EPTAn Open Letter to Blizzard Regarding Divisions - Page 23
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Dillingerz
United States54 Posts
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OPSavioR
Sweden1465 Posts
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Whole
United States6046 Posts
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Monoker
United States11 Posts
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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HubertFelix
France631 Posts
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Tone_
United Kingdom554 Posts
On May 22 2010 19:00 Gibybo wrote: Dear Blizzard, I have never made a game capable of filling stadiums with tens of thousands of spectators. I don't have 11 million players playing in a world I created. Nor do I have 2.5 billion dollars laying around in my bank account. I am simply one fan with an opinion I think you need to hear. As a competitive StarCraft II player, I feel obliged to let you know that I find your current ladder system disappointing. I understand it is a work in progress and you have a million other things to work on, so I don't want to focus on the technical shortcomings. Instead I will consider only the changes that have already been made. From the overall design of a segregated ladder and recent changes such as removing division numbers and taking away the ability for any player to create a uniquely identifiable name, it is obvious that you intend to obscure each player's global ranking information as much as possible. While your goal may be to let us all feel better about ourselves, I find it frustrating and condescending. I want to know how I stand compared to everyone, and as it turns out, I'm not alone. Since I launched StarCraftRankings.com a little over a month ago, over 30,000 people have checked the rankings of themselves and their friends more than 500,000 times. My logs show that several hundred of those were even from your own office. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy writing my own ladder page for a game I love, but I think we'd all prefer that you just stop hiding information from your most dedicated fans in the first place. An eternal fan, Gibybo -- I have posted it on the front page of StarCraftRankings.com but I would appreciate some community support  On Blizzard's forums: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25026573397&sid=5000 Sounds like you're just annoyed that your site is suffering. Don't see how this makes you a representative of the Starcraft 2 community. | ||
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UbiNax
Denmark381 Posts
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pshych0
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On July 17 2010 02:54 Tone_ wrote: Sounds like you're just annoyed that your site is suffering. Don't see how this makes you a representative of the Starcraft 2 community. What? Did you not read what he wrote. Some people. Seriously. Scram. | ||
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arnold(soTa)
Sweden352 Posts
On May 22 2010 19:00 Gibybo wrote: Since I launched StarCraftRankings.com a little over a month ago, over 30,000 people have checked the rankings of themselves and their friends more than 500,000 times. My logs show that several hundred of those were even from your own office. topicId=25026573397&sid=5000 this is the best part of the letter, well done sir I support the message in this letter. I was sad when starcraftrankings stoped updating, I hope it will resume when the game goes retail, I asume that you stopped working on it cuz they changed it somehow during one of the many patches and didnt wanna put your effort into something they would just change in the next patch? or have the encrypted it somehow? that would suck... | ||
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mormes
Brazil13 Posts
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kajeus
United States679 Posts
But I'm all for some sort of in-game single-ladder/global/regional ranking info. | ||
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Mykill
Canada3402 Posts
im not on the site T_T im only Gold though | ||
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arnold(soTa)
Sweden352 Posts
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maybenexttime
Poland5834 Posts
On July 17 2010 03:12 arnold(soTa) wrote: this is the best part of the letter, well done sir I support the message in this letter. I was sad when starcraftrankings stoped updating, I hope it will resume when the game goes retail, I asume that you stopped working on it cuz they changed it somehow during one of the many patches and didnt wanna put your effort into something they would just change in the next patch? or have the encrypted it somehow? that would suck... They changed the division names to some rubbish instead of numbers. It's impossible to tell how many divisions there are and navigate in general. At least that's what I assume was the reason it's no longer updated. | ||
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Hyp-The-Feared
United States108 Posts
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R0YAL
United States1768 Posts
They already stated that they are implementing Pro League which will take the top players in each Diamond division after a certain time interval (specifics pending) and they will play against eachother for tournaments hosted by Blizzard. For everyone else who isnt the top .01% (not literal) of players, actually get to compete and rise up in their designated division based on their skill level. As they gradually get better then they will rise up in the leagues. This system makes it so that players arnt discouraged to play because they are #12,654,116 in the ladder, but rather have a set goal to get into the top of their division which is more realistic. This system helps people improve by taking it one step at a time. Blizzard I see what your doing and I approve. Your approach is going to do so much for Esports around the world. Just look at it now and the game isnt even out yet! It's hard to fathom how big the scene will be in the years to come. | ||
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DarthLeader
Canada123 Posts
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