I don't get why people are saying "omg i'm master now i'm going to have to play against plats qq".

They said slightly better or worse. For us master players I'm assuming this will mean a few gm's and a few high diamonds, much the same it is right now depending on where you are in master league.

Chill, I don't think this will make that much difference....

Noro

Canada991 Posts

April 08 2012 01:29 GMT

#162

The more I think about this, The more I just don't really know what to think.
I feel like the ladder already does this..

Kumiho~

5 Posts

April 08 2012 01:32 GMT

#163

Are these changes coming with the new season?

kofman

Andorra698 Posts

April 08 2012 02:54 GMT

#164

I really like this change. This means that I will play against more GM's, maybe I'll play against some famous professionals!

zJayy962

1363 Posts

April 08 2012 02:56 GMT

#165

As a mid-high master I'm glad I'll be playing more pros because of this change.

CrazyF1r3f0x

United States2120 Posts

April 08 2012 03:05 GMT

#166

Perhaps this is a way to address the MMR issues 2v2 players have been having.

KRee

Canada13 Posts

April 08 2012 03:06 GMT

#167

My problem with this is that the only way that us lower-level players have to improve is the ladder. This makes it so that some of your games will hardly allow you to improve at all, playing against people who are above or below your skill level on purpose. Seems to me it makes it hard for lower-level players to improve, and high level players will hate it anyways since it makes ladder less viable if you're just stomping noobs all the time.

UmiNotsuki

United States633 Posts

April 08 2012 03:06 GMT

#168

Not a fan of this idea, frankly. I love that I can reliably have a struggle with my opponents on ladder without feeling utterly outmatched. Maybe they should introduce this for bronze-plat or something so the lower level, generally more casual players can enjoy it while the try-hards and good players can have reliably good games.

Ruscour

5233 Posts

April 08 2012 03:09 GMT

#169

It's already quite wide, sometimes you play people who are just abysmal and sometimes you play people who are really good relative to your skill level. I can't see the need for this, but if they are doing it, hopefully I'm not getting matched against a progamer one game and someone with 20 APM the next.

Icekommander

Canada483 Posts

April 08 2012 03:09 GMT

#170

I think that people are putting much more weight into this than they should be. We don't know the effect yet - and certainly you won't have GM players playing Diamond, or any such nonsense. Furthermore, I don't know how many people have had experience playing someone much better than you, but often there are typically a few stark differences. Maybe a timing you didn't know existed, or a weird build-order that catches you by surprise. I doubt the differences will be large enough that you are getting outclassed in each and every department.

Drium

United States888 Posts

April 08 2012 03:11 GMT

#171

Cool maybe i can finally play against the pros!

Br3ezy

United States720 Posts

April 08 2012 03:19 GMT

#172

hehe now i wont feel bad when it matches me against reallly really bad players like diamonds when Im mid masteres xD

EngrishTeacher

Canada1109 Posts

April 08 2012 03:25 GMT

#173

Fuck yah, this is going to motivate me to ladder more.

Matched up against diamonds = pull out the mothership/BC rush strats for the lols.

Matched up against GMs/top masters = pull out the most abusive strategies that I can execute perfectly up until the 5 minute mark that denies scouting and pray for the best.

Going to queue some ladder matches at lunch instead of playing customs^^

TKHawkins

United States103 Posts

April 08 2012 03:26 GMT

#174

This just means that fewer people are laddering and is the system's way to adjust.

They can't standardize players as well now because there are fewer people at your exact skill level. Which means the system will now have to pull from a wider skill gap to compare you to the same number of people.

chadissilent

Canada1187 Posts

April 08 2012 03:27 GMT

#175

The moment I match against a mid-master NA player is the exact moment I switch to solely playing on Korea.

GoodRiot

United States75 Posts

April 08 2012 03:29 GMT

#176

Lets just give it a shot (like you have a choice).

peekn

United States1152 Posts

April 08 2012 03:30 GMT

#177

Wasn't this the issue that they had in GM? I hope that they are going to change it for the tippy top level of play, when watching streams at least, the pros will stop some guy and then play vs someone that is a little bit closer to their skill level.

Silentness

United States2821 Posts

April 08 2012 03:32 GMT

#178

lol I'm waiting to get queued up against a bronze level player. "Slightly lower" I guess we will see!

Icekommander

Canada483 Posts

April 08 2012 03:51 GMT

#179

On April 08 2012 12:27 chadissilent wrote:
The moment I match against a mid-master NA player is the exact moment I switch to solely playing on Korea.

If you play at the same skill level on both servers, then the variance should be the same, so you should play the same quality of players (Unless you are at the point where you are already are favoured against a large majority of your opponents on NA)

LittleRagey

United States24 Posts

April 08 2012 05:36 GMT

#180

Looking forward to this. It has a lot of potential. It could also help with ladder anxiety knowing that you may not get matched up with someone much more skilled than you.