[pTK]

There is certainly a correlation between skill and rank, and it might be a weak relationship, yet it's there nonetheless. Of course a high rank is not necessarily equivalent with a high skill-level, but it's much easier for players with a high skill-level to get a good rank than it is for less skilled players. .

Silly took the words right out of my mouth.  While rank isn't a definite or exact measure of skill, it is still a general indicator of an above average player. If you care to disagree, Assemble a team of players from the servers, and then the top10 players of each server will all assemble teams and play us. See who wins     Pretty much, good players are and not limited to the top10.  I am proud to say that 9/10 players that are in the top10 on the sniper server are ridiculously beast. Although I also agree with stink where he said there are pubstars that can't scrim for crap because of their lack of understanding for teamwork. This is true, but most pub players lack the very same thing. The only difference is they can't even put up frags.

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Rank and Skill have a positive correlation. Rank does equal skill but not in a precise nor calculable measure. It is general and vague but present. Skill should NOT be determined on rank alone, but a higher rank usually means a better player.