tjmmachine
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Hey guys, not anything I need to know but was just interested.
So I play League of Legends a fair bit and have taken an interest in their ranking system. You need to earn a certain amount of points to get into a 'series' where it's decided if you're to be promoted to the next rank or not. To be promoted in a regular series you have to win 2 out of 3 games. I was wondering (assuming 50% win rate) what is the chance to be promoted (my reasoning drew me to 50% chance to be promoted). However, if you've previously been up for a series and failed you're given an automatic win, so you only have to win 1 game, but they reduce the amount of games to 2, so effectively you have your first game played for you. I initially thought the chance to pass this series would be 75% (again, given 50% win rate) but since as soon as you either win two or lose two games (with the free win counting as a game) would it be 66% instead given that there are only 3 options, those been; W, W->L, L ->L. Also, if you think that the chance to win a full 3 game series is anything but 50% please let me know and why that would be.
Again, not desperate to know, just interested.
So I play League of Legends a fair bit and have taken an interest in their ranking system. You need to earn a certain amount of points to get into a 'series' where it's decided if you're to be promoted to the next rank or not. To be promoted in a regular series you have to win 2 out of 3 games. I was wondering (assuming 50% win rate) what is the chance to be promoted (my reasoning drew me to 50% chance to be promoted). However, if you've previously been up for a series and failed you're given an automatic win, so you only have to win 1 game, but they reduce the amount of games to 2, so effectively you have your first game played for you. I initially thought the chance to pass this series would be 75% (again, given 50% win rate) but since as soon as you either win two or lose two games (with the free win counting as a game) would it be 66% instead given that there are only 3 options, those been; W, W->L, L ->L. Also, if you think that the chance to win a full 3 game series is anything but 50% please let me know and why that would be.
Again, not desperate to know, just interested.