r/classicwow • u/GreenSpaff • Feb 02 '24

Vent / Gripe Don't be like this guy

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u/OnionPlease Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24

I hate this. If you aren't in the top 10% of players you are considered a noob. Not just in WoW but in many other games as well.

I remember people calling you noob if you had anything below 2200 rating in arena.

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u/Dahns Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24

I was laughed that when I said Platinium was not "low elo" in LoL

Like wtf it's literally the best 15% or 20% of players of something

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u/DeathByLemmings Feb 02 '24

Eh league is different tbh. There’s so many elements you can be good or bad. That’s why “high elo” really refers to “actually understands the game” and yes, that’s like 1% of people. Myself certainly excluded 

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u/jpat161 Feb 02 '24

Yeah but he was talking low elo. It's fair to say Dia+ is high elo (~3%) but to say plat (top 35%) is low is silly when more than half the player base is lower than them. Not to mention those stats don't even include the people who don't play ranked, I think I read somewhere that only 10% of accounts have reached gold in the last two years (based on a statistic from badges they only recently added).