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Zealos
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom3575 Posts
August 21 2012 17:49 GMT
#101
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.

Exactly, I don't know how people can get "annoyed" by this o.O
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Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
August 21 2012 17:55 GMT
#102
I don't understand why people are so butthurt about people using barcodes at any level but GM.
eSports for life.
Shebuha
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1335 Posts
August 21 2012 17:55 GMT
#103
Having a barcode name isn't a problem or whatever, and it's understandable for a pro to want to be anonymous or whatever, but a lot of the masters barcoders I run into on ladder tend to be BM or think they're hella pro. I honestly don't have an issue with barcoders, but I do have a problem with people taking the names of pros. Nothin' like seeing EGIdra himself take names in 4v4 monobattles while battlin' out of plat!
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
August 21 2012 17:56 GMT
#104
It's not impossible to identify barcode accounts. They all use different sequences of lowercase L and capital I. So if you compile replays of barcode accounts, you can separate them by that and then compare their sc2gears hotkey graphs against replays of known pros' accounts. If I was the manager of a pro team in Korea, I would most definitely be paying someone to write a program that compares hotkey graphs against a database of pros' hotkey patterns in order to identify smurf accounts. Then you could pay scouts to do "recon" on your team members' upcoming opponents.
fuzzz
Profile Joined October 2010
267 Posts
August 21 2012 17:57 GMT
#105
dosnt make sense below high gm if any. but still annonymous ftw. just give me a option to disable chat once and for all and im a happy camper
usa lol
soon.Cloak
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States983 Posts
August 21 2012 17:58 GMT
#106
I don't understand the ladder fear argument. If you are not in masters at least, nobody is going to recognize who you are, whether you're IIIIII or iluvoov4life
Tyree
Profile Joined November 2010
1508 Posts
August 21 2012 18:00 GMT
#107
I am fine with because it is only confined to ladder, which really does not matter

I would be raging hard if barcodes were in tournaments and LAN events, which they arent.


★ Top Gun ★
cydial
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States750 Posts
August 21 2012 18:02 GMT
#108
It's just stupid how many tryhards there are on ladder these days with the barcode.
Immutant
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore201 Posts
August 21 2012 18:18 GMT
#109
Why are people thinking that lower league players are "try hards" or "think they will become famous with a barcode name".
I am someone who got flamed online because of a remark I posted in a school forum. And that was on the day I was starting school. And they (people from my same school) came to find me and take pictures. In the end, we ended up in the same class (lol fate) and they found out more about me, became friends and didn't bother me anymore. That is why I appreciate the value of anonymity.
I have seen lots of people being exposed [CSI'ed] because of their online identity in forums. And others who can't think of creative names, eg. X is sexy. CoolY, etcetc.
Using barcodes is a simple and easy way to start playing. No one will know you either.
If all you (the opponent) see is
llllllllllllll or IIIIIIIIIIlll or llllIIlllllll (14 chars, different combinations of i's and l's)
How do you think they are going to become "famous"
"OMG, IlIlIIIllllll is PLAYING"
"You mean llllIIIllllll?"
"No, I mean lllllIIIllllll"
^btw all 6 barcodes are different combinations of of i's and l's
Or would you prefer names like
23445332 or 324513232 or kfsa0934 NOOBKILLER PROPLAYER etc, Barcode names are simple and plain.
I bet the person doesn't even know the combination of i's and l's because you log in using your email account. Change that to username login and lots of barcode users will probably name change.
Of course if the person uses a barcode name to BM it's different, but you can just report him using BNet's system.
Mr Showtime
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1353 Posts
August 21 2012 18:43 GMT
#110
Another big reason why pros use it is so the opponents don't know they are playing them before the game. Not so much about strat stealing, but so they can play legitimate games. Take IdrA for example: He has both a regular account and a bar code. Yes, it's obvious that he's the bar code zerg on the top of the NA ladder, and you can figure out if you were playing against him after the game is over, but it is important that it's a secret before the game starts. Some idiots out there would be more apt to do retarded bad/cheese builds if they knew for certain that they were playing someone well known like IdrA.
zhurai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States5660 Posts
August 21 2012 19:12 GMT
#111
I understand pros using it, but when I see player that has barcodes that's like under masters I laugh
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Leetley
Profile Joined October 2010
1796 Posts
August 21 2012 19:13 GMT
#112
It's pretty stupid that certain pro players are forced to use this kind of anonymous naming to not reveal their playstyle. Hell, even I want to change my name as I please, like in CS 1.6.
Chrono000
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Korea (South)358 Posts
August 21 2012 21:14 GMT
#113
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



yeah man i get that poser feeling everytime i see a barcode name now. man the fuk up and get a real name i say.
Luepert
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1933 Posts
August 21 2012 21:49 GMT
#114
Why don't we all just use our real names? Why do we all have usernames to protect our anonymity! Now people can't steal my builds.
esports
NoBanMeAgain
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States194 Posts
August 21 2012 21:53 GMT
#115
Most people i see do that are pro's anyways so to me thats perfectly undertandable. any advantage to get ahead. honestly most people know who they are b/c they stream frequently. Quantic.Illusion is a perfect example of that.
'Widow mines will split open the earth, releasing the fiery bats of hell. The skies will grow black with the shadows of the medivacs, and they shall see no light but the harsh exhaust of afterburners. MajOr-16:1
bLooD.
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany470 Posts
August 21 2012 21:53 GMT
#116
Who cares? What difference does it make whether your oponent is called "JoeShmoe" or "IlllIIllII"?
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
August 21 2012 21:56 GMT
#117
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

^^ this. I dont mind seeing it in masters. (I have a high masters barcode) Its just annoying when I see lower league players with it. Its even more annoying when I see players with fake clan tags (i.e LiquidWater, EGSniper, SlayerSblahblahblah, etc...)
ok
paddyz
Profile Joined May 2011
Ireland628 Posts
August 21 2012 21:57 GMT
#118
Funnily enough im somewhere between perfectly fine with it and hate it.
Incomplet
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1419 Posts
August 21 2012 22:01 GMT
#119
I'm sorry, but protecting the pro's strategies that they may potentially use in tournaments is a lot more important than anyone's feelings or opinions here. Suck it up.
Bow down to the sons of Aiur...SKT1_Rain, CreatorPrime, ST_Parting, Liquid_Hero.
ThatGuy89
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1968 Posts
August 21 2012 22:01 GMT
#120
i dunno how i feel about it.
One thing i will agree on, is its stupid of lower levels to have it.
I got a replay of me beating a IIIlIIllIIlIl player...........and im in platinum xD
at first i thought it was a pro ranking up a new account, but i smashed him, couldnt help but laugh. I dont think he knew why people had those kind of names and he just wanted to be part of the group
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