The example given on the post shows it being zero sum https://www.ageofempires.com/news/updates-to-ranked-team-game-elo-calculation/
Team 1:
Player A at 2000 Elo
Player B at 1000 Elo
Team 2:
Player C at 1500 Elo
Player D at 1500 Elo
If Team 1 wins:
Player A on Team 1 will gain 2 Elo (as if...
Apparently it has do with having non-standard signs in their Windows account name. The devs are working on a fix. https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/game-crashes-whenever-i-launch-any-kind-of-match/174946/6
In maps where most civs are pretty balanced I like a draft, but in maps where the strength of civs decide who wins, I prefer either mirror, or a civ pool of equally strong civilzations.
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