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bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
April 10 2012 11:41 GMT
#1421
Mostly playing customs vs friends.
No fun in ladder besides randoming. Too much retarded strats(alot of one basing).
ZvZ sucks in general. Maybe out of 100 games i really enjoyed 5 ZvZs.
Yea playing customs/tournaments is way more enjoyable because I don't have to deal with that said stuff in a constant fashion.
www.twitch.tv/bluquh (PoE, Starbow, HS)
xelf
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada16 Posts
April 10 2012 11:42 GMT
#1422
I'm grinding out - team protoss 1000 achievement I want that damn decal!
xrapture
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1644 Posts
April 10 2012 13:40 GMT
#1423
I guess not many people want to see "EZ EZ EZ" spam several times a day.
Everyone is either delusional, a nihlilst, or dead from suicide.
lightertripod
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom44 Posts
April 10 2012 13:46 GMT
#1424
Most of the players I know who got the game around release have stopped playing myself I play maybe 1 ladder game a day.

The reason most of my friends gave for quiting was the lack of enjoyment due to high amounts of concentration needed to play when laddering you cannot approach the game as a casual thing so most stop laddering and play custom maps and such like monobattles there a lot of modded maps like this that can be approached in a casual manner.

Personally its abit of the above maybe more so now as I pretty much given up on the game playing the odd game a day but when I was climbing up the ladder and making a steady improvement the biggest turn off for me was the total inconsistency of the MMR and ladder system.
When trying to learn the game and improve I found it so hard to play such varied opponents and not knowing there ranking/league (which helps) before the game.
This leads to the same thing I seen lot of pros' complain about when they stream when a player is so bad you have no idea what the hell they are doing they sometimes end up losing cause of it this happens lot more when your ability is lacking as you learn I found this a massive turn off knowing what I needed to do(regardless of if my marco/micro are up to it) and losing to some random crap
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
April 10 2012 13:51 GMT
#1425
I haven't played in like 3 months and I still was able to jump on ladder today and win some games.

I don't understand the ladder fear. Just jump into the game and have some fun. It's not like ladder placement is going to put you with Grandmasters if you are not at that skill level.
GL HF... YOLO..lololollol.
Laserist
Profile Joined September 2011
Turkey4269 Posts
April 10 2012 13:54 GMT
#1426
Playing SC2 needs too much attention and concentration that you couldn't have after a long work day. Also despite all of my effort, ladder anxiety somewhat stops me from playing.

I offrace to get rid of it or play some monobattles shit.

Solution would be a working custom game system like W3.
“Are you with the Cartel? Because you’re definitely an Angel.”
dragonsuper
Profile Joined October 2010
Liechtenstein222 Posts
April 10 2012 14:07 GMT
#1427
SC2 Isn't fun , 1 base macro strategy is too simple because workers mining is too efficient, units do more damage, hard counters too strong , and because of these facts timing attacks are so common in ladder... all is decided in one fight.
So boring game, i won't play anymore for sure.
lol
give.ViviD
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden235 Posts
April 10 2012 14:14 GMT
#1428
Ladder just gets boring after having played it for several months, and the custom game system is so stupid there's no point in playing them, and the team games are horrible imbalanced because of the retarded maps. The only thing that changes is the map pool, which isnt too exciting.
Rapture_FBGM
Profile Joined January 2012
United States36 Posts
April 10 2012 14:15 GMT
#1429
Not sure why people get so anxious. Unless you're trying to be competitive at a high level, laddering shouldn't really matter, so why get so stressed about it?
Let's have a blast!
bhfberserk
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada390 Posts
April 10 2012 14:26 GMT
#1430
1. Need Automated Tournament.
Can be league base and better community support to create friendly 1v1 experience. Great rewards for participating and more for winners.

2. Losing a Ladder game allows points (or something) to earn. To encourage anyone to play and rid the anxiety.
Blizzard MUST fix this. This is ruining the game. Of 30 friends I have, only 1 or 2 play, a very lonely game.
---> 2a. The custom game Starcraft Master was a really great feature. It makes all my friends to come online to get that portrait. The micro challenge is not easier than any ladder game. Therefore, Blizzard needs to make ladder go more hand in hand with achievement. More achievement to earn for just playing.

3. Better match making and display of rank. (ALLOW US TO SEE THE OPPONENT'S RANK OMFG INSTEAD OF SOME SHITTY "Slight favoured" which is totally inaccurate.)

4. Fix PvP, ZvZ.

5. More stats in your sc2 profile. To see which units you use the most, what match up is your strongest.. what maps....etc.

etc etc etc...... SC2 can be a much better game... hopefully we see some changes in patch 1.5.
YarNhoj
Profile Joined November 2010
United States69 Posts
April 10 2012 14:27 GMT
#1431
I didn't get over ladder anxiety until I finally realized that my standing within a division means nothing. I now use SC2Gears to track all my stats and that has provided me with a much more robust experience. But as a random player trying to make diamond I know that I will play many more custom games with friends than I ever will on ladder. Until there is some direct reward with laddering other than the race win achievements I feel that the 1v1 ladder will continue to drop.

Being able to purchase things with your ladder points, portraits/color preference/unit skins (like the CE Thor). Would go a long way for me at least. Let's say for 2000 ladder points you could pick a color and if your opponent either didn't have that ability or had a different color you would be that color, but if you both had the same color then whoever had the higher regional/division rank would get preference.

Ladder lock also causes me to not want to play as much. Once my bonus pool is gone there really is no reason to play as I keep playing better and better opponents. Case in point had I quit playing 1v1 when my pool ran out during the lock I would still be in 3rd in my division instead of 8th.

