How narrow is the ladder really?

I'm starting to wonder how narrow the ladder is, skill-wise? I mean how big is the skill difference between two people 100 ranks apart?

The reason I'm wondering is because I just won a single ranked matched and jumped from 37th on Platinum to 142 on Uber. That's like almost 100 ranks.

well who did you win against?

It will stabilize once people have had time to play more games.

well, there is CERTAINLY a difference between the top 10 bronze games, top 10 gold, and top 10 uber. So thats a good thing i guess

Has Uber provided any info on how they've implemented the ladder (rankings wise?). When adjusting your ranking is it currently taking in to account the ranking of your opponent, etc?

No, but I am pretty sure it does, based on observations of search time, trying to match my smurf with my main for modding test reasons (90% of my attempts it doesn't work when one account is uber and the other is not) and rank changes after wins/losses.

I don't quite remember. People have such weird names (unlike me ).

I unno, I just won my ~5th ranked game and it told me I'm UBER, and I'm amongst the TOP47 best PA players of the world. I hope this really means something, or else...

Keep playing, and it might.

If I never play ranked again, will I stay UBER LVL forever?

Until enough people play and get ranked above you or until a ladder reset. There is no forever in a ranked ladder xP

The skill differences in this game are quite large and increase exponentially the higher you get. It is usually one or two people up the top vastly better than everyone else, a big gap followed by 10 to 20 high skill players, another big gap, followed by everyone else.

uber doesn't mean as much as your ranking within uber.

Right now the persons up the top skill wise are yaegz followed by clopse. But looks like matiz might make a come back and trounce everyone.

But what about your good self?! Have you slipped from your throne?!

Not sure. I haven't played since first being placed, and I'm still Platinum 1.

I don't know anything about ladders, but here's my logic: there are 2 parts, one is badge and second is place. People ranked above me could push me from 47 to 47000, but I am not sure if it means droping from Uber to bronze as well.

Really? I was ranked 6th on Platinum and haven't played for a few days and have now dropped to 8. So I guess it does change (slowly).

I guess if you are like really high in a league below uber you can stay there for a long time, as the risk is high that players directly jump past you into the next league?
To drop from 1 plat to 2 plat you need somebody who ends up above the first plat but below uber.
Depending on how the league distribution works that can be quite unlikely.