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

Fraggleroc·5/15/2018, 1:02:14 PM·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 cooking5/15/2018, 3:46:34 PM2 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.

EvilxUndertonez5/15/2018, 6:26:23 PM2 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.

spirit cooking5/19/2018, 4:20:01 AM1 votes

Youre the one with no evidence that matchmaking is based off of simple number derived from only one metric "win/loss."