Jumping into arena and i am facing people who clearly has a lot more experience and rank and everything, i thought i at least be matched up with people that wouldn’t blow new players out of the water instantly?
This could be a couple of things: The default starting rating in comparison to the populations rating curve i.e Default rating is above/below average. Or the nature of the Glicko algorithm in how it tries to place you as fast as possible i.e you win your very very first game, you’ll shoot up in rating and face tougher opponents.
Sounds like a ladder
Did you participate in the Ladder CDI thread?
This could be a couple of things: The default starting rating in comparison to the populations rating curve i.e Default rating is above/below average. Or the nature of the Glicko algorithm in how it tries to place you as fast as possible i.e you win your very very first game, you’ll shoot up in rating and face tougher opponents.
How long does the volatility last?
Just curious because it’s changing anyway(?).
There are a lot of variables. For instance if you don’t play for a while, your volatility will go up. With a big enough population, a new player can get a pretty stable rating very few games.
