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Blizzard has announced what the milestones are as well as posting icons for each leagues. The milestones for Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Masters are Top 100, 50, 25 and 8. While for Grand Masters are Top 200, 100, 50 and 16. Depending on your standing in your division, you will be rewarded one of the icons.
EDIT: Thanks to SDream.
Bashiok:
We're trying to track down the source of the info discrepancy, but as the contents of this forum post are actually the most recent, we believe it to be accurate.
Patch/lock tomorrow, reset one week later.
Blizzard is answering a lot of questions here:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2228179462?page=1
Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master League Milestones
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Upcoming Grandmaster League Milestones
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Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/2494686
Patch 1.3.0 marks the beginning of our transition from Season 1 to Season 2. In this patch, we're introducing support for our new Grandmaster League, as well as the behind-the-scenes architecture that will allow us to smoothly change from one season to another. We're also adding in a brand-new season-based reward system known as milestones, which will come into play at the end of Season 1.
Now, you might be asking yourself "What are milestones?" Milestones are seasonal rewards that will be provided to ladder players in all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty leagues. Each league will have four notable milestones. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Master leagues will have milestones for the top 100, top 50, top 25, and top 8 players in each league division. For Grandmaster, milestones will be awarded to the top 200, top 100, top 50, and top 16 players. These milestones will each have their own unique icon (shown below) representing the league in which the milestone was earned and the actual milestone achievement.
The way these milestones will be awarded for Season 1 is pretty simple. When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. You'll then be given two weeks to play out your remaining bonus pools (while promotions and demotions into and out of divisions will be disabled, you may still be able to move up or down within that division's ladder). Once the two-week "bonus pool" period is over, Season 1 will officially end and all ladder rankings will be finalized. Milestones will be awarded to the top players in each league division shortly after and we'll display the results in-game in the Leagues & Ladders section. This same process is expected to take place at the end of each season. (In a future patch, we also plan to add a dedicated page in the game UI that will save past performance history so that players can show-off all of their milestone achievements.)
We hope that players enjoy displaying their milestones with pride, and are excited to see the close of Season 1 and the beginning of regular ladder seasons.
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More bragging rights... excellent 
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Now they're saying that the leagues are locked for two weeks, not one like they said a few days ago. I wonder which it is.
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When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division.
WTF, 1.3 coming tomorrow ?
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I was pretty pumped on new portraits, but at least I don't have to worry about fighting to get back into the top 8 of my league again.
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must... play... more...
Gotta earn that top 8 masters lol.
I feel bad for people who are in a stacked division... for mine about 3300 is good for top 8 atm lol
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On March 22 2011 06:11 deejY wrote:Show nested quote +When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. WTF, 1.3 coming tomorrow ?
It seems like that's what they're saying. Lol, they're maddeningly unclear about a lot of this stuff sometimes.
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They look really cool - however I think I'd prefer if the shiniest icon (the one with the star) was only for being rank 1 in your division.
I'd probably also be cool with top 3 or something - top 8 just seems like too much. But I shouldn't complain, at least it means I'll be able to get those icons! xD
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so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-'
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On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-'
I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
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Time to 4gate my way to first place.
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So let me see if I understand this correctly:
Let's take any generic Platinum division ladder, which is full (i.e. has 100 people in it). If I make my way to Rank 34 in my personal division, then I will have hit the second milestone (100, 50, 25, 8), and so my icon will look like the Platinum icon in the second row (fourth column)? So the bottom of it will appear a bit different?
Similarly, a Rank 8, 7, or 6 Bronze player in any division will have the fourth row bronze icon (the one with the star)?
Or is this taking into account the entire Platinum or Bronze league (the thousands of players in either one) and then looking at the top 100, 50, 25, and 8?
(I think it's the first one.)
Either way, that's a pretty cool way to vary things Go milestones!
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On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
i need 3500 points to get top50 in my masters division - in other division this is enough to get top8. sounds quite random, doesn't it ?
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It should be sooner rather than later. MLG is in two weeks, which should be a decent enough amount of time for players to get used to the patch. If they wait too long then MLG is going to be a shitstorm.
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On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
each division is weighted differently.
a new master would only need 3k points to be rank 1, an older master would need 3.8k+
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Bronze and Gold medals are all pretty cool, the silver there made it more interesting. Platinum top 8 is a little weird and diamond top 50 seems to be the more interesting for diamond. Master top 50 is the worst for master though. lol
I wonder if only 1x1 will matter or what... if only 1x1 there will be so much QQ in the foruns...
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i think 1.3 hits march 29th and then you'll have two weeks to get to grand masters league (and others will have 2 weeks to get the milestones)
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Looks like i'm going to be gunning for top 8. shouldn't be too hard in two weeks of play time considering how large my bonus pool is 
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well, top 8 seems like kinda a strange number but w/e I dont really care about it
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On March 22 2011 06:17 SQneo wrote:
I think ppl are confused.
This is for top in the LEAGUE not division.
so for some1 like me in master's it's pretty much impossible to climb to the top 100 in masters.
but if i really wanted one of these icons, i'll go home and bomb 30 games and drop to diamond and then when they lock the leagues, i'll run up the ladder in diamond like a boss....lol
so this feels dumb, they should only be awarded to top 500 people in all of NA or something, if your the best player in gold, does that mean anything?
This isn't right. Otherwise, almost no one would get these. Everyone who is in a league will get one. Even if you're 100/100, it still says "You finished a season in this league".
Each league will have four notable milestones. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Master leagues will have milestones for the top 100, top 50, top 25, and top 8 players in each league division.
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i was under the impression the patch will hit 3-29-11
dont see a thing about tomorrow.
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So does that mean Ill have the badge next season in my records or will i reach the top 16 in my division next season and then the icon will appear?
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On March 22 2011 06:21 PhiliBiRD wrote:
i was under the impression the patch will hit 3-29-11
dont see a thing about tomorrow.
I think I heard that the new season will start then? and the ladders will be locked the 22nd
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On March 22 2011 06:21 PhiliBiRD wrote:
i was under the impression the patch will hit 3-29-11
dont see a thing about tomorrow.
I'm pretty sure, it's the case that...
Tomorrow, ladders will lock (you can't be promoted or demoted, only work your way up or down your present ladder).
On March 29th, the ladder will reset AND the new patch will come into effect.
On April 12th, the GM league will take effect.
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During maintenance next Tuesday morning, March 22, the ladders will be locked. The lock will mean that no further league promotions or demotions can occur, and bonus pools will stop growing. So now’s the time to push for that promotion! Once locked to a league and division players can continue to play out their bonus pools and compete for standing within their division until the actual end of the season.
