User blog comment:Madness Incarnate/The Mathematics and Psychology behind "Elo Hell"/@comment-109.89.157.25-20130111050651/@comment-109.89.157.25-20130112000135

Of course I had to change my numbers in one spot without updating the results -_- nevertheless, when I lose I always get -16 while when I win I get either +8 or +16. So the elo ratings of players can be close to same but not necessarily the same, ending up with those differences.

Anyway, I'm at 18 wins and 23 losses for the moment, so the whole assumption of the fact that there will always be 1 unskilled player among 9 regular players and that nobody will ever disconnect, troll, or just have a bad game might be wrong and we're arguing about ghosts. And, to do math on ghosts, let's just add another point to discuss: What if somebody in the team without the unskilled player disconnects? And, since the unskilled player will probably end up feeding, would his team perform better if he disconnects?

So many assumptions, so little sense...