Ruiner87:The problem isn't so much Trueskill, but the fact that nobody good plays this game anymore. You'll find that half of the 1v1 population stopped playing when the Prophet was nerfed, so it's much harder to rank up- because a lot of the people left behind are low Trueskill.
Also, Rank (not Trueskill) doesn't mean anything. I've played Colonels that tried to tech to Vultures against a Gauss spam.
the good players didn't quit because prophet got nerfed! back when I was a TS 45 (believe it or not...) I was wining straight sets of 5-10 and not ranking up. when I lost I would plummet up to three ranks! until I fell to where I am now...
(http://www.halowars.com/stats/StatsPlayer.aspx?id=0AF8B4674696E735365EBA3D4D4DD7A7317A12F8708C78066733A83CCD275542)
then I got terrified that I would lose again and fall even farther. and the fact that even if I won I would never rank up again was a bit of a show stopper. so I sat a 40 and stopped playing 1v1... there didn't seem to be much reason any more.
and do you know what the worst part is? If I had stoped playing before I lost 3 games and won 10! I would be higher rank now I if I had played them!
the good player didn't quit because their best strats got nerfed they quit because there is no reason to continue playing when the only way to go is down!
(I know that 90% of you will doubt this story... and the flame posts are inevitable. I just want you to know I beat you to the punch)