EPTWhy you shouldnt be playing random on ladder. - Page 3
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
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Blazinghand
United States25552 Posts
On August 23 2012 06:54 XERtirips wrote: lets say, the toss is good and opens up 1 gate fe (not the normal pvz) and the zerg is forced to open up pool first because of the threat of early zealots with an expo behind it. typically a zerg will open pool first anyways to deal with potential cannon rush-- it just happens to also work against a gateway opening. | ||
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Wrathsc2
United States2025 Posts
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askTeivospy
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QuackPocketDuck
410 Posts
 this thread reminds me of how some people think its neccessary to PM you after losing the game explaining to you that you do not play the game properly..Play how you want, dont cheat, have fun | ||
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sCCrooked
Korea (South)1306 Posts
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
On August 23 2012 07:29 Fanatic-Templar wrote: Didn't people boot you instantly if you tried playing Random in ICCup? not talking about iccup. just in general - honestly was there anyone who just played 1 race for all those years? common. so many people will switch with the expansions and 5 years down the line. | ||
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lem0ncake
England85 Posts
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Masvidal
Korea (South)213 Posts
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Fluffboll
Sweden516 Posts
On August 23 2012 07:35 Masvidal wrote: Why doesn't random show your race during loading screen, like any self-respecting RTS? What RTS did this? All RTS's I've played if you picked the Random option the race you got were not shown at all. | ||
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ishyishy
United States826 Posts
On August 23 2012 07:35 Masvidal wrote: Why doesn't random show your race during loading screen, like any self-respecting RTS? Where is the fun in that? You dont get that half-second jolt of "SURPRISE!" when the game starts. You never know what hotkeys to press until the loading screen completes. How can you take that away from the children! | ||
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
1.most players just care about winning on the ladder which means it is probably better for them if their opponent doesn't know what race they're playing eventhough they probably won't get that much better in the standard early game of the matchups 2.Even if they want to improve and play in tournaments or whatever: If they always play random they probably won't face a super matchup-focused opening (like ever) so there is no reason for them to learn the standard openings of their opponents but rather the openings their opponents will do vs random players | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
But practising random if you're really playing a single race is retarded to start with, it's needless to even bring up the metagame stuff, altho what you(OP) said stands, and should be obvious. | ||
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oanraduk
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aviator116
United States820 Posts
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AzureD
United States320 Posts
Random can almost be considered playing a 4th race because of how it affects the early game so much. You are not a Zerg, Terran, or Protoss player. You are a random player which has its own meta game. Practicing against you can also be difficult in a tournament setting because practicing against all 3 races separately will not work quite as well. They have to practice against a random. | ||
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sperY
Serbia444 Posts
Don't tell me what to do! | ||
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Fanatic-Templar
Canada5819 Posts
On August 23 2012 07:34 WniO wrote: not talking about iccup. just in general - honestly was there anyone who just played 1 race for all those years? common. so many people will switch with the expansions and 5 years down the line. I did! I started playing Protoss all the way back in 1998  . | ||
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ishyishy
United States826 Posts
On August 23 2012 07:44 AzureD wrote: What if you play random in order to take advantage of lack of information? This forces the enemy player to use safe builds against you and scout early. You yourself can probably predict they will play safe and do not have to scout until later. Random can almost be considered playing a 4th race because of how it affects the early game so much. You are not a Zerg, Terran, or Protoss player. You are a random player which has its own meta game. Practicing against you can also be difficult in a tournament setting because practicing against all 3 races separately will not work quite as well. They have to practice against a random. Ok so what you are saying is that preparing against a Random player is actually MORE difficult and requires more attention to detail when playing? But, I believe the OP said that you actually get worse when you play Random and play against Random. Well, fortunately the OP couldnt be more wrong, and you couldnt be more right. Case closed! | ||
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kranten
Netherlands236 Posts
When you've learned to play against a 1 gate expand, or 3 gate expand in ZvP, it's honestly no big deal to get that 3rd hatch a bit earlier, get gas at different timings and play the 'standard' game, for example. Many of the skills you get in the older metagame directly transfer to the new metagame. | ||
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