Can I reset my leauge rank? I'm sick of bronze.

DontDropPlz

15 Posts

December 15 2015 15:43 GMT

So,

I am in Bronze. 1v1.

I beat about 4 silver players just now with ease - ranked.

Still bronze... says I'm rank 2, it's been on 'rank 2 ' for a month now. wtf.

Anyways, I played some guy today who clearly was pro - but he was still doing his 5 game placements.

Is there a way I can re-do my 5 game placements?

Desperate to get out of bronze.

KalWarkov

Germany4126 Posts

December 15 2015 15:45 GMT

if you leave league, you will end up in bronze again. just be patient and paly more games, you will get up to silever again.

Archiatrus

Germany64 Posts

December 15 2015 15:49 GMT

Only if you play one complete season no 1v1. Then your MMR is reset. You could leave league but I had somewhat the impression that this does not change anything besides putting you in another division same league. But have you already played 25 games? Before this the system is still in calibration phase and hesitant to promote you. But at the same time your MMR adjusts faster. The first win after the 25th game is pretty reliable to give you a promotion (if you deserve it).

Laserist

Turkey4269 Posts

December 15 2015 15:50 GMT

Playing better(win more or having more %wr) rewards very quickly in SC2. Beating silver players doesn't mean that you should be silver instantly rather it means, those players are at the bottom of their bracket and you are at the top. This also means if you continue to win more, you'll rank up eventually.

Anvil666

Germany122 Posts

December 15 2015 15:51 GMT

Don't worry about your league. Just keep improving your play one by one. Focus on your macro, micro, hotkeys, camera keys, apm, or whatever. You'll improve and eventually get out of bronze. Good luck!

insitelol

845 Posts

December 15 2015 15:52 GMT

One of those threads... never give up man!

sabas123

Netherlands3122 Posts

December 15 2015 15:56 GMT

4 games is nothing lol, if your confident in your play just keep on playing, youll get there eventually.

also remember that your opponents are determined by mmr not league.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

December 15 2015 15:57 GMT

You can buy a new copy of SC2 and that will give you a new account which, I can almost promise that to you, will end up in bronze anyway. The system is quite good in putting people where they belong. If you want a shiny icon in your profile, you have to work on actually improving your play, not gambling the system.

Riner1212

United States337 Posts

December 15 2015 15:58 GMT

if your able to beat silver players like top ones. once you get promoted to silver you will top silver. once you get there and you play silver players you do well. you start playing gold then top told, youll get promoted to top gold. thats how it normally works. just keep playing dude. take the losses for what they are at the end of the day your not a pro. just a game for shits and giggles.

Kerm

France467 Posts

December 15 2015 16:03 GMT

#10

The MMR system is not flawed. I went from Bronze to Gold in around 30 games, so just keep playing and focus on macro, the rest will eventually come.

shid0x

Korea (South)5014 Posts

December 15 2015 16:04 GMT

#11

The fact that you face silver player has a bronze does not mean that they have a better MMR than you ( actually those a probably low silver, and low silver has lower MMR than high bronze ) .
I remember facing Maters player while i was in diam because my MMR was high but i did not yet got promoted.

You're in the right way, keep playing.

DontDropPlz

15 Posts

December 15 2015 16:08 GMT

#12

On December 16 2015 01:03 Kerm wrote:
The MMR system is not flawed. I went from Bronze to Gold in around 30 games, so just keep playing and focus on macro, the rest will eventually come.

Damn. Impressive. I'll keep on fighting then. Thanks.

Thanks guys. I'll keep on playing.

Also - I am rank 2 - does that mean I am close to silveR?

Bounty

Germany35 Posts

December 15 2015 16:15 GMT

#13

On December 16 2015 01:08 DontDropPlz wrote:
Damn. Impressive. I'll keep on fighting then. Thanks.

Thanks guys. I'll keep on playing.

Also - I am rank 2 - does that mean I am close to silveR?

There is no direct relationship between division rank and how close you are to silver, it mostly depends on how active the players in your division are. Still, if you are an active player and ranked highly, it is quite likely that you are close to promotion.

DontDropPlz

15 Posts

December 15 2015 16:17 GMT

#14

Ah , shit. Servers are down !

BobMcJohnson

France2916 Posts

December 15 2015 16:19 GMT

#15

On December 16 2015 01:08 DontDropPlz wrote:

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Damn. Impressive. I'll keep on fighting then. Thanks.

Thanks guys. I'll keep on playing.

Also - I am rank 2 - does that mean I am close to silveR?

Not necessarily.

Ranking in your division is based on your points, while promotion is based on your hidden mmr. Because bonus pool exists, the players at the top of a division are the ones who simply play enough to spend all their bonus pool, regardless of their mmr. Especially in lower leagues where there are likely more inactive players.

