Talk:Elo/@comment-31167053-20170907172146

New ranked season released, a few quick notes about elo:

1. it's soft reset, so your starting elo depends on elo bracket from last season. for instance, 2000+ starts at 2000, 1800-2000 starts at 1800, etc.

2. You do 10 placement games first with elo changes magnified by 3 to give you a chance to rise or fall quickly at the beginning.

3. the k factor (which determines how extreme your elo changes can be) lowers as you go up in elo brackets. for instance, 2000+ elo has a k factor of 10, meaning that most games at that elo you will gain/lose a maximum of like 5 elo