What aspect defines how much elo we earn per match?

[Forever Culé]

Well, I notice that when I won, I only gain like 1x point while when I lose, I lose 2x. My last match, I only gain 8 points. Do you know why? Some matches I was even at the top of the table.

[JRDeBo]

Two things effect how much ELO you gain and loose.

1. The ELO difference between the two teams. If your team has more ELO then the others, you won't win as much as if your team had less ELO and won. The reverse is true also, if you have more ELO and loose you will loose more then if you have less ELO and loose.

2. How many matches you have played that season. The ELO system has a confidence rating that you can't see normally. The more you play the more confident the system is of your ELO and therefore it won't make as big a change in your ELO as it did in early in the season.

Your "placement" on your team means nothing to the ELO system, it only cares about the win or lose, nothing more. So if you play with someone with the same confidence rating and ELO, the amount of ELO the two of you will gain or loose will be the same regardless of if one of you got carried by the other.

[Forever Culé]

Originally posted by JRDeBo:

Two things effect how much ELO you gain and loose.

1. The ELO difference between the two teams. If your team has more ELO then the others, you won't win as much as if your team had less ELO and won. The reverse is true also, if you have more ELO and loose you will loose more then if you have less ELO and loose.

2. How many matches you have played that season. The ELO system has a confidence rating that you can't see normally. The more you play the more confident the system is of your ELO and therefore it won't make as big a change in your ELO as it did in early in the season.

Your "placement" on your team means nothing to the ELO system, it only cares about the win or lose, nothing more. So if you play with someone with the same confidence rating and ELO, the amount of ELO the two of you will gain or loose will be the same regardless of if one of you got carried by the other.

hmm, just got another match with only 6 points gained. I understand the elo difference beteen team. But at the end of the match, I can see that some of them definitely have higher elo than me. I'm Copper IV,so are my teammates, the other team, they are 3 2 or 1.

[JRDeBo]

I should clarify that even if your ELO is lower then everyone on the opposing team, if your teams total ELO (at the start of the match) is higher then the opponents total ELO, you will still only get a small amount of ELO because the system thought you would win and you did.