>I rarely play ranked... when I do, I usually gain 300-500
>points, but the rarely part is that I rarely have the
>motivation to get on and grind. I'm close to super gold and
>my win % lately is pretty high.

i can go 2-1 with someone on my tier and gain maybe 50-60 points. or i can go 2-1 with someone one tier lower than me and gain only 15-25 points. and this is just based on whatever tier they happen to be in. they could have 17k matches with a 72% win rate and still be in super gold. or they could be one of those weird smurf/fighter ID reset players with 200 wins with a 95% win rate that seem to exist only to take points from you. rematching in ranked is rarely worth the effort imo