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I have only been playing Starcraft 2 for a few months, but when the loading screen appears I can't help but make some initial assumptions of my opponent based on what portrait they are using. This is geared mainly toward 1v1 (since I don't play many team games) but 2v2, 3v3, etc. options are welcome as well.
Some personal examples of thoughts that pop into my head:
Spectre - not a very good player, but tries to come off as a bad-ass. often focused on trying to look gosu without a willingness to put in the time, effort, and practice necessary to become gosu
Nova - encountering these, as a lower league player, I know these players have plenty of games under their belt but the lack of progression through the ranks indicates an inability to adapt to the changing metagame. I tend to correlate these portraits to play resembling standard builds but hastily or sloppily executed. Obviously some of these associations change depending on league. I tend to play more patiently and rely on them making a mistake or becoming impatient (example: running into my tank line in TvT).
Hybrid/Dark Voice - portrait farmer! likely using 3rd party "software". I'm less likely to cheese for fear of maphacking. Also more on alert to getting cheesed myself.
Kachinsky - possible smurf? or serious 1v1 player does not care about game peripherals is purely focused on becoming a better player. very common portrait but ranges from complete noob to trolling lower leagues to seriously skilled player. This portrait definitely gives rise to the most personal uncertainty - am I playing a well-known user who is going to post this on youtube, or someone too lazy to go and look at their settings?
Also, I tend to worry when a player is using an off-race portrait.
More often than not these turn into one-sided games where I get whooped.
I can't really comment on any of the HOTS portraits since it is so new, I haven't really had time to draw any inferences on them based on old games and personal experience.
I'd love to hear what you associate with certain portraits!
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Any picture:
"I won't assume anything from the portrait alone since I would just be taking shots in the dark guessing."
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If they all have Marcus Cade and all playing Zerg, prepare for 6pool worker rush
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You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho.
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On March 14 2013 21:49 Hypemeup wrote:
You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho.
Why? He is 1 of my fav characters in the sc universe so I had to use that portrait when I unlocked it!
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sometimes I amuse myself by making a mental note on how a player play and I often connect the mental note to his portrait. but I'd never alter my play due to assumptions based upon a portrait.
actually come to think of it, there was a period of time (like 2 weeks) where almost every single player with the Sarah KErrigan portrait fromWoL were BM and often very cheesy :D
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The observations as stated are initial thoughts that pop into my head involuntarily within the first few seconds of the loading screen. It's human nature to make an initial judgement based on what visual stimulus you are presented with.
Kind of like how the initial reaction to encountering someone on the street wearing tattered, smelly clothing is quite a bit different than somebody in a 3-piece suit and shiny Oxfords.
I'm sure some people are more focused on the race and map during those few seconds of loading but screenname and portrait can also have an impact. As previously stated, league is another important variable that also changes the distribution of the portraits.
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Still using Marcus ever since Hotbid ordered me to do it, does that make my gameplay predictable?
Never gave that too much thought, hah.
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I use the zergling portrait, they're cute and have feelings like PETA would like to believe so.
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The Kachinsky portrait is commonly known as "the 6 pool face" among my friends.
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I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me?
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On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me?
A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
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I used to use the probe, because probes are cute as hell. ("meow") I guess this might hint to the fact that I like probes.
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In a 4v4, you see quad kachinsky quad zerg, you prepare for quad 6 pool 
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haha, some of these are spot on. Dark voice is usually never good. Best games tend to be lower level portraits like the baneling, marine, zealot, hydralisk, or just the black guy xD
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
People have different preferences as to how they play their games.
Dark Voice/Predator=rusher is correct to me.
Any person with the 1000 wins portrait for their race meeting me in my lowly diamond league indicates to me that they are someone who simply doesn't care to adapt their play. I crush these guys half the time, which is more than what should be happening if they really have 1000 wins with their race.
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I know what you're talking about man. With my friends, we like to make funny assumptions like these too at the start screen, when we play in team games.
Like :
_ "full Cade" = They know their shit. Badasses or just cheesy but classy mofos.
_ "full other black dudes" = same vibe as Cade, but not as good.
_ "full Kachinsky" = Barcode-style gosus.
_ "full probe" = mass cannon rushes incoming.
_ "Dark voice" = fucking bronze scv rusher. the lowest of trash.
_ Marine portrait = MarineKing smurf account
_ Starcraft Master = Didn't even complete the 30 challenges, you only need 25 to get the portrait so why would you choose that portrait...
_ 1000 1v1 wins = Definitely played a lot, but not very skilled.
_ Brutal campaign completion = Come on...
_ Starjewel and co = Arcade dweller.
_ Fancy WoW, collector premium or Blizzcon portraits = "Lol how lame" but in fact we're just jealous.
Of course, if you want to play seriously, obviously ignore those.
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On March 14 2013 22:10 virpi wrote:
I used to use the probe, because probes are cute as hell. ("meow") I guess this might hint to the fact that I like probes.
And nyan...
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I got some portraits but mostly use just the one I feel is pretty at that time A probe, lots of kerrigan-brutal portrait (not for the achievement but she's so pretty!, overlord because its orange.. Whatever I feel like actually. People shouldn't read anything in my portraits :D
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On March 14 2013 22:16 ZenithM wrote:
I know what you're talking about man. With my friends, we like to make funny assumptions like these too at the start screen, when we play in team games.
Like :
_ "full Cade" = They know their shit. Badasses or just cheesy but classy mofos.
_ "full other black dudes" = same vibe as Cade, but not as good.
_ "full Kachinsky" = Barcode-style gosus.
_ "full probe" = mass cannon rushes incoming.
_ "Dark voice" = fucking bronze scv rusher. the lowest of trash.
_ Marine portrait = MarineKing smurf account
_ Starcraft Master = Didn't even complete the 30 challenges, you only need 25 to get the portrait so why would you choose that portrait...
_ 1000 1v1 wins = Definitely played a lot, but not very skilled.
_ Brutal campaign completion = Come on...
_ Starjewel and co = Arcade dweller.
_ Fancy WoW, collector premium or Blizzcon portraits = "Lol how lame" but in fact we're just jealous.
Of course, if you want to play seriously, obviously ignore those.
All Cade being cheese is a very safe assumption.
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Quite a few of my friends, who recruited me and introduced me to SC2, use the Adjutant profile, so I have come to associate that one with not only a skilled player, but a mentor/big brother kind of figure. I expect a well-mannered, mature player.
Arcade-based portraits, like Zealot Chef or Jeweled Templar or whatever, I tend to think lower level player who will fold under pressure and flock back to the safety of The Arcade after a few decisive losses.
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They should make a portrait for x amount of games won in less than 10 min. That way you can have the enjoyment of crushing your opponent with 2 rax even when they saw it coming.
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I use the Diablo collectors, that makes me a fanboy/sucker I spose 
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
Well, I clicked find game and played a 1v1. And then I clicked find game and played another 1v1. And then I clicked find game and played another 1v1. And then..
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Hydralisk marine = Imposter ^^
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I can't really derive anything these days from portraits since every1 will have 1000 win portraits in master league, but there was a time when the 1000win protoss portrait meant that you were almost for certain going to get cheesed/allined, since few ppl had them and cheesers will play more games/time.
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You don't have to be a mass gamer to have the 1k wins portrait after 2,5years of SC2!
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On March 14 2013 22:37 TeeTS wrote:
You don't have to be a mass gamer to have the 1k wins portrait after 2,5years of SC2!
Exactly, which makes it even weaker to put on that portrait.
Generally, the lower the portrait requirements, the better the player.
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Portraits from playing random means they will cheese.
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On March 14 2013 22:40 ZenithM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:37 TeeTS wrote:
You don't have to be a mass gamer to have the 1k wins portrait after 2,5years of SC2! Exactly, which makes it even weaker to put on that portrait. Generally, the lower the portrait requirements, the better the player.
