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Elo Hell

4 pointsby mektrikover 4 years ago

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phendrenad2over 4 years ago
Basically, in some team-vs-team video games, teamwork matters much more than individual skill level. So no matter how skilled a player is, they can still lose consistently and be ranked lower than they &quot;should&quot; be. The skill rating system used is often the ELO system, and the &quot;hell&quot; here is a situation where a player is consistently matched with players far below their own skill level, due to poor teamwork.<p>There&#x27;s also a lot more randomness in teamwork - sometimes a teammate has a bad day, or is just trolling. Successfully convincing the other people on the team to work as a team to accomplish objectives is often a counter-intuitive skill for people who focused on game mechanics and game knowledge.
thedudeabides5over 4 years ago
Interesting footnote on tinder using Elo as well for match making. Who wouldn’t want to see their tinder elo??