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jarek.exe
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland60 Posts
November 01 2010 00:45 GMT
#181
Winning streak reached 25 games. He's played against 3 platinum players now... :|

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/pl/profile/1452908/1/UniverseKing/
jarek.exe
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland60 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-01 07:49:19
November 01 2010 01:33 GMT
#182

most recent opponents:

platinum 1150
platinum 1400
platinum 1450
diamond 1350
diamond 1450
diamond 1450
silver 1900

...

43 in a row now
Still bronze :|
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12252 Posts
November 01 2010 23:16 GMT
#183
On November 01 2010 10:33 jarek.exe wrote:

most recent opponents:

platinum 1150
platinum 1400
platinum 1450
diamond 1350
diamond 1450
diamond 1450
silver 1900

...

43 in a row now
Still bronze :|


This is basically why:

[image loading]

Your friend is like 349-261. I don't know what his history was before, but if he was in Bronze it either means he was going 50-50 at Bronze level for a long time or bombed his MMR to drop down to Bronze. Right now he's clearly performing far far better than the system estimated, and his moving average will take longer to comfortably cross and settle within the Diamond threshold because it had come to rest in Bronze for so long.
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tupo
Profile Joined November 2010
Israel2 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-11 13:09:29
November 11 2010 13:06 GMT
#184
How does it work for random teams? In the 3v3 match making for example without a party.
Does every player has an MMR for his 3v3 play separate from his 1v1 MMR?

I ask this becuase I mostly play team games, and there are many ppl who play 1v1 better than me, but their teamwork succs. So I'm trying to understand if the common rating of the team is boosted by their partly irrelevant high 1v1 MMR.

What I'm trying to say is that if a player's MMR is single for all ?v? types then the system could match for a 2v2 in one team two playes with average skill and teamwork, but on the other team one with high skill and one with low (per their 1v1 performance) who usually play 1v1, but their teamwork succs. Yet system would assume these teams have the same chance of winning but actually the second team will almost never win such a game (more so for the same example in 3v3).

And then what happens if one or both teams are pre selected parties?
fdsdfg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1251 Posts
November 11 2010 15:12 GMT
#185
On November 11 2010 22:06 tupo wrote:
How does it work for random teams? In the 3v3 match making for example without a party.
Does every player has an MMR for his 3v3 play separate from his 1v1 MMR?

I ask this becuase I mostly play team games, and there are many ppl who play 1v1 better than me, but their teamwork succs. So I'm trying to understand if the common rating of the team is boosted by their partly irrelevant high 1v1 MMR.

What I'm trying to say is that if a player's MMR is single for all ?v? types then the system could match for a 2v2 in one team two playes with average skill and teamwork, but on the other team one with high skill and one with low (per their 1v1 performance) who usually play 1v1, but their teamwork succs. Yet system would assume these teams have the same chance of winning but actually the second team will almost never win such a game (more so for the same example in 3v3).

And then what happens if one or both teams are pre selected parties?


I'm wondering about MMR and Team games too. I'm a very good diamond player, and my girlfriend is a bronze player - but we still play 2v2s and can beat two players well above bronze. Does this affect the same MMR that is used to determine which opponents she faces in 1v1? I ask because after we played a few team games, she won two 1v1 games and got only 2 points from each win. It's possible they had artificially lowered their MMR for whatever reason, but I hope the game isn't going to pair her against gold players just because we beat gold players in team games.
aka Siyko
Marksel
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands56 Posts
November 11 2010 15:27 GMT
#186
When I started playing for the first time, I was kinda clueless and got ranked bronze back then.
Recently I picked up 1v1 again after playing alot of teamgames and watching alot of the pro leagues, and with that far more knowledge about the game, I was easily beating everyone.
After about 15 games I was promoted to silver, and it then took about 10 games to be promoted further to gold.

Now, however, I am stuck in gold, while being matched up with diamond players _ALL THE TIME_. The past 30 games were against either highrated plat or diamond(of any rating), to an extreme of playing a 1730rated diamond while it even said 'Even match'. My winrate over these last 30 games is well over 70%, and after a win streak of 8 in a row against 8 diamonds that all stated they were either 'slightly favored' or 'even match', there is still no scent of a promotion.