Bullshit. If you like this character/unit, you may take this portrait. If you like Kerrigan as Queen of Blades, why shouldn't you take her portrait? Because this means you are a bad player? What a stupid statement!
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- The standard guy: "I want to be a a pro"
- any other campaign portrait: noob
- wow collector: noob
- ANY RANDOM portrait: be carefull, he WILL cheese you
- team portrait: cheese too
- any others: glhf, nothing specific
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I expect there is an invers correlation between age and portrat requirement. When I was 14-15 and played wc3 and cared alot about it. Today I don't even notice my opponents portrait and has never changed my own.
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SC1 Medic - An honorable macro player, no cheese or shitting around, always mannered.
Medivac - Same as above but too lazy to farm 100 wins as terran in teamgames.
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I use Zeratul because I like Zeratul. And I'm always in super tryhard mode.
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On March 14 2013 22:55 Ikidomari wrote:
SC1 Medic - An honorable macro player, no cheese or shitting around, always mannered.
Medivac - Same as above but too lazy to farm 100 wins as terran in teamgames.
Actually its 250 terran team wins :D, still lots of work at around 5 minutes a game vs bronze players lol
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:
How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
I don't know, ask half the professional SC2 players in existence?
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
How about 6k games and never played the campaign?
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I had a guy in my first placement match this season see I was using the zerg hots beta portrait and assume I was some übergosu
I did win convincingly, but that's mainly because I was dia/masters in WoL and he was silver 
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On March 14 2013 23:02 yeint wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:
How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign. I don't know, ask half the professional SC2 players in existence?
I think even most of the ones that bought the game for multiplayer have played through the campaign.
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On March 14 2013 22:35 mumming wrote:
I can't really derive anything these days from portraits since every1 will have 1000 win portraits in master league, but there was a time when the 1000win protoss portrait meant that you were almost for certain going to get cheesed/allined, since few ppl had them and cheesers will play more games/time.
thats not right. i dont have 1000 1v1wins, but i was in masters since season1. a friend of mien (who doesnt play a lot, but is quite talented) is in masters since season1 too, but only has ~200 1v1 wins.
On March 14 2013 23:03 StreetWise wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign. How about 6k games and never played the campaign?
you should play it, its nice. but do it on brutal, everything else is a joke for a multiplayer experienced player. hots is even easier than wol ...
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Damn, some of these are hilarious.
You know somebody thinks they're a badass when you see the Kachinsky portrait.
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I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me?
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After reading this thread I find it hilarious that Idra uses the Hydralisk portrait.
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There was a thread like this a few months after WoL came out with the same question. Back then anyone with 750+ wins is guaranteed cheese, and Dark Voice / Predator you just roll your eyes. These threads pop up every few months and it's fun to see how reactions to the high win count portraits change over time. Then at some point people realized how pro Kachinsky is....
Personally I just pick what I think looks cool, and is attainable for me. I've used the SCV (he's freaking pro), Marine, Kate Lockwell, Nyon, Executor, and Stank, and now I have Lassara. I only have the 50 solo win achievement, hit Masters, then pretty much quit the game and never played 1v1 again. And when I did come back occasionally I'd just play team games.
Compare this thread (to people who never played the campaign and don't care) to the guys in the Campaign thread bitching about how easy Brutal is, and that there should be a difficulty tailored for diamond/masters players.
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Guys I love you.for all these things you said. Just to say, i use the Cade portrait absolutely always. I got tons and tons of portraits but never changed the Cade one. I think it is the best and it is hilarious that it is free and you got it in the beginning.
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On March 14 2013 23:14 Absentia wrote:
Damn, some of these are hilarious.
You know somebody thinks they're a badass when you see the Kachinsky portrait.
yep lol, so funny how that works.
initial portrait everyone starts with = badass (bonus points if barcode player)
initial black guy portrait = even more of a badass (bonus points if barcode player)
Spectre = tryharding noob
Dark voice /Predator = beware worker rush or some other brand of cheese, or just a really lame game
Kerrigan/Nova/Tassadar = Look out! We have a badass over here! notrly
Tychus = god among men
+ Show Spoiler +
I used Tychus for most of WoL >_>
course these are all just streotypes. I mean Gumiho uses Dark Voice >_>
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I don't make assumptions based on what portrait someone is using, because honestly, 2.5 years after release, you don't need to be a portrait farmer who only worker rushes or something to have dark voice.
I use whatever I feel like though, typically hydralisk or reaper, though I'm using primal queen right now
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On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me?
Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one.
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protoss 1000 wins portrait outside of masters
cheese incoming
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The right question would be, what is YOUR portrait OP ? ;-).
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On March 14 2013 23:26 Bagi wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me? Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one.
I've always thought Huk and Scarlett belong together. They'de be a great couple. And I too have noticed they both use the same portrait
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I use the sentry portrait in both WoL and HotS (the better one is in HotS) because of my name xD
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in 4v4s me and my friends all use the Kate Lockwell portrait and talk like news anchor in the chat, so if you see 4 Kates OP then you know shits about to get real
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Or you know . . . . people just like the portraits so they use it . . .
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On March 14 2013 22:16 ZenithM wrote:
_ Starjewel and co = Arcade dweller.
hey man, don't you be dissing my starjeweled ornatus pic.
it's the sex
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On March 14 2013 22:49 TeeTS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:40 ZenithM wrote:On March 14 2013 22:37 TeeTS wrote:
You don't have to be a mass gamer to have the 1k wins portrait after 2,5years of SC2! Exactly, which makes it even weaker to put on that portrait. Generally, the lower the portrait requirements, the better the player. Bullshit. If you like this character/unit, you may take this portrait. If you like Kerrigan as Queen of Blades, why shouldn't you take her portrait? Because this means you are a bad player? What a stupid statement!
Lol...
You didn't get much of this thread did you? It's called "stereotypes" for a reason, we're not trying to seriously reverse someone's skill by his portrait, much of it is a joke.
As you said, if you like a portrait, put it on. I personally have grinded 25 random wins just to have the sentry portrait, although I play purely Terran. Someone said in this thread that random portraits are cheesers, and I found it funny, I was not offended by it :/
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Idk, I just swap it around depending what I think looks good.
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On March 14 2013 23:33 ArhK wrote:
The right question would be, what is YOUR portrait OP ? ;-).
I used the default Kachinsky for the first few weeks. My friends from Broodwar already had 4000+ SC2 games played. Initially I didn't bother to change my portrait since I hadn't really unlocked any of them. After awhile, it became a point of pride to me among my friends, that I could compete with them despite the lack of experience. The Kachinsky portrait became a symbol of that.
However, I hit a slump where I was losing games and struggling to adapt to SC2 and find my identity as a player. I switched to Thatcher then and believe it or not this kind of lightened my mood since I couldn't take it as seriously, seeing my name next to that chick with the hat pre-game, it would always make me laugh and then I would enjoy the game more. Plus, there are so many Kachinsky portraits out there.
I have yet to encounter 1 Thatcher as an opponent, so the fact that it is rare also makes it a novelty of sorts.
It makes me feel unique :D
I really did like Kachinsky a lot but too many people use it.
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On March 14 2013 23:24 Holdinga wrote:Guys I love you.for all these things you said. Just to say, i use the Cade portrait absolutely always. I got tons and tons of portraits but never changed the Cade one. I think it is the best and it is hilarious that it is free and you got it in the beginning.
Cade is just the best :D
Also, GuMiHo is probably like the only legit Dark Voice owner in existence.
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3 or 4 x Cade --> Team of hardcore badasses
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On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me?
That's funny! I've played ~400 games and haven't seen a single Thatcher portrait yet.
