Proof of why smurfs ruin players of lower ranks

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@PaperAssasin-1653

when you try to get your account to level 25 by playing qp or arcade, the game uses that hidden mmr to give a specific rank to a player when he plays comp. If you’ve played ow for a long time you should know this.

That’s something that is commonly thrown around, but isn’t necessarily true.

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…