Match queueing and FTA

[nivra0]

Yah, this has become much worse now that it's been published. I stopped playing 1v1 for a week or so. I just started 9 games in a row. The last 8 were all as P2. So frustrating.

Here's a thought experiment. Let's say for evenly matched ST players, FTA yields a 60% winning pct.

Now let's say you randomly queue and get FTA half the time. Your winning pct stays around 50%.

Now let's say you know the strategy in this thread. Once you get FTA during off-peak hours, then the best strategy would be to:
(a) resign all games in which you have a <40% chance of winning, and then
(b) queue up as many P1 games until all 20 slots are filled.
© stop queueing until you have a lot of empty slots (or games <40% winning pct) again.
(d) start randomly queuing during off-peak hours trollling for FTA again.

This is essentially the strategy calmon is talking about above.

If everyone followed this strategy, then it might even out with the chance to get FTA about once every 10-20 queues or so.

However, not everyone follows this strategy, so people like Calmon who won't resign on principle won't see their MMR move up as fast, since it's not optimal play. Players who have a lot of non-1v1 league games such as tourneys or 2v2's will also not see their MMR move up as fast.