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nakedsurfer
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada500 Posts
March 20 2013 22:20 GMT
#21
On March 21 2013 07:10 Leetley wrote:
Just let it be, there is no harm in it being there.


I agree with this. People playing WOL shouldn't get less just because they chose not to buy the expansion.
Root4Root
scudst0rm
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1149 Posts
March 20 2013 22:21 GMT
#22
If a tree falls in the woods but there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?
You're like a one ranger army comin' at me...
Bommes
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany1226 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-20 22:22:54
March 20 2013 22:22 GMT
#23
On March 21 2013 06:59 Godwrath wrote:
This is the definition of first world problems.


'nuff said.

"Look, he has a shinier picture on his profile page than me but doesn't deserve it! *NERDRAGE*"
Reminds me of the WoW community, stuff like that is going on there nonstop.
JazzJackrabbit
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1272 Posts
March 20 2013 22:41 GMT
#24
On March 21 2013 07:08 HeeroFX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2013 06:06 Let it Raine wrote:
Given that no one is playing the game anymore



I have a really big problem with this point which makes your whole agruement pointless. First who is "no one?" Second when I log onto HOTS I see that there is a 100,000 people currently logged into battle.net, clearly there are people playing SC II. I play the game daily, but I don't count as a someone. Your reasons for GM are dumb. GM is like a way to visually show who the top 200 players in the world are.

I think he was specifically saying nobody is playing WOL anymore.
Arghmyliver
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1077 Posts
March 20 2013 22:45 GMT
#25
I think not - because eventually you will get these really strange WoL specialists and it'll be kinda awesome.
Now witness their attempts to fly from tree to tree. Notice they do not so much fly as plummet.
Pisko.
Profile Joined August 2011
United States214 Posts
March 20 2013 22:48 GMT
#26
It's just a shiny square, who cares. Not everyone bought HotS yet, let them enjoy WoL.
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Let it Raine
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1245 Posts
March 21 2013 11:17 GMT
#27
Most people aren't realizing that the majority of WoL gms are actually just hots mid masters.

It's heart of the swarm players wings of liberty just to spend their bonus pool to get the achievement/portrait border for free. No one is elite, or a top player lol.

The few people I played all said "yeah, I have hots. I'm just playing to get gm since its so easy lol":

I don't know, it just feels goofy and cheapens the coolness of being GM imo.
Grandmaster Zerg x14. Diamond 1 LoL. MLG 50, Halo 3. Raine.
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
March 21 2013 11:20 GMT
#28
On March 21 2013 20:17 Let it Raine wrote:
Most people aren't realizing that the majority of WoL gms are actually just hots mid masters.

It's heart of the swarm players wings of liberty just to spend their bonus pool to get the achievement/portrait border for free. No one is elite, or a top player lol.

The few people I played all said "yeah, I have hots. I'm just playing to get gm since its so easy lol":

I don't know, it just feels goofy and cheapens the coolness of being GM imo.

And that is what we get from Blizzard introducing Achievments I guess, lil' boys fighting over sprites and gfxs.
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dextrin303
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden320 Posts
March 21 2013 11:43 GMT
#29
Just left my league and I got 5 placement matches.
Account252508
Profile Joined February 2012
3454 Posts
March 21 2013 11:48 GMT
#30
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ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
March 21 2013 11:51 GMT
#31
On March 21 2013 06:09 Iodem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2013 06:08 Cokefreak wrote:
Why would you care if it's there if it's pointless anyway?

Isn't there an achievement for getting GM?

Oh, I guess it's not pointless since there is an achievement.
gfever
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States180 Posts
March 21 2013 11:52 GMT
#32
I think they should instead just change the icons to match the game they are playing and add a number to say which year and which season it was. For example, for WoL, the icons would look terran like while HOTS, zerg like so we can depict when they got it.
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/gamfvr, My Terran Guide: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=297764
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
March 21 2013 11:58 GMT
#33
On March 21 2013 20:52 gfever wrote:
I think they should instead just change the icons to match the game they are playing and add a number to say which year and which season it was. For example, for WoL, the icons would look terran like while HOTS, zerg like so we can depict when they got it.

I don't want anything Zerg-like associated to me. :p
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
March 21 2013 12:10 GMT
#34
Different GM Symbols for each expansion would be cool, like the idea. Gotta get them all to be the top dog !
StrinterN
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark531 Posts
March 21 2013 12:20 GMT
#35
Remove it or don't.. nobody cares >_<
Twitter: @Strintern Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/strintern
ffadicted
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3545 Posts
March 21 2013 15:16 GMT
#36
WoL ladder is obsolete in general. Nothing about it counts anymore tbh, it's just there for people who havn't bought HotS yet or won't for whatever reason they feel like.
SooYoung-Noona!
DavoS
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States4605 Posts
March 21 2013 15:33 GMT
#37
Meh.
It's not like a team will get tricked into signing a WoL GM or anything like that. Unless something happens that directly hurts the reputation of the game or the pro scene, leave it be
"KDA is actually the most useless stat in the game" Aui_2000
Qntc.YuMe
Profile Joined January 2011
United States792 Posts
March 21 2013 15:37 GMT
#38
GM spots in woL are not even completely filled yet since there are so little people in woL now. Honestly the GM for woL should be restricted to like 100 people to at least balance it out
Mortal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
2943 Posts
March 21 2013 15:42 GMT
#39
It'll be like achievement date checking in WoW. You may have gotten it, but no one will care once they realize you got it after it mattered.
The universe created an audience for itself.
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
March 21 2013 15:48 GMT
#40
I think it should stay, we need a running track record for those that wish to remain competitive in WoL
FlashDave.999 aka Star
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