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Monsyphon
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada190 Posts
October 25 2011 21:37 GMT
#601
This season's placement match got me facing a gold zerg, my weakest matchup and i was in silver on top of that. I got overwhelmed by the sheer amount of muta and infestor harassment happening in the game, that I was reduced to nothing but probes, I had to GG out. I got placed in silver again, but I doubt I'll be staying there for long.
thenerazim
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway12 Posts
October 25 2011 21:47 GMT
#602
bought the game when it came out. maybe I played 2 or three hours beta at my friends house. I watched husky and HD alot so I quickly learned that with void rays you will win. got placed in silver, and played som games there. got demoted to bronze, but I didn't really think any of it (most of my friends was in bronze) after I understood the game more I climbed quickly up to gold, and I was in gold for several months playing against plat and diamond, I got a little frustrated because I was as good or better than my friends in plat, and I never got promoted until one day I got up in plat and it was fun as hell. I played one game wich I lost then the second game I get 7 pooled and I manage to hold and kill him with a 4-gate. he was really BM and when he left I came to the score screen and it says I've been promoted to diamond. I couldn't wipe the grin of my face for 2 days
I dont care if it ruins the mood, bring the midgets in! -Day9
LanTAs
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1091 Posts
October 25 2011 21:58 GMT
#603
Protoss gets qued up during my lunch break here at school, right after i split my probes he leaves.

[b]He Leaves.[/b]
Masters.

THANK YOU KIND SIR FOR LETTING ME INTO MASTERS WITHOUT TRYING!

Then, next game, same dude, he does the same thing ._.

Then, 3rd game i play a master terran who feels more like a diamond league player, but whatever :D manage to beat him too.
LiamTheZerg
Profile Joined March 2011
United States523 Posts
October 25 2011 22:02 GMT
#604
I was around rank 25 plat all season, finally started playing a decent amount after not playing at all in college until recently(feel like my apm/gamespeeds gone really high), got into a game vs random of course. Sigh.

Scouted, he's terran, his mother fucking hellion harass just gets my lings and i only had 2 spines up. That sets me really far behind/contains me, so im finally doing aight, beat his first push with a handful of lingsand 7ish mutas left. Then theres another push the same size and he kills my 3rd for the 2nd time and my 4th, i GG out.

Rank 10 plat, 6 ranks higher than before! fuck
Jjakji | Sage | Seal | Shuttle | DongRaeGu | oGsTheSTC | Bomber | Curious | Oz
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
October 25 2011 22:08 GMT
#605
a couple months ago, i was plat, started a pvp on shattered temple.
after 10 seconds, he lags out.

...gratz, im diamond.
yyyyeeEAAAAH

i laughed so hard.
My religion is Starcraft
ofchickens
Profile Joined September 2010
United States7 Posts
October 25 2011 22:17 GMT
#606
Hey Guys, I was lucky enough to get into diamond on release day a year ago and had been in diamond ever since.

Then season 3 I played my 1 placement and lost horribly to a 6 pool, and got put into Masters. After not playing for like 3 weeks before that. Was not really expecting that, and I thought it was pretty funny.
-NegativeZero-
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2142 Posts
October 25 2011 22:19 GMT
#607
At the end of season 2, I was plat. Season 3 came, I hadn't been laddering much, I wanted to try to practice a bit more and hopefully get to diamond.

So I started my placement match, it was a PvT on Shattered Temple. Pretty standard game if I remember, but I eventually won. He left the game, I went to score screen to see my results.

It put me in gold league.

I checked his rank, he was platinum. So I beat a plat player and consequently got demoted to gold. WTF Blizzard.
vibeo gane,
nqqvt3
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada55 Posts
October 25 2011 22:20 GMT
#608
Loooool I Cannon rushed my placement matches got placed in Diamond, then switched to zerg learned to play and now im master :D
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Chocolate
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2350 Posts
October 25 2011 22:20 GMT
#609
On October 26 2011 07:19 -NegativeZero- wrote:
At the end of season 2, I was plat. Season 3 came, I hadn't been laddering much, I wanted to try to practice a bit more and hopefully get to diamond.

So I started my placement match, it was a PvT on Shattered Temple. Pretty standard game if I remember, but I eventually won. He left the game, I went to score screen to see my results.

It put me in gold league.

I checked his rank, he was platinum. So I beat a plat player and consequently got demoted to gold. WTF Blizzard.

Check if he is on a losing streak, his mmr was probably plat during his placement but subsequently dropped.
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
October 25 2011 22:25 GMT
#610
On October 26 2011 07:19 -NegativeZero- wrote:
At the end of season 2, I was plat. Season 3 came, I hadn't been laddering much, I wanted to try to practice a bit more and hopefully get to diamond.

So I started my placement match, it was a PvT on Shattered Temple. Pretty standard game if I remember, but I eventually won. He left the game, I went to score screen to see my results.

It put me in gold league.

I checked his rank, he was platinum. So I beat a plat player and consequently got demoted to gold. WTF Blizzard.


