Why do Some Argue Against Skill Based MM?

NeatoMan, on Jul 18 2021 - 04:05, said: Anecdotal evidence has nothing to back it up. It's just preliminary observations.  Statistical evidence provides confirmation of the anecdotal observations.  That's how it works.   In this case the anecdotal evidence is of the same category as the statistical.  So it's not like it is being ignored.  It's simply being tracked to see if the observations are in fact real.  For instance blowouts can easily be tracked to see if anecdotal claims about blowouts are true.  Team balance can be tracked to see if it confirms the claims.  Team balance and results can be tracked to see how they relate, and so on.   The problem is when people treat anecdotal evidence as statistical evidence, which it most certainly is not.