Quote Originally Posted by OliviaLugria View Post
I do not understand why we are having to go back to this.

-Premades are a problem*
-They are a problem because the average skill level is to low.
-if the average skill level increased, premades would be less* of a problem.
-the faster the average skill level rises, the faster premades are less of a problem.

Did you not agree with these points?
Yes. The problem is your reference to an average player. This may seem like a pedantic point, but to me it's critical. Like the average number of children in a family, in which it is physically impossible to have a non-integer number of children, the "average player" in FL is meaningless because the skill/playstyle distribution is trimodal:

1. Players who don't give a tinker's cuss and will likely never improve.
2. Players who play because they enjoy PvP, and tend to naturally improve, either passively by playing or actively by analyzing the mode and talking to others.
3. Premade members (formed to farm wins, not simply friends playing together). A small minority, almost completely dislocated from the rest of the community.

My position is that, to improve the average skill level, you increase the ratio of players in group 2 relative to group 1 (for example, by reducing rewards so less group 1 players queue), and by eliminating group 3 entirely. I think I've explained the reasons for that more than adequately by now.