By ranking system I mean Copper-Bronze-Silver-Gold-Platinum. After the reset, I got ranked Platinum, and before that I was in silver, questioning being in Gold. I've gone 70 some matches, 33-34...and I'm wondering why I've yet to be down-graded. I'm getting better, but from the way I've lost and won, I don't see how it considers my play Platinum level. A good half of my wins have been vs people not in platinum, so by that equation alone, I ponder what dictates a down-rank. Has anyone else had similar results where they got ranked higher then they expected, and have yet to be down-ranked? Am I overly critical of my play-style where as Blizzards system thinks it's fine where it's at? And in case anyone's wondering - for the last few matches I've been fighting at the last 5 positions of my division.
Is that what you think? It goes by wins and not hidden elements? I'm concerned for 2 big reasons. 1) I know how I play, and I expect a certain amount of elements from a platinum level player...I don't see my self at that level of play yet. 2) The quality of my wins...a fair number of them are vs Non-Platinum players, so it proves I can stand toe to toe in other rankings, yet not in Platinum. I'm fine with losing, but I'm not so fine with going 70+ matches being ranked imo out of my league.
I'm also platinum, in the same as MyMDeMusilM's (omg). Talk about wierd, I think I belong in gold, even if I win games in platinum.
Apparently you lose fewer points for losses than you gain for wins. (I don't know if that's just because of bonus pool points, or an actual part of the formula.) So falling out of a league is really difficult.
Aren't around the top 10% in plat. , of course your going to feel outclassed by the top .1% aka pros. Like Kimera says it is hard to fall out of a leauge. If your truely playing mainly gold and still aound 50% i bet you fall soon. Also ranking systems like this work the best when theres the most ammout of people at release it is going to work much better than in beta. Also you talk about how you win, this is not part of how you move up and down the ladder, you either win or you lose, doesnt matter how close the game was or how you did it.
Perhaps you misread canirunit, I wasn't talking about how I won, but whom I won...less you consider them one in the same. If I think about it from a different approach though, perhaps one could view it from the angle that beating players ranked lower is a small sign that you are still ranked correctly. Where as if you lose vs players in your rank standings, it doesn't show too much considering they were both suppose to be on even grounds anyways...the odds should of been roughly 50/50. One theory I'm starting to form is that the lower ranked in your division you are, and closer to dropping, it starts throw you vs lower ranked players to truly deiced if you're miss-ranked. I was ether last or second to dead last, and then got a streak of 5-7 wins over silver/gold players and bounced back up a few ranks...and I'm fairly sure now that as far as 'beta' goes - it wont get more complicated then that. The matches you play when ranked near dead last in your division are the ones that make the final call of whether or not you stay in your current ranking, or drop; This ties in almost perfectly to the concept most players don't move up a ranking unless they are fighting in the top 8 anyways...correct?
