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I have been using an account in US server for a month now, keeping a rank near 20~30 Platinum.
Earlier this week my friend give me a beta key and I made an account, which land me in Asia server. So I start there, and it placed me in Bronze! (Well I did not use my main race in the placement)
So I start to use my main race again in ladder matches; Man the bronze league (or may be my opponents are silver) are so strong! My win rate is under 50% and I am just Bronze in Asia.
In US server, bronze level may just be learning what is FE and a proper build order.
In Asia.... man... they are already thinking how to bunker rush you/ air harass and out-macro you. I got cannon rush in Desert Oasis and he build the pylon below the cliff near my mineral lines!
I am pretty sure if those "bronze" level players in Asia migrate to US, they will all be top 20 in platinum....
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I`m a crummy gold player on US and I`m in Asia now about to start playing. I am clenching my buttocks in anticipation.
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Doesn't sound that much different from US to be honest. The lower leagues are filled with a lot of bunker/canon/zergling/roach rush cheeses. You sound like you're just not that good against cheese which is understandable if you've been dealing against standard play for too long.
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I dont know why people persist in using rank as a measure. Its utterly meaningless. Just use rating.
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Asia will of course have better players.
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I've been having lag issues when I play on the Asian Server. I'll try it some more tomorrow. I got placed Bronze as well and I'm Gold in US. Probably could have got silver, but my micro is non existent on Asia server because of a half second delay on all my actions 
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ASIA because they have teams over there that PAY kids to play all day... you don't see that in north america (for this game at least)
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The difference is really very noticeable... I feel that they have a much more in-depth understanding of the game, including the timing of tech, the counter of each unit and they scout constantly. And that is only bronze/silver level.
I really did not expect that level's player know how to do worker trick to delay enemy expansion, speedling micro and use Raven like a pro. I guess I need to get more serious and treat it like platinum.
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I believe it has been stated by people such as artosis that the asia server has a lot more good players, but that the top level players are all about the same skill among the 3 servers (apart from korean terrans, who are apparently idiots). Korea just has a lot more good players, so where the us has to fill the divisions with players who are learning, korea fills those with players who are actually good.
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Agreed. TBH nobody below 1300 platinum (assuming you've already played 30 or so games) really knows how to play on the US server.
I think the 1750+ players are even with the Korean server.
Also the worse you are, the faster you get better. Lower tier players definitely have improved since the beta came out.
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Well it may also means the ladder system is working, just that US server has too much "new players". I have seen complains where people say Platinum is just a piece of cake and the ladder is not balanced. I guess that problem will disappear once we can move between servers in the real release.
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I would say that US has more newbies because we have more beta keys.
But then Korea does have free SC 2 Beta on the PC bangs, so, hmm...
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It was the same with ICCUP and playing during Korean hours, but I'm sure it would be more pronouced in SC2. Their understanding of Starcraft and RTS in general is levels above North America.
If you can translate the Korean commentary in Brood War VODs, you will immediately notice a huuuuuuuuuuuge difference between their commentary and anything else. You could watch every commentary on youtube made in the last 5 years and still not gain anywhere near the amount of education contained in a few games with Korean commentators. Their approach to the game is just different and more sophisticated.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
LET IT BE KNOWN!
The great debate: Which server has a stronger bronze division: ASIA
what a relief!
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On May 13 2010 16:30 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
LET IT BE KNOWN!
The great debate: Which server has a stronger bronze division: ASIA
what a relief!
I lol'ed pretty hard at this. Couldn't have said it better 
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its not a secret that the width of good player is ASIA > EU > US, but the top player on all the three server are pretty close in skill
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I qualified to platinum league pretty easy and going there without single lose. I talk about Asia server ofc.
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In gold silver league Asia server there's many players who can touch US platinum easily
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No offense here, but I first saw that cannon rush on DO ~ a month ago. I think you may be in a rut. Its too easy to find a few strats that work and stick with them, but then your game gets old.
Try something new, and watch more streams and/or replays. If you already do, watch someone else to get different perspectives. Also, try the replay sites.
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