Is this normal?

[worldfamous]

(11-16-2012 01:50 AM)NDRDOG Wrote:  I just did some counting (and I got a sticker because I'm married to a teacher) and of the 20 games I'm currently running.......
1 is a 2v2 so it doesn't count in these #'s
9 of my games are currently stalled
6 of these are unranked players so I'm assuming they've quit
2 are games I'm on the verge of victory and,I guess, the other player is hoping I quit?
1 game I'm guessing the opponent is otherwise occupied

Of my total 19 games (I'm playing 1 2v2) I started 1st in 9 and 2nd in 10. Of the stalled games, I started 1st in 5 and 2nd in 4.

Honestly I didn't know what queue stacking was until a few days ago and I do not do it. I was surprised the #'s were that even because it sure feels like I got a lot more games where I'm P2. Maybe I should look at the games I've won and lost as well. I'm just throwing this up for informational purposes. Make whatever you want of it.

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(11-15-2012 05:45 PM)worldfamous Wrote:  

(11-15-2012 10:27 AM)Necrocat219 Wrote:  The only thing I frown upon is stacking the same map. I've only come across one player I believe to be stacking the maps who's also fairly high up in the top 200. Whilst stacking to counteract it is fine, I do it too, I think choosing the map you're best at every time is the only thing I condone.

@NDRDOG If we didn't stack then other players would take advantage of it and we would have a very disproportionate amount of P2 games. We only do it so that the amount of P1/P2 matches is about right.

That's what I was saying but apparently I was too aggressive with my verbiage, and now I'm a bad parent and unworthy of teaching children.

You mentioned earlier that some of what you said was tongue in cheek. You claim that of yourself yet you cannot see it in others. I think it best that I say nothing else in the subject.

I even added the stick your tongue out face make sure people understood I was kidding. Guess I should cancel my appearance at open mic night. (That was a joke. I wasn't really planning on attending an open mic event). That's the trouble with written word. It's all up for interpretation. Tough to capture tone.
In all seriousness, I would like to explain what I mean by stacking to break even. If you start games one at a time (meaning 1 a day or one ever few hours) you will be P2 99% of the time. That is why I wait until I have 5 or 6 slots open. I then start games one after the other. Usually the first 2 or 3 will be as P2. By the 3rd or 4th game, the cue is clear and I start getting games as P1. Once I've started 2, 3, maybe 4 games as P1, I stop. This leaves me at 2-4 P1 games and 2-4 P2 games, thus "breaking even". There are those that finish all of their games and then fire up all 35 consecutively, leading to a ratio between 6-1 and 10-1. In my opinion, that is gaming the system in an unfair manner. What I do, is basically a necessity to keep the playing field even. I hope that's clear.