That’s why 99% of non pros use barcodes, though. The most typical person to barcode is a guy who LOVES CANNON RUSHING. It reaches a point, though, where so many of the same types of people are trying to hide what they’re doing, that by simply seeing a barcode you know what they will do. Irony.
If it were up to me, every opponent I play would know what I will do, because I just like trying to come up with styles that are unexploitable/indifferent. I would never play on a barcode because it would drastically hurt my ability to know whether my strategy was good or someone just got bamboozled.
That’s an interesting idea (I quite like it - I think it’s a good one) but I think it misses the point. The game already has anonymity and lots of it but streamers like to shame people into revealing their identity so that the streamer and his followers can then publicly shame that person. That’s the goal of calling a barcode player a coward. It’s pretty toxic to engage in publicly shaming ladder opponents which is actually one of the best arguments for having a barcode account. It makes it difficult for people like this to do things like that. The irony in this situation is astounding: “if you don’t let me bully you publicly, you are a coward!” Lmao. The logic is just non existent.
I think playing a streamer who is smurfing is akin to illegal recording. I had to change my name just to be able to tolerate playing any streamers. If you’re not shilling something, may as well be living to serve them.
All this drama because Batz needs his daily dose of attention.
YAWN…
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Well obviously if you are say, a Zerg who does troll builds every game so that you can post diary threads any time one of them works, using a barcode is probably advantageous.
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What’s the point of having an ego with no name to associate it with? 
rabiDrone IS a coward, else he wouldn’t be bragging to the gold leaguers in a forum to praise him
the real question here is why is that everyone with a barcode name toxic asf for no reason?
I think there’s 2 forms of anonymity when it comes to things like this. Barcodes are anonymous because there are tons of them and telling them apart visually during a game is neigh impossible. This means from barcode to barcode they could all be the same person or all be different people. Conversely, the anonymity of changing your alias every season lets me know I’m playing the same or a different person during a season though I don’t necessarily know who that person is. It lets me track from game to game whether I’ve played you before or not and lets me build insight as to what that alias might or might not do based on experience. There is no situation where a barcode allows for that giving it another layer of anonymity.
Batz is a gimmicky zerg player who is probably 300-400 MMR higher than he would be if he used the same name. His troll strats probably wouldn’t work if people knew who he was and what to expect. He’s actually the perfect example of zerg being able to be even more gimmicky than toss.
At least with other gimmicky players like printf you know what you are going to get but with a barcode you could be getting anything and batz preys off that advantage. So the next time you hear batz talk about his vast"GM experience" it’s really his low GM experience with cheese as a barcode.
There are programs that will look up your opponent for you while you play. There are top streamers who use this software as they stream. Barcodes are no more anonymous than any other name. If you choose not to look up who your opponent is, you are the one giving them their anonymity.
My troll builds are done on a highly recognizable account name which is why I have to black it out in the videos I post. If I were a barcode there would be no need. Your theory needs more thinking and less assuming.
That software displays the account name (a barcode) and their MMR…at least every version of that API accessor I’ve seen has only done that. Either way, for the average user of SC2 they will only see what the load screen shows them (the account name) and a barcode is less identifiable visually than an alias even if neither gives away who the underlying person is. One is trackable without 3rd party software, the other isn’t. That is inherently more anonymous for the majority use case. You can ignore the reality of the situation all you want. This is a case where your particular use of logic only allows you to be wrong with authority.
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Except, as I pointed out, in Grandmaster league, where the pool of opponents is much smaller, you will still face vs thousands of opponents. The majority of opponents you will face only once. The idea that you can keep track of who is on the other side is laughable.
sc2 unmasked doesnt work to find alts most of the time
Follow that line of logic. If accounts are hard to keep track of, then you are admitting that having a barcode is no more anonymous than a normal alias. If they are easy to keep track of, then there is no anonymity for having a barcode. Either way, barcoding is no different than a normal alias.
It works because when every1 chooses to use barcode you can mix one player with another. If all were called rabiDrone that would work too but having alt account that is uncommon is still recognizable such as WhatIsMySmurfName. Still, it is used to hide builds in big tournaments and being a barcode in Diam, Master or on forums is laughable
This is like what, your 4th different account now? How would you say repeatedly making new accounts to talk smack on the forums compares to a barcode?
I dont know what ur talking about I havent been here since the summer. Confusing me with someone else, I talk smack? I only respond to t hose who talk smack. If you consider my bashing the trolls unbanned for their evident trolling ‘talking smack’ then you are either in the troll league or your ideas are twisted
Let’s put your theory to the test. Who is Delmonte?