EPTSeason 5 coming to end, Ladder locks next week! - Page 18
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BicBootyBoi
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Sovano
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lorkac
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tryteyker
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On February 06 2012 21:40 tryteyker wrote: Side Question; If I'm High Bronze (Rank 3), is it possible to get promoted into Gold next season, as I only have 1 placement match (afaik)? Depends on your MMR. I think it's possible, but you would need an insane MMR and be beating gold players on a regular basis atm. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3711 Posts
On February 06 2012 21:40 tryteyker wrote: Side Question; If I'm High Bronze (Rank 3), is it possible to get promoted into Gold next season, as I only have 1 placement match (afaik)? You'd have to play constantly against gold players and beat them all the time. | ||
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JOJOsc2news
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On February 06 2012 21:43 Lorch wrote: You'd have to play constantly against gold players and beat them all the time. Not true. You'd only need a 50/50 win/loss ratio against gold players. That would qualify you for Gold league. So if you keep playing well during the final week of Season 5 and are matched against Gold players a lot your MMR could be high enough to be promoted into Gold with your placement match in Season 6. | ||
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PandaTank
South Africa255 Posts
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TheResidentEvil
United States991 Posts
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OptimusYale
Korea (South)1005 Posts
On other news...Im home on the reset with no job and no plans..... | ||
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Kambei
United States3 Posts
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PandaTank
South Africa255 Posts
On February 07 2012 04:02 TheResidentEvil wrote: it means you cant get promoted until after the new season but you can still get the required points after tomorrow Why does it say BY february 7th then? | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Charger
United States2405 Posts
If you get the points by Feb. 7 you should get promoted. Since the ladder locks Feb. 7, you won't get promoted after that date even if you get those number of points of higher. However, your MMR still changes during the lock. For example, it is possible to get your MMR to the promotion level on Feb. 8 but you won't know you've reached that point until you play your placement match the next season - which should place you in the next league up. | ||
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Dujek
United Kingdom276 Posts
Because the bonus pool stops growing when the ladder locks, so in terms of league promotions. 700 points on the 7th = 700 points on the 14th. On the 1st of February your bonus pool was smaller so you would have needed a much higher win ratio to get 700 points. It seems like poor wording on Blizzards part, I think that they put it like that so people (dumb people) wouldn't think they had to have 700 points in the first week of the season to have any chance at a promotion. Because before the bonus pool is big enough that's pretty impossible. | ||
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PandaTank
South Africa255 Posts
I got more than the required points and I still didn't get promoted. Blizzard apparently hates me  | ||
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scDeluX
Canada1341 Posts
On February 02 2012 05:09 c0ldfusion wrote: Edit: Although it's _possible_ to be placed into master league with just the first 5 placement matches of a brand new account, it's highly unlikely. (Since not only would you need to win, you'll need to be lucky with your opponents.) So good evidence of an MMR reset or lack thereof can only be seen for master leaguers who skip a season. I was master and skipped a season. When I came back I had to play 5 placement and I cas assure you they were at best gold. I lost one to a newbie (got lazy on my macro) and got platinum. So in my experience, when you skip a season, your account MMR is completely resetted. | ||
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Charger
United States2405 Posts
On February 07 2012 04:20 PandaTank wrote: Oh ok, thanks Charger. The wording was confusing me. I looked through the thread and saw Jinro asked the same question. I got more than the required points and I still didn't get promoted. Blizzard apparently hates me I've seen people get promoted with far less and people with more than enough not get promoted. It's completely based on your MMR but as the guy a post or two above me said, for the general public, Blizzard had to estimate about what someone would need in points since everyone's MMR is hidden. You were probably close to promotion though - do well during the lock and you could very well get promoted your first game of the new season. Good luck | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
When I first heard about the lock, I thought it was incentive to make inactive people play when losses "didn't matter"... but since MMR still counts, there's really no difference other than any eventual promotion or demotion happens 1 week later. Why do they have locks at all? | ||
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AGIANTSMURF
United States1232 Posts
On February 07 2012 04:28 Tobberoth wrote: Anyone who can explain the point of the lock? From what I remember, it's not mentioned in the awesome league guide. I mean, I realize that during the lock, you can neither be promoted nor demoted, but your MMR is still affected... so... what's the point? When I first heard about the lock, I thought it was incentive to make inactive people play when losses "didn't matter"... but since MMR still counts, there's really no difference other than any eventual promotion or demotion happens 1 week later. Why do they have locks at all? The purpose for it is to act as a "cooldown" period inbetween seasons, think of it like stretching or going for a walk after a good workout. This time gives players who havent been as active to spend their bonus pool and catch up with everyone else. as well as set a legitimate division ranking without players bounding up and down because of bonus pool. | ||
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