Skill vs. Attitude

Tulare·5/4/2014, 5:07:13 AM·1 votes·2,038 views

I was just thinking about ways one might use the honour system as a component of the matchmaking system but I realized that I didn't know how most people would like such a thing to operate. Here's my question then:

Who would you prefer to have on your team?

A cheerful, courteous player who is 25% worse than the team average.
A grouchy, rude player who is 25% better than the team average.

If you choose the cheerful player, how much worse than the team average would that player have to be before you'd switch to grouchy but 25% better?

If you choose the grouchy player, by how much would that player's skill need to decrease before you'd switch to cheerful but 25% worse?

8 Comments

RiotLtRandolph5/6/2014, 12:33:10 AM6 votes

I feel like being cheerful/communicative/supportive provides a multiplier to the effectiveness of a team. I recall many more comebacks from rough starts where someone offered words of encouragement as opposed to rage. Thus, I would unscientifically argue that the cheerful but inept player will increase the effectiveness of the other 4 players, and potentially make up for their lesser skill.

That being said, if I'm correct, then the cheerful player will matchmake "above their skill", since they will contribute to wins simply via their attitude.

Hyrum Graff5/4/2014, 3:40:24 PM2 votes

It kind of depends; grouchiness and cheeriness also have scales; I would need someone a LOT better before I took a rager, than somone who's just mildly grouchy.

By the same token, there are other factors. Generally cheery players communicate better. If someone's willing to listen to me, and heeds my advice, that can go a long way towards making them a better player (in that game at least), but communication skills aren't something accounted for in this comparison.

Water of Eden5/4/2014, 5:13:37 AM1 votes

I don't think that grouchiness or skill is something that is subject to numbers. Are we talking about elo, division, kda, etc? I think there's just too many things that are too subjective. I'd probably choose the grouchy skillful person and then mute them...