During morning maintenance the following Tuesday, March 29, Season 1 will end and Season 2 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be distributed (more info about these in an upcoming blog), and bonus pools will start over. Internal skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have played their placement matches in the previous season will only need to play one new placement match.
A couple weeks later we'll be ready to launch the Grandmaster league the morning of April 12.
As for when the patch while hit, its anybody's guess on which week between now and then.
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On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
my division top 8 4100+
my friends division top 8 3500+
divisions are random. to get top 8 in mine i need to "perform" at top200 level of eu. to get top 8 in another division i need to "perfom" at top 1000 or even lower level of eu.
if thats not random then i really dont know what is.
not even talking about lower leagues where division modifiers and stuff make it even more ridiculous.
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TT yo, what the shit, this makes no sense.
Top 50 in some Masters divisions is a billion x2 better than Top 8 in others.
I want my iconzzzzz!
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basically you have to be lucky to be max points in your league without getting promoted right before they lock the league, i just got promoted last week so i just have spent bonus pool +75 points or whatever as my total points which puts me way behind the league leaders
and lol at top 8 world bronze league
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On March 22 2011 06:23 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:21 PhiliBiRD wrote:
i was under the impression the patch will hit 3-29-11
dont see a thing about tomorrow. I'm pretty sure, it's the case that... Tomorrow, ladders will lock (you can't be promoted or demoted, only work your way up or down your present ladder). On March 29th, the ladder will reset AND the new patch will come into effect. On April 12th, the GM league will take effect.
But it clearly states:
When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division.
And they also said that the ladder will be locked on the 22nd.
The only logical conclusion is - New patch tomorrow.
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time to get demoted to Bronze and get the shiny star!!!! e-fame here i come
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I can achieve top 8 in my league, which is awesome!
I'm gonna do it!
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These look really cool actually, hello TLOwnage , Bronze-Town-Style
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wudnt it be pretty lame if you were top 8 of master league but not grand master league? doesnt it mean u wud be like...8 places away from grand master at most?
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I'd be lying if I said I wasn't considering tanking from masters to top 8 bronze just for that icon...
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I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc)
Great news on the patch date tho.
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Woop maybe I'll get a gold milestone : P
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On March 22 2011 06:41 Gaxton wrote:
I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc)
The last time we got new icons they were just the lowest level of these, and these were the planned implementation anyway.
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I like this change, 2 weeks to play out our points! I would have liked to finally promote to Masters and stay with 60%+ winrate with Random as the "most played" race, which would look really good, but I want to get milestone heheh and not have my season 1 saved as like rank 69 xD.
Anyways, I knew there was something wrong with the new Icons in 1.2 (so ugly!) and KNEW they would bring these!
These look absolutely EPIC
Look how baller the Top 8 GrandMaster League Icon looks, wow!
Anyways thanks for the 2 weeks to play out our points ^_^
And lol yeah, Top 50 Masters looks a little weird. I wonder if it would look better if they kept the metal frame around the icons for Masters/GrandMasters? But I won't look into it much, I trust Blizzard xD
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In each division? Not the rank as a whole?
I don't think any of these mean anything if it's per division, you'll have hundreds of players with the "Top 8" milestone for each rank. Ah well.
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On March 22 2011 06:41 Gaxton wrote:
I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc)
Fixing PvP, instead of icons and Mothership nerfs.
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On March 22 2011 06:41 Gaxton wrote:
I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc)
It's not that bad. It motivates a lot of people to ladder more which is a good thing for the community in general. I personally am incredibly motivated to ladder again and I haven't played in months.
And consider that the people who make icons are artists and not programmers who add features to the game. So if Blizzard has a few artists without a job, why not make them do something useful?
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On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
It's not based on performance though. To get top 8 in my division, I'd need well over 4000 points. To get top 8 in other divisions I'd only need around mid to low 3000s. This really hurts if top 8 basically means being top 20 in the world (like it does for some divisions).
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On March 22 2011 06:41 Gaxton wrote:
I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc)
you people always act like there were only 3 people working on starcraft 2 by themselves...
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What if you were top 8 at one point but dropped below? Does that still count?
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On March 22 2011 06:50 GreEny K wrote:
What if you were top 8 at one point but dropped below? Does that still count?
It makes sense for your icon to change.
EDIT: Imagine if you started a new ladder (automatically the first in a new ladder with zero points lol). Over time, your icon should change to reflect whatever rank you end up taking over.
Of course, that's just me thinking what would make sense (imo)... I don't know what's actually going to happen.
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On March 22 2011 06:49 FliedLice wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:41 Gaxton wrote:
I don't wanna be that guy but, what is it now, 4th time we get new badge-icons?
Blizzard top priority: Redesign/Introduce new badges.
Just feel like there's so much other stuff they should spend time on when it comes to improving Bnet2.0 (Multiuser-replays etc) you people always act like there were only 3 people working on starcraft 2 by themselves...
It took them something like 9 months to add some really simple chat rooms. I'd be surprised if there were 3 people working on Starcraft full time.
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dumb. My divisions top 8 is higher than many divisions rank 1
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Damn time to ladder my ass off and get top 8 in my division, that icon looks sweet. I really hope that means the patch hits tomorrow, better that its in the middle of the GSTL than a day before MLG or during the GSL WC.
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On March 22 2011 06:51 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:50 GreEny K wrote:
What if you were top 8 at one point but dropped below? Does that still count? It makes sense for your icon to change. EDIT: Imagine if you started a new ladder (automatically the first in a new ladder with zero points lol). Over time, your icon should change to reflect whatever rank you end up taking over. Of course, that's just me thinking what would make sense (imo)... I don't know what's actually going to happen.
Yeah that makes sense, didn't think about the placement position. Well, I better get to work!
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If only my division didn't have Axslav, Minigun, Lalush, Pokebunny, Dayvie, etc, etc. They really need to weight the divisions.
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On March 22 2011 06:55 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:51 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On March 22 2011 06:50 GreEny K wrote:
What if you were top 8 at one point but dropped below? Does that still count? It makes sense for your icon to change. EDIT: Imagine if you started a new ladder (automatically the first in a new ladder with zero points lol). Over time, your icon should change to reflect whatever rank you end up taking over. Of course, that's just me thinking what would make sense (imo)... I don't know what's actually going to happen. Yeah that makes sense, didn't think about the placement position. Well, I better get to work!
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On March 22 2011 06:56 neobowman wrote:
If only my division didn't have Axslav, Minigun, Lalush, Pokebunny, Dayvie, etc, etc. They really need to weight the divisions.
Milestones aren't coming out until the new patch (and the ladder reset), right? What's the rush right now?
