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Zacsafus
Profile Joined May 2010
England255 Posts
October 22 2010 17:10 GMT
#181
Just think, if flash transfers over to sc2 and gets into GM league he will be, Grand Master Flash! :O:O:O:O
kXn
Profile Joined August 2010
254 Posts
October 22 2010 17:11 GMT
#182
DOUBLE RAINBOOOOOOOOW...


...league
epicopter
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada177 Posts
October 22 2010 17:13 GMT
#183
On October 23 2010 02:10 Zacsafus wrote:
Just think, if flash transfers over to sc2 and gets into GM league he will be, Grand Master Flash! :O:O:O:O


Mind blown.
zoOv
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia269 Posts
October 22 2010 17:14 GMT
#184
On October 23 2010 02:11 kXn wrote:
DOUBLE RAINBOOOOOOOOW...


...league


Hahaha yes!



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a176
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada6688 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-22 17:17:22
October 22 2010 17:16 GMT
#185
I hope it won't just be the top 200. There's still a significant skill difference between upper and lower diamond players. If they take all those players and put them into the new league, and leave the lower diamond players with themselves,I think the league skill levels would be much more balanced.
starleague forever
throttled
Profile Joined August 2010
United States382 Posts
October 22 2010 17:18 GMT
#186
League should be called Nerddestroyer League.
"Look to the river rushing. Unparalleled in its power. It carves away at the land, eroding the banks, consuming the sands and washes away to her majesty."
ElitePlaying
Profile Joined August 2010
Greenland25 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-22 17:24:06
October 22 2010 17:21 GMT
#187
Grand Master? That sounds like Mortal Kombat name, is it suitable? So from metals we moved to Carbon from carbon to Ninja. Top relevance Blizzard. Your logic rox my dirty sox. Just call it 'Pro League' problem solved. It's not like Diamond means pro..
Neeka
Profile Joined October 2010
United States49 Posts
October 22 2010 17:31 GMT
#188
On October 22 2010 16:31 Macavity wrote:
Grand Master League is such a dumb name. I preferred 'pro league' myself. Players already naturally refer to it that way now when they say, "I am in diamond, but I am nowhere near pro level."

I would hope the new league to be a more traditional ladder. No bonus pool please.

I'm not so sure I like the idea of 'invitation only'. That would make it more like an 'elite club' than anything. What will likely happen is that Blizzard will promote only willing players that can be easily exploited for E-sports revenue. And by exploit, I mean it in the full sense of the word. I can see Blizzard saying, "Relax kid. Don't go to college. Keep working your pizza delivery job. Just keep playing Starcraft 2 really well so we can keep getting revenue off your games (revenue you won't see except for a pinch because young kids are financially stupid and can be manipulated)." That is my fear of what will happen.



Pizza guys make a lot of money. Dave Ramsey approves
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Senorcuidado
Profile Joined May 2010
United States700 Posts
October 22 2010 17:33 GMT
#189
I think this is a good idea for the top 100 or 200 but diamond should still be split into two different leagues. There is a gigantic range of skill in diamond, far more than the other leagues. Then again I don't care that much about my league as long as I'm getting matched up with good players. Of course grand master gives us all something to shoot for that might actually mean something unlike rank 1 diamond. I'd love to see strategy guides claiming to get you into gm league...
Neeka
Profile Joined October 2010
United States49 Posts
October 22 2010 17:34 GMT
#190
Are they going to at least nerf the bonus pool at the highest level?
"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." -Homer Simpson
ROOTheognis
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States4482 Posts
October 22 2010 17:55 GMT
#191
On October 23 2010 02:34 Neeka wrote:
Are they going to at least nerf the bonus pool at the highest level?



No need to. If you win a game you win 5 pts... if you lose you lose 30 pts.
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Malminos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States321 Posts
October 22 2010 18:28 GMT
#192
IMO it should be called the double rainbow league.

double rainbow > rainbow
"To dream of because become happiness "
viraltouch
Profile Joined July 2010
United States299 Posts
October 22 2010 18:31 GMT
#193
should be called gosu league... come on
SchAmToo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1141 Posts
October 22 2010 18:32 GMT
#194
On October 23 2010 02:55 YoiChiBow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2010 02:34 Neeka wrote:
Are they going to at least nerf the bonus pool at the highest level?



No need to. If you win a game you win 5 pts... if you lose you lose 30 pts.


They tried that same method for Star Wars Galaxies' Jedi...it didn't work so well, hahaha
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Agh
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1079 Posts
October 22 2010 19:00 GMT
#195
I just really hope they don't make it similar to what they had in place in war3. Search times are bad already at random hours considering how popular the game is, so Ladders looks downhill. Hopefully you'll still be able to match others despite being in the league, else this is a terrible and bad idea.
I may appear to be an emotionless sarcastic pos, but just like an onion when you pull off more and more layers you find the exact same thing everytime and you start crying
TedJustice
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1324 Posts
October 22 2010 19:09 GMT
#196
On October 23 2010 04:00 Agh wrote:
I just really hope they don't make it similar to what they had in place in war3. Search times are bad already at random hours considering how popular the game is, so Ladders looks downhill. Hopefully you'll still be able to match others despite being in the league, else this is a terrible and bad idea.

You aren't always matched against someone in your own league.
Parodoxx
Profile Joined May 2010
United States549 Posts
October 22 2010 19:18 GMT
#197
This is still good if they make grand masters only play other grand masters then the league will be worth while and if anything else it knocks all the ppl that show off there 300 diamond status to there friends down a notch
lim1017
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1278 Posts
October 22 2010 19:53 GMT
#198
it would be extremely awesome if they had a private server which allowed cross realm play in the GM leagues, Top 200 from each region playing against each other?

Theres no way theres enough skilled players to fill a league at the level where most of the MLG/IEM players are playing at.

if a league was composed of the top 100/200 at any one time there would be like 25/50 players on.. and how many of them would be searching for a match?

make it top 500/1000 and your going to end up with a whole bunch of jobbers... keep in mind ~1800 points gets you into the top 500 in NA...
billyX333
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1360 Posts
October 22 2010 20:14 GMT
#199
i donno if i love this or if i hate this. i feel that nerd ego drive in me wanting to play some sc2 again even though ive been enjoying my freedom from my computer for the past month.
TheGeo
Profile Joined July 2010
United States51 Posts
October 22 2010 20:18 GMT
#200
This summer, I need to get in this league, and I prob can with 10 hours of play a day. ^^
Geo the Geo
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