It's impossible for me to assign a stereotype to it since I haven't played against anybody that uses it.
If my personal reasons are any indication, Thatcher represents a player who has plateaued and subsequently learned not to take the game so seriously after suffering the equivalent of a SC2 midlife crisis haha
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I'm going to use the battlecruiser as soon as I get it. Yes, I've been playing the game since release and I still don't have 750 Terran wins, but damn I'm going to enjoy that portrait after using it all throughout the WoL beta <3
I'm using the mercenary character from the HoTS campaign atm, she looks badass.
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On March 14 2013 22:55 Ikidomari wrote:
SC1 Medic - An honorable macro player, no cheese or shitting around, always mannered.
Medivac - Same as above but too lazy to farm 100 wins as terran in teamgames.
So exactly true for me you couldn't possibly be more correct on that one. (Sometimes I 2-Rax Zerg though)
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I think the OP needs a poll.
Just to see Cade win. By a large margin.
Personally, I use either the Sentry or the Marine in 1v1. Sentry because it looks cool, I liked sentries when I played Protoss, and Mvp used it back then when he was KR GM with random. Marine, because it's MarineKing favorite portrait, and I follow MarineKing.
For everything else, there is Cade.
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To be honest I never really gave any thought into their portrait. I understand how you guys can make these guesses/assumptions, but I've never really done it until now.
On March 15 2013 00:16 FancyCaTSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:55 Ikidomari wrote:
SC1 Medic - An honorable macro player, no cheese or shitting around, always mannered.
Medivac - Same as above but too lazy to farm 100 wins as terran in teamgames. So exactly true for me you couldn't possibly be more correct on that one. (Sometimes I 2-Rax Zerg though)
This is exactly me too. I usually swap between Medic/Medivac/Ghost. (And yes I 2rax Zerg sometimes too)
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On March 14 2013 21:48 MattBarry wrote:
If they all have Marcus Cade and all playing Zerg, prepare for 6pool worker rush
Oh man, so true! Some great memories of getting quadra-Cade-Zerg mirror matches - always fun.
We all had terrible Prime team rip off nicknames too - SCVKingPrime, ViKingPrime,LucKingPrime, although F**KingPrime got banned quickly XD
Good times!
I think the Probe picture also correlates pretty well with cannon cheese and void rays XD
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So, i guess i am a fanboi with my Tyrael space Marine :-/
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If they have a portrait that requires 1000+ wins, I always just cheese.
Even if I am better than mechanically (cheese always fails, but I can sometimes get back in thanks to them being bad), if you have a lot of wins I feel required to cheese you even though you should be experienced at stopping cheese.
I dunno lol, I've had the game for a year, but have only played like 400 games, while some of these guys have had it for the same amount of time have 2000+ games played and I'm like WTF how to compete without cheesing.
Unfortunately, I suck at cheesing -___-.
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I find it surprising the number of people with the Brutal WoL campaign portrait, but are actually horrible players.
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So I'm high master terran and I play with battlecruiser portrait, even having the Nova one. So...? What would the assumption be for me?
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
I've played 4k games and never played the campaign. Some of us find single player to be a joke and just like to ladder...
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I did play a 3v3 against a team who used this portrait.
![[image loading]](http://us.media.blizzard.com/sc2/media/screenshots/guide/portraits/portrait_goliath-large.jpg)
I laughed and couldn't help but think they were bears.
(Bears = American slang for large, gay, hairy men often with a smaller, more effeminate partner)
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On March 15 2013 00:23 xTrim wrote:
So I'm high master terran and I play with battlecruiser portrait, even having the Nova one. So...? What would the assumption be for me?
That's actually the norm for good terran players I would say (displaying the 750 wins portrait over the 1000 one). Mvp used to have the battlecruiser portrait on his main ladder account. I think I would use the Battlecruiser if I had it ;D
Such a shame we can't see pros' portraits anymore due to heavy barcoding 
Edit: I think the Carrier is cooler than Tassadar too.
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I know it's just a subjective feeling but I noticed that Terrans with Thor portraits really liked one base allins and cheesy play (I'm Protoss)
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I love this thread.
I've used Ghost for most of WoL (because of my name), then it got nerfed. So I switch to Banshee right after that (still because of my name, plus I love banshees, hi ladder protosses), and haven't changed ever since then (except for switching between regular, night elf and queen banshee recently).
What does that make me ?
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i use arcade portraits i only play arcade
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i use banshee portrait. i never use banshees ingame, so i hope that gives them something to think about.
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Well... I don't care about portraits at all. I use the Pandamarine because pandas are awesome! :D
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i put drone potrait cause i roast them with my hellion
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I use off-race portrait to confuse people.
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On March 15 2013 00:46 tomatriedes wrote:
I use off-race portrait to confuse people.
That reminds me that I used to play Protoss on a smurf named Ghost with a Baneling portrait. I got a lot of comments from that
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Thatcher: Ultimate f***ng baller tbqh :D
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On March 15 2013 00:51 The_Unseen wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 00:46 tomatriedes wrote:
I use off-race portrait to confuse people. That reminds me that I used to play Protoss on a smurf named Ghost with a Baneling portrait. I got a lot of comments from that
Haha that's amazing.
How do you guys think the portraits gained through the HotS leveling system will be seen 1 year from now?
They all look very cool, so it's tough to say.
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void ray portait is the coolest...dont even use the other unlocked ones
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On March 14 2013 21:43 NubainMuscle wrote:
Kachinsky - possible smurf?
I used either this or Jim Raynor for my smurfs, because making them look newbie was the order of the day.
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what do you guys think of the mutalisk one (500 random 1v1 wins) when a zerg uses it?
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Portraits don't mean anything unless you feel the need to bestow them with some greater meaning. Dark Voice doesn't mean you're a no-life and Stock doesn't mean you're smurfing. People just think they look cool (and I agree).
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On March 15 2013 00:51 The_Unseen wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 00:46 tomatriedes wrote:
I use off-race portrait to confuse people. That reminds me that I used to play Protoss on a smurf named Ghost with a Baneling portrait. I got a lot of comments from that
LOL too damn good, well-played, well-played.
That's an awesome idea.
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Mostly i pick the potrait of the unit that people whine the most about
else i use something that a very few people use.
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On March 15 2013 01:21 Inori wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 01:11 Mortal wrote:
Portraits don't mean anything unless you feel the need to bestow them with some greater meaning. Dark Voice doesn't mean you're a no-life and Stock doesn't mean you're smurfing. People just think they look cool (and I agree). There's a reason why person X thinks portrait Y looks cool.
So based on that you think that you can Sherlock someone because they like the color blue so the Carrier looked kind of cool to them? No.
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Never really gave any skill significance to the portraits, not even assumed one.. they are mostly either a personal preference or there are people who simply don't care about some silly icon next to their name. Of course, there are the opposite extremes of this, the achievement hunters, who just want to look cool (at least they think it's cool, I don't like that portrait at all ) with some Dark Voice stuff. I personally use a Zealot portrait, simply because Zealots are awesome. No other significance for me.
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everyone should just be rolling cade anyway
those were glorious ties...
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More times than I care to recount I've ran into people that have A Zerg portrait, and their IGN is "Zerg", but they are playing Terran -- or any other sort of mashup like that, I sometimes end up playing against them with the wrong opening, I even went FFE versus a Terran becuase I thought they were Zerg.
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On March 15 2013 01:31 Inori wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 01:26 Mortal wrote:On March 15 2013 01:21 Inori wrote:On March 15 2013 01:11 Mortal wrote:
Portraits don't mean anything unless you feel the need to bestow them with some greater meaning. Dark Voice doesn't mean you're a no-life and Stock doesn't mean you're smurfing. People just think they look cool (and I agree). There's a reason why person X thinks portrait Y looks cool. So based on that you think that you can Sherlock someone because they like the color blue so the Carrier looked kind of cool to them? No. Obviously you can't guess what person ate for dinner based on his portrait. All I'm saying is that it's never as simple as "I pick X because I think it's cool, end of story". There's a reason why you think it's cool and I don't.