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On March 22 2011 06:48 hmunkey wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance.. It's not based on performance though. To get top 8 in my division, I'd need well over 4000 points. To get top 8 in other divisions I'd only need around mid to low 3000s. This really hurts if top 8 basically means being top 20 in the world (like it does for some divisions).
It isn't any easier in lower leagues...the top person in my league (silver) is 2500, having played 500 games and (I'm guessing) used up his bonus pool. I have around 750 right now... -_-;;
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On March 22 2011 06:56 neobowman wrote:
If only my division didn't have Axslav, Minigun, Lalush, Pokebunny, Dayvie, etc, etc. They really need to weight the divisions.
Yeah sometimes beeing in a division without a noteable player has its perks. I´m rank 3 with like 3.4 k points. There are divisions where you would be like rank 50 with that.
Glad that season 1 finally ends. I hope that seasons won´t last so long anymore though.
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On March 22 2011 07:00 BAMK wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:48 hmunkey wrote:On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance.. It's not based on performance though. To get top 8 in my division, I'd need well over 4000 points. To get top 8 in other divisions I'd only need around mid to low 3000s. This really hurts if top 8 basically means being top 20 in the world (like it does for some divisions). It isn't any easier in lower leagues...the top person in my league (silver) is 2500, having played 500 games and (I'm guessing) used up his bonus pool. I have around 750 right now... -_-;;
I think hmunkey is talking about the fact that different divisions technically have different variations in points for the top spots (and the leaderboards in general). One silver division might have the top 10 players all with 3000 points or more, whereas another silver division may not be even close to that. Therefore, if you're *lucky* enough to be in the latter division (if you're only looking to get that "higher level icon") then it looks like you're better than others who have more points than you in the former division (because you have a higher icon).
It's exactly why you say "I have X points in this League" instead of saying "I'm Rank Y in this League", when explaining how good you are. The former is universal; the latter isn't.
We just have to realize that these different badges are arbitrary.
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They may be arbitrary but some of them look damn sexy!
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Oh man, those look sweet. But I honestly hope they'll keep our final number of wins and losses.
If these rewards are a replacement to our win/loss ratio, that wouldn't be nice. 
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seriously bronze top 8 looks better than top 25 diamond
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I love this!
My only gripe... I wish the leagues had more players in them. 500 or 1000.
Rank 1 milestone would be pretty sweet too.
Overall, a great addition. GJ Blizz!
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And again some icons that say nothing about players skill :p
Being in one of the first master divisions with many actual pros in it or being in some random master division will affect you top 25/50/75 placement quite a bit....
Although I dont care for stuff like that, there are a lot of players who do care about it so Blizzard is doing it right to keep people interested in laddering imo
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So now we know for sure who is Low, Mid, High, and Top of their league.
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At least they arent putting in achievements for this.
But yeah, time to boot up my 4 gate. Lol
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More pretty pixels to make us feel better!
Does anyone really care?
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Top 8 in the highest masters division in the world is 4000 points, easily top 100 player.
Top 8 in lowest masters division in the world is 3100.
Would also like to know the reasoning behind this
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YES it's quite unfair based on what division you are in (one of my mate's is in such a stacked league he needs to fight for top 25).
but HELL YES is it gonna motivate me to play more to make sure i stay top 8. (it's easy for me to say but) people need to worry less about their milestone overall and just do the best they can.
Weird to say 'top 100' - isnt that just 'everyone'?
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On March 22 2011 07:12 aloT wrote:
Top 8 in the highest masters division in the world is 4000 points, easily top 100 player.
Top 8 in lowest masters division in the world is 3100.
Would also like to know the reasoning behind this
Makes people feel good to have pretty things. That's pretty much it.
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WHY IS THERE A BIRD-THINGY I N THE PLATINUM ICON??
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Well it gives people an incentive to play more. I'm not going to make it to grand masters that's for sure, but I'm sure I can make top8 of my masters div (probably one of the most recent ones in the world, first player at 3k3) so its going to make me have even more fun laddering the next couple of weeks. I'm like 50 something in the division so it's going to be a lot of fun to get up there to get that reward. Worst case scenario I don't get it, what the fuck ever bro, pixels and stuff, it's not like it's a new skin for some units.
Also, is it just 1v1 or also 22 33 and 44 ? if it's all 4 I'm going to need a rope right now
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It would be cool if they have 1st 2nd and 3rd place milestones for each div as well as league.
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DAMN that looks awesome ! And will most defintely i hope want to advance on the ladder even more than being stuck in bronze lol. Sweet stuff :D
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Awww yeah! New patch tomorrow officially confirmed! Sweet!
Thanks for the heads up!
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Yay top 5 of division... All the rest of the top 5 in my Platinum division have at least 3100 points while I have 2650, 1st place being one of those silly portrait farmers who has the Dark Voice portrait and he has 3140 wins and 3150 losses. He can enjoy his emblem, as it appears that is all he plays for anyway.
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hmm, 2 weeks might be enough for me to beat my way into top 8, if all my bonus pool spends (and nobody else spends theirs (hah) then I should be able to make it!
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Wow, I guess I need to stay in top8. Currently pretty safe as ~3500 is enough in my masters division, but people will certainly try to climb the ladder during the next week.
Fighting for my bragging rights!
On March 22 2011 07:22 Shiladie wrote:
hmm, 2 weeks might be enough for me to beat my way into top 8, if all my bonus pool spends (and nobody else spends theirs (hah) then I should be able to make it!
Is it 2 weeks, starting tomorrow? I thought it was just one.
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I am currently 1st in my gold div, am I special now? :D
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I like this i dunno why but I'm actual determined to play a lot this upcoming season. I'm rather casual and play an OK bit of games via custom but this new system has me a bit excited to only play via ladder for some weird reason I'm really looking forward to the new season.
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On March 22 2011 07:12 aloT wrote:
Top 8 in the highest masters division in the world is 4000 points, easily top 100 player.
Top 8 in lowest masters division in the world is 3100.
Would also like to know the reasoning behind this
abit outdated i guess. its 4100 in my division for top8. (and players like hasuobs arent even in the top 8 cause of inactivity)
3100 wouldnt even be top70 :D
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On March 22 2011 07:07 ahbon wrote:
seriously bronze top 8 looks better than top 25 diamond
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all of them look the same, no? you get the beard, the sideburns, and then the pacifier....
(am I the only one who sees like a transformers face)
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I think it's a bit unfair.I'm 3200 Masters and ranked 14th in my division,while some friends of mine are 3700 and around 50th place in theirs. Not that I'm complaining,but I should not be getting a better icon than them???
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I read a joke in another thread about why hasn't blizzard done this or that, saying that they were too busy designing league icons....
this man was a prophet.
