ITT: people think they know what they're talking about but confliction answers states otherwise.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Battle.net_Leagues

y = (+/-)12 + x + z

where

"y" : the total number of points
"x" : the relative expected skill level between one player's points and the other's MMR (can be negative, calculated independently per player)
"z" : the points you get from your bonus pool
=> "x" is a value in the interval of [-12,12], positive numbers are when your opponent is favored

if the game says you are even, "x" is part of {0,1,2}
if it says your opponent is slightly favored, then "x" is part of {3,4,5,6,7}
if it says your opponent is favored, then "x" is part of {8,9,10,11,12}
(of course, if you are the slightly/favored player, then "x" is negative, which means you will lose more or win less than 12 points)

"z" will be greater than zero when

your bonus pool is >0
you are victorious

This is an incredibly poor approximation.

the average hours played as a bronze player is 200 hours.

you are bronze. you've played for 1 week.

This post was edited by Pants1 on Apr 3 2013 02:52pm

dont hate on SnG god Tommy!

I am not hating on Tommy, just the poor math he posted.

dont hate on tommy.

Im #1 in my division :>

wat is this

whered u get that stat from

ive got less than 500 wins on both team and solo, which is probably around 167 hours since avg game lasts 20 min and im diamond

I guess you don't understand what the term "average" means.