User blog comment:Zeowolf0/Wolf's Rant - Ranked Games/@comment-4834593-20130122142441

First, he was most likely lying about being 1800 Elo.

It's important to many people because they actually SEE their rating, while you can't see your rating for normal games.

High Elo players are also, as far as I know, not more dicks than low Elo players. I'd think less, as for them, there's nothing lost if they lose a game - They have Platinum or whatever Elo anyways, and aren't struggling to get that Silver or Gold Elo.

And yes, if you don't belong in Elo Hell, you should be able to carry yourself out, as there is a ~56% chance the troll (if there is one troll out of the nine players that are not you) is on the enemy team, but only if you yourself never troll.