Your MMR was gold-league level, possibly because you didn't ladder much and/or you were in the low range of your plat league (MMR-wise, not necessarily corresponds with division rank). The single game you played for your new-season-placement is inconsequential, since your MMR carries over between seasons. For 99% of the players it doesn't matter if they lose to a bronze leaguer or beat a GM in that single placement match, as their MMR already solidly fixes them in a certain league.
Such flammable little insects!
KimJongChill
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6429 Posts
October 25 2011 22:28 GMT
#611
Diamond for fourth season in a row. I've always been pretty close to low masters but never good enough to get promoted. Sigh..I'm switching races now.
MMA: U realise MMA: Most of my army EgIdra: fuck off MMA: Killed my orbital MMA: LOL MMA: just saying MMA: u werent loss
Fleshcut
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany592 Posts
October 25 2011 22:33 GMT
#612
On October 26 2011 07:28 KimJongChill wrote:
Diamond for fourth season in a row. I've always been pretty close to low masters but never good enough to get promoted. Sigh..I'm switching races now.

Tell us your demotion story after the switch! :3 (seriously did someone make it into a higher league without dropping in MMR like crazy or a demotion?)

I started as silver and got promoted to gold within the first season. Then in next season I played a bit and before its end I lost a match against a silver level random player and I loled so hard because that match promoted me into plat xD
I was so frustrated... but then...
1. He was random... meh frustrating to lose someone who isn't really specialized...
2. ZOMG I got promoted to plat?! FOR A LOSE?!
3. HE WAS ACTUALLY A SILVER LEAGUER?!?!?!?!?!

I wrote this guy that I got into plat after losing to him and excused for BMing him (I was a terrible person back then) :3
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16116 Posts
October 25 2011 23:01 GMT
#613
Got promoted back into Diamond today (I was diamond for seasons 1 and 2.)

Spawned as Protoss on cross position Metalopolis against a Terran who proceeded to execute the slowest 1-1-1 without banshees (Medivacs instead) that I've ever seen. By the time he hit I was comfortably sitting on two bases with Charge Zealots with Plus one armor, and Archons.

Needless to say I crushed his push and pretty much had the game in the bag from there. I find it hard to believe the guy was actually mid diamond but oh well.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
hobosrus
Profile Joined June 2011
United States99 Posts
October 25 2011 23:05 GMT
#614
i started in bronze in season 1 and quickly advanced to silver and it took me all of season 1 trying to get to gold but i never got there. Then I played my first season 2 ladder game, lost, got promoted to gold. I tried to get to platinum oll of season 2, then, at the beginning of season 3, i promoted again. sadly ive been inactive since school started so i wont promote to diamond and continue the trend for season 4
There is obviously a huge racial imbalance in the global starleague. Just take a look at the code s roster: Korean Korean Korean Canadian Korean...
Drolla
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom389 Posts
October 25 2011 23:10 GMT
#615
Ah got to Masters during my placement match, currently 1-3 this season but the losses were due to minor mistakes and the win was pretty emphatic so I'm really happy.
yakitate304
Profile Joined April 2009
United States655 Posts
October 25 2011 23:11 GMT
#616
I started in Silver in season 1 and hit a wall pretty quickly playing as Zerg. Towards the end of the season I promoted to Gold and had a month of rapid improvement, where I went up to rank 1 in my division. I lost my season 2 placement and stayed in gold. After a few weeks of staying in the top 5, I decided to start laddering as Protoss (despite the fact that I'd played about 5 games total as either T or P) and quickly fell all the way down to Bronze. I worked my way back up and got to high silver before the end of season 2. I used Zerg in my season 3 placement match and promoted back up to Gold, where I ended up sticking mainly with Zerg. I ended up top 8 with a lot of games played, and was at #1 for a long time before I became slightly inactive (about 3 weeks ago).

Today I played my placement (ZvP on Nerazim Crypt) and won a game with Roach/Hydra/Corrupter against Colossus/VR/Zealot/Stalker. Promoted into a newly formed Platinum division, marking the highest I've been in 1v1.

I'm pretty happy but I want to climb and get to Diamond before season 4 ends!
Yaki's Streaming Madness: twitch.tv/YakiSC ||| FRB Grand Tournament Organizer ||| @YakiStarCraft ||| Youtube.com/YakiStarCraft
Alvas
Profile Joined August 2010
United States309 Posts
October 25 2011 23:16 GMT
#617
I'm still in bronze because I suck......... the end?
Every bullet counts...
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16116 Posts
October 25 2011 23:28 GMT
#618
On October 26 2011 08:16 Alvas wrote:
I'm still in bronze because I suck......... the end?


Not the end.

Just think of it as a fresh season and a new chance to improve.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Slithice
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada78 Posts
October 25 2011 23:29 GMT
#619
I got paired up with a protoss player, im also protoss. I scout his proxy gateway and try to counter it by making zealots early myself. I go out towards his gateway with 3zealot to find out that he's cannon pushing right next to my main.I had been following his probe but it turns out he sent another one. I end up losing cuz I didnt make cannons in time.

Still got placed into master but its a harsh way to start the season
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16116 Posts
October 25 2011 23:32 GMT
#620
On October 26 2011 08:29 Slithice wrote:
I got paired up with a protoss player, im also protoss. I scout his proxy gateway and try to counter it by making zealots early myself. I go out towards his gateway with 3zealot to find out that he's cannon pushing right next to my main.I had been following his probe but it turns out he sent another one. I end up losing cuz I didnt make cannons in time.

Still got placed into master but its a harsh way to start the season


Harsh indeed.

PvP can be rough.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
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