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Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 1:15 PM

Season 3 has started , grab your socks , and pray you don't pee in your pants , because it's a new season and war is coming HOTT !!!! Prepare yourself fellows Brotosser , Terranise , or Swarm Family , because it's time to face the new world !!! ROAR !!!!!

NB : Just trying to make season 3 sounds dramatic.. do i sound like it ? XD

Primex · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 1:37 PM

Well I moved up a league so i'm happy

DeNile · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 2:00 PM

woot i beet a silver for my placement and got bronze.................... forever bronze

VB_Boony · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 2:06 PM

Placed in diamond

Looking forward to trying out the new maps

Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 2:46 PM

@DeNile go 10 more ladder's matchs , u'll be in silver in no time..

ToRDeathsFang · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 2:54 PM

Wtf they took Metalopolis out? It was a good map, i don't see the need to take it out. I'd rather switch it for Backwater which i never really liked but nonetheless Slag and Delta gone ^_^ WOOHOO

Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 2:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathsFang

Wtf they took Metalopolis out? It was a good map, i don't see the need to take it out. I'd rather switch it for Backwater which i never really liked

From the other post , the reasons from blizzard :

Still, there are reasons why we decided to retire Metalopolis for now:

Metalopolis has been around for quite a long time, over a year including beta. We felt that taking it out of the rotation would make some room for variety in the map pool.

Metalopolis suffers balance issues when close spawn positions occur, but becomes too predictable when they are simply disabled. Close positions have been under a lot of discussion lately, and we’re definitely examining better options to allow for random spawn positions across the map pool without also creating too much predictability and vulnerability to proxy rushes.

Overall balance has also proven to be an issue on Metalopolis -- even factoring in close position spawn issues. It’s among the least balanced maps currently in the ladder pool, and along with Scrap Station (also being removed) and Tal’darim Altar, has a heavy (60%+) bias toward zerg at the highest levels of play.

If Metalopolis makes a return to the ladder pool in the future, it will likely receive some balance tinkering, much like that administered to Lost Temple which resulted in the creation of Shattered Temple. In the meantime, we hope that you enjoy the fresh maps that have been added to the ladder pool in Season 3.

ke_ivan · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 3:25 PM

wut! that's rubbish. anyway no one plays close positions any moar!

dippa · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 3:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ke_ivan

wut! that's rubbish. anyway no one plays close positions any moar!

you don't have a choice when you're laddering @_@

Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 4:12 PM

now the only 1v1 left in ladder is Xel Naga

Disadvantage · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 4:47 PM

Moved up to Platinum! Go me!

ToRDeathsFang · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 4:50 PM

I've talked to several people in the hours after S3 started and we have all been getting over 1 second delay. I have no idea why but we're all complaining about how laggy it got. I have no idea what Blizzard did but now my ping is much worse on SEA server compared to NA. Wtf...?

SiZeMaTTeRs · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 5:06 PM

Cant wait to get home from work and play my placement match. I dun wanna be /foreverbronze

Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 5:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathsFang

I've talked to several people in the hours after S3 started and we have all been getting over 1 second delay. I have no idea why but we're all complaining about how laggy it got. I have no idea what Blizzard did but now my ping is much worse on SEA server compared to NA. Wtf...?

None of my friends is complaining though.

**yongming** · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 7:05 PM

how long did the update take? cos na just went down

dannnyds · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 7:48 PM

still silver but now #36 instead of 70... still lost though. My first and last game of season 3.

Doctor · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 8:15 PM

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Originally Posted by yongming

how long did the update take? cos na just went down

at my place , no update require , just need to download the new maps.. that's all

Next_rim · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 8:20 PM

There was a patch last week, so I assume no update required. Can't wait to play my placement, I want to get to masters ffs.

noobinater · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 10:35 PM

Sucks that Xelanga is the only 1v1 map left in the pool (and we all know it's going at the next map rotation). If it's so hard to balance certain spawn positions and bliz doesn't want to just block close spawns, why not make some sweet 1v1 maps (they can be big!)

Or hell, 1v1v1 would be new and interesting too. I'm sure they could find somewhere to put rocks.

**nirvAnA** · Tue, 26th-Jul-2011, 11:08 PM

i edited the OP title slightly to promote more discussion, so feel free to post your starcraft goals for season 3 here as well!!

My season 3 starcraft goals

Transition into a random player because of TGM lol!
Finish the season in top 20 ladder again!
Recruit some potential players for aLt!
We have way too little members and a too strict recruitment policy. That has to change.
Top 4 for Singapore in Nation Wars!