Imagine carving out some time for a game of Counter-Strike, excited to get into the fray of Faceit. You sign in, expecting to be a new player, only to discover you’re already enlisted as a rank 7! That’s exactly what happened to a bemused player ‘shireenx93’. Real surprise, huh?
Summary
- Faceit is mysteriously assigning ranks to players who haven’t played many matches, causing confusion and anxiety about their supposed skill level.
- While this may unbalance matches initially, the system will eventually adjust to the player’s true skill level through their ELO score.
- The community advises to go ahead and play, despite the risk of ‘getting destroyed’.
The Joy of Jumping Right In
User ‘Dry_Investment1337’ hops up with a reassuring answer, encouraging our new player to just go for it. ‘Don’t worry, just play. If you are too bad for this level, your ELO will adjust. If you are good enough, you will stick. So just play.’ An eloquent way of saying ‘Just do it!’, don’t you think?
A Glimpse into the Past
A factoid from user ‘UnKn0wN31337’ throws a potential reason into the mix. ‘There were some changes to the Faceit ranks when CS2 was released iirc.’ Ah, game updates- the unpredictable wrench in the cogs that could make a Pac-Man turn into a Space Invader.
The Cold, Hard Truth
‘c0smosLIVE’ takes off the sugar coat with a more stark view of the situation: ‘You will get destroyed at any level because there are a lot of smurfs. Get good.’ Sounds like the wild west of gaming where you either win or learn the hard way!
What an entertaining mix of surprise, encouragement, history, and blunt truth we got today! So, if you’re finding yourself in a similar pickle, remember- the community has your back. Jump into the game, accept the challenge and who knows, you might just surprise yourself and this wonderful chaos we call the gaming community.