GH - StarCraft II: HotS/LotV players

[baldgye]

EU's the realest ladder

[baldgye]

it would be pretty cool also if we could organise a night were we would all jump on a server and play the round robin custom game thing

[TLSC.wipeOut]

Thought this my be helpful, albeit old:

Azuremen - gtAzire.359
jimmy919 - Junior
godamajin - Fuqnaround
Daniel Beaver - Beaver.399
elbowglue - Elbowglue.640
Viett - Viett
AndrewZorn - AndrewZorn.843
CodeChef - Sinasis.908
ShoeFactory - Shoey.467
mian2222 - Grace.256
jdreamer - DreameR.825
duq - duq.682
whiterice - wang.700
BlueRain - Blue.517
NewbieOneKenobi - Newbieone.967 (EU)
DanGWanG - Wang.187
cometbus - cometbus.465
shablaGOO - shablaGOO.870
sawedust - sawedust.851
Qwerty - Mittens.506
slueth - Novelty.500
speakeasy - SpeaKEaSY.238
Kelsin - Kelsin.935
Satisfaktion - Satisfaktion.885
sinani206 - Sinani.145
XiP - XiP.893
NeverDie - NeverDie.804
Chojo31 - chojo.488
PerfectError - Perfecterror.170
qvidtar - Qvindtar.277
Nautilus - Nautilus.267
shako - Shako.512 (EU)
Valeranth - brandon.1823
krull - Krull.805
skyblue - skyblue.775
hfcobra - CobR.561
sndstrm - sndstrm.186
circularboxes - Bonar.240
vincewchan - Vitamin.613
systemA - Bubbles.557
Zet - Zet.291

From this old thread:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=13247.0

Back then, we had a tournment :-) that was streamed with a camo filco as prize... provided by our friends at KeyboardCo....

Good times. Maybe we should get a mini tourney up? It was fun even though we were all at different levels.

damnn that's awesome! maybe we should have another tournament! xD it would be quite fun I think

[TLSC.wipeOut]

it would be pretty cool also if we could organise a night were we would all jump on a server and play the round robin custom game thing

this would also be a fun idea! I'm down

[Permeability]

That Sifo shoutout: https://twitter.com/SeleCTKR/statuses/408785265369415680


 

[pichu23]

That Sifo shoutout: https://twitter.com/SeleCTKR/statuses/408785265369415680


 

lol wut. seriously ? xD

[IPT]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lr7gi4k4oy7nlo9/Frost%20LE%20%282%29.SC2Replay

Incase you guys wanna see the silly bronze league replay lol.

[pichu23]

Games being DDoS-d. :O

[pichu23]

Bomber streaming atm.
http://www.twitch.tv/startalebomber


and this... lol

[baldgye]

Still GG'd, much manner

[TLSC.wipeOut]

"QXez"

[LechnerDE]

Hey guys what do you think of the Starbow Mod?

It's basically a Mix of Broodwar and SC2 with the best elements from both games. This is NOT the SC2BW Mod you might know which is a simple 1:1 replication of Broodwar.

No more deathballs, no more warp ins, no more a-move Colossi but Reavers, Lurkers and new macro mechanics instead. There are also changes in the techtree. For example you need a twilight council to build stalkers, but now they have blink build in. In exchange you get dragoons from the Gates.

Here is a VOD of some progamers (MMA, Innovation, Crank) trying it commentated by Total Biscuit and the Mod developer:

http://www.twitch.tv/crank/b/494503596?t=3h33m10s

This looks so awesome and the gameplay is much more exciting than regular SC2 (reaver drops!!).

I hope they somehow can create a matchmaking system and a ladder. Then I will instantly switch although I will suck so hard at it

[baldgye]

Really curious to try it out, 2.1 can't come faster though so play this in diff maps... I've been without sc2 for 3weeks now!! >.<

[LechnerDE]

So I just played a game against the AI and it just felt so fresh. The altered economy is just great and promotes expanding.

Now we only need the superiour BW sound effects ingame

[Sifo]

My boy MaSa made it to challenger ^_^

[baldgye]

So I just played a game against the AI and it just felt so fresh. The altered economy is just great and promotes expanding.

