User blog comment:Busecatu/Why Ranked System is broken./@comment-5556439-20131009133950

You do realize that for the most part, the placement matches we all do are not intended to put us at our correct MMR, its to start us off somewhere we can work from. I have never seen someone placed in Gold 1 just because they win 8/10 matches. You are palced where you are because of your performance vs certain players. If you win 3 matches vs Gold players then you will be placed with Gold players. If you then lose 3 matches vs Bronze players you'll probably be in Silver because of your performance vs Gold's, that kind of thing. Its not just W/L, its "W/L IN RELATION TO".

You get to your MMR or "Elo Heaven" by playing ranked matches.