EPTNobody Plays 1v1 Ladder Anymore? - Page 4
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Entteri
Finland108 Posts
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Darksoldierr
Hungary2012 Posts
On February 13 2012 23:14 IOvEggY wrote: im guessing team liquid is not a community. he ment inside the game, on my previous computer i couldn't even alt tab while playing SC2 since it was killing it | ||
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EternaLLegacy
United States410 Posts
When I lose games of BW, I can sit down and say, "that's why I lost. here's where I can improve." When I lose games of SC2 it's 90% "well I guess I should've guessed his build better, maybe I'll try sacking 5 more probes to see if I can actually scout something." Such a terrible game. | ||
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
-Some have school toughening up, which means more attention needs to go there. -People watch streams a lot, and can do so while doing something else. -Big downtime in large tournaments since a long time, we've been spoiled in November and December with all the large events going on, now we only really had IEM and Homestory cup so far, which is fairly lackluster. -People got frustrated with the game and stopped playing in favour of watching the game/doing homework ect. -Ladder seasons are super short, so regular joes are seeing that ranking up in the ladder is pretty much useless ( not talking about going from bronze to silver, but higher in your division ). Me? I've been playing a lot but need to get my school act straight so I quit for a little while. Plus I want more content so I'll wait for new stuff to appear like the Cloud Kingdom map and some patches to start playing again. Maybe I'll even wait until HotS to continiue playing. | ||
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ETisME
12493 Posts
Also as a zerg, the games usually end about 20 mins+ each game if I want to win but it can take as short as 5 mins or so to lose right away. Bunker rush used to bother me so much, I am glad it doesn't happen so often nowadays. It was like "oh my drone stopped attacking, bunker is finished, guess I lose my hatch now" or "oh, there is a bunker lower cliff as well? gg" but even if you defended it, "I guess I am ahead now, god that nearly killed me, oh the terran just savaged the bunker, guess we are even now even though I just defended a game ending move" | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
I used to play hours and hours of custom with Broodwar, SC2 just sucks comparitively. | ||
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Attican
Denmark531 Posts
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blamekilly
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MXfive
United Kingdom19 Posts
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
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Alvis
876 Posts
On February 13 2012 23:50 blamekilly wrote: I'm guessing a lot of people who started off as terran quit . Diamond to low masters is hard for most terrans and the race distribution reflects that. So, the terrans who were trying to move up the ranks just either quit or race switched. All you see when laddering is mostly protoss and zerg. I don't see that changing any time soon because terran has a higher skill cap and blizzard only balances the game off pro player results. The low terran players, below mid-masters will continue to suffer. I used to be a diamond terran and i lost almost all the TvP (i tried to play macro long game). Now i only play 3v3 or 4v4 now. | ||
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EndOfLineTv
United States741 Posts
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Zenic
53 Posts
I am now talking with some friends in chat and i asked them why they stopped playing and the simplified answer is "Because the game is old". | ||
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
On February 13 2012 23:08 Shockk wrote: Shameless plug: Maybe it's not ladder anxiety or insufficient motivation causing dropping players numbers, but the general lack of social features and feeling of community in the game? Yes! The main problem, I believe, is the custom game system. The custom games in WC3 and BW kept me playing for 10 years even though I wasn't part of any community and I didn't have friends playing. I didn't even touch ladder games until one year before SC2 came out. Unfortunately, in SC2 there's always the same 10 custom maps that you are able to play, the rest just sit there in limbo. I could literally spend and entire day playing custom maps in BW because there was always something new, and even when there wasn't something new, I could always start any map I wanted. When I get sick of playing 1on1s in SC2, there is NOTHING to do. I hate what Blizzard has done to the custom game system. | ||
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MrASAP
United Kingdom63 Posts
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HypernovA
Canada556 Posts
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RawrAnOcean
United States359 Posts
Now in BW, 1v1s were great. Maybe I just miss old zerg. | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
On February 13 2012 23:30 i3rainless wrote: The seasons are definatly shorter and I think this is the main reason, why that drastic drop happend. Some players can't loose and are frustrated because of that, if you are one of that guys I think SC2 and every other comptetive online game is a bad game for you(maybe try an EA Game or WOW :D) . You need the mindset that you can learn a lot from lost games and not the mindset damn I lost, my opponets race is OP. shitty game. Let's face the facts each race can win against each other race so don't whine and have a look at the replay to find out where you lost. The same for Counterstrike, LoL, WC3, SC1. I played Counterstrike a long time before playing SC2. If you play CS comptetive you also need the ability to take a loose and learn from it. In my opinion Blizzard must not make changes to make the game more attractive for causal gamers. This would be like taking the Queen out of chess to make it easier understandable for causal chess gamers. The only thing Blizzard can do to make SC2 more attractive for causal gamers is to make a Online Campaign where maybe 2 or more Guys can play with different races the Campaign and get like super upgrades and stuff, tune there units and play together against AI. This would be a fun thing for some guys I think. This is a very true fact. A lot of gamers these days want instant rewards. Heck CoD rewards you even if you lose, you still get points for weapons. Blizzard did take losses out of the game for everyone below masters in an effort to make it more user friendly, which is cool, I am not against that. | ||
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Xcobidoo
Sweden1871 Posts
Also, sc2 without friends is so desolate it's scary... | ||
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