Why is it so hard to get good teammates?
As the title says. Why? I literally just got out of a game with an octane, and while we did survive me-second to last circle, octane-last circle- it was not that fruitful of a game. We barely sto...
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@InkBlaze02Huh?
No offense but this is almost the opposite of the truth. It is widely acknowledged that if you are ABOVE average, the algorithm will INTENTIONALLY give you under-average teammates.
The key here is our consideration of the term “under-average”.
If matchmaking were random, people would get average teammates ON AVERAGE; this is how math and the law of averages work.
But this isn’t what’s happening. The game absolutely is intentionally handicapping above average players by giving them new and or lower skilled teammates.
The only proven way to win more than average is to be Master/Pred and to play with similarly skilled teammates.
@Axs5626Sxa5001
I feel like I've told this tale too many times now, but this isn't just true for high level players. I'm a just below average player, and my solo q team mates are also almost universally way below my level. Brief example, lasts season my friend and I did a coaching project, and he spectated well over 100 solo q matches that I played, keeping a detailed spreadsheet of dozens of statistics. In these matches, my KDR was 2.2 (far above my overall KDR from playing with friends, a matter for another discussion), while my two random team mates in all of the matches combined averaged exactly .39. I'm playing for self-improvement, not really all that concerned about winning, so even though this disparity existed, it did not ruin my experience. If anything, it allowed me to rack up more kills than I would have were my team mates better. But it sure would have if I were looking to actively increase my win rate.
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