Elo & Glicko-2 Rating Models for Competitive Esports: Dynamic Skill Estimation and Mathematical Calibration
A comprehensive mathematical investigation into Elo and Glicko-2 rating systems for professional esports. Deconstructing latent skill vectors, epistemic uncertainty (RD), volatility tracking, empirical benchmarking across 50,000 matches, and Expected Value (+EV) derivations for CS2 and Dota 2.