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Poll: Is there a problem with the player distribution in leagues?Yes (705) 76% No (121) 13% Dont care (88) 10% Other (8) 1% 922 total votes Your vote: Is there a problem with the player distribution in leagues? (Vote): No
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): Other
(Vote): Dont care
*changed the poll since last one sucked
I kind of feel like there should be another level above platinum. And no im not talking about invite only "Pro" level, but a public level. It seems like its really easy to get to platinum now and the skill differential between the top platinum players and the lowest players is really high, worthy of a league of their own.
I have a friend who has never played rts before, who qualified in copper just a month ago, but now qualified in platinum doing 1 base muta every single game. I basically taught him this strategy because it worked so well in lower levels, but now its beating people in platinum.
Another friend of mine qualified in silver after going 3-2. Hes good, but he plays random so hes a bit above average in every race, and he plays maybe a game a day on average. He managed to get up from silver to platinum in about 15 games.
Then theres obviously players that are extremely good, play all day, play tournaments, etc and some how they are in the same league as me and my friends. it doesn't make any sense to me.
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i think it would be better if they just made so fewer ppl got to be plat rather than adding a new rank
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United States7166 Posts
edit: what morrow said. the distribution feels even when it should be more like a pyramid
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They should have a league above plat that you DON'T get placed in; you have to earn the right to get in. That way people can't just be placed in this league with a bunch of easy placement matches.
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I think platinum will mean more once the game is actually out.
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I think it is a beta.
there will be a pro ladder after release so its not that important. and who cares if platinum is not that big a deal, top players will not play the #80 platinum players.
edit: On April 30 2010 02:06 HelloSon wrote:
They should have a league above plat that you DON'T get placed in; you have to earn the right to get in. That way people can't just be placed in this league with a bunch of easy placement matches.
haha good idea -.-
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+ Show Spoiler +They should have a league above plat that you DON'T get placed in; you have to earn the right to get in. That way people can't just be placed in this league with a bunch of easy placement matches.
First class idea 
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Change the placement system so that even if you go 5-0, the highest you'll get is gold. If you have the skills you'll climb to platinum eventually.
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plat is like D+ right now
as the game develops it'll definitely even out more I think, especially with pro league.
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i think it would be better if they just made so fewer ppl got to be plat rather than adding a new rank
yea good point, and i think i agree, i should of had that as a poll option
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I'd prefer that they made the other leagues matter more instead.
Copper+Bronze = D
Silver = C
Gold = B
Plat = A
Not exactly like that, but same point, the highest league should be difficult to get into and it shouldn't be where the majority hangs out.
Right now it's more like Copper/Bronze/Silver/Gold = D-/D
Platinum = Anything above D+.
Might change for launch though so I don't even like commenting that right now :p
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On April 30 2010 02:04 MorroW wrote:
i think it would be better if they just made so fewer ppl got to be plat rather than adding a new rank
This.
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Calgary25998 Posts
I think people don't realize how hard it is to be good at RTS. This is no different than BW. Like I would be playing at B- making my usual mistakes and people would be shocked how bad I am, even if 99% of the viewers can't do it. It's the same here; running #1 in platinum, but being shockingly bad at the game.
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United States7166 Posts
yeah what people have been saying is right. it feels like right now they have an even distribution when it should be more like a pyramid
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the way the leagues are currently set up is fine. when the game is actually released, there's going to be way more players and inevitably those in the top tier will remain in plat while those undeserving will be pushed down. don't forget this is a beta guys.
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platinum contains players from middle to maximum. Too high spread of skill in a league imo
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Nope, there should just be practice league before copper because now copper league is covered with people who only played 10 matches or so. That should not be enough for such placement because if you have 200 copper leagues you'll have more upper leagues too. There should be some minimum activity for placement. In wc3 you could see only top 1000 players on ladder and you would lose points after some time if you're inactive, and here you only get bonus points rofl. So in this situation new players would come, they would force new leagues to open, but if they quit, leagues would not close and everyone would just move up in leagues.
And ofc you shouldn't be able to go into platinum with only placement matches.
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We don't need a new league, they just need to make it more difficult to place/ get into platinum. They must have just let a ton of new people in since thelast wipe because when i finally did my placement matches the other night (after choosing the intermediate option for my placements) I was playing people who were building engineering bay first, and planetary defense in their main... when i dominated every one of my placements, i thought maybe the platinum people i would play would be decent, but it was the same garbage. i think you should only get into platinum if you choose the expert option, and win all your placements, otherwise you just have to earn your way in... I can imagine how people are playing in silver and gold atm because plat has been a joke since the last reset. (I am probably around a D+ player, and atm a D player would be able to get into platinum without a second though)
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