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Cyn.ful
Profile Joined April 2010
United States89 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-21 15:44:47
April 21 2011 15:29 GMT
#21
I got promoted on Tuesday But yeah I also heard a couple of my friends getting promoted on Wednesday as well. I guess it is true :o
Innovation
Profile Joined February 2010
United States284 Posts
April 21 2011 15:30 GMT
#22
lol...I played 2 games yesterday in 2v2R and one this morning, got promoted to Masters and now I'm top 125 world. There has to be something wrong with that!
About ChoyafOu "if he wants games decided by random chance he could just play the way he always does" Idra
meep
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1699 Posts
April 21 2011 15:31 GMT
#23
Hopefully it could still be in effect or something so I can go home to play and maybe get up another rank
閑静 しずか (ノ・_・)ノ
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
April 21 2011 15:31 GMT
#24
On April 22 2011 00:29 bentski wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2011 00:24 Excalibur_Z wrote:
On April 22 2011 00:21 Nerski wrote:
Could also be related to some sort of influx of players playing placement matches or starting the game. Since the leagues are a relative breakdown % based on MMR thresholds, unless they moved the thresholds without patching the game i'd think the former more likely then the later.


They have the ability to do this (change the thresholds without a patch) and this is basically what happened. I don't know how much more I can say on that but I'm surprised that people were able to pick up on it so quickly.


Hmm interesting...

Excalibur, can you tell us which leagues had their thresholds changed? I assume it's mostly just the lower leagues, since sc2ranks.com still shows like %40 Bronze in NA, which is probably a lot higher than it should be... while the middle leagues are somewhat underrepresented.

I've been trying to get into Masters since the patch, but I've noticed it went from like 6% to 3.5% over the past few weeks, so I assume it is also still overrepresented... did they push the mmr threshold for Masters up even more?



I am in Diamond and a ton of people on my ladder got moved out.
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Floydian
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom374 Posts
April 21 2011 15:31 GMT
#25
On April 22 2011 00:24 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2011 00:21 Nerski wrote:
Could also be related to some sort of influx of players playing placement matches or starting the game. Since the leagues are a relative breakdown % based on MMR thresholds, unless they moved the thresholds without patching the game i'd think the former more likely then the later.


They have the ability to do this (change the thresholds without a patch) and this is basically what happened. I don't know how much more I can say on that but I'm surprised that people were able to pick up on it so quickly.


Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but how do you know all this? o.0
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
April 21 2011 15:33 GMT
#26
Yup, got upgraded to masters in a 2v2 team yesterday.
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
shablaman
Profile Joined April 2011
3 Posts
April 21 2011 15:33 GMT
#27
i finally emerged out of bronze yesterday as well, but i was expecting it
Icx
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Belgium853 Posts
April 21 2011 15:35 GMT
#28
Ye, I'm also kinda curious how you managed to figure that out without having some sort of insider information ^^

But what is blizzard's reasoning for this actually?

I haven't looked to closely at the sc2ranks stats, but the league distribution overall looked kinda normal in comparison to season 1.

Or is this the after-effect off the GM league (200 people cut out of master's, so they changed the leagues slightly to accomodate for that), or is it just a complete guess for yourself to?
Ben...
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
April 21 2011 15:35 GMT
#29
On April 22 2011 00:22 Kokujin wrote:
terribly flawed that post patch, players in teams of 3 or 2 playing 4v4 are now ranked individually in 4v4
It's always been like that. Myself and two friends did 4v4s with one random and I got placed into Gold Random 4v4. I thought it was weird too.
"Cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide" -Tastosis
moltenlead
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada866 Posts
April 21 2011 15:36 GMT
#30
I would agree with that. I had 8 friends promoed, and one demoted. 3 were bronze, 2 were silver, 2 gold and 1 was plat. Demoted guy was diamond.

Also, has anyone got a screenshot of the demotion screen? Really want to see one.
Kokujin
Profile Joined July 2010
United States456 Posts
April 21 2011 15:40 GMT
#31
of course they don't call it demoted. they call it 'reclassified' to not hurt your feelings. my feelings are hurt nontheless
xSixGeneralHan
Profile Joined April 2011
United States528 Posts
April 21 2011 15:40 GMT
#32
Good call nerski
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Sakarabu
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom132 Posts
April 21 2011 15:45 GMT
#33
I have strong feeling this might have to do with potential hackers getting banned.

