[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Stslimited84 so ive done some in depth reading of this thread and other info about trueskill, and I cannot seem to find a good answer to my question. My friend and I just started playing Team Doubles. We are currently 24-1, and we both are skill level 18. At the current rate, we are destroying the competition. Should we intentionally lose a game to keep the system guessing, and then go on a winning streak again? Or should we just continue winning? What is the better way to skill up? Does losing once in a while aid in our quest to get lvl 50's? or should we just win as much as we can?[/quote]From my observation of way to many peoples stats then I care to admit winning to often is going to slow you down. There have been numerouse examples of people that go undefeated and win 100+ games but get stuck at 15 or 20. Bungie has recognized this problem. I believe to a lesser degree the same problem effects those that win 90% or more. The observed result is slow ranking. I've seen people win most of there games and if you average there levels per game I've seen anywhere between 3-7 which is in the range of somewhat slow to really slow. I'd monitor your average level gains per game and if it starts to climb over 2 or 3 and you aren't getting any competition you might want to consider breaking up the team or losing some games. My observations seem to show that 80% win rate is roughly optimal, but as long as you feel you are climbing and not "stuck" I wouldn't worry about it. Like I said this knowledge is from observation of the current system and not really backed by specific technical knowledge. At the moment 18 levels in 25 games is a good rate and doesn't warrent any change in behavior. At this point just keep winning and see what happens. [Edited on 12.04.2007 1:33 PM PST]