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SlySly
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany62 Posts
May 20 2011 15:28 GMT
#101
Same here. #1 Gold on a smurf, 1417 points and 240+ wins against high diamonds / masters. Seems like there really IS something wrong if there are so many people having the problem.

Would be interesting tho to have people write here that did get promoted, just to see if there is any promotion at all.
Ignorant prodigy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States385 Posts
May 20 2011 15:29 GMT
#102
If it’s not locked and there’s no bug.. then IMO it’s flawed.
The fact that MMR is hidden is a joke. It makes everything everyone is talking about pure speculation. Your ‘best guess’ is that it’s working as it should and you need to lose to move up? Seriously… you need to lose? I get the concept of it needs to stabilize.. but the system should be smart enough to recognize you don’t belong in the league you’re in if you’re playing people two ranks higher.

I agree with the person on here that it seems as though they’re picking certain days to “enable” promotions/demotions… It makes sense because when you get put in a league it seems like all of the other members of that league are placed there within a couple days of each other.. as if it’s grouping players together.. maybe there’s some stupid algorithm involved and if you don't get promoted it's because your grouping doesn't match an already exsisting league.. so it’s waiting for one of those ‘enabled’ days to group you..

who really knows?
http://www.twitch.tv/ignorantprodigy playing masters random with no hotkeys......big pimpin'
MaxField
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2386 Posts
May 20 2011 15:31 GMT
#103
Well, so far no one really has proof if it is locked, or if this is how b.net is supposed to work, but i hope that it is flawed for one. I know it is not really a big deal, but i have been stuck in diamond 4v4 for a long time now, not long enough to be proof of the ladder being messed up, but long enough for me to get pretty pissed and wonder how the heck i am not moved up to masters.
"Zerg, so bad it loses to hydras" IdrA.
FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
May 20 2011 15:31 GMT
#104
I was Diamond Terran, switched to Zerg got demonted to Plat, now I consistently am playing high Diamond/Masters and no rank up. Been at top of my Plat division for...a while. Not sure what's up. If you demote a league are you pretty much stuck there as a punishment of sorts? Not an actual punishment...but perhaps they make it very very difficult to move back up once they "think" they've placed you correctly? Unfortunate. I think you should play in the league in which you must play against, consistently.
Noelani
Profile Joined May 2010
55 Posts
May 20 2011 15:34 GMT
#105
The leagues are locked. Just get over it and stop asking for proof. No one can prove that God doesn't exist either, but we all know it's true. Just accept it and wait for Blizzard to announce a fix.
OFCORPSE
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden355 Posts
May 20 2011 15:38 GMT
#106
My smurf account is 1300+ Diamond now, always paired up against 700-1000pts masters.
Liquor saved me from sports.
raser
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway301 Posts
May 20 2011 15:39 GMT
#107
60-0 and rising, still no promotion, bronze
stevarius
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1394 Posts
May 20 2011 15:40 GMT
#108
On May 21 2011 00:34 Noelani wrote:
The leagues are locked. Just get over it and stop asking for proof. No one can prove that God doesn't exist either, but we all know it's true. Just accept it and wait for Blizzard to announce a fix.


Don't derail the thread by making such a statement like that.

Blizzard also won't announce a fix until it's fixed, assuming this is a problem.... which I think is highy plausible.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
zJayy962
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1363 Posts
May 20 2011 15:44 GMT
#109
On May 21 2011 00:34 Noelani wrote:
The leagues are locked. Just get over it and stop asking for proof. No one can prove that God doesn't exist either, but we all know it's true. Just accept it and wait for Blizzard to announce a fix.


Wait WTF? Please don't bring this shit into a thread like this.

Just because I don't want to stir a shit storm, I won't reply to show you how wrong you are.

On topic: Right now I have about a 60% win ratio on ladder over ~150 games played and I thought I'd get promoted to GM soon since I play GM's once in a while but it doesn't seem like it. I hate how I can't view the GM ladder to see whose on the bottom of it to judge if I can get promoted or not.