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Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill.
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Damn, Ive been gaming the system the past few days with the hope that there was a specific reward for 1st place...I hope the tooltip for the icon says specifically what place we finished at. Me and one other guy have 100 point lead on 3rd place and we both have been playing just enough to get ahead of eachother and stop playing. Finally I have a 17 point lead (taking into account bonus pools for both of us) on him going into league locks.
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CRAP!!! I gotta get into Diamond FAST!!!
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On March 22 2011 07:45 fabiano wrote:
Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill.
It is for the lulz, as is gaming for 99% of people out there.
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I usually agree with the people who say these achievements are worthless, and not an indicator of skill (which is definitely true), but I think this is a good idea.
If blizzard can give away a few pixels to get people to play more, I think it's good overall for the game. I've been playing too much minecraft and not enough starcraft for the last couple weeks and I dropped down to #7, so I'll definitely be out there on the ladder this week, hopefully beating up some people who are at least as rusty as I am.
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Diamond and grandmasters' look the coolest
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On March 22 2011 07:45 fabiano wrote:
Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill.
I would disagree--a top 8 master's league icon is an indicator of considerable skill, and a top 16 grandmaster's league icon will be an indication of being a professional player of the highest caliber. For that matter, just being in the Grandmaster's league will be very prestigious; it's great to see Blizz finally implementing special in-game bonuses for the best players.
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On March 22 2011 07:53 imareaver3 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 07:45 fabiano wrote:
Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill. I would disagree--a top 8 master's league icon is an indicator of considerable skill, and a top 16 grandmaster's league icon will be an indication of being a professional player of the highest caliber. For that matter, just being in the Grandmaster's league will be very prestigious; it's great to see Blizz finally implementing special in-game bonuses for the best players.
did you read posts like
On March 22 2011 07:12 aloT wrote:
Top 8 in the highest masters division in the world is 4000 points, easily top 100 player.
Top 8 in lowest masters division in the world is 3100.
Would also like to know the reasoning behind this
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your mindset is exactly the result of blizzards confuse tactic. there will be people with that icon that are barely mid masters. there will be thousands of people better then them with a worse icon.and this only gets worse in lower leagues with division modifiers.
it just annoys me that they not only keep promoting their totally irrelevant division ranks but also now give out shiny stuff for it.
i understand the basic intention. and the intention is good. but there are ways to implement this without basing it on random division ranks.
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Very cool, I like things that show players accomplishments right there in the open. I approve!
Edit: 200th post yay!
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On March 22 2011 08:05 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 07:53 imareaver3 wrote:On March 22 2011 07:45 fabiano wrote:
Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill. I would disagree--a top 8 master's league icon is an indicator of considerable skill, and a top 16 grandmaster's league icon will be an indication of being a professional player of the highest caliber. For that matter, just being in the Grandmaster's league will be very prestigious; it's great to see Blizz finally implementing special in-game bonuses for the best players. did you read posts like Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 07:12 aloT wrote:
Top 8 in the highest masters division in the world is 4000 points, easily top 100 player.
Top 8 in lowest masters division in the world is 3100.
Would also like to know the reasoning behind this ? your mindset is exactly the result of blizzards confuse tactic. there will be people with that icon that are barely mid masters. there will be thousands of people better then them with a worse icon.and this only gets worse in lower leagues with division modifiers. it just annoys me that they not only keep promoting their totally irrelevant division ranks but also now give out shiny stuff for it. i understand the basic intention. and the intention is good. but there are ways to implement this without basing it on random division ranks.
And you didn't my whole post:
"A top 16 grandmaster's league icon will be an indication of being a professional player of the highest caliber."
There's only one Grandmaster's division, and would be extraordinarily surprised if random scrubs could get to the top 16 of it--especially in Korea. While I agree that master's top 8 is somewhat random--though, even in the easiest divisions, you have to be pretty good to get it--grandmaster's top 16 will not be. And if we're looking towards how much prestige the system awards, we should look towards its highest prizes--a special decoration for the region's top 16, 50, 100, and 200 players--not one of the prizes in the middle. And while ladder might not be the best indication of skill even at that level, it still is one--and some reward should be given for doing well on it.
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Hmm I saw it 30min ago, now it's gone. I guess even Blue's are confused with the whole lockdown/reset/promotion/patch/grand master thing Now again, I don't know what to think.
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On March 22 2011 08:14 Jochan wrote:Hmm I saw it 30min ago, now it's gone. I guess even Blue's are confused with the whole lockdown/reset/promotion/patch/grand master thing Now again, I don't know what to think.
Blizz actually changed there original post to say one week instead of two about 15 minutes ago. Seems like a classic miscommunication.
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I'm confused is this something new to be implemented to show your league, or will it just show what you where last season?
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Another blue post answering my question:
@Harry: It's only one week. Originally, we did plan on allowing you to have a full two weeks to play out your bonus pools, and ideally that's how long lock-out periods will be for seasons going forward. Season 1 ended up being about nine months, though, and in the hopes of simply not prolonging it any further, the lock was changed to one week.
When we originally wrote this blog, we were still going forward with a two-week lock, which is why that information was originally reflected in the text. That was certainly our mistake, and we apologize for any confusion that may have been caused.
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Damnit, im rank 9 atm, gotta grind for a 3min streak by tommorow for that awesome top 8 logo.
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My hopes have been preemptively raised for 1.3 tomorrow now, hope that's true.
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tl bot says SEA is down for patch. this should be 1.3
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On March 22 2011 08:19 deejY wrote:tl bot says SEA is down for patch. this should be 1.3
Cool. . . sounds like we know what's happening then. Patch tomorrow, leagues are locking for one week, and then then season two starts along with the beginning of the two-week grandmaster qualifier period.
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On March 22 2011 06:11 deejY wrote:Show nested quote +When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. WTF, 1.3 coming tomorrow ?
It’s an exciting time in StarCraft II history. The first ever season is drawing to a close, and Season 2 is about to begin. We have some important information on how the end of season process will happen, and the times and dates for each step.
During maintenance next Tuesday morning, March 22, the ladders will be locked. The lock will mean that no further league promotions or demotions can occur, and bonus pools will stop growing. So now’s the time to push for that promotion! Once locked to a league and division players can continue to play out their bonus pools and compete for standing within their division until the actual end of the season.
During morning maintenance the following Tuesday, March 29, Season 1 will end and Season 2 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be distributed (more info about these in an upcoming blog), and bonus pools will start over. Internal skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have played their placement matches in the previous season will only need to play one new placement match.
