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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
August 04 2010 16:11 GMT
#1
So today I decide to to scan through my friends ladder menu (which is a awesome idea to have in the game), I of course start at the bottom and find n00bs like Alou and start scanning up.

I am surprised by the number of top players that are still in plat but most people have been sucked into the campaign so nothing is too unexpected.

Than I see one name that doesn't make sense in Rank 1 plat, CauthonLuck. Why doesn't it fit? Cauthon is a laddering machine and ALWAYS in 1v1 or custom's (for tournaments and shit), and ALWAYS has the most absurd win rate on the ladder.

What do I see:
[image loading]


Yeah it's a real competitive division...

So join the cause! Show your support for Cauthon to get to diamond! And iNcontroL thought he had it bad....

(Sorry this just made me lol pretty hard and figured u guys might get a kick out of it)

*
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 16:16:57
August 04 2010 16:14 GMT
#2
hhahaha I noticed this the other day, and now we all know his name.. brb stalking in his lawn with binoculars and camo

Cauthonluck..just isn't Diamond material..

"That's so BM"
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Graham
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1259 Posts
August 04 2010 16:15 GMT
#3
The more people I hear about having this issue the more I wonder if Blizzards "promotion" algorithm needs to be tweaked.

The point differential between #1 and #2 is insane, haha.
ThisIsJimmy
Profile Joined July 2004
United States546 Posts
August 04 2010 16:15 GMT
#4
lol that sucks, I was in almost the same exact situation 2 days ago. I had about 950 points in platinum, then when I finally got promoted I went all the way down to 250 points. So annoying!
Twitter @_ThisIsJimmy_
deL
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia5540 Posts
August 04 2010 16:18 GMT
#5
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
August 04 2010 16:18 GMT
#6
On August 05 2010 01:14 NuKedUFirst wrote:
hhahaha I noticed this the other day, and now we all know his name.. brb stalking in his lawn with binoculars and camo

Cauthonluck..just isn't Diamond material..

Show nested quote +
"That's so BM"


Meh it was already on Liquipedia and TLPD2 and a million other places.

On August 05 2010 01:15 Silent`Assassin wrote:
lol that sucks, I was in almost the same exact situation 2 days ago. I had about 950 points in platinum, then when I finally got promoted I went all the way down to 250 points. So annoying!


That sucks. It seems to work right for most people but several get the shaft..
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 16:22:44
August 04 2010 16:20 GMT
#7
On August 05 2010 01:18 deL wrote:
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0


Huh? Last I check 87% is pretty absurd. As is IdrA's 88% etc.....

He's ranked on that site #4 in the world. #1 is a drop hacker and I assume #2 is also. So on the ladder he's really #2 behind only IdrA. And he's in PLATINUM! See a problem...?
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 16:44:55
August 04 2010 16:21 GMT
#8
On August 05 2010 01:20 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 01:18 deL wrote:
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0


Huh? Last I check 87% is pretty absurd. As is IdrA's 88% etc.....


Who is that "SeLecT" fellow?
Thanks for the responses ^^

On August 05 2010 01:23 Whole wrote:
You need to lose 7 times in a row to get promoted.

...Yeah.. obviously?
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
August 04 2010 16:23 GMT
#9
You need to lose 7 times in a row to get promoted.
KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
August 04 2010 16:27 GMT
#10
On August 05 2010 01:18 deL wrote:
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0


Holy..... That's insane. IdrA tearing it up as usual :D
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
ShinyGerbil
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada519 Posts
August 04 2010 16:28 GMT
#11
not 7 times, however everyone I know that has been promoted from platinum to diamond, did reasonably well, then went on a losing streak of at least 3 games, then won once, and got promoted. I'm fairly confident that this is indeed what they look for. Idra, for example, was something like 38-2 platinum before he lost a few games and got promoted.


platinum + reasonable stats + 3 losses then a win = diamond, trust me!
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s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
August 04 2010 16:29 GMT
#12
On August 05 2010 01:21 NuKedUFirst wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 01:20 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On August 05 2010 01:18 deL wrote:
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0


Huh? Last I check 87% is pretty absurd. As is IdrA's 88% etc.....



