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SiZeMaTTeRs · Thu, 28th-Jul-2011, 9:04 AM

I used to care alot about my rank and league placements, perhaps i still do

but nowadays, i care less, i just wanna approve my game better. I was in bronze and now im in silver. Once you improve your game (i.e: build workers always, mechanics, money low .. etc .. etc), u will get promoted in due time but after you get promoted into higher league, it will become more challenging and if you are not ready .. well .. my guess is you will know what happen next.

Just my 2cents

sirhotwings · Sun, 21st-Aug-2011, 6:46 AM

Hi, what one of the other members said about maintaining roughly 50% win loss against a higher league of player is a correct statement.

If it helps, last night I was a gold league player in 1v1 (EU player) and I was winning a hell of a lot of games. I then began to play against platinum players and beat quite afew of them as well. I certainly beat more platinum players than I lost to. I then got frustrated playing against this protoss player and began to play all in and reckless.

I ended up losing my next 2 games then won my third and got promoted into platinum.

The exact same thing happened just now in my 2v2 arranged team league. I was in platinum rank 1 and trolled all the diamond players with my team mate. We then got paired against a master team and loss. Subsequently, we were then paired against a really high diamond team and also lost that. In our third match we won as even matched and were then promoted into diamond league.

I hope this helps.

Muldeh · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 6:28 AM

A similar thing happened to me. One day I had an 8 win streak against gold players (I was in silver). The next I had a 5 loss streak. I was so demoralised that I went and played oblivion for 2 days instead. When I came back, the first game I played I won and was promoted to gold.

PantlessPete · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 10:36 AM

You know there's a pretty good manual on this site that might help you out!

Meatex · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 11:26 AM

there is also an uncertainty aspect to the equation meaning if you have a sudden long winning streak or losing streak you don't gain as much or lose as much

Learn to go marine marauder off of 1 base for starters
just go 3 rax 1 reactor and 2 techlab and practice building an army off of that with no bumps (supply blocks)

ToRXypha · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 1:04 PM

The system doesnt promote while the uncertainty level is high, so basicly if you are on long win streak vs high MMR it wont raise the MMR much but raises the Uncertainty. it just means basicly, it wont promote till its sure where your going, it maybe thinking to promote a cpl leagues in one go. when your win rate levels back out to 50-60% it will promote imo as that says your uncertainty level will come down and the MMR will raise.

DiuCadit · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 1:25 PM

Yeah it's tricky to get out of Bronze. Many players have such a low MMR that even though you win a ton you get so little MMR from them. Keep plugging away and you'll get to Silver and all your MMR troubles will go away.

Celldweller · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 5:24 PM

you think...
therefore you are

ToRPandarine · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 5:38 PM

I got demoted to bronze in season 2 from silver. Tried so hard to get back in but never did. Instead, I got a few tips here and there, stuck to a build and just played up the mechanics. When season 3 came along, BAMN! Silver

You can do it!!

MazEi · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 7:20 PM

I wasn't exactly 'stuck' in bronze back then but I just kept at it and season by season I'm going up the leagues. Season 2 was in Silver then now S3 in Gold. Just keep playing man and all that matters is how good you do, not what crest is shown in your profile.

Next_rim · Wed, 7th-Sep-2011, 7:57 PM

I've been stuck in diamond forever( I placed plat in beta, then when they made diamond, I placed diamond. In may this year I got sc2, placed bronze, got diamond in few days, and been there since then.

Gonna go make a thread "stuck in diamond"...>_>

Snx`Azz · Thu, 8th-Sep-2011, 4:08 PM

basically all u have to do is streak. system will promote u very quickly if u go on a 10 game win-streak.

Apostrophe · Thu, 22nd-Sep-2011, 12:09 AM

Thanks for the info. I got matched up to a silver-player just a couple of games ago and I lost, but that was after a two-streak win against bronze players who are much favoured than me.

Neoneoz · Thu, 22nd-Sep-2011, 6:10 PM

I would think that practice partners could really make you improve fast .

StitcH · Thu, 22nd-Sep-2011, 6:25 PM

Get someone who's pretty solid in mechanics of Starcraft 2 and they will point out your mistakes. bad habits => gg

alttotoro · Wed, 19th-Oct-2011, 1:55 PM

I think the biggest problem lower players have is floating minerals... Get your macro down before strategy and you will find yourself losing to micro only battles which from there you can dissect your build and improve.

TABottles · Wed, 19th-Oct-2011, 10:20 PM

Not to burst any bubbles and it may sound stupid but I have found that NA BSG players are much worse than SEA BSG's. But you should be promoted soon as you have an amazing winning streak going on. The longer you grind for promotion the better - the promotion screen makes me jizz

evskimo · Tue, 25th-Oct-2011, 1:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TABottles

Not to burst any bubbles and it may sound stupid but I have found that NA BSG players are much worse than SEA BSG's.

Definitely. General standard seems much higher on SEA server. Even many of our bronze players can do a decent macro up to the 120 supply or so

ScubaBear · Tue, 25th-Oct-2011, 12:03 AM

Yeah, don't be bothered by your league. hard but true. I was also focused on winning too much and forget about other important things. Just play, improve and leagues will follow. I believe that the matchmaking system is smart enough to match players on our skill level.

Xzacutionar · Tue, 25th-Oct-2011, 12:20 AM

Learn a lot more builds than to just stick with one!

Sometimes, you get too used to using 1 build and it puts you in your comfort zone. When you get beaten using that build, you immediately feel down because to you, its the best build ever that matches your playstyle.

Infact you must have knowledge of multiple builds for you to tweak your way out of certain situations.