Now we only need the superiour BW sound effects ingame

Yeah I watched a few games of it today and it looks really cool... Just a shame that there is no custom leagues... I feel like unless it can keep it's momentum it will just fade away years before we get custom leagues to support it

[LechnerDE]

So I just played a game against the AI and it just felt so fresh. The altered economy is just great and promotes expanding.

Now we only need the superiour BW sound effects ingame

Yeah I watched a few games of it today and it looks really cool... Just a shame that there is no custom leagues... I feel like unless it can keep it's momentum it will just fade away years before we get custom leagues to support it

Yeah, proper matchmaking and ladder support is essential for the Mod's succes IMO. We can't go back 10 years to Broodwar times and manually organize custom games and forward the results to a webpage or something.

It's just to convenient to click the "Find Match" button and face an equally skilled opponent. Without a ladder to climb up there is no real reason for me to get better...

But let's hope for the best. Hopefully Total Biscuit keeps promoting it - I feel this helps a lot!

[baldgye]

So I just played a game against the AI and it just felt so fresh. The altered economy is just great and promotes expanding.

Now we only need the superiour BW sound effects ingame

Yeah I watched a few games of it today and it looks really cool... Just a shame that there is no custom leagues... I feel like unless it can keep it's momentum it will just fade away years before we get custom leagues to support it

Yeah, proper matchmaking and ladder support is essential for the Mod's succes IMO. We can't go back 10 years to Broodwar times and manually organize custom games and forward the results to a webpage or something.

It's just to convenient to click the "Find Match" button and face an equally skilled opponent. Without a ladder to climb up there is no real reason for me to get better...

But let's hope for the best. Hopefully Total Biscuit keeps promoting it - I feel this helps a lot!

yeah but if it has no pro-scene it dsnt have a great future, I really hope it catches on in Korea though with ex BW pro's after 2.1 is out and arcade becomes totally free..

[IPT]

So I just played a game against the AI and it just felt so fresh. The altered economy is just great and promotes expanding.

Now we only need the superiour BW sound effects ingame

Yeah I watched a few games of it today and it looks really cool... Just a shame that there is no custom leagues... I feel like unless it can keep it's momentum it will just fade away years before we get custom leagues to support it

Yeah, proper matchmaking and ladder support is essential for the Mod's succes IMO. We can't go back 10 years to Broodwar times and manually organize custom games and forward the results to a webpage or something.

It's just to convenient to click the "Find Match" button and face an equally skilled opponent. Without a ladder to climb up there is no real reason for me to get better...

But let's hope for the best. Hopefully Total Biscuit keeps promoting it - I feel this helps a lot!

hehe total space biscuit

[baldgye]

Just played a PvT and it was pretty great! Though I do think it's a bit too much like BW and not much like sc2 lol

[whiteduck]

I'd be in to get another tournament going.

[AGmurdercore]

I just played that new map that everybody is so hyped about and to be honest it felt like utter **** to me, 0 balance and some super strange mix of BW + sc2. Maybe i will give it another chance some day but for now i really can't understand why everybody is hyping this **** so much.

[baldgye]

I just played that new map that everybody is so hyped about and to be honest it felt like utter **** to me, 0 balance and some super strange mix of BW + sc2. Maybe i will give it another chance some day but for now i really can't understand why everybody is hyping this **** so much.

it's actually really well balanced atm... what 'balance' problems are you having?

Like I said it seemed more BW than SC2... I wish they had kept the collosus as i feel it would make transitioning into late game protoss a bit easier vs mech but then I never played BW so its all very new to me...

I'd be in to get another tournament going.

a pot luck 2v2 team tournament!

[IPT]

I just played that new map that everybody is so hyped about and to be honest it felt like utter **** to me, 0 balance and some super strange mix of BW + sc2. Maybe i will give it another chance some day but for now i really can't understand why everybody is hyping this **** so much.

it's actually really well balanced atm... what 'balance' problems are you having?

Like I said it seemed more BW than SC2... I wish they had kept the collosus as i feel it would make transitioning into late game protoss a bit easier vs mech but then I never played BW so its all very new to me...

I'd be in to get another tournament going.

a pot luck 2v2 team tournament!

transition late game for toss against mech = CARRIER HAS ARRIVE!!! lol

here's a game between Axiom's Crank vs Hideortoss a GM Starbow player.