I direct you to BabyToss!'s post.
I think Zealots are awesome, no other significance for me!
I would be willing to be this is a more common occurance than you'd think. They don't have to think "Well because this is a beefy unit that does this that and the other, it's cool." It could literally just be "that thing's cool, let's use that."
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A lot of portrait use is probably "Hmm, I don't see this one much, I'll use that".
This topic is pretty much tongue in cheek anyway.
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On March 15 2013 01:43 Inori wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 01:38 Mortal wrote:On March 15 2013 01:31 Inori wrote:On March 15 2013 01:26 Mortal wrote:On March 15 2013 01:21 Inori wrote:On March 15 2013 01:11 Mortal wrote:
Portraits don't mean anything unless you feel the need to bestow them with some greater meaning. Dark Voice doesn't mean you're a no-life and Stock doesn't mean you're smurfing. People just think they look cool (and I agree). There's a reason why person X thinks portrait Y looks cool. So based on that you think that you can Sherlock someone because they like the color blue so the Carrier looked kind of cool to them? No. Obviously you can't guess what person ate for dinner based on his portrait. All I'm saying is that it's never as simple as "I pick X because I think it's cool, end of story". There's a reason why you think it's cool and I don't. I direct you to BabyToss!'s post. I think Zealots are awesome, no other significance for me! I would be willing to be this is a more common occurance than you'd think. They don't have to think "Well because this is a beefy unit that does this that and the other, it's cool." It could literally just be "that thing's cool, let's use that." I direct you to psychology 101 where you can learn that peoples preferences are often defined subconsciously.
If you're so delusional in your own intellect that you think you can determine someone's traits based upon their portrait, go right ahead. They don't mean anything to most people. As also mentioned above, this is about as tongue-in-cheek as it gets.
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I always create a theme with my portait + decal and custom game colour.
For example these are ones i've thought up for each race:
[T] Mira's Mercs Roleplay: Mira Han or Mira Horner portrait + Mira's Mercs decal + Pink terran colour.
[T] General Warfield Roleplay: Warfield Portrait + Commander Decal + Organge terran colour (closest to desert camo imo)
[P] Templar Clan Roleplay: Templar portrait (either random wins or protoss leveling) + Templar Decal or Tribe Decal + clan colour
[P] Taldarim Roleplay: Nyon Portrait + Taldarim Decal + Teal colour
[Z] HOTS Human Kerrigan Roleplay: Ghost Kerrigan Portrait + Zerg Symbol Decal + Orange
[Z] HOTS Queen of Blades Roleplay: Queen of Blades Portrait (any) + Zerg Symbol Decal + purple
[R] HOTS Narud Roleplay: Narud Portrait + Hybrid Honors Decal
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People that have the 1K random multiplayer win are generally big multiplayer try hard that think they're the shit cause they got to masters 4 gating, and are awful in 1V1. They are also often BM. But I don't presume thing cause of portraits, this one just struck me because of how bm most of these guys were (like, if winning with their cheese, they would inform me of how much of a bad player I am, and insult me and claim imbalances if they failed).
Otherwise, everybody knows that medivac portait > all.
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hahaha im ashamed but i am guilty of this..
I assume:
Standard guy: could be total noob or uber gosu
Team games portrait: bad and possible cheese
Probe: Cannon rush 20%
1000 wins: Very good player mostly..
Any high game wins like carrier - better than me probably
higher random like 1000x -good random player, (may depend which race he is very best, will probably ask ^^)
Diablo/WOW/Collectors/Blitzcon pack - 75% Bad, fanboy, rich kid
Other than portrait I think "random" race is 50% cheese but thats just me assuming.
Chatty people: Will 50% cheese hahaaha
Obnoxious name: will 60% cheese haha
Boring trying to be cool name like "Zaber" or "darkblaze" somthing along those names: trying hard player, 40% bad
its a good thing there are levels in HOts, but I only judge peopl by their portraits if it is an unranked game or custom game because it does not make sense if u ladder and are of the same league unless the team portraits.
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I'm most scared when going against people with like 10-75 wins portraits, because you know they don't give a fuck. When I see brutal campaign ones I think to myself, oh so you beat the campaign on brutal? You must be the next bonjwa. When I see 1k win portraits I'm not worried because they prob just got to 1k and that's fine because I have like 3k wins.
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I have thoughts like this too, especially with offrace portraits. Like "what is this guy some sort of master with every race?!?!" Part of ladder anxiety. The nova one also usually scares me. I just stick to the marauder because its my favourite unit and I love bio.
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I use the most prestigious portrait which is obviously Kate Lockwell and I get the occasional "LOL u a girl???"
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On March 14 2013 23:33 Holdinga wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 23:26 Bagi wrote:On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me? Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one. I've always thought Huk and Scarlett belong together. They'de be a great couple. And I too have noticed they both use the same portrait
uhhh
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On March 15 2013 02:06 BrassMonkey27 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 23:33 Holdinga wrote:On March 14 2013 23:26 Bagi wrote:On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me? Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one. I've always thought Huk and Scarlett belong together. They'de be a great couple. And I too have noticed they both use the same portrait uhhh
Apparently we still have a long way to go before we can treat everyone equally...
Yes Huk and Scarlett would be a great couple.
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Stukov Campaign Portrait is next level Terran badass-ery
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I shake in my jimmies when I see a Cade portrait
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On March 15 2013 02:06 BrassMonkey27 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 23:33 Holdinga wrote:On March 14 2013 23:26 Bagi wrote:On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me? Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one. I've always thought Huk and Scarlett belong together. They'de be a great couple. And I too have noticed they both use the same portrait uhhh
Don't say it. You will get banned.
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On March 15 2013 02:11 BronzeKnee wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 02:06 BrassMonkey27 wrote:On March 14 2013 23:33 Holdinga wrote:On March 14 2013 23:26 Bagi wrote:On March 14 2013 23:17 GhostLink wrote:
I use Thatcher(The girl in a cap from Hyperion's cantina and have for almost a year now. That is by far my favorite portrait.
How would you evaluate me? Wannabe canadian, I've seen Huk and Scarlett always use that one. I've always thought Huk and Scarlett belong together. They'de be a great couple. And I too have noticed they both use the same portrait uhhh Apparently we still have a long way to go before we can treat everyone equally... Yes Huk and Scarlett would be a great couple.
This man is right, can we please stop discriminating against Canadians?
PS. I used Viking, now Stukov cause he looks cool :>
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On March 15 2013 02:12 mau5mat wrote:
Stukov Campaign Portrait is next level Terran badass-ery
but stukov is infested it doesn't make sense for a terran to use it...
It is a zerg portrait!
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Thatcher = fucking badass : D
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It is funny how portraits affect some opponents. Usually I use the Medic as it suits my style. But alot of people react to a portrait missmatching the race. They think you are a Terran offracing and some play fearful expecting cheese or a superior opponent or act as if you are easy prey.
After I adapted my portrait to the race I diced, I noticed a decline in people that are overly defensive or that don't play thoughtful in the first minutes.
Playing random without affecting your opponent is really tough. When I played random I felt like 3 out of 10 wins were wins given to me, because my opponents either left asap or did some silly mistakes.
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Kachinsky makes me nervous. I fear they are such good players they feel like they have nothing to prove.
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I just use Spectre, because it looks coolest.
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I've been using the 10win marine since I've gotten it and I've forgotten how to change portraits
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I use Medivac since start and I still love it, even though I play protoss mainly
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So true about the Kachinsky guy.
