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Why can't we see MMR?
 

Over the last few days I have played the most SC2 I EVER have and I feel have been improving rapidly.

However what continues to frustrate me is I have no clear idea of where I am apart from 'Platinum Rank 1' and the 'Favoured, Slightly favoured and Teams Even' indication. I went from Gold > Platinum at the start of this season after placement. Ever since then I think I have gone ~50-18 or so in games, with MASSIVE win streaks and one fairly large loss streak. Yet I seem to be placed against golds sometimes where it says teams even... Also when I play Diamonds sometimes I am favoured, clearly ones MMR can very heaps within one league, presuming MMR is what the indication is based off.

Why can't we see it?

In almost every other game you have a clear idea of where you are and where your opponents are and I feel SC2 really needs this. What players gets discouraged after seeing they are say 700 ELO? If they're playing the game for fun they don't care. With only 7 leagues and a HUGE variety of skill there is so much guess work in where you really are. It boggles my brain to know why we can't have a better indication of where you are at...

In games even like CoD on console you can see other people K/D and rank etc and probably gauge someone skill better than on SC2. Especially around Platinum/Gold league where I feel the vareity of skills is largest. I keep feeling like I am so close to that promotion, going on ~8 win streaks only to be tilted by some cheese and engulf myself in an utter rage after seeing that I lost to cheese from a Gold player that said 'Teams even.' Also over the last year I have been playing the game I feel as though not once I have been promoted mid season, do Blizzard want people to lose a sense of reward for playing? Or a paints for ladder that are seemingly meaningless all that matters?

I am almost finding the more I play now the less motivated I am to go back after I stop as there is a complete lack in sense of achievement. You don't unlock anything, you get a mediocre victory screen (at least HotS looks more vibrant and worthwhile) and some points, yippee.

Clearly I am on tilt as I am writing this but I feel as though my points are still valid.

TLDR: Why can't we see MMR, no logical reason. GG.