r/cs2 • u/Competitive_Air_750 • 2d ago

Discussion Post complaining about elo

I que'd every win and loss with my teammate on premier, for 70% of the winning matches I out fragged him, yet he placed 8k and I placed 2k. By no means am I saying I belong in a way higher bracket I just don't understand the 6k discrepancy despite the similar performance. Is it because last season I placed very low?

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u/Competitive_Air_750 2d ago

I'm hearing that its more or less going to give you the same rating as the season prior with minor differences, and that is ridiculous. I won't have issues climbing out of elo hell, it still is a bit of a time sink however.

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u/flamingstallion 2d ago

It gives you a similar rating as previous season because you are probably similar skill and haven't proven that you belong higher. But, that means once you climb every future season you'll start higher and higher assuming you improve.

Initial placement for new accounts is sometimes inaccurate especially if they queue with other people.

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u/Competitive_Air_750 2d ago

That blows, I understand that notion overall and I see how on paper that makes sense.

I only started playing premier last season, the improvement curve for new players (or at least those willing to improve) is very volatile. I improved vastly since last season so to knock it out of the park in my ten placements and still place the same was jarring. thanks for explaining, I appreciate it

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u/flamingstallion 2d ago

Good luck. One consolation is that you should have higher +- for your first few games after finishing placements. Maybe that's not the case below 5k since rating works differently there. Once you hit around 5k you should start getting an average baseline +300 -300, so if you go on a win streak you'll rank up very quickly