OK so I've queued about 3000 games in total including team games, and after about 5 seasons I went from Bronze to Diamond, then I hit a brick wall and found major errors in my play such as scouting. After fixing this I got promoted to masters, but it was too much of a jump for me a couldn't handle the game-play difference, so I got demoted.

I wanted to know how many seasons did it take players who were diamond and what caused this change, i'd really appreciate this because i'm really struggling and my MMR is all over the place because of the amount of games I lose and win.

I really want to get masters its always been a goal for me, but my goals were crushed after i got demoted, its funny how blizzard call it "reclassified" to make it seem any better.

-.- , PS- No Trolls , Peace out

-Debaser-

United States329 Posts

May 17 2012 23:45 GMT

200ish over 2 weeks

nkr

Sweden5451 Posts

May 17 2012 23:46 GMT

Actually your MMR is the opposite to "all over the place" just because of how much you've played. The system is fairly sure of your skill, and your mmr wont change very drasticly.

pucca786

20 Posts

May 17 2012 23:48 GMT

Nkr, thanks for your contribution but i disagree, when you queue alot of games you get drained alot and begin to get frustrated and go on massive lose streaks.

Selkie

United States530 Posts

May 17 2012 23:49 GMT

About 50 games after I started cheesing

Vundox

United States182 Posts

May 17 2012 23:51 GMT

i started 6 pooling every game

*edit- 7 pool in zvz

Thylacine

Sweden882 Posts

May 17 2012 23:52 GMT

1 year, was very inactive tho

Ewic

Canada121 Posts

May 17 2012 23:53 GMT

Well, I had a background in Brood War before I started playing SC2, so right when Masters came out, I was promoted instantly.

My advice to you is to just keep practicing, and after each game, try to think of something you could have done differently, and attempt to do it differently in the next game you play. Eventually, you will make it! Good luck mate.

Maxd11

United States680 Posts

May 17 2012 23:53 GMT

Suprisingly not that long. Then I let up on practicing and dropped back down and have yet to get back up since the beginning of this season. I think that this shows that you not only have to get better but you have to keep getting better faster then average if you want to keep moving up.

StreetWise

United States594 Posts

May 17 2012 23:54 GMT

#10

Season 1 I played random and couldnt get past diamond. Then season 2 I chose toss, and have been masters since. What changed for me was learning actual builds and perfecting them.

pucca786

20 Posts

May 17 2012 23:55 GMT

#11

Thanks man, I'll keep that in mind, do you ever analyse your replays, because i try but even when you can detect your flaws its extremely difficult to change or expect.

Gl!tch

United States573 Posts

May 18 2012 00:05 GMT

#12

I was already in diamond when they came out with masters league, so I got in within a week or two. Since then though I have been demoted twice and gotten back into masters twice (I blame finals and such) and from each time I got demoted I would say it took around 50 games to get back in (The last 20-30 or so were against almost all masters).

Vallz

41 Posts

May 18 2012 00:05 GMT

#13

To be perfectly honest, it took me longer plat -> dia then dia -> masters.

Dia -> Masters took me 2 weeks while I was stuck in high plat for ages :/

Apolo

Portugal1259 Posts

May 18 2012 00:08 GMT

#14

Some months of consistent 1v1 training (3-6h / week)

MethodSC

United States928 Posts

May 18 2012 00:09 GMT

#15

2 months from bronze to master and 2 weeks from diamond to master. around 250 games.

MercilessMonkey

Canada150 Posts

May 18 2012 00:11 GMT

#16

On May 18 2012 08:46 nkr wrote:
Actually your MMR is the opposite to "all over the place" just because of how much you've played. The system is fairly sure of your skill, and your mmr wont change very drasticly.

Very incorrect. Your MMR changes a lot with every game and can change fairly drastically on streaks. See:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=332391

speknek

758 Posts

May 18 2012 00:12 GMT

#17

about 150 games

501TFX

Austria345 Posts

May 18 2012 00:16 GMT

#18

I needed a looong time (because of basically no prior PC game experience)

About a year (of active playing, with breaks) to get to high diamond (from bronze) and 3 - 4 months to masters. I got demoted 2 times already, until I found the right mindset to play this game actually. Suddenly masters isn't that much of a grudge anymore. (Yep, I'm right now in the third try of masters)

I think it's all about the mindset, not about the actual game. If you play always in a good mood, if you try to be friendly, and take losses with a good laugh and deep thought of what you actually could do better (I'm not using the term "what went wrong" because I want to try to stay positive in any way), a totally new level opens for you. Atleast that's what I'm experiencing ...

Lifter

United States126 Posts

May 18 2012 00:19 GMT

#19

I'm not a masters player myself, but you should probably look for a high masters player on Bnet to go over your replays and analyze them with you.

Gamegene

United States8308 Posts

May 18 2012 00:23 GMT

#20

Once you figure out the basics you'll be masters.

There's too many players who are have too much pride in their play and don't realize how flawed it is. I see so many players who just don't have their fundamentals down.