ELO Rankings

How the rankings work

Every team starts at 1500. That's it. No reputation bonus, no legacy points, nothing. You earn your rating by winning — and losing it by losing.

The only thing that matters is who you beat. Beat a top-ranked team and you gain a lot. Beat a bottom-ranked team and you gain almost nothing. Lose to anyone and the opposite happens. A Bo3 and a Bo5 count the same — a series is a series. And only Tier 1 results count. Qualifiers, lower-tier events, showmatches — none of that is in here. I don't care how dominant you looked in a closed qualifier. Show me a Tier 1 result.

What this means in practice: if you were the best team six months ago but you've been losing lately, you will drop. If you're a team nobody expected anything from and you've been winning, you will climb. The rating doesn't care about your history. It only cares about what you've done recently.

The +/− number next to each rating is the movement from that 1500 base. +225 means Tundra has earned 225 points above baseline. −57 means REKONIX has lost 57 from where they started. Simple as that.