It's Getting Annoying!

[zagek]

there's sooo many noobs playing those stupid money maps!
every.
single.
day.
you can't even host a game thats not a money map without waiting for three hours for anybody to come.(yes i'm exaggerating)
what the heck is so great about those stupid maps anyways?
it's like noobs are taking over starcraft!

[Borgorb]

They're playing them because they are noobs and cant beat a computer on a normal map

[lammas]

1. If someone likes to play money why on earth do you have problem with it? Its not like everyone would have some obligation to play normal maps just so that you wouldnt have to wait so long?
2. If you cant get game on normal server in decent time - which I dont believe - op tot) at eur or www.iccup.com
3. it's like noobs are taking over starcraft! thats so stupid.

Ill declare now that Iam officially a money map player. If you think Iam noob kk go bo7 map pool iccup maps first map blue storm loser picks.

[SilverCrusader]

Well lammas he has a point, but then again you do too.

Fastest maps are a scourge of melee mapping, and looked down in the mapping community in almost any way possible. They are also looked down upon by non money map players. People who play fastest are usually just too lazy to actually put the effort needed into a real game and become good at that. It is much easier to macro a billion units and attack move them into their base than to memorize countless things that actually apply to the game. Well, actually, it is a bit old school. Old school StarCraft was actually much like that playing style. You mass tons of one unit, and send it to your opponents base. Then people started thinking, and they came up with calculated build orders that would defeat these massings. And as such the level of gosu in StarCraft rose to an astronomical level. To be good at starcraft takes years of practice and memorization of BOs, Strategies, and as lammas suggested the watching of over 1500 replays. When you put this all into effect people that are lazy... Well probably didn't like that they sucked any more and with the advanced editors out someone came up with a fast map. One where you don't need to expand and need to worry about minerals. In other words it tones down the game to a level they're comfortable at playing at. Many players stick to this comfort zone, so it makes up the majority of StarCraft players. It doesn't mean they are noobs, they can tell you how many hit points a marine has. But they want to be good at something without sucking. Of course this is all a general overview, I met some fastest players who could be considered a C- on ICCUP.

P.S. I'm allowed to talk smack about 'em cause I was one for 3 odd years.

[Ktan]

1. If someone likes to play money why on earth do you have problem with it? Its not like everyone would have some obligation to play normal maps just so that you wouldnt have to wait so long?


Exactly right, lammas, so cut the OP can cut the ranting now. If you have something intelligent to discuss, feel free, but if a thread can be summed up with the words 'rawr, rawr rawr,' then there's not much point to it.

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