Question for those who 5-0'd Placements

[Josh.L]

(07-11-2012 04:50 PM).orwell. Wrote:  31 league wins, no losses, and I'm still in Gifted... To top it off, my original placement (pre-reset) was in Masters! Am I doing something wrong?

I am in a similar situation myself.

[calmon]

5-0 and started in gifted league. Now around 10-0 and in Master league.

[Syvan]

(07-12-2012 05:12 AM)Josh.L Wrote:  

(07-11-2012 04:50 PM).orwell. Wrote:  31 league wins, no losses, and I'm still in Gifted... To top it off, my original placement (pre-reset) was in Masters! Am I doing something wrong?

I am in a similar situation myself.

I was in a similar situation with something like 15 or 20 straight wins since the reset. I was beating Super Titans without getting promoted. I finally did get promoted once I lost. I think it's due to the way that our MMR is calculated. If it is like Starcraft, we have a skill value and a range that describes the algorithm's confidence in our assigned skill. While we are on a winning streak, our skill increases, but the confidence in our MMR decreases. It can take a loss to increases the algorithm's confidence in our skill to the point that it will actually promote us to a new league.

tldr: The loss that ended my winning streak got me promoted.

[ArtNJ]

I went like 25-1 to get promoted to master. I am now up to 45-3 and havent gotten promoted to Super Titan. I played the #2 Master player in 2 divisions, and just finally played my first Super Titan, #99, winning, but this didnt promote me. I'm hoping just a few more games, lol

[Aoirc]

I 5-0'd my starting and got put as gifted #16 in Wailing Spiders League, i am now #1 at 385 (was 401) and yet i havent been put in masters? How does one get promoted cause the top 10 are

1. Cye Mouri (Me) 385
2. killingcash 253
3. BobaWang 188
4. Qestral 90 180
5. hoe (: 147
6. jontheboncon 145
7. FurrySox 139
8. groomer02 127
9. Mr. BowTie 127
10. Oblivion-SA 102

Im way ahead of everyone and im only extending my points lead for the most part, so i want to be a master! Oh and one of my preliminary matches was against a Super Titan #2, i mean like thats fair!

[Kamikaze28]

(07-12-2012 06:43 PM)Aoirc Wrote:  I 5-0'd my starting and got put as gifted #16 in Wailing Spiders League, i am now #1 at 385 (was 401) and yet i havent been put in masters? How does one get promoted cause the top 10 are

1. Cye Mouri (Me) 385
2. killingcash 253
3. BobaWang 188
4. Qestral 90 180
5. hoe (: 147
6. jontheboncon 145
7. FurrySox 139
8. groomer02 127
9. Mr. BowTie 127
10. Oblivion-SA 102

Im way ahead of everyone and im only extending my points lead for the most part, so i want to be a master! Oh and one of my preliminary matches was against a Super Titan #2, i mean like thats fair!

(07-11-2012 06:48 PM)Kamikaze28 Wrote:  I'm going to tell you a secret: points and therefore ranks are mostly there to keep you active. Your rank is not completely unrelated to skill, but rather an indicator of skill and activity.
Leagues are there to represent your skill.

Being ranked #1 in your division has nothing to do with you being close to or overdue for a promotion. Winning against players from the higher league will eventually get you promoted.

And yes, I just quoted myself - deal with it!