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multiversed
Profile Joined December 2010
United States233 Posts
August 19 2012 14:47 GMT
#101
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.
Team Liquid is the used the tampon of the starcraft community.
Saat
Profile Joined August 2012
France65 Posts
August 19 2012 14:48 GMT
#102
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3
multiversed
Profile Joined December 2010
United States233 Posts
August 19 2012 14:49 GMT
#103
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3

i don't play on NA. walking into a thread of randoms trying to justify why they are so beta is pretty amusing, but i have to go.
Team Liquid is the used the tampon of the starcraft community.
ChitinMan
Profile Joined January 2011
United States49 Posts
August 19 2012 14:49 GMT
#104
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server
This game is a bitch, I got my had up her dress
Saat
Profile Joined August 2012
France65 Posts
August 19 2012 14:52 GMT
#105
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server


Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.
ChitinMan
Profile Joined January 2011
United States49 Posts
August 19 2012 14:53 GMT
#106
On August 19 2012 23:52 Saat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server


Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.



I random most of the time. Its harder, but a lot more fun and rewarding. See you on the ladder, brotato chip
This game is a bitch, I got my had up her dress
TheWorldToCome
Profile Joined January 2012
United States452 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-19 14:55:12
August 19 2012 14:54 GMT
#107
Gateway first isnt a terrible opening vs zerg you really shouldn't feel behind.

In fact I think gateway first is a better opening that FFE, I have a lot more trouble vs it than FFE (High masters)


Even if you are 'behind' from not FFE you should be able to make up for that diff since you arent a random player and then natually should be better since you dodnt have to play as many matchups.
Starcraft 2 was designed to have a best race. You play the worst one.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-19 15:00:22
August 19 2012 14:58 GMT
#108
On August 19 2012 23:53 ChitinMan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:52 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server


Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.



I random most of the time. Its harder, but a lot more fun and rewarding. See you on the ladder, brotato chip


To elaborate on just how hard random is.

Assuming you use 3 different build orders per match up.

A player who masters one race will only have to practice 9 build orders.

A player who plays Random, has to learn and practice 27 build orders.

It's not even comparable. Trying to maintain a high level of play in every single match up is insanely difficult which is why there are no professional random players despite that early game random advantage.

If the random advantage meant anything worthwhile at all, there would be at least a couple professional random players. The fact is, there aren't any because of how hard it is to play all 9 match ups at a high level.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Kasu
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom345 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-19 14:59:15
August 19 2012 14:58 GMT
#109
On August 19 2012 23:46 multiversed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.

you should look up the definition of the word evidence. perhaps also the words ego, compensate, and justify.

Edit: Deleted, clearly fell for trollbait.
multiversed
Profile Joined December 2010
United States233 Posts
August 19 2012 14:59 GMT
#110
On August 19 2012 23:58 Kasu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:46 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.

you should look up the definition of the word evidence. perhaps also the words ego, compensate, and justify.

I think your original post was a pretty clear example of someone forcing his subjective views onto other people and making assumptions about their decisions based upon his own opinions. Vindicare makes the -perfectly reasonable- inference that you think your opinion is much more important than anyone else's and you call him out for ego issues?

you are wrong.
Team Liquid is the used the tampon of the starcraft community.
multiversed
Profile Joined December 2010
United States233 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-19 15:01:08
August 19 2012 15:00 GMT
#111
On August 19 2012 23:58 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:53 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:52 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server


Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.



I random most of the time. Its harder, but a lot more fun and rewarding. See you on the ladder, brotato chip


To elaborate on just how hard random is.

Assuming you use 3 different build orders per match up.

A player who masters one race will only have to practice 9 build orders.

A player who plays Random, has to learn and practice 27 build orders.

It's not even comparable. Trying to maintain a high level of play in every single match up is insanely difficult which is why there are no professional random players despite that early game random advantage.

