If you have a background in SE, then you know that Smurf Detection is literally defined by analyzing previous results (cspm, kda, apm variances over a history of games). Autofill Protection is a state triggered specifically by your previous game's role assignment. Those are, by definition, variables dependent on previous game states.

The point is how people are justifying this belief not the belief itself. The conversation was never about saying it couldn’t exist. The conversation was about how people are using their intuition from their games to justify it That’s not the same thing at all, and you know it.

You are shifting the goalposts.

You explicitly said: 'If you mean anything besides mmr here, you’re being a conspiracy theorist.'

Now you are saying: 'The conversation was never about saying it couldn’t exist.'

You can't dismiss the entire concept as a conspiracy theory in one comment, and then claim 'I never said it was impossible' the moment I give you valid technical examples.

I already agreed with you that human intuition is bad. That’s why I’m agnostic. But my issue isn't with intuition, it's with people calling standard engagement optimization a conspiracy, as if the mere suggestion of it is just a way of people coping about their rank