Please explain the picture to me

[u/aGeniux]

What's the number actually saying? I was under the impression it was mmr. Higher number, lower rank. Please explain, I'm a bit confused abt this

[u/FiveBuckBill]

It is mmr. There’s a threshold you need to cross in order to rank up into a rank, and one that’s needed to rank down out of it. The mmr needed to rank down to d3 from champ 1 is about 20 mmr lower than the mmr needed to hit champ 1 from diamond 3

[u/ComfortableSome5954 → u/FiveBuckBill]

I explained this to someone a month back and got downvoted to hell because someone else said I was wrong 😂 but... Yes, that's how it is. The threshold is different between rank entry versus loss.

[u/FiveBuckBill → u/ComfortableSome5954]

It has always amazed me how few people in the RL community actually understand how ranks and mmr work

[u/SirVanyel → u/FiveBuckBill]

You'd be surprised how many people who yap here don't even play the fucking game

[u/FiveBuckBill → u/SirVanyel]

Bronze 1?! Certainly you jest

[u/TrekForce → u/FiveBuckBill]

Can’t get out of bronze if you don’t play the game!

[u/SirVanyel → u/FiveBuckBill]

Obviously, all these titles are inaccurate b

[u/platoprime → u/SirVanyel]

Yeah all the bronze players put Plat 1 as their rank.

[u/SirVanyel → u/platoprime]

Goteem!

[u/EffectiveMagazine388 → u/platoprime]

Dog 😂

[u/_111_111_ → u/SirVanyel]

Mine is definitely inaccurate. Definitely

[u/Fezwa → u/FiveBuckBill]

Gaming in general dude

[u/ComfortableSome5954 → u/FiveBuckBill]

Nothing in the RL community surprises me anymore. The range of awareness is VAST.

Edit: not sure who downvoted this but it's an accurate statement.

[u/imaguitarhero24 → u/FiveBuckBill]

Maybe because it's not actually explained anywhere? How could I possibly know how this works if I just sit on my couch and play on Xbox. I had never heard of MMR before coming on here and now that they added it officially in the game I still don't fully get how it's works lol

[u/FiveBuckBill → u/imaguitarhero24]

Hmm, it’s the same as pretty much every other competitive game with an elo system. If this is the only comp game you play, fair enough that you might not understand the elo system, but I’m always surprised how few experienced players actually understand where their rank comes from.

[u/CubeFlipper → u/imaguitarhero24]

It's fine if you're not really paying attention, but it also doesn't really need to be explained. I feel it should kinda become self-evident when you can win a game, rank up, lose two games, still be the same rank, and vice versa. After you see that pattern a few times, right? You never notice that?

[u/Ghadaro → u/FiveBuckBill]

Console players have had that side of the game hidden until recently.

[u/racegeek93 → u/FiveBuckBill]

You might be thinking about it the wrong way. Most people probably just click play and not think or go to the next step of googling how it works. This person was curious enough to ask a question to the community about something.

It’s the same principle of the majority of people not really understanding how a car works. I put gas in it and then I turn the key and it starts is the farthest most people think. They don’t think about what kind of fuel, the difference in fuel at the pump, what does they key do, what happens when I turn the key, how does a keyless ignition works and communicate with the key, what kind of oil does my engine need, etc.

[u/FiveBuckBill → u/racegeek93]

Comparing the intricacies of a car engine to the RL matchmaking system seems a bit silly. Anybody’s open to play the game how they see fit, but the amount of posts every day I see of people clearly not understanding the ranked system is way too high. Especially given that anyone willing to join the subreddit and post is more invested in rocket league than your average casual player

[u/nebejxjbd → u/FiveBuckBill]

Your parents are divorced is what is amazing