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T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
April 12 2011 21:21 GMT
#281
On April 13 2011 06:16 Synapze wrote:
I finished 150 last season only to tilt last night and not make GM league... sigh.. players are rewarded for mass gaming in 2 weeks instead of consistancy over the previous season.. makes no sense to me and now I find out that not only did I miss the league I can't ever get into it until season 3.. pretty ridiculous.. I mean how hard is it to play 1 game a day and use bonus pool.. then on top of that you have to be the #1 player in NA outside of masters to get promoted.. rofl

Not true at all. It's all based on MMR. I just played FnaticMSiKR. He had a record of 15-10 this season and got promoted. Last season he was 1,665pt 232-122 record. He just had to play one game too.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Cheerio
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Ukraine3178 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:25:57
April 12 2011 21:24 GMT
#282
those of you crying the system is unfair because it locks the league have problems looking around. SC1: after someone lost his qualification to MSL/OSL did he have a chance to go in during the middle of it? NO. Football, Champions League: if you blew your chance to qualify for this season does it matter that you are currently on the top of your domestic table? No, good luck next YEAR.

If there are xxx masters divisions there is no competion. If the absolute leader changes every day or weak there is no competion. Creating a locked limited division with time limit to compete is closest to competition you can get in the current ladder system.
OctoPuSs
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Canada5279 Posts
April 12 2011 21:24 GMT
#283
Pretty hard to get into GM when I can't get SC2 to work T_T. Anyone else having problems patching?
Depression is just a sarcastic state of mind. Liquid`HerO Fighting!
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:26:54
April 12 2011 21:26 GMT
#284
On April 13 2011 06:16 Synapze wrote:
I finished 150 last season only to tilt last night and not make GM league... sigh.. players are rewarded for mass gaming in 2 weeks instead of consistancy over the previous season.. makes no sense to me and now I find out that not only did I miss the league I can't ever get into it until season 3.. pretty ridiculous.. I mean how hard is it to play 1 game a day and use bonus pool.. then on top of that you have to be the #1 player in NA outside of masters to get promoted.. rofl

i stopped laddering on NA last year, 1600 masters. I got in after 1 game
ur MMR not dat high bro sry

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On April 13 2011 06:21 T.O.P. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:16 Synapze wrote:
I finished 150 last season only to tilt last night and not make GM league... sigh.. players are rewarded for mass gaming in 2 weeks instead of consistancy over the previous season.. makes no sense to me and now I find out that not only did I miss the league I can't ever get into it until season 3.. pretty ridiculous.. I mean how hard is it to play 1 game a day and use bonus pool.. then on top of that you have to be the #1 player in NA outside of masters to get promoted.. rofl

Not true at all. It's all based on MMR. I just played FnaticMSiKR. He had a record of 15-10 this season and got promoted. Last season he was 1,665pt 232-122 record. He just had to play one game too.



lol sup dood get speed with ur baneling bust next time D:
@KawaiiRiceLighT
DreamScaR
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Canada2127 Posts
April 12 2011 21:33 GMT
#285
If anyone wants to follow along with me, I'm live updating a table over on GosuGamers.net of all the players being added into the GM League for North America

http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/news/15234-north-american-grandmasters-league-is-live
~ Aka ItsWoodrow on Twitter
SDream
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Brazil896 Posts
April 12 2011 21:37 GMT
#286
You can follow it on battle.net website:

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/483270/1/tGensulitor/ladder/grandmaster

it's not working for LA server though, can only see in game.
DiaBoLuS
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany1638 Posts
April 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#287
question: if i get promoted, can i drop out in the first 2 weeks or something? or just due to inactivity?
European Ranking: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=182293
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
April 12 2011 21:45 GMT
#288
On April 13 2011 06:44 DiaBoLuS wrote:
question: if i get promoted, can i drop out in the first 2 weeks or something? or just due to inactivity?


you drop out if your bonus pool gets to 170-180 or above. So just be active and you keep it for the season.
When I think of something else, something will go here
DiaBoLuS
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany1638 Posts
April 12 2011 21:47 GMT
#289
kk ty. im ranked 93 atm, but i still dont think i get promoted cause if its only mmr... there are guys with 20 games and 18-2 or so... no idea how this works. god i hate blizzard rating systems, you never know where you stand
European Ranking: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=182293
Castiel
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom44 Posts
April 12 2011 21:49 GMT
#290
Lol Sorcery is in Grandmasters... wasn't he connected to the Maphack drama a few weeks back?
SDream
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Brazil896 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:52:43
April 12 2011 21:51 GMT
#291
On April 13 2011 06:49 Castiel wrote:
Lol Sorcery is in Grandmasters... wasn't he connected to the Maphack drama a few weeks back?