- I'm cool and don't care
- I pretend that I'm cool and don't care
- I have no idea what I'm doing
Pick one
Considering other portraits I don't really read anything into it.
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Maybe you are just overreading it?
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Cade portrait = skilled opponent
any other portrait = scrub.
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I use Viking because it is the best and challenging but not TOO hard to get
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i pick the cute girls because i am a ladies' man.
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Read every page so far, nobody uses battlecruiser, seriously?
I'm all battlecruiser. His bionic eye is awesome and he's smoking a pipe! HelloOOOoo?!
I don't care what you think it makes me, I already know: BAAADASSS
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The only one I will ever use is Kate Lockwell.
She was the true hero of the WoL campaign.
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I love the marine, but i like the new one even more :D
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On March 15 2013 03:00 KirA_TheGreaT wrote:
I love the marine, but i like the new one even more :D
Haha so true. Even though it's only a level 3 portrait, it definitely packs some badass aura.
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On March 15 2013 02:55 HoLe wrote:
Read every page so far, nobody uses battlecruiser, seriously?
I'm all battlecruiser. His bionic eye is awesome and he's smoking a pipe! HelloOOOoo?!
I don't care what you think it makes me, I already know: BAAADASSS
I need to unlock it still T_T
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On March 14 2013 22:13 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
haha, some of these are spot on. Dark voice is usually never good. Best games tend to be lower level portraits like the baneling, marine, zealot, hydralisk, or just the black guy xD
CADE!
I've never changed my picture from Cade since day 1.
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I use the Pandaren Marine portrait from some promotional thing.
The only time I really pay attention is when someone is using an offrace portrait. That throws me off for some reason if it's one that takes a large amount of wins to get.
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If ANYTHING, I sometimes make assumptions over screenames...
For example, If the guys name is uMad, he'll probably cheese you.
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I just use the Zealot Chef, while playing T or Z. You can't go wrong with Zealot Chef.
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SCV - Generally the best Terran players I face, odd that.
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If you see Marcus Cade then prepare to have your jimmies rustled because they're a hardcore badass mofo with no conscience who'll bomb your ass back to copperleague like the crying try-hard 6yo rich kid that you are. Also there's only 1 person who really uses Cade and it's me, PEACE.
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Mutalisk ftw!
I cheesed 500 1v1s to get that damn portrait, but muta is my favorite unit so i wanted it^^
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I use Hill because he looks pretty cool and almost nobody else uses him. I have to admit he is quite a boring character in the campaign of course but I don't really care about that.
On March 14 2013 21:43 NubainMuscle wrote:
Nova - encountering these, as a lower league player, I know these players have plenty of games under their belt but the lack of progression through the ranks indicates an inability to adapt to the changing metagame.
In my opinion there isn't really much of a metagame in the lower leagues. I think people should stop using this word in that regard. And the main reason for people to stay in the lower leagues despite having a ton of games is probably that they are just not very talented mechanically.
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On March 15 2013 03:24 DonkeyShot wrote:
If you see Marcus Cade then prepare to have your jimmies rustled because they're a hardcore badass mofo with no conscience who'll bomb your ass back to copperleague like the crying try-hard 6yo rich kid that you are. Also there's only 1 person who really uses Cade and it's me, PEACE.
Yes, you and ten thousand others, according to this thread.
I'm using the nightelf banshee from the WoL CE, because it shows how much money and swag I got, which I actually don't have.
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I CAN NOT BELIEVE no one(?) has mentioned Kate Lockwell. Hands down the best portrait, way better than Tatcher for that wtf vibe.
edit. btw please give your diagnosis on Kate Lockwell portrait users.
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
I hit around 2500 games before I started the campaign.
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On March 15 2013 04:13 viasacra89 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign. I hit around 2500 games before I started the campaign.
same >.<
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Didn't play campaign until I had played around 400 ladder games...
+ Show Spoiler +
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You're supposed to mindgame your opponent, not yourself.
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Best portrait is for sure the adjutant
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The Dark Voice Portrait by itself always scares me because I just see this black scary face all of a sudden :<
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I am gold league.If i see barcode Kachinsky i know what to expect.He is a pro doing his placement matches and leaves the game instantly.If that doesn't happen i expect cheese.And every single time it was a toss cannon rushing.
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Egon Stettman. It's random as fuck and no one has any idea how you'll play or what you'll do.
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On March 14 2013 21:49 Hypemeup wrote:
You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho.
probably would have been happy if stukov wasn't an icon at all? then you could have bragged about how you wanted blizzard to add it and how you would have been so unique in using it.
I like zagara, looks like a bad ass queen
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I remember my friends and I playing team games and using those portraits you start with when you buy the game, because we wanted to fool our opponents, thinking we were really bad and new players to the game.
If it worked? .. I think it did sometimes
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I was playing 3v3 with some friends and we played a group of 3 Cade (Black guy) and they were all named poo and they all played random. I couldn't stop laughing
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O[r]lan all day long.
Edit: I didn't even know how to spell my portraits name haha
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On March 15 2013 03:44 hootsushi wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 03:24 DonkeyShot wrote:
If you see Marcus Cade then prepare to have your jimmies rustled because they're a hardcore badass mofo with no conscience who'll bomb your ass back to copperleague like the crying try-hard 6yo rich kid that you are. Also there's only 1 person who really uses Cade and it's me, PEACE. Yes, you and ten thousand others, according to this thread. I'm using the nightelf banshee from the WoL CE, because it shows how much money and swag I got, which I actually don't have.
Yeah that's pretty much what i think of people with WoW portraits.
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Tbh, don't spend so much time speculating about your opponent and concentrate on improving instead.
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I usually switch around Marauder, Firebat or Medivac. Marauder is just too cool.
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I assume that my opponent is GM if he has the Black Guy portrait because it's the most badass portrait in the universe.
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I used a spectre for a long time and you describes me perfectly lol.
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On March 15 2013 02:35 Melwach wrote:So true about the Kachinsky guy. - I'm cool and don't care - I pretend that I'm cool and don't care - I have no idea what I'm doing Pick one Considering other portraits I don't really read anything into it.
You know that the dudes name is Kachinsky = You care, which mean you isn't cool...
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It's funny because my friend who used to play used spectre and he was the best out of all my friends (mid-masters).
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On March 15 2013 05:08 ACrow wrote:
Tbh, don't spend so much time speculating about your oponent and concentrate on improving instead.
Definitely Kachinsky.
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On March 15 2013 05:45 Vod.kaholic wrote:
It's funny because my friend who used to play used spectre and he was the best out of all my friends (mid-masters).
Got a friend in GM who for a long time used spectre.
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On March 14 2013 21:48 MattBarry wrote:
If they all have Marcus Cade and all playing Zerg, prepare for 6pool worker rush
Haha, so true. Cade is the ultimate troll/rush portrait.
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Spectre was fairly challenging to get, I was always under the impression it was a sign of a player who was at least in Platinum league.
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Personally the only portrait which speaks to me is Tassadar (1kwin protoss). I'm part of a french speaking community, and among us was that ultimate protoss scrub who farmed games like hell, always cheesed, whined and bitched about everyone, and never got out of bronze. For me, this portrait will always be associated to a no skill farmer (and protoss, which is a bad point too).
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On March 15 2013 06:05 BrassMonkey27 wrote:
Spectre was fairly challenging to get, I was always under the impression it was a sign of a player who was at least in Platinum league.
Time spent getting a portrait = Time not laddering 1v1. So scrub :<
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The only stereotype I use is when I play team games and my opponents have the predator portrait and I assume that team is going to cheese me.
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On March 14 2013 21:49 Hypemeup wrote:
You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho.
He is rather easy to access, as anyone can just put some time into the campaign and unlock him. A bit bummed an awesome looking portrait is that easy to get.
