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Bullet level has gone up?

I lost a lot of rating, though I did not play bullet for a while, but in my observation is, at least in the range 1900-2100, maybe its big competition at these levels, but there is no much difference in skill level, seems very random, which was not so before.
More clickbait.....no comment. It has all been said before.
The randomness and large swinging variations is probably due to playstyles, conflicting strengths and weaknesses, and the matchmaking itself. Some of this is overemphasized by players whose playstyles encourage lopsided matches (e.g. relying on dubious or one-off tricks, being accurate but slow, or slow but accurate).

The other thing could be a surge in new players, smurfs, or alternatively you could be a bit tilted, tired, etc. and just playing less accurate or fast yourself. Bullet is hard on the mind, the arms / wrists, and so on.
@EmaciatedSpaniard said in #1:
> I noticed the speed and accuracy of bullet players has gone up a lot in the last weeks. I was at 1100 and now i've dropped below 900. I don't feel this is all me just playing worse. People seem to be playing a lot faster and more precisely than before. Maybe there was an influx of new players? or maybe its just the random fluctuations of elo which is a statistical score after all.

I am not having the same shared experience. I have noticed that the software seems to have slowed down. Mouse control has changed it seems unstable. Moves take longer to complete about a 33% difference. In the space of about a week. I can only speak for myself not my opponents. 1 0 what is going on?
Not sure. It seems subjective. My impression was people were playing faster. But now I'm doing better. Maybe I was just tilted. But maybe your mouse control issue is something local? Do you have blue tooth mouse? I had to change the battery on mine recently. cheers
I don't know I've increased my bullet rating by 200 points the last month, without really feeling like I play a lot better than before.
It just depends on who is playing that particular day.

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