tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901781479042884414.post6082704704896540661..comments2023-10-20T10:24:25.019-05:00Comments on DotA Road to Self Improvement: On The Existence of "Elo Hell"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15397566073607378498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901781479042884414.post-63278641473612094972014-08-04T23:51:14.999-05:002014-08-04T23:51:14.999-05:00If it went off of individual performance instead o...If it went off of individual performance instead of winning and losing, that would be true, but you can't tell me it's not difficult to outcarry your team's merciless feeding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901781479042884414.post-83900310968269719722013-12-18T19:18:58.753-06:002013-12-18T19:18:58.753-06:00I would think that players stuck in "Elo hell...I would think that players stuck in "Elo hell", who would have a higher skill rating than what their actual rating reflects, would actually increase their rating/rank faster, firstly because of the way TrueSkill/Elo works, and secondly because the other team has five slots that can be potentially filled by a true hell denizen, while the player only has the other 4 slots that can be filled with feeders and new players. I could be wrong though.<br /><br />Apart from that, I generally agree. My favourite example of the difference between high-tier/low-tier games as well as pub games/competitive games is that you will see players run away from a drow in a lower level game (and feed a double/triple/ultra/RAMPAGE), while the higher-level players will run towards her.<br /><br />Regarding the point about playing a Chen in a hell match, I've noticed that when playing on scrub accounts as well as some friends who have just started, the mindset for most of the players is "pick killing carry, farm hard, win game", and while this very mindset is what makes people cry, when playing a solo queue low-tier game, team-play is rendered pointless by this mindset, and the win will normally go to the team who picks harder, farms harder, wins harder.Macabre Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180749878521213091noreply@blogger.com