General Discussion18 games

I think your MMR begins around 3k...after 10 matches they'll rank your performance
If you perform so-so every match then you'll likely remain at 3k

well you cant calibrate in only 18 games, but you can easily get to the unranked equivalent of 3k after a single game.

thing is, he got in very high skill bracket consecutively.

you can get very high skill on your first game if you say "I have played dota before" when you make a new account. Even if you dont get it on the first game you can easily get it by the time you start in your 2nd game if you play well in your 1st.

so meaning just by choosing "I have played dota before" gets you a high mmr?

^you will get the unranked equivalent of 3k just by saying that yah, however if you don't play well in your first few games it will drop off sharply, and if you cant maintain at least a 50% win rate over the time it takes you to calibrate you wont end up with a rank that is that "high".

On the other hand if you say that and then play super well for your first few games you will end up in the unranked equivalent of mid 4k, with in 5 or 6 games.