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What league are you in?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭#Daniel


    Started in bronze, have made my way up to gold now, sitting at 15th - 10th in the league.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Funny one today

    Was going grand in gold with a 4 win streak, after finishing the fourth I heard something come on screen but wasnt looking, thought it was an achievement.

    After my following game which was so easy, I looked to see I'd being demoted to silver.

    I was top 30 in my gold league doing well, then got relegated? Found it very strange.

    Hopefully will get promoted back up soon. Oddly enough I figured myself a bronze or silver standard, but I'm tearing through things in front of me at this tage, so maybe gold is were I belong.

    Even stranger is my 3v3 teams, we win our first 5 placements then go into bronze, win another five and dont seem to move up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 SirJolt


    Silver 1v1
    Gold 2v2
    Gold 3v3
    Unranked 4v4 :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    1v1 Bronze

    Everytime I play I discover a new way to lose withing the first 5 minutes :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭seraphimvc


    Wicknight wrote: »
    1v1 Bronze

    Everytime I play I discover a new way to lose withing the first 5 minutes :pac:
    lol reaper rush, cannon rush, 6 pool-ed in a row??


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭Dante


    A few weeks on, I am now:
    1v1 Platinum
    2v2 Diamond
    3v3 Diamond
    4v4 Diamond

    fun fun...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 954 ✭✭✭BluE-WinG


    Got promoted..

    1v1 Diamond
    2v2 Platinum


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 SirJolt


    Just got promoted to 1v1 Gold. I am a happy man, and the game that got me there was an excellent one. I love those games where you have to take time at the end to say, "well played man, great stuff" :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    I'm still on my practice matches! Took my time with the campaign.

    @TheDoc: How does the ranking system work then? I don't understand how you can get demoted from gold to silver if you won?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I played my placement matches and got into Gold which I'm finding tough.

    Lucutus and I have been playing 2v2 a bit and we got butt-munched in placement by some ninjas and ended up in Bronze which we have consumed whole, like some amuse-bouche :) We went from 93rd to 6th in few games :)

    DeV.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Dustaz


    silvine wrote: »
    I'm still on my practice matches! Took my time with the campaign.

    @TheDoc: How does the ranking system work then? I don't understand how you can get demoted from gold to silver if you won?


    Your movement through leagues and your matchups with oppononts is based on a hidden rating, its not based on the visible points that you see. I have no idea when the game looks at it and decides to promote and demote you though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Dustaz wrote: »
    Your movement through leagues and your matchups with oppononts is based on a hidden rating, its not based on the visible points that you see. I have no idea when the game looks at it and decides to promote and demote you though.

    As of last night I was ranked 3rd in Silver. I'm a bit annoyed. I know for a fact I won't get better till I start playing better players, at the moment I'm rolling people in Silver. Not being big headed, but I have definitely underestimated hoq quickly I could learn this game and get solid at it.

    I think my last 15 1v1 matches has about 3-4 losses in it.

    I'm not very much interested in my stats per say, I just want to become a better player and to do that I need to go up in leagues. However if they want to keep me silver I'd say I could have great fun jossling for the top5 spots every week.

    Its also a little proud achievement for me to be up there, regardless of your league or standard, its always nice to be top5 or top10 in anything.

    Bar being in the Top10 pedophiles of a football team


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭seraphimvc


    i am up and down between 10 -20 in my silver :pac: i rarely play 1v1 (max 3 games a day) is a reason and the other reason is that i get random player from bronze-diamond lol. is abit confusing to me caused' i am not sure if i can macro up early or expect early all-in push(low league). what they usually do it give me a bronze/silver opponent matchup and if i win i will get a gold or above. trying to keep me at 50% win rate i think.

    so Doc in your case maybe you are just the unlucky one that the system didnt find you some gold or above opponent :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Currently first in my league

    x2_2b4fcae

    Doing well, from 20 games in the last 24 hours I've lost like 5, hoping to keep it up and build a point lead .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    TheDoc wrote: »
    Currently first in my league

    x2_2b4fcae

    Doing well, from 20 games in the last 24 hours I've lost like 5, hoping to keep it up and build a point lead .


    god damn it.

