Is this game dying?

[Jellby]

This week I queued without ELO restriction into the same player twice my ELO (~240 versus ~450) literally FIVE games in a row.

Remember that for elo calculations all that matters are differences ("twice my elo" is irrelevant). So 240 vs 450 or 1240 vs 1450 is the same, a 210 difference, which gives a 77%/23% win probability: you're expected to win around 1 every 4 games.

[anonymustard]

This week I queued without ELO restriction into the same player twice my ELO (~240 versus ~450) literally FIVE games in a row.

Remember that for elo calculations all that matters are differences ("twice my elo" is irrelevant). So 240 vs 450 or 1240 vs 1450 is the same, a 210 difference, which gives a 77%/23% win probability: you're expected to win around 1 every 4 games.

In a healthy matchmaking system, do you think a player should be put into 6 games in a row with a 23% win chance?

Most MMR systems attempt to find as close to 50% win rates as possible. Consistently matching a 240 ELO player with others between 200 and 280 would already be swingier than other games, but much better than the current situation.