On May 10 2012 01:17 musai wrote:
Hotkey patterns means using a program like this: http://bwchart.teamliquid.net/us/bwchart.php

Just have to wait until someone makes such a program :D

It's called sc2gears.

Let it Raine

Canada1245 Posts

May 09 2012 16:25 GMT

#122

its just annoying because you have no idea who you're playing or if they're even good!

1 game its a barcode guy with a girl portrait playing protoss, he's korean gm.

next game its a barcode guy with a girl portrait playing protoss, he's high masters.

can't brag about beating anyone good, since you dont know who it is.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44250 Posts

May 09 2012 17:04 GMT

#123

On May 10 2012 01:25 Let it Raine wrote:
its just annoying because you have no idea who you're playing or if they're even good!

1 game its a barcode guy with a girl portrait playing protoss, he's korean gm.

next game its a barcode guy with a girl portrait playing protoss, he's high masters.

can't brag about beating anyone good, since you dont know who it is.

Can't you check their profiles after the game? o.O

IPA

United States3206 Posts

May 09 2012 17:21 GMT

#124

I always liked the creativity of smurf account names in WC3 and in earlier SC2. Hate to see them fall by the wayside in favor of the drab and faceless IIIlllIlIllll.

yoshi245

United States2969 Posts

May 09 2012 17:27 GMT

#125

On May 10 2012 02:21 IPA wrote:
I always liked the creativity of smurf account names in WC3 and in earlier SC2. Hate to see them fall by the wayside in favor of the drab and faceless IIIlllIlIllll.

Yeah, war3 had some really nice smurf accounts, but then again people didn't have to buy a new copy of the game to make a new account either since making a new acct in the old better Bnet 1.0 was free.

My only concern is that these barcode players, who knows who's maphacking and who's legit, I'm not saying all or even most may care to cheat. But that level of anonymity, they can get away with it if they wanted to.

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

May 09 2012 17:37 GMT

#126

On May 09 2012 14:38 HellionDrop wrote:

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

I want to see direct quotes from people who said this... I don't believe it. Plus I doubt those pro's were practicing since release.

desRow

Canada2654 Posts

May 09 2012 17:52 GMT

#127

lol why would you brag about ladder games ? It helps for self confidence but to go as far as brag.. =(

Linwelin

Ireland7554 Posts

May 09 2012 17:56 GMT

#128

On May 10 2012 02:52 ECdesRow wrote:

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lol why would you brag about ladder games ? It helps for self confidence but to go as far as brag.. =(

Maybe he can make a blog and brag about beating some good player?

Steelo_Rivers

United States1968 Posts

May 09 2012 17:58 GMT

#129

Why do people think leaving without a gg is BM? I almost never GG because usually if I lose, it wasnt a good game because I made a ton of mistakes and the other person simply outplayed me. i dont get mad, I dont rage, I just simply leave the game and then hit the find match button.

203 Posts

May 09 2012 18:00 GMT

#130

The only barcoded players I know are maphackers who use it so it makes them more difficult to report eg. you can't tell your friends to report him because you can't find him, or post it on reddit

Shinespark

Chile843 Posts

May 09 2012 18:06 GMT

#131

On May 10 2012 01:07 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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It means that the elephants are actually being put in a zoo... or a jail.

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They're behind bars.

hahaha

Anyway, I like that players can have annonimity on ladder. I think it's great. I do hope something can eventually be done about maphackers using this trick to avoid being reported. Is that really a big problem in the first place?

hoby2000

United States918 Posts

May 09 2012 22:47 GMT

#132

Why you're bragging about anyone you have beat on LADDER to start with is a better question. Ladder is for practicing - it doesn't actually tell us who the best is. That's why we have tournaments - they crown a 1st 2nd 3rd place. Ladder is just a method of putting you into a group of similarly skilled players so you don't HAVE to have practice partners.

When are people going to figure this out?

DesRow may not be the best pro player right now... but he still agrees with me:

On May 10 2012 02:56 Linwelin wrote:

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Maybe he can make a blog and brag about beating some good player?

iAmJeffReY

United States4262 Posts

May 09 2012 22:53 GMT

#133

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.

Greatest fucking line ever lol

With massive amount of barcode names, it's harder to compare hotkeys + timings + BOs and such in replay analysis in sc2gears, and actually find out who these barcode players are.

It's the flaw of the bnet2.0 system, with the BO history in every replay, every replay downloadable, everyone streaming, etc.

This is their JOB. Of course they want their CRAFT to be hidden. It's what gives them their edge.

JLew

Canada353 Posts

May 09 2012 22:55 GMT

#134

It's a bit annoying..I play on KR/TW server sometimes and am nowhere near a high enough level to be playing anyone who is close to being a pro-gamer, yet I meet these ''barcodes'' all the time..It's turned from a legitimate way for pros to smurf to an annoying fad.

rauk

United States2228 Posts

May 10 2012 09:45 GMT

#135

On May 10 2012 07:47 hoby2000 wrote:

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linwellin is making fun of desrow for making a blog about 4gating idra on ladder

Genovi

Sweden388 Posts

May 10 2012 09:50 GMT

#136

What exactly is the issue of this thread? People choose an ID by which they cannot be identified and stalked. Other gamers realise it is a good idea and did the same thing. End of story.