@scvrush.com.
Thank you for reading!
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this is awesome. registering right now
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4. What If Someone BMs Me? Make a screenshot and send it to info@scvrush.com. - First BM = warning
- Second BM = temporary ban (2 weeks)
- Third BM = don't let the door hit you on your way out
I hope you have millions of unique users with a ban policy as unforgiving as that... lol
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Nice. Just registered. 
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AWESOME NICE! esports hwaiting
@Swww
It's as simple as not BMing tho 
If BM was as unforgiving as Bnet, there would be less reason to not just use Bnet...
Edit: Oh, I was thinking this might be a live kind of thing. So the only benefits of using this over the practice thread is that it might be more updated and that there's less incentive to BM.
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The site overall looks really good and clean,i like the idea of what you're doing,keep it up nice job
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On May 06 2012 04:43 Swwww wrote:Show nested quote +4. What If Someone BMs Me? Make a screenshot and send it to info@scvrush.com. - First BM = warning
- Second BM = temporary ban (2 weeks)
- Third BM = don't let the door hit you on your way out
I hope you have millions of unique users with a ban policy as unforgiving as that... lol
Unforgiving?
It's a video game and it's over the Internet.
If you need to shout "WHY DID I LOSE TO THAT FUCKING RETARD?!?!?", do it - but at home, without notifying the other person.
Besides:
More GG, more skill.
On May 06 2012 04:49 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:AWESOME NICE! esports hwaiting @Swww It's as simple as not BMing tho If BM was as unforgiving as Bnet, there would be less reason to not just use Bnet... Edit: Oh, I was thinking this might be a live kind of thing. So the only benefits of using this over the practice thread is that it might be more updated and that there's less incentive to BM.
You can easily use the chat channel to socialize and make it more live ^^
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I've just noticed I can't pick opponents regardless of their race. I think you should add a button "Any" or similar.
Alphabetical order of search results may be a good idea as well. It's not a big problem for me though.
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This looks really cool. I'll definately be registering for this!
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Seems like a better way to find practice partners instead of having to dig into the TL practice partner thread. Great job! The site looks extremely clean and professional. Hopefully the database will grow.
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How can this product not be awesome?! The CEO is Elrond!
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On May 06 2012 04:43 Swwww wrote:Show nested quote +4. What If Someone BMs Me? Make a screenshot and send it to info@scvrush.com. - First BM = warning
- Second BM = temporary ban (2 weeks)
- Third BM = don't let the door hit you on your way out
I hope you have millions of unique users with a ban policy as unforgiving as that... lol
You don't bm a practice partner... that's just retarded. I think it's fair.
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This seems a lot more effective than sifting through the practice partner thread, I think I'll try using it. Nice job!
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On May 06 2012 05:27 darkness wrote:
I've just noticed I can't pick opponents regardless of their race. I think you should add a button "Any" or similar.
Alphabetical order of search results may be a good idea as well. It's not a big problem for me though.
Hey, Jakub from the SCV Rush team here ... I just want to let you know guys that we actually do listen to your feedback.
I've just updated the site and added the "Any" button for race selection, which means from now on you can look for practice partners of any race, such as here all bronze NA players.
If you have any more suggestions, feel free to either post them here, or just drop me an email. I'll reply as soon as possible
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On May 06 2012 07:40 darthdeus wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2012 05:27 darkness wrote:
I've just noticed I can't pick opponents regardless of their race. I think you should add a button "Any" or similar.
Alphabetical order of search results may be a good idea as well. It's not a big problem for me though. Hey, Jakub from the SCV Rush team here ... I just want to let you know guys that we actually do listen to your feedback. I've just updated the site and added the "Any" button for race selection, which means from now on you can look for practice partners of any race, such as here all bronze NA players. If you have any more suggestions, feel free to either post them here, or just drop me an email. I'll reply as soon as possible
When I registered, I found I was sent immediately to the bottom of the page of my section. Shouldn't it be newest to oldest to avoid outdated data rather than oldest to newest?
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On May 06 2012 07:45 Philipd122 wrote:
When I registered, I found I was sent immediately to the bottom of the page of my section. Shouldn't it be newest to oldest to avoid outdated data rather than oldest to newest?
You're right, it makes sense that new players should be on the top. Newly registered users are now shown on the top.
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On May 06 2012 05:55 Dosey wrote:
How can this product not be awesome?! The CEO is Elrond!
