[sunsetkid]

Originally Posted by SiF

Hey guys, maybe you could help me out. I'm trying to grasp what I need to get into Masters in SEA. I've taken in some of the above but I'm still not quite sure how it works.

According to the Blizzard update the top 1-2% of players go into Masters. The top 200 go into Grand Masters ( in NA)

Is this right? 118,615 players on SEA*
The Top 1% = 1186 players / top 2% = 2372 players

But I've heard that it's different here - is it the top 0.5%?


The reason why I ask is because I'm rank #1 diamond with 2750~ pts and have a bonus of 72pts. I am currently ranked #390* in SEA.

I've checked the Master league table and there are people like: http://www.sc2ranks.com/sea/12518/DEUX

Duex has less games, a lower win ratio %, and is ranked below me at #529 in SEA...

So I'm confused... why is this person in the Masters League while I'm not? Does it have something to do with his bonus?

I've been vs'ing almost all Master Leaguers with a few rank 1 diamonds here and there. I've been beating top 100 ranked players so surely my MMR isn't that bad?

I'm sure that if I just keep laddering it'll happen but it would be nice if one of you who clearly understands this better than I could help me understand the entry level and how this base points system works.

* source sc2ranks.com

here's my take on it. you are around 2822 pts in a B rank division. it equates to around 2700 in an S-rank division and around 2550 master. since most guys being promoted are around 2600+ now after considering bonus, you will need another 50 to 100 pts and be promoted---this number will increase as time goes on due to increasing bonus.

if you play 10 games every day, i'm sure you will be promoted by the end of the week.
try and see!

[dennistoo]

Originally Posted by sunsetkid

here's my take on it. you are around 2822 pts in a B rank division. it equates to around 2700 in an S-rank division and around 2550 master. since most guys being promoted are around 2600+ now after considering bonus, you will need another 50 to 100 pts and be promoted---this number will increase as time goes on due to increasing bonus.

if you play 10 games every day, i'm sure you will be promoted by the end of the week.
try and see!

How do you analysis by division rank? Can you help me do a analysis based on your calculation?

[sunsetkid]

Originally Posted by dennistoo

How do you analysis by division rank? Can you help me do a analysis based on your calculation?

ranking within the same division does not matter at all. you can be top 10 but close to demotion. if you are talking about division tiers, i think your division is E rank. if you are in a E rank division, your division offset from S rank is 312 pts. meaning your 2700(after adding bonus) would be equal to a 2388 point S rank division. this would mean 2238 master. now, no one in master(after adding bonus) is lower than 2238 because they would have been demoted long ago.
there may be some masters who are 24xx who are playing diamonds and in danger of demotion, so just beating these guys alone isn't enough.

for you to promote, you will probably need to hit the points that would give you around 2650+ master/2800+ S rank/3112 E rank.

so at 2700, you are almost certainly still playing diamonds and established platinums since you are at an established E rank level and with so many games+being around the points level where people newly get promoted. i'd go so far to venture that you are very far from master league. unless you can win a significant proportion of your games from now on, you will stay in diamond.

note that with every passing day, you need to add 12 to that number as 1 point is generated every 2 hrs.