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Are Ranked Games even meaningful?

Ayanami3rd·2/16/2018, 11:12:58 PM·1 votes·185 views

Like, seriously. I play almost exclusevly normals, and I commonly encounter

  • afk players
  • players already announcing in champ select that their ping is high but refuse to dodge and fix their shit, then feeding because of latency and as a lame excuse spam their ping into the chat like low IQs (is that polite enough to pass any Golden Board Rules? :) )
  • players int feeding because they are frustrated and think this would serve justice in some weird way
  • players feeding kills after kills after kills to the enemy, most games having a clear tendency around 10 mins and are unrecoverably lost at 15 mins
  • furthermore feeders in your team ruining every tiny win chance, but refuse to surrender and take you hostage (could argue about surrendering in ranked though, but why dragging on a game that could be won with a 2% chance, if you could be already queueing for a game with a 50+% chance?)
  • feeders having so much more impact than carry players that it is literally impossible to compensate for bad teammates' feed

And I could continue this list for ages. I started S7 and really looked forward to get into ranked this season, but seriously, no. The imbalanced impact of feeders vs. carries and the shitty snowbally state of the game (not even mentioning Riot ruining towers a little more with every x patch) really makes Ranked totally unattractive. I do not feel that whatever rank I will achieve would reflect my actual skill. To be clear, this is not a whining thread. Often enough, the enemy has the feeders and we stomp then, but this is still due to the state of the game being totally unhealthy and making Ranked games more of a RNG game.

Now you might say "but if Rank was random, why are all pro players D1/Master/Challenger?" The answer is: Because they play a lot, and are like perfectly skilled. Both are features the vast majority of the playerbase will never even get remotely close to achieve.

What is your opinion? Why do you play Ranked?

2 Comments

MasterDClone2/16/2018, 11:54:31 PM1 votes

I play ranked to have fun playing the game, personally i don't care much for afks and feeders because the enemy team will get an equal amount so it evens out and that high ping thing isn't fair for you to judge, when i go to a hotel or something my ping sticks at 200-300 consistent but i play to have fun there is nothing for me to fix.

Your rank does reflect your skill if you aren't climbing that is on you not on the game, somegames you might get an afk or a feeder but you don't have control over that, any high elo player will get the same thing from time to time but they are at a higher rank because they are better.

If you can't climb and you blame the game for it that's you, but ranked is the best way to test your skill compared to other players

TheProfezzor2/17/2018, 12:55:59 AM1 votes

I play ranked because it’s more competitive and there is something (LP) on the line. That being said if I need a break from my main role or am losing I will play a norm of two to just relax.