Weekly Top 200 - 5/17/2013

[Szei]

I can support GG's claim that the relative points to achieve a rank hasn't changed in many months at the mid ST level. I stopped playing 1v1 on Szei after I got to rank 40-50 and yet I've been rank 40-50 ever since I reached it 4 months ago. This means my hidden skill wasn't increasing or decreasing at all for the last 4 months yet I stayed roughly the same rank (I was still ranked almost every week for the past 4 months as I was playing 2v2s with Eijolend which kept my account active across all leaderboards).

I know mag1cguy was referring to real skill though which is something I don't have any direct evidence to provide for either side since I never took a break from 1v1 for over a month (I have an alternate ST account for 1v1 that I've played fairly consistently ever since quitting 1v1 on Szei). I would imagine that top players who took a break AFTER reaching their rank in the most current version (wit for kill) wouldn't have too much trouble regaining their rank. However players who reached it before the final core mechanics were solidified may have more trouble. Syvan for example. I'm sure he could climb the ranks again after adjusting to the major changes but he did fall in rank initially (and then stopped playing again unfortunately).