[MrSandman]

Let me preface this by saying I wasn't disappointed in losing to Hillboy (an accused smurf) in the last BSG. I lost to him because I made the wrong decisions and he was a good player, and I haven't said anything different to friends or others.

I'm disappointed in the starcraft 2 community. As a comparative newbie to the competitive side of rts' I bought sc2 with the aim of getting better and reaching a high level. I placed in bronze (watching the games now all I can think is epic fail) and then played, lots. And watched replays, and talked with other players to learn. About 4 months after buying the game I got promoted with 20+ over the w/l ratio and a lot of hope for my playing future. Moments before playing in the last bsg (my third) I was promoted to gold while warming up. I felt this was the culmination of many many hours of play and practise.
Basically, I've played a lot (considering what my life is like) and ended up being an okay player.

So when tournaments appear and are won by someone with 5 games played in total and a profile on sc2sea made yesterday I can only sum up my feelings by saying I'm disappointed and annoyed. I don't think I'll be entering another BSG, as a goal to reach the semi's or finals is soured when I know I'll be playing someone beyond the level of a gold. I'm not accusing oGsNada directly, but merely pointing out that playing under one's level to win in tourneys is ridiculously common place. So thank you sc2, thank you for creating a system that allows this.

Again, I didn't play Nada and I'm not annoyed about losing to Hillboy. The admins are also blameless in that there's no real way of telling who's a master smurfer and who's simply a good gold before the tourney. I guess I'm saying to everyone out there who's considered smurfing to not. It's just a terrible thing and devalues all tourneys with set skill ceilings. Good luck to everyone in the GPD tonight and future BSG's, I hope one day you can enter knowing who you're playing.