I think so, but Blizzard bans the account and not the person.
AGIANTSMURF
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1232 Posts
April 12 2011 21:53 GMT
#292
there's a guy thats like 9-10 who was an innactive master's player last season (2100 points but with a 130-90 record) who's in master's.... I dont think blizzard incorporated their "Active player" requirement in the initial placement of people into master's

I bet we'll see a few drop outs over the course of the first weeks of this season.
Thats "Grand-Master" SMURF to you.....
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
April 12 2011 22:04 GMT
#293
Hmm.. somehow got it being only 3800 S1 (200 pool though) and playing like 15 games in season 2. Seems like it's only dependent on MMR which is much different from how top200 always worked.
get rich or die mining
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
April 12 2011 22:06 GMT
#294
On April 13 2011 07:04 Alejandrisha wrote:
Hmm.. somehow got it being only 3800 S1 (200 pool though) and playing like 15 games in season 2. Seems like it's only dependent on MMR which is much different from how top200 always worked.


Yes... well... we've established that already =p
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backtoback
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada1276 Posts
April 12 2011 22:09 GMT
#295
wow david kim in grand masters..blizz hacks!
LagLovah
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada552 Posts
April 12 2011 22:10 GMT
#296
I finished last season tanking down to 3700... i spent almost all of beta in top 50, and whenever i was active after launch in the top 150. I quit for a month around 3k masters (top 100 at the time) came back ran to 3900 lost to 3700 before season 2 started( around top 400 maybe )..

Season 2 hit i started out rough getting to top 200 with like 40% win ... finsihed last night with 795 pts good for 115th(finally with positive win % too!) when i logged off. Logged on this morning and won 6 games or so before i got promoted into GM. So working your way in works.

On the other hand my roommate rssinatra spent almost the entire season in top 200, and all of season 2 in top 200, and did not got a promotion. Our mmrs are nearly identical only he never quit for a month, so his was higher a few days ago, having grinded up to 750 after maybe 3 days of s2(top 50).

How this system works is .. strange ?
rSLagLovah on NA xSixLagLovah on Kr
Kelethius
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada187 Posts
April 12 2011 22:12 GMT
#297
On April 13 2011 06:16 Synapze wrote:
I finished 150 last season only to tilt last night and not make GM league... sigh.. players are rewarded for mass gaming in 2 weeks instead of consistancy over the previous season.. makes no sense to me and now I find out that not only did I miss the league I can't ever get into it until season 3.. pretty ridiculous.. I mean how hard is it to play 1 game a day and use bonus pool.. then on top of that you have to be the #1 player in NA outside of masters to get promoted.. rofl


This is exactly same as me lol.... Last season I made it top 200 in the final week after improving alot. Last two weeks have been really good for me I've been playing (and sometimes even beating) some well known players. However the last week and continueing is the start of exam week so im super stressed as it is... Went on huge tilted losing streak trying to get games in to secure a spot in GM... Mass losses and now I have to wait till next season TT...

I think its kind of stupid to have the season locked in for so long. Realistically theres nobody in top 200 right now that at least doesnt play a few games a week no matter what. Even in the event of like a family death, exams, anything... You need very few games to clear the bonus pool requirements...

Then to see some dude with a 9wins 10 losses in grand masters??? LOL
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
April 12 2011 22:23 GMT
#298
On April 13 2011 06:09 T.O.P. wrote:
So happy. Promoted!

Started off with 2 wins over master league players, one win vs Grandmaster, one lost vs Grandmaster, then a win vs a master league player to get promoted!!

I think this provides some evidence that blizzard does consider MMR volatilty. My MMR should be at the highest before I lost to the grandmaster player. Yet I get promoted after I beat a masters's level player.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Nuttyguy
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United Kingdom1526 Posts
April 12 2011 22:24 GMT
#299
has any1 got a ss of the NA grandmasters? wanna see how it looks
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
April 12 2011 22:25 GMT
#300
On April 13 2011 07:10 LagLovah wrote:
I finished last season tanking down to 3700... i spent almost all of beta in top 50, and whenever i was active after launch in the top 150. I quit for a month around 3k masters (top 100 at the time) came back ran to 3900 lost to 3700 before season 2 started( around top 400 maybe )..

Season 2 hit i started out rough getting to top 200 with like 40% win ... finsihed last night with 795 pts good for 115th(finally with positive win % too!) when i logged off. Logged on this morning and won 6 games or so before i got promoted into GM. So working your way in works.

On the other hand my roommate rssinatra spent almost the entire season in top 200, and all of season 2 in top 200, and did not got a promotion. Our mmrs are nearly identical only he never quit for a month, so his was higher a few days ago, having grinded up to 750 after maybe 3 days of s2(top 50).

How this system works is .. strange ?


Has he won a game since GM league went live? I see 4 wins followed by 3 losses but there's no specific timestamp on the web profiles.
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