Finally until there is meaning tied to your division it should be done away with. I would much prefer to see a regional rank as it gives me something to actually work for.
"Wait...wait...don't start another game yet...I need a beer"
Garmer
Profile Joined October 2010
1286 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 14:30:58
April 10 2012 14:27 GMT
#1432
simple reason: sc2 is boring

requires skill yes, but in a boring way
Shiladie
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1631 Posts
April 10 2012 14:37 GMT
#1433
On April 10 2012 23:07 dragonsuper wrote:
SC2 Isn't fun , 1 base macro strategy is too simple because workers mining is too efficient, units do more damage, hard counters too strong , and because of these facts timing attacks are so common in ladder... all is decided in one fight.
So boring game, i won't play anymore for sure.


As much as I hate to admit it, you're pretty much dead on.
I've taken to fooling around and not taking ladder seriously, and have found I enjoy it a LOT more than trying to actually be competitive, less stress etc.

currently I'm forcing myself to always try and do offensive hatch first builds (generally placed near their natural), and only allowed to build queens, lings, and air units. I thought I'd drop like a rock through the ranks, but I've only dropped from high diamond to high platinum, where it seems I've stabilized.
It's made the game fun again, hopefully HotS will make playing competitively fun again too...
Twistacles
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1327 Posts
April 10 2012 14:43 GMT
#1434
On April 10 2012 23:26 bhfberserk wrote:
1. Need Automated Tournament.
Can be league base and better community support to create friendly 1v1 experience. Great rewards for participating and more for winners.

2. Losing a Ladder game allows points (or something) to earn. To encourage anyone to play and rid the anxiety.
Blizzard MUST fix this. This is ruining the game. Of 30 friends I have, only 1 or 2 play, a very lonely game.
---> 2a. The custom game Starcraft Master was a really great feature. It makes all my friends to come online to get that portrait. The micro challenge is not easier than any ladder game. Therefore, Blizzard needs to make ladder go more hand in hand with achievement. More achievement to earn for just playing.

3. Better match making and display of rank. (ALLOW US TO SEE THE OPPONENT'S RANK OMFG INSTEAD OF SOME SHITTY "Slight favoured" which is totally inaccurate.)

4. Fix PvP, ZvZ.

5. More stats in your sc2 profile. To see which units you use the most, what match up is your strongest.. what maps....etc.

etc etc etc...... SC2 can be a much better game... hopefully we see some changes in patch 1.5.


I agree with all of this. I don't even need an incentive to ladder beyond just trying to get a higher rank, but even portraits help me keep going. If we had a type of currency to buy silly things, it would motivate a lot more people to ladder and couldn't hurt the experience, really.

Stats have been demanded since the dawn of the game and really should be implemented. Sc2gears is great, but it shouldve shipped with the game.

Seeing their rank would be great, too. It's really annoying to not know if im facing a low master, a high diamond, a mid diamond or a mid master when I play. Frustrating to die to random shit, especially when im 'slightly favored' cause the person doesnt know wtf hes doing

PvP and ZvZ are pretty silly, agreed.
"If you don't give a shit which gum you buy, get stride" - Tyler
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
April 10 2012 14:48 GMT
#1435
I got bored and now my computer doesn't seem to handle it incredibly well. It's also hard to get over the fact that when I play iccup it is superior to bnet 2.0 in 12242 ways.
dragonsuper
Profile Joined October 2010
Liechtenstein222 Posts
April 11 2012 17:04 GMT
#1436
On April 10 2012 23:27 Garmer wrote:
simple reason: sc2 is boring

requires skill yes, but in a boring way



so true.

Micro positioning to PREVENT EMP, FUNGAL and baneling is SO BORING
lol
windsupernova
Profile Joined October 2010
Mexico5280 Posts
April 11 2012 17:22 GMT
#1437
More community features won´t fix that the game is freaking stressful for the casual gamer, even on friendly matches I have seen people get flustered.

I don´t know why we get this threads every new season. Its perfectly normal for people to stop playing, especially ranked.Custom game UI could do some help to make more people log in but not play 1v1 ranked ladder.

Most people just don´t like playing 1v1 ranked games-
"Its easy, just trust your CPU".-Boxer on being good at games
hoivenmayven
Profile Joined April 2011
United States134 Posts
April 11 2012 17:23 GMT
#1438
On April 12 2012 02:04 dragonsuper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2012 23:27 Garmer wrote:
simple reason: sc2 is boring

requires skill yes, but in a boring way



so true.

Micro positioning to PREVENT EMP, FUNGAL and baneling is SO BORING


To do those things properly you have to practice doing the same thing over and over again an insane amount of times, which to many people is boring, yes.
DayWalk3r
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada192 Posts
April 11 2012 17:29 GMT
#1439
On February 13 2012 23:08 hzflank wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2012 23:05 Silentenigma wrote:
Because it is not fun to play against abusers BM ers alliners.

Last time I played 99 percent of my games were 1 or 2 base allins(was mid masters).It is almost impossible to play a standard game...I would much rather to play custom games against similar skilled people.


I really dislike this mindset, and I think it is the cause of a lot of the bad manners that I encounter on the ladder.

I dont think there is any such thing as cheese or all-in. Aggressive strategies are a very important part of the game. I have noticed that the idea of cheese does not exist with koreans, and perhaps this is an important part of why they are so good.


well said
Protoss not imba ... KiwiKaki MC Polt Bomber Hwaiting!
CosmicHippo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States547 Posts
April 11 2012 17:32 GMT
#1440
Not fun, and b.net 2.0 is god awful, feels like your alone playing this game that you dont like playing anymore
Yeah i've got your zerg riiiight here! *gulps beer*
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