It would make alot of sense as they always ban in waves, and it would free up alot of spaces on the higher leagues. They usually announce when they have done some mass banning, but perhaps they are changing their strategy and doing it quietly now.
aderum
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden1459 Posts
April 21 2011 15:49 GMT
#34
On April 22 2011 00:31 Floydian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2011 00:24 Excalibur_Z wrote:
On April 22 2011 00:21 Nerski wrote:
Could also be related to some sort of influx of players playing placement matches or starting the game. Since the leagues are a relative breakdown % based on MMR thresholds, unless they moved the thresholds without patching the game i'd think the former more likely then the later.


They have the ability to do this (change the thresholds without a patch) and this is basically what happened. I don't know how much more I can say on that but I'm surprised that people were able to pick up on it so quickly.


Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but how do you know all this? o.0



Blizzard talks to alot of pros and big names in the community, so i guess they have told him something
Crazy people dont sit around and wonder if they are insane
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12242 Posts
April 21 2011 15:51 GMT
#35
On April 22 2011 00:29 bentski wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2011 00:24 Excalibur_Z wrote:
On April 22 2011 00:21 Nerski wrote:
Could also be related to some sort of influx of players playing placement matches or starting the game. Since the leagues are a relative breakdown % based on MMR thresholds, unless they moved the thresholds without patching the game i'd think the former more likely then the later.


They have the ability to do this (change the thresholds without a patch) and this is basically what happened. I don't know how much more I can say on that but I'm surprised that people were able to pick up on it so quickly.


Hmm interesting...

Excalibur, can you tell us which leagues had their thresholds changed? I assume it's mostly just the lower leagues, since sc2ranks.com still shows like %40 Bronze in NA, which is probably a lot higher than it should be... while the middle leagues are somewhat underrepresented.

I've been trying to get into Masters since the patch, but I've noticed it went from like 6% to 3.5% over the past few weeks, so I assume it is also still overrepresented... did they push the mmr threshold for Masters up even more?


SC2Ranks still doesn't have the updated numbers, and it may not for a few days (Bronze especially is updated less frequently than the rest). I'd imagine that the thresholds were readjusted to smooth out the league populations though. The biggest difference will probably be shrinking Bronze and building up Gold through Master.

I do know that the thresholds for teams were changed (or are being changed very soon) and will no longer mirror the solo thresholds. This is probably going to put a lot more arranged teams (especially in the 3v3 and 4v4 brackets) into Diamond and Master so we don't get anymore silliness like 2-3 teams in total in Master league.
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bentski
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada31 Posts
April 21 2011 16:00 GMT
#36
On April 22 2011 00:51 Excalibur_Z wrote:
SC2Ranks still doesn't have the updated numbers, and it may not for a few days (Bronze especially is updated less frequently than the rest). I'd imagine that the thresholds were readjusted to smooth out the league populations though. The biggest difference will probably be shrinking Bronze and building up Gold through Master.


Hmm yea this is what I suspected (I assumed SC2Ranks wasn't completely up to date). Thanks for the info

Although I feel like Masters is still over-represented like Bronze, so I assumed it would be pushing some Masters/Diamonds down and pushing Bronze/Silvers up a bit to populate the middle more... but we'll have see what happens over the next fews days!
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shinarit
Profile Joined May 2010
Hungary900 Posts
April 21 2011 16:05 GMT
#37
On April 22 2011 00:36 moltenlead wrote:
Also, has anyone got a screenshot of the demotion screen? Really want to see one.


Umm, no screenshot, but when i played my season2 placement match i got demoted, and as far as i can tell its the same: congratulations etc.etc. you got placed here. If the no-placement demotion/promotion message is something else than nevermind.
T for BoxeR, Z for IdrA, P because i have no self-respect
Aequos
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada606 Posts
April 21 2011 16:08 GMT
#38
On April 22 2011 01:05 shinarit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2011 00:36 moltenlead wrote:
Also, has anyone got a screenshot of the demotion screen? Really want to see one.


Umm, no screenshot, but when i played my season2 placement match i got demoted, and as far as i can tell its the same: congratulations etc.etc. you got placed here. If the no-placement demotion/promotion message is something else than nevermind.

The "demotion screen" says something like "based upon our numbers, you have been reclassified to this league (then shows a picture of the league below and gives some sort of name)."
I first realized Immortals were reincarnated Dragoons when I saw them dancing helplessly behind my Stalkers.
ZasZ.
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2911 Posts
April 21 2011 16:12 GMT
#39
Over the last few days I was promoted from Diamond to Masters in 1v1, 2v2 random, and 3v3 random. Feel like I only need to play a few more games to get it in 4v4.

Was wondering why they were in such quick succession and only after a couple games.
windsupernova
Profile Joined October 2010
Mexico5280 Posts
April 21 2011 16:14 GMT
#40
I didn't get promoted.

Feels bad man
"Its easy, just trust your CPU".-Boxer on being good at games
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