| Vrtigo Australia. May 22 2012 08:17. Posts 28 | Profile # |
Just a question you guys might be able to help me out with to sate my curiosity.
I was wondering, on average, how many people are playing SC2 concurrently worldwide? Or if that is too difficult a question, how many minimum and maximum players are logged onto SC2 in any given week at a point in time across all servers?
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| IMABUNNEH United Kingdom. May 22 2012 08:20. Posts 881 | Profile # |
| I know I don't play anymore. I watch a lot, I pay for PPV based SC2 stuff etc. I just prefer playing other games. So you can count 1 person out of a few billion who doesn't! :D |
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| larse May 22 2012 11:45. Posts 1090 | Profile Blog # |
| I am guessing fewer than 1 million. |
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| julianto May 22 2012 11:47. Posts 1990 | Profile # |
| Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league. |
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| scudst0rm Canada. May 22 2012 11:50. Posts 879 | Profile # | |
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| IIMARCII Canada. May 22 2012 11:56. Posts 30 | Profile # |
Apparently, there are about 600k people who are placed in 1v1 this season (SOURCE), there are about 250k people who played in the past week (SOURCE).
I'm not sure about the total with the team games and with the custom games unfortunately. |
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| InfernoStarcraft Australia. May 22 2012 12:00. Posts 132 | Profile # |
I know I don't play any more. I appreciate the game, I think of it as a 'good' game, which is why I still tune into streams and tourneys etc. but to me it is not a fun game to play.
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| Marti May 22 2012 12:09. Posts 543 | Profile # |
On May 22 2012 11:56 IIMARCII wrote:Apparently, there are about 600k people who are placed in 1v1 this season ( SOURCE), there are about 250k people who played in the past week ( SOURCE). I'm not sure about the total with the team games and with the custom games unfortunately.
Are those numbers good ? I mean, i remember sc2ranks had some kind of trouble at some point, it would have like 90 % random players in gm plus 100% in the other three races .. |
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| HeeroFX United States. May 22 2012 12:12. Posts 1951 | Profile Blog # |
| I am sure the numbers have gone down over time, i'd imagine that hots will bring people back into sc 2 land. For myself I haven't really played much after getting demoted from diamond. I think I just lost motivation to play it. And I have been enjoying mass effect 2 (finally got it on my ps3) since the semester is over I have time to play some console games. |
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| PeggyHill May 22 2012 12:18. Posts 1465 | Profile # |
On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
This is hilarious.
Not any chance ur just bad eh? |
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| theBALLS Singapore. May 22 2012 12:19. Posts 2126 | Profile Blog # |
On May 22 2012 12:18 PeggyHill wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
This is hilarious. Not any chance ur just bad eh?
Don't be silly, of course not |
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| nkr Sweden. May 22 2012 12:21. Posts 2961 | Profile Blog # |
Casual players keep dropping off and will continue to do so, as they go to other casual games or play teamgames. We will be left with only those who enjoy the competitiveness of 1v1.
People who use this as some measurement of where sc2 is heading should rather look at the change of viewers for live events. That's a much more interesting statistic. |
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| Buff345 United States. May 22 2012 12:27. Posts 311 | Profile # |
On May 22 2012 12:21 nkr wrote:
Casual players keep dropping off and will continue to do so, as they go to other casual games or play teamgames. We will be left with only those who enjoy the competitiveness of 1v1.
People who use this as some measurement of where sc2 is heading should rather look at the change of viewers for live events. That's a much more interesting statistic.
Has it been changing? I know I personally don't play anymore, but I still love to watch. |
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| Forikorder May 22 2012 12:28. Posts 5274 | Profile # |
On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
that would be the effect of a large ladder pool not a small one |
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| DYEAlabaster Canada. May 22 2012 12:30. Posts 993 | Profile Blog # |
On May 22 2012 12:27 Buff345 wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 22 2012 12:21 nkr wrote:
Casual players keep dropping off and will continue to do so, as they go to other casual games or play teamgames. We will be left with only those who enjoy the competitiveness of 1v1.
People who use this as some measurement of where sc2 is heading should rather look at the change of viewers for live events. That's a much more interesting statistic.
Has it been changing? I know I personally don't play anymore, but I still love to watch.
Basedon Recent tournaments, it seems to have been growing, though I'm basing this mostly on IPL4 vs MLG Winter vs MLG Providence, etc. |
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| GGQ Canada. May 22 2012 12:32. Posts 2470 | Profile Blog # |
On May 22 2012 12:28 Forikorder wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
that would be the effect of a large ladder pool not a small one
Only if those additional players were more skilled than him. The truth is the opposite; most of the players who quit playing are or were less interested/invested in Starcraft, and so mostly in the lower leagues like bronze and silver. As players disappear from bronze and silver, players from gold and plat get demoted to balance out the ranks. |
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 CursOr United States. May 22 2012 12:35. Posts 5524 | Profile Blog # |
| I was Diamond when it was Masters in Beta, Masters in season 1, Diamond for most seasons, and last 2 seasons I have been Platinum. Funny thing is, honestly, I think I have been improving. Relative to my own gameplay, I am most certainly a lot better than I was 6 months ago. But, relative to the people laddering, I'm obviously falling behind. The real baddies don't play anymore, and a ton of casuals just don't bother ladering anymore. Last edit: 2012-05-22 12:35:32 |
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| GinDo May 22 2012 12:38. Posts 2944 | Profile Blog # |
On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
I took a couple months off from playing SC2. Mostly because of school. I also started playing more casual games such as NFS World and SSF4 AE with friends online(I'm the only one out of my friends that still plays sc2).
As a result I went from Masters to Gold. T_T. God I suck now. And I really don't have the motivation to get back into the swing of things before HOTS. |
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| ninjamyst United States. May 22 2012 12:40. Posts 1617 | Profile # |
| I don't play much anymore because it's just not fun to deal with cheese 50% of the time. You can argue that I should learn to defend against cheese better, but with so many other games to play, why should i? Canon rushing takes the fun away from the game. Great if you like to deal with it, I moved on. Still watch alot because it's interesting to watch high level plays and follow players. |
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| Forikorder May 22 2012 12:42. Posts 5274 | Profile # |
On May 22 2012 12:32 GGQ wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 22 2012 12:28 Forikorder wrote:
On May 22 2012 11:47 julianto wrote:
Because of the small ladder pool, I've noticed several players that were previously platinum level such as myself are now in silver league.
that would be the effect of a large ladder pool not a small one
Only if those additional players were more skilled than him. The truth is the opposite; most of the players who quit playing are or were less interested/invested in Starcraft, and so mostly in the lower leagues like bronze and silver. As players disappear from bronze and silver, players from gold and plat get demoted to balance out the ranks.
the system doesnt try to have a set amount or percentage of people per league, unless everyone in gold league left he wouldnt get demoted to fill in gold league |
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