[Zealo]

up to 10 minutes searching for my 2v2 placement so far

they should increase the range even more please

[jayaiwhy]

I like this idea, more chance of playing GMs ^^
+more games to troll in ^^

[mGGDrGooSe]

What I notice happening in games with a larger difference, is that the players are sometimes operating under a different meta game (or one isnt operating under at all). So the higher player will be like "why the hell did you just attack with 10 marines at that time, its stupid and should never work you are such a bad player!" And then the other guy will go "But I won. Suck it up." Keep 'em honest I say.

[mGGDaedalus]

Originally Posted by jayaiwhy

I like this idea, more chance of playing GMs ^^
+more games to troll in ^^

Even last season diamonds can easily play gm's. Just have to play outside the one hour or so of peak time where SEA matchmaking is actually accurate.

[Nemo]

I like the first comment of that news:

*Achievement unlocked*

Well done, you have successfully managed to break matchmaking more than it already is.

It's quite funny.

They say that they make that system so people won't "have to be at the top of their game every game". But you don't know when you can "relax" or not before the end of the game, so it seems pointless for that purpose.

I think this will be confusing for people because they won't know if they won/lost because they played well/bad (for their level) or if the opponent was really weaker/stronger. It just can give you more excuses.

The main interest I see is to help break some loosing streaks cycles by boosting a bit your confidence with a ladder win. It might also give quicker promotions I guess but that's to be seen.

[Zealo]

shorter queue times is good, if they hadn't mentioned they were changing it no one would even notice

[Lokth]

For someone in the middle leagues, I welcome this change. I love going against better players because in turn, it makes me better. Even if I lose, I usually come away with something. IE - A good place to leave some defensive stalkers on map X, or how to prepare for a timing I hadnt seen until now.

[Next_rim]

Played ~8 games today. It goes weird, 1 game vs master, 1 game vs mid-low diamond. I feel I'm wasting half of my time, and am not enjoying ez wins.

[ZC.EvilSWAT]

So I played my placement match tonight (and again got declared a Gold scrub) and played a PvP against a slightly favoured 4-gater (which I lost, but hey I'm only Gold).

I noticed that Blizzard only penalized me -1 point, which has never happened to me before. I challenged that he was a smurf, but he vehemently denied being one, claiming that he was once a Plat who got knocked down to Gold. As far as I can see, he's not really lying about him being a legit Gold.

My question is that if he's really a Gold player like me, shouldn't I have been penalized even further in terms of points? Losing to a Favoured opponent = -10 points, but losing to this slightly favoured guy = -1 point.

why -1, not understand

[mGGDrGooSe]

I think I left a game (was looking for ZvZ and get nothing but terrans all night) where he was a league below and slightly favoured. The score was 0 points. Absolutely no change. I should have screen shotted it. Also played a bronze. I want my ten minutes back. I like the idea but haven't played enough ladder to comment, but matching bronze against anyone higher than silver is just unwise. The league differences are not linear, so hopefully they are not using linear boundaries for all MMRs.

[Zealo]

spent 20 minutes searching for 3rd placement game with a new 4v4 team, gave up.

Originally Posted by ZC.EvilSWAT

I noticed that Blizzard only penalized me -1 point, which has never happened to me before. I challenged that he was a smurf, but he vehemently denied being one, claiming that he was once a Plat who got knocked down to Gold.

you people and your smurf witch hunts... i get the feeling a lot of people use the word without knowing what it means

My question is that if he's really a Gold player like me, shouldn't I have been penalized even further in terms of points? Losing to a Favoured opponent = -10 points, but losing to this slightly favoured guy = -1 point.

why -1, not understand

at this point in the season it's likely you don't have that many points to lose. point gains will be inflated and point losses will be less than normal till you hit the score your MMR says you should be at.

[EveVendetta]

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/4427703901

Latest update guys, matchmaking system has been gone back to normal! Well, that was.. fast.

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by EveVendetta

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/4427703901

Latest update guys, matchmaking system has been gone back to normal! Well, that was.. fast.

That popular a change huh? :P

[ProAnnn]

No more matching with targa 8 times in 10 games!

[Canx]

Man I missed out playing with the relaxed matchmaking criteria, would have been such fun

[jayaiwhy]

no more proxy hatches

[TABottles]

So these silver guys im vsing are at my mmr? This is horrible news. DON'T DROP ME TO SILVER AGAIN PLZ

[Akilos]

I got paired up with like 2 diamonds in a row I did not expect that. thank god it's back to what it used to be.

[FSDele]

been laddering today..

I play a game... Smash them
I play a game... Get smashed

Rinse and repeat.

seems i'm not finding the middle ground.

[Lokth]

Originally Posted by Dele

been laddering today..

I play a game... Smash them
I play a game... Get smashed

Rinse and repeat.

seems i'm not finding the middle ground.

technicaly the old system (and now the current one) wants you to have a 50/50 win ratio. Thus the system is working haha.