[SGquaZa]

Well i only know 2 ppl who smurf in these leagues but thats it really. What u could do is report this ppl if u can proof it. just look at the careeer and check if they have been in in a higher leagues the seasson before cuz its unlikely someone will become that bad and will (for example) be Diamond and the next seasson bronze thats just unreal

[Skull]

Well for as much as i played few seasons ago , everything is still okay , and never met any of those u said

[nOtse]

I believe I have only ran into 1 "smurf" since I have started playing. Wasn't even really a smurf was a master who hadn't played in a couple of seasons and was playing placements. I was more dissapointed of the fact that he drone rushed me =[

[deL]

People who tank to bronze are sick, sick individuals and should be dealt with in the harshest way possible and also they probably have tiny penises.

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	Zealo:	rofl
	TABottles:	can you explain this gif to me ?

[Statix]

i see what ur saying fan but i literally got promoted off a ton of losses, makes me think if there is something else a foot, noit only that i won one game on my KR account placement and got placed in gold which i think is purely wrong but my macro isnt bad . . or so im told anyway

[Nemo]

In fact Battle.net use a margin of error on your MMR. When you improve, you're going to make big win runs. The margin of error on your MMR will increase along your MMR itself. When it happens Battle Net will make you face people with significantly higher level to "test your level". In that process, you're going to loose many games but it helps BNet narrowing that margin of error until the system has a good certitude on you and then it promotes you to your new league.

[ToRFutureBoy]

Originally Posted by Nemo

In fact Battle.net use a margin of error on your MMR. When you improve, you're going to make big win runs. The margin of error on your MMR will increase along your MMR itself. When it happens Battle Net will make you face people with significantly higher level to "test your level". In that process, you're going to loose many games but it helps BNet narrowing that margin of error until the system has a good certitude on you and then it promotes you to your new league.

I can attest to this personally. when I started this season with barely any 1v1 games under my belt in silver league I was predominantly playing bronze players. Then after a bunch of wins they were silver, middle of the road silver. Now that I'm 10th in my sivler league I'm playing guys at the same level and gold players (even a random plat thrown in!)

[jtxgaming]

Wouldnt say leagues are broken, especially after reading blogs by a person named 'Gheed'
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=271453
TL;DR ; he basically worker rushes to bronze and worker rushes bronze players and tries to understand why bronze players are infact - BRONZE -
Concluded that, bronze cannot a-move, sit in base waiting for something, don't manage base while looking in base (this is their only cam movement), claim that worker rushing is unfair and that race X has an advantage.

[MacGuffinSC]

Originally Posted by jtxgaming

Wouldnt say leagues are broken, especially after reading blogs by a person named 'Gheed'
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=271453
TL;DR ; he basically worker rushes to bronze and worker rushes bronze players and tries to understand why bronze players are infact - BRONZE -
Concluded that, bronze cannot a-move, sit in base waiting for something, don't manage base while looking in base (this is their only cam movement), claim that worker rushing is unfair and that race X has an advantage.

You know what is really confusing is I see replays from people stuck in bronze and they are doing stuff I see in masters, but then this level of bronze comes along and completely baffles me. So much variance in bronze it should really be called the rainbow / dice league or something.

[Bloodmyst]

Why bother with an on screen cartoon badge? Just play one game at a time and focus on one game at a time.

I'm not sure about everyone else..... but in my own experience, as soon as the ladder system starts to match you up with players a league above you and you can show a 50% win rate "against the players who are a league above you"..... expect an inc promotion

I'm not so sure why you would get upset at someone smurfing on ladder... so you can get to said league to show off your e-peen? However, I can understand why someone would rage at a smurf in a tournament environment.

If you do come up against a smurf on ladder, just focus on kicking his butt! If you do, kudos! It's not like a gold player can't beat a diamond player, it's happenend before. If you lose to the smurf, look at it in a positive way, watch the replay and I'm sure you will be able to learn heaps!

TLDR; Stop looking at your ranking/league! Who cares, just focus on 1 game at a time and the promotion will eventually come.

[jtxgaming]

I guess we can conclude that bronze is a diverse league.

[TheDanAbides]

Or perhaps you can take a different attitude...

What a fantastic match up it is if you get matched vs a masters league as a bronze leaguer. Sounds like free practice lessons to me.

If I had a choice between only matching Grandmaster/High masters and grinding my way up Plat/Diamond as I am now..I'd choose the former.

Then again I only get enjoyment via the competition of it all so I suppose it could differ.

[Daboo]

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[TABottles]

too many smurfs in gold imo - i dropped to silver because of this reason alone

[Xeen]

I had a smurf at rank 1 Master on sc2ranks. This is clearly a problem in every league.

That means even if you leave Bronze, you will be preyed on. ezgg