...well actually my brother did, my PC is incapable of running it but his laptop can. He bought it while deployed in Afghanistan and has just returned so hasn't really had a chance to play it yet. He hasn't played SC:BW for a good 8 years at least or something and generally doesn't play RTS games so he is inexperienced and I think the practice league would be just the place for him to begin.

I have played about 6 games in the practice league and have won them all pretty easily but noticed there's a limit of 50 games and was wondering if it's possible to play in ranked ladder games and still be able to switch back to playing the practice league.

Thanks!

Cofo

United States1388 Posts

October 31 2010 22:40 GMT

Nope, once you get out of the practice league, there's no going back.

frogmelter

United States971 Posts

October 31 2010 22:40 GMT

I don't think you can. Why would you want to play practice league anyways? Can't you just do custom 1v1's?

ShaperofDreams

Canada2492 Posts

October 31 2010 22:43 GMT

dont practice league its a waste of time

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6639 Posts

October 31 2010 22:44 GMT

On November 01 2010 07:40 frogmelter wrote:
I don't think you can. Why would you want to play practice league anyways?

Just thought it might be useful for him starting out.

Can't you just do custom 1v1's?

I dunno can you? Do you need to know the account name of other people and message them to join or something?

On November 01 2010 07:43 ShaperofDreams wrote:
dont practice league its a waste of time

Okay, I will move on to the real game!

aztrorisk

United States896 Posts

October 31 2010 22:47 GMT

I clicked no on the practice league. BIG MISTAKE. I couldn't get back in so I was placed in bronze and had to work my way to diamond

synapse

China13814 Posts

October 31 2010 22:47 GMT

No, you can't switch back to practice league. You can do custom 1v1, but most custom players are plat/diamond so that might be hard to get around if he's not that great at SCII.

Rotodyne

United States2263 Posts

October 31 2010 22:49 GMT

jello, you are going to be a diamond player after your first 20 games, don't worry about practice league. Your bro might get stomped though if he plays on your account. Cause you're sc1 macro alone could get you into high diamond : D

I know this cause you helped me out when I just started playing sc in GBR-1 US EAST, 5 years ago, oh god the memories.

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6639 Posts

October 31 2010 22:56 GMT

Haha I remember that too Rotodyne, you and middy13, good times

Yeah that's quite possible, honestly though I think he mainly wants to play the campaign, he generally plays FPS/RPG games, I'll ask him about it when he comes in though.

frogmelter

United States971 Posts

October 31 2010 23:43 GMT

#10

Yes you can just use custom 1v1 games. Just click the join game and select the Blizzard maps category. Just double click any map that you want to join. You will be matched up against anyone, including good players. Good players can help you learn a lot better than poor players, even if you lose.

Igakusei

United States610 Posts

October 31 2010 23:49 GMT

#11

Yeah I'd recommend just playing custom melee games. That way you can play on normal maps against decent people on faster speed and he'll still be able to play practice league.

Maybe add a few diamond players from the practice partner thread to his account and look them up?

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6639 Posts

November 01 2010 15:20 GMT

#12

Thanks guys I will try out these custom games. I found out that it doesn't really matter anyway because my brother just got himself a new laptop and is gonna give me his old one! I can have my own account ^^

Raeleigh

Canada902 Posts

November 01 2010 21:53 GMT

#13

On November 01 2010 07:43 ShaperofDreams wrote:
dont practice league its a waste of time

Honestly, if you haven't played a lot, and you're not confident in your skill or game play, then practice league.
I played 45 of my matches and decided I could move on. -shrug-

All about comfort =P