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Sableyeah
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands2119 Posts
October 14 2015 16:45 GMT
#19761
Could very well be the case really, Devilwalk and pyth back :p
BoA | Sunny | HyunA | ChoA | Hyemi // Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree and you will miss the entire f0rest - Takuan Soho
Epoxide
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
October 15 2015 12:59 GMT
#19762
On October 15 2015 01:28 Kipsate wrote:
Legija is out

in b4 Fox gets removed citing ''communication issues'' and they add a Swede/Nord.

Most likely one of the four left in Copenhagen Wolves
LiquipediaSouma: EU MM is just Russian Roulette. Literally.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19058 Posts
October 15 2015 15:17 GMT
#19763
Isn't Devilwalk fnatic's coach now?
Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
October 15 2015 15:23 GMT
#19764
he was, but left to play in NA
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
October 15 2015 16:24 GMT
#19765
NA - land of the free (agents).
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Epoxide
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
October 15 2015 17:17 GMT
#19766
On October 16 2015 00:17 tofucake wrote:
Isn't Devilwalk fnatic's coach now?

He hasn't been since like after Katowice
LiquipediaSouma: EU MM is just Russian Roulette. Literally.
SyNc`
Profile Joined August 2011
333 Posts
October 15 2015 19:42 GMT
#19767
Devilwalk is a huge crutch. Its only a matter of time until that team makes some big roster changes.
MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
October 16 2015 05:58 GMT
#19768
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot
|LoL & SC2 IGN both my username| Just livin' the baylife| Hearthstone ID: MooMooMugi#1544| Dank Memer since 2011
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8509 Posts
October 16 2015 07:55 GMT
#19769
On October 16 2015 14:58 MooMooMugi wrote:
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot


I feel like the niveau has gotten lower in the higher ranks and it's easier to rank up. I still remember the time when I was Nova 2 for ages and then Nova 4 for ages as well. But now rank ups happen pretty quickly and I feel like I'm still playing against the same scrubs (I'm a scrub myself) I played against when I was Nova 4 - only that I'm DMG now...
MooMooMugi
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States10531 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-10-16 08:04:32
October 16 2015 08:03 GMT
#19770
On October 16 2015 16:55 Miragee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2015 14:58 MooMooMugi wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot


I feel like the niveau has gotten lower in the higher ranks and it's easier to rank up. I still remember the time when I was Nova 2 for ages and then Nova 4 for ages as well. But now rank ups happen pretty quickly and I feel like I'm still playing against the same scrubs (I'm a scrub myself) I played against when I was Nova 4 - only that I'm DMG now...

Yeah I feel like the frequent VAC bans really bumps everyone up a rank or 2 and the skill level of mid-tier players AK-DMG is considerably lower compared to half a year ago
|LoL & SC2 IGN both my username| Just livin' the baylife| Hearthstone ID: MooMooMugi#1544| Dank Memer since 2011
porkRaven
Profile Joined December 2010
United States953 Posts
October 16 2015 08:54 GMT
#19771
It has gotten easier but remember that isn't a bad thing, less hackers = more ggs.
SHOUTOUTS TO Aylear!!!
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
October 16 2015 08:54 GMT
#19772
On October 16 2015 17:03 MooMooMugi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2015 16:55 Miragee wrote:
On October 16 2015 14:58 MooMooMugi wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot


I feel like the niveau has gotten lower in the higher ranks and it's easier to rank up. I still remember the time when I was Nova 2 for ages and then Nova 4 for ages as well. But now rank ups happen pretty quickly and I feel like I'm still playing against the same scrubs (I'm a scrub myself) I played against when I was Nova 4 - only that I'm DMG now...

Yeah I feel like the frequent VAC bans really bumps everyone up a rank or 2 and the skill level of mid-tier players AK-DMG is considerably lower compared to half a year ago


How would it do that?

It doesn't "leave room" IIRC, the system is not about having X% of the players at a certain rank.

On October 15 2015 21:59 Epoxide wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2015 01:28 Kipsate wrote:
Legija is out

in b4 Fox gets removed citing ''communication issues'' and they add a Swede/Nord.

Most likely one of the four left in Copenhagen Wolves


I think I've seen an interview, I think it was ScreaM, in which he said NiP could take players from G2.
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Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-10-16 09:00:40
October 16 2015 08:58 GMT
#19773
On October 16 2015 17:54 Ragnarork wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2015 17:03 MooMooMugi wrote:
On October 16 2015 16:55 Miragee wrote:
On October 16 2015 14:58 MooMooMugi wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot


I feel like the niveau has gotten lower in the higher ranks and it's easier to rank up. I still remember the time when I was Nova 2 for ages and then Nova 4 for ages as well. But now rank ups happen pretty quickly and I feel like I'm still playing against the same scrubs (I'm a scrub myself) I played against when I was Nova 4 - only that I'm DMG now...

Yeah I feel like the frequent VAC bans really bumps everyone up a rank or 2 and the skill level of mid-tier players AK-DMG is considerably lower compared to half a year ago


How would it do that?

It doesn't "leave room" IIRC, the system is not about having X% of the players at a certain rank.

It does?

There's only a certain % of players at every rank. Pretty sure they have some sort of normal distribution curve for it, and only a specific amount of people are allowed in each rank. If you rank up, means someone else might have to rank down.

Following the huge VAC waves a few months ago, literally everyone was climbing 2-3 ranks up. The GE hackers got removed, lost their ranks, and struggling LEMs/SMFCs moved up to take their place, and the effect trickled down silvers going to novas etc.

