I have been 1 game out of promos 2 times in the past week. And I get autofilled both times. It is quite annoying to miss promos because I am not that good at support. If you are a game out of promos can you get like a 1 game protection? Just so it is actually possible to get into promos. I am a bit tilted about this because it happened twice.
I mean sorry dude but they're not going to do that. Why even bother have promos at 100LP then? Why not just play 5 games per rank, win 3 you rank up and lose 3 you rank down? The system is the way it is for a reason. TBH ELO rating matches weren't terrible. It's just people complained a lot because most people saw 0 progress in their climb. This was more attributed to themselves. However since most players were still inexperienced and still learning, this created the idea that something like ELO hell existed. People demanded and asked for million different things to compensate for ELO hell kind of like what you're doing now; asking for small leniencies here and there. Ultimately you're going to gut the rank system.
People need to understand the rank system is not a measure of progress, it's a measure of skill and consistency. You can't just play your way to diamond by playing infinite games. You have to draw a plan and execute those plans. You have to make your enemies suffer for making mistakes and punish them hard. Ultimately you have to change the way you play, not ask for the rank system to be changed. The rank system has flaws but it's a pretty decent rank system that handicaps players and favors them in helping them rank up. I mean you can climb and rank up on a 45% win rate FFS... Pretty certain you couldn't do that back when we had ELO rating.
You are supposed to have autofill protection during promos. So either you are lying or there was a bug and you should report it to Riot. They might even give you back your promos.
EDIT: oh you were one game away from promos. I see. Well since that game doesn't determine if you promote, Riot isn't going to give you special protections. It should be the same as any other game while in your division.
Now personally I think the whole division and promos thing is really dumb in the first place. By creating these opportunities to fail, Riot only increases player stress and makes it harder for them to climb due to people getting even more toxic when things go wrong.
Additionally, promos are a false barrier to climbing with regards to who you play against. Rank means nothing, MMR is how players are matched. If a player plays at Diamond level they ought to be treated like they are diamond, false barriers and rankings are part of the reason I don't play ranked for myself.
The variance created by promos is not a good thing, it just makes people tilt harder when bad things happen. I was so bitter after I missed a promotion last season due to trolls (actual trolls, not just someone having a bad game). That promotion kept me from getting Victorious Maokai when I knew that if I had just been allowed to play consistently and climb MMR I would have earned it.
