Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-71.227.11.17-20110505200658/@comment-3358335-20110506203742

Elo Hell does not exist in the sense of "Help me Help me I am in some place I do not belong." Statistically, you are just as likely to win a streak as lose a streak. And Elo pits people of approximately equal skill level together. Your personal performance over several games should sway your elo in the correct direction over a set time.

However, people that cry "Help me Help me, I am in some place I do not belong" tend to be the players that are unable to see what THEY are doing wrong or how they are failing the team.

Suppossedly in this "Elo Hell" that people complain about the players are soo bad that basically one good player could lolfaceroll the entire team, do it often enough and you can climb out. At that point, the burden is on you as to identifying "Oh I am at a level where I can't LOL face roll the other team solo, I guess I should turn on my teamwork."

Personal experience has shown that whenever I have tried to "help" someone climb out of elo hell, I have come to the conclusion that the person I am helping, probably belongs there.