Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-68.147.240.85-20111219030523/@comment-3014924-20111219083958

You probably started with a loss streak.

(-> you drop at low ELO)

Then your opponents were at your level

(-> roughly 50% win streak)

Then you got better, thus increasing your ELO rating

(-> over 50% win streak, eventually bringing you at positive W/L ratio)

However, win/losses at the start have higher impact in order to class the newcommer at their real level.