Dev Panel Talking About Battlenet Ladder

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Gonna update this as I find out more.

- MMR is not wiped when the season resets the ladders.
- different league ratings don't affect each other except during placement matches.

UPDATE:

- League icons will denote how high you are. High diamond gets fancier icon than low diamond.
- Season 2 date not announced yet, ladder will be wiped, but can see history.
- One placement match only
- Master League (top 1-2% of region goes in it)
- Top 200 players go in Grand Master League. (crowd cheering)
- Featured replays (jan/feb timeframe), new tab that can show replays from tournaments like GSL

UPDATE 2: Balance team coming out

- Dustin Browder talking about pro players being crazy good and dedicated. Not sure where this is going.
- Giving quotes from pro players, now pimping Day9 Daily

UPDATE 3: David Kim is teaching nubs how to cannon rush. Enjoy your ladder games, gentlemen.

UPDATE 4: Q&A

Question: Will we ever see MMR?
Answer: Blah blah no.
Followup: Is it per race?
Answer: No, but we've heard feedback, we want to fix this in the future but nothing solid.

Question: Are there gonna be chat channels?
Answer: Chat channels nov/dec, public and private channels. The coding is done, now being tested internally.

Question: Idiotic question about some random bug.
Answer: Politely referring idiot to the service forum.

Question: Will reapers be made to not suck and be viable in mid-game armies?
Answer: We're balancing for top players, Terran was OP early game, we had to nerf. Reapers being looked at but we're watching and waiting.

Question: Are we gonna get more stats (WC3 stats) on the Bnet web profile?
Answer: Yes, we're working on it, nothing specific. Have huge plans for web integration.

Skipped random "how do I play" question
Skipped another one of those.

Q: Will you be able to watch replays with friends on B.net
A: Yes, next year.


Question: How do I tank drop better?
Answer: David Kim: Drop tanks at the natural in LT!
All Zerg players: FFFFUUUUUUUUUU

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