When is the best time to play ranked?

SnugglePuggle94·9/9/2015, 6:30:38 PM·1 votes·725 views

I never know when the best time is. I'm in a series right now and lost my first. I need some help desperately as I've lost every series I've had. Maybe playing at a time that is better than I have been doing might help (morning to early afternoon, while kids are in school).

7 Comments

Nick Valentine9/9/2015, 6:39:03 PM4 votes

Early morning, not on a weekend, before 3 pm eastern.

I'm not saying this makes it easier. This will just make it so everyone in the game on both teams is likely to do their best - then you can simply be better than everyone verses playing with people who aren't as serious.

I don't recommend the middle of the night. You either get very strong jerks, drunken people, kids who skip school or worse.

disregardable9/9/2015, 6:31:18 PM1 votes

There isn't one. Chances are all the same.

Retoz9/9/2015, 6:32:35 PM1 votes

The chances are always going to be the same no matter what. It's all random.

Caytheles9/9/2015, 6:36:42 PM1 votes

i would say in the middle of the night... that is when the people who actually TRY get on.

OhBoyItsaMegaman9/9/2015, 8:22:16 PM1 votes

So, here's the deal. If you completely separate a population, it may drift apart. Platinum in NA doesn't mean the same as Platinum in OCE, Master in LAN doesn't mean the same as Master in KR. Even within a server, if half of the population only plays during the day and the other half only plays at night, they may also drift apart. But since obviously not everyone picks the same time of day or days of the week to play (and some people play all day and all night long), there's a lot of bleeding over between times.

So the effect of playing at a different time of day or day of the week is minimal. If you were going to try to play during the best time anyway, you'd want to play with the population that is the WORST at the game, not the best. Think about it: if you consider Diamond in KR to be far better players than Diamond on LAN, would you rather do your promos to Diamond on the KR server or the LAN server? You'd get crushed playing with the KR Diamonds. You want everyone to be as bad as possible so that your team has an advantage—because they have you.