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Re:Elo Hell by phendrenad2 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @07:52PM (#25224674)
Basically, in some team-vs-team video games, teamwork matters much more than individual skill level. So no matter how skilled a player is, they can still lose consistently and be ranked lower than they "should" be. The skill rating system used is often the ELO system, and the "hell" here is a situation where a player is consistently matched with players far below their own skill level, due to poor teamwork.

There's also a lot more randomness in teamwork - sometimes a teammate has a bad day, or is just trolling. Successfully convincing the other people on the team to work as a team to accomplish objectives is often a counter-intuitive skill for people who focused on game mechanics and game knowledge.

Re:Elo Hell by thedudeabides5 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:45PM (#25225601)
Interesting footnote on tinder using Elo as well for match making. Who wouldn’t want to see their tinder elo??