Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of the Group Up podcast, I discuss the controversial topic of ELO Hell with my guests, two of whom are from The Metal Ranks, and ask them if there really are some fundamental problems with the OW ranked system

Guest Socials:
Adovahkitty's Twitch: twitch.tv/adovahkitty | Instagram: instagram.com/adovahkitty
A10's Twitch: Twitch.tv/a10nerd | YouTube: youtube.com/a10nerd | Twitter: twitter.com/a10nerd
All of cuppcaake's links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/cuppcaake

The Smurf video spoken about: youtu.be/MAEFdKPQums

Podcast Links:
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/ow_svb/the-great-elo-hell-debate-feat-a10-cuppcaake-adovahkitty
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6sRWutKTc0gnWuguo62Vpa
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/svbs-group-up/id1490256265

#GroupUp #Podcast #EloHell

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intros & Ranked History
7:35 - Does ELO Hell Exist?
12:55 - Education & Improving
24:55 - Misconceptions About The Metal Ranks
52:02 - Does The Game Encourage Bad Behaviour?
1:04:20 - Can You Be In a Rank You Don't Deserve?
1:07:33 - Smurfs
1:20:30 - Changes To OW To Help
1:28:35 - MMR Reset
1:34:34 - Winners Queue & Losers Queue
1:48:12 - Role Imbalances & Which Role Can Carry
2:01:20 - Changes To SR/MMR System
2:08:58 - One Major Change Each Guest Would Want

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