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Nabes
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1800 Posts
June 04 2012 00:37 GMT
#241
poll should be renamed to which has better pro players.
sCCrooked
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1306 Posts
June 04 2012 00:41 GMT
#242
I have one point that I'm appauled hasn't come up in the last 3 pages. Isn't this an unfair comparison of uneven numbers? According to sc2ranks.com (no idea of the validity or activeness of these people), EU server has 1,060,332 ranked accounts while NA server has 1,386,055 ranked accounts. Having literally 33% more would definitely water down the player pool, would it not?
Enlightened in an age of anti-intellectualism and quotidian repetitiveness of asinine assumptive thinking. Best lycan guide evar --> "Fixing solo queue all pick one game at a time." ~KwarK-
AKomrade
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States582 Posts
June 04 2012 00:42 GMT
#243
Difference is in the quantity and quality of professionals on each ladder, not the overall population.
ALL HAIL THE KING IN THE NORTH! HAIL! HAIL!
imMUTAble787
Profile Joined November 2011
United States680 Posts
June 04 2012 00:45 GMT
#244
On June 04 2012 09:20 pallad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2012 09:17 imMUTAble787 wrote:
arguing over 2nd best is very stupid

KR is #1

maybe if people would stop arguing over who is the smartest retard then the other ladders would improve


Look at title..

"EU or NA ladder, which is harder?"
Where do you see KR? . TL is community site , you gonna come to every thread and write stop arguing ....?


*woosh*

You're right, man. EU is so vastly superior. Maybe one day NA can get on EU's level.

LOL
*eternalenvy fanboy*
Chilling5pr33
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Germany518 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 00:56:54
June 04 2012 00:48 GMT
#245
Poll: Is EU and NA equal in skill?

NO (47)
 
70%

YES (20)
 
30%

67 total votes

Your vote: Is EU and NA equal in skill?

(Vote): YES
(Vote): NO



Only if you say NO you should answer in the Poll at the beginning ^^
silly OP
Trying to splitt the community?
F-
zezamer
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland5701 Posts
June 04 2012 01:09 GMT
#246
You should rename your poll

"Are you from NA/EU" ?
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 01:13:29
June 04 2012 01:11 GMT
#247
On June 04 2012 10:09 zezamer wrote:
You should rename your poll

"Are you from NA/EU" ?


This poll is over a year old, and might have been true back then.
It might be worth locking this thread, as there is nothing relevant today that can be discussed based of OPs post/poll.

I'm masters on both and can tell you that the skill is extremely similar, but meta-game and play styles by race do vary quite a bit. From my experience Protoss on EU cheese and all in much more than on NA, and vice-versa for Zerg. The Terran strategies are more diverse on EU, lots of people copy GSL stuff. Overall though, very similar skill levels.
Above and Beyond
Profile Joined June 2012
1 Post
June 04 2012 01:19 GMT
#248
haha I gotta go with EU here. im sure if Stephano even ate or touched american food he would go on a big losing streak
plasemeious
Profile Joined November 2009
United States244 Posts
June 04 2012 02:14 GMT
#249
On June 04 2012 10:19 Above and Beyond wrote:
haha I gotta go with EU here. im sure if Stephano even ate or touched american food he would go on a big losing streak

We will find out at MLG since he is staying with EG
-Switch-
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada506 Posts
June 04 2012 02:16 GMT
#250
On June 04 2012 07:55 Kaitokid wrote:
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On June 04 2012 07:50 -Switch- wrote:
On June 04 2012 07:38 Kaitokid wrote:
On June 04 2012 07:36 -Switch- wrote:
unless you are in GM it does not matter


its easier to hit GM on NA so yes it matters


GM in general does not matter. just keep playing until you are good enough to play against the best players on your respective server. Do you want GM or do you want to become better?


if you are good enough you will eventually hit GM, on NA you can be worse but still hit GM thats my point. its simply easier to reach GM MMR on NA because there are less good players


You are correct.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
June 04 2012 02:16 GMT
#251
I think they're pretty close now with a lot of koreans playing on NA. I find the average level of low GM / high master players on EU to be lower too.
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13405 Posts
June 04 2012 05:51 GMT
#252
On June 04 2012 11:16 Pokebunny wrote:
I think they're pretty close now with a lot of koreans playing on NA. I find the average level of low GM / high master players on EU to be lower too.


The way I see it is as follows:

There are more good players on EU who are professionals compared to NA. Or at least, when I watch a stream it seems to me that the variability in matchmaking is lower meaning that the games on ladder are often more close and meaningful and strategies more varied on the EU ladder.