TB Cast:

Husky Cast:

[baldgye]

I just played that new map that everybody is so hyped about and to be honest it felt like utter **** to me, 0 balance and some super strange mix of BW + sc2. Maybe i will give it another chance some day but for now i really can't understand why everybody is hyping this **** so much.

it's actually really well balanced atm... what 'balance' problems are you having?

Like I said it seemed more BW than SC2... I wish they had kept the collosus as i feel it would make transitioning into late game protoss a bit easier vs mech but then I never played BW so its all very new to me...

I'd be in to get another tournament going.

a pot luck 2v2 team tournament!

transition late game for toss against mech = CARRIER HAS ARRIVE!!! lol

haha yeah I know that much but.. WHENHOWWHOWERE I guess its because I never played BW but I kinda think it should be more friendly to the people who started with sc2 and dont have the knoledge of bw

yeah i watched that game this morning lol

[AGmurdercore]

Marine/medic is ****ing OP OP OP OP.

[baldgye]

So play Terran and ez ez ez

[pichu23]

Marine/medic is ****ing OP OP OP OP.

it's not op if you don't know how to micro them properly. ngeh. 

[AGmurdercore]

Marine/medic is ****ing OP OP OP OP.

it's not op if you don't know how to micro them properly. ngeh. 

Just 1a + t, you need no micro for this comp!

[baldgye]

Marine/medic is ****ing OP OP OP OP.

it's not op if you don't know how to micro them properly. ngeh. 

Just 1a + t, you need no micro for this comp!

Wait, I thought it was Protoss that could just 1a? I'm so confused right now... Or was it zergs that just 1a'd and then remaxed and 1a'd again...

[AGmurdercore]

Marine/medic is ****ing OP OP OP OP.

it's not op if you don't know how to micro them properly. ngeh. 

Just 1a + t, you need no micro for this comp!

Wait, I thought it was Protoss that could just 1a? I'm so confused right now... Or was it zergs that just 1a'd and then remaxed and 1a'd again...

Well yeah, just 1a everything and you will be fine ahah ^^

[baldgye]

2.1!!!!



FUDGE CLAN ARISE!!!!

[LechnerDE]

Speaking of Clan Decals:

Does anybody here have the skillz needed to make a nice decal for our Bnet Clan? Something in the classic orange/gray would look nice I guess

[TLSC.wipeOut]

a clan decal would be nice actually =D

[baldgye]

a clan I got left out off ;_;

[dragonxx21]

I still need to start playing again. Someone please motivate me.

[Candyflip]

I still need to start playing again. Someone please motivate me.

I get anxious some times and then I just remind myself to watch this

[Ghetto Caps]

special tactics is all you guys need to get to GM 01

Special tactics imba.

[TLSC.wipeOut]

I still need to start playing again. Someone please motivate me.

I get anxious some times and then I just remind myself to watch this

omg LOL

[dragonxx21]

I still need to start playing again. Someone please motivate me.

I get anxious some times and then I just remind myself to watch this

omg LOL

....let's do this.

[baldgye]

http://nios.kr/sc2/global/1v1/hots/

Almost 50% of the entire player base of Sc2 1v1 is in bronze league!

[LechnerDE]

http://nios.kr/sc2/global/1v1/hots/

Almost 50% of the entire player base of Sc2 1v1 is in bronze league!

Yeah, I saw that, too. It got even bigger after the patch!

I guess Blizzard underestimated the number of players that came back after the patch to gain the new levels and try the decals. This obviously led to a even bigger number of players that found themselves in bronze due to decay, so their actions to change the league distribution achieved nothing.

Impressive how Blizzard managed to **** over a working system by introducing a decay mechanism nobody asked for without even informing the players. Of course people ar butthurt now.

I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be new in this game. You get placed into bronze and since it's so big you'll see no progress although you might actually get better. After a couple of seasons these people just say **** it and leave the game forever.

I think the first two promotions should be really easy so newer players get a feeling of progression and some kind of reward. Maybe they should just introduce two new leagues between diamond and master and promote everyone up one league to fix this.

This might shut up all those people stuck in silver claiming they are gold/plat material and face ex-Masters constantly

[baldgye]

http://nios.kr/sc2/global/1v1/hots/

Almost 50% of the entire player base of Sc2 1v1 is in bronze league!

Yeah, I saw that, too. It got even bigger after the patch!

