User blog comment:Texas Snyper/Elo Hell and You: Part 1 - The Impassable Barrier/@comment-67.171.14.88-20110907180944

you seem to be forgetting one major factor in elo hell, ragequitters and feeders. sure, you can totally carry your team to victor in a 4v5, i've done it about half the time. BUT, as my elo slowly started sinking from what had been, just a feeder here, or quitter there, it started happening more and more, and at about 1150 ELO, i stopped having 4v5's, and they all started becoming 3v5's and 2v5's. At that point it doesn't matter how good you are, if the other team is smart, they will stomp your face in during a 3v5.