User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-2804:D41:4AD3:D900:98F0:5596:5F09:ADDE-20170723034405/@comment-31137559-20170723134710

Actually it's not your performance that determines if you get into one of the 16 spots, but your number of points. Good performance in a Rating Game is likely to score you a large number of points. Beating a team with more points than you can score you a large number of points. Beating a team that's way stronger than you like one of the god teams would score you a large number of points. You win, you get points. You lose, you lose points. Depending on how strong your team is and how strong the team you're facing is, the number of points you gain or lose will vary. A good performance will get you points. Rias and her team are performing very well but basically they's because they're OP and they have been fighting teams way below their caliber. You can increase your points more by having a good performance and beating stronger teams. But good performance doesn't guarantee a team's going to make it in the 16 spots. Neither is winning every match going to be a guarantee to get into one of the 16 spots. You can lose some of your matches and have a good performance with the ones you won and have higher points than a team that won all their matches. The same can be said vice-versa. You can get to one of the 16 spots either way. Whether it's giving a good performance and beating stronger teams. Or whether it's winning all of your matches and keep gaining points.