Promotions Take Too Long? - Page 10

eu.exodus

South Africa1186 Posts

September 18 2010 22:01 GMT

#181

Ive been stuck in silver league for ages now. I wont lie when i started i really sucked. but ive gotten ALOT better. In this week alone im sure my win ratio is somewhere around 75%. Thats against Slighty favoured and favoured opponents. ive been stuck for ages. Its kinda getting annoying now. something like W>W>W>W>L>W>W>W>W>L and still nothing I went up from 40th up to 6th without using any bonus points(they have been building up but not being added when i win for some reason) so trust me Ive been playing like a motherfucker and not getting anywhere. Maybe im just not playing enough higher level players but its not like i can do much about that. just wait.

dbddbddb

Singapore969 Posts

September 18 2010 22:12 GMT

#182

Well one thing to know is that if everyone could advance so easily, there would be no such thing as a platinum, gold, silver or bronze league. Perhaps some people really are 'stuck' at their current league because they are meant to be there

Devolved

United States2753 Posts

September 18 2010 22:27 GMT

#183

On August 06 2010 12:18 Deathstar wrote:

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edit: Cauthon is going to lose a majority of the points he has when he gets promoted. Very unfortunate.

You lose points when you get promoted?

Scoop

Finland482 Posts

September 18 2010 22:28 GMT

#184

On September 19 2010 07:27 Devolved wrote:

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You lose points when you get promoted?

Yes. Around ~200 points.

mav451

United States1596 Posts

September 18 2010 22:31 GMT

#185

My 3v3 team was stuck in a league, at #1, for several weeks. Hearing about the hotfix, we play again, and were prompty promoted after 2 wins, to the next league - also at the #1. So yeah, whatever they server-side definitely helped.

Excalibur_Z

United States12235 Posts

September 18 2010 22:34 GMT

#186

On September 19 2010 07:28 Scoop wrote:

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Yes. Around ~200 points.

There's no hard and fast rule. It varies per player. I lost 63 points when I got promoted and Vanick lost 12.

Chocobo

United States1108 Posts

September 18 2010 22:47 GMT

#187

It really is so random. My main 2v2 team is like 165-120 and just cannot get promoted out of platinum.

A few days ago I started a screw-around 2v2 team with a friend, just going for fun builds and experimental stuff... went 3-2 in placement and got put in gold.

We continued to scrub around... then last night we started out with a loss to a Random team (as in people who play 2v2 Random), and followed that with a silly Voidray win vs gold opponents, in which we lost all but two buildings. Evidently seeing me make voidrays was all that b.net needed to justify promoting us straight from gold to diamond.

ArmyOfDix

13 Posts

September 18 2010 23:06 GMT

#188

When I started my placement matches, I absolutely SUCKED at SC2; I had no idea how to play in multiplayer. Got placed in Bronze, 22 games later (even 50% w/l ratio now) I'm in silver. I was ranked 20th in my bronze division before I won the game that promoted me.

Tl;dr - I have no idea how promotions work lol.

Scottymc

Australia134 Posts

September 18 2010 23:08 GMT

#189

wow i have a 60% winrate in plat and im #1 - i still am not promoted to diamond. haha.

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

September 18 2010 23:13 GMT

#190

On September 19 2010 07:47 Chocobo wrote:
It really is so random. My main 2v2 team is like 165-120 and just cannot get promoted out of platinum.

A few days ago I started a screw-around 2v2 team with a friend, just going for fun builds and experimental stuff... went 3-2 in placement and got put in gold.

We continued to scrub around... then last night we started out with a loss to a Random team (as in people who play 2v2 Random), and followed that with a silly Voidray win vs gold opponents, in which we lost all but two buildings. Evidently seeing me make voidrays was all that b.net needed to justify promoting us straight from gold to diamond.

xD that's pretty ridiculous, but fortunate when you consider how long some people languish in a certain league.

rally_point

Canada458 Posts

September 18 2010 23:41 GMT

#191

Maybe the patch will address these issues

Anyways - don't worry about it. You know you're playing at a higher skill level, your current league is just a title.

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

September 18 2010 23:44 GMT

#192

On September 19 2010 07:34 Excalibur_Z wrote:

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There's no hard and fast rule. It varies per player. I lost 63 points when I got promoted and Vanick lost 12.

It also can go way higher as well. Idra lost somewhere between 600 and 800,

Fizbin

Canada202 Posts

September 19 2010 00:00 GMT

#193

if anyone wants a better explanation here it is:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=142211

SeeN_CiRcUs

37 Posts

September 19 2010 11:31 GMT

#194

I'd prefer it if it was harder to move up leagues - and maybe starting in Gold or adding an extra league instead. I don't think being in Diamond atm reflects a very high skill level at all and I think that's a bit of a shame. Not too bothered really though...

I can see why, in the current system, some higher skilled players stuck in plat would be a bit annoyed since there are so many gigantic newbs in diamond. On the other hand, you'll get moved up eventually and you'll already be playing the somewhat better diamond players if your stats are good.

Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

September 19 2010 11:55 GMT

#195

I bet there's hardly any difference between Bronze and Gold anyway.

