I loved GA. It was by far my favorite table. I may not always win but they were close. GAC, in simple terms, has been a disaster. That’s completely understandable. It’s a new process. Something ive never seen you mention in any of your improvements, the huge portion of people who simply don’t attack. It is incredibly dissatisfying to prepare for a challenge and have an opponent not even try. This is shockingly common. Cg with often mention “blowouts” and that their goal is to reduce that number below 5%. Matchmaking is not to blame for these “blowouts”, it’s laziness.
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I get what you're saying, but what do want them to do about it?
Yeah that gets tricky. Some sort of individual match participation rewards?
So what exactly is your opinion about laziness based on? Have you talked to those people that were on the losing side of blowouts?
Take a look at Strojar’s comment and you’ll see exactly the problem with the old matchmaking system. When someone knows they will lose a match simply by reviewing their opponent’s roster, there is no incentive to even participate. Take the loss, get lesser rewards, and move on...that’s all that’s there for them.
Yes the old matchmaking system was to blame. Yes, the new one is better. And yes the new system + leagues will lead to better matches. However, these changes might still yield more than 5% blowouts and more changes might be needed. We’ll see over time.