EPTMatchmaking Changes Reverted - Page 10
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ke_ivan
Singapore374 Posts
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CygNus X-1
Canada169 Posts
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Kaitokid
Germany1327 Posts
On April 14 2012 07:51 UpooPoo wrote: I thought it was great, I didn't play against anyone easier, only "Favored" and "Slightly Favored" opponents. I thought it was really upping the difficulty level for me which I enjoyed. thats like that for everyone at the start of a new season because your points are compared to your opponents MMR and his points to your MMR. everyone has 0 points at start of a season and now guess why everyone was favored vs you. yes 1+1=2 | ||
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MF_Icy
Sweden99 Posts
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On April 13 2012 15:41 niteReloaded wrote: This would be a perfectly good adition to the personal options.... "I don't mind playing weaker opponents" [ ] "I don't mind playing stronger opponents" [X] Sure, it would only work in cases where the weak and strong are looking for each other, but things like that make the service better. Yeah, in HoN I know there's an option when you queue up for "shorter queues or fair matches" or something like that. I think it's pretty good. In SC2 the queue times are generally pretty short imo though, so not much of an issue. | ||
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AzureHath
Bulgaria154 Posts
Lower level players had a tough time for the duration of this so called new matchmaking system though :/ | ||
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GuitarBizarre
United Kingdom332 Posts
I'm not sure if I got some freaky, freaky draw there or something, but it doesn't seem right that I ended up absolutely roflstomping the ladder during a time when I should have been given stronger opponents. | ||
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LighT.
Canada4501 Posts
I basically had a 80% winrate in diamond, and got top 3 before the ladder lock came and ended up in diamond again :/ Essentially, I was winning all my low tier games, barely squeaking out games or just getting squashed against mid-high masters, my combined record during the ladder change was 8-14 Which I think dropped my MMR by quite a bit. These games weren't really helping me better because I felt like I was just getting outplayed and squashed, or the game was just ridiculously easy for me to win (aka 1a terran pushes = gg) Since the change I'm back to 12-3, meeting just diamond-low masters, game feels a bit more competitive but still one-sided due to my MMR plummetting facing nothing but masters players for a 6-7 games in a row. Hopefully blizzard keeps this method | ||
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LighT.
Canada4501 Posts
On April 14 2012 06:58 Innovation wrote: I found it kind of annoying because I'd win against a masters player (play is relatively predictable and makes sense) and then lose to a platinum player that did an all in I haven't seen in months and forgot even existed. BTW....platinum players seem like the most BM of all players...many think they're really good and call people newbs a lot. And not even after the game but at the start, during, and after regardless if they win or not. Just found it annoying. I disagree. my time in platinum, it was fairly good manners. Nothing bad, nothing good. The worst is high-diamond-low masters level.Every single game they seem to lose, its some random excuse, some race imbal or they choose to hurl unnecessary insults at me which is sort of humourous and annoying at the same time. But yes, platinum players are a lot less predictable because they'll just do somthing unexpected and throw you off. On April 14 2012 07:06 Romitelli wrote: You got matched with Masters and Platinum players? I find this highly unlikely. I played around 10-15 games since the start of the season and, being mid diamond, I faced: 2 or 3 high diamond players and ONE #1 ranked platinum player who was like on a 10 game winning streak. The rest were all around my level. It's likely. I can attest to it. I got put up with during my 8-14 run witih the ladder match making..3 high plats, 3 low masters, 5 mid masters and 2 high masters :/..and 11 diamonds... | ||
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GertHeart
United States631 Posts
On April 13 2012 15:41 niteReloaded wrote: This would be a perfectly good adition to the personal options.... "I don't mind playing weaker opponents" [ ] "I don't mind playing stronger opponents" [X] Sure, it would only work in cases where the weak and strong are looking for each other, but things like that make the service better. I like you and this suggestion. I would probably ladder more if I could always have the chance to play people considered stronger than me. I haven't laddered for almost 2 seasons =/ I just don't like facing people who are considered my skill level, or in my MMR. I came from AoK days where you could face people who are top of the line and you learn so much faster getting your face smashed in over and over eventually beating those people. | ||
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reyder
United States71 Posts
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deathabene
Denmark83 Posts
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NaldoR
Singapore2198 Posts
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
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DawN883
Sweden558 Posts
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On April 14 2012 06:02 striderxxx wrote: can't they just make GM players have the old MM and everyone else the new way? Match making works both ways. If you have master players with loosened search range, they still get (too many?) GM players. While it should be possible, to widen the search range only for the leagues in the middle, it is not that easy. | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
On April 13 2012 15:41 niteReloaded wrote: This would be a perfectly good adition to the personal options.... "I don't mind playing weaker opponents" [ ] "I don't mind playing stronger opponents" [X] Sure, it would only work in cases where the weak and strong are looking for each other, but things like that make the service better. I agree with this. I would prefer to mostly play against weaker opponents since I would like to win about 75% of my matches. At the same time some players may want harder opponents so this would benefits everyone. | ||
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
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deathserv
United States228 Posts
On April 13 2012 15:41 dronefarm wrote: I'm disapointed. Since we can not reset our accounts, I think this was the best solution to have some variance. Just playing against players your skill level is not the best way to improve. Day9 did an old podcast where he talks about this. http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/intrigue/Day90006PlayAgainstWorsePlay.mp3 You need to play against worse players to be comforatable enough to try some new stuff without the fear of instantly losing, and you need to test those ideas against better players to make sure you're not doing anything that can be punished. The only way to do this before the ladder reformat was buying multiple accounts, which a lot of people who play starcraft can't really afford (ie high school, and college students). I wish they'd just let you reset your account when you wanted to. Been busy and I didn't even get a chance to try it out yet... I was kind of interested in seeing what it would be like. I am at Mid-Low masters now so I was playing a mix of Masters and Diamond. I was hoping to have a more varied experience, because right now, every game is kind of frustrating. "Too even" means I have no chances to test my skill or try stuff out dronefarm said. | ||
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GhostBusters
United States198 Posts
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