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@Riot, @ghostcrawler, Does experience have any impact on matchmaking?

Fedmahn·7/17/2016, 4:18:49 PM·3 votes·433 views
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I just played a game (match linked) where the 4 members of my team had 0, 1, 2, and 9 ranked wins on the season. I have about 300. The opposing team averaged about 400. Predictably, we were slaughtered. I know I am, unfortunately, ranked right around where everyone who starts out in ranked matches starts out in terms of MMR. However, it doesn't feel right to be matched with a bunch of players in their initial ranked matches against a bunch of other veterans of the current ranked season. Frankly, losing is one thing, but since I have put in the time, I would just like to be matched with other players that have a solid amount of experience. So my question is: does experience have any weight in matchmaking? If it does, how was the linked match determined fair? If not, shouldn't it be? Why doesn't it?

2 Comments

I Q7/17/2016, 4:48:37 PM1 votes

Your experience doesn't go into MMR, your recent matches do.

Fedmahn7/17/2016, 7:23:24 PM1 votes

I am not necessarily talking about MMR, but actual matchmaking. A player with an MMR of 1200 and 1 game played is far more of a wildcard than someone with an MMR of 1200 and 500 games played. I don't think it is fair to put 4 players with a combined 13 ranked wins on a team against an opponent that has >2000 games won. Even if their ostensible MMR is equal