Placed 2160, dropped to 850

[Quarters-11687]

@WelshInvader-1994

The match-makiing relies on the MMR for QP (and Arcade ?) matches from the first 25 levels along with 10 placement matches.

How well and try-hard you played (or manipulated) for those 25 levels worth of unreportable and casual game modes determines the outcome.

So why even have placements?

Incorrect. Your very first placement match doesn’t use anything at all (not QP, not Arcade, not Practice vs AI). You just get thrown in at the median.

Twitch

JAKE had a fresh account tryharding in QP until level 25, so he was taking on Masters/GMs by then, and this was his very first placement.

Also, a bunch of stuff was compiled into this topic:

Initial Competitive Skill Rating, Decrypted

Too Long, Didn’t Read Initial competitive skill rating (SR), for accounts that have never played competitive, is approximately 2350. This leads to new accounts being placed closer to high gold that is correct. There is substantial luck based variation in initial placement. Quick play has no influence on starting SR. Initial placement is not dominated by statistical performance. For the first eighteen games, including placements, SR change, for average players, is approximately des…