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Post by lporiginalg on Jul 6, 2006 5:20:03 GMT -5
The ladder has sunk to all new lows recently with an influx of expert players changing their names so they can stack teams. Here's a list of known pseudonyms and I encourage people to add any that they know of.
Daggerjones = Mettalian
Goldenknight = OneSong aka One
[KINGS]Zvon = Wizen aka TheWiz aka IceCreamMan
[KINGS]High = pseudonym, player not yet known
[KINGS]Mcgriddle =pseudonyn, player unknown, believed to be Smuckey
These kings guys are the worst, they use that tag as a joke to make fun of Kingzee's clan and to add to the joke they act like total rehabs in staging, talking in all caps and saying things like "ZIGGITY-ZIGGITY-WHAT-NOW!>! KINGZ RULEZ ALLZ' and basicaly making the playing experience unbearable for anyone with more than 2% the brains of a dead piss ant.
I'll also add that most of these guys if not all are associated with the RaY clan and I've pretty much lost all respect for this clan now. If you guys want to stage your 'cool games' and gang up on a bunch oh noobs by planing which techs each person researches and then trading them cause that's how you get your kicks then go hard, but leave that sh*t out of the ladder ffs.
Also if you search for the aformentioned [KINGS] players on the ladder you won't find any of them, which means earlier tonight I played a ladder game with 3 people that aren't even on the ladder because i trusted the host.
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Post by notagoodname on Jul 6, 2006 7:27:16 GMT -5
well if you have 2 accounts on the ladder they will both get deleted, be warned. Onesong, Wizen and Metallian used to be in a 3 man clan, so im guessing there's your missing pseudonyms for high and mcgriddle right there. All those players appear on the ladder without the clan tags btw. (so it isn't all that bad, they should have the same names exactly though of course) And yeah, i'm of the beleif you should stick to your username no matter what - even if it isn't a good name . One last thing Kingzee spams way too much, who cares if they make fun of him
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Post by Speaker on Jul 6, 2006 7:30:35 GMT -5
Take yourself a little more seriously LP. I didn't realize the staging room was supposed to be chaste. It's just a game. And the two teams were extremely competitive, playing longer than 99% of Inland Renaissance team games normally go. Get over it. People are allowed to change their name if they want to.
-Speaker (Who "hosted" the game, under his real and only name, was not a captain, and played no part in picking the teams)
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Post by MookieNJ on Jul 6, 2006 7:40:48 GMT -5
I don't know what the problem is with people changing their names. The ladder allows each player to change their name a maximum of one time per week. Each time a player changes his or her name it is listed in the Daily News, so it's not exactly a secret. If a player withdraws from the ladder, they must wait 15 days before registering, and are then allowed to do so using any name they like.
As long as players like DaggerJones and Zvon follow these rules, who cares what they want to call themselves? They certainly aren't the first players to do this ... and if you're going to call out RaY for having Metallian and TheWiz as members, certainly it's ok if I call out Illuminati, right? How many times has Lazysmurf / Lanceuppercut / Machinist changed his name? How about the Longhorn / Pestilence / Longhorn switcheroo?
Not for nothing, but in case you all were wondering -- Elite_Fighter used to be ..A..Chris and before that =Playaz=Chris ... and that Heretic1977 guy that was running around for a week or so was really Nero. Remember NapalmNow? He came back as weaksauce.
This is really quite hypocritical to be calling out one clan when it's pretty easy to pull up some examples from your own ...
Also, it's pretty funny to see that whenever a new ladder player comes around and shows some skill that most everyone assumes it's an "old" player ... I know a lot of people who would like to know what MissLadyLuck's old account name was, and I've heard a lot of crazy conspiracy theories on that one!
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Post by MookieNJ on Jul 6, 2006 8:49:48 GMT -5
If you are looking for more pseudonyms, here are some I found:
Ra-17 is now Magnumm. manny is now zigga. TamCIV is now Afghan.
Also related to this issue is players resetting their stats. This could be done to avoid captaincy and stack teams, or to attempt to hide one's true abilities (especially from newer players who might be unfamiliar with some of the players in the staging room) in order to stack teams. However, I have never heard any outrage over this ... so why the big deal with a few people changing their names?
