Devs: Look In To The Losing Streaks

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I’m trying to find answers man, because you know, blizzard wont give any… you know right? you’re not blind right? You know they wont read the forum, they wont provide answers, they won’t disclose anything that is going under the hood, maybe I’m right here, for all you know and ever will …

Overwatch Forums

This, among everything Blizzard has ever said about Competitive matchmaking, is compiled in the References section of this topic:

How Competitive Skill Rating Works (Season 16)

The rating and matchmaking system is confusing, and a good overview does not appear to be available. The official overview (1, 48) is incomplete and does not answer a number of common player questions and concerns. This information below is gathered from sporadic blue posts and developer update videos, and salted with my own experience and experiments, various forum threads, and watching streams. Note that since Blizzard does not give exact algorithms, I do have to fill in some gaps, or leave so…