A couple weeks later we'll be ready to launch the Grandmaster league the morning of April 12. For more information on this premiere league check out our recent blog at-
Source http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2228179462#1
GM league being launched on april 12 , since GM comes with 1.3 , I'm thinking 1.3 is going to be launced april 12 : ).
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oh yeah, top bronze player :D
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On March 22 2011 08:24 Xswordy wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:11 deejY wrote:When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. WTF, 1.3 coming tomorrow ? Show nested quote +It’s an exciting time in StarCraft II history. The first ever season is drawing to a close, and Season 2 is about to begin. We have some important information on how the end of season process will happen, and the times and dates for each step.
During maintenance next Tuesday morning, March 22, the ladders will be locked. The lock will mean that no further league promotions or demotions can occur, and bonus pools will stop growing. So now’s the time to push for that promotion! Once locked to a league and division players can continue to play out their bonus pools and compete for standing within their division until the actual end of the season.
During morning maintenance the following Tuesday, March 29, Season 1 will end and Season 2 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be distributed (more info about these in an upcoming blog), and bonus pools will start over. Internal skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have played their placement matches in the previous season will only need to play one new placement match.
A couple weeks later we'll be ready to launch the Grandmaster league the morning of April 12. For more information on this premiere league check out our recent blog at- Source http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2228179462#1GM league being launched on april 12 , since GM comes with 1.3 , I'm thinking 1.3 is going to be launced april 12 : ).
I don't think so--everything you quoted from that post would be consistent with 1.3 coming tomorrow, and it looks like SEA is possibly already being patched. . .
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i will be top 8 bronze!!!
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On March 22 2011 08:24 Xswordy wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:11 deejY wrote:When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. WTF, 1.3 coming tomorrow ? Show nested quote +It’s an exciting time in StarCraft II history. The first ever season is drawing to a close, and Season 2 is about to begin. We have some important information on how the end of season process will happen, and the times and dates for each step.
During maintenance next Tuesday morning, March 22, the ladders will be locked. The lock will mean that no further league promotions or demotions can occur, and bonus pools will stop growing. So now’s the time to push for that promotion! Once locked to a league and division players can continue to play out their bonus pools and compete for standing within their division until the actual end of the season.
During morning maintenance the following Tuesday, March 29, Season 1 will end and Season 2 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be distributed (more info about these in an upcoming blog), and bonus pools will start over. Internal skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have played their placement matches in the previous season will only need to play one new placement match.
A couple weeks later we'll be ready to launch the Grandmaster league the morning of April 12. For more information on this premiere league check out our recent blog at- Source http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2228179462#1GM league being launched on april 12 , since GM comes with 1.3 , I'm thinking 1.3 is going to be launced april 12 : ).
Actually 1.3 is coming tomorrow. They just have to wait 2 weeks to implement GM league because they need time for people to repopulate B.Net and have the skill levels level out for it to work correctly.
Otherwise it would just be the first 200 people who logged into B.Net after the patch would get into GM league because they would technically be the top 200 people in the region.
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Lol some pro silver noob is going to get an awesome icon and the poor guy who has made masters, just not the top of his division is going to get nothing. Awww hehe
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wow, ive been stuck at first in my division in diamond with 3500~ points for like a couple months now. there goes my dreams go getting a promotion into masters
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Can someone please just ask in the Blizzard thread when patch is coming? And why it says 2 weeks in the blog, but the Blues are saying 1 week?
Bashiok is answering questions right this second - get on that!
Edit: I see they've edited two weeks to read "a week".
Sneaky.
Still need to ask about the patch though!
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Look like power rangers lol
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Top 8 of my platinum division requires a mighty 550 points currently
Im glad its just these stupid portraits as rewards that sit and rot on your profile page - if it was anything that was actually desirable or mattered, the randomness of placements into certain leagues would be so unfair to certain people
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Milestones look sweet! .. But seems a bit weird they are based on each division's top instead of being based on each league's top.
Btw, Won't this last 2 weeks will be known as the Cheese Weeks? Coz hell, ppl will 4gate, 6pool and proxy rax their way to the top now.
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The way these milestones will be awarded for Season 1 is pretty simple. When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division.
wtf I have hella bonus pool but don't have time to play, now I wanna move up to master but I can't anymore. Why did they do that?
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The lock is only going to last for ONE WEEK pay attention guys n girls. They edited it from the original post.
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On March 22 2011 08:45 hitman133 wrote:Show nested quote +
The way these milestones will be awarded for Season 1 is pretty simple. When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division.
wtf I have hella bonus pool but don't have time to play, now I wanna move up to master but I can't anymore. Why did they do that?
It is not locked today, but you will be locked for One Week starting tomorrow morning after the patch. After which you can resume your quest to get into masters.
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woo im going to have a slightly shiny & winged bronze badge, go me
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On March 22 2011 08:45 hitman133 wrote:Show nested quote +
The way these milestones will be awarded for Season 1 is pretty simple. When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division.
wtf I have hella bonus pool but don't have time to play, now I wanna move up to master but I can't anymore. Why did they do that?
Your bonus pool is completely irrelevant in terms of getting into Masters.
Just keep playing after the lock, it'll still affect your MMR. If you get to a point where you would have been promoted, after that placement match in season 2 you'll go straight to Masters.
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It's kind of funny that there are milestones for the top of non-masters divisions... I mean in reality, being at the top of a bronze division kind of means you're really bad x_x
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On March 22 2011 09:03 Djzapz wrote:
It's kind of funny that there are milestones for the top of non-masters divisions... I mean in reality, being at the top of a bronze division kind of means you're really bad x_x
There are a lot of people who play the game a lot, but casually though. This is for them.
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Grandmaster icon looks sick. ^_^
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The way it seems, basically everyone who actually plays the game will be getting a milestone. I couldn't imagine it's very common for a player to be active and still be in the bottom half of his league.
I guess I was hoping for some cool portraits, but whatevs.
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They should have made it top 8%, 25% 50% and 100% of an entire league. Now it is complete random. Not that I care much but it is pretty meaningless when some platinum divisions have 1500 for first place and some have 3k points. Same in Bronze.
At least Masters will be a bit less random. But still random enough to upset me a bit.
If SC2ranks can calculate your world rank and in which percentile you are, why can't Blizzard? TT
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I think I'll be the baller who rocks the Top 100 Bronze icon. You know, REPRESENT.
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Edit: now I get it. Thank god I got in master yesterday lol
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My friend and I have a 2v2 team that's still in bronze due to goofball strategies. Can't wait to score top 8 in it and sport that icon however we can.
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hmmm will they be awareded for teamgames aswell?
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You just have beaten not very strong opponents.
