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Season 5 Ranked System and the Eternal Struggle Bus

Cleon Peaches·2/3/2015, 11:37:58 PM·2 votes·1,077 views

Riot,

We need to have a talk. I first started playing League in January of 2014 and immediately fell in love. Aside from over 1,000 hours of playtime, I have given you my blood, sweat and money.

I began playing ranked shortly after hitting level 30 and landed in Bronze 1 with 4 wins/6 losses. Although I was unhappy with the rank, it was both fair and reflective of my skill as a player.

Hundreds of hours later I climbed from Bronze I to Silver III, and felt like I had specialized in my role and grown both mechanically and tactically as a jungler. However, after winning 7/10 Season 5 placement games, I dropped from Silver III to Silver V.

After seeing several of my gold and silver friends drop to bronze, despite winning most of their placement games, it became clear that the ranking system currently in place is driven by business, not skill. By placing players in a low rank that isn't truly representative of their skill, you force them to log more hours just to climb back up to the rank they had originally earned, in hopes that they'll buy more half-dressed Katarina skins while they're at it. On top of neglecting the hard work put in by Bronze, Silver and Gold players, it seems that you shield the high ranking players from having to deal with this issue- we don't see any pros drop several leagues after winning 7 placement matches, seeing as they generate a lot of interest in League via Twitch.

I understand that Riot is a business, and your F2P game comes at a price. Yet the arbitrary ranking system of season 5 exploits our devotion to the game for the sake of money. The shady nature of this business tactic makes me feel like you don't value me as a player, and that I'm just another pocket ready for the picking. I am compelled to take a prolonged break from the League, I might even play some RuneScape. Because while it may be an inferior game, at least it's upfront about wanting my money.

Regards, Cleon Peaches

6 Comments

Reynard the ƒox2/3/2015, 11:43:25 PM1 votes

Yeah and it's a well known fact that your mmr goes up when you buy RP. Such avarice from a company that once truly cared about it's players :/

Guy Fox Teemo2/4/2015, 12:06:03 AM1 votes

They made a post directly stating almost ALL players will be a few tiers lower then previously as its hard to determine your skill lvl in 10 games vs 500. Even players that were Challenger last season coudl only go up to Plat 1 as thats the max you can get in your placements. I for one got placed in Bronze III when i was Silver I last season. I was fine with it. I played a couple of games got to bronze II promos won them and from their on I won easily as I was in Bronze and was silver I last season so my skill lvl is obviously much better then where i was placed I easily climbed to Bronze I in like 15-20 games having lots of fun stomping on people ( I went on a 100% winning streak with Zed out of 15 games) Got to 100 LP in Bronze I played my promos and won them, it skipped me to Silver III. Why? Because the system determined I was obviously much better then where it had placed me in my placements. If you really are much better then that of where you were placed the system will determine whether your fit to be in the Tier your in or not.