Ranking System Bug. [GAMEPLAY]/[CLIENT]

Incorrect Option·10/10/2015, 9:55:54 PM·1 votes·263 views

I was going to play a ranked game and had 0 lp left for my silver 5, I joined a ranked game and left during the champion select to find out that i had -3 lp. After 5 minutes of waiting to play because of leaving the champion selection page, I finally got to play a ranked game and I lost it. I didn't get demoted like I should have, and I am still at -3 lp in the silver 5 bracket. I don't wanna get banned for not playing the game fair or not getting demoted when i should have.

1 Comments

Zombiemaster10/11/2015, 5:47:54 AM1 votes

I don't think you should worry about this. You should be fine.

First off, dodging will always take away 3 LP (more for consecutive dodges within a short time), and if this would happen to bring you below 0 LP, then it will. Riot does this so that there is still an LP penalty for those who dodge at 0 LP. Essentially this is means that for that player's next win, they would gain the LP they win minus the LP they lost for dodging while at 0. I'm 99% sure this is intended. Also, you can't go negative in LP from losing either, you just stop at 0 (or below 0 if you are negative from dodging).

Secondly, losing a match while at 0 LP isn't always a guaranteed demotion. Usually it takes multiple lost games at 0 LP to get demoted, but it depends on what your MMR is. Also, in your case, being demoted from Silver V to Bronze I (or being demoted from any V division to a I division) is a lot harder to have happen than a normal demotion. For you to be demoted from Silver V to Bronze I, your MMR needs to be around the average MMR for Bronze V, which basically means that you need to lose a lot of games before being demoted. Pretty much it's incredibly difficult to actually be demoted tiers unless you're actually trying to.