Really? You've never worked with a junior who's punching far above their weight? I've had several on my team and work as hard as I can to get them promoted asap.
That said, it definitely gets rarer the higher up you go.
TIL: This is a really interesting perspective; Thank You for this! I will use it from now to calm myself down. I, always either got mortified by the extreme skill of my juniors or by the incompetence of seniors β not sure if itβs the case with me or is it a general feeling.
The Kendo way at-least makes me ignore the titles :)
Beating that higher ranked player promotes you to their rank (and demoted them). It's like a mini boss that the game doesn't tell you about.
That's one benefit but I think that the main benefit is that when you've a high level, you'll know that this guy in front of you is a beginner and you'll go soft on him, which is quite important: if he doesn't know how to fall properly the beginner could be injured if the "high level" guy doesn't notice in time..
I've been very disappointed by comparing people's titles with their actual technical ability -- somehow it never seems to be the case that the ability outstrips the title.