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Starcraft 2 Division Placement

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Faranth
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
933 Posts
May 09 2010 20:45 GMT
#1
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Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
May 09 2010 20:49 GMT
#2
Agree completely. I knew I wasn't platinum and ended up throwing my 5th placement match just so I dont get thrown in there.
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9795 Posts
May 09 2010 20:53 GMT
#3
the problem isnt that the system isnt accurate, it's that it need more games, against a larger variety of players, and should change the proportions of the leagues so that the aren't nearly as many platinum leagues.

and you got 2 toss, i'm jealous
i still havent played a single toss in my ladder matches yet XP
boomer hands
zoLo
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States5896 Posts
May 09 2010 21:05 GMT
#4
I agree as well, but this is a beta after all and I'm sure Blizzard knows this problem unless Blizzard said they are keeping 5. Even so, they could always go back and change it even when the full release of the game is out.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
May 09 2010 21:05 GMT
#5
It's pretty retarded, but I'm sure you'll end up where you're supposed to eventually...

It may take 30-40 games, but hey.
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4216 Posts
May 09 2010 22:06 GMT
#6
I'm typically crushing players in the Gold league (went 4-1 in my placement, although I probably should have been 5-0), and I'm pretty terrible.....

The divisions need to be spread out a little better than they currently are..... I just got bumped up to platinum, and I'm approximately a C- in SCBW..... That's about all it takes to make platinum..... Relatively speaking, the average skill level in SC2 is terrible at the moment..... I mean, I was able to mass thor vs a P player massing immortals, and still came out ahead..... Significantly..... I was just fucking with him, cause I saw how bad he was.....

The thing is - getting those 1500+ points in Platinum will be incredibly difficult..... That is where the best of the best really show that they are deserving of their spot.
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sur_reaL
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada278 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-09 22:17:10
May 09 2010 22:16 GMT
#7
This is exactly what happened to me and I'm also just like you except my situation is probably even worse:
2/5 games, the player just left (no reason whatsoever, I wasn't even at an advantage); They were both ranked silver.
2/5 games, the opponent was bronze.
1/5 games, the opponent was unranked (dunno about now though)

I'll put myself as a solid silver player. My friend, who is way better than me, got placed in silver after his five placement matches; now he just got promoted to gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3hrtp1T84
yema1
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland101 Posts
May 11 2010 16:34 GMT
#8
I'm a brand new StarCraft player but I'm doing okay in Copper league with 13-11 in score, just earlier on today I was match-maked vs. a gold player, anyone know why that happens?

I would like to know what to do exactly to advance to the next league because it's quite frustrating to not know what you need to accomplish.
Dont tread on me
DonkeyPunch
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia51 Posts
July 11 2010 11:02 GMT
#9
Its a bit hard to put you into the right league with the 5 placement matches. Now with Phase 2 i play Zerg in Silver and im being matched against bronze players ( last 2 match ups)...now imo i should be playing other silver league players... i mean it would make sense to me that you would have to defeat all/most of the players in each division to advance to the next? Or the players higher then you on the leader board and to have a high win;loss ratio (more appropriate). Any one else have thoughts on the matter?
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Merano
Profile Joined January 2008
Austria105 Posts
July 12 2010 06:26 GMT
#10
I also think, that something is now screwed up with the placement matches. You get far to many new/bronce/silver players as opponents. And even after the placement matches, I got 2 more novice/silver players, where match preview was labeled as "Teams even" or "???", although I am still undefeated in Gold and trying to work my way to Platinum.
I have done that placement thing 5 or 6 times by now. Every system they had in the past seemed to work better than the current system. Before, they at least paired me against opponents of my skill level while I was climbing up in the ladder. Maybe it is just related to that "2 placement matches left" Bug.
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
July 13 2010 23:03 GMT
#11
On May 10 2010 07:06 Impervious wrote:
I'm typically crushing players in the Gold league (went 4-1 in my placement, although I probably should have been 5-0), and I'm pretty terrible.....

The divisions need to be spread out a little better than they currently are..... I just got bumped up to platinum, and I'm approximately a C- in SCBW..... That's about all it takes to make platinum..... Relatively speaking, the average skill level in SC2 is terrible at the moment..... I mean, I was able to mass thor vs a P player massing immortals, and still came out ahead..... Significantly..... I was just fucking with him, cause I saw how bad he was.....

The thing is - getting those 1500+ points in Platinum will be incredibly difficult..... That is where the best of the best really show that they are deserving of their spot.


i've played #1 diamond players that are terrible ;s
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