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Most gamers prefer single-player games (www.midiaresearch.com)
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[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

If you're curious about the mechanics behind ELO and ELO confidence distributions after X matches, chess ELO is actually a well studied way to learn about the algorithm used by almost all SBMM. After a shockingly small number of matches, your ELO is going to end up being in the right neighborhood for you have +/- 50% WR.