| Black_Sheep United States. May 17 2012 05:01. Posts 13 | Profile # |
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now. |
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| Jackbo Korea (South). May 17 2012 05:27. Posts 102 | Profile # |
On May 17 2012 05:01 Black_Sheep wrote:
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now.
Sometimes it just takes time for it to move you up. Are you playing lots of games, or only a few? I'd also recommend getting SC2gears, then you can find out what your real win percentage is. Could be that you've had a good winning streak so it seems like you have a good percentage, but in reality, you're still at 50/50. |
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| Black_Sheep United States. May 17 2012 05:37. Posts 13 | Profile # |
On May 17 2012 05:27 Jackbo wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 17 2012 05:01 Black_Sheep wrote:
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now.
Sometimes it just takes time for it to move you up. Are you playing lots of games, or only a few? I'd also recommend getting SC2gears, then you can find out what your real win percentage is. Could be that you've had a good winning streak so it seems like you have a good percentage, but in reality, you're still at 50/50.
i play what i would consider quite a bit. the last 2 weeks or so i'd say about 7-12 games a day. Prior to reading up and watching these streams i'm pretty sure i was at around 50%. But this last 2 weeks ive been winning a LOT. today im 7-2 went against 2 bronze and 5 silver for wins and lost against 2 gold.Last edit: 2012-05-17 05:38:00 |
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| NVRLand Sweden. May 17 2012 15:20. Posts 181 | Profile # |
| I can only speak for myself but for the last... 3 weeks of season 6 I was rank 1 silver beating mid - high gold pretty much all the time. Takes a lot to be promoted (I wasn't promoted at all that season, got promoted at my placement match in season 7 tho) |
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| CyDe United States. May 17 2012 20:58. Posts 999 | Profile Blog # |
| You know, guys, I was just thinking about it... wouldn't it be so sweet to see some kind of snake like creature for Zerg? Like a basilisk (look the name already fits!)? The only really worm like creatures that Zerg has is (obviously) the Nydus Worm, the corrupters (or more like their tails). and Hydralisks, to a point. But I want something that is like a snake, that slithers around and attacks shit with its head. Would make looking at a Zerg army so much cooler, because right now it's just a skittering of legs. |
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| Mobius_1 United Kingdom. May 17 2012 21:53. Posts 2719 | Profile Blog # |
On May 17 2012 20:58 CyDe wrote:
You know, guys, I was just thinking about it... wouldn't it be so sweet to see some kind of snake like creature for Zerg? Like a basilisk (look the name already fits!)? The only really worm like creatures that Zerg has is (obviously) the Nydus Worm, the corrupters (or more like their tails). and Hydralisks, to a point. But I want something that is like a snake, that slithers around and attacks shit with its head. Would make looking at a Zerg army so much cooler, because right now it's just a skittering of legs.
Defilers are kinda snake-like, although they don't really attack.
Would be very suitable for their racial aesthetic, but snakes creep me out lol. |
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| Ktk Korea (South). May 17 2012 21:57. Posts 708 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Lemonayd United States. May 18 2012 15:51. Posts 631 | Profile Blog # |
I'm so sick of not being promoted into Masters, what is with getting a damn promotion :/ I have a positive win rate against masters, i even play top 16 masters and win. My friend and I are becoming so discouraged from playing because we feel its impossible to get there. Our even match is top fifty masters and we have both played ~200 games this season. Unlike other leagues where being placed up to top 16 in the higher league isn't much harder, this is fucking masters :/
I just want my fucking reward T_T |
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| McFeser United States. May 18 2012 16:03. Posts 2451 | Profile # |
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| -Celestial- United Kingdom. May 18 2012 18:02. Posts 789 | Profile # |
On May 17 2012 05:01 Black_Sheep wrote:
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now.
I've never been promoted mid-season. I've only ever gone into a new league at the start of a new season. No idea why but sometimes it just goes that way. Guess it's a bit temperamental.
At the very least if you're winning that much you should end up being placed higher next season. |
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| trueblue_swe Sweden. May 18 2012 23:34. Posts 23 | Profile # |
| Guys, anyone else having major login problems on EU-server? Cant login last 30 mins. Battle.net seems down etc. |
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| StratWaffle United States. May 19 2012 13:50. Posts 28 | Profile # |
I am often asked what is starcraft if I do mention it to someone.
I thought to myself, well I bet that someone has made a clever and informative video regarding starcraft similar to the videos done by all your history belong to us on the machinima channel.
However, I cannot seem to find such a video, does anyone know where I can find such a video to educate others?
Note: I used search before posting, didn't see anything. |
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| -Celestial- United Kingdom. May 19 2012 21:26. Posts 789 | Profile # |
I think there's a print-out sheet someone did around here with the basic concepts of starcraft on it. Someone made them up to hand out at an event or something.
