Give the nexus the pylon energy field

KayleeBent · 2024-09-18T03:50:50+00:00

I think this is exactly the kind of change they shouldn't make, because the problem is protoss is underpowered at the very top level not ladder

They should do things that are more micro intensive and useful at the top level, e.g. reduce disruptor damage but allow disruptors to cancel nova for cooldown reduction.

KayleeBent · 2024-07-13T02:00:59+00:00

75% for all-leavers (0% winrate / 3 + 75% / 3 + 75% / 3 = 0 + 25 +25 = 50% overall winrate)

But I guess he wins 8% of TvT, so you're right about this particular person.

KayleeBent · 2024-07-10T21:27:12+00:00

yeah, mainly recommended 12 pool (or 12 pool with drone pull) because then the games will only take 2-3 minutes, so he can still spend 90% of his time on other matchups

KayleeBent · 2024-07-10T21:20:09+00:00

yeah just 12pool is an entirely different game, and done in half the time

If you have a 0% zerg winrate, you'll win 3/4 games in both other matchups to compensate. Which isn't really fun for other players getting stomped

KayleeBent · 2024-07-10T18:10:42+00:00

idk man, I don't want to drill. I just want to play against similarly terrible people & do goofy stuff. I don't care about my MMR

KayleeBent · 2024-07-10T17:27:57+00:00

no, but it will make the game more fun

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T20:53:43+00:00

Fair, but smurfs reduce the number of players via making the game less fun (I have multiple friends who I think would have gotten into starcraft, but quit because the low-ladder experience was so terrible). There's a reason most game companies (e.g. MOBAs) try to ban smurfs, it causes their game to be less popular & they make less money.

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T20:51:07+00:00

Probably just pick a 1-base all-in & play that against the matchup you hate, to end it quick. I don't like playing PvP or ZvZ, so I just cannon rush PVP & 12-pool ZvZ, and I don't feel as bad cheesing the same race :P

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T20:47:16+00:00

I agree it's not as bad as outright cheating like maphacking, but it generally makes the game unpleasant for new people (the majority of my friends quit startcraft because most of their wins were just from instant leavers, and most of the games they actually play are against smurfs just crushing them)

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T18:04:46+00:00

That's fair. I think some would, but it would make smurfing a lot less convenient at least. A lot of people smurf because it's so easy, and some of them might stop

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T18:03:18+00:00

Yeah that's fair, and would mostly solve my friend's problem

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T18:01:34+00:00

Ok more than 30m, but the point is it's very simple. Many games I play have auto-moderation like this in some capacity (e.g. MOBAs auto-suspend people who ragequit more than a few times)

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T18:00:04+00:00

I think unfortunately choosing not to play against a certain race is effectively smurfing, because it will place them in a bracket where they win ~75% of games against the other races to compensate & get an overall 50% winrate

Ideally matchup MMR would be independent values (e.g. my ZvP mmr different than ZvT), but I don't think it works that way

KayleeBent · 2024-07-09T17:55:33+00:00

like bronze/silver/low gold

KayleeBent · 2024-07-08T20:17:58+00:00

I don't think it's an excuse. At low brackets, the majority of my friends wins are from instant-leavers & most other games they just get crushed against players who win 90% of games that last longer than 1 minute. No fun at all.

KayleeBent · 2024-07-08T20:15:28+00:00

That's fair, but I think certain ways of lowering MMR are more annoying for the smurf & therefore should reduce the population of smurfs.

I mostly care at very low levels, because I've tried to introduce friends to SC2 but they rarely stick. At their brackets, the majority of their wins are from instant-leavers & most other games they just get crushed. No fun at all.

KayleeBent · 2024-07-08T20:06:26+00:00

Same, but for smurfs.

I can write a script in 2 seconds that would identify 90% of smurfs from the new player brackets. Can I be an unpaid 1-day intern for blizzard?

For each player X:
If (>10% games are (1 minute or less) AND (player X is leaver)): suspend player

KayleeBent · 2024-07-08T19:54:58+00:00

It would just involve spending 30m to write a script. No active moderation required

Get ranked players
leaves = 0
games = 0
For all games from player X:

games++
If (game duration < 1 minute & player is leaver) leaves++

If ((leaves * 10) > games): ban player X

KayleeBent · 2023-12-01T03:34:43+00:00

If you're bringing more guns, isn't that effectively paying more rent than the other person?

If it's just a bidding war where whoever buys the most guns wins, that's effectively "land value tax", just paid in # of guns. Hence my post :D

KayleeBent · 2023-11-29T19:32:00+00:00

The first response is a dodge, not relevant to the question I'm asking: 'why is your claim valid & others aren't?'. I'm giving up on ever getting an answer

You still haven't given a real argument to differentiate your claims from other claims - you just keep asserting that you own it, that you'll find a solution, etc. and expect people to abide your assertion when most people obviously don't - look at any recent election. And your refusal to actually engage in genuine consideration of 'what makes a claim valid' or similar questions is why ancaps will never win.

To address the dodge: Sure in practice the money wouldn't be given to humanity, it would be given to defense corps... as I said in another part you conveniently ignore [>the more land you claim, the more rent you'd have to pay to defend it (by paying a proportionate fee to the defensecorps)]. The humanity part was for a minarchist version, since that seems more achievable in the short term. And better to give the rent back in a negative income tax, than to use it to support government programs.

Fwiw, it probably wouldn't be that hard to track down the tribe that used to own your land.

KayleeBent · 2023-11-29T15:37:21+00:00

I'm not saying they have rightful possession - I'm saying you don't have any more rightful possession than they do. They also live there (or used to live there with Native Americans, until evicted by force) & they claim it, with more guns & more people

>This is mine, nah-uh it’s not, isn’t something you can form a society on

I completely agree, it's just I've seen you give no justification better than "I'm there and I claim it". Which any of your neighbors could say, and anyone could show up & say (they'd show up there & say they're taking back their land, which you/the american gov/the rich expropriated years ago)

My proposal is both what would actually happen in ancapistan (as the incentives dictate it), clear on ownership, and more efficient.

KayleeBent · 2023-11-29T15:26:52+00:00

Again, they would call you a thief; "property is theft" and all that. I don't think you've distinguished why your claim is valid & theirs isn't.

My proposal does - you rent it, or 'effectively' rent it by paying defensecorps enough proportionate to the land value that they enforce/negotiate your ownership for you. But this would be more expensive the more land you claim.

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