US Platinum Ranks

On March 19 2010 15:32 Lz wrote:
look at my handsome 2230

On March 19 2010 15:35 Mohdoo wrote:
Wow, Smuft has an insanely good record.

On March 19 2010 15:39 Bigpon86 wrote:
Man that guy Iris in my division 16 went up by like 300 points in 1 week lol. On a side note, I FINALLY MADE IT ONTO THE PAGE!!! woot rank 17! lol

On March 19 2010 16:08 cmpcmp wrote:
It seems to me that the amount of top eight ranked Protoss players is quickly falling. Does anyone have numbers to confirm this?

On March 19 2010 15:29 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Div 20, & any new ones I don't have shots of because for some reason some people who were previously ranked that I added friends and notes on are not in a 1v1 ladder anymore (some kind of bug I assume). So if anyone has those please shoot me a PM with your username so I can add you and make some SS for those asap.

On March 19 2010 18:22 Dionyseus wrote:


It's a bug, and it's caused by having too many friends on your friend list. Delete some friends and you'll be able to see people's (and yours) ladder again.

On March 19 2010 18:46 CharlieMurphy wrote:

that's weird, it's only happened to some people, and I can see mine and most of the people on my list.

On March 19 2010 19:29 LuDwig- wrote:
which is the point of being 1# in 20000 platinum division? i suppose they should bring to 1 the platinum division..

On March 19 2010 19:28 RisingTide wrote:
Wow, it's kind of shocking to see all the protoss #1s go down except for Smuft, and I think he could stop playing for 3 weeks and still be number one...
I count 10 zerg #1s, 8 terran and Smuft and most of the newer ladders don't have a single toss in the top 8. I have a feeling Bliz went a little far with the protoss nerf-bat.

On March 19 2010 22:34 Tamerlane wrote:
Is it on purpose that you didn't post division 20 ??

On March 20 2010 05:21 Jenia6109 wrote:
Smurf, gogo, dont stop. U are our only hope now!

On March 20 2010 05:37 Jenia6109 wrote:

Oh, thanks for this. I thought that it's old school Protoss

On March 20 2010 05:41 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
if the numbers aren't any kind of an indicator.. P cannot fucking win atm rofl

HELP US BLIZZZZ

On March 20 2010 04:18 CharlieMurphy wrote:

is it on purpose that you didn't read the op??

On March 20 2010 09:14 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
blizz has a week or so before I jump boat and go z/t. Tired of having to do the most retarded builds because Terran can all in for the win if they want .. which then puts me behind in mid->late game if they decide to not do that OR I can pretend they won't/don't do the scv/all in and I can just pray for a manly T in which case I win damn near every time.

And vs Z you CANNOT scout until obs but that obs means you have commit to robo (which you have to do if they even hint at making the insanely cheap roach den) and that obs can cost you vs a fast roach OR if they just go straight macro Z with muta/hydra it is an uphill battle all game cause you made the robo tech which is now useless until late game where colossus MIGHT help IF they didn't go muta..

So basically I have to guess 3x to get to mid game and all the Z has to do to fuck with my brain is pick Z.

P NEEDED the nerf on warpgates cause that was OP in favor of P but they went to far. OR they need to nerf the T/Z a bit to make this game playable. I am/was the biggest supporter and I am vastly becoming the biggest pessimist.

On March 19 2010 15:32 Lz wrote:
look at my handsome 2230

On March 20 2010 09:49 Simple wrote:
i think its a combination of nerfs and buffs, and people not adapting to such changes

On March 20 2010 11:04 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
hey dude

I know you don't actually play, you just follow whatever top eastern european is doing well atm but:

Toss is doing terribly because of some imbalances in a beta. If we patiently fold our hands and accept this blizzard won't hear the problems. It isn't some strange coincidence EVERY SINGLE P has started to lose more than they win. It isn't some strange occurrence that it goes from having a ton of P's in top 8 to nearly NONE.

But I love the lecture on patience. That shit is deep bro.

