There must be a hidden mmr.

[glasspipe79]

I hop into ranked then get clobbered by psychics. Then after losing 6-8 times, all of a sudden, I'm doing the clobbering. Of course this doesn't happen all the time, but I do notice it. There must some matchmaking depending on win rate/match history or some sort of mmr pool you get put into for capcom to keep you reeled in. Of course there are too many factors that come into play.

[Scrub]

Our most powerful ability is to create order from chaos even when none actually exists.

[glasspipe79]

well it's just a thought, not saying it's true. it's just something to think about.

[Gleap]

a tiny shift in your mental attitude, attention, position or even hydration can cause drastic shifts in your quality of play. I occasionally go on 8 game win streaks against 1650 MR masters other times I get hard stuck DI'ing gladius against plat 5's over and over like I have a head wound.

That's before you even factor in luck of the draw for opponents and comfort with their particular play style.

[glasspipe79]

Originally posted by Gleap:

a tiny shift in your mental attitude, attention, position or even hydration can cause drastic shifts in your quality of play. I occasionally go on 8 game win streaks against 1650 MR masters other times I get hard stuck DI'ing gladius against plat 5's over and over like I have a head wound.

That's before you even factor in luck of the draw for opponents and comfort with their particular play style.

I agree on all points. But I want to know how this sort of matchmaking really works. I'm a curious person and I like going deep on things I'm interested in..

[xDCRx]

I often get stuck at <rank> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
Then, to my poor habilities, comes a new warlord legend supreme master that stops my ass and I'm done. That character is getting "unbalanced" match ups until I'm down to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and weeks later, If I am lucky, take an easier path to the next rank.
I usually get a bit mad and switch to a different character. But then I end up convincing myself that Silver is my top and I can't get higher, so I start enjoying my matches like I would if there was no other rank to climb.
Man, I hate when I feel there's a guy in front of me that I think he is 10 times better but for a strange reason is at the same rank. Then I check profile and he had two weeks off, probably burnt by bad results and has a similar win/loss ratio.
So... lol. I don't know. I feel sometimes that there's some mechanism that stops my progression, but it may be just my imagination.

[ELDEN LORD]

Originally posted by Gleap:

a tiny shift in your mental attitude, attention, position or even hydration can cause drastic shifts in your quality of play. I occasionally go on 8 game win streaks against 1650 MR masters other times I get hard stuck DI'ing gladius against plat 5's over and over like I have a head wound.

That's before you even factor in luck of the draw for opponents and comfort with their particular play style.

ur not kidding, i did a long shift on sf yesterday, to long its embarrassing to say how long, and towards the end of it i could barely beat plat one players, the beggining of the day i had no issue beating masters. u dont realize how different u play when ur tired etc

[ELDEN LORD]

Originally posted by xDCRx:

I often get stuck at <rank> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
Then, to my poor habilities, comes a new warlord legend supreme master that stops my ass and I'm done. That character is getting "unbalanced" match ups until I'm down to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and weeks later, If I am lucky, take an easier path to the next rank.
I usually get a bit mad and switch to a different character. But then I end up convincing myself that Silver is my top and I can't get higher, so I start enjoying my matches like I would if there was no other rank to climb.
Man, I hate when I feel there's a guy in front of me that I think he is 10 times better but for a strange reason is at the same rank. Then I check profile and he had two weeks off, probably burnt by bad results and has a similar win/loss ratio.
So... lol. I don't know. I feel sometimes that there's some mechanism that stops my progression, but it may be just my imagination.

i picked up a new character this week so in casual its been pitting me against silver and bronze players etc. i notice alot of them play oonga boonga throw out whatever and hope it lands. so my advice to you is take a deep breath, learn a few small combos, and get comfortable controlling ur character, as in when ur doing stuff u shouldnt even really be thinking about it, like riding a bike. this will jsut come from repetition and practice

[xDCRx]

Thanks for the good words. I just have terrible timing, I don't know. Arcade is boring and ranked a nightmare.

[Stoom Solo]

Originally posted by glasspipe79:

I hop into ranked

There must some matchmaking depending on win rate/match history or some sort of mmr pool you get put into

Isn't there a Visible MMR? Like, your rank?

[Everchosen]

Fighting games are brutal, even slight differences in knowledge/skill can have massive impacts on a match.