2.0.4 FAQ: Unranked, Bonus Pool, Leave League - Page 6

On March 23 2013 00:15 Excalibur_Z wrote:


As long as they have bonus pool remaining that is (so someone with bonus pool 12 who was going to lose 12 points would have that game listed as "Loss", whereas someone with no bonus pool who was going to lose 12 points would have it listed as "Loss (-12)"). The rest is completely accurate.

On March 23 2013 00:19 Zelniq wrote:
how many bonus pool points must be acquired to drop out of GM now? is it the same as before, meaning half the time it takes to get booted, or was it raised proportionally?

also reading that unranked and ranked can match together kind of blew my mind

On March 23 2013 00:25 vaderseven wrote:
2. Bonus pool going down for loses might mean its easier for a boosted player to stay in gm even if they can't win games at all.

On March 23 2013 00:19 Zelniq wrote:
how many bonus pool points must be acquired to drop out of GM now? is it the same as before, meaning half the time it takes to get booted, or was it raised proportionally?

also reading that unranked and ranked can match together kind of blew my mind

On March 27 2013 00:26 yokohama wrote:
Is there proof on the ranked and unranked MMR being tied to each other until your first game in the opposite game type? For example, I have been facing Masters players consistently in unranked, but I just played 2 of my ranked placements and they were both against Bronze players - one who was currently unranked but had a past history of Bronze, and one who was currently a Bronze player this season.

Am I misunderstanding what you've stated in this portion of your thread, or do we have conflicting experiences?

On March 27 2013 00:47 Excalibur_Z wrote:


The "proof" was stuff like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ffLwJuj8ZbI#t=238s

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/5967616755#8

However, I use "proof" in quotations because I don't believe there have been any Blizzard posts on the matter since Heart of the Swarm launched. I know that was the plan and they didn't expect to change it, but they also said they'd keep an eye on it (as they always do).

On March 01 2013 17:58 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Favored System

In the pre-game screen, the "Favored" indicator has disappeared.

Q: How do I know how many points the match is worth for me now that the indicator's gone?
A: Now you can't. Instead, you can only see the opponent's portrait border signifying 1v1 league, but of course that doesn't necessarily tell you about his current MMR. That Gold-bordered opponent could be on his way up to your Platinum division, or maybe he's on a losing streak and hasn't been demoted to Bronze yet. On the plus side, now that bug with the pre-game and score screen Favored indicators not matching up is finally fixed! Note that the way points are determined is still unchanged: your current adjusted points compared to the opponent's MMR, and his adjusted points compared to your MMR. Also, because Unranked players can be matched against Ranked players, he may have a Platinum Unranked MMR but a Master-bordered portrait.

On April 13 2013 22:57 SoniC_eu wrote:
Does anyone ahve the final word on "Leave League" button? Lolled at the part which said "shiny scary button" hehe I aint gonna press it...i think

On April 13 2013 23:26 HeeroFX wrote:




I've done it twice to see how it worked. Both times it made play 5 placement matches. It feels like you get your mmr reset and tested again, because I played like 2 masters sliver, and 2 plats.

On April 13 2013 22:54 Shade_FR wrote:
Hi, Excalibur_Z, I once again read this thread. I think something is wrong, or Blizzard changed something.

I am a high level master on EU (1350 points, ~ top 400) and I wanted to have fun today playing offrace in lower league. So I started to leave unranked games. I left 18 games right now, and I noticed something : ALL MY OPPONENTS WERE PLAYING UNRANKED TOO! did they change something in the player pool ? Ranked vs Ranked only and Unranked vs Unranked only ?

The first 2-3 unranked games I played I had gold opponents, so it doesn't seem to get my Ranked MMR to find Unranked game, I only play against unranked opponents, no matter what their leagues are.

Did Blizzard changed how it works ?

Can someone confirms ?

I will try to keep leaving game to see if my MMR changes, but I doubt it now.

On April 14 2013 00:34 Excalibur_Z wrote:


It's very difficult to say. I don't have a contact anymore and until I get one, I won't have any official answers. Blizzard's also not volunteering this information on their blogs.