Cross posted from [email protected], but really applies to most games with matchmaking that I’ve played…

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But I don’t think that’s the matchmaking system failing to accurately estimate player skill. It could have done it perfectly and still felt way off.

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Yeah but I’m explaining the meme, not writing an essay like I was in the other conment.

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But maybe the meme loses its humor by having less of that kernel of truth that a good joke relies on? Like, if you don’t think the matchmaking is bullshit, it’s not going to be funny, you know?

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The only kernel of truth required is that most people have experienced completely unfair matches, and attribute that to the shortcomings of modern skill-based matchmaking.

What exactly the mechanics behind those shortcomings are, matters little.

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