Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-168.8.212.158-20121206162214

If you were 900elo at the end of season 2, you were slightly above 900elo when pre-season 3 started. They dont reset everyone to 1200, because that isnt fair to the Pro's and other people that somehow, by the grace of jesus, made it out of elo hell. If you were 900 you probobly started ~980elo with the elo bonuses that the first 10games gives you. For the first 10 games you gain an additional 10 or so elo per game, so you have a change to greatly raise your elo. This is why if you see a friend who is 5:5 and is 1600elo, and you are 10:5 and 1300, its becasue he was higher to begin with. Hope this helps everyone. And FYI, to people that say 'I go 10-0 every game and STILL lose', if you are taking every single kill on your team, and telling your team that they suck, even though you are tkaing their kills, you dammage your teams Moral and youa re hurting their gold gain- leaving you as the only effective charicter on your team. Please, please try to distribute your kills between the AP carry, AD carry, Tank, and AD/AP bruiser, this will make your team more effective in team fights so you dont just get poop'd on every time you engage. Hope this helps everyone!!

Note: I was 1400elo, then dropped to 1200, so I know how elo-hell feels.