ELO hell now available in teambuilder

Quil Evrything·Feb 1, 2015·2 votes·517 views

Its odd.. but I've noticed lately that ELO hell seems to have been introduced into teambuilder.

Lately, when I try a new champ... i get the matchmaking "adjustment"... and suddenly, all my team members have no freakin clue how to play, feed horribly, and I lose. Does not matter how well I play. Team win is entirely dependant on whether the random people I'm dumped with, have a clue

When I randomly get enough wins, then the adjustment comes off, and I have nice games again.

Two things of note:

. This is still nicer than bronze ranked, because to get out of it, you dont have to have all your randomly given wins in a row.
This didnt USED to happen? I used to have nice teambuilder matches, even when I was trying a new champ or new position

What the $#$@ happened???

ancillary question: how can we turn OFF the stupid "matchmaking adjustment"?!!

1 Comments

Quil EvrythingFeb 1, 20151 votes

Hmm. This also actually PROVES that "ELO Hell" exists.

It's the same player. In positions that they know how to play well (different champ, sure. But lots of experience in the particular role)

Same player wins MORE, if the player's ELO is higher. Same player loses more, if their ELO is magically set lower.

Therefore, what makes some players lose in low ELO, is not their actual skills, but the artificially stupid ELO rating.

Corrolary:

There is an ELO level such that, lower than that point, it doesnt matter what the skill of the player is (as long as between 0-1300). It only matters who their randomly matched teammates and opponents are.