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TheosEx
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States894 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-14 06:53:08
August 14 2010 06:52 GMT
#1
So I win all five of my placement matches, get placed into Platinum, as usual.

I start playing my games, ranking up, as usual. I get disconnected from one game. I keep playing.

I think currently, I'm something like 19-1. I am not ranking up from Platinum.

To make a long story short, I started looking at my games and see that I've been basically face-stomping high level diamonds. So I'm like WTF? And I realize I got disc. to a low level gold.

So I guess, it takes a shitload of Diamond wins to offset a Gold loss to move up from Platinum? This ranking system has got be baffled.

I guess not that it matters...

<RANT END>

*
ejac
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1195 Posts
August 14 2010 06:55 GMT
#2
Loose 7 games (6 moar) and you'll move up.
esq>n
TheosEx
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States894 Posts
August 14 2010 06:56 GMT
#3
What? How does that make sense?
ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
August 14 2010 07:02 GMT
#4
The way the SC2 ladder is set up requires a minimum amount of losses before promotion. Dumb, but true.
HitEmUp
splcer
Profile Joined October 2009
United States166 Posts
August 14 2010 07:07 GMT
#5
ya most people end up getting promoted when they lose like i did
That which grows fast, whithers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures
Artifice
Profile Joined May 2010
United States523 Posts
August 14 2010 07:10 GMT
#6
Lost 5, then won 3, and got promoted to diamond. Two of my friends both lost 4 then won 1 and got promoted. It's awesome! -_-
alphafuzard
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1610 Posts
August 14 2010 07:11 GMT
#7
1. lose games
2. ?
3. profit
more weight
nepeta
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
1872 Posts
August 14 2010 07:30 GMT
#8
This must be the nubbiest placement system ever, just can't get my head around why they would code it so. 7 losses to move up WTF ^^ It has been known forever, but still, MUHAHAHAHA!
Broodwar AI :) http://sscaitournament.com http://www.starcraftai.com/wiki/Main_Page
SOB_Maj_Brian
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States522 Posts
August 14 2010 07:36 GMT
#9
Dude same thing happened to me (won all 5 placements 1 gold 2 plat and 2 diamond) and all I played were mid level diamonds and high level platinums and stayed 99-95 ranked platinum until bam! I am a 6th ranked diamond from a 96 ranked platinum. Just keep at it!
CheAse
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada919 Posts
August 14 2010 08:22 GMT
#10
I got to about 1000 points in plat before they moved me. time to mass lose games!!
SCV good to go sir
AyJay
Profile Joined April 2010
1515 Posts
August 14 2010 08:55 GMT
#11
your ass whooping people, what else do you want?
DwmC_Foefen
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Belgium2186 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-14 11:39:32
August 14 2010 11:39 GMT
#12
On August 14 2010 16:11 alphafuzard wrote:
1. lose games
2. ?
3. profit


I call it the Savior-trick
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
August 14 2010 12:13 GMT
#13
On August 14 2010 20:39 DwmC_Foefen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2010 16:11 alphafuzard wrote:
1. lose games
2. ?
3. profit


I call it the Savior-trick

... ITS A SIGN
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-14 12:51:35
August 14 2010 12:51 GMT
#14
Need to have 7 losses. Then win one more and you're ready to be promoted.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
TwilightStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States649 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-14 13:34:00
August 14 2010 13:33 GMT
#15
Platinum is becoming the new diamond, haha.. I see far better players in plat than diamond which is saddening.. (I can't get promoted either..)
(5)Twilight Star.scx --------- AdmiralHoth: There was one week when I didn't shave for a month.
Infernus
Profile Joined July 2009
Norway222 Posts
August 14 2010 15:27 GMT
#16
I went like 20-1 or something in platinum, then I decied to loose 6 games.

What happend you might ask, got promoted to diamond. lol.
sup ;o
Chesner
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Iceland817 Posts
August 14 2010 17:05 GMT
#17
On August 14 2010 22:33 TwilightStar wrote:
Platinum is becoming the new diamond, haha.. I see far better players in plat than diamond which is saddening.. (I can't get promoted either..)


Which is funny cause platinum used to be the "diamond" league lolz!
PENGUINS
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
August 14 2010 18:35 GMT
#18
On August 14 2010 20:39 DwmC_Foefen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2010 16:11 alphafuzard wrote:
1. lose games
2. ?
3. profit


I call it the Savior-trick

lol
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12252 Posts
August 14 2010 18:49 GMT
#19
On August 14 2010 15:55 ejac wrote:
Loose 7 games (6 moar) and you'll move up.


Wrong wrong wrong. Stop posting this nonsense. All it serves to do is make people throw games for no reason. There is no evidence to support this.

Players and their Number of Losses before Promotion:

0 - 5
1 - 30
2 - 149
3 - 291
4 - 537
5 - 596
6 - 646
7 - 660

What matters is who they lost to and not whether they lost or not. Whatever the result was that decreases sigma enough to fall within the boundaries of a new league is what counts.
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