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I always just use whichever portrait i unlocked latest, which right now is the Spectre, has nothing to do with me being a badass, i think you make to many assumptions bro lmao..... I also was atleast 1k games into multiplayer before i even touched the campaign.
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I use Zealot Chef, what does that tell you?
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i don't even know what portrait i use lol
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I use the hydra portrait on all 3 of my accounts.
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My account has panda in the name, and I use the panda marine. I found it amusing in August of 2010 and haven't changed it since. I really don't care. I haven't changed any of that unlockable crap either like those things that are around the nexus.
On all my other accounts Kachinsky because who cares, it is a portrait.
Also I once played a person named Terran with a Protoss portrait and was playing Zerg. I was thrown for a loop for a minute when I first saw it.
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On March 15 2013 07:06 Rokevo wrote:
I use the hydra portrait on all 3 of my accounts.
tryhard idra wannabe :>
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thatcher is the best portrait
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I've used the default one from launch, and haven't ever changed it since.
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I actually used a Terran one while playing zerg and the guy completely forgot my race and didn't wall off.... Yeah.... Wasn't intentional, but it amused me.. him.. not so much
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Any 500+ victories in team league :
This guy survived to over 500 cheese,better not engage him on that,lets go macro.
Wow portrait :
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahah
Jim raynor :
either noob or troll
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Anyone else rock the overlord portrait? I'm also partial to zealot and probe and scv.
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I use the valerian portrait basically because I like it. Though this choice has won me a game once. I load in and my opponent leaves. I ask him why and he replies: portrait. Lucky me :-p
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Cade - if i lose he might steal my wallet.
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On March 14 2013 22:16 ZenithM wrote:
I know what you're talking about man. With my friends, we like to make funny assumptions like these too at the start screen, when we play in team games.
Like :
_ "full Cade" = They know their shit. Badasses or just cheesy but classy mofos.
_ "full other black dudes" = same vibe as Cade, but not as good.
_ "full Kachinsky" = Barcode-style gosus.
_ "full probe" = mass cannon rushes incoming.
_ "Dark voice" = fucking bronze scv rusher. the lowest of trash.
_ Marine portrait = MarineKing smurf account
_ Starcraft Master = Didn't even complete the 30 challenges, you only need 25 to get the portrait so why would you choose that portrait...
_ 1000 1v1 wins = Definitely played a lot, but not very skilled.
_ Brutal campaign completion = Come on...
_ Starjewel and co = Arcade dweller.
_ Fancy WoW, collector premium or Blizzcon portraits = "Lol how lame" but in fact we're just jealous.
Of course, if you want to play seriously, obviously ignore those.
I use the starjeweled portrait and the only arcade I have played is to get it. Rainbow Toss is the best! For context I'm masters with 4k 1v1 played.
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I use the hellion, tank, or thor portrait and even called my self 'Hellionking" in the beta and people still were surprised or unprepared when I meched.
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On March 14 2013 21:51 Whiplash wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 21:49 Hypemeup wrote:
You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho. Why? He is 1 of my fav characters in the sc universe so I had to use that portrait when I unlocked it!
Good taste Whiplash. Stukov (and the UED) are the best in SC.
Remember, the UED manage to control a baby Overmind and it took everyone (Kerrigan, Raynor, Mengsk, Protoss) to defeat the UED.
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On March 14 2013 21:48 kafkaesque wrote:
Any picture:
"I won't assume anything from the portrait alone since I would just be taking shots in the dark guessing."
This is what we all want to think we do, but I know I don't.
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On March 14 2013 21:48 MattBarry wrote:
If they all have Marcus Cade and all playing Zerg, prepare for 6pool worker rush
it is like stereotype inception.
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I use Tauren Marine and I've never seen anybody else with it. So, stereotype of one. People who use Tauren Marine are mostly Canadian and amazing.
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I've used human Kerrigan, Stank (only one other person mentioned!), and now Narud. Mainly to brag among friends :D
Also used SCV for the longest time as a Zerg player.
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So if I use the zealot chef portrait whats the stereotype?
Usually when I ladder, I don't see any special portraits, mostly their own races' 1v1 ladder ones. When I play monobattles though, I've observed that the players with the jim raynor portrait are usually bronze/non-1v1 players
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My friends and I when 4v4-ing would have 1 Mengsk and 3 black guys. Interpret however you feel like.
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I use the Warhound portrait because it's a unit that is unobtainable and i think it looks cool. Im only platinum but still I think it is a pretty cool portrait that is pretty rare as well. If I didn't have the Warhound I would choose the Stukov portrait because terran is the race I play and I love the lore surrounding Starcraft and any unit from sc1 and bw is the fucking shit (sorry language :O).
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I switched to the widow mine because people get really mad about the balance of that unit.
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On March 15 2013 04:30 Mothra wrote:
You're supposed to mindgame your opponent, not yourself.
^^ This.
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default portrait + barcode name is the way to go
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kerrigan... Oh god why me
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in a team game if their portrait is a probe and they are toss it means they are cannon rushers or 2gaters, if the enemy team has the same portraits as eachother (whether it's the probe or not) they are an organised team via skype or something
im in plat so if i see people with the tassadar or queen of blades portrait i think and say to them "how the hell can u have 1k wins of that race and only be in plat?? talk about bein stuck in plat"
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1st of all, the ppl stating the obvious: "this is bs, i dont judge ppl like that" no shit, your boring me. This is about stereotypes, chill out.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/953/sc2unitportraits.jpg
On the SEA server:
Nova - Diamond player or a leader in a well coordinated team, tough opponent, sometimes BMer.
Kachinsky - Thinks they're cool, ladies man, arrogant, im actually a little embarrassed for them.
Cade - Someone cocky, BMer, blames other team mates for their own bad skill/fault in play, very arrogant.
Ghost - A Silver player, maybe a try hard.
Spectre - same as a Ghost, except bronze.
Thatcher - Possibly a girl, maybe even a lesbian. Or just a male with bad taste in women. Skill ranges from mostly bad to alright
Zealot - a Starwars fan, top 3 bronze
Nyon - a Transformers fan
Firebat/Marauder - a young person
Mohandar/Void Ray - someone who likes ninja's
Lenassa Dark Templar - an obsessive panty sniffer who has contracted pink eye
lol
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Keep up the good work guys. Loving all these, even when I have an opposite opinion on some. It's just so funny what people can come up with just by seeing a portrait :D
In WoL, when I see a Terran player with a solo zerg portrait, I say to myself "No infestors to save you this time *cruel smirk*".
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I use the new zergling because it is adorable
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Yup, that's why I prefer Kachinsky.
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I have never ever come across another player who uses Rory Swann. That stasche brings respect.
But yeah, I do see a crapload of Specters everywhere, and used to use it too in my first few days because I thought it would make me look cool on ladder.
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On March 15 2013 12:40 Goldfish wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 21:51 Whiplash wrote:On March 14 2013 21:49 Hypemeup wrote:
You read into it way to much.
Im kinda mad everyone uses Stukov now tho. Why? He is 1 of my fav characters in the sc universe so I had to use that portrait when I unlocked it! Good taste Whiplash. Stukov (and the UED) are the best in SC. Remember, the UED manage to control a baby Overmind and it took everyone (Kerrigan, Raynor, Mengsk, Protoss) to defeat the UED.
It only took Kerrigan alone to defeat Mengsk, UED and Protoss at once actually. Just on her own. She isnt nearly as badass as she was in BW.
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From my experiences, the sillier the portrait, the better player they are. Some of most crushing losses have been to Night Elf Banshee/various random Campaign portraits.
Yet teamgame 500+ Icons are often players who barely have the mechanics to go beyond 2 bases.
