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GHSTxJet
Profile Joined January 2012
United States154 Posts
August 21 2012 14:55 GMT
#21
Does it matter? O.o
SuppySon
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10011 Posts
August 21 2012 14:55 GMT
#22
love it, its the only way we can smurf. i wish everyone would have a barcode id on na =/
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Drmooose
Profile Joined March 2011
United States390 Posts
August 21 2012 14:56 GMT
#23
I'm not against it. However as someone who is just starting to play prolevel guys every so often I would like to know who I just lost too.
I have a question...
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-21 14:57:23
August 21 2012 14:57 GMT
#24
edit: nvm
Come play Android Netrunner - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409008
blug
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia623 Posts
August 21 2012 14:58 GMT
#25
Everyone on ladder who I see that has I simply call a loser, because it's the pinnacle of lame.

I've gotten in huge arguments with people about it.
Derp
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
August 21 2012 14:59 GMT
#26
On August 21 2012 23:54 GumBa wrote:
I understand Pros having it. But whenever I meet a Dia or Plat with barcodes I always get that poser feeling and get annoyed

How is it any different from people that duplicate pros exact names? Or pros that fabricate pros names like LiquidBisu. It's not like you see EGIdra in platinum and think OMG! IDRA GOT DEMOTED TO PLAT!

Personally I could care less what anyone names themselves as long as it isn't extremely racist or something. Its their business.
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
August 21 2012 14:59 GMT
#27
It's not like they're allowed to be anonymous in tournaments... having a ladder smurf? Who cares... (sure, people care - but it doesn't really matter.) :D
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
August 21 2012 15:00 GMT
#28
On August 21 2012 23:59 Probe1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2012 23:54 GumBa wrote:
I understand Pros having it. But whenever I meet a Dia or Plat with barcodes I always get that poser feeling and get annoyed

How is it any different from people that duplicate pros exact names? Or pros that fabricate pros names like LiquidBisu. It's not like you see EGIdra in platinum and think OMG! IDRA GOT DEMOTED TO PLAT!

Personally I could care less what anyone names themselves as long as it isn't extremely racist or something. Its their business.

No they can do it if they want and in the end Im not bothered by it its just like I said I get this poser feeling whenever I play someone like that :D
Couldn care less if they actually did it.
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
blug
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia623 Posts
August 21 2012 15:01 GMT
#29
On August 21 2012 23:59 Probe1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2012 23:54 GumBa wrote:
I understand Pros having it. But whenever I meet a Dia or Plat with barcodes I always get that poser feeling and get annoyed

How is it any different from people that duplicate pros exact names? Or pros that fabricate pros names like LiquidBisu. It's not like you see EGIdra in platinum and think OMG! IDRA GOT DEMOTED TO PLAT!

Personally I could care less what anyone names themselves as long as it isn't extremely racist or something. Its their business.


I find people naming them selves after pro players to be just as lame.
Derp
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3685 Posts
August 21 2012 15:03 GMT
#30
On August 21 2012 23:54 `dunedain wrote:
I have a few accounts, one of them is a barcode one, just for shits and giggles.


So much this, I really don't understand people complaining about it. Let people pick whatever name your want, it's not like you should give a shit about who you play against anyways, especially when it comes to something as meaningless as leader.
I think people complaining that it's a joke that you see barcode in like bronze really need to stop taking ladder so serious and important, it literally doesn't mean anything and gm hasn't displayed the 200 best players of a region in a very long time, anyone decent enough uses customs for practice anyways, plus last time I checked you don't need to earn your right to choose a name, anyone can pick whatever name he/she likes and if some of us feel like barcoding thats perfectly fine.
shadogi
Profile Joined November 2011
United States194 Posts
August 21 2012 15:04 GMT
#31
I hate it, not because I think it's somehow BM or unethical, but because it's fun to look through the ladder and see who's hot and who not and bar code names take away one of the only ways we have to judge players, since we don't have a real ELO system. It's not so bad on EU or NA, but if you look at the KR ladder around half of the GMs are bar codes.
Orek
Profile Joined February 2012
1665 Posts
August 21 2012 15:05 GMT
#32
Patch to prevent this does nothing at all.
All they need is agreement on what should be the common name.
If Blizzard patches, they might all switch to "David Kim" just to protest.
Then, does Blizzard have to patch all "David Kim" accounts? I guess not.
I think it is too late to go back to unique name system.
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
August 21 2012 15:06 GMT
#33
Anyway that's where I stand. Everyone will continue to rename/name their accounts as barcodes because its the fad with pros. Pros will continue to do it because as TT1 smartly said, it provides real anonymity as long as a healthy number of pros are doing it. Which is cool, especially if it means more streaming pros
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Msr
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)495 Posts
August 21 2012 15:06 GMT
#34
if you use a barcode name you will get 7pooled/6pooled/or roach baned all in by me every game is my motto.
aintz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada5624 Posts
August 21 2012 15:07 GMT
#35
barcode name ftl. why hide if you are pro!
soon.Cloak
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States983 Posts
August 21 2012 15:07 GMT
#36
On August 21 2012 23:53 Kiyo. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2012 23:42 soon.Cloak wrote:
P.S. The only thing I think everyone can agree on is that if you are not a pro player, there's no reason to have it. Diamonds and plats who want to remain anonymous "so that nobody steals their strats" bother me...


No. If people want to stay anonymous then that's their right. It shouldn't matter what their skill level is or what league they're in.


I didn't deny that it's their right. I denied that there is a purpose to it (other than just being anonymous for the sake of being anonymous). Nobody knows who you are if you're IIIIIIII or if you're ILovePokemon98

On August 21 2012 23:53 Akhee wrote:
its good like that, the only problem is when you re watching someone ladder in kr and theres never a known opponent, ends up being boring

Show nested quote +
On August 21 2012 23:52 soon.Cloak wrote:
On August 21 2012 23:45 stew_ wrote:
even if you ban the combination of i's and l's, people will use different letters to remain anonymous. i'm fine with it however.


But even if you have player "zuvgoagbsb", there will only be one of him. It's different than having 30 players that are IIIIII.


actually no, there could be "sssssssss", the problem is not being unique IDs


Assuming there is only 6-15 characters, then you can only have 10 people with a name made up of just "s". The issue is I and l look the same. Then you have 2^10 combinations, or 1024 possible people.
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-21 15:08:46
August 21 2012 15:08 GMT
#37
nvm
MY LIFE STARTS NOW ♥
xrapture
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1644 Posts
August 21 2012 15:09 GMT
#38
I don't play starcraft to make friends. I play to practice and improve. I like complete anonymity.
Everyone is either delusional, a nihlilst, or dead from suicide.
INTENZ-_-
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden137 Posts
August 21 2012 15:10 GMT
#39
Can be annoying at times, but at a GM level I understand why they do it. But lower level players doing it is just silly and pretty dumb.
SilSol
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
August 21 2012 15:10 GMT
#40
I think it's good in that way you can be playing alone without any disturbance at all.
http://fragbite.se/user/117868/silsol since 2006 http://www.reddit.com/u/silsol77
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