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EsportsJohn
United States4883 Posts
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AnathemAbw
23 Posts
On October 04 2016 15:22 SC2John wrote: This is the first time I realized the OP has some false advertisement lol. Nonetheless, I don't think anything can prepare people for playing on Shield Battery for the first time. With the newest invites, I hope each and every person has the same "Oh wtf, this thing is insane" moment that I had. I did! It's a really slick system. | ||
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Kare
Norway786 Posts
Great job so far! | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12243 Posts
On October 05 2016 08:05 Kare wrote: Any news on when find match becomes available? And this is probably asking a bit too much but will we get some sort of ranking system? Great job so far! Absolutely. The design spec is already prepared. | ||
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KwarK
United States43953 Posts
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Jealous
10314 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:47 KwarK wrote: I'm actually pretty fine with there not being stats or anything like that. It's so much of a smaller, tighter community now that I feel like introducing those might bring excessive competition into the friendly bw we're playing. I like just playing a dude without worrying about rank. I think having matchmaking ranked and unranked would please both sides of the situation. There is no doubt in my mind though that rank is a quintessential feature for a successful server. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
Catching the bw bug again...haha | ||
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TT1
Canada10035 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:47 KwarK wrote: I'm actually pretty fine with there not being stats or anything like that. It's so much of a smaller, tighter community now that I feel like introducing those might bring excessive competition into the friendly bw we're playing. I like just playing a dude without worrying about rank. na we need to have stats, bw ladder wouldnt feel the same otherwise. having a goal while you're laddering is always fun. | ||
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Excalibur_Z
United States12243 Posts
On October 05 2016 11:47 KwarK wrote: I'm actually pretty fine with there not being stats or anything like that. It's so much of a smaller, tighter community now that I feel like introducing those might bring excessive competition into the friendly bw we're playing. I like just playing a dude without worrying about rank. It's definitely not the intention to release Ranked to split the community. That said, it is in the best interests of the ladder itself to have as many participants as possible so that everyone is ranked with maximum granularity. I would like for Ranked to be the default game mode, and I'd really like to launch with no Unranked matchmaking at all (you'd have to go through manual lobby creation). Ideally that would help to reduce ranking anxiety and generally destigmatize ladder. Then again, I'm fully aware of how widespread ladder anxiety was in SC2 when they had the same launch strategy... | ||
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Jealous
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Cheesefome
314 Posts
Idk some people might disagree but the way i see it now, it's amazing aside from the small details that aren't exactly game changing. The main problems that turned people away from BW was probably matchmaking/ranking systems and lat problems. Those should be priorities. | ||
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KwarK
United States43953 Posts
On October 05 2016 15:05 TT1 wrote: na we need to have stats, bw ladder wouldnt feel the same otherwise. having a goal while you're laddering is always fun. Back in 2006 or so before I discovered the PGT ladder I used to just hang out in public channels on the Europe server and chat, watch replays and play casual games with the dudes who were on every night like I was. There were no ranks and your public wins/losses didn't mean anything. It was much less competitive, you didn't really have a feel for how good you were vs how good someone else was. Sure, there were people who beat you or who you beat, but there wasn't a metric to judge that by. Shield Battery right now feels like being back in Brood War GBR-1. And although iccup has its advantages, and certainly made me a better player, it was never social in the way that bw used to be for me. I don't know if I'm explaining it well but hopefully other people remember the same experience. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19205 Posts
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PH.XTiNCT
4 Posts
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lestye
United States4208 Posts
On October 06 2016 00:32 PH.XTiNCT wrote: Is there anyway I can play shieldbattery? I already sent my email.. Gotta wait to be invited. | ||
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Excalibur_Z
United States12243 Posts
On October 05 2016 15:35 Jealous wrote: If ladder is not ranked by Elo or Glicko2, can it be a statistic that is accessible? The design is custom, but it is very similar to both Elo and Glicko in many ways. I don't know what the presentation will ultimately look like (that's up to UI), but the ratings of yourself and others should be prominent. | ||
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Psyonic_Reaver
United States4342 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
On October 06 2016 02:03 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: If you guys would implement only ONE UMS map next patch. Make it Team Micro Arena. Hands down one of the best UMS maps to come out of StarCraft. I remember playing that with all my then-active BW friends and we always had a blast playing it. Disagree, gonna have to go with strip kerrigan. | ||
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Kau
Canada3500 Posts
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bioboyAT
Austria1765 Posts
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