    I was about to come in and say i'm at the top of my league in silver division and have been trying to gnaw my way into gold or platinum.

    Its getting so bad that I get 7-8 points per game at the moment :(

    yeah my sig says i'm 4th but it seems out of date. http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/486486/1/DeKrieg/ladder/3036#current-rank

    really annoying that I am on a 7 win streak and there has been no hint of being pushed anywhere...even when at least 3 of those wins were against gold standard players.

    Maybe its because my 2v2/3v3/4v4 is so bad :(

    edit:
    though we could make a good 2v2 team if we are around the same standard...nudge nudge


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭B0X


    BlitzKrieg wrote: »

    really annoying that I am on a 7 win streak and there has been no hint of being pushed anywhere...even when at least 3 of those wins were against gold standard players.

    If it's consistantly putting you against gold level players that means the system is working out if you are suited to the higher leagues. It all boils down to having a good W/L ratio at the end of the day.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    B0X wrote: »
    If it's consistantly putting you against gold level players that means the system is working out if you are suited to the higher leagues. It all boils down to having a good W/L ratio at the end of the day.

    bugger anyway, im being placed against lots of gold/silver players since I got promoted to plat. havent seen a sniff of diamond


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭NeoSlicerZ


    You played me! I guess I'm just chopped liver.

    *weeps*


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    you certainly think highly of yourself!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    god damn it.

    I was about to come in and say i'm at the top of my league in silver division and have been trying to gnaw my way into gold or platinum.

    Its getting so bad that I get 7-8 points per game at the moment :(

    yeah my sig says i'm 4th but it seems out of date. http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/486486/1/DeKrieg/ladder/3036#current-rank

    really annoying that I am on a 7 win streak and there has been no hint of being pushed anywhere...even when at least 3 of those wins were against gold standard players.

    Maybe its because my 2v2/3v3/4v4 is so bad :(

    edit:
    though we could make a good 2v2 team if we are around the same standard...nudge nudge

    I have you on my friend list, you just fob me off when I ask :P

    I don't seem to do great with two Terran but more then willing to give it a good run :)

    It is very much about who you play against. I'm playing alot of people more favoured or even to me according to the system but I'm still getting alot of wins, loosing occasionally to stupid **** on my part.

    But again no sign of promotion, although I'm still getting 25-30 points for a win, and building a substantial lead the the top.

    Kinda want to stay there for a while, I'm not sure I'm ready enough to go gold, I need more time to train up macro control, and having a number 1 rank in anything is awesome!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭neil_


    As far as I know, if you keep winning it'll just keep matching you up against better and better people without promoting you. When it gets the stage where you have a roughly even win ratio over the last few games it'll promote you to whatever league the people you're playing against then are in.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    how the hell can i get demoted??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭neil_


    how the hell can i get demoted??

    By having a roughly even win ratio against people in a lower league, same as promotion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Just got promoted there to Gold, ranked 6th, well chuffed.

    Hopefully can keep up the good form

    * I see its a new gold league, so it will be up and down for a while*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,358 ✭✭✭seraphimvc


    woot!played a few 1v1 just now and get promoted :P looks like my games against some gold/plat finally paid off now, so my theory was indeed right!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    Oh come on!!!


    motherf*ckers!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭BKtje


    I'm same as you blitz. Top of my silver div for over a week and have wins vs gold and plat and still nothing. My bonus pool is building up and I really feel like the system has forgotten about me :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 954 ✭✭✭BluE-WinG


    BKtje wrote: »
    I'm same as you blitz. Top of my silver div for over a week and have wins vs gold and plat and still nothing. My bonus pool is building up and I really feel like the system has forgotten about me :p

    Lol thought you were posting to tell us you finally got promoted to gold.. thats insane, will they ever promote ya??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭BKtje


    This morning alone ive beaten a load of gold a diamond(tho he did discon :p) and lost to a plat and silver. I'm over 200 points more than 2nd in my division.

    I feel like the boy that blizz forgot :p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭BKtje


    Guess all my whining paid off :p

    Just got promoted to gold (finally) :)


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