Of course this is a huge generalisation, but a funny one to apply
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Tassadar = CombatEX or Incontrol.
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Ive been rocking the Brutal HotS ace portrait. But i assume a lot of people will be using it because the campaign was so damn easy. Its a shame, the portrait is really bad ass
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Mira Han = crap, he is going to random into my race and embarrass me in the mirror matchup
Battlecruiser (in Platinum and below, with matching cross Terran decal) = busy career man, but plays a dedicated 2-3 games daily in the evening to unwind after work. likely has a beer and some snacks beside him on the table. keyboard hand is not actually using the keyboard 50% of the time as he snacks mid-game. his attention is often divided. poor posture while playing (slouched in an office chair), no real gameplan beyond his failed hellion/marine drop in a random part of my base.
My gameplan is to survive the initial attack and then simply multitask him to death
Zerg player with Terran or Protoss portrait = very dangerous, fundamentally sound Zerg.. I need to bring my A-game.
WoL infested green Kerrigan = auto-win for me, for whatever reason. Haven't figured this one out, but I never lose to these players. I know Destiny used this portrait, I'm sure he would quickly and viciously bring my streak to an end. They are certainly out there, but I have yet to encounter one.
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On March 15 2013 18:29 NubainMuscle wrote:Battlecruiser (in Platinum and below, with matching cross Terran decal) = busy career man, but plays a dedicated 2-3 games daily in the evening to unwind after work. likely has a beer and some snacks beside him on the table. keyboard hand is not actually using the keyboard 50% of the time as he snacks mid-game. his attention is often divided. poor posture while playing (slouched in an office chair), no real gameplan beyond his failed hellion/marine drop in a random part of my base.
My gameplan is to survive the initial attack and then simply multitask him to death
This is just great haha. Brilliant :D
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On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:07 priestnoob wrote:
I don't know who most of the portraits are named after, including mine (1k wins Protoss). What does that make me? A scrub who hasn't played the campaign? How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign.
The same way a GSL Code S commentator never played the campaign until a week ago.
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On March 15 2013 15:53 MistaCizm wrote:1st of all, the ppl stating the obvious: "this is bs, i dont judge ppl like that" no shit, your boring me. This is about stereotypes, chill out. http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/953/sc2unitportraits.jpgOn the SEA server: Nova - Diamond player or a leader in a well coordinated team, tough opponent, sometimes BMer. Kachinsky - Thinks they're cool, ladies man, arrogant, im actually a little embarrassed for them. Cade - Someone cocky, BMer, blames other team mates for their own bad skill/fault in play, very arrogant. Ghost - A Silver player, maybe a try hard. Spectre - same as a Ghost, except bronze. Thatcher - Possibly a girl, maybe even a lesbian. Or just a male with bad EXCELLENT taste in women. Skill ranges from mostly bad to alright gosu to GM Zealot - a Starwars fan, top 3 bronze Nyon - a Transformers fan Firebat/Marauder - a young person Mohandar/Void Ray - someone who likes ninja's Lenassa Dark Templar - an obsessive panty sniffer who has contracted pink eye lol
Fixed that for you
On March 15 2013 18:53 oOOoOphidian wrote:
Thatcher is always progamer :D
Its pretty much a requirement to use her.
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Thatcher is always progamer :D
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On March 15 2013 18:40 ZenithM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 18:29 NubainMuscle wrote:Battlecruiser (in Platinum and below, with matching cross Terran decal) = busy career man, but plays a dedicated 2-3 games daily in the evening to unwind after work. likely has a beer and some snacks beside him on the table. keyboard hand is not actually using the keyboard 50% of the time as he snacks mid-game. his attention is often divided. poor posture while playing (slouched in an office chair), no real gameplan beyond his failed hellion/marine drop in a random part of my base.
My gameplan is to survive the initial attack and then simply multitask him to death This is just great haha. Brilliant :D
^_^
I actually forgot some critical details.
Battlecruiser Portrait:
-Blissfully unaware of the existence of a professional Starcraft 2 gaming scene.
-Unaware of league structure and believes Gold League is the highest league since Gold is #1 in most sports and the fact that he has not been promoted for nearly a year.
-He does not "glhf" or "gg" in-game nor does he receive these messages due to disabled chat function.
-Considered it very creative to substitute the number 4 instead of the word "for" in his screen name.
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Well, I always used the sentrie on wol and now I use the hots sentrie. Because there is not that much player who use it (really not), and it s pretty cool. On woll it was random 1v1 I guess (50 or 100) so some just not had it.
But I don t look at it in general.
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The only thing I watch out for is a high level race portrait and he's playing an other race. If he has the 500 wins as protoss and playing zerg I assume that he's either race switching or cheesing and I play really safe.
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On March 15 2013 02:49 monkybone wrote:
People using 1k portraits are hardcore ragers.
this is so true
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On March 14 2013 23:02 yeint wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 22:09 MattBarry wrote:
How have you played over 1k games and never played the campaign. I don't know, ask half the professional SC2 players in existence?
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I haven't even finished the first SC2 WoL mission. I played it for about 5 minutes and thought it was boring. Went back to multiplayer. Brood War was the same way for me... I played a campaign mission and got bored.
I really don't play SC2 for the campaigns.
*EDIT* I use the Cade portrait mainly because he got that "I'm goin rape you face"
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I use the WOL Zealot for two reasons. It was the first portrait I unlocked and my first build that I got nailed down was the 2gate Zealot rush. Yeah I know, it was cheesy but we all had to start somewhere.
So what would you guys assume if you saw a WOL Zealot?
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On March 17 2013 06:47 Lucky Strike wrote:
I use the WOL Zealot for two reasons. It was the first portrait I unlocked and my first build that I got nailed down was the 2gate Zealot rush. Yeah I know, it was cheesy but we all had to start somewhere.
So what would you guys assume if you saw a WOL Zealot?
Cool story. Not many people really use that portrait actually.
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This was a problem for me until I reached Gold League. You have to realize that any opponent you play can beat you when laddering. Portraits don't mean crap.
I've always had Ornatus as my portrait until the HotS release. Now it's my Beta Lvl.30 Portrait (which honestly I don't recall reaching level 30, but it's sweet so I'll take it).
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I assume anyone who uses the Archon (750 team wins, random race) likes pretty, shiny, glowing things, and is generally an awesome sort of person.
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On March 17 2013 07:26 Jasiwel wrote:
This was a problem for me until I reached Gold League. You have to realize that any opponent you play can beat you when laddering. Portraits don't mean crap.
I've always had Ornatus as my portrait until the HotS release. Now it's my Beta Lvl.30 Portrait (which honestly I don't recall reaching level 30, but it's sweet so I'll take it).
They changed the requirements for those rewards, because there were bugs in the leveling system for beta. All you needed was level 5 as each race.
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On March 17 2013 09:08 oOOoOphidian wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 07:26 Jasiwel wrote:
This was a problem for me until I reached Gold League. You have to realize that any opponent you play can beat you when laddering. Portraits don't mean crap.
I've always had Ornatus as my portrait until the HotS release. Now it's my Beta Lvl.30 Portrait (which honestly I don't recall reaching level 30, but it's sweet so I'll take it). They changed the requirements for those rewards, because there were bugs in the leveling system for beta. All you needed was level 5 as each race.
Ah, okay, that makes a lot of sense given I was Lvl.8-9.
I do want to say that I am often relieved, based off of experience, when I see a Mutalisk portrait or Random portrait at my level, since most who have them aren't concentrated in any particular race (being Random). This gives me an edge of confidence since I actually do very well against Random players. I will say though, opponents with the Colossus or Tassadar portrait freak me out, since that usually denotes that they have had quite a lot of experience.
