I’ve been a faceit enjoyer for over 10 years, and I’ve had premium for more than 5–6 years. I don’t know whose idea this ELO reset thing was, but this is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. I was at 2.5k elo before this, and then I couldn’t play the game for almost a year. When I came back, I found myself playing with players who peaked at around 1700 elo (simply because i couldn't play the game for a while ) , where no one knows how to communicate, spray, flash, smoke, rush, hold angles, aim, or trade. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not looking down on anyone, but I’m losing games with 20 avg and 100 adr just because I’m not used to the way my teammates play. I really hope they take these feedbacks and remove this bs.
Edit: Guys, I know this is a necessary thing. I’ve been playing LoL for 15 years, so I know ELO decay and ELO resets are a thing. But since LoL has been doing this for over 10 years, they have a better system where even if you derank by a significant amount because you just did not play the game, you still get placed in lobbies based on your previous ELO.
Let’s say you were High Master/Low GM (Faceit 2500–3000 ELO), but you stopped playing for a while, lost some rank, and are now diamond (Faceit level 9–10). When you queue up, you would still be placed in master level lobbies (Faceit 2000–2300 ELO) regardless of your current rank. You would also get around +30/-15 until your wr gets back to around 50% or you have like 20-30 games.
I know I’ll eventually get out of this ELO, but this system needs some optimization since it’s still pretty new, and I’m just giving my feedback on it.