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OOl
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States65 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 08:08:19
May 13 2010 08:06 GMT
#21
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!

OP loses. rofl. I agree entirely. Get platinum and actually play. who cares if they "amazingly!" know how to use workers properly. See what it's like playing the top compared to the "top". Even in America, I find there's a huge difference in the level of play between plat 1500+ (ish) and lower level platinums. This is no comparison at all.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
May 13 2010 08:12 GMT
#22
On May 13 2010 15:26 DarkwindHK wrote:
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....


That cannon rush isn't an uncommon strat on Desert Oasis in US servers either.
DarkwindHK
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Hong Kong343 Posts
May 13 2010 08:16 GMT
#23
Actually I win against the cannon rush....

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24702236117&sid=5000

This is what i have never seen in US server, Terran here usually make marauders, not Ravens.
Dont be too humble, you are not that great.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
May 13 2010 08:17 GMT
#24
So you lost vs strats you're not used to seeing... how is that significant? That happened in BW all the time.
Hammy
Profile Joined January 2009
France828 Posts
May 13 2010 08:23 GMT
#25
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!

And we all know that anyone who isn't a top player on his server is irrelevant

If bronze on asia is much better than bronze on US, that means there's less of a difference between plat and bronze, which does say something about the potential to produce large numbers of good players.
FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
May 13 2010 08:28 GMT
#26
I have an account on both servers, but I play mostly on Asia. I got into gold on the US server (my first five games ever) but only silver on Asia.

Although my experience on the US server is limited, I think that the Asia divisions are on average one level higher than US (so Asia bronze = US silver, Asia silver = US gold). This is just an approximation, but I think the average skill level is definitely higher. Obviously, this doesn't apply at the very top level as other guys have already pointed out.
Don't hate the player, hate the game
Spidinko
Profile Joined May 2010
Slovakia1174 Posts
May 13 2010 08:29 GMT
#27
Asian players just like to harass you with everything they can think of and that's why new/inexperienced players will have a hard time on Asian server.
Or am I wrong?
tubs
Profile Joined March 2010
764 Posts
May 13 2010 08:36 GMT
#28
On May 13 2010 17:16 DarkwindHK wrote:
Actually I win against the cannon rush....

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24702236117&sid=5000

This is what i have never seen in US server, Terran here usually make marauders, not Ravens.


It's getting hard to believe you were ever platinum on US when you say such nooby stuff. Canons on desert oasis that can hit behind mineral lines is like month's old. In fact a lot of zergs, etc, don't put their spawning pool behind their mineral line on desert oasis for just this reason (not to mention with vision any unit can shoot from below and hit it).

And the build up there was based off a terran raven opening that AVILO (a US player) was the first to bring into the terran mainstream. If anything, the koreans copied it off him and NOT the other way around. Avilo was doing this since around patch 3. I've been watching replays from both US/EU/Asia servers since patch 1 and I didn't see any terran do anything like this in the early patches. Avilo's opening can be found here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=123717
"Roach dies to immortal and rockit black guy" - Tierdal.thex
madnessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1581 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 08:40:33
May 13 2010 08:39 GMT
#29
On May 13 2010 15:26 DarkwindHK wrote:
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....


It's just kind of cheesy there... People just cheese like crazy (especially at lower levels like bronze).

EDIT: I never on play Asia but i'm like top 5 silver I think...
Art_of_Kill
Profile Joined September 2003
Zaire1232 Posts
May 13 2010 13:31 GMT
#30
so i finally played few games on us server ...
went 13-1 1350+ points, every game vs 1600~1800 platin (some of them cryed after game about balances^^, while i played rnd)

its definitively that us server lacks in the width good player, to be honest most of the ~1700 guys i played today would barly make it out of gold on europe and since asia have a bigger width with good player then europe, its no surprise that lower us platin player makes it only into broze league in asia


dont like empty friendlist, so feel free to add me for some games
deutschland.ivan
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Deleted User 45971
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
533 Posts
May 13 2010 13:47 GMT
#31
On May 13 2010 15:39 samuraibael wrote:
I dont know why people persist in using rank as a measure. Its utterly meaningless. Just use rating.


Rank is rating sorted. If you use rank it means you are using rating as a measure. I don't understand what you mean.
FeLonius
Profile Joined April 2010
61 Posts
May 13 2010 15:33 GMT
#32
On May 13 2010 22:47 Strykjarnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2010 15:39 samuraibael wrote:
I dont know why people persist in using rank as a measure. Its utterly meaningless. Just use rating.


Rank is rating sorted. If you use rank it means you are using rating as a measure. I don't understand what you mean.

Except #20 in division 108 can be 1300 points, while #20 in division 2 can be 1650. Big difference.
huh?
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
May 13 2010 15:36 GMT
#33
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!

LOL
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BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
May 13 2010 15:36 GMT
#34
On May 13 2010 22:47 Strykjarnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2010 15:39 samuraibael wrote:
I dont know why people persist in using rank as a measure. Its utterly meaningless. Just use rating.


Rank is rating sorted. If you use rank it means you are using rating as a measure. I don't understand what you mean.


wrong.

Rank is rating sorted by division. Big difference there.
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Captain
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States204 Posts
May 13 2010 15:45 GMT
#35
...And suddenly we realize that platinum is like D+ iCCup anyway.

Props to Incontrol, I lol'd :D
"I hope to set an example, you know, for children and stuff."
Ruthless
Profile Joined August 2008
United States492 Posts
May 13 2010 15:48 GMT
#36
The asia scrubs are better than the other servers scrubs for sure.
MayorITC
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Korea (South)798 Posts
May 13 2010 15:51 GMT
#37
A lot of the bronze people in US are people who have never played SC1 or quit ages ago. Most of the bronze players in Korea are people who played SC1.
AnodyneSea
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Jamaica757 Posts
May 13 2010 15:54 GMT
#38
On May 13 2010 15:26 DarkwindHK wrote:
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....



that cannon rush is nothing new, but im sure the skill difference is huge... i already notice a difference playing on EU from NA and i can tell there much better
Lost within the hope of freedom, not for control but in the light of our cause
Konsume
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada466 Posts
May 13 2010 15:54 GMT
#39
huummm... I play zerg exclusively for about 3weeks now and:

I'm 1550ish US PLAT and having maximum trouble against Terran

I'm 1620ish ASIA PLAT and having no trouble against Terran only some Zerg players


and I'm around 1200ish EU PLAT and having SUPER HUGE trouble against Terran!

So imo.... EU > US > ASIA at laest for terran players
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
stockton
Profile Joined March 2010
United States128 Posts
May 13 2010 16:03 GMT
#40
that cannon rush is pretty old. it got me once. now i scout differently. haven't lost to it since.
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