Streak Rating Question.

[Suobiiellee]

It seems to me that quite often when I do my reveal and it becomes obvious that I am about to win against a higher ranked player that suddenly they stop taking turns and let the game time out.

My question is does this help them? Ie: is your streak counted in order of games started and won or games won. So is it possible to let a game that you know is going to break your streak time out over 4 days in order to not have your streak broken. Admittedly if you did this often you might end up with a losing streak as all the games timed out, but from what I've read being promoted is very hard and requires a crazyily long streak.

It doesn't happen all the time, but there are times when the win becomes obvious that people seem to magically lose interest and stop taking turns when previously they were very active.