To me, it feels like getting promoted to GM is purely based on luck once you get to a mid/high masters level. You have to finish a game the moment somebody gets to 180+ bonus points in GM league and be above the lowest MMR player or else you can't get in because there are no free spots. Seems like a silly system to me.
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
May 20 2011 15:44 GMT
#110
On May 20 2011 17:06 vojnik wrote:
if u have a winning row u need to loose some games as well for promotion


You are so wrong it hurts.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
eNte[19]
Profile Joined April 2010
Ireland62 Posts
May 20 2011 15:49 GMT
#111
I too believe this is a bug, started my smurf account, and even though I consistently met players ranked top 10 one league above mine, at all times i only got ranked up on league at a time.

i.e when i was ranked in silver i kept meeting top gold, gold i met top platinum and so on, i dont believe this is a bug since it kept promoting me in a rapid pace.

however, when i eventually got to plat, i kept playing top 5 diamond players, and for the past 20 games ive been meeting anything from rank 1 and 2 diamond players and all the way up to top 20 master players with no promotion for over a week.

I now have around 1250 points and obviously im ranked #1 in my plat div.

Something seems to have stagnated during the last week.
Zamiel
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States211 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-20 15:51:10
May 20 2011 15:50 GMT
#112
same thing happening to me
top diamond for like a month(1v1)
playing against all middle to high masters win like 70% of the time still diamond


SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME [insert fuuuuu meme]
"Mech is at the store buying groceries and you attack him at home. You burn his house down. And then he comes home and puts out the fire, and then you burn down the grocery store so he can't buy more groceries."
carloselcoco
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2302 Posts
May 20 2011 15:52 GMT
#113
On May 21 2011 00:50 Zamiel wrote:
Show nested quote +
same thing happening to me
top diamond for like a month(1v1)
playing against all middle to high masters win like 70% of the time still diamond


SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME [insert fuuuuu meme]


Were you looking for this TL feature?




OT: I am actually wondering whether Blizzard knows that this problem exists.
http://www.twitch.tv/carloselcoco/b/296431601 <------Suscribe! Casts in Spanish :) |||| http://www.twitch.tv/carloselcoco/b/300285215<----- CSL: Before Sunday! Episode 3!
zTz
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
United States476 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-20 15:54:45
May 20 2011 15:53 GMT
#114
sounds like bnet locking u for going to the abyss for achievement abuse

On May 21 2011 00:52 carloselcoco wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 00:50 Zamiel wrote:
same thing happening to me
top diamond for like a month(1v1)
playing against all middle to high masters win like 70% of the time still diamond


SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME [insert fuuuuu meme]


Were you looking for this TL feature?




OT: I am actually wondering whether Blizzard knows that this problem exists.


Blizzard knows all =P
where's the rants n flames section?
CyberPitz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States428 Posts
May 20 2011 15:56 GMT
#115
I was starting to wonder the same thing. Me and a buddy started in Silver, then got put in Gold early this month. Kept playing and generally play anybody from plat to diamond usually. We don't lose all the time, but we do go through our stints. We still end up beating plat diamonds a lot thought (sometimes Masters!) Still haven't moved. I just assumed we hadn't played enough games, but we've been #1 in Gold for quite a while now....

http://sc2ranks.com/team/11727181
FlamingTurd
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1059 Posts
May 20 2011 15:57 GMT
#116
The ranking up and down system is seriously ridiculous. It takes WAYYY too many games to go up or down. I also started in bronze on purpose a few months back and it took like 150 games to get to #1 diamond when i was winning around 98%.
Nerf MMMT!!! Liquid`Ret Hwaiting!!!
LzHFantaSy
Profile Joined May 2011
United States20 Posts
May 20 2011 15:58 GMT
#117
its a bug.. few of my clan mates are plat/diamond (on new accnts) stuck even tho their beating people like incontrol
zTz
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
United States476 Posts
May 20 2011 16:01 GMT
#118
On May 21 2011 00:58 LzHFantaSy wrote:
its a bug.. few of my clan mates are plat/diamond (on new accnts) stuck even tho their beating people like incontrol


lol inserted burn to incontrol
where's the rants n flames section?
Kuri
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada88 Posts
May 20 2011 16:05 GMT
#119
I believe there is something odd going on in the ladder. I'm in masters and was matched vs a platinum player who completely obliterated me.
Figgy
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1788 Posts
May 20 2011 16:07 GMT
#120
It took me ~30 games to de-rank on my smurf when I gave it away. And then 50 games to get back up to diamond. It can take a looooooooong time to switch leagues if your MMR is clearly way outta whack with your actual skill level.
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