I don't really understand it. If I had played alot back at the bronze days I would understand that it takes a long time to be promoted to silver or even gold, but why am I stuck at gold now, when I have never really lost to anyone highplat or lower ever since I got my silver promotion?
That's actually quite true -Tasteless
fdsdfg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1251 Posts
November 11 2010 15:28 GMT
#187
On November 12 2010 00:27 Marksel wrote:
When I started playing for the first time, I was kinda clueless and got ranked bronze back then.
Recently I picked up 1v1 again after playing alot of teamgames and watching alot of the pro leagues, and with that far more knowledge about the game, I was easily beating everyone.
After about 15 games I was promoted to silver, and it then took about 10 games to be promoted further to gold.

Now, however, I am stuck in gold, while being matched up with diamond players _ALL THE TIME_. The past 30 games were against either highrated plat or diamond(of any rating), to an extreme of playing a 1730rated diamond while it even said 'Even match'. My winrate over these last 30 games is well over 70%, and after a win streak of 8 in a row against 8 diamonds that all stated they were either 'slightly favored' or 'even match', there is still no scent of a promotion.

I don't really understand it. If I had played alot back at the bronze days I would understand that it takes a long time to be promoted to silver or even gold, but why am I stuck at gold now, when I have never really lost to anyone highplat or lower ever since I got my silver promotion?


This is all really explained in the OP. Your current MMR is really high, but your average MMR is still low.
aka Siyko
Marksel
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands56 Posts
November 11 2010 15:39 GMT
#188
On November 12 2010 00:28 fdsdfg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2010 00:27 Marksel wrote:
When I started playing for the first time, I was kinda clueless and got ranked bronze back then.
Recently I picked up 1v1 again after playing alot of teamgames and watching alot of the pro leagues, and with that far more knowledge about the game, I was easily beating everyone.
After about 15 games I was promoted to silver, and it then took about 10 games to be promoted further to gold.

Now, however, I am stuck in gold, while being matched up with diamond players _ALL THE TIME_. The past 30 games were against either highrated plat or diamond(of any rating), to an extreme of playing a 1730rated diamond while it even said 'Even match'. My winrate over these last 30 games is well over 70%, and after a win streak of 8 in a row against 8 diamonds that all stated they were either 'slightly favored' or 'even match', there is still no scent of a promotion.

I don't really understand it. If I had played alot back at the bronze days I would understand that it takes a long time to be promoted to silver or even gold, but why am I stuck at gold now, when I have never really lost to anyone highplat or lower ever since I got my silver promotion?


This is all really explained in the OP. Your current MMR is really high, but your average MMR is still low.


Like I said, I would understand that if this would have withheld me from my first 2 promotions, but I don't get why I'm suddenly stuck at specifally gold, rather than having been stuck in bronze or silver for a longer time.
That's actually quite true -Tasteless
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12252 Posts
November 11 2010 20:10 GMT
#189
On November 12 2010 00:39 Marksel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2010 00:28 fdsdfg wrote:
On November 12 2010 00:27 Marksel wrote:
When I started playing for the first time, I was kinda clueless and got ranked bronze back then.
Recently I picked up 1v1 again after playing alot of teamgames and watching alot of the pro leagues, and with that far more knowledge about the game, I was easily beating everyone.
After about 15 games I was promoted to silver, and it then took about 10 games to be promoted further to gold.

Now, however, I am stuck in gold, while being matched up with diamond players _ALL THE TIME_. The past 30 games were against either highrated plat or diamond(of any rating), to an extreme of playing a 1730rated diamond while it even said 'Even match'. My winrate over these last 30 games is well over 70%, and after a win streak of 8 in a row against 8 diamonds that all stated they were either 'slightly favored' or 'even match', there is still no scent of a promotion.

I don't really understand it. If I had played alot back at the bronze days I would understand that it takes a long time to be promoted to silver or even gold, but why am I stuck at gold now, when I have never really lost to anyone highplat or lower ever since I got my silver promotion?


This is all really explained in the OP. Your current MMR is really high, but your average MMR is still low.


Like I said, I would understand that if this would have withheld me from my first 2 promotions, but I don't get why I'm suddenly stuck at specifally gold, rather than having been stuck in bronze or silver for a longer time.


