1v1 ladder predictions: 2/17/2011 04:06:55 |
Pinkbladder
Level 60
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I think the top player will be the impaller, very talented player plus one of the few great players ive played who never takes extended breaks.
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/17/2011 04:23:21 |
devilnis
Level 11
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Sweet, thanks Eagle. I did that, and then looked up and down the invite list trying to find him twice before I realized that someone else had already forwarded the invite to him and that's why he wasn't showing up on my list of new people to invite :)
Pink, you just might be right - There are so many primo players here that I am quite sure that luck will be a determinative factor between them. Maybe we should start a betting pool!
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/17/2011 11:13:22 |
The Impaller
Level 9
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It's true that I mostly just play games against a lot of the established players, but I've posted frequently on this forum that I'm always up to play people who want a good challenging 1v1 match (although my requirement is low luck and manual picks). I don't think I've ever turned down a match request, and I was able to kind of get my foot in the door with the good players on this site by going around and challenging a lot of people in 1v1s. That's how I first played Ruthless/Duke, etc. If you're a good player with a solid 1v1 win/loss record and you want to get tournament invites and so forth, definitely challenge good players to games and you'll get invited to tournaments and so forth.
@Pink, I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I don't know if that will be true. My prediction is that the top player is going to rotate around a bit, at least until things settle down. I don't expect that one person is going to hold it for any kind of extended period of time. I do think that me being fairly active is going to be an advantage, though. I don't see players like Damp, Gaia, or Troll being on top of the ladder, not because they aren't good enough but because they don't move frequently enough to move up it or stay on top of it.
Anyway, I'm really excited for the ladder. I'm also excited about a 2v2 ladder.
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/17/2011 15:24:07 |
Duke
Level 5
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I agree with pink -- Imp would be my pick. He's cleaned out the best players in back to back round robin tournaments against what are ostensibly the top 20. Anybody can lose and he loses occasionally, but far more often than not he'll win a 1x1. My two 1x1 wins over him are both tainted by random picks. He's won every time we've had manual picks in a 1x1 so far. I really need to work on how I play turns 2/3 when encountering opps in more than one spot simultaneously. That's definitely the weaakest part of my game. That and gaining intelligence through picks -- for some reason I keep getting my 1-3 against certain players and then having to deal with an intelligence gap and possible counterpicks everywhere.
I also agree with Imp that the players who average above a day to play a turn won't be at the top of the ladders thanks to autoboot. Imp and I started a couple of months apart, but he did challenge me out of the blue to a 1x1 and then we started meeting in tournaments a lot.
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/18/2011 02:59:43 |
Fizzer
Level 64
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You will join the 2v2 ladder with a partner, and you'll always have the same partner. You won't be able to join the ladder twice with different partners, as this would present problems when it comes time for you to play against yourself.
There's absolutely potential for all sorts of different ladders - 3v3, FFA, etc. Once the 2v2 one is done, I may do a survey to see what most people are interested in for determining what comes next.
Random partners is interesting - I hadn't actually thought about that. If there's enough interest this could be created as a different ladder. It would surely be interesting for creating new friendships, but it also may be frustrating when you don't like your partner :)
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/18/2011 05:13:48 |
Fizzer
Level 64
Warzone Creator
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Yes, it's important to be able to dissolve teams as people always have the right to change their minds.
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/20/2011 20:20:24 |
Ruthless
Level 57
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I haven't played him yet :)
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/20/2011 20:50:42 |
crafty35a
Level 3
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"You will join the 2v2 ladder with a partner, and you'll always have the same partner. You won't be able to join the ladder twice with different partners, as this would present problems when it comes time for you to play against yourself."
How about when calculating the next opponent for a given team, you just don't consider other teams containing that team's players? Is there a compelling reason that every team has to be able to play every other team?
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/20/2011 22:59:07 |
The Impaller
Level 9
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The ladder is in serious flux right now until enough players and games are played to balance things out. It will take time for enough data to be formed to normalize positions.
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/21/2011 02:55:03 |
Blue Precision
Level 32
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haha no kidding. I have one win and no loses but because I beat a lower seed I have hardly any points :(
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1v1 ladder predictions: 2/21/2011 03:19:58 |
Blue Precision
Level 32
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Spoke too soon :(
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