This is wonderful thread. I noticed these same sort of things a long time ago but that was before we had a relevant rating system to compare/contrast different matches. Everyone told me to “l2p” and ignored what I was pointing out to them. Glad to see others are finally noticing this.
Long story short ~ Over the years I’ve also noticed that some accounts just get better matches much more often than others do. I’ll refrain from writing a text wall of theories but I will say that after 5 years and 10,000 matches of paying attention to this, it isn’t just good luck or a coincidence for these players. No, it’s rigged patterns that break the normal patterns of the algorithm’s match making. I’ve been certain of this for almost three years now. Is it simply meta smurfing tactics or is there something going on that arenanet isn’t telling us about? At this point, I believe it’s a little bit of both.
A few vague examples as to leave out names of actual players:
- Couple guys I know personally, repeatedly get the easiest matches I’ve ever seen. Even if I am not duo with them but land on their team in a ranked que, we get such easy matches that it’s boring. And let me tell you, they are good players! but they aren’t doing anything special to carry matches. They just get stacked with other good players, almost every single time that they que.
- Some other guys that most people know, I notice that whether I am with or against them, their team always wins. They are great players! but I notice the majority of these wins are not from these guys carrying so hard, they are because their team is simply stacked with veteran player base that most people know, almost every time they que.
- New players that arrive fresh out of pve, hoping to grind those wings. I see a lot of these somehow tag easy match after easy match and ride straight into plat with some ridiculously high win rate. This is very odd considering their visible lack of experience and ineptitude in combat. I’ve often wondered if the algorithm has implemented a function to give new guys on the scene easy matches for awhile so they maintain interest. Regardless of if that’s true, whatever is going on here is not only unfair for veteran participants but it’s insulting.
- Other players of various experience levels that I refuse to que with in ranked. I refuse to que ranked with them because I swear to god, I get the worst matches I have ever seen, every time I que with them. I’m not talking situations where you play with someone for the first time, get a 4 game lose streak and then dodge them forever. No, I’m talking people that I’ve played with for years. Some of which are strong players but they almost always, land on the bad side of a team in a ridiculously impossible to win match. I’m not sure if they were infracted too many times and kittened off the wrong person in the anet office or if too many people within the match manipulation community do not like them. Either way, they almost always get scum of the earth complete garbage matches, and I’ve watched it happening to them for years.
I remember sometime ago me and my duo partner carried 3 players who full wiped at mid in 10 seconds by taking sides me 1v2 my friend 1v3 i killed both players then proceded to decap mid etc. The other 3 players r just kittened and we still carried them 500-126, this is what mass carrying means.
