Remove unranked

General Discussion
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Possible fixes:
Remove unranked mode → you can play custom game
or
What I would prefer more:
match ranked vs ranked players only
match unranked vs unranked players only

Reasons why unranked players should not be mixed with ranked players:
I understand that some players need a few unranked games to warm up before they start a ranked game - that is ok
or you can test some strategies - that is ok
or you can just do nothing, preteding to be afk, team kill your allies and ruin someones ranked game nice troll, great fun - definitively is not ok
Why are we ranked players who play teams forced to play with unranked players who do not play serious enough to play ranked mode?

This is why I suggest:
match ranked vs ranked players only
match unranked vs unranked players only

Ranked and Unranked MMR
There should not be difference between ranked and unranked MMR it should be the same for both modes.

Ranked game:
My MMR in 2v2 random is around 4680. Enemy average MMR is around lets say: 4500

Unranked game:
Unranked MMR is hidden and is separate from your ranked MMR. It can be the same or higher or lower than your ranked MMR.
There are players that their unranked MMR is much higher or more lower than their ranked MMR.

After unranked game:
I checked the opponents MMR after the game: 3600 and 3618 and calculated the average MMR 3609.
I also checked ally MMR 3641 and (my ranked MMR is 4680) our average MMR 4160.
3609 - 4160 = 551 MMR average difference
Sometimes the difference between the averages is +/-500 or even +/-1000 MMR.
Maybe my unranked MMR is more lower and then the differece is not 551 MMR but only 100 MMR I do not know.
This is also why ranked and unranked MMR should the same.
If you play unranked game it should be always based on your current ranked MMR. But unranked MMR will not effect your ranked MMR.

Ladder 1v1 and Teams

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/ladder-1v1-and-team-games/10493

Balance and a few things

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/sc2/t/balance-and-afew-things/10592

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How is playing against someone 200+ mmr lower than you risking your mmr.

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Well i have had over a thousand difference in the past but the only reason that desont happen anymore is because not many people have 5k+ mmr.

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If you play more relaxed in ranked and not giving all your effort because you want to take it easy, you risk your MMR, because you are intentionally not playing at your fullest. That is one reason why unranked is there.

Because every time you queue up for unranked you get automatically matched agiant someone with 200 les MMR right? I mean, maybe in your head that is exactly how the system works…
Take the tinfoil hat off.

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i dont really check if i thought the match was fair but in my experience almost every time someone is in unranked its because they are like 300 mmr above me, and this happens literally all the time, maybe 1/5 games. starcraft 2 is a fast paste game you cant play it while relaxing.

no thats not how the system works, you get a separate mmr for unranked so if you dont play it for a while it will stay where it is, my mmr for unranked is DIAMOND THREE.

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YOU maybe can’t, somebody else can enjoy some cold beer after hours of working, freestyling their build and not bothering to micro, and still enjoy the game of starcraft without the pressure of tryng their hardest or caring about their MMR. They have the right to enoy the game that way too, exactly the same right you do to enjoy ranked play.

If it annoys you, then well, you are going to have to deal with the fact that some people enjoy unranked sometimes and they also deserve to enjoy the game.

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also even if someone was relaxing, i can relax and easily defeat someone 300 mmr below me.