Read the part of the Part 2 thread that explains the moving average and you may understand better why that's happening to you.
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ipwnN00bz
Profile Joined October 2010
United States42 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-20 00:26:58
November 20 2010 00:25 GMT
#190
roflcopter420
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden168 Posts
December 20 2010 17:33 GMT
#191
I dont get what the number is on the top right of my home screen in battlenet, right under my name. It is 1180. In the ladder, it appears as if I have 407 points.
Its much the same as milking a cow
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12252 Posts
December 20 2010 18:25 GMT
#192
On December 21 2010 02:33 roflcopter420 wrote:
I dont get what the number is on the top right of my home screen in battlenet, right under my name. It is 1180. In the ladder, it appears as if I have 407 points.


Those are achievement points.
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roflcopter420
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden168 Posts
December 20 2010 20:15 GMT
#193
On December 21 2010 03:25 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2010 02:33 roflcopter420 wrote:
I dont get what the number is on the top right of my home screen in battlenet, right under my name. It is 1180. In the ladder, it appears as if I have 407 points.


Those are achievement points.


you dont have to mock me...
Its much the same as milking a cow
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
December 20 2010 20:20 GMT
#194
hes serious
Greyhawk
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia110 Posts
January 09 2011 09:42 GMT
#195
Sorry for bumping an old thread but its better than cluttering the forum with a new one.
Anyway, i have a question.

I've recently started playing SC2 and I'm currently in bronze with a win/loss ratio of 25 wins 32 losses with 6 points on the ladder.. i looked on my ladder rankings and there are other players with near equivalent win/loss ratio yet their points are way beyond my own (400-600) and i was wondering how this has come to be. If anyone could help me out it be much appreciated, thanks.
ShoCk-
ktimekiller
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States690 Posts
January 09 2011 09:54 GMT
#196
They play and lose against players with higher mmr/rating

They lose less, gain more
Schnullerbacke13
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1199 Posts
January 09 2011 10:20 GMT
#197
wtf .. just wondering why on earth blzzrd created a rating and promoting system, which is completely intransparent for the player. It would motivate me a lot to play ladder, if i would be able to exactly determine the conditions which would lead to my promotion.
21 is half the truth
Comma20
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia138 Posts
January 09 2011 10:34 GMT
#198
On January 09 2011 19:20 Schnullerbacke13 wrote:
wtf .. just wondering why on earth blzzrd created a rating and promoting system, which is completely intransparent for the player. It would motivate me a lot to play ladder, if i would be able to exactly determine the conditions which would lead to my promotion.


Do you care about your promotion or getting better? Do you just want that star on your profile and the ability to say "Yeah I'm Diamond" and reap the praise from your friends?

The main thing about the system is "YOU WILL GET THERE WHEN YOU DESERVE TO BE" as a general rule. There are a few anomalies, but eventually, you'll get there.
Schnullerbacke13
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1199 Posts
January 09 2011 10:45 GMT
#199
On January 09 2011 19:34 Comma20 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2011 19:20 Schnullerbacke13 wrote:
wtf .. just wondering why on earth blzzrd created a rating and promoting system, which is completely intransparent for the player. It would motivate me a lot to play ladder, if i would be able to exactly determine the conditions which would lead to my promotion.


Do you care about your promotion or getting better? Do you just want that star on your profile and the ability to say "Yeah I'm Diamond" and reap the praise from your friends?

The main thing about the system is "YOU WILL GET THERE WHEN YOU DESERVE TO BE" as a general rule. There are a few anomalies, but eventually, you'll get there.


I care about promotion

Promotion is kind of a reward for improvement. Would you work hard, if you employer tells you: "Well you'll get a salaray some day when i think you earned it, but i don't tell you what you have to do exactly to get a salary and i don't tell you how much progress you did to reach your target".

Climbing up the ligue is easy: the more you play, the higher you get, cause you get more points for wins then for losses ...
21 is half the truth
Helen Killer
Profile Joined December 2010
United States21 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 00:17:04
January 13 2011 00:02 GMT
#200
Great article, I'm in bronze right now (78-56 overall record) and ive finally played a bunch of silver players with about a 90 % win rate. Now I'm playing gold level players with a record of about 4-2 so far. If i continue playing gold players with about a 45% win rate will the cpu give me the benefit of the doubt and promote me to gold or will i be a high silver. (A speculation of course)

Thanks

edit: just got promoted, rank 5 silver
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