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I shouldn't have hit Masters
 

What led me to make this post was the introduction of PDCL (Platinum Diamond Clan League). Well, there were other precipitating factors but this was the trigger I suppose.



Current Situation
I am in Masters league in 1v1, but I have not touched ladder for about 2 months as I was playing another game. I've just recently come back to playing, but I would say my skill level is at about .. plat/diamond?

And now I'm just feeling sad because I have not many options for tournaments I can join.
Masters Cup ? Anyone who knows better can tell you that the skill difference between bottom and top Masters itself is already pretty big. GM league? Even bigger. The top tier of players are far superior than the bottom.
To successfully compete and have any success, you're going to be needing to put in significant game time (as shortizz said, 15 games a day!) which I can't afford - i can at most average 6 a day. This doesn't even include the time spent on theorycraft, getting tips, etc etc which is more or less required to climb the steep curve here.


It is not as if my skill level magically jumped up a notch when I hit Masters. I am still the same player, probably worse than before. It's a common occurrence that diamonds beat low Masters. It doesn't seem right that I am excluded from GPDs or PDCL just because of this new 'status' I've gained when I hit Masters.
Of course, I know the reasons for this rule. There has to be a rule, to ensure some form of regulation. They can't be making exceptions for lower level Masters players as this is bound to get fuzzy and controversial.

I want to join GPD. I want to join PDCL. But I am denied this because of a certain Star I have in my profile.
I shouldn't have hit Masters.