However, for all the NORMAL people who play this game for fun and aren't semi-pro or pro, the difference means nothing to us. This is why I hate these stupid threads.

People come in here and say Im on EU, EU is harder, Im masters EU im better than masters NA. No. I am sorry but no. The people on top of ladder in EU and NA can trade games for the most part. Its not the same as top of KR vs top of NA or EU. But at the same time at mid masters, at diamond, at plat at almost any level the difference between NA and EU is minimal.

Sure, there might be more high end players on EU who play seriously and professionally but that doesn't mean the EU ladder is magically 100x better than NA. Im pretty sure plat on KR isn't so so so much better than everyone on NA or EU either. The myth that KR plats are 1000x better is probably helped by not high level players getting a KR account and having some 500ms ping to deal with which makes it harder to perform well. While being masters in NA doesn't mean you are masters in KR, it doesn't mean you are plat either.

I think people need to stop worrying about the ladder and their ranking and start focusing on just enjoying the game.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
Josh_rakoons
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom1158 Posts
June 04 2012 05:53 GMT
#253
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Throughout my time playing sc2, i've played same league players for example PLAT on both EU and NA and EU have been faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar superior in terms of skill, execution, strategy, etc..... Throughout all leagues.
emis
Profile Joined November 2011
Estonia409 Posts
June 04 2012 06:38 GMT
#254
People who are saying that the difference is only at GM level are either Americans or haven't actually played on the other server.

I've played ~100 games on US, laddered two accounts from placements to masters and I can say that EU is quite a lot stronger from until the early leagues. Another solid conclusion is that there's A TON more cheese on NA. Other than these things, ladder is ladder, you will get practice anyways unless your the best in your region.
KingFool
Profile Joined January 2008
Canada428 Posts
June 04 2012 06:42 GMT
#255
i have a NA masters and a EU masters. I notice no difference. I believe 1k+ masters and above becomes Much harder at EU level though.
Stimin myself on a daily basis
SniXSniPe
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1938 Posts
June 04 2012 06:44 GMT
#256
On June 04 2012 15:38 emis wrote:
People who are saying that the difference is only at GM level are either Americans or haven't actually played on the other server.

I've played ~100 games on US, laddered two accounts from placements to masters and I can say that EU is quite a lot stronger from until the early leagues. Another solid conclusion is that there's A TON more cheese on NA. Other than these things, ladder is ladder, you will get practice anyways unless your the best in your region.


This has very little relevance. On the KR server you will encounter lots of cheese as well.
furerkip
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States439 Posts
June 04 2012 06:50 GMT
#257
On June 04 2012 15:38 emis wrote:
I've played ~100 games on US, laddered two accounts from placements to masters and I can say that EU is quite a lot stronger from until the early leagues.


Are you masters/facing masters in EU?

If so, isn't just working as intended... You already have the skill level of a master's player, ergo you should end up on masters if both regions are similar in skill. If you started at placement, means you had to be playing mostly diamonds and then masters, which should be easy for you since you are a higher level player than diamond.


rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
June 04 2012 06:51 GMT
#258
On June 04 2012 09:20 pallad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2012 09:17 imMUTAble787 wrote:
arguing over 2nd best is very stupid

KR is #1

maybe if people would stop arguing over who is the smartest retard then the other ladders would improve


Look at title..

"EU or NA ladder, which is harder?"
Where do you see KR? . TL is community site , you gonna come to every thread and write stop arguing ....?


His point is, why do we care which ladder is 2nd best and 3rd best? lol.
The Notorious Winkles
Thune
Profile Joined February 2011
Austria129 Posts
June 04 2012 07:01 GMT
#259
I definately agree with the poll ... i have accounts on both servers and while im about high dia on eu im mid master on na ... and all in all playing against master player on eu seems way harder than playing against master from na. also i can second that on the na server there are a lot more cheeses than on eu.
i wouldnt say the difference is too big but there is definately a difference
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10025 Posts
June 04 2012 07:02 GMT
#260
On June 04 2012 08:58 Corsica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2011 03:13 mdma-_- wrote:
On February 10 2011 03:09 Andr3 wrote:
#29 CombatEX Is that the real combatEX? oO

Just because EU has more well known players doesn't necessarily mean it's a harder ladder. I think a big EU vs US should be made Though from the interviews I've read most pros say KR is hardest followed by EU and US.

If u talkin bout a EU vs NA showmatch. They already had one. EU won 8-3.



It would go so bad for NA had they made one more showmatch like that...


find someone to sponsor the event and well see what about that :+)
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