Trueskill Doesn't Determine First?

[Iggyhopper]

I just played with someone who played 1, won 1 in a crazy crates match, and I went first. I know I have a high trueskill, around 15-30, so I do not think that is the official determinant.

It might be just a calculation of wins/losses, regardless of trueskill. Meaning, in a match with player scores of 50/49 and 1/1, the player with 50 game played will go first, because his ratio is lower then the other player, which is 100%.

I think it's official. Win/Loss ratio determines who goes first. This is a new theory, so try it out next time you enter a ranked game, if it still does not match, then this theory is busted too.

[Ste Vig]

Nothing should determine first. It should be random. Alas, this doesn't seem to be the case. I dunno how it works but 8 times out of 10 I always start first. Seems a bit broken to me.

[KarlHungus]

yeah, i think it is win loss ratio, because im ranked somewhere between 30th and 40th overall in trueskill, and i play people with 3 games played, 3 wins, something like that, and i seem to go first. i seem to go first a lot, which would be odd if first turn was determined by trueskill, considering that all but 35 or so people that are playing are above me on the trueskill leaderboard.

[santosc]

I'm getting really frustrated with this actually.

I have a trueskill of around 25, so there are plenty of people better than me. My win/loss ratio is probably 50-75%.

What I cannot figure out is the fact that in the 50+ games that I've played online, I have gone first only once.

I'm not exaggerating at all. I have played about 50 games and for the last 40+ games I have never gone first. I've lost plenty of matches but dont know how I can turn off the setting: "Prefer to lose ."


**EDIT** I jsut verified that in two games in a row where I had lower win/loss ratio...I started second

[Dodgymat]

I'm Trueskill Rank 26, have played at least 60 games against both higher and lower ranked people than me, and I have NEVER gone first. Not once. Ever.

Broken.

[Cell478]

Before the match i just played i was ranked TrueSkill Lvl.28 Rank #390 in the leaderbord.
Then i played against a beginner, well i won the match and he (the host) left
the game while the battlestatistics were shown (best worm etc.)
BUT
after this match i was ranked down to Lvl.27 #612 ?!?!

Can anybody tell me why this happened? it was a victory afterall?
I`m not particulary angry about this but i just wanna understand the system and how it works ?!?