Yeah this is a good change, and I'm very against the size increase of masters. If I need to learn a new build and unranked just isn't cutting it, now I have some time to play with before getting demoted.

Gaizokubanou

United States61 Posts

June 04 2013 03:21 GMT

#183

If this change can get more people to play on ladder (by removing the fear of demotion) throughout the whole season then I see this as a good thing.

Gorribal

Canada186 Posts

June 04 2013 03:21 GMT

#184

So this makes it that much harder for people to qualify for Challenger Leagues as those require masters but you can't just play and be promoted there, you need to get enough points in the previous season, and since no one gets demoted and rank doesn't indicate skill, who knows exactly how much you need to play to get promoted/into masters. Absolutely terrible.

Aeis

Canada9 Posts

June 04 2013 03:23 GMT

#185

I think the 'leave league' is there for players who would like to drop a league for whatever reason, assuming that their MMR has tanked.

RogerX

New Zealand3180 Posts

June 04 2013 03:23 GMT

#186

If my friend still played, he would've been overjoyed due to his consistent league-fluctuations xD

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

June 04 2013 03:27 GMT

#187

On June 04 2013 12:23 RogerX wrote:
If my friend still played, he would've been overjoyed due to his consistent league-fluctuations xD

You realise this also means a lot less people get promoted. So if hes in the league below, chances are he won't be moving up for a long time.

XDEKSDEEXD

622 Posts

June 04 2013 03:32 GMT

#188

This is good i think, people will feel bad if they get demoted, and this will solve that

quickml

United States17 Posts

June 04 2013 03:41 GMT

#189

Weaksauce #bringingitback

THELEHGOTERRAN

United States1837 Posts

June 04 2013 03:42 GMT

#190

aww chyeah breaking out all kinds of stupid builds

arkedos

Germany1426 Posts

June 04 2013 03:57 GMT

#191

On June 04 2013 07:08 aksfjh wrote:

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Better than what's happening now, where people get to some goal league and just stop playing out of fear of demotion.

And in addition to this, this prevents people from abusing the ladder to bash noobs and stuff.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

June 04 2013 03:59 GMT

#192

On June 04 2013 12:57 arkedos wrote:

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And in addition to this, this prevents people from abusing the ladder to bash noobs and stuff.

Huh, they can actually still bash them :D
League is frozen, not MMR.

asdfOu

United States2089 Posts

June 04 2013 04:05 GMT

#193

I AINT DIGGIN IT

Falling

Canada11450 Posts

June 04 2013 04:06 GMT

#194

meh. They don't show your global rank on most levels anyways. This isn't going to change much that hasn't already been obscured.

Although, I could get behind sluggaslamoo's idea.

zhurai

United States5660 Posts

June 04 2013 04:08 GMT

#195

Question: I’ve been losing quite a bit on the ladder lately. Why am I not being demoted?

Answer: To keep play at each skill level on the ladder competitive, we no longer demote players in the middle of a season. (Exception: Demotions down from Grand Master league are applied in cases of high bonus pool (inactivity).) Unless you're an inactive Grand Master, you can only be placed into a lower league when you play your initial placement match(es) in a new season, or by leaving the league.

....so um

how does that make the ladder more competitive by taking out demotions?

:logic:

On June 04 2013 12:57 arkedos wrote:

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And in addition to this, this prevents people from abusing the ladder to bash noobs and stuff.

Um no, your mmr isn't locked by any means, it just means you don't go down in the league.

TRaFFiC

Canada1448 Posts

June 04 2013 04:12 GMT

#196

This is a horrible idea. Why does blizzard never ask the community through polls etc? With the system, your league means next to nothing. Because ladder seasons are 11 weeks, your league could potentially be information which is 11 weeks old!

This is a slap in the face to competitive gamers. We want league to mean MORE. Would be nice to have masters broken into 3 leagues as the difference between a 200 pt master and a 1400 pt master is like baking soda and cocaine.

Epic fail.

Innovation

United States284 Posts

June 04 2013 04:16 GMT

#197

You realise this also means a lot less people get promoted. So if hes in the league below, chances are he won't be moving up for a long time.

That is not true, please don't needlessly freak people out. This does not effect promotions at all. Nobody will have a harder time getting promotions after this change.

RaiZ

2813 Posts

June 04 2013 04:17 GMT

#198

Taking ladder's anxiety to a whole new level... Why are you even playing that game then ? Damn... Let's all make into master so that everyone can be happy. Oh wait... There are still points that will differenciate a newbie and a pro. Let's get rid of points aswell.
And then what ? Will there still be something that can distinguish the pro ? Guess not.
And we'll get retards to say : "yeah guys, i'm master, i'm the sh.t when it comes to starcraft 2 ! You haven't seen my most famous 6 pool rush"

Hope we won't get there though...

ETisME

12700 Posts

June 04 2013 04:21 GMT

#199

sucks imo, I know the demotion feeling sucks but if I ain't there then I should be demoted and let me know asap instead of keeping me there and demote me later