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Once the season rolls, it will be more common to go positive for 1-3rd, and negative for 4-6th and no one will be inflated. From that point on, strange point gains / losses will only happen due to surprising finish positions.













This is something we would like to do, but is currently deceptively difficult for technical reasons related to the current specific implementation of how wins and losses are reported. I don’t think this will get fixed for Halo 5, but it’s something we are aware of and would prefer down the road.We have found the issue that is causing this and are working on the fix. I can’t give an exact estimate on when it will happen, but if we’re lucky, probably in the coming few weeks.Since the audiences for Proving Grounds and the HCS list had a high overlap, we wanted to preserve matchmaking quality as best we could when transitioning. Matchmaking in an existing playlist is always better than in a brand new one because we already know the skill (MMR) of many of the players. To preserve the quality, wewanted to bring the MMR from PG over to HCS.However, we don’t currently have a way to preserve MMR without preserving CSR, so in order to preserve the MMR from Proving Grounds, we have to also carry over the CSR (Ranking)This also makes it easier for us see how the different settings feel without being biased by poor matchmaking.Just to recap.A few of you have suggested that MMR would have also fluctuated to match up with the CSR inflation, and that you shouldn’t be out of synch and have this issue. Let me clarify that the CSR inflation was completely arbitrary and not related at all to fluctuations in skill. Instead, we were just wholesale handing out TONS of extra CSR in FFA to everyone. FFA had basically become a grind and not skill-based at all, so the ranks were meaningless.Unfortunately, since we made this fix mid-season, we now have a mix of meaningful and not-meaningful ranks depending on whether or not you are brave enough to play and have your CSR re-calibrated. I know some of you felt you had fought hard to earn your Onyx and Champion ranks, and it’s mean of us to tell you, “actually, no, most of you are not Onyx nor Champion”Next season, however, should end up being one of the most skill-accurate FFA seasons we’ve had. So if you want to find out whether you really are Onyx or Champ material, prepare for next season. Even though this season’s Ranks may be frustrating, I encourage be ready for the “real deal” next season. Or, just play because you like FFA.