Niantic: change the frustrating ranking point system in GBL

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Players around the world are worried about the ranked elo system used in GBL (Go Battle League).

Competing in GBL now is more frustrating than in the pre-season. Niantic refuses to include themed restrictions to Pokémon that can be used in the GBL, and it makes all the battle seems more like a lottery than a Pokémon battle. Win or lose is more defined by luck than any skill, because it's basically impossible to create a solid team against a not defined "META".

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In the Season I this is even worst. Before, in pre season, the results counted more before rank 7, and players got more close to the rank 10. But now, in the first season, doesn't mind how good the player perform before rank 7, people will still get around 2000 points, and that means that you will need to get average 1000 points to get the top rank, and because players should compete against same pontuation oponnents, this causes a technical bottleneck.

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Knowing this, we're making an appeal for Niantic to revise the way that players grows in rank. We believe a hard challenge make the game more fun, but a challenge that seems impossible just causes frustration, and this feeling increase when we think about the nice rewards for those who get rank 10.

This is unfair for people that grind hard to play and get results based in random things, like technical issues or just dumb luck.

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The frustrating elo system used by Niantic in GBL could make the PvP system down in forgetfulness again.