Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years

Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by calrueb on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @09:56PM (#27058274)

This is anecdotal, but when I host my buddy at my place (he is high diamond on all roles) sometimes he'll hop on my account (low silver on all roles) and steamroll. I'd say 3-5 wins per loss, and he tends to stay off his mains. Yes bad games happen, but he consistently will leave my account at a higher SR than when he arrived (please don't ban me Blizzard). I am pretty confident a diamond level player could boost a bronze account in any role without much trouble.

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by fuzxi on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:22AM (#27059152)

I recall ster making a new account, sandbagging all of his placement matches to land in mid Bronze, and then reaching Diamond in 6 hours. [1] I think it took him another week to make it back to Grandmaster. Granted, this was in Season 2 and I quit around Season 4, so I have no clue if they made any changes that would affect rank gain much.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaORwv8dkt0

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by blibble on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:28AM (#27059177)

there used to be different mechanics like a win streak modifier, which are gone now

but if you have a high win rate you climb more or less immediately (once you've unstuck the MMR confidence value)

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