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Re: When will Divisions be released?

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Originally Posted by Abhishek R View Post
Right, technically you aren't getting any numbers on the team, so it literally does not account for anything the team actually does because it is a projected statistic based off of the alliance score. So you could very well have a team who had favorable alliance partners all throughout qualifications, which results in an inflated OPR. This actually happens more often than you may think.
Having watched a bunch, it happens a LOT! Which is why I believe OPR (having just tonight been exposed to it) is not a great way to sort the teams this year. I'm not sure my preferred way to rank is better, but I would rank by assist points.