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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by fuzxi on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:22AM (#27059152)
I recall ster making a new account, sandbagging all of his placement matches to land in mid Bronze, and then reaching Diamond in 6 hours. [1] I think it took him another week to make it back to Grandmaster. Granted, this was in Season 2 and I quit around Season 4, so I have no clue if they made any changes that would affect rank gain much.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaORwv8dkt0

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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by blibble on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:28AM (#27059177)
there used to be different mechanics like a win streak modifier, which are gone now

but if you have a high win rate you climb more or less immediately (once you've unstuck the MMR confidence value)

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