On March 20 2010 11:55 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
PATIENCE GUYS THOSE NUMBERS WILL FLIP AROUND WHEN THE COLLECTIVE P'S PLAY WITH "creativity" WTF?

Sorry..but I am usually the LAST person to complain about imbalances. This however, is inexcusable. There needs to be a change or else the # of P's will decrease.. not just wins, this will become another war3 where a certain race is a ghost.

On March 20 2010 11:55 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
PATIENCE GUYS THOSE NUMBERS WILL FLIP AROUND WHEN THE COLLECTIVE P'S PLAY WITH "creativity" WTF?

Sorry..but I am usually the LAST person to complain about imbalances. This however, is inexcusable. There needs to be a change or else the # of P's will decrease.. not just wins, this will become another war3 where a certain race is a ghost.

On March 20 2010 12:23 _rdm_ wrote:
everyone plays terran, when i match make i play 90% terrans at top 10plat level -_-

On March 20 2010 10:39 red.venom wrote:
Does anyone else just feel like a lot of this shit with balance is really dancing around the issue that matches are EXTREMELY.. tiltable. Like the game hinges 100% on simply winning a single battle or getting away with some economic thing(Typically this is how Z works) that lets you get a force that cannot be fucked with.

I just can't help but feel all the units are paper, harassment is very difficult to pull off after the first few minutes of the game & scouting is so difficult every race has to guess a bunch in the early game effectively making shit FEEL like rock/paper/scissors.

ugh. thats where im at with this game. theres always new stuff to learn and its fun to compete which keeps me playing but I'm so concerned with the direction of the game

On March 20 2010 10:42 Sfydjklm wrote:
yep venom, at least as zerg all games for me end if i lose 1 battle. To boost my winratio tenfold i did a simple adjustment- stopped attacking at all. I deny bases, i take fights in the middle but i never try to attack their main or natural.

On March 20 2010 15:03 t3tsubo wrote:
a little off topic now but in responses stream right now it shows him as rank 1 in division 6 platinum 1v1 with a rating of only 1600 (i think)? Why is that? Did they reset the ratings or something?

On March 20 2010 14:03 CharlieMurphy wrote:

I'd agree with this actually

the slippery slope in this game is really like a fucking 80° Cliff face. This is especially bad because of units like marauder who slow units, and the fact that rallied units come out attacking.

So like say my expo is being threatened by a few marauders and a few marines leftover from a larger battle that just happened. I can't rally my lings/roaches away from the men without half of them dying. So terran reinforcements are coming and I just have no chance to comeback or save expo at all.

And then there are units like sentry who offensively forcefield ramps and keep your reinforcements from coming out to help, so your army is divided and you lose the first one , and then when the field wears off you lose the 2nd one.

Scouting is really inefficient early game because workers are too easily repelled/killed. So we are usually trying to get tier 2 to scout, and since these tech routes are not cheap, there is a problem with being able to have the correct units to deal with any timing attacks before this.

harrassment sucks as well, because of stupid things like auto surround/auto target. So like if I have 6 lings, click a probe, 2-3 of them will hit that probe, and the remainder will just attack whatever is nearby. And if the probe slides away, the first 2-3 also just attack whatever. Not to mention ling DPS is lesser than it was in BW.


also this, remember in BW how trading bases was usually bad? Now it's even worse, attacking at all is bad, haha wtf. Most my wins in TvZ are just expand, defend, map control, defend from drops air rushes, map control, etc. Tech up to Imbalords.

On March 26 2010 06:22 CharlieMurphy wrote:
i just heard the euro servers did the clean slate wipe reset and US might be soon. So hopefully I can get home and get the screenshots taken for this weeks post.

On March 26 2010 11:47 Wintermute wrote:
Looks like we missed the chance to see the pre patch breakdown. Oh well.

On March 26 2010 11:57 CharlieMurphy wrote:

sorry long post haha

Mostly all Zerg #1 spots, a few more random #1s and 2 #1 Protoss. No Terrans. But again, I missed quite a few because the friends list bug bullshit >.<

But overall, pretty diverse top 8s. Looks pretty even to me, maybe a bit heavy on the zergs.