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MOD EDIT: This change has been reverted. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/4427703901
Seems like they are trying something out for season 7. They want to higher the range of possible opponents on ladder so you can play against very much higher or very much lower MMR players, too.
Edit: it actually says "slightly higher/lower"
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/4025749/Upcoming_Changes_to_Match-Making_-06_04_2012#c-3659986159
We’ve been closely monitoring the quality of match-making since StarCraft II was released to make sure that the ladder offers the most exciting and finely tuned competitive experience possible. It’s been a great success, and because of the small skill gap between competing players, most games are tightly contested. While it’s awesome that most games are very close, this also means that both players need to constantly be at the top of their games, because the slightest mistake usually means defeat. While we think this is a fun way to play, we’re not sure if it’s fun for every match to be this way.
As a one-season experiment, we will be relaxing the match-making settings slightly in Season 7 to introduce more variety into the ladder. In practical terms, this means you won't always be evenly matched with your opponent. You'll regularly compete with players at slightly higher or lower skill levels, to make the experience more well-rounded. These adjustments to the match-making system will also offer a chance to potentially get promoted more quickly, so stringing together wins versus more skilled opponents could potentially result in faster league promotions.
As always, we will be monitoring the effects of these changes and tweaking the match-making settings to improve upon the match-making system going forward. We’re excited to hear about your experiences and we’re looking forward to your feedback about these changes once Season 7 begins.
See you on the ladder!
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Just saw this as well on FB... very interesting. I'm actually really excited about this change, to be honest. I think it will make my games a lot more interesting, even if it does mean occasionally getting facestomped by a far-better opponent.
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It might be cool for some "bad" players to play from time to time against pro gamers.
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oh god its worse IMO, its like i am standing in GM ranks and get to thrash some low masters or diamonds....
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Hell yes! This might breathe life back into sc2 laddering!
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They didn't say "much higher" or "much lower", they said slightly higher or lower. I don't think GM players will be matched against top diamond, it would make no sense...
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It's one-season experiment.
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Looks like a higher winrate next season then
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I bet this is also because there is fewer players in Bnet. With less players they need to broad their matchmaking sample so players get matched with others faster. Well see how that turns out.
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This feels like a cop out from Blizzard. If they really wanted to make this game more appealing and exciting, they should just fix the custom game system. This just makes playing the ladder much more unpredictable, and potentially frustrating.
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Well promising Change, hope i will get to play some GM
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That's a stupid idea. Intentionally creating games where one side to be roflstomped? What's the purpose? Just so some people will feel better by occasionally beating someone up real bad?
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Well to be honest, I am quite against it, as for me being master it will be fun to play vs GM's, but at the same time couple bad games vs diamonds and you will be demoted back to diamond, they said it can make you get faster promote, but they forgot about demote ;x
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I think it's so that it can accurately classify your skill faster than with the 50/50 balance it aims to do at the moment.
If you're a player who was way out of his league in his placement games and somehow got platinum but is actually bronze, the large variety in MMR players they play will allow for them to find their skill out faster. If they lost a game vs a gold player MMR then the system could then match the MMR of that gold player and do the variance again, to see if they struggle against the lower bound of that gold player MMR, if they do, it drops significantly again until a solid stable MMR could be found, then demotion occurs.
This is what I think would be happening with this... I could be drastically wrong.
But overall, this is a nice change than having to play perfect relative to your skill level in order to match your opponents at that time. The biggest gripe I had with the 50/50 system was the fact that I could go into beast mode and go like 10-2 on ladder, and when I come back to the ladder the next day or something, I would get destroyed because I wasn't just at that level again.
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I like this, one of the reasons i prefer to play custom is because of greater skill variety. I don't think i'd ever get matched up against masters players from my platinum division on ladder.
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On April 07 2012 01:22 denzelz wrote:
This feels like a cop out from Blizzard. If they really wanted to make this game more appealing and exciting, they should just fix the custom game system. This just makes playing the ladder much more unpredictable, and potentially frustrating.
I don't know, it will also expose players to high levels of play than their current level, which should promote more improvement. People will have their bad habits punished more often by higher level players. Although I have no proof, I feel there were players who used abusive, easily countered play styles that were effective in their league, but then hit a hard wall on the ladder. This may remove some of that, which must be very fustrating for those players if they did not know what they were doing was really bad.
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It sounds good in theory. We will see if it's good in practice. 
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This sucks, I don't want to play someone who will destroy me without trying... I like to get better, but getting beat on by a pro doesn't help me...
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I dont see any why there is any reason to do this. The MMR system is the only good thing on bnet2.0. Its near perfect for anyone in masters and below. While Gm still needs some kinks fixed i dont welcome this change.
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i was excited there for a second because i thought they might just add a different MMR(or even league) for every matchup ... too bad :/ that experiment sounds like it won't be a big deal, iam already facing a wide variety of skills in my ladder matches, i guess it just means i get a free win every now and then ^.^
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