Bad Matchmaking Thread

[jacknoble486]

Hey Valve, making games is not for you in 2025. Throw the towel in and pass this off to a company that's released more than one new IP in the past ten years.

 

[SardineS]

Thank you Valve devs for addressing the matchmaking/rank issue!! I'll write more if there is anything.

Hey Valve, making games is not for you in 2025. Throw the towel in and pass this off to a company that's released more than one new IP in the past ten years.

WRONG. Deadlock, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and Half-life: Alyx are goated.

We don't know what they're doing with initiate ranks but it's theorized new accounts start with a negative mmr to smooth out the new player experience. Plus there's the problem that all we see are the average ranks post game, so there could be bad matchmaking based on averaging mmr that doesnt have anything to do with ranks having "imperceptiple" skill levels but instead the problem is how the vastly different ranks are allowed to be put together. I know whenever I get new players on my team it's because someone queued with them in a party and the game finds a way to average the mmr that way.

I got promoted from Arcanist 5 to Oracle 2, whee!

 

[Olivine]

44608391
Initiate 1 to Seeker 2 after today's ranking update

 

[raulspam96]

Went from alchemist 1 to emissary 1 in one game.

 

[neomarestudio]

Once again, the team didn't know what to do. Haze hunted them down one by one. In team fights, they never used their ultimates. Haze would go all over the map farming, and no one did anything. No one could stand up to Haze. He was the only one who could damage her.

 

[Flappers]

44561845 - Opponents played far worse
44383867 - Opponents played far better, higher ranked players playing with lower ranked friend