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            [quote]How fucked would my rating be now if I managed to grasp that chance? [/quote]
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            [quote]How fucked would my rating be now if I managed to grasp that chance? [/quote]
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            The immediate bonus would have been maybe around 100, but:
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            The immediate bonus would have been maybe around 100, but:
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            - Casual elo would not be affected if the game was played in MM
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            - Casual elo would not be affected if the game was played in MM
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            - Even if it were affected (in a custom-room 1v1 etc?), you'd probably have rebound it quite soon with additional losses due to weaker allies if playing in teams. IME these black swan events are usually adjusted back to normalcy quite fast by WHR.
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            - Even if it were affected (in a custom-room 1v1 etc?), you'd probably have rebound it quite soon with additional losses due to weaker allies if playing in teams. IME these black swan events are usually adjusted back to normalcy quite fast by WHR.
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            Personal 
            anecdote 
            here: 
            i 
            once 
            fed 
            like 
            100-150 
            casuelo 
            to 
            UltraGodzilla 
            by 
            playing 
            several 
            handicap 
            games 
            in 
            a 
            custom 
            room 
            with 
            ships; 
            it 
            recovered 
            over 
            a 
            month 
            or 
            two 
            [i]and 
            i 
            don't 
            even 
            play 
            casual 
            that 
            often[/i],
             
            usually 
            preferring 
            either 
            1v1-K 
            or 
            spec-K.
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            Personal 
            anecdote 
            here: 
            i 
            once 
            fed 
            like 
            100-150 
            casuelo 
            to 
            (
            then 
            light-blue)
             
            UltraGodzilla 
            by 
            playing 
            several 
            handicap 
            games 
            in 
            a 
            custom 
            room 
            with 
            ships; 
            it 
            recovered 
            over 
            a 
            month 
            or 
            two 
            [i]and 
            i 
            don't 
            even 
            play 
            casual 
            that 
            often[/i],
             
            usually 
            preferring 
            either 
            1v1-K 
            or 
            spec-K.
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            - Now, what if it would have failed to decay like above? Well, then you'd have deserved the higher ranking and in that hypothetical case, would have deserved the [i]noblesse oblige[/i] of having to carry your lobsters.
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            - Now, what if it would have failed to decay like above? Well, then you'd have deserved the higher ranking and in that hypothetical case, would have deserved the [i]noblesse oblige[/i] of having to carry your lobsters.
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            [quote] I guess ppl know me for standing around in team-games most of the time, idling my units and observing the current situation.[/quote]
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            [quote] I guess ppl know me for standing around in team-games most of the time, idling my units and observing the current situation.[/quote]
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            Casting a glance at the global situation to think where you (and your team) are doing wrong and could do better is a very important skill, and if you look at top teams players, they all have this. 
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            Casting a glance at the global situation to think where you (and your team) are doing wrong and could do better is a very important skill, and if you look at top teams players, they all have this. 
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            The very best ones top this further by being able to do this without idling units (but still prefer to do it when the shooting calms a bit), by figuring out better plans on how to deal with the problems they detect, and sometimes by being able to rally their allies for this plan. 
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            The very best ones top this further by being able to do this without idling units (but still prefer to do it when the shooting calms a bit), by figuring out better plans on how to deal with the problems they detect, and sometimes by being able to rally their allies for this plan. 
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            The latter ability is the [u]privilege[/u] of having a shinier color: if you're ranked higher, people are more likely to listen to you.
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            The latter ability is the [u]privilege[/u] of having a shinier color: if you're ranked higher, people are more likely to listen to you.
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