User blog comment:Commander Marko/How 'screwy' the League System is/@comment-5038450-20130928200719/@comment-24000352-20131002182807

It depends on your opponents too. If you play harder opponents during your placement matches, you will wind up placed higher than someone who got easier ones.

I went 8-2 and got Gold IV, never played ranked before that.

The way it's calculated I feel it goes this way

8-2  Very high chance of gold

7-3 Chance of gold

6-4 very slim chance of gold

All depending on who you played against.