
I’d guess they played on a different account in between.

So why did this happen? Looking at the silver player’s match history, they lost 8 of their first 9 games, then didn’t play for many weeks, then started playing again and have won almost every game they’ve played since then. So we can see quite a big difference between ELO and rank there, as the silver rank player clearly has a higher ELO than the gold rank player. The one they lost 17 points against has played 27 games with a 63% win rate and is silver rank. So I look at those two players, and the one they lost 26 points against has played 200 games with a 50% win rate and is gold rank. Clearly the one they lost 17 points for losing to has a higher ELO than the one they lost 26 rank points for losing to. They lost against two different players, both in the 750-800 rank points range, but they lost 26 rank points for one, and 17 for the other. I was just looking at the game history of a player who has around 1000 rank points. You can get some insight into the relative ELO of players from the number of rank points gained or lost. Especially because they will introduce Team Games in the future Ranked Seasons.This is why they need to be more explicit on how the system works. But i still believe some lucky low elo will be still placed higher. This can potentially solve the problems season 1 has.Your ELO in the Ranked 1v1 queue will persist and will play a role in determining your starting Rank after your 5 placement matches are completed in future Ranked Seasons. This kind of explains the problems season 1 has. This unless they used your previous Quick match 1v1 Elo.


So everybody had the same elo before placement matches. It’s safe to asume that at the start of season 1 the 5 placement matches not only determined the Rank Points but also your initial unique Ranked 1v1 Elo. You’ll need to complete 10 qualifying matches for your initial ELO calculation and placement on the Leaderboard This corelated with the information from Quick Match : This means that you have a unique ELO for Quick Match 1v1, Quick Match 2v2, Ranked 1v1, etc.

ELO is used to track your skill in each matchmaking queue.
