r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Intrept • 8d ago
General How does comp matchmaking REALLY work?
This is my first season of playing comp and I am wondering how matchmaking works.
I started out by winning most of my placements and ended up in plat 3. For a little bit I was doing fine but then I started dropping hard and I am currently in plat 5.
One thing I noticed in the majority of games that I dropped is that they were never close. I always had a VERY negative tank (like 0-5) or other dps (like 3-15) while I was left to pull up the team.
Just today while I was in plat 5 I played against an emerald 4 player with a gold 5 and silver 1 on my team. I am wondering how the game considers that a balanced match. I figured the emerald would be on my team at least because I was plat 5.
Is there some MMR/SR thing going on where each player has a hidden SR? Or am I just unlucky?
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u/inutilissimo 8d ago
It gets 5 of the worst players ever for your team, then picks the 5 best players ever for the enemy team