Yes this is a rant and yes i am mad bro so dont ask...
Clan IMI, aka clan immortal is a new clan to have risen into the NA scene. They have some pretty decent plays and are quite competitive in their clan wars. They also like to help one another. Sounds like a bunch of cool guys eh? Well i thought the same as well.
About a few months ago, when i was about top diamond at the time on NA (currently mid diamond :P) i notice IMI was taking in diamond players and thought "oh cool i have heard about these immortal guys im gonna see if i can join then, wouldn't mind joining a NA clan". So i asked one of the i guess "officers" of the group and simply ask "Hey, im stodd and i was wondering if i could maybe join your clan? " About half an hour passes when he responds "Ask the main manager". I thinking to myself wow ok it took you that long to respond? Maybe he was afk who knows, then i noticed he was 100% active in the public chat channel for that past half an hour, so for that long he ignored me. This point, im a bit hurt but you know w/e.
Anyways, i see the main manager of the clan is on. "Yes! this is my time, im excited to try out these immortal guys!" I give him a pm "Hey there im stodd a high diamond interested in joining your team! " About 2 (yes 2) hours pass. These immortal guys take forever to respond i thought. Eventually he responds with. "lol sorry we dont need another diamond." My initial response to myself was like "oh, but like you, just took in like 2 diamond players just before, i asked them if immortal would take me in and all i had to do was ask and here you say i cant join?
At this point i have been essentially rejected for no real known reason, but you know what fair enough what can i do? Time passes by and im just laddering as i normaly do. I then encounter a IMI guy on ladder, some diamond zerg. "Oh sweet" i thought "I can verse these IMI guys and see what they got!" Game starts i chuck out a gl hf and he never responds. He eventually wins cause my PvZ is shit and in frustration i leave the game. That zerg, who never responded to me pm's me after the game saying "lol noob gg". Like, wtf seriously? I didn't reply because its better not to talk back and let it slide. At this point i think to myself, ok so i guess their are some idiots in IMI but with all clans (or most) thats normal, im bound to meet a sweet person from IMI right? Time goes by and i verse a terran from IMI. I say gl hf and he responds "gg". Now i know the koreans tend to do this which is normal, but recently i have had doubts about IMI but i ignored it and played on. The game ends with him successfully proxy widow mine rush and due to no protection, i lose the game. After game he pm's me and says "gg noob". Wow, ok, so maybe im just getting the dickheads from IMI? Im sure they are not all nob jockeys.
Some more time passes and im killing ladder im rank 1 diamond at this point, i verse a masters from IMI "Alright its a IMI player but he is master terran player, maybe it was just the diamond roster who were bm. I start the game normal with "gl hf" and after a bit he says "glgl". Ok fair enough, first immortal guy to respond to me somewhat nicely. The game pushes on and i decided to go for a 1 base all in (yes i know how noob of me) and i almost win but well, repair bunkers are quite strong. So i lose and tap out leaving the game. I was waiting for the pm as it seems every IMI i have faced so far has done this, before you knew it bang a pm (surprise) and he says "ezpz 1 base noob". Wow so nothing nice to say. I am now angry with IMI at this point and just recently i versed the same IMI guy twice, both games he 2 gates me and both times it doesnt work. Both games after the match he pm to me saying im so bad and that i was lucky and at this point i lost it i pm him back saying WHY ARE ALL OF YOU IMI PEOPLE A BUNCH OF WANKERS?! He just responds with the dullest answer. "idk what you mean". WTF i thought? what you mean you dont understand?
Im officially over these IMI pricks and their BM and cheese and aggressive behaviour. I am yet to encounter someone nice on this IMI clan. I know this rant wont fix the problem and i know im just some diamond scrub but im sick and tired of IMI and the NA community in general. The SEA community, despite competition, was 100X better back in the day. At least people wouldnt harass you or bm you or w/e. Im not sure if anyone else agrees with me or even knows about these IMI guys but whether you with or against me i felt this needed to be adressed. That way, if you guys encounter a IMI player please tell me if they bm you or harass you during or after the match.
