Streak Rating Question.

[awpertunity]

Sorry if that wasn't clear. I didn't say they are beneficial to promotion, I said it just may SEEM that way because as I showed earlier it lets your skill rating peak higher than it would have otherwise. But in the long run, your skill rating will be where it should be. If you keep winning 75% of your games you WILL get promoted though. There is quite a large distinction between leagues though, so you may need to win 75% of at least 40-50 games before getting promoted. I know a lot of people have posted similar numbers but I will post my history here as well :

I won 4-1 placement matches and got put into the Gifted league.
I then went ~35-4 before getting into masters.
Then ~60-5 before placing into super titan (this is a total of ~100-10).

This does not mean you need higher than 80-90% wins to get into these leagues. But if you are winning a smaller percentage it will probably take longer (more games) before getting promoted. Basically, as long as you are winning more games than you are losing consistently (and your skill gets higher and you play better players, but keep the percentage) you will eventually get promoted. It does take a lot of games though.


Honestly, I am with you though. I love knowing the exact formulas and knowing how things work, so this is all just speculation. I have always forfeited all my games ASAP and let the long term average carry me to where I am. And as I said somewhere in another post, I look at the point the loser of every match I play takes. (From my experience) -12 points means the two players are equally skilled. If you are playing players a league above you and they lose 11 or more points to you on a loss, you are close to a promotion.