The True Cause of Elo Hell

FaceIT Opinion Form: https://forms.gle/8QRozapS48sYVKWu7 My Patreon: https://patreon.com/m0sifer Sources & Further Reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YvIf0kK1VKoM6mNqCsF7ctrF6XjqvZ8Qq8dXfjNQUSQ/edit?usp=sharing Simulation Code: https://github.com/S1deprojects/mmSimGUI - https://github.com/S1deprojects/mmSim Today I take on my greatest opponent yet. Elo Hell. And it's biggest Cause in Counter-Strike 2. Win-based Matchmaking. In this Video Essay I will be covering my journey through simulating millions of games of cs2 in hopes of finding the answer to how bad win-based matchmaking truly is. Chapters: 00:00 Start 00:55 The Base Problem 02:07 The Graph 06:36 Early Testing 07:56 Making a Simulation 11:59 Scooped 13:12 The Results 22:55 The Better Simulation 30:21 How 31:10 Option 1: Fantasy Esports 40:16 Option 2: Ratings 44:01 FaceIT 47:36 Conclusion