User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-139.190.27.252-20170323124035/@comment-31137559-20170323135653

You have to remember that getting to the finals is not dependent on how many matches you win, but the number of Rating points you have. If a team beats another team that has more points than them, their score will increase drastically. If a team beats a team with less points than them, their score will go up just a little.

Rating Games are more about giving a good performance than it is actually about winning. They judge you based on the strategy and tactics you use, how you use the rules to your advantage, exploiting the opposing team's weakness, etc. The judges are more concerned seeing that than a team winning.

This is the first match that Issei lost. It seems like some people are so obsessed with Issei winning. He lost against Dulio's team and Issei's team fought a good match and only lost by two points. That's nothing to be ashamed of. I love Issei. I want Issei to win his Rating Games. Yet, I'm not obsessed over it. And I'm not acting like the whole world has ended just because Issei has lost one single match.