fake matches if you gain rating too fast
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The site doesn't use fake members. You're playing accounts made by other people.
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It's technically possible they artificially supplement the player lists but why would they do this? It's not like they earn more bucks with making you play more ot fewer games by subtly manipulating our frustration levels. Could be it's a rather heavy-handed anti-cheating mechanism where they try to gauge your objective playing strength by posing you realtime problems to solve. I don't think it's completely out of the question that they might be trying to keep match-making waiting times to a minimum by pairing you with a bot occasionally.
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the case might be is that when you are in a streak, you get paired with other opponents who are also in a streak and they might be really tough. after a few losses, you go into tilt and start losing more games even against weaker opponents. then you get people who are really easy to beat and this cycle goes over and over again
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my suggestion is when you are lossing a lot of games, take a 30 min break, go outside, take a water break, and then come back. you will be feeling more refreshed and your mind will be inn the right placr
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the case might be is that when you are in a streak, you get paired with other opponents who are also in a streak and they might be really tough. after a few losses, you go into tilt and start losing more games even against weaker opponents. then you get people who are really easy to beat and this cycle goes over and over again
I don't think streaks are taken into account for pairing purposes.