RANT OVER!
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"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
Yea people being "BM" on ladder isn't a new occurrence. BM clans aren't a new thing either. I fail to see the purpose in asking people to inform you of their behavior on ladder...
People can be BM if they want, its unpleasant but hey, what you described really isn't crossing any lines beyond basic courtesy. If they really are as bad as you claim, they will naturally disappear as a clan or mend their ways.
Although for that masters terran to reply with ezpz 1 base noob was probably because you 1 based him? Not because he bms people..? Just what I thought of ^_^
P.S. You can try joining MirG if you want :3 #1 NA Clan huehue
Yea people being "BM" on ladder isn't a new occurrence. BM clans aren't a new thing either. I don't know what benefit you would get out of getting people to inform of their behavior.
People can be BM if they want, its unpleasant but hey, what you described really isn't crossing any lines beyond basic courtesy. If they really are as bad as you claim, they will naturally disappear as a clan or mend their ways.
I know BM isnt new i know this. The point of this was the fact that all IMI members seem to be the same crap as a clan. Like BM is natural, and in every clan your going to get the occasional "dickhead" but it seems all of IMI so far are the occaional "dickhead".
Part of these people probably feel BM-ing a random person on ladder (yes, in their eyes you're probably a random person) wouldn't hurt. That guy's probably not in any community or stuff and a single person complaining about them isn't gonna matter. But well turns out he's wrong, since you're part of this community!
Their clan is so big, and I'm sure whatever their members do or say are not representative of what is, perhaps, the initial body of the clan. They're really hardcore on recruitment so basically anyone gets through I guess. Now that they're big enough, they aren't looking for Diamonds anymore unless it's like their friends or something. I only know that CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, they're only looking for Masters to up their overall skill level.
So hey, just stick around in SEA with these nice people. Don't need to join their clan because I feel they're already too big to feel like you're a part of them. Nem and I always hang out in their chat, but we have no intentions of joining them. Just hang around, sometimes people there will ask if you wanna practice or something.
Although for that masters terran to reply with ezpz 1 base noob was probably because you 1 based him? Not because he bms people..? Just what I thought of ^_^
P.S. You can try joining MirG if you want :3 #1 NA Clan huehue
I one based him cause he went 1 rax fe and plus it was like masters. The point here was like all he had to do was either say gg or dont say anything at all. No need to call me a noob just for trying something out...
Part of these people probably feel BM-ing a random person on ladder (yes, in their eyes you're probably a random person) wouldn't hurt. That guy's probably not in any community or stuff and a single person complaining about them isn't gonna matter. But well turns out he's wrong, since you're part of this community!
Their clan is so big, and I'm sure whatever their members do or say are not representative of what is, perhaps, the initial body of the clan. They're really hardcore on recruitment so basically anyone gets through I guess. Now that they're big enough, they aren't looking for Diamonds anymore unless it's like their friends or something. I only know that CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, they're only looking for Masters to up their overall skill level.
So hey, just stick around in SEA with these nice people. Don't need to join their clan because I feel they're already too big to feel like you're a part of them. Nem and I always hang out in their chat, but we have no intentions of joining them. Just hang around, sometimes people there will ask if you wanna practice or something.
Yeah i guess, but this was back when IMI was about a month old? So i tried to get in early when they were not that well known.
I one based him cause he went 1 rax fe and plus it was like masters. The point here was like all he had to do was either say gg or dont say anything at all. No need to call me a noob just for trying something out...
One possibility too is that Masters Terran could've been on tilt maybe? (like I'm usually on :P) And couldn't hold back the anger / stress he's been trying to hold in
I don't mean to come across as antagonistic or dismissive, but I feel you may just be inflaming your own anger here :S
Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!
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