GAC Matchmaking

"CCyrilS;c-2356383" wrote:

"Lumiya;c-2356377" wrote:

"PeachyPeachSWGOH;c-2356357" wrote:

"Lumiya;c-2356346" wrote:

There are people who lose on purpose just to be in lower leagues or divisions, because they get all in all more crystals with less effort. They have already done the maths on how many matches they have to lose so they don't get promoted too much but can win enough to get a nice amount of guaranteed crystals without needing to fight hard.

I'm sure there are niche cases where that scheme works, but in general for it to work, one would have to be able to accurately predict their future win/loss ratio, and actually deliver the required number of wins. I am having a hard time believing that that is practical. And there is the "observer changes the observed" thing - when there are enough people doing this, they would run into each other in lower brackets and basically drag down every one's win/loss ratio.

It's not about being practical. It's because they don't want to put much effort in GAC and their fights. Lower opponents make it easier for them. They prefer to not face similar rosters, because they just can put in a lot less effort and still get their crystals. Even if they are less than they would get in "their" league or division, it savs them time and effort.
And like I said, not everyone does that sandbagging game. There are also those who just in general don't participate in every round, which leads to inflated SR.

But, we shouldn't even focus on what exactly they do or don't do or why. We should focus more on the effect it has on everyone who is in those match ups. There are way too many facing this to see, that this is an issue.

For everyone supposedly sandbagging, someone else is getting free crystals. What's the problem?

@harvestmouse said it perfectly.

Also, the number of posts and comments about this topic should be enough for you to see, that there is a problem/it is a problem for many.

If you don't see the problem, that's ok. You don't have to. You are in Kyber, so you also can't really see how it is for those who are not. But enough people do and others shouldn't be surprised, if they post about it.

Those free crystals mean nothing if it has the effect of you being promoted just to be uttely destroyed the next 3 rounds or even a whole season because you got promoted in a new League, where as you might have earned better in general if you would have stayed where you actually belong.