Talk:Elo rating system/@comment-15130491-20150413020137/@comment-1120494-20150428164205

Those people were wrong.

Your ELO changes after every game and only cares about Victory or Defeats, nothing else. It raises if you win, it declines if you lose.

During first 50 ranked games, it is boosted. First 10 games give or take ~150% per game. Next ~15 games its reduced to ~100% Bonus, next ~25 games its reduced again to ~50% Bonus. After first 50 games, the ELO values are back to normal again and therefor, you need to play much more to change it enough to matter.