Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-62.163.237.225-20120804214448/@comment-24.87.155.233-20120826203415

@the person who was talking about his girlfriends elo and such

It IS based on the win/loss ratio, but because you only have 8 games and you are still provisional, the elo change per game for you (until you finish your first 10 games) will be much greater than a normal ranked game. It also depends on which order you win and lose your games. For example, if you lost all 5 of your first 5 games, you would have a very low elo and if you won the last 5 games, your elo would not increase as much as it had decreased, so your elo would not break even.