Since the new matchmaking system 1) finds 10 people of a similar MMR and then deals them into two equal teams, and 2) changes your MMR based on the AVERAGE MMR of the team you faced.
Will it take weeks and weeks to sort itself out?
Say that everyone starts at say a 500 MMR (on a 1 to 1000 scale).
On the first matches, the winners MMRs only go up very slightly, and loser MMRs only go down very slightly.
Right?
And if you won your first, you are likely to lose the second match. There will be few “streaks”.
I was just placed on two losing teams as my first two matches. I am scared that I will plummet to the dreaded GLicko2 basement with players who do not try or don’t know how to play.
Since the new matchmaking system 1) finds 10 people of a similar MMR and then deals them into two equal teams, and 2) changes your MMR based on the AVERAGE MMR of the team you faced.
It shouldn’t take too many matches for an individual to get near their optimal MMR, but I’m not sure how long it will take the population on average to stabilize. It will depend on how many rated matches a day the average player participates in.
I was just placed on two losing teams as my first two matches. I am scared that I will plummet to the dreaded GLicko2 basement with players who do not try or don’t know how to play.
Don’t worry about it. Your ratings deviation (confidence level) is still very wide, and you’re still going to be grouped with a wide variety of players.
Should you somehow find yourself in a basement, which should be less likely with the recent matchmaking changes, our plans for next year include a way for players to get themselves out.
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Should you somehow find yourself in a basement, which should be less likely with the recent matchmaking changes, our plans for next year include a way for players to get themselves out.
I was just thinking that there ought to be a “test of skill” you can undertake to be allowed a place on a better team for a few matches.
Or alternatively, high-MMR players could volunteer to be on a team of three higher MMR placed alongside two people who want to try to get out of the basement, for a 6-match series against a higher MMR team.
The Higher MMR players would win receive some sort of useful reward for being the “surrogates”!
