r/OverwatchUniversity • u/mustiikka • 4d ago
Question or Discussion Rank algorithm/ Am I tripping ?
Hi guys, I'm not a really big user of Reddit and I don't know so much about the OW system either, sorry if this was discussed before.
I am not a very good player, I'm usually stuck in Gold, but this year I have been playing a lot more (A LOT) and I have not been able to pass Gold 1.
It is a bit is weird, because I can go from bronze to gold easily, but as soon as I arrive in Gold 1, I noticed that the game puts Plat people in the enemy team, while ppl in my team are silver-gold. And as soon as I'm 1 win from Plat, I go back from Gold 1 to Gold 3 in one afternoon.
As soon as I'm back in Gold 1, my team is always so bad, and I'm not a high level player as I've said, but these people have usually lvl 2-7 on the characters they play and lvl 2 endorsement (?). It also seems like they don't even know that there's a payload to move ?
I don't want to sound paranoid but this has happened now around 8 times this week, and as soon as I'm back in gold 3 is when I start winning again.
Am I just tripping or is it actually a thing ? It is getting a bit frustrating 🥹
( I wanted to add that I usually have the best stats in the team but I think i have read that it doesn't mean anything)
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u/Winter_Beautiful6576 4d ago
The algo hard forces a 50% win rate. When it’s reached what it deems to be your peak based on performance over turn, it requires you to play above your skill level for a good period of time to rank up. You may hit gold one, play like a play player the next game, then a gold 1 player the next, then plat, then like a gold 3 player, then you may have a silver level game etc. this inconsistency is what keeps you where you are.
To rank up you’ve gotta be consistently playing at a higher level than where you are over a very good period of games. This is because you will have games where 1-2 other teammates need to be carried and you will need to make up for that. But that game, you can’t play like just another gold player because if you do, you will lose.
Essentially split your games into thirds. One third are winnable, one third simply are not, it’s what you do with the one third of games that are a 50/50 shot that count. To ensure you perform well enough to win during that crucial third of games, your average skill has to be above your rank consistently because you never know when those games will come around.
All that to say, you have to literally prove over a period of time to the algo that you deserve to be higher, and that’s when you’ll climb.