noun
Gaming Slang
ELO
· noun · gaming
A number that says how good you are. Higher is better.
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Definitions
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Your skill rating. The hidden (or not-so-hidden) number that decides who you get matched against. Climb it by winning, tank it by losing.
“Bro's flaming the whole team but his ELO is hardstuck silver, sit down.”
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Used loosely to mean rank or skill bracket in general, even in games that don't technically use the Elo formula.
“At this ELO nobody knows how to ward, it's chaos every game.”
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ELO In A Sentence
Bro's flaming the whole team but his ELO is hardstuck silver, sit down.
At this ELO nobody knows how to ward, it's chaos every game.
Origin & Usage
Named after Arpad Elo, the physicist who designed the rating system for chess. Games borrowed it for matchmaking, and the name stuck even when the actual maths underneath changed.
People Also Ask
Is ELO an acronym?
Nope. It's a surname — Arpad Elo. People write it ALL CAPS so it looks like one, but it isn't.
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