Stress that comes with losing 9 games ++; Matchmaking Algorithm

Fraggleroc·May 15, 2018·1 votes·2,869 views

Does anyone face this? On OCE, it just seemed that my teammates do not treat games seriously. It's just very sad. And losing/winning streaks seemed to happen very often especially in under-populated servers such as OCE. (The matchmaking algorithm seemed to work better on more populated servers such as NA.)

It feels very stressful when I lose 7 or more in a row. To the point of breakdown. Not sure what to do.

My question is - were there research being done to see if the matchmaking algorithm that Riot employs becomes less efficient or break down with lower/lesser population? If so, will anything be done to address this?

13 Comments

spirit cookingMay 15, 20182 votes

Yeah some people believe its based on mmr.

Lol...

They use a lot of metrics to make matches even.. At the expense of some.

Do u have low deaths per game? Youll always have feeders to balance you out.

Ward more than average? Youll be getting teammates who ward less.

If it was just mmr they wouldnt need someone from MIT stacking the deck against you with an elaborate algorithm.

KarunamonMay 15, 20181 votes

I'm not too sure what makes you think it's all that elaborate. MMR is just a slight variation on Glicko-2, which is a mathematical formula that you plug your wins/losses into.

FragglerocMay 15, 20181 votes

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I'm not too sure what makes you think it's all that elaborate. MMR is just a slight variation on Glicko-2, which is a mathematical formula that you plug your wins/losses into.

when u have different population or pool of players, wont that skew the results?

Because I definitely noticed I get win/loss streaks more often on servers with less players.

PandeonorMay 15, 20182 votes

Sure, but not because of formula. There are less people online so that you can either wait along time up to hours for a "nice to have" match (around same elo) or the decision of the system is is to lower the requirements for the mates so that there maybe a gap within pairs.

spirit cookingMay 15, 20181 votes

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I'm not too sure what makes you think it's all that elaborate. MMR is just a slight variation on Glicko-2, which is a mathematical formula that you plug your wins/losses into.

It is elaborate. Its not just a simple mmr formula.

EvilxUndertonezMay 15, 20182 votes

its simple, it forces a 50/50 winrate, so if you are a troll who feeds every game it works in your favor by boosting/pairing you with people who will keep u near the 50/50 winrate. If you are actually trying to win and do well it pairs u with trolls to keep u at 50/50 winrate.

TrulyBlandMay 15, 20182 votes

That's not reallly how it works at all. It tries to balance both sides. Winning more means you face (and team with) stronger players, losing more means you face (and team with) weaker players. The reason why that's enough to keep you at a 50/50 winrate is because the five enemies have a stronger statistical impact than your four teammates.

KarunamonMay 15, 20183 votes

it forces a 50/50 winrate

This is a misunderstanding of how rating systems work. In any rating system, the best game is when each player has an equal chance to win. This means that the players have identical ratings. In reality, this is unlikely, so the matchmaking system tries to ensure that each team's ratings are as close as possible, and it expands the bracket of "close" if you're in queue for too long.

There's no logic that says "you're on a win streak, give you a wood 5 team".

spirit cookingMay 18, 20181 votes

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This is a misunderstanding of how rating systems work. In any rating system, the best game is when each player has an equal chance to win. This means that the players have identical ratings. In reality, this is unlikely, so the matchmaking system tries to ensure that each team's ratings are as close as possible, and it expands the bracket of "close" if you're in queue for too long.

There's no logic that says "you're on a win streak, give you a wood 5 team".

Logic isnt an immutable law of nature. If you dont think theyre juicing the system youre just naive.

KarunamonMay 18, 20181 votes

Have you any evidence that they're "juicing the system"? What reason would they even have to do this?

spirit cookingMay 18, 20181 votes