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 It will be revealed tomorrow in BlizzCon, that there will be a new "Grand Master League", a step above the Diamond League. It's going to be the league for the pros, where only top 2% of Diamond League, or top 100 overall, or something like that will be playing at.

now i have a new goal, lol.

" @sixghost:  Yeah, I'm super excited for this and I'm wondering if this will become invite-only or whether it'll be straight off the ladder. Part of me wishes it'd be invite-only so players who are constantly at tournaments or practicing off-ladder can still be recognized even though they might be in the top200 or something. Can't wait for this though! "

Sounds pretty awesome. I'm a damn gold leaguer atm though >_>

This is rad. No way I'm ever gonne come close to it but still I like this idea.

He also said in the interview that they balanced around 2v2 and silver level play.....and they changed the void ray because of one replay..... this makes me sad.....

An accolade that both impresses and depresses.

I think at Blizzcon they said something about Masters League will consist of the best 2 (or 5)% of the repective region and Grand Master League will be the Top 200. 
 
 
I'm seriously thinking about nerding my way into the Master League if it's actually 5%....

I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers.

" I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers. "

" I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers. "

" @Feanor said:

" I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers. "

Yeah, I could easily see this happening if they still need to use ladder to practice. Especially considering how easily they could tank their rating. 30-60 minutes of immediately leaving the game could probably drop someone's rating by 100+. "

" @sixghost said:

" @Feanor said:

" I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers. "

Yeah, I could easily see this happening if they still need to use ladder to practice. Especially considering how easily they could tank their rating. 30-60 minutes of immediately leaving the game could probably drop someone's rating by 100+. "

I don't think its that much of an issue. If someone was really serious about competing in tournaments, they could just practice in customs with teammates, which is what a lot of teams already do, or play on ladder with a smurf account. "

" @Entus said:

" @sixghost said:

" @Feanor said:

" I could see a lot of pros throw matches so their replays don't get released. Anyways I think this is a great idea. Hopefully it will shut up a lot of Diamond players who think they are pro gamers. "

Yeah, I could easily see this happening if they still need to use ladder to practice. Especially considering how easily they could tank their rating. 30-60 minutes of immediately leaving the game could probably drop someone's rating by 100+. "

I don't think its that much of an issue. If someone was really serious about competing in tournaments, they could just practice in customs with teammates, which is what a lot of teams already do, or play on ladder with a smurf account. "

Listening to the SotG podcasts from MLG, the played on the show admitted that they use the ladder to practice quite often. "

I don't much care about a top 100 league obviously no one here is ever going to get that good. I just hope they add another league for us regular jacksoffs. Since I'm totally in diamond in 3/4 of my gametypes. And if I don't have another league to work towards I'll probably just quit playing.

" I don't much care about a top 100 league obviously no one here is ever going to get that good. I just hope they add another league for us regular jacksoffs. Since I'm totally in diamond in 3/4 of my gametypes. And if I don't have another league to work towards I'll probably just quit playing. "

" @keyhunter said:

" I don't much care about a top 100 league obviously no one here is ever going to get that good. I just hope they add another league for us regular jacksoffs. Since I'm totally in diamond in 3/4 of my gametypes. And if I don't have another league to work towards I'll probably just quit playing. "

Master league will probably be easier to get in than you think. I think I've heard it will be anywhere from top 2% to top 5%. Top 5% of the NA server is probably something like 1600-1700 points. "

" @sixghost said:

" @keyhunter said:

" I don't much care about a top 100 league obviously no one here is ever going to get that good. I just hope they add another league for us regular jacksoffs. Since I'm totally in diamond in 3/4 of my gametypes. And if I don't have another league to work towards I'll probably just quit playing. "

Master league will probably be easier to get in than you think. I think I've heard it will be anywhere from top 2% to top 5%. Top 5% of the NA server is probably something like 1600-1700 points. "

That sounds better. 5% of a million is a lot (Assuming SC 2 even sold that many copies.) And I was a top 10 player in Command and Conquer Renegade multiplayer..So this seems attainable. "