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Post by churchill1 on Jul 6, 2006 8:54:30 GMT -5
Actually I agree with lp here. I really don't like what's been going on. I remember playing with 'DaggerJones' and I notice immediately he is way better than his stats suggest, yet when I ask if it is a pseudonym he makes up a load of bs. Well I actually get on well with him and enjoy playing with him so why he does this i don't know. Goldenknight appears in one of our games and I notice his stats are better than a noobs should be. So I ask if he is some pseudonym but no he isn't . Same for Zvon. "No I'm not a pseudonym." And when he was theicecreaman he is in a teamer and we all think he is noob and yet someone pm's me to say i should pick him. Then I find out who he is. I think it is really awful what has been going on. It f**ks up games and is totally unnecessary. Some people are getting some cheap thrills out of this. And the worst thing is is that on all the occasions that I ask whether they are pseudonym they just lie. And in certain cases come up with a whole swimming pool full of bull nuts. One of the dumbest things about this is that if u assume someone to be new ur not going to be keen to listen to their advice. So it works against them in many ways. In any case I would take no pleasure from doing this whatever.
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Post by mrgametheory on Jul 6, 2006 8:55:54 GMT -5
zvon is wisen lol, I was wondering the who this might be. he comes into a 1v1 game of mine and says that he is the best player in the world and I will lose no matter what and If I lose to him I have to join Kingz and I beat him in like 60 turns heh. Same with MissLadyluck, from the first time I met her she was rude to me and didn't like me, and it takes atleast 1-3 doses of Game Theory to act like that to me, and I never met her in my life which makes me know that its an older vet.
I love this thread, feed me more, Spill the beans. Lets send out warrants for Friedrich's, red Phoenix's, Tricky's, etc's, new tags heh
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Post by Bantams on Jul 6, 2006 9:02:56 GMT -5
Who is MissLadyLuck? definately not Angel could be Magzi but i doubt it if anyone knows please tell us
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Post by MookieNJ on Jul 6, 2006 9:02:58 GMT -5
well if you have 2 accounts on the ladder they will both get deleted, be warned. Exactly ... changing your name is one thing, but having duplicate accounts is another. Oh well, in the end, I'd honestly prefer that people couldn't change their names and couldn't reset their stats ... it certainly would make things easier for everyone. But according to the ladder rules they can, and for the original poster of this thread to call out one clan specifically when there are a lot of people changing their names and resetting their stats who are not a part of this clan is not cool with me.
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Post by thevindicator on Jul 6, 2006 9:12:11 GMT -5
I'll also add that most of these guys if not all are associated with the RaY clan and I've pretty much lost all respect for this clan now never had much respect for them .. and oh yeh, remorse = rokkit
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Post by churchill1 on Jul 6, 2006 9:15:14 GMT -5
Cool. We're now the bad boys of the Civ 4 ladder. Move over ..a..
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Post by Ellestar on Jul 6, 2006 9:21:59 GMT -5
That thread is HOT Go on, bring some fun, it was boring here for a while ;D
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Post by mrgametheory on Jul 6, 2006 9:29:02 GMT -5
Ray the bad boys? Its going to take a hell of a lot more than all your decent players leaving the clan and making up pseudonyms in order to get their kicks for you guys to even stand a chance of taking our place as the bad boys I get random people calling me their mortal enemy atleast 2 times a day.
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Post by Gogf on Jul 6, 2006 9:36:27 GMT -5
I really don't like what's been going on. Well, I didn't know that you were Pixiejmcc until I saw a post of yours at CivFanatics that said that you were .
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Post by churchill1 on Jul 6, 2006 9:39:01 GMT -5
hehe. But i wasn't exactly a master at civ when i changed my name. And in any case i certainly didn't deliberately hide the fact. I told everyone that knew me well. I didn't want to change my name but it was so naff action had to be taken. I'm pretty sure I barely knew u at all before I changed my name gogf. Thought someone might bring that up....
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Post by Bantams on Jul 6, 2006 9:53:17 GMT -5
I really don't like what's been going on. Well, I didn't know that you were Pixiejmcc until I saw a post of yours at CivFanatics that said that you were . Hmm just clicking on the name Churchill1 gave that one away its his email address lol
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Post by Bantams on Jul 6, 2006 10:12:14 GMT -5
Im pretty sure Vindi as a previous name anyone know?
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Post by thevindicator on Jul 6, 2006 10:14:31 GMT -5
Im pretty sure Vindi as a previous name anyone know? bcos i am so great? if you saw my early weeks of play, you wouldnt think i had a previous name...
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Post by churchill1 on Jul 6, 2006 10:27:17 GMT -5
Nah. Because u had some trouble with the taxman.
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Post by knupp on Jul 6, 2006 11:53:31 GMT -5
I'll also add that most of these guys if not all are associated with the RaY clan and I've pretty much lost all respect for this clan now never had much respect for them .. and oh yeh, remorse = rokkit heh. You say this like we have any respect for you. And MissLadyLuck. She is definitely Fried's second account.
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