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NDDseer
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia204 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 05:02:01
July 08 2011 04:56 GMT
#1
EDIT: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=184044
Oh....

Hey TL, today I played a really interesting and different Random vs Random that I thought I'd share with you.

[image loading]

[image loading]

and then the game got paused and so i can't screenshot the replay of it, but here's the reconstructed version of chat:

*game paused*
NDDseer: sure
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
MetalCard: Rock scissors rock
NDDseer: Paper
MetalCard: I said three at once!
NDDseer: Ooops soz imma noob
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: Paper paper rock
MetalCard: Scissors paper rock
NDDseer: !!
MetalCard: Okay first to 2, you’re up 1
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: scissors
MetalCard: scissors
MetalCard: Okay again
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2

[image loading]

If MetalCard ever reads this, thanks for an amazing game, and for having the honour to leave after losing instead of trying to play it out. If anyone else is sick of PvP and wants to move onto other things but doesn't want to just leave games, this is a bit of a fun and different way to approach it, so long as you trust the other person if they agree to be a part of it.

If anyone meets me PvP on ladder (i play on NA and SEA, NDDseer), feel free to challenge me =P
[On balance, and qq about cheese] "Sure some strategies might be easier to execute, but you can do them too - you have the same tools as your opponent, including your race selection." - Pokebunny
godemperor
Profile Joined October 2010
Belgium2043 Posts
July 08 2011 04:57 GMT
#2
stop copying Choya!
StyLeD
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2965 Posts
July 08 2011 04:58 GMT
#3
Someone cast this game.
"Even gophers love Starcraft" - Tasteless. || Davichi | IU <3
CuSToM
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1479 Posts
July 08 2011 04:58 GMT
#4
is that you ChoyafOu?
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LanTAs
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1091 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 04:59:13
July 08 2011 04:58 GMT
#5
Didn't choyafOu do this and then he got widely criticized for doing that? i remember there was an incident where he just kept playing rock paper scissors with pro players on the ladder and he got ridiculously high on the ladder...

anyways ill definitely be up for a game if i ever bump into you in the ladder!

Edit: Damnit dude above beat me to it
NDDseer
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia204 Posts
July 08 2011 04:59 GMT
#6
Who's Choya? If this has been done before, I didn't know about it but cool that someone else has had the same idea.
[On balance, and qq about cheese] "Sure some strategies might be easier to execute, but you can do them too - you have the same tools as your opponent, including your race selection." - Pokebunny
Snaphoo
Profile Joined July 2010
United States614 Posts
July 08 2011 04:59 GMT
#7
On July 08 2011 13:56 NDDseer wrote:
Hey TL, today I played a really interesting and different Random vs Random that I thought I'd share with you.

[image loading]

[image loading]

and then the game got paused and so i can't screenshot the replay of it, but here's the reconstructed version of chat:

*game paused*
NDDseer: sure
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
MetalCard: Rock scissors rock
NDDseer: Paper
MetalCard: I said three at once!
NDDseer: Ooops soz imma noob
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: Paper paper rock
MetalCard: Scissors paper rock
NDDseer: !!
MetalCard: Okay first to 2, you’re up 1
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: scissors
MetalCard: scissors
MetalCard: Okay again
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2

[image loading]

If MetalCard ever reads this, thanks for an amazing game, and for having the honour to leave after losing instead of trying to play it out. If anyone else is sick of PvP and wants to move onto other things but doesn't want to just leave games, this is a bit of a fun and different way to approach it, so long as you trust the other person if they agree to be a part of it.

If anyone meets me PvP on ladder (i play on NA and SEA, NDDseer), feel free to challenge me =P


Just play phoenix openings if you hate the match-up that much; way more fun than RPS.
ObliviousNA
Profile Joined March 2011
United States535 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 05:07:06
July 08 2011 05:01 GMT
#8
hahahahah I had an IDENTICAL game last week... with a slightly different result.


