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Why does anyone keep playing ranked to try and climb?

Vanilla Trubbs·8/22/2019, 6:08:04 PM·6 votes·3,853 views

It's such a fucking crapshoot. Which team has the feeder on it? Which team has the elo booster or smurf on it? Win several games and get promoted, but then lose a few games in a row and get demoted after 1 loss at 0 lp and get gated behind a series again. Which you then lose because of feeders and boosters. I don't get it. How is it supposed to be fulfilling or rewarding if your winning or losing the game has so little to do with your play? I just don't understand how people stick with it. It's so fucking frustrating and the rewards are nonexistent. A meaningless rank in a shitty game that's 5 years past its prime. Or you are low honor level because you lost your temper at a feeder or something. It's been about a year since I got set to honor level 0 and I'm still not quite back to level 3 yet, so good job whoever designed that system. It's super meaningful and highly effective.

I guess maybe if ADC wasn't so fucking shit it might not be so bad. But it doesn't matter how much of a lead you can accrue in lane when your teammates are running a soup kitchen in the mid or top lane. Which happens way too often because of the rampant smurfing and boosting. I feel like I have to just grind games forever to get any rank improvement at all because of all the bullshit that goes on in solo queue. I just don't understand how anyone feels like it's worth it or in any way rewarding. The only person I know who climbed to diamond this year got hard boosted by someone smurfing from high diamond.

Only about 99 more hours to go...

24 Comments

IllIllIlllllll8/22/2019, 6:22:58 PM2 votes

"Which team has the feeder on it?" (Which team has the worst players) "Which team has the elo booster or smurf on it?" (Which team has the best players)

"How is it supposed to be fulfilling or rewarding if your winning or losing the game has so little to do with your play?"

have you seen tf blade?

One look at your opgg and i already know you're that feeder you whine so much about.

Why is your most played less than 50% wr. You know you're not good at it and wont climb playing that champ so why keep playing it.

Because you dont care, But you decide to whine and moan on the boards when your own decisions reward you with the obvious outcome.

Stop trolling & playing bad and maybe you'll rank up.

You've played over 500 games this season and still haven't learned basic math.

You dont climb with a 43%% wr.

And you know whats worse, You have a 61% wr champ but instead decide to play the 43% wr champ

Death by Glamour8/22/2019, 6:26:44 PM2 votes

For me its like an addiction, dunno about anyone else.

1wolfpack8/22/2019, 6:27:03 PM2 votes

I agree that u need to abuse duo system in solo q in order to climb. it can feel impossible to climb in solo q without a duo partner.

otherwise, good rant, 10/10, would read again! take a walk outside, watch some tv, get over it, and try again tomorrow. Best of luck.

[sg-kiko]

imortalone8/23/2019, 6:46:05 AM1 votes

yep rank system sucks..

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/XAqMx0oA-a-suggestion-on-how-ranked-should-work-since-there-is-a-much-needed-update-best-discussion-post?comment=0002

ShyImagoghnar8/23/2019, 6:49:46 AM1 votes

copers gonna cope

Linda de Mol8/23/2019, 6:52:53 AM1 votes

I started from low iron this season and climbed to silver 1. Costed me 500+ games. There, I stopped. There's just too much monkeys trying to ruin your experience. I'm not touching it anymore this year.

preternatural8/23/2019, 11:26:18 AM1 votes

people play ranked to test their level lol.

DeathBurst8/23/2019, 1:29:36 PM1 votes

Personally, for the challenge and the self-test. To see my limits, and how much I improved. Random strangers don't matter in the long run, I try to take them with philosophy, like random weather events. I don't play Ranked to beat other players and end up higher than them; I play to beat myself, and end up higher than past me.

I also play Normals, not just Ranked, and I play completely differently depending on the context. In Norms, I try to have fun, to make cool plays and nice moves. In Ranked, I aim to be most consistent, safe and methodic. That makes the game proper usually less fun, but the thrill of the climb is its own reward.

Tynides8/24/2019, 2:11:10 AM1 votes

I play just enough to get that victorious skin reward then I'm out. No point stressing myself trying to improve my rank when it doesn't even give you anything except bragging rights.