Nobody Plays 1v1 Ladder Anymore? - Page 74

On April 12 2012 06:44 xrapture wrote:
They keep adding bigger maps with ton of shit everywhere, so now if you don't have a nice computer you're going to get sup par FPS even before late game. Makes me pretty sad, I wish they had an option for even lower graphics.

On April 12 2012 06:48 Corsica wrote:
i wish blizzard would give points according to how long game was played : under 10 min: +3 10-20: +5pts 20+: +10 pts


pisses me off, my friend got into GM just by 4 gating, i only play macro-games and cruising between low masters/high diamond... ladder rewards cheesing and thats the problem...i play 20 min game and get same amount of pts as someone who 2gate zealot: and he played for 4 min...

On April 12 2012 06:48 Corsica wrote:
i wish blizzard would give points according to how long game was played : under 10 min: +3 10-20: +5pts 20+: +10 pts


pisses me off, my friend got into GM just by 4 gating, i only play macro-games and cruising between low masters/high diamond... ladder rewards cheesing and thats the problem...i play 20 min game and get same amount of pts as someone who 2gate zealot: and he played for 4 min...

On April 12 2012 06:56 r4pture wrote:
The games just lost its flair for me, and struggling against bnet 0.2 to even get things together is too much of a hassle. None of my friends play anymore so I have even less reason too. I feel like Blizzard dropped the ball on things.

On April 12 2012 07:01 fundipper wrote:
I think the problem is the difference in mindsets between ladder and custom games.

In Custom games you play simply to learn, improve, and have fun. You recognize the other player as a person and that you are both trying to achieve the same goals. There is no inherent reward. Sure you could cheese every game in customs but you would quickly get bored and realize you are wasting your time. Also no one would want to play with you consistently.

In Ladder people feel like the other player is trying to take their points and wreck their standing. It encourages the mentality of wanting to murder the other player and bm them. Everyone wants to gain points as that seems to be the whole point. Thus the easiest way is to use often cheesy or easy to execute strategies. Everyone ends up angry and hates each other.

The problem is that the custom game interface is garbage, so until recently everyone laddered. I think a possible solution would be to improve custom games interface so people could use it to find players around their skill and change the ladder into a tournament system similar to the warcraft 3 tournaments.

Just a thought

On April 12 2012 07:05 Xirroh wrote:
Bliz should create casual BNet tournaments for weekends just like online poker websites run.

This would be a lot of fun, and give you something to work for without needing more then a 4-5 hour commitment whenever you have a free weekend day.

Basically you sign up into a 32 or 64 man bracket and it puts you in to BO1 or BO3 through the bracket. No-shows become walkovers. No cost to enter. Everything is automated with a group chat channel created for the tournament players.

On April 12 2012 07:09 luuk wrote:
i still ladder, but not like i used to. i literally hate everything about battle.net "2.0". i hate the fact that it has no social interaction at all, that it has no variety (you either ladder or you dont) like tournaments, i cant dig into some statistics of my recent matches, just some bullshit graphs nobody really knows how to interpret if you dont watch the replay. and the system how custom games are integrated absolutely killed any kind of interest in creating or playing a fun custom map.

dont get me wrong, i still love the game as it is, but i feel so alone when im not in teamspeak with someone. i would like to join a clan sometimes, but i have absolutely no fucking idea where to find "semi-good" teams that play in leagues, etc.

On April 12 2012 07:16 ishyishy wrote:


Ok this kind of mentality needs to just stop lol. It is getting ridiculous.

So what do you want? You want a way for people to automatically become your friend? Ooorrr....a thing that automatically puts you into 10 chat channels when you log on? Ooorrr...what? I have no clue what you are actually asking for.

I can tell you where to find a clan: you go to the TL search bar and type in "clan recruitment" and it will take you to the thread. It has a bunch of clans listed in it, along with the leader's name and character code. You can add them in-game, and message them when they are on. Sometimes they will list their clan chat channel too.

I also dont understand what you want from custom maps. I mean, you can go to 'join a game' and double click on any of the custom games, and they start once the player list fills. I used to play desert strike a lot, you shold try that one.

As for custom games playing the actual game, you kind of need friends or contacts for that, and that isnt something blizzard can just hand to you lol. You have to talk to people that you play against. Just message them after the game and say "hey that was a gg, would you like to play another one with me for fun?" And that is litterally all it takes. I dont see any difficulty in doing this.

If there are any other things you would like me to tell you how to do to make the game more enjoyable, please ask lol.

On April 12 2012 07:19 luuk wrote:

you obviously never played warcraft 3 :D i had something like a thousand more options on what to do despite laddering without tabbing out of the game.

On April 12 2012 07:05 Xirroh wrote:
Bliz should create casual BNet tournaments for weekends just like online poker websites run.

This would be a lot of fun, and give you something to work for without needing more then a 4-5 hour commitment whenever you have a free weekend day.

Basically you sign up into a 32 or 64 man bracket and it puts you in to BO1 or BO3 through the bracket. No-shows become walkovers. No cost to enter. Everything is automated with a group chat channel created for the tournament players.

On April 12 2012 07:26 ziggurat wrote:


They definitely should do this. In fact it seems incredibly obvious. This would be so much fun. It would be way better than just laddering.

On April 12 2012 07:30 Terranlover wrote:
its just not a good game....there is nothing else to say about it. maybe they get it right with hots but i doubt it.
(i still watch most of the tournaments though)