I think by now everyone knows about forced losses. The game isn't literally trying to force you to lose, but when you win a few, the game starts allowing lower skill people on your team as a balancer, which often then causes a loss.
Yesterday, i was winning quite a few. So let's see what impact that had on my games today.
I used Destiny Tracker.
[b]Game 1[/b]
Enemy team ELO 5325
My team ELO 4957
Result - Loss
[b]Game 2[/b]
Enemy team ELO 6572
My team ELO 5314
Result - Loss
[b]Game 3[/b]
Enemy team ELO 4957
My team ELO 4413
Result - Loss
[b]Game 4[/b]
Enemy team ELO 4997
My team ELO 5029
Result - Win
[b]Game 5[/b]
Enemy team ELO 4759
My team ELO 5529
Result - Win
[b]Game 6[/b]
Enemy team ELO 5056
My team ELO 4399
Result - Loss
[b]Game 7[/b]
Enemy team ELO 6263
My team ELO 4852
Result - Loss
Basically 5 out of 7 games, the enemy team ELO was higher than my team, and i lost those 5 out of 7.
This is the system trying to bring things down.
Notice in my losses, the enemy team's ELO is typically over 500 higher, and in two cases over 1000 higher.
One of my wins we were just 32 higher, and in the other game. In the other win, my team's ELO is much higher, but this is misleading because that game was Supremacy and i have a very very high ELO (>1700) in that gametype only, and this really skewed the stats as the rest of my team were in the 1000-1400 bracket, as were the enemy.
Tl;dr - i really -blam!-ing hate forced losses
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If you pay attention too, you will notice connection fluctuation in rhythm with how the match is going. For instance, you do well a few matches, then you get put into a match and it is as if your bullets are disappearing and/or the opponents are seeing you on their screen miles ahead of you seeing them. Your team can't seem to catch a break. A minute in and the score is like 7 - 30. A little longer and its like 7 - 40. Then, like the flip of a switch, you are suddenly able to start getting kills easily. Going on streaks, etc. Bullets feel accurate, headshots feel right. Rockets are actually doing damage. The match will usually end with you losing, but with about a 10 point disparity so it looked like a close match despite the fact that you got obliterated in the first 3/4. This is the primary reason I can't stand Crucible anymore. Connections determine the outcomes of most matches and nothing else.