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Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why.
Syben
Profile Joined October 2010
United States512 Posts
July 08 2011 05:01 GMT
#9
Im not sure what Blizzards take on it is but there was a similar happening in Korea (by pros) where someone got in quite a bit trouble I believe.
Definitely gonna switch to G, the only race I havent played yet. - TLO
DueleR
Profile Joined May 2010
United States207 Posts
July 08 2011 05:03 GMT
#10
Choya is a pro player got in trouble earlier this year for doing this with other players on Korean ladder.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=184044
Olinim
Profile Joined March 2011
4044 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 05:04:56
July 08 2011 05:03 GMT
#11
If PvP is a coinflip or just as good as rock paper scissors how do MC and Inca have 80 percent win rates? Really lucky?
ElusoryX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Singapore2047 Posts
July 08 2011 05:05 GMT
#12
if blizzard sees this you're in trouble :D
xd
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
July 08 2011 05:07 GMT
#13
On July 08 2011 14:03 Olinim wrote:
If PvP is a coinflip or just as good as rock paper scissors how do MC and Inca have 80 percent win rates? Really lucky?

its just their paper is made of metal, scissors are titanium and their rocks are iron maces
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
July 08 2011 05:09 GMT
#14
On July 08 2011 14:03 Olinim wrote:
If PvP is a coinflip or just as good as rock paper scissors how do MC and Inca have 80 percent win rates? Really lucky?


Even rock papper scissors has pros...
"We have unfinished business, I and he."
iamke55
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States2806 Posts
July 08 2011 05:09 GMT
#15
Why did you go from three at once to one?
During practice session, I discovered very good build against zerg. -Bisu[Shield]
OsoVega
Profile Joined December 2010
926 Posts
July 08 2011 05:10 GMT
#16
I did this when I got into a stalemate before the stalemate detection. I won.
sjschmidt93
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2518 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 05:11:54
July 08 2011 05:10 GMT
#17
On July 08 2011 14:03 Olinim wrote:
If PvP is a coinflip or just as good as rock paper scissors how do MC and Inca have 80 percent win rates? Really lucky?


I'd say on maps with normal size ramp the better player usually wins, but there are still free wins (phoenix vs. robo, robo vs. dt, blink vs. pheonix) On maps without that, it is 100% a complete RPS.
My grandpa could've proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, he's also dead. -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
The_Piper42
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States426 Posts
July 08 2011 05:17 GMT
#18
On July 08 2011 13:59 Snaphoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 13:56 NDDseer wrote:
Hey TL, today I played a really interesting and different Random vs Random that I thought I'd share with you.

[image loading]

[image loading]

and then the game got paused and so i can't screenshot the replay of it, but here's the reconstructed version of chat:

*game paused*
NDDseer: sure
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
MetalCard: Rock scissors rock
NDDseer: Paper
MetalCard: I said three at once!
NDDseer: Ooops soz imma noob
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: Paper paper rock
MetalCard: Scissors paper rock
NDDseer: !!
MetalCard: Okay first to 2, you’re up 1
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2
MetalCard: 1
NDDseer: scissors
MetalCard: scissors
MetalCard: Okay again
MetalCard: 3
MetalCard: 2

[image loading]

If MetalCard ever reads this, thanks for an amazing game, and for having the honour to leave after losing instead of trying to play it out. If anyone else is sick of PvP and wants to move onto other things but doesn't want to just leave games, this is a bit of a fun and different way to approach it, so long as you trust the other person if they agree to be a part of it.

If anyone meets me PvP on ladder (i play on NA and SEA, NDDseer), feel free to challenge me =P


Just play phoenix openings if you hate the match-up that much; way more fun than RPS.


Every time you quote a long post to add a single line of text God kills a kitten.
Boxer, White-Ra, Grubby, Flash fighting!
FLuE
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1012 Posts
July 08 2011 05:18 GMT
#19
I feel like you lost 2-1 on the opening round and then manipulated the rules to go more rounds until you won. It should have just been best of 3, and if you were saying 3 at once then you lost 2-1.

Also, who calls it Scissors Paper Rock? It's rock, paper, scissors...
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46705 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-08 05:24:12
July 08 2011 05:23 GMT
#20
On July 08 2011 14:09 iamke55 wrote:
Why did you go from three at once to one?


Probably because they tied twice, making it 1-0, and they still wanted to make it a Bo3. I guess they wanted to find the second result, and then they would have done a tiebreaker if necessary.

I also think that PvP isn't a complete coinflip and that skill is still somewhat important -.-' If you're just doing rock-paper-scissors because you both hate the match-up and don't want to play, I understand that. But it's not because it can't be won properly.
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