Competitive ranking system (MMR)

[Booyah]

As you know, Valve implemented MMR points to current Competitive mode. But there's something I don't understand

I had rank 10 with 1792 mmr
I lost a match and it dropped to 1781
then I won a match, got 1788 and RANK UP
so now I have rank 11 with 1788 mmr

Why I didn't rank up earlier when I had more points? Or ranks and mmr are somehow separated / dynamic?

[Absolute wet nuclear fart]

I think MMR limits depend on the number of total players.

[BaharrothBluu]

Mmr is for matchmaking, ranks are for progress as I understand it.

[Kipas]

1780 rating and my rank 11

[Amirilla(.rat)]

I won two games, no rank change
Lost one and went down a rank
Then won five in a row and still havn't come back to where I was before I dropped a rank.

And I did fine in the game I lost too.

Also im pretty sure my mmr was like 1227, now its 1500 but im still at merc III when I used to be at contract killer 1 with 1227.

Im wondering if the actual matchmaking is broken or if it's just showing the wrong ranks to people.

[Amirilla(.rat)]

Edit: After writing that I won 4 more games, lost one, and ranked up and I noticed a few things:

1. Before the last game it told me that I would rank up if I won it.
Which I find weird because I would think that it would depend on the MMR that I achieved.
2. After winning I went from merc III up to contract killer III. So I skipped the other contract killer ranks. So I'm guessing that if you win a certain amount of MMR/win a certain number/ratio of games, then it recalculates your placement and you jump ranks suddenly.

This might explain the MMR inconsistancies because some people just havn't reached the point where their rank will get recalculated so they are temporarily at a rank that doesn't make sense for their mmr.

[Booyah]

lol interesting

I think it's also trying to balance MMR around ranks so most people will always be in middle ranks

Edit: I just checked my rank and I deranked without even playing lol

I had Expert Assasin I and dropped to Executioner III. So yeah, maybe this whole system is dynamic and now you need more MMR to be Expert Assasin I than I have right now.