PaPoolee

United Arab Emirates660 Posts

September 19 2010 13:25 GMT

#196

i lost about 200 points when i got promoted to diamond, i had 970 points as a rank 1 platinum when i got promoted i got down to exactly 800 diamond :D thats 170 points =>

ltortoise

633 Posts

September 19 2010 14:16 GMT

#197

Only took me 25 games to get promoted to diamond... Doesn't seem too long to me.

mango_destroyer

Canada3914 Posts

September 19 2010 17:31 GMT

#198

Does anyone know if or when the ladder resets?

Dionyseus

United States2068 Posts

September 19 2010 23:16 GMT

#199

Finally got promoted !!!!! Here's the log of my last 36 games, including the win/loss of my opponent's last 5 games before our match:

1. win against PinkLightning zerg +13pts (even) platinum 908pts 152-138 lwlll
2. win against Twsty protoss +10 (even) platinum 832pts 146-141 wwwll
3. loss against Vitto protoss -9 (opp slightly favored) diamond 827pts 94-81 wwwlw
4. loss against Zode zerg -9 (opp slightly favored) diamond 625pts 38-32 lwlll
5. win against Cooltown protoss +15 (1 bonus even match) diamond 774pts 99-86 llwll
6. loss against Budwyzer protoss +13 (even) diamond 355pts 26-25 wwwlw
7. win against DiscoStu terran +13 (even) diamond 792pts 83-84 llwlw
8. win against Cursexist protoss +14 (even) platinum 576pts 38-23 lwwll
9. loss against Backz zerg -10 (even) diamond 848pts 108-100 lwwwl
10. loss against Lextasy terran -13 (even) platinum 931pts 82-72 llwlw
11. win against Pheze terran +15 (1 bonus even match) diamond 291pts 17-17 wwlll
12. loss against Tarob terran -13 (even match) platinum 906pts 105-79 wlwlw
13. loss against Nostawe terran -13 (even match) gold 533pts 24-15 wwwww
14. win against Doomer protoss +11 (1 bonus even match) platinum 867pts 269-251 lllww
15. loss against ulikeit terran -13 (even match) diamond 743pts 121-111 llllw
16. win against theoryx protoss +11 (even match) platinum 906pts 55-55 lllll
17. win against rflbill protoss +13 (even match) diamond 791pts 172-156 lwlwl
18. loss against dacelt rprotoss -10 (even match) diamond 827pts 115-108 lllll
19. win against zultor rzerg +11 (even match) platinum 676pts 50-48 llwwl
20. win against chaz zerg +11 (even match) platinum 243pts 11-9 wwwll
21. loss against fillmel terran -10 (even match) gold 160pts 8-1 lwwww
22. win against Shaun terran +20 (14 even plus 6 bonus) Diamond 811pts 72-61 wwlll
23. win against Edowyth protoss +13 (even match) Diamond 252pts 13-10 lllww
24. loss against Fins protoss -13 (even match) platinum 785pts 73-65 wwlwl
25. loss against taintedkhan terran -10 (even match) diamond 839pts 70-55 wwwlw
26. loss against The rprotoss -11 (even match) platinum 952pts 62-52 llwww
27. win against ironman zerg +11 (even match) platinum 896pts 142-136 llwww
28. win against normster terran +11 (1 bonus even match) platinum 738pts 57-39 wwlww
29. win against Fuzed terran +14 (even match) diamond 545pts 37-33 wllll
30. win against genrou terran +11 (even match) platinum 869pts 299-285 wwwww
31. win against decrepit terran +13 (2 bonus even match) platinum 373pts 21-15 wllwl
32. win against tofu protoss +15 (opp slightly favored) diamond 826pts 79-70 wlwww
33. win against swanzy protoss +12 (even match) platinum 924pts 75-62 wwwll
34. loss against johndfool zerg -12 (even match) platinum 441pts 19-13 llwwl
35. loss against Fung protoss -13 (even match) diamond 882pts 119-113 lllll
*****36. win against Meforyou terran +11 (even match) platinum 962pts 209-195 wwlww

I was 1023 in platinum with a record of 154-134 before the game that promoted me. When I was put in diamond I was 863 points with 0 bonus pool, oh and I yelled out the longest "YES!" I've ever yelled lol.

Lea

Sweden120 Posts

September 19 2010 23:31 GMT

#200

This is true for me, to some extent, although I didn't bomb anything on purpose, I just initially sucked really hard. I lost all of my first placement games so I got in the lower bronze. Worked my way up there, now I am stuck at the top of my division (and I do not intend to let go of the first spot), and I keep getting tossed against gold players. I am not sure if low platinum, but I wouldn't be surprised. The game therefore recognizes me as a gold league player at least, but yet I seem to be infinitely stuck in the bronze league

I know, it's for epeen, but the people who see my 1v1 placement and do not know me will not know this, and I bet all those gold people I beat so easily were crying because they got so kicked by a bronze player... I guess that's the only fun with it. And what's more, I always get pitted against superior opponents except with a few occasions. I also notice I get matched up with other bronze players sometimes who I of course naturally steamroll, and this wouldn't happen as much if I would be promoted, I believe.

By the way, my win/loss ratio in 1v1 is 51/20 >.< That's 70% win/loss ratio :S

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