"Gold is low elo."

The Graver·10/17/2018, 2:33:17 PM·5 votes·3,424 views

Why do people keep saying this? Statistically speaking the player of median skill is in silver, so anyone in gold would at least be above average. Sure, people in diamond+ are much better, but that only accounts for roughly 2% of ranked players. Do these people just not even have a basic understanding of statistics? Considering a flat skill value would be impossible to quantify it's not as though we can measure based on that, so relative skill is the best reference we have. What are they trying to accomplish by saying that anyway? Is it just for the sake of insulting people?

35 Comments

Quiet Dude10/17/2018, 2:43:56 PM3 votes

Gold is the new silver

ModKnightsKemplar10/17/2018, 4:09:59 PM3 votes

What's the point in designating?

Op.gg will give you your percentile rank. Who care what counts as "high elo" and "low elo?" I would argue that anyone who is trying to convince you that you're "low elo" just to look down on you has self-esteem issues and you should ignore them. The designation is meaningless.

sleepysithlord10/17/2018, 2:56:31 PM3 votes

Anything below diamond 5 is low elo. Playing your champion competently and getting the basics down are what is required for d5.

Voldymort10/17/2018, 2:35:30 PM2 votes

Why do people keep saying this? Statistically speaking the player of median skill is in silver, so anyone in gold would at least be above average.

abnove average is still "low elo"

Is it just for the sake of insulting people?

yes. basically

HonorRibbon10/17/2018, 3:07:21 PM1 votes

Gold is low elo because it takes no real skill to get. Doesn't even require doing any of the basics... everyone makes so many mistakes you can win by all the free set ups the enemy gives. If I am on a high bronze account or low gold account it feels identical, skill wise.

Telephone Booth10/17/2018, 10:42:20 PM1 votes

I dont think average skill level is what it goes by. If youre average, youre still low skill level relative to the highest tiers. Its referring to skill level. They say ELO as a general term, but it is clearly the wrong term to use.

Not HeIping You10/18/2018, 4:07:32 AM1 votes

oh gold is definitely low elo, i'm gold and deserve plat but i get held back because 90% of the players i get on my team are braindead headless chickens that do nothing but make the enemy team harder for me to kill in an endless 1v9.

Wilyum10/17/2018, 2:53:58 PM1 votes

Median and averages are two completely different things friend. Being above the median is not the same as being above average. Averages are value based so they are effected by outliers, because Masters and challengers are so good they are the outliers. The outlier raises the overall average by a lot, think if you take 5 tests and score one 0% that will greatly affect your grade. So, because there are players who are so good the average gets moved up. Saying the median test score was a 60% and you got a 62% and someone else got a 95-100%, this makes you still bad.

Lv60 Retri Pala10/17/2018, 2:56:54 PM1 votes

Let me put it like this: if the rank 1 Challenger has 10 skill, a gold player would sit at somewhere between a 1 and a 2. Gold players barely have a basic understanding of the game, calling them even average let alone above average just feels wrong.

sleepysithlord10/17/2018, 3:03:19 PM1 votes

I mean yea but IDK how much that matters. PornStar Zilean hit challenger in Korea lmfao