Starcraft – How long does it take to move into silver league

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I am rank 3 in my bronze league division in Starcraft 2. I just played a 4v4 quick match with 2 gold players and 1 silver player on my team, and 2 golds/2 silvers on the other team. And I wasn't the worst player on the list post-game, either. When will I be moved into Silver league?

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Battle.net keeps a hidden rating called "MMR", which is similar to an ELO rating used in chess and other games. When you win a match, your MMR increases. The better your opponent, the more in increases by. When you lose a match, your MMR decreases in a similar fashion.

In order to be promoted,

Your MMR must elevate so that it's well into the next league
Your MMR must be "stable" so bnet can have confidence that you will stay in the new league once promoted

And note that even if you meet these criteria, the promotion itself may not happen right away. The internal statistics in battle.net are ever-changing, and as such not all calculations happen in real-time. For example, you may win 50 games in a row against gold leaguers and not be promoted. Wake up the next morning, play one game and be promoted.

The best guide to how this works is on Team Liquid: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=195273

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To move to a higher league, you have to simply play well, win matches and rank high in your league. Then you might be promoted to a higher league. Same goes with demoting - play bad, get to the bottom of the ladder and you will be demoted to a lower league.

When playing matches, you might encounter players from almost any league i think. I personaly am ranked in a platinum league and played a few matches with gold or silver ranked players. You will see that sometimes the load screen reads "Slightly favored" or "Favored" above you or the oponent. That means one of you is considered better and the game thinks he/you should win.

Starcraft – How many divisions are there for each league in Starcraft 2

At the time of this writing there are:

Type      Total     Russia  Taiwan   SE Asia   Europe  Korea    NA    Latin America 
 All      25,670     862     1,707    1,299     7,371  2,678  11,380       373

Broken down by Type and League (approximate numbers)

 X          1v1         2v2         3v3         4v4        2Rand        3Rand        4Rand
Diamond     700         200          50          25         200          200          100
Plat       1400         700         200          50         400          400          300
Gold       1900        1100         400         200         700          700          500
Silver     1900        1300         500         200         800          700          500
Bronze     3500        2600        1600         600        1400          800          400
Total      9400        5900        2700        1050        3500         2800         1800

This data was tabulated by myself based on the website: http://sc2ranks.com/

As to what that split represents, I refer you to this question: What percentage of players get into each league tier

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