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3200 points in my Master division and still only 50th
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On March 22 2011 09:13 Koshi wrote:
They should have made it top 8%, 25% 50% and 100% of an entire league. Now it is complete random. Not that I care much but it is pretty meaningless when some platinum divisions have 1500 for first place and some have 3k points. Same in Bronze.
+1
As it is, it makes no sense. Who knows, maybe they'll switch it up ^___^
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On March 22 2011 09:26 sansalvador wrote:You just have beaten not very strong opponents.
well ive beaten rank 3-4 diamonds. But maybe you're right
But i was just wondering if someone actually got promoted
Cause the lock might already happened, who knows.
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Damit. I'm stuck in a division with some high quality players, so top 8 will be hard. go go 3 hours of grinding
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On March 22 2011 06:32 SmoKim wrote:
time to get demoted to Bronze and get the shiny star!!!! e-fame here i come
So you would rather have it historically known that u are were a top bronze player than a mediocer player from a better league?
Thats like saying ya i had the best marks in the class..... but i was in the class for people with learning disabilities and I don't have one
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On March 22 2011 09:28 n0ise wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 09:13 Koshi wrote:
They should have made it top 8%, 25% 50% and 100% of an entire league. Now it is complete random. Not that I care much but it is pretty meaningless when some platinum divisions have 1500 for first place and some have 3k points. Same in Bronze. +1 As it is, it makes no sense. Who knows, maybe they'll switch it up ^___^
maybe if the bnet forums get stormed. else they wont even notice it. but thats not gonna happen since the vast majority has zero clue how the ladder works.
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On March 22 2011 09:32 Taylor Hall wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:32 SmoKim wrote:
time to get demoted to Bronze and get the shiny star!!!! e-fame here i come So you would rather have it historically known that u are were a top bronze player than a mediocer player from a better league? Thats like saying ya i had the best marks in the class..... but i was in the class for people with learning disabilities and I don't have one
have you not seen the ringer? :D
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What a rip-off... If I was in a weaker division I'd have top 8 master no problem...
Instead I get thrown in with the likes of Masq, NrGVibe, and masterasia. Wouldn't it make more sense to go by points than division rank? Oh wait, I'm talking about blizzard making sense now...
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Top 8 grandmaster is probably the greatest achivement ever made in any game
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just dropped myself from diamond to bronze league, just for shits.
KING OF THE BADS BABY.
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The way i read the patch notes ( i could be wrong) was that the GM league starts today. This means all those 4k players in the top or w/e will get moved into the GM league.
Currently the 201st player on the NA server has 3897 points, so i'd suggest that's prob the mark you're all aiming for .
FYI Pokebunny is currently 59th, so he should be promoted ( to the guy complaining about him and Axslav etc :D)
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What i don't like is that the people in stacked division are getting shafted.
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Its kinda funny on EU i'm at 3k diamond and 30th in my division but on US i'm 2.3k and 10th...... sucks for people in stacked divisions.... especially the masters.
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Grandmaster League emblem looks so awesome! especially the top 8 one. I hope to get into it one day! <3
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On March 22 2011 09:49 fusihunter wrote:
The way i read the patch notes ( i could be wrong) was that the GM league starts today. This means all those 4k players in the top or w/e will get moved into the GM league.
Currently the 201st player on the NA server has 3897 points, so i'd suggest that's prob the mark you're all aiming for .
FYI Pokebunny is currently 59th, so he should be promoted ( to the guy complaining about him and Axslav etc :D) GM league does not start today, It starts after the next update. Which I believe is either this tuesday or next tuesday after season 2's release.
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for everything under grandmaster this seems kind of silly since the divisions vary so much in points.
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Thank god I found out a way to counter 4 gate with my build. As if the number of 4 gating scrubs already playing wasn't enough, this happens... -_-
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On March 22 2011 09:55 DoubleRainbow wrote:
What i don't like is that the people in stacked division are getting shafted.
Think of it as a long-term thing. I think that a.) Divisions would be as stacked next time (because a BUNCH of people will get back into masters and form new divisions, they'll be more shuffled), and b.) You're not going to get a stacked division over and over.
It's just a cool little thing/reason to compete even at bronze, and it'll be slightly less meaningless as the divisions keep getting shuffled.
I'm top 8 in my platinum division, though, so I'm biased :3
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Man... Blizzard is SO SMART.
Giving it one week right after a pretty big balance patch til new season,
and giving people incentive to grind out league games...
= receive more feedback about the patch?
Brilliant.
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So, just to be totaly clear.. Do i still have time to advance to Masters Leauge?
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On March 22 2011 10:10 Zenitel wrote:
So, just to be totaly clear.. Do i still have time to advance to Masters Leauge?
Before 1.3 hits, and after 1.3 hits!
So gogogogogogogog
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On March 22 2011 10:10 Zenitel wrote:
So, just to be totaly clear.. Do i still have time to advance to Masters Leauge?
1 day max.
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Yeah, thats AWESOME! Even if you are the worst player on the PLANET you can try to get Top50/Top25 of your Bronze-Division.
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![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/V2yon.jpg)
... shit
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On March 22 2011 10:08 brobear wrote:
Man... Blizzard is SO SMART.
Giving it one week right after a pretty big balance patch til new season,
and giving people incentive to grind out league games...
= receive more feedback about the patch?
Brilliant.
Not only that, but patching and encouraging people to spend their remaining bonus pool also means more player activity, which will translate to probably more accurate league placement at the start of Season 2. It's definitely a smart move.
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The league i was in, i woulda had to get up to 3k to get the best icon, so i purposely demoted/promoted myself into a new one. I started out in it already high enough for the icon.
Whoo. ^^
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On March 22 2011 10:24 Goliathsorrow wrote:... shit
WhiteRa can just ladder casually while trollface.jpging his entire division...
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On March 22 2011 10:21 Lori. wrote:
Yeah, thats AWESOME! Even if you are the worst player on the PLANET you can try to get Top50/Top25 of your Bronze-Division.
But if you're the worse player on the planet, how can you be better than 49 other dudes?
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Mhh ... this totally makes no sense. Why is there there need for these milestoles at all?
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Poopy. To get that top 8 I have to have 3900 pts lol. My master division is stacked haha.
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On March 22 2011 07:45 fabiano wrote:
Who cares about those stupid league icons?
Seriously... portraits, achievements, divisions, glossy league icons. This is all so futile.
They are not even a measure of skill.
Uhm, who said it is?
They're milestones, which means they're records of what you did in previous season, don't get too attached that it has some significant meaning. If you rank 8/100 of a division, it will record that you in top 8 in the division, if you rank 100/100 in the division, it will also record that you in top 100 of your division. You can think they're records of Low, Mid, High, Top division in previous season.