I guess Blizzard underestimated the number of players that came back after the patch to gain the new levels and try the decals. This obviously led to a even bigger number of players that found themselves in bronze due to decay, so their actions to change the league distribution achieved nothing.

Impressive how Blizzard managed to **** over a working system by introducing a decay mechanism nobody asked for without even informing the players. Of course people ar butthurt now.

I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be new in this game. You get placed into bronze and since it's so big you'll see no progress although you might actually get better. After a couple of seasons these people just say **** it and leave the game forever.

I think the first two promotions should be really easy so newer players get a feeling of progression and some kind of reward. Maybe they should just introduce two new leagues between diamond and master and promote everyone up one league to fix this.

This might shut up all those people stuck in silver claiming they are gold/plat material and face ex-Masters constantly

Apparently according to a blue post on b.net forums they didn't actually make any changes to ladder distribution at all, even  though they said they would. Instead they just never mentioned it and worked on getting 2.1 out as fast as possible... and at the time of posting it 2.1 still wasn't live on all servers.
I think you can find the post on Reddit somewhere but the way its worded makes it sounds like they are planning on at some point making changes, but atm are just 'monitoring' it...

But yeah like you said, they totally ****ed there entire user base for no reason. Before they ruined ladder the only time anyone complained was the odd post on Reddit about how big masters league was... that was it... now I think it works out that Platinum league is what Masters league used too be... it's so dumb...

[LechnerDE]

I can't access the bnet forums from work, so I can't see it.

But wasn't there a blue post yesterday claming something like "We're seeing an increase of promotions. Everything is working as intended."?

And now they are telling us they haven't implemented the fix? Are they straight up lying to us *flipping table*

[baldgye]

I can't access the bnet forums from work, so I can't see it.

But wasn't there a blue post yesterday claming something like "We're seeing an increase of promotions. Everything is working as intended."?

And now they are telling us they haven't implemented the fix? Are they straight up lying to us *flipping table*

Pretty much seems like it... Gold league now represents the top 28% lmao... which isn't too far from what Diamond used too be?

[Candyflip]

I can't access the bnet forums from work, so I can't see it.

But wasn't there a blue post yesterday claming something like "We're seeing an increase of promotions. Everything is working as intended."?

And now they are telling us they haven't implemented the fix? Are they straight up lying to us *flipping table*

Pretty much seems like it... Gold league now represents the top 28% lmao... which isn't too far from what Diamond used too be?

Well I was diamond in WoL and early HotS and now I am basically gold, not that it bothers me.

[baldgye]

I can't access the bnet forums from work, so I can't see it.

But wasn't there a blue post yesterday claming something like "We're seeing an increase of promotions. Everything is working as intended."?

And now they are telling us they haven't implemented the fix? Are they straight up lying to us *flipping table*

Pretty much seems like it... Gold league now represents the top 28% lmao... which isn't too far from what Diamond used too be?

Well I was diamond in WoL and early HotS and now I am basically gold, not that it bothers me.

It's silly... but leads to interesting games becasue neither you or your opponent has any idea who you are or how good you are... so instead of there being a meta game... everyone is just attacking constantly and for no particular reason lol

[Candyflip]

I can't access the bnet forums from work, so I can't see it.

But wasn't there a blue post yesterday claming something like "We're seeing an increase of promotions. Everything is working as intended."?

And now they are telling us they haven't implemented the fix? Are they straight up lying to us *flipping table*

Pretty much seems like it... Gold league now represents the top 28% lmao... which isn't too far from what Diamond used too be?

Well I was diamond in WoL and early HotS and now I am basically gold, not that it bothers me.

It's silly... but leads to interesting games becasue neither you or your opponent has any idea who you are or how good you are... so instead of there being a meta game... everyone is just attacking constantly and for no particular reason lol

Well I have equal matches so far this season I've been 145W-137L, I am playing ex-diamond and sometimes masters though.

[baldgye]

damn thats alot more than me, I'm on 13 wins 6 losses atm... only lost too random cheeses and one two base mech all in that i couldn't scout QQ

[LechnerDE]

I just left the GH clan on EU to create my own clan to mess around with decals

In that sense this feature is kinda counterproductive, as you are basically forced to create your own clan if you want to use custom decals.

I am still a member of the NA GH clan though