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Stiluz
Norway688 Posts
On December 20 2011 04:51 blagoonga123 wrote: I haven't improved past high diamond in the last 3 seasons. I think it's time I quit :/ If you've stayed there the last three seasons, it just means you've improved on the same level as everyone else around you. You've become a much better player in general  | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13412 Posts
On December 20 2011 06:07 blamekilly wrote: I was mid-masters last season but have not played any games this season. If I play my 1 placement game today, the day before the reset, do I still get placed in masters or will it do nothing for me because the ladder is locked? I believe it will still try to place you since you need to be placed somewhere. | ||
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nick1689
Australia494 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10382 Posts
On December 20 2011 11:55 ZeromuS wrote: I believe it will still try to place you since you need to be placed somewhere. Yup, it will still place you. On December 20 2011 13:08 nick1689 wrote: Season 5 is up now yeh? Ive gotta play my placement match now. SEA server It is? yay :D so that means tomorrow for us NA people. Any other patch notes? bugs? i hope they fixed my gfx problems lol | ||
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nick1689
Australia494 Posts
 Then second game got 6 pooled + spine... Not a good start :Oedit: and then i was 4gated | ||
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Msr
Korea (South)495 Posts
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MrDudeMan
Canada973 Posts
On December 20 2011 13:32 Msr wrote: IMO the reason people are losing motivation for solo ladder is blizzard fixing the matchups to meet their stats or however they do it. If they want you to lose ( I believe they try to have the players winning 50% of games) they will put you on a map you have a low win ratio on about 3-5 times in a row vs the same race and then the opposite if they want you to win. Most casual players are around 50% and it can't be fun logging on to play the same situation that you aren't good at 8 times inarow and then play 8 players who will be free wins because blizzard expects you to win them. Just a possibility, could be completely wrong. I don't think thats true. The way they achieve 50% W/L ratio (or try to achieve) is by matching you against higher leveled players if your win rate is above 50% and lower leveled players if your win rate is below 50%. If you play enough games you should theoretically be getting matched up against players at your level, so you win about half your matches. I don't think map and race have anything to do with it. | ||
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Trevoc
United States145 Posts
On December 20 2011 13:32 Msr wrote: IMO the reason people are losing motivation for solo ladder is blizzard fixing the matchups to meet their stats or however they do it. If they want you to lose ( I believe they try to have the players winning 50% of games) they will put you on a map you have a low win ratio on about 3-5 times in a row vs the same race and then the opposite if they want you to win. Most casual players are around 50% and it can't be fun logging on to play the same situation that you aren't good at 8 times inarow and then play 8 players who will be free wins because blizzard expects you to win them. Just a possibility, could be completely wrong. I don't agree with that at all.. you have 3 vetoes to use for the maps that you feel are imbalanced for your "race" or whatever. You play at 50% if you are around the MMR that is generally compatible with your skill level. If you lose more, you play worse players and if you win more you play better players. It's as simple as that. You shouldn't be "losing motivation" on ladder for going 50% W/L ratio. You should look at your league and measure yourself by how far you have come since you started playing. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46309 Posts
It's 6:30 NA Eastern Time... no new season yet here ^^ | ||
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Ciraxis
Australia400 Posts
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AcesAnoka
Belgium262 Posts
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On December 20 2011 20:56 anoka wrote: So is it still possible to increase your MMR during the ladder lock? Yep. MMR can change during ladder lock (it affects it for next season). | ||
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Lorch
Germany3703 Posts
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jarod
Romania766 Posts
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Daok
Germany97 Posts
On December 20 2011 21:10 Lorch wrote: Shouldn't SEA have been yesterday? From what I remember it's usually monday for sea, tuesday for na, wednesday for eu and then thursday for KR. If that's all correct maybe it'll be wednesday for NA this time around, I'd like that as I still have a few bonus pool points left on my NA account that I'd like to kill before season lock is done. I think it started yesterday... timezones | ||
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Mooshfu
13 Posts
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Bulkers
Poland509 Posts
On December 20 2011 21:17 jarod wrote: so.. when does season 5 begin? Like always it starts wednesday early in the morning, for EU rest of the world got it 1-2 days before becasue Blizz dont like us | ||
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Daok
Germany97 Posts
Edit: OOOK whatever. It just started :D New maps aren't in though | ||
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XiGua
Sweden3085 Posts
On December 09 2011 07:37 dAPhREAk wrote: the amount of games i play is exponentially decreasing each season. i blame it mostly on the availability of so much content to watch. anyone else? I blame it on other game releases. DotA 2, Skyrim etc. I just can't handle all these games at once.  | ||
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Lorch
Germany3703 Posts
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