Board Game Arena

I have around 70% victory percentage, and I still couldn't get to Elite league in the last few seasons, mostly because I wasn't grinding. This season I decided to grind and finally managed to get past Platinum, only to reach Diamond? Is this something new? I haven't seen it before! Why did it keep s...

It's extremely difficult to progress because the matchmaking system doesn't always match you against players in the similar stage. If you get matched against players in lower tier constantly, you can't progress, because the penalty for losing is way more than the reward for winning.