Originally Posted by lazerpewpew
And the often-lose 2k team won't stay at 2k level any longer.
The 1300 rating team supports 1400 rating team, which in turn supports 1500 rating team, which in turn supports 1600 rating team, so on and so forth.
You need to have an ample supply of "losers" to make the winner "win".
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That's simply not true, not in a closed system. Every team starts at 1500, therefore 1500 is the medium. Assuming nobody drops out and nobody new is added, 1500 will be the average score no matter how many games you play (now that queue dodging isn't possible). If you then drop everyone who has less than a 2000 ranking, suddenly something like 2150 or 2250 will become the new "Average", assuming nobody new gets added or taken away, this is your new medium. Some teams will inevitably drop below 2000, maybe even down as low as 1900, but if they were a true representation of a 2000 team, that would be temporary and they'd eventually get back to 2000 as they gained more and more points for a win and lose less and less for a loss.