User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/League System Thoughts/@comment-3541335-20130201150909/@comment-5556439-20130201154531

And if you won you would still gain elo. The main reason is so a bad player cant be at a higher elo than a good player. And with that said, even if you have a 10 loss streak you can still gain elo because your stats are well and that is obviously reflecting your playing in match because on average a good player will have good stats while a bad one has the opposite, good stats isnt 567 kills and 1 death its just a decent ratio that shows you arent reckless and you know how to be careful. I have met too many Gold level playerws in Bronze due to them just not being able to play champs that can carry very well. But just cuz they cant carry every match and get themselves out of bronze, does that mean they deserve bronze? no.