Skill rating in gac matchmaking

"Disruptor92;c-2379062" wrote:

Why would you be shocked? I mean, someone has to be last. If what you're saying is true (and if it really depends on the player ID), then maybe you just happen to have an ID that would be listed as last like 99% of the time because of certain parameters we're not aware of.

True, someone has got to be last. I think it would theoretically narrow your matches more obviously, but who knows. I can't rule out the possibility!

My theory implies that instead the people who designed the new system opted to just leave the current rank order in place. We already had an existing leader board at the end of the final GAC season, before the changes. It would take less work than any other option to just leave it. Less work is often a winning option!

Think about it this way: We were all already divided by GP. Old GAC only had divisions. We still have divisions, but now they are grouped within Leagues. All existing players were already sorted (GP = Division), and ranked (previous GAC season standings). They just added another layer to the previous sort, now splitting us into League Divisions, and our rank was just where we were in the previous GAC leader board.
All new players as they qualify get sorted to the bottom League-Division to start. All players that quit or otherwise just didn't join the final old GAC received ratings later on, and I presume they would be sorted into ranks based on however CG decided to systematically find/add them all in the first place.