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Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-22 15:44:30
October 22 2010 15:42 GMT
#161
I think SC2 should turn into Dragonball, where after every season, they introduce a higher league that's uber good and noone can get into unless you're amazing. Then at the end of the season, it turns out that league is actually really crap and everyone in it is a scrub, so the next season they'll introduce an EVEN higher league that's even better than this previous awesome league and the cycle will repeat itself. Huk is Goku, called it

If it's going to be two leagues above diamond, I vote Rainbow Road League and Star Power League. When I heard all the Rainbow suggestions, I thought of Mario Kart, but it seems a lot of people think of homosexuals, so to distinguish between Mario Kart league and Gay League, I named it Rainbow Road League instead of Rainbow League. Though the Pearl League idea mentioned previously would be awesome too. But then again, what would the league higher than Pearl be? White League? lol (can't have the White League being above the Black League, that would be straight up racist!)
Trucy Wright is hot
Tigi
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany472 Posts
October 22 2010 15:46 GMT
#162
Whole Leauge system is a joke to me. So this won't change a lot. Will still suck.
§1: Die Units des Hasu sind unantastbar.
GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-22 15:47:54
October 22 2010 15:46 GMT
#163
On October 22 2010 16:05 xZiGGY wrote:
From: "It will be revealed tomorrow in BlizzCon, that there will be a new "Grand Master League", a step above the Diamond League. It's going to be the league for the pros, where only top 2% of Diamond League, or top 100 overall, or something like that will be playing at." source

I'm curious to know what people think about this, do you think it will have a positive effect on the current system, do you think it'll be significant? It seems like this is the kind of thing a lot of you kids have been wanting to see recently.


how do they think it's being revealed in Blizzcon if it's already revealed lol

bad blizzard!
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
October 22 2010 15:47 GMT
#164
Looks like a good place to freeze the bonus pool system and slightly increase points decay so it's more meaningful to remain there.
There's no S in KT. :P
Mongery
Profile Joined May 2009
892 Posts
October 22 2010 15:50 GMT
#165
On October 22 2010 18:38 anilusion wrote:
Let's call it Starleague!


haha good one, original and good! ;-)
http://www.twitch.tv/mongery_tv https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/27699-mongery-
HavoK.
Profile Joined March 2010
United States172 Posts
October 22 2010 15:55 GMT
#166
On October 22 2010 16:11 blabber wrote:
I really hope it's top 200 instead of top 100, haha


Agreed. This whole thing is very interesting, but i do think its going to be harder for people to attempt to get to the highest level of play without being able to play against those players.
ThE.SparkZ
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States381 Posts
October 22 2010 15:59 GMT
#167
I hope its top 2% of diamond not top 100 or 200 because it wouldn't get much use, if everyone participating in the ladder were the people competing in major tournaments. The whole thought of ladder was to play against good people and to practice for tournaments, but if everyone you're playing against knows exactly how you play because theres only a few people in your rank, then i could see most pro's never shedding an hour of play time in there :[
A battle between gods is just so damn beautiful
dras
Profile Joined August 2010
Kazakhstan376 Posts
October 22 2010 16:00 GMT
#168
On October 22 2010 16:22 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I hope to be the grand master wizard


thats a really sick and racist joke.
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
October 22 2010 16:14 GMT
#169
On October 23 2010 01:00 dras wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2010 16:22 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I hope to be the grand master wizard


thats a really sick and racist joke.


what!?
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
October 22 2010 16:43 GMT
#170
On October 23 2010 01:14 gogogadgetflow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2010 01:00 dras wrote:
On October 22 2010 16:22 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I hope to be the grand master wizard


thats a really sick and racist joke.


what!?


He was making a reference to the klan.
whomybuddy
Profile Joined August 2010
United States620 Posts
October 22 2010 16:46 GMT
#171
I would love to have a double rainbow all the way league. Man it'll be crack.
Roaches all the way way way.
LegendaryZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1583 Posts
October 22 2010 16:49 GMT
#172
I think this league will have bigger implications for top amateurs than for pros. The reason being that pros probably want to practice in-house and keep their gaming more private in order to protect their builds and strategies for tournaments like the GSL.
Chriamon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States886 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-22 16:54:07
October 22 2010 16:49 GMT
#173
On October 22 2010 16:22 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I hope to be the grand master wizard

Why settle for grand master wizard when you could be Grand Dragon!!!

EDIT: lol I just looked it up, Grand dragon is lower ranked, damnit...
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/274906/1/Blaze/
vesicular
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1310 Posts
October 22 2010 16:51 GMT
#174
The name comes from chess, if it wasn't obvious to everyone.
STX Fighting!
VelRa_G
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada304 Posts
October 22 2010 16:52 GMT
#175
Call it Grand Master league. But give samurai portraits to everyone who gets in.
Nuda Veritas
kataa
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom384 Posts
October 22 2010 16:54 GMT
#176
On October 23 2010 01:51 vesicular wrote:
The name comes from chess, if it wasn't obvious to everyone.


Yeah, it kinda makes sense. I mean, chess is the father of all strategy games, and the top percentile of chess players are called Grandmasters. So why not give that title to the very top of Starcraft 2? I kinda like it.
Escape
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada306 Posts
October 22 2010 16:59 GMT
#177
I think it's a good name and good idea.

I just worried that many of the real Pro's are not taking the ladder too seriously as many of them do custom games. There should be some kind of incentive in place for being a "GrandMasters", other than just the title.

AJMcSpiffy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1154 Posts
October 22 2010 17:00 GMT
#178
I feel like this is just going to add another level of elitism. I'm all for an advanced league for amateurs to get the opportunity to go pro, but already people's opinions don't mean anything unless they're an 1800+ Diamond. Now nothing will matter unless you're a grand master? Then in another 4 months when everyone has to be a 3000+ GM to speak in strategy threads, they'll introduce another league?

I know there isn't really a way around this problem happening, but it's frustrating all the same. But I definitely think the top amateurs from the ladder should be recognized and be given chances at bigger tournaments and the like.
If the quarter was in your right hand, that would've been micro
NukeTheBunnys
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1004 Posts
October 22 2010 17:05 GMT
#179
On October 23 2010 01:59 Escape wrote:
I think it's a good name and good idea.

I just worried that many of the real Pro's are not taking the ladder too seriously as many of them do custom games. There should be some kind of incentive in place for being a "GrandMasters", other than just the title.



Well the top GrandMasters are prob going to be who gets invited to the various blizzard tourneys, I think thats pretty good motivation.
When you play the game of drones you win or you die.
knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
October 22 2010 17:07 GMT
#180
what's the point? Top top diamond players are basically only playing amongst themselves anyways. Just watch a 2000+ point players streaming and they only hit other top players.
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