2012-08-29, 20:32:37
(2012-08-27, 07:39:42)UnifiedDoom Wrote: I really think you can seperate bt players into 3 groups, and elo is simply a side effect of these groups.
High Elo "Pros": These are the guys whose name everybody recognizes when they enter a ranked game, I'd say about 30% of players can be classified as this. These guys often end up going on the side lanes (whether they like it or not). They will rarely have a negative k/d and often end up with effort values of 1.00 or .15. These guys often end up being the "carries" in btanks and usually are the first players to get tanks. They also have good map awareness and teamplay. The most often case is that there are two of these players in a game and they end up on opposite teams and most often opposite sides of the same side lane. Their elo ranges from 1550-1700 (to include the very best, most peak at 1600) and rarely drops below 1550.
Middle Elo "Average Players": I'd say they make up usually about 60% of a game's players and most have over 100 games of experience. These players usually play in the middle, but CAN lane if nessecary though not at the same level as the high elo players (usually only choosing to if nobody else is there). Sometimes these players are dedicated lane soloists , however what seperates them from the high elo pros is that high elo pros will remain dominant all game, where an an average lane soloist will eventually equalize with his teammates (due to lack of experience and teamplay). These players recognize the "need" to save, and have "big tanks" by around the 1:00 mark (which imo seperates them from the "bad" players) and often end up either getting upgrades for the carry or having the tank, often alongside the carry but with less weapons. These guys range all the way from 1450-1550, but they will usually be in the low 1500s.
Low Elo "Bad Players": These are the guys you just don't want on your team, I'd say they're about 10% of players. They rarely speak at all and often have zero teamplay. They almost never buy the big tanks, often buying many expensive weapons on the midgame tanks, and then when they do it will always be long after everyone else has taken a big tank (and sometimes they will even take frost robot ). Sometimes they go to lanes, often without saying anything, and ruin the game early on by feeding. They usually have low elo below 1450 (and sometimes if their really bad below 1400) and end usually end up with the purpose of being an iron ball attached to the leg of a High Elo player. The real problem with these people is like progg mentioned, occassionally they will join a ranked game with a new account and severely unbalance the game with 1500 elo.
It's better to look at teams based on these 3 groups to determine balance and not simply elo alone. Of course a bot can't do that, but as an observer you can really see the balance of the game more clearly like this.
You forget the goddess level
I am so good that I don't even need to type -rc because I never die !