SCLegacy SC2Ranks Division Discussion

[Twilice]

How can thumber have 70% wins and only 1500 points?

[spychi]

Yes! finally I beat Sahara by points!

[SaharaDrac]

Yes! finally I beat Sahara by points!

Mine needs to update! =p

[Skyze]

hmm.. So ive been playing random lately, and quitting any game I get protoss just to lower my MMR abit so im not favored every game.. Still "even" vs most 2500 I play, but its getting lower and managable to actually gain points now.. im sure if I go back to protoss now, I can get to 2000 within 10-15 wins. Its nice getting more than 8 pts a win.

Although if its true the ladder is gonna reset soon and start a new season for the "grand master" league.. Im tempted to do what other people are doing and losing to bronze in order to get lots of wins faster and get achievement points/icons faster.. Its just insanely lame =[ hmmm.. wonder if I should do it..

wish blizzard would speak up on it abit more, if the grandmaster league is gonna be continued from this ladder season, or if they are starting a whole new season where everyone starts at 0-0 and grandmaster will start then..

[GRUNT]

Im tempted to do what other people are doing and losing to bronze in order to get lots of wins faster and get achievement points/icons faster.. Its just insanely lame =[ hmmm.. wonder if I should do it..

It's what I'm doing .

The SC2 team should really have talked to the D3 guys before implementing this particular portrait reward system . The whole reason why the D3 guys are trying to make D3's endgame more diverse than endless boss runs is because they know that players will almost always take the shortest route to get rewards, even if it's not necessarily the most fun .

It's kinda funny down here in Bronze because you actually bump into quite a few people who are also just cheesing for portraits ^^.

I feel pretty bad/lame sometimes, but I try to be apologetic about it if they seem like nice guys .

[Skyze]

yea, im not sure im gonna be that lame and go straight to bronze yet.. What im doing right now is pretty fair I guess, I random and quit every protoss game and then just play Z/T vs 2000+ diamond players, so its still somewhat fair. Actually lose a lot with zerg, but I win more than i lose with terran, so it balances out.

[Todie]

... guuyyyss.. you are better than his... its only noobstamps afterall..??

it will be cool to get some new devals in a few years, and it kind of sucks that i have to wait that long. but abisng lower leagued palyers to get it? hell no.

whenever i see someone with a big icon or decal i will wonder how they got it, and if im curious enough ill check tehir previous season stats to find out if they are lowly abusers like Grunt.. if it turns out they are thats one big reason to be unfriendly (if tis someone i met on ladder, espeically if i lost and im pissed about that..)

Im tempted to do what other people are doing and losing to bronze in order to get lots of wins faster and get achievement points/icons faster.. Its just insanely lame =[ hmmm.. wonder if I should do it..

i must quote Thyrael on this one.

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NO! DONT DO IT!


... In all seriousness, Blizzard has stated within long blizzcon interviews, that MRR will carry over to new seasons.. so you might already be banished from any chance at master league for playing a weak race and losing games on purpose. if you do lose to bronze, its even less likely that you get in.

.. actually, if this kind of abuse is that widespread, i wouldn't be surprised if blizzard took action come reset. they wouldn't ban anyone over it, but maybe strip all the achievements and portraits etc, for those that obviously lost from diamond to bronze.

this is like wc3 smurfing all over again, only, its wese, becasue you all know the system was buil specifically to prevent it.

[GRUNT]

whenever i see someone with a big icon or decal i will wonder how they got it, and if im curious enough ill check tehir previous season stats to find out if they are lowly abusers like Grunt.. if it turns out they are thats one big reason to be unfriendly (if tis someone i met on ladder, espeically if i lost and im pissed about that..)

Wise words, Todie! I know I'm being kind of a jerk...THIS I FREELY ADMIT! I'm not doing this for the sake of showing off, though . If I was, there'd be no point in cheesing Bronze, because like you, the first thing everyone does is check that person's stats to see how it is they got such fancy rewards. I'm doing it for the same reason some people grind games vs the computer - just for the sake of achievements.

I don't know if I'm going to grind co-op vs the ai games, but portraits are a more 'useful' reward to get than the increase to your achievement score and icon that you get for the co-op vs the ai stuff.

Perhaps you should listen to Todie, Skyze - once you get started, you may be tempted to keep at it for a while . I'm not super-competitive, so I don't care much about getting into a league above Diamond, but you seem like quite a competitive fellow, so you may want to keep your MMR going into the next season.

[Skyze]

yea ill probably just continue what im doing now; randoming and leaving every protoss game, so I can lower my MMR while still playing Z/T in the +2000 diamond level.. I just suck too much with zerg to win consistently here lol probably like 10-20 with zerg since

my goal is to get 50 wins in random/terran/zerg then probably go back to protoss and try to climb again.. of course by that time im sure the ladder will be reset (I work fulltime now, dont get much chances to play)

[GGsmung]

yeah I´m starting to hate TvZ now it's so much harder as zerg but my PvZ is getting to be 100 %

And I agree with Todie

Although if its true the ladder is gonna reset soon and start a new season for the "grand master" league.. Im tempted to do what other people are doing and losing to bronze in order to get lots of wins faster and get achievement points/icons faster.. Its just insanely lame =[ hmmm.. wonder if I should do it..

Don't do that ,(not saying you will :P) the point of the game is not to be higly ranked, rather just enjoy the game and play well. IMO the ladder should be a reward for playing well not just something you can show to other people and brag about (though I agree that's fun sometimes )