We should all start at 0 ELO and work our way up rather than 1200.

Here's why:

When we first start, we suck so we're on our way down.
Get down to the bottom let's say for the sake of argument we get as low as 100 ELO before we figure it out.
Start climbing.
While climbing, we are constantly running into people on their way down from 1200 cuz it's their first 20 games or something.
Get stuck in somewhere around 800-1200 where a **** ton of people on their way down so now you are thinking "I worked my way all the way back up from 100 just to run into someone that looks like they're reading the instructions while playing..."
You're actually better off playing at 300-500 elo then cuz they've played enough games to get that low!!!!!
It seems to be an unnecessary and strange wall.
0 is 0. If you suck at 0 ELO, it's ok. But if you worked your way up from 100 to say 1100 and are teamed up with 4 other people that are playing their 5th ranked game ever also at 1100, you're just eff'd.
Please consider and support. Thanks.

I see where you're going with this. I'll upvote.

I understand your point but corallein is right. Putting everyone at 0 would just mean that the people who are bad will forever be playing with each other and that for the first 400-500 elo you will play with people who won the majority of their first 10 games or who got lucky (i.e. the people who you think are reading the instructions still).

I like the idea of having to work your way up from 0...it might make a little more sense than the current system but it will still have all the same problems.

I'll agree that the starting zone is nmow broken with the current influ of new player in ranked 1250-1600 elo is the more broken zone atm. but under 1200. If u fine enought you should be going 20/0 every game cause literaly everyone suck in there so if you deserve to go higher you should be easily going up. They should just allow people to reset there elo after 100 game played, if over 1250 u get back to 1250 with 0win 0 loss so you still have ur early game placement, +40-40...

Ans for people whoa re at 800 and have 100 game and reset it will stay at 800 elo, but will have there win and loss resetted. So they can use the early placement, and if thye belong higher they should be winning every game with that 40 gain. and get out of there quickly. If they do derserver if not they might even go even lower, but as I said if u worth 1250+ and are playnig with 1200 player you'll literaly win every game there, cause people are jsut so bad that you always get 10/0 in 10 min and make the other team surrender at 20.

I agree with this. The people saying that you would never be able to climb out of that elo, are totally missing the point. When playing with people like this it is super easy to carry a game and climb out of that if you deserve it. Many, many PvP games have you start at zero rating and climb from there and it works much much better.

I really agree with this.

I disagree for one reason only, and that is, you can't punish people who dodge if everyone starts at zero. Someone might argue, they go negative, and play with negative elo players, but then it totally doesn't matter. The baseline doesn't matter, and if you're a good player, volume beats volatility. If you're good, keep playing, and you'll get out of elo hell. It's a challenge, and climbing out of elo hell is easier for others simply because of luck, but after hundreds or even thousands of games, it won't matter.

I don't think it is a good idea...if at the start of ranked games it happened, fair enough, but since many people already have a rank you cannot start from 0. Hmmm unless when Season 3 comes all ranks are reset then that might work.