GAC squish

wrylac77 wrote:

Having been squished again from any hope of reaching K1 I must go 6-3 to gain any ground on the number of points I was squished. That's a steep ask considering I'm getting 9 tough opponents mid-K2.

Totally agreed!  So, how can that be WAI?  I have now been demoted to mid K3 and it's exactly the same for me (needing to go 6-3/5-4), even thought I'm in the division that I'm supposed to be squished towards!

wrylac77 wrote:

the other 2 are against accounts with less than 10m GP. Those small accounts are also facing each other at the top of K1 and coming out with easy winning season records maintaining the ranking. That can't be WAI. Anyone saying it is is gaslighting us.

Ahhh no, they're not pretending this part is WAI.  It's the amount we're being squished in Kyber that bug reports (on the forums) are bouncing back as WAI.  The false Kyber accounts (so I have heard) they've quietly acknowledged as a bug, but have no idea why it is happening or how to fix it (cheaply).

wrylac77 wrote:

The top of the board has no integrity. The players up there don't face real competition.

It's not a nice situation for nearly all those involved.  The top 2 'real' players don't like it.  One is a streamer and cannot stream a competitive match.  The other values their GAC dearly and is quite sad about the situation (so I have been told).  They want competitive matches.  Once these false accounts do start to fall...well that's months of misery until they're where they should be.

wrylac77 wrote:

The Outliers here are accounts that have been moved up due to the squish.

That's an interesting term 'outlier account'.  The page looks like .gg is that what they're called there?

I don't think anybody knows exactly why or how it is happening.  We do know that it started happening when they made changes to the squish.  As to why it's happening...I (like they) have no idea.  I imagine it has something to do with the initial settings of GAC and where we were placed using our GP.  The GP settings of then are way different compared to the average GP of a league/division now.

wrylac77 wrote:

CG is content with this cause they get to not give away useful crystals to competitive players who end up buying stuff instead while they ignore the issue.

I honestly don't think this is the case.  The 'real' players on that list probably care very little about crystals.  I think the opposite, that's it's crazy that CG aren't fixing this for the Kraken spenders!  They spend a small fortune on the game, in-game earned crystals would barely replace a broken krakentacle!  It's more lethargy and ignorance rather than malicious intent by CG (in my opinion).  

I'd wager if you asked all the real players on that list (I'm pretty sure the top 2 anyway) whether they'd prefer automatic crystals or a competitive GAC with a deduction in earned crystals, they'd go for the latter.  I mean...what's the point flexing your muscles when there's nobody real to flex your muscles to?