The 50% win rate is real

I know the 50% win rate isn’t real but it does feel like it sometimes.

Playing in a stack normally I have a ~53%+ win rate. Examples from the other night:

  • As soon as we go 4 stack instead of 5 we get matched with the worst players etc. The B3 that refuses to play anything but Chromie and lose ~150 points (ok they were favoured).

  • We get a Silver (They get all Diamonds, Plats and a Gold) who decides to ARAM all game and then flames us when he dies alone. Lose another ~190 point (ok they were favoured also I guess)

  • Go back to 5 stack. Proceed to win all the rest of the games.

While I know there isn’t a forced 50% win rate: How does the game know they would lose? Some days it certainly feels like it.

Side note: A couple of our regulars have decided to quit after those matches (and the amount of smurfs in ANZ).