EPTThis is a rant* Demoted to rank 86 silver? - Page 2
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nuMi22
United Kingdom165 Posts
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TheLink
Australia2725 Posts
Blizzard just cleaned out the inactive players, by definition the lower leagues are flooded with inactives and so the whole "20% distribution" thing probably got fucked up. Either way your MMR hasn't changed, hell, enjoy the free wins against the people that changed races for the season. | ||
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Snaiil
Sweden312 Posts
If the ladder reset already happened on the server he's playing on, it most likely filtered out a lot of inactive players. Also, as stated in the ladder analysis thread, each league is supposed to hold about 20% of the active players in the game with diamond as an exception with 18% because top 2% is masters. So if the ladder reset, that also means the amount of players being ranked at the moment got reduced drastically, as a lot players have went inactive. Most of these now inactive players are probably in Bronze to Silver. So if most of the players in those leagues now have no rank, that means new players need to fill those leagues, and since most actually good players are still active, the percentages filling up the higher leagues will be higher, meaning the people in the middle of the ladder will now be lower. That's because out of all players who bought StarCraft they're somewhere in the middle, but of all active they're at the bottom. About your rank. Since it got reset everyone is going to be ranked really close to each other pointwise so it shouldn't be hard to rank up again. TL;DR: It doesn't have to do anything with your skill, since the reset filtered out a lot of inactive players in Bronze/Silver, some Gold/Platinum players will have to fill up that space so that there can be 20% players in each league. | ||
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DeckOneBell
United States526 Posts
On March 30 2011 07:01 StorkHwaiting wrote: If you're worrying about gold and platinum ranks then you have a LONG way to go in terms of being competitive. You really should not be bitching about your rank at this point in time. It's totally meaningless. Worry more about your game skill. The only people competitive at this game are at top of masters. If you're less than that, just keep playing to improve. Don't waste time on TL getting mad over your arbitrary rank drop. Trust that the system works just fine for players that actually play well. Bronze to Diamond is all just a bunch of nonsense. Anyone worth their salt is going to be at least mid-masters or higher, and at that point it's quite easy to see what level you are at. Lower than that is mostly just people without a good grasp of RTS flailing away at each other without a clue. Harsh but true. If you mean competitive as in tournament quality, even mid-master's doesn't really translate into results. If your skill level really hovers around gold, you'll be back there after playing enough games, don't worry. | ||
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
Me: "86 silver.." Him: "WTF" yeah. Sigh. Game is boring again. | ||
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nuMi22
United Kingdom165 Posts
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
On March 30 2011 06:34 ranshaked wrote: Sigh this shit is stupid. Done with this game. Why don't they just make it public? It would help people understand. I'm an incredibly competitive player, and it really pisses me off when I feel lied to. I felt as if I was a gold/platinum player because that was all I was playing wtf. You're "Done with this game" because of something like this? Then thank god. Get your whining ass out of here. | ||
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
On March 30 2011 07:17 Raeleigh wrote: You're "Done with this game" because of something like this? Then thank god. Get your whining ass out of here. You play 500 games and sit at one stupid rank and then after awaiting a promotion you get demoted that far | ||
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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
On March 30 2011 07:17 nuMi22 wrote: If you're destroying so easily you'll be back in no time like I said. What's the big deal? Because i've already gone through this nonsense lol. | ||
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nuMi22
United Kingdom165 Posts
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StorkHwaiting
United States3465 Posts
On March 30 2011 07:20 ranshaked wrote: Because i've already gone through this nonsense lol. I can assure you that if you were worthy of getting to platinum, you would have gotten there by the 30th game, much less the 500th. You are where you are because that's where you belong at the moment. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the ranking system. Everyone I know who is good is in Masters somewhere. Everyone I know who is a casual, clueless, have fun gamer is somewhere diamond or below. The only nonsense is that you think at 500 games and still in gold/silver, you can start yawning, getting bored, and talking about quitting. You've barely left the difficulty level of the campaign game, yet you're going to quit because you think they made a mistake in ranking you? | ||
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
On March 30 2011 07:19 ranshaked wrote: You play 500 games and sit at one stupid rank and then after awaiting a promotion you get demoted that far On March 30 2011 07:13 ranshaked wrote: anyway I just played my first game since the placement against a gold zerg rank 7 and I literally destroyed him He asked: "What rank are you lol" Me: "86 silver.." Him: "WTF" yeah. Sigh. Game is boring again. Pretty much I'm reading: Boo hoo I didn't get a promotion and this game is boring now because I'm doing poorly and not working on my mechanics or macro or micro so I got demoted and I'm posting a QQ thread about it and this game is boring because I'm not doing well and boo hoo. Yes, I'm reading it like it's one completely long, drawn out sentence as well. If you have grown to love this game, you'll realize this is but a minor setback, and you can work your way back up. Like people have said; If you were doing well in gold, you'll get out of silver easily. Consider this a chance to go back and rework your mechanics and builds, and to really focus on your macro or micro. I've played against bronze players with 1,000+ games, and they are still in bronze. My ex didn't get a promotion for MONTHS until he changed race and focused hard on his micro. If you're going to give up this easily, eSports, or even just sports in general, are not for you. We won't consider it a loss if you stop whining and stop playing. | ||
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Seide
United States831 Posts
Matchmaking is done by mostly MMR, not by league/rank | ||
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DamVii
63 Posts
On March 30 2011 06:32 Snaiil wrote: What matters is how good you actually are and how good the players you beat are, regardless of your/their ranks. Funny and sad at the same time that Blizz decided to hide the rating that actually matters tho  | ||
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susySquark
United States1692 Posts
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DeckOneBell
United States526 Posts
It encourages people to play and to get to wherever they are. Really though, I don't understand the whining. Just play more games and you'll promote yourself. It's not like your games are somehow different since your rank is different, your MMR is independent of your league, so games are games are games. Have fun with SC2. But this is the same as how achievements are in seemingly every game, and people play for those, I suppose. | ||
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
2 . if you're truly competitive stop being a baby and complaining about ranks and leagues. beat players, get better, the game will eventually recognize you. you're not gonna go unrecognized if you win 30 straight. 3. if you keep doing well the system WILL work. i guarantee you it will. when i was climbing through the ranks i slowly worked my way up. i was first silver, demoted to bronze, then started playing better and i got into diamond. you're thinking too much about getting into platinum and not getting better. 4. i don't care if this is a rant, stop being a baby and suck it up. you're not going to get anywhere by saying shit like "i'm quiting this game" or "fuck this system". | ||
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Dhalphir
Australia1305 Posts
On March 30 2011 06:29 ranshaked wrote: I've read and read, but how can one still sit at one rank for over 2 months, and then one game decide that? It makes me not want to play the game if I constantly progress and then I'm thrown down the dumps. It's not as if I've been playing silver players much lol. I've been playing only gold players with the occasional silver. Sitting at rank 1 gold for months means that thats where you're likely to be. Losing the placement match bumped your average MMR down to gold level. keep playing and if you're meant to be gold you'll be gold.. Unless you're some kind of idiot who measures his penis length by what league he is and has a little tantrum about not being where he wants to be, you really shouldn't care about what league you're in as long as you're having fun games. Are you that kind of idiot? | ||
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