That's a great explanation of the system, but the system is clearly not working. The fact that player after player after player is complaining about levels being [i]way[/i] off is proof enough it's not working. After all, the system is suppose to match similarly skilled players but that's not happening. We're all running into 30-40's who play like 10-20's, & 10-20's who're playing like 30's. In Halo 2, you knew (far more often than not) that a 30 was a 30. Completely untrue in Halo 3. If you're saying the system will only average out & accurately predict skill over time, then what, we're suppose to play a thousand unbalanced games before things balance out?!? No way. Look, for most players, Trueskill worked well enough. What we still desperately need is better net code!!! (Want me to send you a clip of 3 successive sniper headshots that doesn't kill the opponent. Jeez. If it wasn't for the Halo nicotine I'd have stopped playing a long time ago. ;) )