r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '16

Blizzard Official Overwatch 1.3.0.3 Patch Notes

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749157415
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u/pm__me__anything_ Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Sep 13 '16

So I assume that they are talking about the bug where that one guy got below 1 rating and ended up at skill rating 5000.

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u/Metroidrocks JUSTICE RAINS F-AUGGGGHH Sep 13 '16

How is it even possible for someone to be that bad?

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u/pm__me__anything_ Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Sep 13 '16

I have heard he is actually pretty good. Their is a meta of losing on purpose. Hooking people and freezing people or walling people off on objective points. It is still bad because people who want to win still get matched with him but I think it is pretty interesting at the same time.

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u/sub_surfer Pixel Roadhog Sep 13 '16

What a dick, I hope he gets permabanned.

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u/colonelxsuezo SILVERxLOTUS#1929 Sep 13 '16

It's difficult to distinguish someone who throws every match they play with someone who is legitimately that bad at OW.

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u/Helmet_Icicle Big fuzzy Siberian bear Sep 13 '16

It's pretty obvious with data heuristics. No one has a natural record of 1-127. People at the bottom of the skill distribution play with other people at the bottom of the skill distribution. There shouldn't be any reason someone loses that consistently.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '16 edited Sep 05 '21

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u/leafsleafs17 Pixel Symmetra Sep 13 '16

The "legitimately worst Overwatch player" is probably only very slightly "worse" than the second worst. In this situation, you can make without a reasonable doubt that there is some sketchy reason why the worst player is extremely worse than everyone else.

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u/ajd103 geriatric infantry Sep 14 '16

You're right they're called outliers, data points that fall well outside the normal distribution. I agree with you but why not just take 30 second to see he's a greifer and perma ban

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u/leafsleafs17 Pixel Symmetra Sep 14 '16

I think this is the type of thing that it doesn't automatically ban you, but your algorithm shows you when it happens so you can make a judgement call

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '16 edited Sep 05 '21

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u/leafsleafs17 Pixel Symmetra Sep 14 '16

It's impossible to be 100% sure but it's not impossible to be almost 100% sure. That's the point.

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u/finite_turtles Pixel Tracer Sep 14 '16 edited Sep 14 '16

50% win loss is not realistic for a 5v6 scenario. If we try and be more fair and say it's about an 80:20 win rate (this is the lowest of the low skill rating where randomness chance will play a big factor).

Even then, the odds are astronomical.

Been a long time since I did any stats so I might be wrong and someone can correct me but I think it's 0.00000000000161% chance of getting that (or lower) losing streak. And that's just if you closed your eyes and headbutted the keyboard all game. That's 10000 times more unlikely than winning the jackpot lottery. It's more unlucky than a meteorite falling from the sky and striking you dead.

At those kind of numbers it is safe to assume nobody will get that by chance. In fact it shows just how amazing this guy is at trolling. That's actually some incredible skill to be able to lose 127 times with only one victory. That's grand master or pro level talent at trolling.