Explaining the Microsoft TrueSkill ranking system - Rainbow Six Siege

I have completed a deep dive on the Microsoft TrueSkill algorithm that drives Rainbow Six Siege Ranked. It's a system that has been around for over 10 years now and far surpasses the Elo and Glicko methods that many players think of when they think of Siege Ranked. But there are significant deficiencies in the way in which Siege uses the algorithm and the end result is that any given player's rank actually says very little about his or her ability in game. Have you ever wanted to know how ranked really works? Then come find out! Podcast discussing ranked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSPmRhIN3TE Further reading: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/NIPS2006_0688.pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.143.8161&rep=rep1&type=pdf The infamous R9 spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QF72f4Bm7PfbWeSWbl8R8uL0mOzXpG_1vOjqEjXcFGk/edit#gid=1228032078 Join me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/RogueN9 Discord! https://discord.gg/rogue-9 Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/Rogue.9er More Rogue-9! R6 Gun Guides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7b_pqdIu5g&list=PLP2MwDk1r3q1A8z3g9f0OFj2O2sMLMVOa Battlefield 1: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP2MwDk1r3q3F7Oj-hF0EFFma-l2hy5UD R6 Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKnUwutkY4Q&list=PLeLOiIl8YNCy2RDJgY4rXRRgZ_v1T2SRg Music: "Too Hot For Pants" by MDK (https://mdkofficial.bandcamp.com) "Rags 2 Riches" - by Audionautix ( http://audionautix.com) "Hammock Fight" - by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Weeble Wobble" by MDK (https://mdkofficial.bandcamp.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/