Season 5 Lock Coming Soon
Season 5 is drawing to a close, and that means that all ladders will be locked soon.
Season 5 Lock
What does this mean for you? During the Season 5 lock, you can no longer be promoted or demoted out of your current league or division, and your bonus pool will stop growing. Once locked to a league and division, you'll still be able to play out your remaining bonus pool and compete for standing within your division until the end of the season, so it's a great time to enjoy yourself and maybe even push for a better milestone. If you're pursuing a league promotion, then you still have a little time left! The Season 5 lock will go into effect on Wednesday, 8 February.
Please note that the hidden ratings used to determine promotions and demotions will continue to update during the Season 5 lock and be used for matchmaking purposes. This means that if you play significantly better or worse than your assigned league at the time of the lock, your league may change when Season 6 begins and you play your first placement match. If you go on a winning streak during the lock, for example, you may end up promoted next season. On the other hand, if you happen to lose a lot more than usual, then you could end up demoted. The bottom line is that your games during the lock still count!
Season 6 Start Date
The Season 5 lock also means that Season 6 is right around the corner. During the week of 14 February, Season 5 will end and Season 6 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be locked in at this time, and bonus pools will reset. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so if you've completed placement matches in a previous season you will only need to play one new placement match after Season 6 starts.
Comments (61)
If having a higher apm would help increase your win rate then, sure, it'll help a bit.
Doe it lock at 23:59 on 8th February?
and BLIZZ PLS remove the gold expands they are so abusive for zerg that is imba already!
is already into effect?
cant wait for season 6
gives the newcomers a chance to compete
So, i started last week and i played 5 placement matches with 1 win 4 losses. And it placed me straight into silver, while i expected to be bronze. Based on this, i assume your placement depends not only on win:loss ratio but also on your performance during matches. Is that true?
To your question: No your performance during the match does not count towards your placement, the opponent on the other hand does. Say you lost to 4 gold players, but won over a silver player, then you might get placed in silver.
They were all against gold and platinum but since I didn't play enough games I didn't get promoted.
You should be regonised for your skill level, not how often you play. Then it's just Call of Duty or something stupid like that where only exp. matters to your rank.
Longer seasons, atleast 3 months or 6 months, its pretty annoying each time i claw and fight my way back into top 20 or something the damn season is over.
(note, I am not saying anything about MMR, just about the sense of progress based on your rank)