On February 15 2012 23:11 darkscream wrote:
New season = everyone plays ladder
thread has become obsolete
New season = everyone plays ladder
thread has become obsolete
No no no, everyone plays placement matches. Then they stop playing again.
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DreamChaser
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On February 15 2012 23:11 darkscream wrote: New season = everyone plays ladder thread has become obsolete No no no, everyone plays placement matches. Then they stop playing again. | ||
Wildmoon
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On February 14 2012 21:30 Ganseng wrote: i actually stopped laddering in the end of season 3 i believe, once i have reached the master league. and then i played a couple of games for fun in the first decade of january. since then i haven't played scii whatsoever. it was getting boring with all the stale match-ups and unreasonable (in my opinion) patching policy. and the hots announcement was just beyond terrible. so... i could play starcraft again if hots looks reasonable. but judging by what we've seen, i doubt that :D some tournaments might be entertaining (if i have nothing to do ), and sometimes i just want to relax moving a bunch of marines around, but not more than that. and it's probably not worth another 50 $ (and then another 50 $ in 2 years =)) so, the number of really lasting active players will decrease, it's natural. and blizz is contributing to it imo (or it could do more to keep us interested). Match-ups are stale? You only get out what you put into it. | ||
cutler
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Cortza
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On February 15 2012 23:11 Toadvine wrote: With that said, SC2 just has too much randomness; you lose too many games with the enemy playing like shit, and also win too many games with yourself playing like shit. Also, the higher you get on the ladder, the more cheese and retarded shit you see. At least on Iccup you would pretty much get normal games past a certain point. This is what irks me the most about ladder. The level of unpredictability and lack of solidness in play. I have seldom fist-pumped due to a win because I usually feel confused or bewildered at the end of a game, regardless of the outcome. | ||
MVega
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ozeake
Finland48 Posts
On February 15 2012 22:31 kusto wrote: Show nested quote + On February 15 2012 22:28 Zanazuah wrote: On February 15 2012 22:21 kusto wrote: On February 15 2012 22:09 ozeake wrote: Personally, I don't really ladder these days because it makes me angry. Not just when I lose, mind - even when I win I get angry. If I win, I'm angry at the other person's lack of skill (since typically there will be some glaring mistake(s) they made) and if I lose, I'm angry at myself for not doing better. So, I save myself the aggravation and just don't play on the ladder. Sorry but that's not ladder-specific at all. Yes it is. He doesent get mad by team games or customs obviously. Obviously people in team games and customs also make mistakes. And so does he. Yes, but the point is that it is not the same situation. In custom games there is nothing at stake and most people don't take team games seriously. | ||
SoraLimit
Canada747 Posts
On February 16 2012 00:15 DreamChaser wrote: Show nested quote + On February 15 2012 23:11 darkscream wrote: New season = everyone plays ladder thread has become obsolete No no no, everyone plays placement matches. Then they stop playing again. It's pretty counterinituitive that people do this, since the ladder reset is suppose to show who is actually active in the game. | ||
Linwelin
Ireland7554 Posts
On February 16 2012 01:00 SoraLimit wrote: Show nested quote + On February 16 2012 00:15 DreamChaser wrote: On February 15 2012 23:11 darkscream wrote: New season = everyone plays ladder thread has become obsolete No no no, everyone plays placement matches. Then they stop playing again. It's pretty counterinituitive that people do this, since the ladder reset is suppose to show who is actually active in the game. Many many people do this | ||
StrikeNova
Canada47 Posts
Also having suddenly overcoming ladder fears somehow, I feel the urge to ladder but struggle to find time for it . | ||
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VoO
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kusto
Russian Federation823 Posts
On February 16 2012 00:54 ozeake wrote: Show nested quote + On February 15 2012 22:31 kusto wrote: On February 15 2012 22:28 Zanazuah wrote: On February 15 2012 22:21 kusto wrote: On February 15 2012 22:09 ozeake wrote: Personally, I don't really ladder these days because it makes me angry. Not just when I lose, mind - even when I win I get angry. If I win, I'm angry at the other person's lack of skill (since typically there will be some glaring mistake(s) they made) and if I lose, I'm angry at myself for not doing better. So, I save myself the aggravation and just don't play on the ladder. Sorry but that's not ladder-specific at all. Yes it is. He doesent get mad by team games or customs obviously. Obviously people in team games and customs also make mistakes. And so does he. Yes, but the point is that it is not the same situation. In custom games there is nothing at stake and most people don't take team games seriously. I will teill you what my problem is with his statement. He says that he gets mad in ladder because of the mistakes he and his opponent make. It seems that this is not entirely true, because you make mistakes if you play no matter where. The only difference between the two "play-modes" he presents is that 1. 1v1 ladder: you are alone and ladder points are at stake, also tend to identify yourself with your league and points 2. Custom games/team games (also team games ladder): you don not feel as responsible for the mistakes done by the team, thus do not identify yourself with the league of the team. In custom games, obviously you make even more mistakes if you don't take it as serious, so his argument for not playing customs would be even increased. This means that you are actually right when you say that something is at stake - it's ranking. If you don't care about your ranking, then 1v1 ladder is very much fun. | ||
Hubris
United States113 Posts
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Logan_ps
United Kingdom118 Posts
I was new to RTS (well, I played AoE but not multiplayer). I used to play Warhammer (dice based) and various other Strategy games as a teen - I only wish I'd discovered Starcraft earlier (ie 10 years ago!). I run an FPS game community. Many there play CS:S or TF2 as their main game, HoN or Dota2 as their second. They (mostly) all bought SC2, but have all stopped playing - mostly because it's such an unforgiving game. To me, that's the appeal. To them, they can have a much better laugh playing any of the team games I've mentioned. | ||
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