User blog comment:Texas Snyper/Elo Hell and You: Part 1 - The Impassable Barrier/@comment-98.248.174.49-20110824074541/@comment-3360527-20110824184125

I disagree. If the player is good enough to be X but is in X - 500 then he will be a massive influence in the game and win most of those games at X - 500. If he isn't able to do so then I argue that he isnt at X - 500 but much closer to X.