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OpTicalRH
Profile Joined June 2011
147 Posts
May 09 2012 05:34 GMT
#1
I read an interesting article on Fomos regarding the mysterious "Bar Code" gamers which their character name "lllllllll" resembles a bar code.

The bar code name consist of lower case "L" and capitalized "I" and it sort of became a trend since so many progamers use to hide their identity.

However many progamers are complaining that these players hiding themselves behind an anonymity are often times acting rude such as "no gg."

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On the other hand, BW progamers who recently started to practice SC2 are feeling hopeless because current skill standard among pre-existing SC2 players is so high that it is too arduous to catch up.
Because the team security (in terms of revealing identity and skills) became so crucial the BW players are only practicing between the team members and there is absolutely no communication nor a collaboration with other teams.

Also, old gamers "A" and "B" stated there is very few BW players who reached GM in the ladder and feel like they rather play SC2 than BW because of the current trend.


**Note: Because now people realize so many progamers use "barcode" IDs, maphackers started to imitate the bar codes as well.

Original Source can be found on http://www.fomos.kr
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
May 09 2012 05:37 GMT
#2
Seems to me like the kind of thing that people do just because everyone else is doing it.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
HellionDrop
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
281 Posts
May 09 2012 05:38 GMT
#3
On May 09 2012 14:34 OpTicalRH wrote:

On the other hand, BW progamers who recently started to practice SC2 are feeling hopeless because current skill standard among pre-existing SC2 players is so high that it is too arduous to catch up.
Because the team security (in terms of revealing identity and skills) became so crucial the BW players are only practicing between the team members and there is absolutely no communication nor a collaboration with other teams.

Original Source can be found on http://www.fomos.kr


this makes me happy :D , BW fans should stop saying sc2 is easy
nOlifeTERRAN
Profile Joined September 2010
United States153 Posts
May 09 2012 05:38 GMT
#4
Yeah it's so annoying knowing they are prolly some BA player but you will never know who it really is for each one. I know the top protoss on there is from team IM. I saw him streaming last night. The only thing he confirmed is that he wasn't Seed.
Heh Stem
OmniscientSC2
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States713 Posts
May 09 2012 05:40 GMT
#5
These player names may look like barcodes to you, but all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead, jaedong, flash.
"Did you know about Day and the Wicker Basket?" - Harem "Hi, I'm from Texas." -TLO
stupidhydro
Profile Joined July 2010
United States216 Posts
May 09 2012 05:40 GMT
#6
Well the barcode names and hidden identities was inevitable since build orders, maps and who people are practicing with are all available in match history... The second part about BW players however is really interesting. Despite not having contact with other teams, I think it'll be even better for the scene for fresh ideas to come out from guys who are top notch mechanically and don't have preconceived ideas. The thing about not having made GM seems sorta dumb because GM is filled up so quickly and doesn't actually represent the top 200 MMR etc...
Lefthanded
Profile Joined August 2010
United States67 Posts
May 09 2012 05:42 GMT
#7
On May 09 2012 14:38 zergtossy wrote:
Yeah it's so annoying knowing they are prolly some BA player but you will never know who it really is for each one. I know the top protoss on there is from team IM. I saw him streaming last night. The only thing he confirmed is that he wasn't Seed.


Someone in the chat last night said it was yonghwa
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
May 09 2012 05:46 GMT
#8
How is "no gg" bad mannered? The whole point of these IDs is to hide identity so showing any kind of personality in-game is a terrible idea.

I have a barcode ID on the Korean server. It's my initials in binary. Just use the default portrait and bam, no-one knows who you are. Not that it matters, but it's fun to be anonymous. Plus people might think I'm gosu.
Pobearo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States351 Posts
May 09 2012 05:50 GMT
#9
On May 09 2012 14:40 OmniscientSC2 wrote:
These player names may look like barcodes to you, but all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead, jaedong, flash.


Ha, made me laugh.
But honestly this seems kind of cool to me in a wierd way. It adds a little bit of mystery to the ladder.
-KarakStarcraft-
Profile Joined September 2010
United States258 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-09 08:16:17
May 09 2012 05:52 GMT
#10
i deleted it
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 09 2012 05:53 GMT
#11
Also, old gamers "A" and "B" stated there is very few BW players who reached GM in the ladder and feel like they rather play SC2 than BW because of the current trend.

Wait, so is this a statement that is negative or neutral about SC2? Are they implying that these old gamers feel that they are being forced to play SC2 due to the trend in OGN/KeSPA switching over?
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masterbreti
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)2711 Posts
May 09 2012 05:53 GMT
#12
Most pro players have a llllllll account. I know a lot of mvp, prime, Startale players have them. I can likely id maybe 10 different people who have them, but maybe not tell which one is which. But even in the prime house, many players have suspicions on who is who. maybe not 100% sure, but some idea.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-09 05:54:20
May 09 2012 05:53 GMT
#13
On May 09 2012 14:40 OmniscientSC2 wrote:
These player names may look like barcodes to you, but all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead, jaedong, flash.

You just won a free internet. Well played sir, well played.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
Enzymatic
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1301 Posts
May 09 2012 05:55 GMT
#14
Look, its another one of those "care way too much about something insignificant/irrelevant" threads.

User was warned for this post
"Who hired this awful fountain gunner? He can't hit shit." - Yiss
maliceee
Profile Joined August 2010
United States634 Posts
May 09 2012 05:55 GMT
#15
On May 09 2012 14:40 OmniscientSC2 wrote:
These player names may look like barcodes to you, but all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead, jaedong, flash.


Ha, that got me.

I wonder how many horrible players will do this now, and just get embarassed.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
May 09 2012 05:55 GMT
#16
gsl scrub by day, ladder bonjwa by night! The double lives of sc2 pros?

Who knows :o!

naw, all accounts are just MKP, Byun, Seal, Coca, and all the other usual ladder whores
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
May 09 2012 05:57 GMT
#17
On May 09 2012 14:38 HellionDrop wrote:
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On May 09 2012 14:34 OpTicalRH wrote:

On the other hand, BW progamers who recently started to practice SC2 are feeling hopeless because current skill standard among pre-existing SC2 players is so high that it is too arduous to catch up.
Because the team security (in terms of revealing identity and skills) became so crucial the BW players are only practicing between the team members and there is absolutely no communication nor a collaboration with other teams.

Original Source can be found on http://www.fomos.kr


this makes me happy :D , BW fans should stop saying sc2 is easy


I'd like to see a source on that quotation. I really feel like a lot of bw pros could jump into sc2 extremely quickly. Learning the little things will always take time and thousands of games though, so I wouldn't expect them to dominate too quickly out of the gates.
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
May 09 2012 05:57 GMT
#18
Flash said hes been practicing sc2 hard for 10 days, not a big deal lol.
|BW>Everything|Add me on star2 KR server TheMuTaL.675 for practice games :)|NEX clan| https://www.dotabuff.com/players/183104694
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 09 2012 05:59 GMT
#19
On May 09 2012 14:55 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
gsl scrub by day, ladder bonjwa by night! The double lives of sc2 pros?

Who knows :o!

naw, all accounts are just MKP, Byun, Seal, Coca, and all the other usual ladder whores

Don't forget ForGG and his horde of smurf accounts.
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Ichabod
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1659 Posts
May 09 2012 06:01 GMT
#20
If this is what it takes for pros to have privacy on the ladder, I prefer it to smurfing and having to buy a new account if you're revealed.

Come to think of it, I wonder why it hasn't been done more in the past. I guess being the first 'barcoder' would make it obvious, but it should only become more wide-spread now that it's started.
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