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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/Alive2007 on 2024-12-15 19:20:43+00:00.

I just watched Harstem’s new IODIS video (lurch vs. DrPootytang):

Lurch probably really is a silver league player with 2044 MMR, but DrPootytang is absolutely not. There is one account on sc2pulse with the name DrPootytang:

Race Best MMR Total Games Last MMR Last Games
random 3133 11535 3040 1
protoss 2911 3968 2663 31
terran 3069 2204 2381 287
zerg 2883 894 2371 27

Looking at the match history and filtering down to 1V1 games that have a duration: 229 - Recent matches 135 - Wins 94 - Losses 59 - Losses less than 60s

Meaning that of their recent losses, DrPootytang left the match 63% of the time before the first minute elapsed. This is a player who has a consistent history of leaving games to artificially lower their MMR. It’s possible there’s another DrPootytang in the wild, but I think unlikely.

And yes, we can poke some fun and critique lurch because theoretically they did submit the replay, but I find it really disheartening that Harstem did not realize the power imbalance at play. Lurch is out here complaining about ravens, but in reality they should be complaining about the state of the ladder. They had little to zero chance from the start.

We as a community need to find some way to foster a better ladder experience if we want the game to retain players. Why would lurch keep playing if they are going to be regularly decimated by players outside their skill level?

Yes, lurch sucks, but what really is IMBA (and unfortunate) is SC2 ladder smurfs.

PS Hang in there lurch <3

PSS DrPootytang, shame on you. Hope you rethink some stuff mate.