*** Public Service Announcement.... Training on how Winrates are determined.

leeuniverse, on Jul 01 2018 - 02:49, said: So, I recently posted a milestone of mine in that I achieved my first overall unicorndom in a higher tier non-light tank. However, in the usual fair, Elitists like to degrade people.  The problem is, is they are not doing it factually, they are using a little truth to lie. I will now explain....   The individual stated:     Because of their hate, elitists have no comprehension and understanding to think BEYOND the most simple of facts (such as not having a high winrate means you just farm damage, so you don't try to help your team win), and because of that, they falsely judge people, showing their true character. Now, it is absolutely true that the above fact CAN be a factor of why someone has a lower Winrate than their WN8, but it's certainly not in my case, and it's likely not in most cases.  Why?  Because it actually takes some skill to live long enough to even be able to "farm" damage.  So people will have already be up there in skill be even be able to do that successfully/consistently.   However, there are many MORE facts than that one they don't consider that makes their judgment false as to why/how people can have lower Winrates compared to their WN8.   They don't consider:   1. That very few people in the game have Winrates that match their WN8, most have lower winrates. 2. That it's mostly only Unicorns who's Winrates that match their WN8, anyone that observes peoples signatures would notice this. 3. That Winrates are greatly affected by "Platooning", in other words you'll get a higher winrate if you platoon. 4. That Winrates are affected greatly by if you prematurely cap, i.e. you focus on winning rather than fighting, when Randoms are about doing your personal best not simply winning, not that you shouldn't also try to win, but you don't get squat sitting on a base (screwing yourself and the rest of your team and enemy out of XP), especially when the battle isn't yet determined, to prematurely cap is selfish and lazy giving you a false sense of accomplishment. 5. The TYPE of tank you play....  If you play more armored tanks you'll have a higher winrate due to being able to be closer to the battle and thus affecting change as well as not dying as easily as a low armored tank would close up, in contast a low-armored tank has to play 2nd or 3rd line because they are more easier to kill (something btw even Wargaming says to do in their training videos). 6. The fact that tanks can vary greatly in Winrates due to Randomness most likely, that you can be good in a tank but have a low winrate as well as be bad in a tank and have a high winrate. 7. The fact that my overall winrate is 52%, and in the Progetto is 55%, which means while it's not quite "as" large as the WN8 increase (only slightly less btw), it's certainly greater thus clearly I AM helping my teams win, not just "farming".   There may be more I'm forgetting atm, but you get the point.   Now let's compare these factors to me:   1. I don't platoon at all. 2. I don't prematurely cap EVER (unless I can get there without dying on the way or while capping and it's a must to win the game). 3. I don't play Armored tanks AT ALL almost, especially today, everything is crap in responsiveness so I hate it and can't perform in them anymore.  (It's like riding a bicycle with 2 bent rims and flat tires.) 4. I have improved both my WN8 and Winrate in the tank, and they've improved equally according to what and how I play.   There is another factor to consider that shows the "character" of these people.   Unicorns are the Top 0.10% of the WOT population, it's why they are Unicorns.  In my Overall, I'm in the Top 5% of the game. Now, it takes a special kind of "amoral" person to judge others this way, to be so elitist that you rage on players even in the Top 5% of something, anything frankly. Top 5% of anything is normally respected, but these people are so low in class they can't help themselves.   Bottom line: People, especially these sorts of Elitists need to understand that there are MANY factors that go into making a Winrate, it is NOT "simply" that they "farm damage". And clearly in my case, the other factors, facts which also can affect Winrate clearly apply to me. Thus, it cannot be conclusively stated that I "farm damage" which is "why" my Winrate is lower than my WN8.