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Little-Chimp
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada949 Posts
June 04 2013 01:52 GMT
#161
On June 04 2013 09:23 VArsovskiSC wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't like this ?

In fact it's a step in the wrong direction.. League promotions and Demotions should appear more often IMO.. That way you really know when/where you/your skill really belong..

This is just worse lol..

And what's EVEN WORSE - now the Placement matches will be treated as you play in a GSL or sth.. And if you fail on any of them - then bye bye whole season.. Probably not gonna have any reason to play anymore during the rest of it.. :/


Nope, i don't like it.
I like knowing where I actually belong on the ladder
FlyingFalap
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada22 Posts
June 04 2013 01:52 GMT
#162
Why is Blizzard treating all players with kid gloves? You think we can't handle being demoted?

I think that I SUCK factor is important.
-FlyingFalap
ColtCommando
Profile Joined May 2011
United States51 Posts
June 04 2013 01:55 GMT
#163
This really doesn't matter all that much. It takes alot of lost games to actually be dropped from a league. By the time your average ladder player racks up that many loses to warrant demotion the season is probably already ending anyways.
wUndertUnge
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1125 Posts
June 04 2013 02:23 GMT
#164
On June 04 2013 10:55 ColtCommando wrote:
This really doesn't matter all that much. It takes alot of lost games to actually be dropped from a league. By the time your average ladder player racks up that many loses to warrant demotion the season is probably already ending anyways.


Yeah, wish that was the truth. At least according to the MMR plug in on Gears, I should've been in diamond a long time ago. With that said, it's weird because I demolish most diamonds and platinums. I'm probably high-d to low-m.
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fuzzylogic44
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada2633 Posts
June 04 2013 02:23 GMT
#165
This is a great idea. I was promoted to platinum last season, and didn't want to play till ladder lock so that I had that locked in for my career summary page. Not that I think anyone actually cares, it's just one of those things.
Cubu
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1171 Posts
June 04 2013 02:31 GMT
#166
how long is each season now? i thought it was the same as always.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13408 Posts
June 04 2013 02:33 GMT
#167
On June 04 2013 11:31 Cubu wrote:
how long is each season now? i thought it was the same as always.


11 weeks.
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Havik_
Profile Joined November 2011
United States5585 Posts
June 04 2013 02:33 GMT
#168
I don't know what to make of this. Can you still get promoted, but not demoted? I guess its not too bad if you can only go up mid season.
"An opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up."- William O'Malley, S.J.
deth2munkies
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4051 Posts
June 04 2013 02:33 GMT
#169
This is exactly what League of Legends started doing. You can't fall tiers no matter how much you lose, but your hidden MMR still drops.
Wrathsc2
Profile Joined March 2011
United States2025 Posts
June 04 2013 02:35 GMT
#170
this doesn't change much.
A marine walks into a bar and asks, "Wheres the counter?"
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
June 04 2013 02:38 GMT
#171
I'm happy with this.

You'll still be demoted eventually if you suck, so on that front it's not a problem. At the same time, it'll probably help a lot of people's ladder anxiety. Smart move on Blizzard's part.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
June 04 2013 02:43 GMT
#172
This is ok because the seasons are pretty short, so demotions won't take too long anyway.
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PantsB
Profile Joined January 2011
United States77 Posts
June 04 2013 02:46 GMT
#173
D:
PantsB
Profile Joined January 2011
United States77 Posts
June 04 2013 02:49 GMT
#174
I don't like since I don't think they'll do the same with promotions.
TheSwamp
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1497 Posts
June 04 2013 02:51 GMT
#175
I think this is kind of cool. It's the closest thing to an in game tournament system we'll get for a while.
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Teim
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia373 Posts
June 04 2013 02:53 GMT
#176
Not a fan. If my skill level has fallen enough that I'm no longer worthy of my status in the Diamond league, I'd like to know about it. In my case at least, the motivation to get back into Diamond would push me to play more games and get my skill back to where I think it should be.
A duck is a duck!
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9174 Posts
June 04 2013 02:57 GMT
#177
Another pointless change by Blizzard after lining up ladder seasons with wcs, I wish they'd actually focus on fixing important issues
Yhamm is the god of predictions
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
June 04 2013 03:02 GMT
#178
IMO the League system actually goes against what it was originally intended for.

What's wrong with just having MMR as a points system, much like Street Fighter or Iccup. When you lose points its not a big deal, you had a bad day, on a good day you can get all of them back and you progressively gain points over a long period of time as you improve. Its something that is very very achievable so you don't feel bad about a few lost points.

Demotion on the other hand makes you want to quit the game. The fact that many people have to play hundreds of games to get promoted, when you get demoted the feeling that you have no idea how many wins you have to get to get back to where you were is terrible.

People have to be demoted, so that other people get promoted, what a terrible system. Because of the divisions you don't really know where you stand, only that you are in this group known as X league, and if that name isn't Masters, you suck even though you sometimes play against Masters players. The league system has been designed in a way to make everyone feel like crap.
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Aggnog
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria77 Posts
June 04 2013 03:13 GMT
#179
On June 04 2013 11:57 Scarecrow wrote:
Another pointless change by Blizzard after lining up ladder seasons with wcs, I wish they'd actually focus on fixing important issues


I doubt such a change requires a lot of manpower.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9174 Posts
June 04 2013 03:18 GMT
#180
On June 04 2013 12:13 Aggnog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2013 11:57 Scarecrow wrote:
Another pointless change by Blizzard after lining up ladder seasons with wcs, I wish they'd actually focus on fixing important issues


I doubt such a change requires a lot of manpower.

Most changes don't, the point is they seem to be focused on trivialities
Yhamm is the god of predictions
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