Match Making System is Broken

[Azmuel-1621]

@Vendamar-1771

There is no such thing, people tend to believe that it’s harder because the system will put you against groups as well, but that only makes it fair.

@ScottMercer

Now, let’s look at all teams consisting of all solo players. They play against other all-solo teams 73% of the time, with a 50% win rate. Meanwhile, they’ll very seldomly be matched against a full six-stack (only once in every 1150 games) and they’ll have a 41% win rate. That percentage isn’t great, but it doesn’t happen often, and 41% is NOT unwinnable. If you then combine all the separate chances to encounter all the other possible enemy team compositions and their win rates, then the solo-only team composition has a total observed win rate of 49.5%.

However, when you decide to queue for a competitive game as a solo player, we don’t only place you in all-solo compositions. Sometimes, you’re in a 2,1,1,1,1 composition which has an overall observed win rate of 50.03%. Other times, you’re in a 2,2,1,1 composition with a 49.46% win rate, or a 3,2,1 comp with a 49.93% win rate. All of the possible combinations considered, the combined win rate for solo players end ups being 49.94%. That’s very close to the perfectly fair value of 50%, which means that having groups and solo players queuing together has nearly no effect on a solo player’s win rate.

Among all possible team compositions, the one with the highest win rate is the full team of six players. If we again take into account how often the six-player team composition plays other compositions (and close to 84% are against teams with at least a four-, five-, or six-player group) then they only have an observed win rate of 52.88%. So, there is a very modest advantage to playing in a six-stack. All the other composition possibilities have closer to 50% win rates.

since six stacks are expected to have a higher win rate by definition they would get tougher opponents when they do not have another 6 stack against them. and you can make the same extension to 5 stack and then to 4 stack. it is a consequence of the game attempting to have 50% win chance. which is another problem with this game. we are playing with a babysitter.

@Vendamar-1771

They did do it, you just can’t seem to accept it.

i somehow doubt they changed the philosophy behind their approach to the MM due to how they described what the system does and how it still functions.

@Vendamar-1771

No, I pretty much mean people like you. You are saying something that isn’t true and when someone explains to you that you are mistaken you are incapable or accepting it.

i was told about those things that they are not true. how come now im stark raving mad but then i was right.

@Vendamar-1771

OW is still one of the most popular and played games in the world I don’t know what you are talking about, probably forum cool aid.

first there is no concurrent playerbase numbers to compare. second best metric is twitch which has overwatch at best hovring in top 20. from being consistently in top 5, a year after launch.

@Vendamar-1771

You are simply wrong. The MM is not broken in the slightest, you just prefer to believe that rather than facing the truth.

what truth? i know i suck at dps, i know at best i can make it to diamond on tank. how am i deluding myself saying something simply does not add up in my games? you have yet to present any proof.

@Vendamar-1771

the players that we play with are of our skill level and knowledge, there is nothing more to it.

i said to look, not ask. actually look. across 3 games in each rank.

@Vendamar-1771

Judging by what you wrote you seem to believe that you know better than your allies, but I bet if I watched your replays I would find a lot of flaws in your play that you yourself probably don’t even know about, and still you judge others and the MM system.

yes, there are a ton of flaws in my play. and here again you imply i simply want the win and not a working system.

@Vendamar-1771

There is nothing to understand, like I said before, you are wrong,

if there is nothing to understand i cannot be wrong. to be wrong i must first have something to be understood, but you refused to treat me like a human being.

if you will not try to understand me. i will simply treat you like the rest who dont bother, as if you dont exist.