I also agree that divisions are not equal, people may have 4000 point and in top 25 while people have 3000 point and in top 8. But think another way, if you're good but in a monstrous division, when new seasons start, you will be place at another division where you'll be well top 8 or something. You're 3500 master struggling in 4000 master division, your effort maybe not so different from somebody who is 2500 master struggling in 3000 master division. Your skills are different, but your effort is the same. Blizzard sort of wants to promote that, i guess.
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On March 22 2011 09:19 monx wrote:
Anyone got promoted in the past 2 hours ? I have been winning a lot lately but still haven't got a promotion...Guess i am too late D:
Despite my efforts to stay gold (I play random and some of my MUs are horrible) I just got promoted. So, as Blizz has stated, the lock will seemingly occur with the patch. You have until 3 PST (or is it 4?) to get your promotion.
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On March 22 2011 10:34 Ribbon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 10:21 Lori. wrote:
Yeah, thats AWESOME! Even if you are the worst player on the PLANET you can try to get Top50/Top25 of your Bronze-Division. But if you're the worse player on the planet, how can you be better than 49 other dudes?
Try to improve, from Bronze (540.000th) to Bronze Top50 of your Division isn't that hard. It's a nice motivation for Low Leaguers, many Bronze-Gold have no motivation to play, because they know, they will hardly ever be in Masters.
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Does anyone who played the PTR know if milestone achievments count towards achievment points?
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On March 22 2011 11:59 Archerofaiur wrote:
Does anyone who played the PTR know if milestone achievments count towards achievment points?
Who cares about achievement pts? I think they are more like a "Feat of Strength"
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On March 22 2011 12:01 Lori. wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 11:59 Archerofaiur wrote:
Does anyone who played the PTR know if milestone achievments count towards achievment points? Who cares about achievement pts? I think they are more like a "Feat of Strength"
Thats what I am asking. Have you played on the PTR? What catogory are the Milestone achievements under.
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I will wear my badge of honor.. with honor... Im gunna get masters next season if i have to grind out 1000 more games!
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On March 22 2011 06:17 SDream wrote:
Bronze and Gold medals are all pretty cool, the silver there made it more interesting. Platinum top 8 is a little weird and diamond top 50 seems to be the more interesting for diamond. Master top 50 is the worst for master though. lol
I wonder if only 1x1 will matter or what... if only 1x1 there will be so much QQ in the foruns...
What's weird about the Platinum top 8? It has the wings (of Liberty) and the star, just like the other top 8s.
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Trying so hard to get into masters 4v4 and 2v2...running out of time
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I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool
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If I got Top 8 Bronze league medal, I would NOT want to show it off...
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On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool
League lock only is tonight. You have a week to fight for that top 8.
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On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool
Last night I was like 100 points in front of 9th in my main's Diamond division. I wake up this morning and 9th is only around 20 points behind me. I'm glad I have a week to secure 8th...
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I laddered hard today, got from rank 36 to 20. I wouldn't be able to get higher than that though, because the 1-20 spots are stacked as fuck, ELOs going up to 4000. :/
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nice move locking the ladder for a week
this mean all those people in the fringe (rank 9-15, 26-30,56-60) will try their hardest this week to get up one level in the milestone
means alot of people will be playing this week
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Yea its stupid because some divisions are easy as hell, and some are hard as hell..
im 3500 and like rank 40 in my division.. Top 8 is like 4000.
then I look at my friends division, top 8 is like 2700. lol
So those 2700 are gonna get the icon over me, who has 1000 pts more. Pretty lame if you ask me.
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On March 22 2011 18:47 sandyph wrote:nice move locking the ladder for a week this mean all those people in the fringe (rank 9-15, 26-30,56-60) will try their hardest this week to get up one level in the milestone means alot of people will be playing this week
Uh except no? Because the ladder will be locked, you won't be able to gain or lose ELO.
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On March 22 2011 19:00 Ethic wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 18:47 sandyph wrote:nice move locking the ladder for a week this mean all those people in the fringe (rank 9-15, 26-30,56-60) will try their hardest this week to get up one level in the milestone means alot of people will be playing this week Uh except no? Because the ladder will be locked, you won't be able to gain or lose ELO.
huh, from what I read in OP the promotion/demotion will be locked, but you can still go up and down in your division
anyway, looking at the sc2ranks page, think Im safe for that top 8 gold since number 9 is like 700 points away. Shiny emblem, here I come
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Any idea if milestones are only for 1vs1?
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They will be available for all formats.
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my top 20 division is diff by 400 points lolol... losing 1 game lose you 5 ranks or so xD...
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I'm currently Rank 2 in my division... I'm totally gonna be laddering like mad this next week to make my way to Rank 1 and get my Bonus Pool to ZERO before this damn patch takes effect on the 29th!
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HAHAHA ... these have just DESTROYED the ladder...
In high diamond, out of 4 games i just played, i was cheesed 4/4 times....
So....as usual...stuff like this will mean squat.
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On March 22 2011 20:28 Gotmog wrote:
HAHAHA ... these have just DESTROYED the ladder...
In high diamond, out of 4 games i just played, i was cheesed 4/4 times....
So....as usual...stuff like this will mean squat.
This is nothing.
Play team games. :D
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On March 22 2011 16:19 Archerofaiur wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool League lock only is tonight. You have a week to fight for that top 8.
nope, milesstones are given out already
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On March 23 2011 01:39 CrispyTender wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 16:19 Archerofaiur wrote:On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool League lock only is tonight. You have a week to fight for that top 8. nope, milesstones are given out already
Where is the source?
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Is that true? Seems contradictory with
The way these milestones will be awarded for Season 1 is pretty simple. When patch 1.3 is released, all players will be locked into their current league and division. You'll then be given two weeks to play out your remaining bonus pools (while promotions and demotions into and out of divisions will be disabled, you may still be able to move up or down within that division's ladder). Once the two-week "bonus pool" period is over, Season 1 will officially end and all ladder rankings will be finalized. Milestones will be awarded to the top players in each league division shortly after and we'll display the results in-game in the Leagues & Ladders section
Although we can see the top 8- top 25 etc milestones in the ladder rank page, i assume the season milestones are more of an individual thing
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On March 23 2011 01:43 Prissy wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2011 01:39 CrispyTender wrote:On March 22 2011 16:19 Archerofaiur wrote:On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool League lock only is tonight. You have a week to fight for that top 8. nope, milesstones are given out already Where is the source?
Milestones aren't permanent yet, though. You get the pretty picture, but it's only your final milestone--on the 29th--that stays with you on your "last season" page. At least, that's the way it worked during the PTR test resets...
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So I guess I'm the only one here who is tempted to spam losses and drop my MMR to the ground before the reset...