For example, someone with a 10-0 record will be ranked under someone who is 53-57, because the first guy will still have 300pts of bonus pool still stocked up, but he will still probably have the higher mmr and will be closer to a promotion.

Cyro

United Kingdom20279 Posts

December 15 2015 16:21 GMT

#16

Even a 60% win ratio will get you out of bronze very quickly.

66.67% is winning 2 games for every loss - you don't have to be nearly that good for your MMR to rise fast

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

December 15 2015 16:40 GMT

#17

It's probably worth mentioning that there is an awesome Ladder Guide on TL, where a lot of misconceptions are debunked.

DinoMight

United States3725 Posts

December 15 2015 16:46 GMT

#18

Just keep playing dude.

If you should be Silver you'll get promoted. Worrying about it seldom helps.

MyaurA

United States50 Posts

December 15 2015 18:08 GMT

#19

u need to play at least 7 games vs higher division and your percentage of those games needs to be above 50% to get promotion. To start over again u need to sit entire season without playing playing solo ranked

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2576 Posts

December 15 2015 18:21 GMT

#20

On December 16 2015 03:08 MyaurA wrote:
u need to play at least 7 games vs higher division and your percentage of those games needs to be above 50% to get promotion. To start over again u need to sit entire season without playing playing solo ranked

Where are you getting this nonsense from?

You get promoted when your MMR rises above the boundary of the next higher league. That's it. Why do people keep coming up with these complicated rituals to explain league placement when the League and Ladder guide has been pinned in this forum for four years?

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

December 15 2015 18:35 GMT

#21

You have forgotten to mention that you need to play all those 7 games blindfolded while sitting on a virgin goat

MysteryMeat1

United States3291 Posts

December 15 2015 18:44 GMT

#22

I did that with a pregnant virgin goat and made it from bronze to masters in 6 games

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

December 15 2015 19:42 GMT

#23

Did you not notice that since you obtained your master's badge by unholy means, it has a small permanently bleeding eye that is following you everywhere you go? Not only in-game, but everywhere. Even now.

Even now.

Naracs_Duc

746 Posts

December 15 2015 20:50 GMT

#24

On December 16 2015 03:35 opisska wrote:

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You have forgotten to mention that you need to play all those 7 games blindfolded while sitting on a virgin goat

I can tell you for a fact that the goat doesn't have to be virgin. I made damn well sure.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

December 15 2015 21:07 GMT

#25

It's wonderful how quickly a SC2-related discussion lead one to googling whether a goat has a hymen. Which seem to be one of the most profound questions to which google fails to provide an answer.

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

December 15 2015 22:13 GMT

#26

Blizzards placement is incredibly good, I think it even compensates for your matchup %'s.
I swapped to terran this season and my tvz winrate is abysmal (it was at %14 last time I checked) so I always get placed vs bronze and silver zergs, but all my other matchups are vs other gold players in my league.

Like everyone said, just play more, 4 games is nothing, go play 50.

52 Posts

December 15 2015 22:24 GMT

#27

Still bronze... says I'm rank 2, it's been on 'rank 2 ' for a month now. wtf.

It's called the "bronze rank 2 bug". It's not even possible to reach rank 1 of your division.

Cyro

United Kingdom20279 Posts

December 15 2015 22:30 GMT

#28

Didn't used to, i sat at ~30/70 PvT, 70/30 PvZ for hundreds of games at the end of WOL

TheDougler

Canada8302 Posts

December 15 2015 23:18 GMT

#29

I went silver to plat in about 40ish games (working my way up plat again currently). Just keep playing, you got this

TheDougler

Canada8302 Posts

December 15 2015 23:22 GMT

#30

On December 16 2015 03:35 opisska wrote:

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You have forgotten to mention that you need to play all those 7 games blindfolded while sitting on a virgin goat

Dude how did you forget the most important part!? Granted, spinal fluid of a mule deer is hard to come by. But, I feel you can't mention the virgin goat WITHOUT mentioning the spinal fluid. Further, you don't need to be blindfolded until AFTER the talons have been bound. Hah, otherwise that's just a big mess waiting to happen. Lot of good starcraft players end up minus their index fingers due to that one. Definitely a rookie move.

ZinSinger

United Kingdom14 Posts

December 15 2015 23:48 GMT

#31

It doesn't really matter where you got placed, I got placed in bronze but I knew I was a better player than that, 5 days later, I get promoted to diamond. The system is pretty good at judging where you should be just focus on improving rather then "who" you beat. Maybe the silver players you beat had horrible MMR who knows. Practice/Improving will gain you results.
Gl Bud