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StarCraft two ladder is special. When you queue, there’s a certain brand of depression that sets in. You play a tough game against someone who’s ranked higher then you. Then you look down at your MMR and see it’s gone down by eight points. It feel as if the entire universe has taken personal offense … Read more
After a good warmup you’re sharp and ready to queue up for another match in Deadlock. You run down your lane and get an early kill or two. You dominate your lane. Then you see post-game screen with a minimal MMR increase, if any. It might even be a decrease. At some point it will … Read more
When you’ve done well during a game but ended up losing points, you might be frustrated by result. That’s because it doesn’t align with what you believe to be your current skill level. The number behind each of those ranks isn’t shown by Riot Games. Instead players are left guessing as to the reason for … Read more
This season you’ve played twenty games, and you’re pretty certain your aim has improved from last month. You feel like you’re positioned cleaner, yet your public ranking remain firmly stuck at Gold 4. Despite perceived progress, you can’t seem to claw out of Gold and into Platinum. It’s an impatience lurking just behind the curtain … Read more
Once you’ve won a round and killed four people, however, it’s going to change your rating within matchmaking system. You’ll think you’re in an easier or tougher round then normal. Why? Because your hidden skill rating adapts based on how well you did. You never get to see this number. That means the adjustments is … Read more
In Crucible, when you win a match and don’t see your rank rise much, you get frustrated. That’s because Destiny competitive play are not just about who kills the most or makes the flashiest play. Instead it rewards consistent play at the level expected of you. It will raise or lower your rating to match … Read more
When you play a few matches in Valorant and get a win only for that victory to be wiped out because you lost the next one, and your ranking doesn’t budge all that much, you’re frustrated. Why? It feels unfairer but what’s really happening is some mathematical voodoo doing its job. The ranked system isn’t … Read more
For many people, climbing feels hard. League of Legends‘ ranking system is unintuitive. It seems like you should move up or down based on wins and losses, but then suddenly you’ll get 3 wins and zero movement, followed by 2 losses and you’re down a division. The way it actualy works is that there’s an … Read more
Look at your rating on that screen in match queue. Do you think it’s a static number? It isn’t. It’s a probability distribution. Players see rank, they see skill. The math see an expected score, a prediction of how many points you’ll get if standard statistical laws holds true. That’s what separates gambling on matches … Read more
You’ve hit sixteen hundred Elo in your shooter, but when you look at the leaderboard you’re not sure what that really means. According to your kills and deaths, you should of be close to first place, but now you’re in the middle of the pack. That’s because raw stats dont account for who is being … Read more
It’s tempting to believe if two players both has ratings of 1700, then they must be about equally strong. But typicaly what separates them is amount of evidence that supports their own ratings. Classic Elo simply assumes the number is set in stone, whereas Glicko-2 (among others) keep track of this with its concepts of … Read more
You’re looking at two similar-looking ratings. Both players is around eighteen hundred, so it’s a neck-and-neck game, right? You see the lower rated player gets to play at home, while higher rated player is playing a best of seven instead of a best of one. It sounds like a miniscule difference, but that’s why Elo … Read more