Honestly, I've been wanting to play random for a while. But being top 10 master will mean a long road of death if I try. I want a real reset, a true fresh start...
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On March 23 2011 01:46 imareaver3 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2011 01:43 Prissy wrote:On March 23 2011 01:39 CrispyTender wrote:On March 22 2011 16:19 Archerofaiur wrote:On March 22 2011 15:08 CrispyTender wrote:I have to stay up till freeze to make sure I keep my top 8... I'm only 30 points ahead of 7th and 8th place with no bonus pool League lock only is tonight. You have a week to fight for that top 8. nope, milesstones are given out already Where is the source? Milestones aren't permanent yet, though. You get the pretty picture, but it's only your final milestone--on the 29th--that stays with you on your "last season" page. At least, that's the way it worked during the PTR test resets...
icic... so it's there after the new patch.. I am not home right now so I wouldn't know. but like u said: we still have til the 29th to improve our ranks in division, then on the 29th the icon will stay permanent?
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Seems a bit unfair for players who are in master divisions where to be top 8 you need 4k + points as opposed to newer ones where the 1st in the division may be 3,5k
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When season 2 starts will we see "Top 8 Masters" or more specific e.g. "Top 8 Masters - Rank #4" for previous season?
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I'm still a little confused as to what exactly a milestone is. Is it like an achievement? Is there like a "milestones" section where you can view the milestones of how you finished all past seasons?
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On March 23 2011 02:25 Cofo wrote:
I'm still a little confused as to what exactly a milestone is. Is it like an achievement? Is there like a "milestones" section where you can view the milestones of how you finished all past seasons?
It's a Feat of Strength, so it's an achievement but gives no achievement points. Right now, no, there is no section where you can view your milestones from previous seasons. In a future patch, this will be added.
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On March 23 2011 02:17 Strivers wrote:
When season 2 starts will we see "Top 8 Masters" or more specific e.g. "Top 8 Masters - Rank #4" for previous season?
Striver don't worry, you'll be top 8 master for sure. lol
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Nice, I feel encouraged to revive my silver career, these things are so closely within reach I HAVE to grab 'em.
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On March 22 2011 06:15 Suspense wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2011 06:14 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
so they reward people based on totally random stuff now. great.
or i quickly get to 4100 to get top 8 in my division -_-' I'm not exactly sure what is random about getting an icon based on performance..
well it's easier to get top 8 masters in other divisions, but i still like the idea so im not gonna complain. right now i have people like idra, requiem, and pain user in my bracket not to mention those people that spam 3k games just for points. still gonna shoot for top 8 but being in 52nd place ill be lucky to get top 25. i just hope i get a chance to use all my bonus points and make my mmr jump ;D
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i really like how blizzard would do to enlarge the e-peen of everyone. i am in diamond and i do not want to show anyone this milestone whether i am first or not whatsoever.
so fucking meaningless...
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On March 23 2011 01:55 jdseemoreglass wrote:
So I guess I'm the only one here who is tempted to spam losses and drop my MMR to the ground before the reset...
Honestly, I've been wanting to play random for a while. But being top 10 master will mean a long road of death if I try. I want a real reset, a true fresh start...
that's actually an interesting thought. still i think i'm too competitive to do this.
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First I want to state this:
1) I read all the blue post from the Bnet thread link in the OP
2) I read all the posts in this thread.
Now my question is, and it has been asked in both threads but only got shady answers:
As far as I understand you will get an icon as soon as patch 1.3 hits, will this icon change during the week of lock down? I have read some blue posts that claim that season 1 will end with patch 1.3 but does that include that your badge is final?
I ask because I actually care about that shit ugly Master top 50 badge, and with my 3250 points I will be around place 47-51 in my division. I am completely gay for caring about that badge but hey, I do. I am especially gay because some people will get into top 8 of Masters with 3250 points while there are 3 guys with over 4k points in my division. And 8 with +3.9k points.
My division...
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I wish it counted by points and not division =[ stacked divisions got owned (like my division has seleCT in it ahhhhhh )
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That milestone will be awarded at March 29th after server maintenance. Whatever it is at that moment and it won't change ever again for season 1, + Show Spoiler +you'll get a new one at the end of season 2 at 2012 if the world doesn't end first [/kidding]
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Good that I'm staying at top Diamond after being dropped from Masters ^^
top 8 Diamond icon looks so much better then top 50 masters
Could have try to get to masters top 25 though... but if i get hard division it would fuck me up ^^ Staying in Diamond for few more hours.
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Yea it should be by points and not division... it's just so random? Who cares about a 100 players in a single division when there are 100 of thousands of players in a league... Blizzard we just really wanna see how we stack up in the BIG picture.
I'm sure they will fix this
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or they are trying to make divisions more competitive to closen the gap between high master divisions and low master divisions
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Very pretty 0.0 This make me feel a little better about still be in diamond ^^
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On March 23 2011 04:31 isospeedrix wrote:
I wish it counted by points and not division =[ stacked divisions got owned (like my division has seleCT in it ahhhhhh )
And they can easily see which players are percentile wise in the top 8%, 25% 50% and the rest. Look at sc2ranks for example.
But w/e, it is a big mistake from Blizzard in my eyes but they made bigger ones already.
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On March 23 2011 05:13 DoWork wrote:
Yea it should be by points and not division... it's just so random? Who cares about a 100 players in a single division when there are 100 of thousands of players in a league... Blizzard we just really wanna see how we stack up in the BIG picture.
I'm sure they will fix this
I wouldn't count on it.... history has a way of repeating itself
Hell, I told them over 3 weeks ago that I was locked out of all my favorite channels. They don't even have the common sense to time people out of a channel.
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Interesting thought: When the new seasons come out, the ladder divisions will be implemented more smoothly, so we'll have fewer instances of division A being god-tier and division B being BitByBit-Tier in the same league. With divisions thus smoothed out, and the skill level improving across all leagues generally, will the milestones be more indicative as a measure of skill/progress?
Granted, I still wish it were Top 8% instead of top 8 in some random division, but it's still interesting.
Edit: Also, it gives more achievable goals and visible incentives for lower level players to improve. "This season, I was gold with wings. Next season, I want the star as well!"
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Has Blizzard released yet what you get for finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in your division?
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Not gonna lie... totally bombed my rating because I want a top8 icon for every league Unfortunately only made it down to silver so I'll have to work harder on that for the end of season two o_O
Did blizzard say that you get something for 1st/2nd/3rd in division? This might make me play nonstop until the 29th...
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anyone know when the first season is ending ?
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First season ends this Tuesday. Ladders have been locked since last Tuesday.
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