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What does it take to get GM?
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Maynard
United States889 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
Basically it's a pain in the ass b/c it's very hard to drop out of GM. p.s. You gave away too much info in your post so I found your profile :D (you're pretty red or otherwise one of a small few). | ||
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Sega92
United States467 Posts
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Maynard
United States889 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:18 EtherealDeath wrote: At your current point level it requires about 250 more visible points (as gm promotion appears to be visible point related unless you've been in GM before or have absurdly high mmr). Basically it's a pain in the ass b/c it's very hard to drop out of GM. p.s. You gave away too much info in your post so I found your profile :D (you're pretty red or otherwise one of a small few). Rofl Ya I guess I did  | ||
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rauk
United States2228 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
I like how you kept the fact that you're zerg ^^ | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
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Maynard
United States889 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:26 EtherealDeath wrote: I like how you kept the fact that you're zerg ^^ Gotta represent :D | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
Its not like logical other ladders where if you win a lot you get more points. | ||
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Geordie
United Kingdom653 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
But for a more "empirical" answer, there's a smurf account that a number of pretty well ranked people on known teams have played on, which started on in masters before becoming a communal smurf. Shit's still not in GM after something like 300-400 games even though everyone who plays on the account is ranked pretty high in GM. System's just retarded, so just practice without giving a shit about GM. If you're lucky you'll get in one day. | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:35 Geordie wrote: Dont know about the topic but are you the maynard that Day9 mentioned being one of the best in the US at BW at the time? if so cool shit You mean the Maynard of maynard your workers? | ||
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Geordie
United Kingdom653 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:36 EtherealDeath wrote: You mean the Maynard of maynard your workers? yep ^^ | ||
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Hakker
United States1360 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:35 Geordie wrote: Dont know about the topic but are you the maynard that Day9 mentioned being one of the best in the US at BW at the time? if so cool shit Really, you havent heard the term 'Maynard' before?  | ||
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guN-viCe
United States687 Posts
As to your question, just keep playing a lot(and winning) and next season you might get in. | ||
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Geordie
United Kingdom653 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:37 Hakker wrote: Really, you havent heard the term 'Maynard' before? I have. I meant dont know about the topic since I didnt really process the OP, I just came into the blog because I saw who posteed it. | ||
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Alejandrisha
United States6566 Posts
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SenorChang
Australia4730 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:41 guN-viCe wrote: Did you seriously edit out your name? That's a tad pretentious. This isn't a poker forum, lol. As to your question, just keep playing a lot(and winning) and next season you might get in. Nothing wrong with wanting to keep his anonymity  Getting into GM you just have to ladder hard at the start of the season, and because of what it takes to drop out once the top 200 are placed, you're going to have a hard time to get in afterwards :< | ||
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Alejandrisha
United States6566 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:48 SenorChang wrote: Nothing wrong with wanting to keep his anonymity Getting into GM you just have to ladder hard at the start of the season, and because of what it takes to drop out once the top 200 are placed, you're going to have a hard time to get in afterwards :< Laddering hard at the end of the season is actually better. All else equal, grinding to the highest possible mmr and trying to get a spot held for you at the beginning of the season is much better than trying to pass the number of players that still have spots available before they take them, meanwhile the players that have spots are already getting in after one game. | ||
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desRow
Canada2654 Posts
http://sc2ranks.com/us/443514/VTdesRow my mmr is quite good i play people like idra sheth etc but u still need to secure that top5 in masters league overall and then wait for someone to get demoted but again someone with 70-80% win ratio might be ahead of you | ||
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Maynard
United States889 Posts
On September 12 2011 08:14 desrow wrote: Try to secure top5 in masters league or have 70-80% win rate don't get me wrong it's freaking hard =P http://sc2ranks.com/us/443514/VTdesRow my mmr is quite good i play people like idra sheth etc but u still need to secure that top5 in masters league overall and then wait for someone to get demoted but again someone with 70-80% win ratio might be ahead of you Nice site. Ya seems hard. So many people play hardcore. | ||
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Vlare
748 Posts
On September 12 2011 07:19 Sega92 wrote: you just have to be in the top 200 right when they put people in gm and after that you can only get gm after someone drops out from lack of playing Not true. Both myself and a friend were in the top150 when GM rolled over this season and neither of us got GM. Meanwhile GM fills up with low rank players and not so great players. So for the OP, it takes some luck, and high mmr =) Unless you mean top 200 MMR at the time, which theres no way to tell what your position is so /shrug. | ||
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Alejandrisha
United States6566 Posts
On September 12 2011 08:14 desrow wrote: Try to secure top5 in masters league or have 70-80% win rate don't get me wrong it's freaking hard =P http://sc2ranks.com/us/443514/VTdesRow my mmr is quite good i play people like idra sheth etc but u still need to secure that top5 in masters league overall and then wait for someone to get demoted but again someone with 70-80% win ratio might be ahead of you Lol you don't need a top5 in masters overall at all.. either you have the MMR or you don't. And there's no way you can discern this based on win/loss, points, or even current league. You should know this by now desrow ^^ | ||
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SirPinky
United States525 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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Vlare
748 Posts
Maybe if GM were to be re-evaluated every 2-3 weeks or something, allowing for the non-gm's to still have motive to get in beyond "Man I hope some GM goes inactive and booted so I can get in because on day X I wasn't top 200 in blizzards eyes". Just my opinion. It seems pretty random to me in all honesty, and I can't say I'm too happy with it. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
Stream for us old war2/vanilla sc players! I never imagined 10+ years ago it would be possible to see someone like Maynard play. | ||
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Boonbag
France3318 Posts
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