If the random advantage meant anything worthwhile at all, there would be at least a couple professional random players. The fact is, there aren't any because of how hard it is to play all 9 match ups at a high level.


that is what they signed up for, however the reality ends up being far different. you are giving yourself way too much credit.
Team Liquid is the used the tampon of the starcraft community.
fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
August 19 2012 15:02 GMT
#112
I'm a high diamond random. And I'm sick of this attitude. This really just feels like a "I hate the shit out of random players and I want you guys to agree with me," thread just barely disguised as a constructive discussion.

You have understand that on the ladder this game is just that for the most part, a game. As such, get over it.

That's exactly my reasoning for playing random. This is a game, and although yes I like to win and yes I do like ladder points, the number one reason I play is for my enjoyment. I've tried playing Zerg, Protoss, and Terran, and I've always come back to Random. Not only do I enjoy getting a new race every game, but I also enjoy the spontaneity of not knowing the matchup until the second the game loads. It adds a little spice and excitement to me.

The haters have to understand that there's a lot of random players that resent the reputation they've been given. Every ladder game I play where I play against a random I do the same shit you guys do. Scout all over my base, scout into the third, 9 scout their base, play super safe. I understand the reputation of Randoms, I encounter it every time I'm on the ladder. That being said I also hit a random player like once out of every 25 games and it's usually a free win when I defend their shitty cheese or all-in. So suck it up, and enjoy your free ladder points.

Another aside is that if random players were playing just for ladder points it would probably be more productive for them just to pick a race and have some well mapped out cheeses with that race. Everyone is suspicious when they play a random player. And even excluding that cheesy majority, I know most macro randoms well tell you the same thing, if they wanted to win more they would pick a race. My Protoss is heads and shoulders above my other races, it really is super easy, and if I really every wanted to wrench myself out of diamond I would just pick Toss and work on that. Alas I play for fun, not for a little star icon on my B.net profile.

The last thing I have for you is a solution. Just cheese the shit out of every random you see on the ladder. For the most part random's have less matchup knowledge than players who are solely devoted to one race. Every Terran player who's been ladder for the last 4 months has been roach bane all-ined so many times they can defend it in their sleep. I've had it done to me like twice? And have only theories on how to beat it. Every terran has gone to late game against templar colossi chargelots and understands where to position all their units to beat it. I keep picking the worst places for my vikings. And every Zerg knows how to sit on spines make a million broodlords and infestors and kill a Protoss. Well actually, that's pretty easy so I know how to do that too.

My point is you don't have to just whine and do nothing about it. Just find a solution if you hate it so much. You can't FFE against a zerg? Find a solution. You don't have to FFE every game against a zerg. Especially it today's metagame where every ZvP is quick three hatch a one base build might just kill the zerg straight up.

There's lots of options out there. Go find one.
Random player, pixel enthusiast, crappy illustrator, offlane/support
AdrianHealey
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium480 Posts
August 19 2012 15:04 GMT
#113
Playing vs random obviously gives the non random player a disadvantage. But it's all good; it adds to the game.

I love.
ZeraX
Profile Joined April 2011
France14 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-19 15:08:07
August 19 2012 15:05 GMT
#114
Playing random myself aswell , diamond league. People often ask what race I spawnn, and insult me if I don't tell them. Of course there is the ever coming "Yeah but as random you got to learn more M-U". True. But i guess, playing random just forces the opponent to scout maybe a bit earlier than what they're used to. I personnaly don't see a problem with it, and in the case of the FFE as OP said in PvZ, you just get delayed slightly. Just deal whit it ?
And on a side note, it's saddening that random players get so much hate, (e.g because of other randoms that cheese ). I mean just getting insulted right in the beginning of the game, just because you play random is really sad.
DamnCats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1472 Posts
August 19 2012 15:05 GMT
#115
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


Watch out guys we got a badass over here.
Disciples of a god, that neither lives nor breathes.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
August 19 2012 15:06 GMT
#116
On August 20 2012 00:00 multiversed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:58 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:53 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:52 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server


Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.



I random most of the time. Its harder, but a lot more fun and rewarding. See you on the ladder, brotato chip


To elaborate on just how hard random is.

Assuming you use 3 different build orders per match up.

