Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25467429-20150521134511/@comment-26372030-20150522102612

SpeedFight-4 wrote: B. Kupchenko wrote: I rather think that those players are intentionally losing so that the real players get their points for the ranking tournaments. It would be pretty stupid to lower your MR in order to find other low MR players. I mean, I have a MR of 2127 and I can still find tons of rooms with MRs ranging from 1100 to 1600 up to 2500. True but what you can't find are rooms restricted to beginners and you can if you let your MR drop under 1450 and then in those rooms flying a falkon or something makes you win and be mvp every time i guess

If it is formation flying and cost the others an s rank then there should be a way for them to let others know they aren't going to play serious on that mission.... if they plan to do formation flying the host could have described the rooms status as 'just for fun' or 'not concerned about results' this is usually a indication that the S rank is not a high priority when joining. unfortunately if your using Quick match up, this is not a consideration it takes into account.

as for lowering your MR, while its true knocking it down is a clear way to find and seal club beginner lobby's, the cost incurred by the loss of matches on the way down makes any 'benefits' you gain in these lobby's quite meager.

in short, if you look at the big picture its not worth it for these reasons.

however as a attempt to improve and boost another 'primary' player's tournament score, this group tactic can be shockingly affective, and despite the need for multiple accounts, hardware, software, time and money and a clearly wonton intent to breach EULA contract. its hard to track down and delivers them the results they wanted.

today's notification was also a surprise, but taken in a good way it shows PA/BN are aware that this is a problem, and are intending to put a stop to it.

'watch this space' :S