User blog comment:Leyrann/Elo rating doesn't work & Elo Hell exists/@comment-5151680-20121113024217

The concept of "ELO hell" in game with a fixed playerbase is bogus.

The problem is that LoL gains new players every day. Those players play their first ranked game at 1200 ELO and cause "experienced' players who have 1100-1200 ELO to lose.

If the system made games based on "Total Ranked games played" along with "Current ELO" then the sytem would be essentially flaweless, and ELO hell would be bogus once again. Until then, ELO hell does exist. And the OP's statements are mostly correct.