Maybe someone has it to hand? I didn't save it... |
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| Gahlo United States. May 20 2012 21:02. Posts 1935 | Profile # |
I love both Starcrafts as esports, but due to the timing of GSL and my unwilling to pay to watch replays of it, I had to stop paying attention to SC2 after the 3rd GSL. However, with the BW pros getting into SC2 and getting a new dog that wakes me up everyday at 5am I am capable to watching SC2 again.
What innovation has happened recently? I know people have started using warp prisms now, when I stopped watching they were largely considered garbage. What is the state of the metagame? Largely I'm looking for something like the "Basic Viewer's Guide to StarCraft: Brood War" in http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=337957 but for SC2 form.
Any help with this would be very much appreciated.
As an aside: I was going to make a separate thread, but felt doing so with an uninformative OP would be unhelpful, if people responding to this would prefer to do so in a new thread for people like me that's cool too! =]Last edit: 2012-05-20 21:06:21 |
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| TheSwamp United States. May 20 2012 21:13. Posts 1399 | Profile # |
| Can this thread be closed or do I have to constantly see it on my side bar because people don't know what month it is? |
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| Black_Sheep United States. May 21 2012 03:57. Posts 13 | Profile # |
On May 18 2012 18:02 Lightspeaker wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 17 2012 05:01 Black_Sheep wrote:
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now.
I've never been promoted mid-season. I've only ever gone into a new league at the start of a new season. No idea why but sometimes it just goes that way. Guess it's a bit temperamental. At the very least if you're winning that much you should end up being placed higher next season.
I did end up getting promoted, finally! currently in silver now...but im playing against plat players frequently lol so who knows.
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| FreudianTrip Switzerland. May 21 2012 22:36. Posts 1882 | Profile # |
On May 20 2012 21:02 Gahlo wrote:I love both Starcrafts as esports, but due to the timing of GSL and my unwilling to pay to watch replays of it, I had to stop paying attention to SC2 after the 3rd GSL. However, with the BW pros getting into SC2 and getting a new dog that wakes me up everyday at 5am I am capable to watching SC2 again. What innovation has happened recently? I know people have started using warp prisms now, when I stopped watching they were largely considered garbage. What is the state of the metagame? Largely I'm looking for something like the "Basic Viewer's Guide to StarCraft: Brood War" in http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=337957 but for SC2 form. Any help with this would be very much appreciated. As an aside: I was going to make a separate thread, but felt doing so with an uninformative OP would be unhelpful, if people responding to this would prefer to do so in a new thread for people like me that's cool too! =]
Check out the [SPL] Opening Day post in the News section. It's very informative on all the match-ups to help BW fans in SC2. |
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| -Celestial- United Kingdom. May 22 2012 00:08. Posts 789 | Profile # |
On May 21 2012 03:57 Black_Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 18 2012 18:02 Lightspeaker wrote:
On May 17 2012 05:01 Black_Sheep wrote:
Howdy guys. Quick question for any of you experienced players out there. I'm a newer player and i'm sitting in the Bronze league unfortunately. I started trying to get a bit better by reading up on some strategies and watching some streams, and ive been doing quite a bit better. But i cant seem to push up into the next league and i'm not quite sure why. Ive read about the MMR system and i read that when i start consistently winning against players in the league above me, i'm about to be promoted.
Well roughly 65-75% of my games have been against silver league players in the last 2 weeks. This week ive played against several silver players in the top 8, I'm winning a LOT more then i'm losing. i'd say around 70% win 30 Loss. Today i even got matched against 2 low level gold league players. I lost both of those matches and they were considered "slightly favored"
Basically i'm wondering if there is anything else that needs doing other then playing and winning games to advance. i really feel like i should be up in the next league right now.
I've never been promoted mid-season. I've only ever gone into a new league at the start of a new season. No idea why but sometimes it just goes that way. Guess it's a bit temperamental. At the very least if you're winning that much you should end up being placed higher next season.
I did end up getting promoted, finally! currently in silver now...but im playing against plat players frequently lol so who knows.
Congrats. And that's just because the matchmaking is completely insane lately. I'm in Gold and I rarely play against a Gold player. It's all Plats and Silvers.
Hell the other day I played against a Bronze Terran who built eight rax and massed marines, then accused me of hacking because apparently you can't have four colossi with extended thermal lance off two bases at the 18 minute mark. The very next game I hit a Platinum who destroyed me. |
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| gangstertrojan8 Canada. May 22 2012 08:40. Posts 7 | Profile # |
Hi Guys,
Sorry this a stupid newb question but this website is really clustered and i have no idea where to post a thread. Where can i do that?
Thanks in advance
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| gangstertrojan8 Canada. May 22 2012 10:11. Posts 7 | Profile # |
Hi guys,
I made a thread about presents for day[9] and it got closed. Why? It wasn't innapropriate and it was in the general section, No one was raging about it they were actually answering so why would it get closed? |
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