I think it has something to due with the confidence factor of the promotion system. Until a player has some losses, it doesn't have enough confidence in the current MMR. This of course is just speculation on my part. Blizzard unfortunately will not publish specifics.

B08

37 Posts

August 26 2010 01:01 GMT

#242

On August 02 2010 12:29 Artosis wrote:
what about the chinese server and SEA server?

What about LA server?

Blizzard should just make 3 servers and matchmake from the ping.

Nexic

United States729 Posts

August 26 2010 02:21 GMT

#243

On August 26 2010 10:01 B08 wrote:

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What about LA server?

Blizzard should just make 3 servers and matchmake from the ping.

Seems like that would cause ladder imbalance.

Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

August 26 2010 02:25 GMT

#244

mTwDeMusliM lost 980 points making the jump to Diamond from Platinum. Idra lost 700. In order to avoid this from happening, it has been suggested that players should lose some games when at the top of Platinum in order be promoted.

Oh god.

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 27 2010 03:25 GMT

#245

I'm compiling a list of top level Diamond players who are laddering on multiple regions.

HuK, KiWiKaKi, drewbie, IdrA., SUGGY, Artosis, MoMaN, mOOnGLaDe, greatman and sintet. If there as anyone I missed, which I'm sure I did, let me know and I'll add them. They must have a decent amount of points on one ore more accounts.

I added a section at http://ps.sc2fp.com that makes it easy to track these players.

Antisocialmunky

United States5912 Posts

August 27 2010 04:00 GMT

#246

On August 27 2010 12:25 Arcalious wrote:
I'm compiling a list of top level Diamond players who are laddering on multiple regions.

HuK, KiWiKaKi, drewbie, IdrA., SUGGY, Artosis, MoMaN, mOOnGLaDe, greatman and sintet. If there as anyone I missed, which I'm sure I did, let me know and I'll add them. They must have a decent amount of points on one ore more accounts.

I added a section at http://ps.sc2fp.com that makes it easy to track these players.

Won't Liquid members in RoK be playing on KR servers?

SC2Phoenix

Canada2814 Posts

August 27 2010 04:02 GMT

#247

Omg what? I was #1 Achievement ladder back on Aug.2 and didn't even know it.

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 27 2010 04:35 GMT

#248

On August 27 2010 13:00 Antisocialmunky wrote:

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Won't Liquid members in RoK be playing on KR servers?

Yeah, I would think so. I took a look when making the list, but there are no Diamond level KR account for liquid members. There seems to be a bunch of LiquidTLO accounts on multiple servers, but only one is Diamond and the others could be impostors.

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 27 2010 04:47 GMT

#249

On August 27 2010 13:02 SC2Phoenix wrote:
Omg what? I was #1 Achievement ladder back on Aug.2 and didn't even know it.

Nice Job Pheonix, That was an impressive feat.

I have no idea who is #1 now. Ouga has 4340, but there is probably someone out there with more. Regardless, Ouga has an amazing amount of achievement points along with some pretty impressive ladder stats.

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 27 2010 17:30 GMT

#250

Major League Gaming Tournament
-The much anticipated Major League Gaming tournament start this Friday (Aug 27th) and will be hosted by Day[9], JP, HDStarcraft and Husky. Some notable ladder players competing in the MLG are HuK, Slush, KiWiKaKi, drewbie, qxc, TTOne and Masg. List of more players here. More information for this event can be found at Team Liquid, MLG, and SC2 Center.

Note: My MLG list does not include Socke or Lastshadow as neither player is laddering or they are using a different name to ladder under.

-Speaking of Day[9], he looked exhausted after getting back from the IEM in Germany. Wonder what he is doing on those long flights?

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 28 2010 17:12 GMT

#251

Major League Gaming Tournament
-HuK, KiWiKaKi and drewbie who are top ladder players on both NA and EU are putting in a very strong showing at the MLG. SUGGY another top multi region ladder player did very well, but has been eliminated by TTOne.

EnderCN

United States499 Posts

August 28 2010 17:21 GMT

#252

Hopefully there will be a change to the spawn larvae mechanic. Unlike Mule and Chrono boost, there is no way to catch up if a player falls behind with it

Build another hatch, you have caught up. Spawn Larva is not the same type of mechanic as Mule or Chronoboost. It is more like forgetting to warp in a wave of units, you lost production time.

LuciferSC

Canada535 Posts

August 28 2010 17:27 GMT

#253

Terran is doing better at top levels, but it's only because Zerg and protoss ain't yet playing to their full potential.

Look at top 1000, how races even out. Terran is not OP.

Half

United States2554 Posts

August 28 2010 17:36 GMT

#254

On August 02 2010 12:10 EleanorRIgby wrote:

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a 11 person difference brought you to that conclusion?

Top=5000 Terran=1452 Zerg=1253 Protoss=1885 Random=410

What are you talking about?

Darkn3ss

United States717 Posts

August 28 2010 17:55 GMT

#255

The title is "Top 5K Player Statistics".

I kinda expected to see top 5000 players! XP

Or does it mean something else?! -.-

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 28 2010 18:22 GMT

#256

On August 29 2010 02:55 Darkn3ss wrote:
The title is "Top 5K Player Statistics".

I kinda expected to see top 5000 players! XP

Or does it mean something else?! -.-

My first post almost a month ago listed the top 5k ladder stats, however since then it has turned more into a news thread related to the top ladder players. Maybe at title change of this thread is in order.

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 29 2010 19:32 GMT

#257

-ESL : srsRAZERnAni (Naniwa) wins over Satini and in the Go4SC2 #33 finals.

-GSL : Four foreigners, Idra, LiquidTLO, Artosis and TorcH, qualify for the GSL in the 2 day offline open qualifiers in which 2000 players will compete for just 64 spots. 16 Zerg, 21 Terran, 27 Protoss. Half the players are from teams Prime(12), oGs(11) and WeRRa(9).

List of all GLS qualifiers here - Event video from Artosis - Wiki - Thread

Arcalious

United States213 Posts

August 30 2010 17:27 GMT

#258

-Live Streamers : CellaWerra and LzGamer played several matches against each other today, check out both streams and the Replays .

Now CellaWerra and KawaiiRice are playing.

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