[nard]

Originally Posted by BakaInu

I wouldn't like to DQ people as well, but its a fact that there will be people smurfing in BSG to get the prize or just to bully the weaker players. Therefore we have to come up with a way to stop smurfers. If they were legitimately in gold, then they wouldn't be playing as a high plat or diamond player would they? If they practice custom games, then when they are good enough, its time for them to be promoted, no? We decide who gets DQed by watching the replays and having multiple people agreeing that the player is far beyond BSG level, and that he is a smurf. Thats where we draw the line.

pardon me but that would be like saying you dont deserve to be the bsg champion because ur the best in gold but blizz hasnt deemed it fit to promote u. let these seemingly plat level ppl play but award the prize to someone else other than those who are good enough for plat. just my 2cents.

[cruxis]

Because there's smurfers.

[nirvAnA]

i think BakaInu means more of high plat / diamond calibre which is clearly leagues above his displayed ranking rather then just plat or best in gold. alot of the time the smurfers who were caught disparity in actual ladder ranking and gameplay is not even close, we have had silver and bronzes playing like diamonds and that surely is way too suspicious.

we have to draw the line somewhere and although that might end up affecting an extreme minority of "legitmate" players (so far nearly all those caught have admitted being smurfs) it is a necessary cost to protect the majority of our BSG playes who just want to have fun in a "fair" competitive environment or people will just keep bullying/grieving the BSGs.

With that being said, if there's a better way to detect smurfs or if anyone has suggestions i'm sure BakaInu & Zergtastic would be more than happy to listen to them and try them out.

Also, somehow this 1.34 patch thread got derailed! Might have to move these posts to the smurf topic for continued discussion.

[PantlessPete]

So, back on topic, this is what 1.3.4 has done!

http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/130883096

I'm glad the fungal growth was a bug and they're going to fix it...nothing annoyed me more than losing all my probes on the lowground base of Xel'Naga Caverns without any warning at all!

[duanloves]

After the patch, i keep getting matched with platinum to master level players and getting pwned by them
Very demoralizing =(

[Wawa]

I think the patch fixed the replays.

There was a point between patches where the names of the players don't show up at the end of the game when they leave.