A player who masters one race will only have to practice 9 build orders.

A player who plays Random, has to learn and practice 27 build orders.

It's not even comparable. Trying to maintain a high level of play in every single match up is insanely difficult which is why there are no professional random players despite that early game random advantage.

If the random advantage meant anything worthwhile at all, there would be at least a couple professional random players. The fact is, there aren't any because of how hard it is to play all 9 match ups at a high level.


that is what they signed up for, however the reality ends up being far different. you are giving yourself way too much credit.


Not enough actually, I was undershooting it a little bit.

I practice somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-6 build orders in just TvT, and around 4-5 in TvZ.

If I wanted to be realistic about how many build orders I practice on ladder and in customs it'd look more like this.

TvT: 6
TvZ: 5
TvP: 4

ZvZ: 4
ZvP: 3
ZvT: 3

PvZ: 4
PvT: 3
PvP: 4

Overall. I practice around 37 build orders that I rotate between depending on how I feel like approaching each match up. ( I go through phases where I really want to avoid Collosus play for example.)

If I was interested in being as efficient a ladder grinder as possible, I'd practice one race and one or two build orders per match up that I would practice to perfection over and over again but then how much of the game am I really playing? I'm just basically repeating the same couple scenarios over and over again.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
samuraibael
Profile Joined February 2008
Australia294 Posts
August 19 2012 15:11 GMT
#117
Nerfing random when it has a 0% winrate at top level is just cruel.
I actually prefer getting random opponents.
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
August 19 2012 15:12 GMT
#118
To everybody saying random is that hard, it's not true. It's super hard at maybe high masters/GM.
You can be a solid mid master random if you have good mechanics, you only need mechanics to get that far anyway.

I'm currently playing random and am at low masters, still terrible with zerg but it's going good. It's all about mechanics as I said, all that nonsense about BO's and strategy is not needed up till high masters -_-
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
Tao367
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom324 Posts
August 19 2012 15:14 GMT
#119
On August 19 2012 23:58 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 19 2012 23:53 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:52 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:49 ChitinMan wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:48 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:47 multiversed wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:46 Saat wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:44 Vindicare605 wrote:
On August 19 2012 23:42 multiversed wrote:
pick a race if you want any sympathy or respect. you are not only wasting your own time, but that of others that care far more than you clearly do.


haha.

Posts like these are just evidence that you're the kind of player that would never respect an opponent online win or lose.

Good mannered players don't make trash posts like this. Clearly you're the one with a sportsmanship problem.



Furthermore i guess he is awful with 2 races. :D

i could beat you easily with all 3 races.


You are from NA, i doubt it. <3



Hey now Mr EU server




Was just a troll, because the fact he wanted to show he has the biggest made me laugh.
Anyway, random is harder, i guess ppl who refuses to admit it are just blind. So let random in peace, plz, they are human, they deserve respect also, when they aren't only cheeser.



I random most of the time. Its harder, but a lot more fun and rewarding. See you on the ladder, brotato chip


To elaborate on just how hard random is.

Assuming you use 3 different build orders per match up.

A player who masters one race will only have to practice 9 build orders.

A player who plays Random, has to learn and practice 27 build orders.

It's not even comparable. Trying to maintain a high level of play in every single match up is insanely difficult which is why there are no professional random players despite that early game random advantage.

If the random advantage meant anything worthwhile at all, there would be at least a couple professional random players. The fact is, there aren't any because of how hard it is to play all 9 match ups at a high level.


I am not denying that random is harder. What I will ask you though is this: Do you know 27 build orders? Do you use 27 build orders? I'm guessing not.

Also, that is your choice to do that, you have the option of queueing as random or a specific race, so why should I care?
Abusion
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom184 Posts
August 19 2012 15:15 GMT
#120
The only problem I have with random when I play against them as toss is that I have to gate expand against zerg and the zerg knowing this can speedling expand and deny the expansion forever. Against PvP and PvT its not a big deal but gate expanding is just absolutely terrible vs a zerg that knows you're doing it.
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