The Strategy of Losing in GAC
I often read that falling down the ladder to win more afterwards is a valid strategy in GAC. Let’s crunch some (rough) numbers. I only take into account crystals and not gear/zetas/slicing because I d...
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"Screerider;c-2344977" wrote:
I wonder if Chess players also lose on purpose to face easier opponents.
Probably some do. Or at least you could, but the governing body might notice. You have to play a certain amount of events per year to maintain your FIDE rating, and the amount your rating goes up or down per match is modified by a “development” coefficient related to the number of matches you play and the rating difference between you and your op.
The chess analogy breaks down quickly for GAC tho (as pointed out by APGAINS in a recent vid). The mismatches low level GA folks see are not “me against Gary Kasparov”, they are “me against the guy next door, but he has 10 rooks, 20, knights, and 5 queens and I have a normal set”.
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