Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-84.80.222.37-20121102131321/@comment-5577201-20121105203241

This is to quickly seperate the noobs from the smurfs. When you have played 100 games, those 50 rating from the first game wouldn't make much difference anymore since it has been 99 times throguh the program (losing more since you have higher rating and winning less) and you will have to fight against harder opponents which will eventually lead to a dynamic balance in your rating.

Of course, after 10 games you don't always have a representative score. I myself am not to be called a pro, yet I have an ELO now of 1359 because I have 7 Wins and 3 Losses. Most of the games I was just lucky to have good team. But if I play another 90 games, the luck factor will drop off and I will get my true ELO. (Btw your skills always increase so in the long run, after 100 games, your ELO-average should slowly gain a bit.)