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Random player, always spawn Terran. Bug?

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PooLsharK
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 28 2014 20:19 GMT
#1
Hi,
I seem to have a problem as of late. I'm a Random player and no matter if I pick 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, or play vs the computer I always spawn as Terran. ~50 tries, 50 times Terran and going.. Is this some kind of bug that anyone else has experienced, too?

Dang ol' pretty pretty pizza
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
August 28 2014 20:21 GMT
#2
Weird.. Interesting bug.
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 28 2014 20:26 GMT
#3
Are you sure it's not changing your pick to terran randomly?

I've played with a friend recently who every time we tried to do 4s it would put him as random (he picked toss every time).

Closest thing I can think of.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45436 Posts
August 28 2014 20:26 GMT
#4
Blizzard just needs more Terran games for balance purposes

Just kidding. I'd screen shot your data of random-rolling Terran every time and ask Blizzard what's up.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28781 Posts
August 28 2014 20:27 GMT
#5
maybe you just happen to be one in a 717897987691852588770249
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45436 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-28 20:28:38
August 28 2014 20:27 GMT
#6
On August 29 2014 05:27 Liquid`Drone wrote:
maybe you just happen to be one in a 717897987691852588770249


Yes
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
meshfusion
Profile Joined June 2014
Russian Federation232 Posts
August 28 2014 20:35 GMT
#7
actually, while I have not played 50 Random games in a row, I can confirm that the last 9-10 times I played as Random in 2v2 I indeed spawned always as Terran lol
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
August 28 2014 20:36 GMT
#8
i've noticed something similar. although it wasn't 100% of the time, it was incredibly high. i have also been getting weird bugs where it says i am in starter edition (dont they only allow terran play?) when i own a full copy. i thought it might be related.
PooLsharK
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 28 2014 20:42 GMT
#9
Thanks for the replies so far. Yes I made sure I was indeed Random every time. Joined another 3 games now. Nothing but Terran. I really don't know what's going on.
@DarkPlasmaBall How do I retrieve information about that? In the replay folder it just shows me I spawned Terran but not that I picked Random.
Dang ol' pretty pretty pizza
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45436 Posts
August 28 2014 20:43 GMT
#10
On August 29 2014 05:36 dAPhREAk wrote:
i've noticed something similar. although it wasn't 100% of the time, it was incredibly high. i have also been getting weird bugs where it says i am in starter edition (dont they only allow terran play?) when i own a full copy. i thought it might be related.


If you have the starter edition, and it only allows you to pick Terran, I'd assume that Random isn't even an option, right? (I have no experience playing the starter edition, so I have no idea.)
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45436 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-28 20:49:12
August 28 2014 20:47 GMT
#11
On August 29 2014 05:42 PooLsharK wrote:
Thanks for the replies so far. Yes I made sure I was indeed Random every time. Joined another 3 games now. Nothing but Terran. I really don't know what's going on.
@DarkPlasmaBall How do I retrieve information about that? In the replay folder it just shows me I spawned Terran but not that I picked Random.


I honestly have no idea, because I rarely play as Random so I don't know if there is any Random icon or label that appears anywhere on the score screen after a game is played. I played as Random (in 2v2) a few days ago and I got each race though.

One thing you can do in-game, from this point on, is screen shot your screen when you open the players/ races pull down tab (top right of screen?) so it says you're Random but the main screen shows you're Terran. Every game lol.

Or you could just ask Blizzard first, because there's a good chance they've dealt with this in the past and you might not even need tons of "proof". Might just be a weird glitch that'll get phased out.

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Did you try turning it off and on again?
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
PooLsharK
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany179 Posts
August 28 2014 20:53 GMT
#12
Well, seems to be the only option i guess. Thx.

Did you try turning it off and on again?


Yes, in furious Boomhauer mode.
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ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
August 28 2014 20:55 GMT
#13
That's such a sick bug, you can play Terran and limit your opponent's openings because they don't know your race .
hellokitty[hk]
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1309 Posts
August 28 2014 21:01 GMT
#14
Lets swap accounts I want to random terran every game.
People are imbeciles, lucky thing god made cats.
kusu
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden440 Posts
August 28 2014 21:07 GMT
#15
On August 29 2014 05:43 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2014 05:36 dAPhREAk wrote:
i've noticed something similar. although it wasn't 100% of the time, it was incredibly high. i have also been getting weird bugs where it says i am in starter edition (dont they only allow terran play?) when i own a full copy. i thought it might be related.


If you have the starter edition, and it only allows you to pick Terran, I'd assume that Random isn't even an option, right? (I have no experience playing the starter edition, so I have no idea.)


Actually, you can play all the races now on the starter edition. Aswell as unranked and shit.
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graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
August 28 2014 21:09 GMT
#16
Maybe it only says "random" but terran is actually selected. try select another race, play a game, then select random again.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45436 Posts
August 28 2014 21:12 GMT
#17
On August 29 2014 06:07 kusu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2014 05:43 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On August 29 2014 05:36 dAPhREAk wrote:
i've noticed something similar. although it wasn't 100% of the time, it was incredibly high. i have also been getting weird bugs where it says i am in starter edition (dont they only allow terran play?) when i own a full copy. i thought it might be related.


If you have the starter edition, and it only allows you to pick Terran, I'd assume that Random isn't even an option, right? (I have no experience playing the starter edition, so I have no idea.)


Actually, you can play all the races now on the starter edition. Aswell as unranked and shit.


Ah cool!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
August 28 2014 21:14 GMT
#18
They're just balancing the game.
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hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
August 28 2014 21:26 GMT
#19
On August 29 2014 05:27 Liquid`Drone wrote:
maybe you just happen to be one in a 717897987691852588770249


Wow, that number can be written as 8 group of 3s, 6 of which are divisible by 3. I think reality might have a broken random number generator.
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MetalGear
Profile Joined February 2012
Australia47 Posts
August 28 2014 21:28 GMT
#20
On August 29 2014 05:27 Liquid`Drone wrote:
maybe you just happen to be one in a 717897987691852588770249



I would be putting all my money into lotto tickets if i was the OP.
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