Streak Rating Question.

[Suobiiellee]

(08-21-2012 08:17 AM)awpertunity Wrote:  Being promoted or demoted has nothing to do with streaks. Streaks just in general help increase or decrease your skill rating by a noticeable amount so there's just a better chance you get promoted during the time you are on a streak

I'm a little confused. You say here that streaks are beneficial to promotion, but then you say later that streaks mean nothing. If they mean nothing then of course this conversation is irrelevant. I'd like to know which it is.

Also you suggest that if you win over 50% of games you should be promoted, this makes sense, but is far from my experience. I generally run at around 75 percent, max streak has been 8, but then I lost a couple. I'm up to 6 on this streak. I'm not saying I deserve to be anywhere than where I am, I'm just a stat junkie. Always have been