Who is that "SeLecT" fellow?

Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 01:23 Whole wrote:
You need to lose 7 times in a row to get promoted.

...Yeah.. obviously?


He might be the age of empires player SeleCT_kr, he won WCG multiple times.

bad ass RTS player.
I am not good with quotes
[-Bluewolf-]
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States609 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 16:43:19
August 04 2010 16:42 GMT
#13
On August 05 2010 01:29 s.a.y wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2010 01:21 NuKedUFirst wrote:
On August 05 2010 01:20 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
On August 05 2010 01:18 deL wrote:
Most absurd win rate? I don't think so:

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/diamond/1#ratio:0

http://sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/platinum/1#ratio:0


Huh? Last I check 87% is pretty absurd. As is IdrA's 88% etc.....



Who is that "SeLecT" fellow?

On August 05 2010 01:23 Whole wrote:
You need to lose 7 times in a row to get promoted.

...Yeah.. obviously?


He might be the age of empires player SeleCT_kr, he won WCG multiple times.

bad ass RTS player.


SeleCt is a top level Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War player. He won WCG twice for the event (thus entering their "hall of fame"). He had 8 accounts in the top 10 of the DOW ladder at one point, and popularized the line "reric make bug" among DOW players.

Originally he lived in Korea, but he moved to America a few years ago (for school, I believe).

There is a badly one-sided replay I uploaded of him here to see how he plays (it is very similar to his DOW style). Short game as I just kinda die (had not played beta phase 2, and had just gotten the game).
The melody of logic always plays the notes of truth.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
August 04 2010 17:03 GMT
#14
Blizz employee: "Shall we promote Cauthon Luck to Diamond yet?"
Dustin Browder: "No"
Blizz employee: "But sir he has almost 1k points and an 88% win rate!"
Dustin Browder: "He's not ready yet!"
Blizz employee: "When will he be ready sir?"
Dustin Browder: "When he has OVER. NINE. THOUSAND."
Blizz employee: "OVER NINE THOUSAND????"
-Shamelessly stolen from the EG vent thing about iNc.
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
August 04 2010 17:11 GMT
#15
On August 05 2010 02:03 Slayer91 wrote:
Blizz employee: "Shall we promote Cauthon Luck to Diamond yet?"
Dustin Browder: "No"
Blizz employee: "But sir he has almost 1k points and an 88% win rate!"
Dustin Browder: "He's not ready yet!"
Blizz employee: "When will he be ready sir?"
Dustin Browder: "When he has OVER. NINE. THOUSAND."
Blizz employee: "OVER NINE THOUSAND????"
-Shamelessly stolen from the EG vent thing about iNc.


Lol I thought about that very thing while writing this blog!
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
August 04 2010 17:15 GMT
#16
Haha so wait, when you are promoted do you get auto reset to 0 points? That would suck for him T_T
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
August 04 2010 17:17 GMT
#17
On August 05 2010 02:15 Superiorwolf wrote:
Haha so wait, when you are promoted do you get auto reset to 0 points? That would suck for him T_T


No but he will probably end with something stupid like 200-300 pts.
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 17:38:16
August 04 2010 17:36 GMT
#18
[image loading]

he wins more.

plus you guys should know that you need minimum 7 losses to move up lol. Cauthon is at 6, wait til hes over 7 to complain
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alphafuzard
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1610 Posts
August 04 2010 17:39 GMT
#19
On August 05 2010 01:28 ShinyGerbil wrote:
not 7 times, however everyone I know that has been promoted from platinum to diamond, did reasonably well, then went on a losing streak of at least 3 games, then won once, and got promoted. I'm fairly confident that this is indeed what they look for. Idra, for example, was something like 38-2 platinum before he lost a few games and got promoted.


platinum + reasonable stats + 3 losses then a win = diamond, trust me!

thats exactly what happened to me
except more like a 6 game losing streak ._.
more weight
shawty
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom294 Posts
August 04 2010 18:09 GMT
#20
lol well the opposite happened to me, i was 12-6 in gold, won a game and was promoted to plat, then lost a game and won another one, and was promoted to diamond. I guess i'm just better than cauthonluck...
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