Wow they pulled this change so fast but when it came to the snipe nerf... No changes at all. When it comes to making the Hydra a useful unit no rush no rush. Carrier? is that even in the game? wtf?

jaminski

England84 Posts

April 13 2012 14:59 GMT

#124

i liked playing harder opponents ... learnt alot more from it than i have playing the even matches i normally have ... id rather be 40:60 W:L than 60:40 ¬_¬ atleast i know then when im improving

tossuaway

United States107 Posts

April 13 2012 15:00 GMT

#125

A lot of people were losing every single game, while many others were only winning. Closer opponents almost always equal closer better games.

Chronald

United States619 Posts

April 13 2012 15:02 GMT

#126

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.

Perfectly said.

Shohatto

10 Posts

April 13 2012 15:03 GMT

#127

Didn't like the new matchmaking thing. Being a bronze player I definitely did not enjoy losing 10 straight games cause they put me up against silver/golds. Prefer that it be evenly matched

SaroVati

Canada280 Posts

April 13 2012 15:04 GMT

#128

Pretty much the moral of the story is just that people who are a bit weaker WANT to play people a bit stronger, but on the flip side the people who are a bit stronger don't want to beat players who might possibly not have refined play / challenge them. For example, pre-patch I was still slightly favoured vs. other GM players, but after patch I play people who were 200-230 and low masters.

That being said, I'm not against the idea at all, but it'll very well inflate the record of those at the top and matchmaking will have a tough time getting everyone to a 50% win rate if this system stays.

Lasbike

France2888 Posts

April 13 2012 15:06 GMT

#129

Damn, I kinda liked this change, tbh

It was the first time I played master opponents (3 guys) since I started playing SC2, and I won 2 games out of 3.

Funny thing, one of the master guy I beat said something along the lines of + Show Spoiler +

"DAMN FUCK YOU DIAMONDS GUY SERIOUSLY YOU CAN'T PLAY FOR SHIT AND NOW WE LOSE CAUSE WE PLAY AGAINST NOOBS LIKE YOU".

It was kind of hilarious.

MooLen

Germany501 Posts

April 13 2012 15:09 GMT

#130

finally, was pretty frustrating to loss gainst gm´s but i think i got better in this experiment after playin all these pro´s but my ladderstats got worse^^

TheLastTemplar

Iceland593 Posts

April 13 2012 15:19 GMT

#131

Was blown away at some of the people I was playing on my account, thank youu for the revert!

mprs

Canada2933 Posts

April 13 2012 15:19 GMT

#132

On April 13 2012 15:19 warcralft wrote:
This is awesome. NO MORE PLAYING WITH RANK 1 GM(on sea) 8 times in a row~~~

Wouldn't that mean you are at least masters? I would assume that if anyone was half decent and competitive, would love the opportunity to play against someone better than them. Perhaps I'm wrong though, not quite sure.

Iyerbeth

England2410 Posts

April 13 2012 15:21 GMT

#133

Have to say although I didn't complain about the changes I'm happy they're gone. Not played too many but got absolutely crushed vs someone significantly better than I am (and then BM'd for losing?) but also crushed two people who weren't bad but just seemed less experienced than I was and I felt bad in all 3 cases. Happy for the revert!

hillman

United States162 Posts

April 13 2012 15:25 GMT

#134

This is a good idea...very easy solution

[F_]aths

Germany3947 Posts

April 13 2012 15:29 GMT

#135

On April 14 2012 00:02 Chronald wrote:

Show nested quote +

Perfectly said.

And perfectly wrong.

To keep the overall fairness, the system still should try maintain a win ratio of about 50%. If you want to play versus lower or higher league players, you have to get it the other way around sooner or later.

Kaitokid

Germany1327 Posts

April 13 2012 15:32 GMT

#136

I see, 2 years after sc2 release most people still don't know how the matchmaking system works

thingULTRA

United States48 Posts

April 13 2012 15:41 GMT

#137

As a non masters player I enjoyed the changes.. Too bad they couldnt impliment the change for lower tier players and leave the masters match making alone

p1cKLes

United States342 Posts

April 13 2012 15:41 GMT

#138

I’m a little disappointed

I think from a percentage standpoint all they had to do was cut off the top and bottom 5%. I think it’s a great idea for anyone that is NOT in Bonze or Grand Masters. I was actually looking forward to it. I get to help people under me and play people significantly higher than me, which means I can get promoted faster

. Boohoo…. Hopefully, they’ll figure it out.

It also allows you to try new strategies that you might not otherwise try when the matching system is so tight. If you play someone that is significantly lower than you, people are apt to try wonky builds.

AimlessAmoeba

Canada704 Posts

April 13 2012 15:51 GMT

#139

Aw, i thought it was kind of nice playing something outside of my league =/ The irony of it all was that in the five games i played, I lost my three games to other plat players and my diamond and gold opponents i beat

MintBerryC

United States12 Posts

April 13 2012 16:05 GMT

#140

I hope they try again with a slightly different system that narrows the band of possible opponents for players who have really high or low MMRs.