There's not as much talk of "DMG hell" any more. It's turned to like LE/LEM hell now.
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porkRaven
Profile Joined December 2010
United States953 Posts
October 16 2015 09:30 GMT
#19774
Yeah I was so lucky when the vac wave hit I didn't know about it for a little while and felt so good about myself .
SHOUTOUTS TO Aylear!!!
Latringuden
Profile Joined September 2011
Sweden79 Posts
October 16 2015 09:51 GMT
#19775
On October 16 2015 17:58 Nagisama wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2015 17:54 Ragnarork wrote:
On October 16 2015 17:03 MooMooMugi wrote:
On October 16 2015 16:55 Miragee wrote:
On October 16 2015 14:58 MooMooMugi wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
3 wins after hitting MG1 i rank up to MG2, woot


I feel like the niveau has gotten lower in the higher ranks and it's easier to rank up. I still remember the time when I was Nova 2 for ages and then Nova 4 for ages as well. But now rank ups happen pretty quickly and I feel like I'm still playing against the same scrubs (I'm a scrub myself) I played against when I was Nova 4 - only that I'm DMG now...

Yeah I feel like the frequent VAC bans really bumps everyone up a rank or 2 and the skill level of mid-tier players AK-DMG is considerably lower compared to half a year ago


How would it do that?

It doesn't "leave room" IIRC, the system is not about having X% of the players at a certain rank.

It does?

There's only a certain % of players at every rank. Pretty sure they have some sort of normal distribution curve for it, and only a specific amount of people are allowed in each rank. If you rank up, means someone else might have to rank down.

Following the huge VAC waves a few months ago, literally everyone was climbing 2-3 ranks up. The GE hackers got removed, lost their ranks, and struggling LEMs/SMFCs moved up to take their place, and the effect trickled down silvers going to novas etc.

There's not as much talk of "DMG hell" any more. It's turned to like LE/LEM hell now.


As someone pointed out on reddit (and I figured out myself before that, hah!) the high influx of new players (accounts) is also a big part of people getting boosted through certain ranks. The vac waves are only a few thousand people but if a million new accounts starts to play CS:GO within a few months time all of those will have lower MMR then most people already playing.
Sableyeah
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands2119 Posts
October 16 2015 11:19 GMT
#19776
Yup, average rank has gone up, but everyone is where they should be relative to everyone else. But I did read somewhere about a "Masters" or "Challenger" rank within Global Elite would help out the topdogs play on their main more often and combat some of the little frustrations of smurfing. Well, I am not on that level just yet but I really should play more on my main account. I blame my love for Music to smurf nowadays ^^ I still play as high a rank as possible tho.

And this is why DDK and Black DDK is fun to watch
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BoA | Sunny | HyunA | ChoA | Hyemi // Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree and you will miss the entire f0rest - Takuan Soho
-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-10-16 13:11:27
October 16 2015 13:10 GMT
#19777
Comments about "yeah, average rank has gone up and people have jumped ranks, etc etc" always seem to be missing a large part of what is happening and the implications. The truth is: the community overall is much, much lower skilled than the perception of a lot of people. Especially those on sites like this.

The "true average skill level" (excluding those hacking of course) hasn't changed. The average rank amongst players who go out of their way to go on websites like this may have but that's a VERY DIFFERENT THING to the average skill among the CSGO population as a whole. The simple fact is the overall skill level is bad. Really bad.

Removing hackers just means that people who are legitimately better than the "average" skill level go up to the rank they should be at. But being better than average doesn't mean being a great player.On the whole most people aren't all that good. You only have to look at the average casual match for this. I like to mess in there to relax and typically I'm top 3 on my team easily, even when I'm screwing about. I consider myself to be a fairly godawful FPS player and my aim can be shockingly bad...but I still outclass most people on the typical casual pub server. Even drunk. Even using Deagle/AWP (both weapons I rarely trust myself to handle in ranked unless I'm really "feeling it" that day because I'd rather rely on my spray control than my near-inability to flickshot).

There's a lot of people out there with zero map understanding, zero situational awareness and only a marginal ability to even aim.
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
Zdrastochye
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
October 16 2015 13:24 GMT
#19778
Sure, the majority of people not on gaming forums are likely lower in skill, but how does that correlate to the variety of skill at high ranks? DMG-LEM is littered with people who are only slightly better than nova players and others who are exceptionally skilled but like to play with lower ranking friends and the like. Having masses of lower skilled people doesn't mean much if they still go up the curve due to the abundance of people below their level who are either newbies or just not competitive gamers.
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-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
October 16 2015 15:28 GMT
#19779
On October 16 2015 22:24 Zdrastochye wrote:
Having masses of lower skilled people doesn't mean much if they still go up the curve due to the abundance of people below their level who are either newbies or just not competitive gamers.


That's the point...they're not "lowered skilled people still going up the curve". They are, factually, better players than average. By definition they are higher skilled players, above average, however you want to call it.

The thing is: that still doesn't mean they're in any ways objectively good. Ranks in themselves may well have a spread of skill ability, but in terms of CSGO as a whole if you're in the higher ranks (I think GN3 is the middle of the curve or something?) you are, by the very fact that you're AT that rank, above average. Even if you're still objectively awful, there are plenty of people way worse than you.

The reason these conversations even come up is that those kinds of people tend not to end up on major competitive gaming forums, or any gaming forums whatsoever for that matter, to discuss the relative ability of people at each level.
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
Zdrastochye
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
October 16 2015 16:01 GMT
#19780
My point is there's no objectively good or bad, there's just a sliding scale based on where you fall into the curve and/or where you would put yourself if you got to commit enough time to getting to your true rank. How can you say what's objectively bad when there's various levels at which you can outplay an opponent? Objectively only an aimbotting wallhacking PoS is the only one not playing at a terrible level. We're just all making human mistakes.
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