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On March 17 2013 06:47 Lucky Strike wrote:
I use the WOL Zealot for two reasons. It was the first portrait I unlocked and my first build that I got nailed down was the 2gate Zealot rush. Yeah I know, it was cheesy but we all had to start somewhere.
So what would you guys assume if you saw a WOL Zealot?
Obnoxious player who will play some obnoxious strategy and think he's not terrible.
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Have to use Thatcher cause its the only female portrait for protosses that dont play the campaign , lol .
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Well you kinda have to put in the mmr of the player. I'd assume you can assume more things if you run into portrait X in bronze or masters. If something is out of place like 1k wins in bronze or low win nr in masters I'd think twice.
As for personal experience a high win nr portrait playing offrace is usually really good.
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I use a WoL collectors edition portrait. Nobody has them.
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On March 17 2013 12:52 vesicular wrote:
I use a WoL collectors edition portrait. Nobody has them.
Haha, I do the same. Currently using the Night Elf Banshee.
I actualy like a lot the new portraits, like Narud ou Stokov, but a lot of people use them so i'm sticking with my old collectors portraits :D
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I use the Panda Marine. Whenever I see another Panda Marine user, I swoon a little. "What a handsome guy!" I say to myself. Pandaren Marine is a little tryhardy.
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On March 17 2013 11:30 dafnay wrote:
Have to use Thatcher cause its the only female portrait for protosses that dont play the campaign , lol .
You forget Selendis :D
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Most of the BM I experience comes from people with baneling portraits. I don't know why.
I personally am using the Za'gara portrait because it's awesome looking, but I might switch to Stukov once I get that far in the campaign. My favorite back in WoL was the marine since I never saw very many people using it, oddly enough.
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I have used "always" Orlan. What it tells about me? :D I wanted guy that looks like commander or like general. Back in wol, orlan was only avatar that didnt needed terran multiplayer wins to get it :D
I have played 3000 game and saw only few orlan :DD Its not common
I didnt even know who he was before hots campaing
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On March 17 2013 15:45 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:I have used "always" Orlan. What it tells about me? :D I wanted guy that looks like commander or like general. Back in wol, orlan was only avatar that didnt needed terran multiplayer wins to get it :D I have played 3000 game and saw only few orlan :DD Its not common I didnt even know who he was before hots campaing
BattleCruiser !
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Are those devourers somewhere in the campaign? I don't really remember seeing them.
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On March 14 2013 21:43 NubainMuscle wrote:
I have only been playing Starcraft 2 for a few months, but when the loading screen appears I can't help but make some initial assumptions of my opponent based on what portrait they are using. This is geared mainly toward 1v1 (since I don't play many team games) but 2v2, 3v3, etc. options are welcome as well.
Some personal examples of thoughts that pop into my head:
Spectre - not a very good player, but tries to come off as a bad-ass. often focused on trying to look gosu without a willingness to put in the time, effort, and practice necessary to become gosu
Nova - encountering these, as a lower league player, I know these players have plenty of games under their belt but the lack of progression through the ranks indicates an inability to adapt to the changing metagame. I tend to correlate these portraits to play resembling standard builds but hastily or sloppily executed. Obviously some of these associations change depending on league. I tend to play more patiently and rely on them making a mistake or becoming impatient (example: running into my tank line in TvT).
Hybrid/Dark Voice - portrait farmer! likely using 3rd party "software". I'm less likely to cheese for fear of maphacking. Also more on alert to getting cheesed myself.
Kachinsky - possible smurf? or serious 1v1 player does not care about game peripherals is purely focused on becoming a better player. very common portrait but ranges from complete noob to trolling lower leagues to seriously skilled player. This portrait definitely gives rise to the most personal uncertainty - am I playing a well-known user who is going to post this on youtube, or someone too lazy to go and look at their settings?
Also, I tend to worry when a player is using an off-race portrait.
More often than not these turn into one-sided games where I get whooped.
I can't really comment on any of the HOTS portraits since it is so new, I haven't really had time to draw any inferences on them based on old games and personal experience.
I'd love to hear what you associate with certain portraits!
I have very similar thoughts when being stoned. I always feel very smart at such moments. When being sober again, I recognize that I have over rationalized.
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Everything said on Katchinsky is true, completely random between pro and noob.
The only other thing I keep running into (mostly in WoL) are zerg with toss portrait. Whenever I see that, I blindly assume they will go roach infestor and never muta ling against me (I'm terran).
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On March 18 2013 00:46 Bagi wrote:Are those devourers somewhere in the campaign? I don't really remember seeing them.
Nah, sadly they weren't used. Though Phill Gonzo said that they'll try to get Blizzard to add them (as enemies or something) in LotV campaign if possible.
They're in the editor though (use the two dependencies that has to do with "swarm" story mode and swarm campaign).
The devourer is already set up (units, actors, weapons, etc), and you can see the animations, and attack, etc if you load those dependencies and place a few devourers (just search "Devourer" on the unit tab). (Also I prefer detailed view, list tree for the editor rather than the default table view.)
The Devourer animations and everything were done really well IMO.
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Kachinsky - usually somewhere in between noob and pro, always think they're better than they are
Cade - guaranteed cheese
Thatcher - some ridiculous strat you've never seen before
Hall - usually quite bad
Bad player portraits - Marine, Roach, Void Ray
Good player portraits - Medivac, Hydra, Carrier
I think about this alot
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Cade means they're really good 100% of the time, and not just because I use him. :D
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The OPs portrait stereotypes are awesome! Never thought of that :D
I think the 1000 wins portraits unusually put a bit of fear in me actually...
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On March 14 2013 22:01 NubainMuscle wrote:
The observations as stated are initial thoughts that pop into my head involuntarily within the first few seconds of the loading screen. It's human nature to make an initial judgement based on what visual stimulus you are presented with.
Kind of like how the initial reaction to encountering someone on the street wearing tattered, smelly clothing is quite a bit different than somebody in a 3-piece suit and shiny Oxfords.
I'm sure some people are more focused on the race and map during those few seconds of loading but screenname and portrait can also have an impact. As previously stated, league is another important variable that also changes the distribution of the portraits.
I agree with what youre saying.
Common ones for me, are high end portraits (although as the game goes on now, more people have access to them)
When I used to see Ultralisk/Queen of Blades I used to think "ffs... here we go" - especially because I play Zerg and DETEST Z v Z... but now I've got the Ultra and almost Queen of Blades... I think "hmmm well they could be my level, or worse" (Plat Zerg)
But yeh Cade/Kachinsky I think they know their shit and dont care for portraits. Never assume "hehe he hasnt unlocked anything cause hes noob"
P.S - to this day, I still call the Predator Portrait the Terratron... it looks identical (the head of the Terratron)
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On March 15 2013 00:26 NubainMuscle wrote:I did play a 3v3 against a team who used this portrait. I laughed and couldn't help but think they were bears. (Bears = American slang for large, gay, hairy men often with a smaller, more effeminate partner)
That might just have been me and my friends :D I used it just for fun and because ppl were so annoyed by it, and then my friends also used it when we played teamgames ^^
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that bear one looks stylish
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Isn't that one based off of Dustin Browder?
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I love my FFA Insane AI Portrait and the Wraith portrait - both from WoL.
I have a soft spot for the overmind WoL portrait as well as the Hydrid one from 1000 team random WoL.
WoL Ghost and Spectre portraits are also pretty cool.
HotS portraits are too artsy-fartsy for my liking.
I'm not sure if you can tell very much about a person from the portrait that they use. I've pretty much used all of the WoL portraits I unlocked at some point (except for the "Exploration" ones).
It would be nice to have some of the collector's edition portraits, but I really don't care about paying more for that kind of content.
That goliath portrait cracks me up, too. I had that one for a while, but I didn't want people thinking I was a chubby, middle-aged, bald man with a goatee.
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i use this cus i'm a bronze noob
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