User blog comment:Texas Snyper/Elo Hell and You: Part 1 - The Impassable Barrier/@comment-71.113.244.82-20110906211850/@comment-3358335-20110906223044

To be honest Pre-30 play is about learning the basics of the game. Even in normals, once you ding 30 the game is entirely different. The step up from 29 to 30 was made for giants.

At 29 you are still pulling in people below 30, bad 30's, or new 30's. Once you hit 30 you get thrown in with people that have been playing for 2 years or more.