I wish I actually were, being a powerful and immortal Elf would be pretty cool, not to mention I could travel through Middle Earth 
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On May 06 2012 15:28 Vogin wrote:Show nested quote +On May 06 2012 05:55 Dosey wrote:
How can this product not be awesome?! The CEO is Elrond! I wish I actually were, being a powerful and immortal Elf would be pretty cool, not to mention I could travel through Middle Earth
I just want to quote this reply. <3
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I think the only weakness of this is that your desirable practice partner may not be online when you add him/may not have time to play with you right now.
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This is pretty cool, however I wish there was a way to see if they were online at the time or something. I don't really want to go around and add random players only to find out they are not online.
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On May 06 2012 16:07 capu wrote:
I think the only weakness of this is that your desirable practice partner may not be online when you add him/may not have time to play with you right now.
That's why we intend to add time and day preferences once we know the current version runs smoothly. Besides, you can always try adding more people.
On May 06 2012 16:17 WarChimp wrote:
This is pretty cool, however I wish there was a way to see if they were online at the time or something. I don't really want to go around and add random players only to find out they are not online.
I think those random people will not bite ^^
I'll however investigate if it'd be possible to add a column marking online/offline people.
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Nice website, registered
We needed something like this
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That sounds really good vogin, looking forward to using this service even more.
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On May 06 2012 17:21 WarChimp wrote:
That sounds really good vogin, looking forward to using this service even more.
It sounds good indeed but I frankly doubt it the more I think of it... perhaps some direct connection with BN which would probably require some talks with Blizzard.
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Thank you for this awsome system!
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On May 06 2012 17:40 eXeprOxy wrote:
Thank you for this awsome system!
Well it's not awesome yet, just on the way
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Hi, this is a really neat idea! I think this would be even more effective if you can include the number of points they have in the league. It would simply just add another column and wouldn't take that much more space
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On May 07 2012 02:05 oPPRoBe wrote:Hi, this is a really neat idea! I think this would be even more effective if you can include the number of points they have in the league. It would simply just add another column and wouldn't take that much more space
That would be great if it was possible, but blizzard doesn't expose their data, so there's really no way for us to get the information :\
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Excellent website. Thanks for posting! there should be more sites like this one!
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On May 07 2012 04:05 DjRetro wrote:
Excellent website. Thanks for posting! there should be more sites like this one!
Great, now we have a fan in Chile too. Global domination awaits...
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Cool site, hope this takes off nice and smooth
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To sum up current feedback and our responses:
- We may have found a way to at least display ladder points in the listings, will take a week or two to implement it.
- We're discussing how to solve the issue of people being currently online/offline, the idea we currently like the best is we will allow people to manually set their status and it will turn offline automatically after some reasonable period of time.
The original expanding with time & day preferences and matchups still stands.
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Sounds nice, but grrr they should have the ability to pick which tier of the league you want to prac with. Being a 1.2k master (at end of last season), i must point out that there is a HUGE skill differential between low masters and high masters.
Lowly ranked masters (like below 50) are mostly just advanced high ranked diamonds while top 8 masters, you get insanely good players that are already on-par with grandmasters in certain match ups.
I occasionally get matched with low masters or (very very very rarely) rank 1 diamonds, all of those result in very one-sided games unless I get cheesed.
They should have 'top 8 master feature' imo.
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On May 15 2012 21:47 phaleos wrote:
Sounds nice, but grrr they should have the ability to pick which tier of the league you want to prac with. Being a 1.2k master (at end of last season), i must point out that there is a HUGE skill differential between low masters and high masters.
Lowly ranked masters (like below 50) are mostly just advanced high ranked diamonds while top 8 masters, you get insanely good players that are already on-par with grandmasters in certain match ups.
I occasionally get matched with low masters or (very very very rarely) rank 1 diamonds, all of those result in very one-sided games unless I get cheesed.
They should have 'top 8 master feature' imo.
Oh, we're trying to add more details. The problem is sometimes it's hard to interpret the TOS and/or EULA and even though I love Blizzard, those two are really some heavy reading and we cannot afford to display points if it was illegal.
So, yeah:
– we might have a technical solution,
– need to figure out if it's legal.
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On May 18 2012 17:09 Sea_Food wrote:
No bm wtf?
No ty.
That's an asset we're actually proud of, yes.
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Just enable practice buddy, and wow, there's already a lot of users. Wish BNet provided an API to support who's online or not.
Great stuff, though!
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