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A typology of players by main DG

A typology of players by main DG

(a quasi-scientific study)

Disclaimer: It's not a scientific article. This post inludes some subjective observations and sarcastic remarks. If you cannot stomach it, stay away instead of flaming me.

I. UB. Two distinct subtypes: (1) about 90% are rude arrogant egotistic semi-noobs that have no map awareness, play no other DG, and are allergic to words like 'strategy' and 'tactics' (they just Spit > click on target, so why bother?) -- these guys usually play BotF Spit/Ooze hybrid (though I've seen BotS players that fall into this category, too); (2) a small caste of elite UB players, that are usually quite intelligent (they can actually talk, ffs!), and play this game mathematically -- they understand playing a very good UB is hard and requires precision and flawless calculations. E. g.: Zen_God can be a nice example, though he cheats on his UB with a speed Rook! Hah!

II. Oak. Well, this is the most annoying player type, in my opinion. Oak is easy to abuse. Too many 'gay' tactics, too many half-exploits. Also, his skill set is as close to perfection as it gets. It draws a certain type of players, to be sure. Independent of personal skill level, I think I've never seen a dedicated Oak player (= a guy that mains Oak, not just plays him) that wasn't in his asshole mode at least 50% of the time. E. g.: Think Wip_ or MacLoover. 

III. Rook. The exact opposite. I love these guys. Usually quite phlegmatic and cold-blooded. That's why Zen plays speed Rook, I guess ;) Seriously, they are all somehow restrained, or at least take it easy. E. g.: I suspect (not sure, let's see if my typology works practically) Cow is one of those guys originally. Ppapanek is also a good example.

IV. Erebus. An interesting type. I think dedicated Erbs are the most personally skilled of all top-tier DG players, perhaps because he requires heavy microing and precise Mist timings. The best of those guys are somewhat similar to an 'elite UB' sub-type. Mathematical precision and intelligent judgment. E. g.: Maybe Renz can serve as an example, though he doesn't play much Erb these days, I think.

V. Sedna. I'll try to be objective here. Sedna draws a certain type of crowd... Let's say, people that love to play their game a bit too intelligently. Thorough (sometimes, too thorough) people with great love for theory and numbers. But the fact is, I've never seen a dumb player that mains (or even plays!) Sedna. She's just that kind of DG, probably. E. g.: Hedgie, of course.

VI. QoT. QoTists are similar to Sednaists, but usually a bit more excentric. Maybe it's even the same type, I don't know. Let's just say, dedicated QoTs and Sednas are hugely different from the rest of the crowd. We should also mention their towering intellect, blah-blah-blah... O:) E. g.: LORD-ORION.

VII. TB. A strange crowd. Two distinct sub-types again, very similar to those I've mentioned while analazying UBs: (1) Fire TB players are not as bad as non-elite UBs, but probably close second -- maybe because playing a Fire TB is so ridiculously easy. In short, they don't strike me as intelligent or nice people at all! A player playing a DG with high damage and speed, but very low hp and no freaking interrupt clearly has... issues. Oh, they are also dead conservative, always stack speed and never switch forms. They also tend to type a lot into All chat. Haha, take this, Pacov! }:)  (2) Hybrid or Ice TB players. They are great. Smart, skilled, polite players not afraid of trying new things/setups/builds. E. g.: Think of Thundercles. Think of him, goddamit!

VIII. Occ. Honestly, I don't like Occ players. Occ is one of the, or maybe THE, most primitive DGs to play. As long as you don't overextend horribly when oom, and target your butt-jumps/chain lightnings/exploding balls to any point roughly within 20 y radius (= aren't totally blind) to hit everyone for 65765675 damage -- congrats, you may consider yourself a solid Occ. No precision required, no creative thinking involved (no reason to think, as most of his skills don't work w/o Uberfix). How can you get excited about such a character is a mystery to me. E. g.: While I can think of some good examples, I won't post them here.

IX-X. Reg & DA. (1) Kill-happy n00bz, or (2) players so old and tired of this game, they prefer to handicap themselves either for early (DA) or for late (Reg) game. E. g.: The only serious player that mains Reg is Darkliath. She claims she's just not so good with other DGs, but I suspect she's simply tired of playing upper-tier DGs and dearly loves challenge (look at her win % and compare it to her skill).

 

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Reply #51 Top

I miss the glory days when I could play vs Renz and Mcshane with Rawrrr as my teammate every night of the week. That was my favorite time in DG.
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Lol, here are the 3 times that happened, it was the spit vs ooze games:

Game 1-Me(Erebus)+Renz(UB) vs Rawrr(OAk)+You(UB)>>Was a decent game but shield was just too powerful, and you guys win.

Game 2-Me(UB) + Renz(Oak) vs Rawrr(OAk)+You(UB)>>My side dominates, like 9 kills to 1, quick victory.

Game 3-Me(Ub) + Renz (Oak) vs Rawrr (Oak) + You (UB) >>My side is dominating again only like 7 kills to 2 this time, but we started the game at 6 AM for Renz and late game he decides to let Rawrr take a portal while he grabbed your valor flag lol

So with the improbable comeback in game 3, you're actually still up in the official spit vs ooze series (which took place over 2 days).  This is something I was hoping to fix in the last tournament, but unfortunately Iz_ beat me to it  :(O

 

 

Reply #52 Top

In a 1v1 match, it would go to whoever didn't screw up first. I've been trying to diff builds for ub vs ub 1v1 on cata, and I've found 1 that beats botf everytime, and 1 that is comparable. BUT, i used to 1v1 allll the time, and i will almost always pick a general, so it throws of my 1v1 ub skills a bit.
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i host 1on1s very often, you should join some time. I rarely lose the ub matchups. I doubt you have encountered the UBs renz/orcun/renz/shane and I play. It's a complete different lvl of UB gameplay

Reply #53 Top

That was an enjoyable read IN1, pretty accurate profiling too.

Off topic: If we are dropping names, I'd like to mention some excellent Erebii from what I've seen in the past:

-2nana (Korean player, showcased the power of minions/passive erebus dps by spanking my no-minion ass)

-Orcun_BL (Orcun used to play erb for the old premade [posidenii/ivorgor/orcun], probably one of the first Erebus in DG to apply full Mass Charm correctly)

-McShane87, Nomilarac, Pacov, nnnils (Respectable LE)

-Dark_Satana, py4eek, nazhda4ka/McLoover (Respectable russian LE)

:fuzzy:

Reply #54 Top

Quoting Zen_God, reply 52
 i host 1on1s very often, you should join some time. I rarely lose the ub matchups. I doubt you have encountered the UBs renz/orcun/renz/shane and I play. It's a complete different lvl of UB gameplay
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That doubt will cost you the game son. But I'm down, next time i see it in the lobby i'll be joining. 

Reply #55 Top

That doubt will cost you the game son. But I'm down, next time i see it in the lobby i'll be joining.
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yay!  Nice to see folks competing.  GL both of you. 

Reply #56 Top

Quoting OMG_pacov, reply 55


yay!  Nice to see folks competing.  GL both of you. 
End of OMG_pacov's quote

 

The smaller this community gets, the less competitive people will be. Since apparently we all have big egos, some people can't handle trash talking and then not being able to back it up because everyone who plays the game will see how they failed. 

Reply #57 Top

no way, the Olympics is a tiny community and is full of fierce competition. 

Also, you're a tool. 

Reply #58 Top

Quoting awuffleablehedgie, reply 57


Also, you're a tool. 
End of awuffleablehedgie's quote

You got a problem with me?

 

Obviously you're jealous of something since i've never spoken to you before.