Finally a leader in Kyber 1 that’s not from a guild of the usual suspects and a sweet GP of 4 mil.

Good to see the matchmaking algorithms working as coded. It's not a bug, it's a feature. :D

That player knows how to pick his gaming chairs. No 1 in Kyber 1 with 2 GLs and no Executor, Profundity or Leviathan. Awesome

"Rath_Tarr;c-2451867" wrote:Good to see the matchmaking algorithms working as coded. It's not a bug, it's a feature. :D I don’t think you game blame matchmaking for people cheating.

"Stokat;c-2451873" wrote:"Rath_Tarr;c-2451867" wrote:Good to see the matchmaking algorithms working as coded. It's not a bug, it's a feature. :D I don’t think you game blame matchmaking for people cheating. Is it cheating though? Or just evidence that the squish algorithm isn’t founded on the most rigorous maths?

It may be nothing to do with cheating. Lucky streaks in matchmaking in lower leagues can give huge rating which impossible to get in really competitive environment like Kyber, especially combined with new "squish" algorithm which, in fact, add pretty big amount of points to players in lower leagues.

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crzydroid
Hero (Retired)
2 years ago
One of my recent matches was a case of bad skill rating assignment. They had like 5 million GP, no GLs, etc. Their history showed a Carbonite match with an insanely high skill rating, then a Bronzium match, and then suddenly they catapulated to K1 because of their SR. They were on a consistent losing streak since that point because they couldn't compete.

I wasn't sure if it was because they took a break and came back and that's why their SR was messed up, but stuff like this is definitely happening. I couldn't see any signs of cheating. But for this person, it just seemed like they were destined to stay on a losing steak until they dropped to where they were supposed to be.
Rath_Tarr0
2 years ago
That is going to be a long and miserable losing streak.
riklass
Rising Scout
2 years ago
Huh a thread complaining about someone excelling, couldn't be skill must be a game glitch, cause us usual players deserve to always be number 1.
175n07m3
2 years ago
"rickertron;c-2451915" wrote:
Huh a thread complaining about someone excelling, couldn't be skill must be a game glitch, cause us usual players deserve to always be number 1.

Huh? Are you trolling? There’s no way a player with that roster could or should be at the top of K1 by skill. None.
Rath_Tarr0
2 years ago
"rickertron;c-2451915" wrote:
Huh a thread complaining about someone excelling, couldn't be skill must be a game glitch, cause us usual players deserve to always be number 1.

That account has under 5m GP and only 2 GLs. No way it got to the top of Kyner 1 legitimately.
riklass
Rising Scout
2 years ago
"Haugs;c-2451917" wrote:
"rickertron;c-2451915" wrote:
Huh a thread complaining about someone excelling, couldn't be skill must be a game glitch, cause us usual players deserve to always be number 1.

“How to miss the point entirely”, by Rickerton.

its a point worth missing.
Disruptor92
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
This has nothing to do with cheating. This is just the algorithm/calculations being broken, unintentionally. I've randomly noticed it a few weeks ago but forgot to make a post here on the forums about it. For some reason some people are passively gaining rating points for not playing, and some others are getting massive rating boosts during the skill squish (we're talking 500+ points, essentially making them skip an entire league with their promotion). This will not be the first person to be #1 in K1 that should not be there. If you check the lower leagues, many of them have players that have absolutely crazy scores because of broken calculations/algorithm: