I said it was tough, not impossible. When you're a newer player, you have a higher than average K factor, which affects how much ELO you get. I'm not sure how long this lasts for, but it does make it easier to climb the ranks with early wins. Later, when your K factor drops down, you tend to level out at your actual ELO (at least, this is my understanding of how ELO works). You were at 497 over 3 years ago, and since then, your ELO has remained pretty consistent around the 300-400 level. That's not to say it can't improve, but right now, that 300-400 range is an indicator of where your skill is at.AKuras wrote: ↑01 February 2025, 00:32 Yeah if it has 100+page it for sure lost cause. The main issue is i don't know before game how many times in a row I won against him. There's has to be some sort of disclaimer. It's just not worth playing against him any more.
And last time I checked there were 6-9players with badge for reaching 500. So it's possible. I was at 497 once. Very close yet so far away.
I could point to a similar trajectory in my own games - when I was first playing For Sale, I easily climbed to ELO 350 in a couple of months. 6 months later, I was down around the 200 level, and it's stayed pretty consistently there.
ELO is not a SCORE, it's a skill indicator. Skills can improve over time, but the simple act of winning a game doesn't necessarily indicate your skill has improved - it depends how easy it should have been for you to beat them. Even without the penalty, you would have only been getting 6 ELO, and less each time your ELO went up compared to the other player. You're not going to see huge gains anymore - I think even for players who reach high ELO levels (through developing skill, not through early K factor play) it's going to be a slow, incremental process, not something that happens in a 20-30 games.
