So, I'm not sure I believe that the changes have really been reverted. In my last four games - you can check my match history if you want (zennith.872) I have played a rank 4 masters who finished last season top 8 (he was favored), followed by a rank 1 diamond this season (I was favored), followed by a rank 1 masters who was in GM last season (he was favored), followed by a rank 11 diamond player (I was favored).

This makes no sense if they've really reverted the changes - and I have 2000+ wins on the account, so my mmr should be pretty stable...

oxxo

988 Posts

April 18 2012 03:21 GMT

#222

They did not revert the changes. It's pretty obvious that it's not back to the way it was. Or they just said they reverted them but actually put it somewhere in between the new and old settings.

Ignorant prodigy

United States385 Posts

April 18 2012 14:00 GMT

#223

I’m also a bit suspicious about the ‘reverted’ ladder matching.

I’m a low Diamond… my 4 games last night:
Low plat
Low plat
Mid diamond
High gold

I just came off a winning streak… how does that make any sense? Why would I be playing a high gold who was on a 5 game losing streak.. and was pretty mediocre record prior to that?
I hadn’t faced a gold prior to last night in MONTHS and that includes when I was in platinum and went on 10 or 12 game losing streaks… Now I’m diamond on a winning streak and I face a gold? Seriously?

PinheadXXXXXX

United States897 Posts

April 18 2012 22:27 GMT

#224

All this was good for is showing me that the skill gap between the top of bronze and the middle of platinum is almost nonexistent.

snailz

Croatia900 Posts

April 18 2012 22:34 GMT

#225

i also get the feeling change hasn't been reverted, and if in fact they have tampered with it, they only changed it back slightly

my opponents league/skill range is just too funky...

EU server

Sajaki

Canada1135 Posts

April 20 2012 01:16 GMT

#226

Lol. Matchmaking changes were reverted and now i go from beating a rank 11 master zerg to beating a rank 50ish diamond terran? Uh? Is that how it was before???

edit: they both had 30+ games so its not like they have yet to re-rank this season.

Kira__

Sweden2672 Posts

April 20 2012 01:21 GMT

#227

I just went from playing a mid masters guy to then facing aTnCloud

good times

Bidj

France98 Posts

April 20 2012 01:25 GMT

#228

Yeah, it seems to me too that it has not been reverted (Europe, high diamond playing people from mid plat to low master).

Not_That

287 Posts

April 20 2012 03:47 GMT

#229

Europe Master, the changes have almost certainly NOT been reverted!
In my last few matches, I got matched against two opponents that had huge variance in their match history. One of them had a game where he lost 2 points (so his opponent had much higher mmr than his adjusted points) and followed a game where he lost 16 points (so his opponent was pretty lower mmr than his adjusted points.
Another opponent had -3 and -15.
Myself I had +5 and +22 (adjusted points. no bonus pool involved).

These were all during evening times on EU, not crazy hours where few people are online. 7-10 pm.

Either Blizzard is secretly playing around with the parameters, or they haven't reverted them back on EU at all.

AKomrade

United States582 Posts

April 20 2012 03:55 GMT

#230

Definitely not reverted. Playing anywhere from t8 Masters to t100 Diamond, have played maybe three or four even matches in the last two days. I'm t50 Masters, NA.

S2Lunar

1051 Posts

April 20 2012 03:59 GMT

#231

Yeah, not reverted. I'm top master, usually play high master/GM but then i play low master... wtf? I even got a diamond i got 1 point for beating 2 days ago...

Arterial

Australia1039 Posts

April 20 2012 04:05 GMT

#232

My games these days have been (I'm mid-masters)

High masters
High Diamond
High masters
High Diamond

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

April 20 2012 04:12 GMT

#233

whether it is reverted or not, i am all for it. shorter search times for mildly better or lesser opponents is good.

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

April 20 2012 04:23 GMT

#234

I wouldnt mind being crushed by some GM players, would learn a lot from watching the replays

Didn't run into anyone except in my league unfortunately

bro_fenix

United States132 Posts

April 20 2012 04:47 GMT

#235

Good change, pro players were probably getting some unsatisfactory practice, and it wasn't much difference for me. Got stomped some, which could be helpful, by looking at opponent's play.

xiaofan

United States513 Posts

April 20 2012 04:50 GMT

#236

i like crushing people worse than me

Siffer

United States467 Posts

April 20 2012 05:09 GMT

#237

hrmm.. tough to tell. I have been matching vs masters players (I am high diamond). Not sure if it is because of funky MM or if I am actually improving.

Talack

Canada2742 Posts

April 20 2012 05:11 GMT

#238

I got the best so far.

Every game I have vs'd someone who is favored/slightly favored. When i win I get like 2-3 points only because they say that I am the one who was favored or w/e.

Same thing if neither side is favored, I win and I get told I was favored or I lose -20 because I was favored.

I've fought masters/diamonds/platinums(What the fuck...) in my last 30 or so matches. Up and down and all over the place.

WniO

United States2706 Posts

April 20 2012 05:14 GMT

#239

i really liked the diverse 1v1 skills on ladder, now its back to being work, and i just want to have fun.

pedduck

Thailand468 Posts

April 20 2012 05:41 GMT

#240

Why don't we have an option to choose if we want this diverse rage on or not. Some people may like it.