Ladder locked? - Page 14

On May 21 2011 20:36 svefnleysi wrote:
Your initial placement matches have a higher effect on your MMR than regular matches. So 2-3 in placement and 18-6 total would get you considerably higher MMR than 0-5 in placement and 18-6 total.

Note, however, that 24 matches are a really small sample size and unlikely (though very well possible) to get you promoted (or demoted) anywhere. The system accounts for winning and losing streaks. For example, on a couple different occasions I've had streaks of 10 matches won in a row without getting promoted any time soon.

You can skip a league entirely. The system doesn't promote you until it's relatively certain of where you're supposed to be. (When you're winning and losing consistently against players of that level.)

On May 20 2011 17:06 vojnik wrote:
if u have a winning row u need to loose some games as well for promotion

On May 22 2011 02:21 jojoleb wrote:
when will this ladder lock stop ? or should i continue playing normally ?
i hate playing vs diamond players and not get promoted :S

You can continue to play if you wish. Your MMR is not affected by this lock, only your ability to be promoted. The downside imo is that if you win alot of games, you will start facing much higher level opponents so that when promotions do come back it will most likely be much harder to be promoted due to the quality of players you are now facing. Personally I am just gonna wait so that I have a better shot at being promoted to master while facing the players at my level, rather than winning without the promotion and having to face upperclass master league players while trying to be promoted.

On May 22 2011 03:00 StrangrDangr wrote:


Surely with promotions being based on MMR it won't matter if you beat the people now vs. waiting till the fix. I really hope that if someone is supposed to be promoted based on their wins while pre-patch it will just promote them after their first win post-patch

On May 22 2011 03:06 Excalibur_Z wrote:


Your promotion eligibility is based on your MMR. If you're in Bronze and facing Master level opponents all the time since this started happening, you would go straight to Diamond or Master once it's fixed.

On May 22 2011 03:27 Gulzt wrote:


@Excalibur_Z
Still it's a shame. It means – according to your own findings – all the players that should be demoted/prmoted will have the exact same rating: 73+SeasonPool
This is really a shame, because it's making the ratings even more meanlingless.

I'm +250 above my seasonpool so when I'm promoting it's actually a big loss in rating.

On May 22 2011 03:35 Excalibur_Z wrote:
In the end it doesn't really matter. You'll lose 177 points right after promotion, but if your MMR is still higher than your new rating then you'll just earn more points for each game than you were before your promotion.

On May 20 2011 17:53 Azro wrote:


your case is a good example that the system is working:
1. points dont matter in regards to promotion
2. you play top diamond with 50-60% = you are where you belong too
3. you got matched once vs. master so you had a win streak maybe (or the master a losing) and lost -> the systems now knows your not ready for master as you still lose vs. lower end master player

just keep cool and play because its fun not for beein promoted ...