Let your rank mean something!

[Krikkitone]

I think a Global Ranking System is really only useful in a ProLeague... they should have that on top of the diamond league 1000 to 10,000 players with no divisions (or perhaps Diamond Players in the top 8 of their division are automatically part of the Proleague...they have global ratings.)

Since it is only the top of the diamond league that it really would matter to anyways.

[JohnUcrazy]

But if we check at the lower division, the number of player are very very higher, maybe more than a million in the bronze league. Do you want a one million person ladder? not me. But the 100 player division are pointless, there is 10 000 divisions... So for bronze to gold, i propose an implementation of 5 subdivision, e.g. bronze soldier, bronze lieutenant, bronze captain, etc. Or any other name, it don't really matter.

I believe this is the same as adding more leagues to fill in the gaps. I think I am fine with the current system, because it satisfy the casual player, which Blizzard loves to please. If they just added a "Overall Ranking" within Leagues, Locally, and/or Globally. This can satisfy everyone.

[Gt2slurp]

I believe this is the same as adding more leagues to fill in the gaps. I think I am fine with the current system, because it satisfy the casual player, which Blizzard loves to please. If they just added a "Overall Ranking" within Leagues, Locally, and/or Globally. This can satisfy everyone.

You are probably right. I was trying to be fancy ^^.

But maybe the overall rating should be active only in platinium diamond. When you are in silver you don't give a f.. about your overall rating.

[n00bonicPlague]

Really, I think they just need to have fewer divisions in the higher leagues. Fine, have your 10^5 divisions in Bronze. Just give us only 10 divisions in Diamond.

[Perfecttear]

How about 100 people per division in the bronze league, 200 people per division in silver, 300 in gold, 400 in platinium and 500 people per division for diamond league?

[n00bonicPlague]

How about 100 people per division in the bronze league, 200 people per division in silver, 300 in gold, 400 in platinium and 500 people per division for diamond league?

Actually, I'm wondering if it would be better to have a fixed number of divisions rather than a fixed number of people per division. Have a division filled to a certain point before it makes a new one, but once it reaches a certain number of divisions, start placing people back into the existing divisions.

[Norfindel]

ye, i know waht you mean. im just point out taht if you and i are both ranked #1 in our respective divisions within the same leagues, that doesnt necesarily mean alot.

#1 in your division might require a hundred more points than it does in my division - its all relative to who ends up randomized into what division.
.. now im not saying division rank is meaningless. it just cant be entierly accurate as an objective measurement of skill - to be compared between divisions.

I'm assuming that the ranking system uses the same equations, so that skill "bounds" are the same for every silver division, and that separating divisions is just for the sake of not showing the player that he's at rank 9679567969567 of the silver division, that would discourage everyone.
It would be stupid if the skill required to be in one silver division was different somehow from another silver division. That would suck balls.

Unfortunately, as Blizzard is applying the "keep garbage under the carpet" system, instead of showing everyone exactly how the system works, it's difficult to tell what's happening under the carpet.

[Kimera757]

Really, I think they just need to have fewer divisions in the higher leagues. Fine, have your 10^5 divisions in Bronze. Just give us only 10 divisions in Diamond.

There will be no divisions in the pro league. Which incidentally is a target to strive for. (That gets lost in the clouds of rage though.)

[n00bonicPlague]

There will be no divisions in the pro league. Which incidentally is a target to strive for. (That gets lost in the clouds of rage though.)

Yeah, I heard that, but they should pyramid the lower leagues up to that so it's not a big shock to people (and so the hardcore people can have their way somewhat).

[Skyze]

There will be no divisions in the pro league. Which incidentally is a target to strive for. (That gets lost in the clouds of rage though.)

Where is your proof of that?