Uneven Matchmaking

Ryelz·Aug 26, 2019·6 votes·6,082 views

I've been playing a bit of Flex Queue lately with my friends and for some reason, we've been getting ridiculously outranked in games. We're mid/low gold/low plat. We're consistently playing against high diamond players especially when we're in promos. One game we played against a diamond 3, 2 diamond 4's, a plat 1 in his promos, and a gold 4. There was another time where we played against a diamond 1, diamond 2, and a couple plats, 1 gold. There are plenty of other examples, and I don't understand how the matchmaking does such one sided match ups like this. I don't mind losing, but it gets pretty irritating to consistently get matched up against players 2 tiers higher than you.

7 Comments

TrueDamage NinjaAug 26, 20192 votes

Flex Q MMR =/= Solo Q MMR Same for TT.

What fricks me up most: If you play solo with four other solos vs five premades.

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

RyelzAug 26, 20192 votes

Yeah, I get that it's not the same, but the fact that soloq rank isn't considered is kind of ridiculous. It's basically the exact same game mode with the same map. The matchmaking system is pretty bad in a few ways, that's for sure

KoiyakiAug 26, 20192 votes

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Yeah, I get that it's not the same, but the fact that soloq rank isn't considered is kind of ridiculous. It's basically the exact same game mode with the same map. The matchmaking system is pretty bad in a few ways, that's for sure

they literally made flex for that reason so that friends of all elos can play with each other in a more 'competitive setting'.

So yea games are kinda expected to be lopsided, queue at ur own risk basically.

Starcraft243verAug 26, 20191 votes

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Yeah, I get that it's not the same, but the fact that soloq rank isn't considered is kind of ridiculous. It's basically the exact same game mode with the same map. The matchmaking system is pretty bad in a few ways, that's for sure

Playing as a 5v5 team and playing in soloQ are two very different experience.

Some of my friends were diamond in 5v5 because they played as a team, while they were barely gold in soloQ.

U R Good At GameAug 26, 20191 votes

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Playing as a 5v5 team and playing in soloQ are two very different experience.

Some of my friends were diamond in 5v5 because they played as a team, while they were barely gold in soloQ.

or is it because matchmaking is completely broken :/ The people who actually play flex seriously I usually see their flex rank higher than their solo/duo. Especially 5 mans since a lot of players use flex for practice, ranked fun with friends or when they are tilted at solo q. That means you are taking 5 players playing to win vs another group who is likely having fun with friends or practicing.

Starcraft243verAug 27, 20191 votes

So the problem is not the matchmaking but the people :) I play in flex when I'm tired as well

U R Good At GameAug 27, 20191 votes

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So the problem is not the matchmaking but the people :) I play in flex when I'm tired as well

no it's both. There is also a matchmaking problem. Peoples elo is inflated because the way others play. The system matching diamonds and irons together because they are playing flex is still a matchmaking error.