Ranked "Promo Helper"
As a reminder as to what it is: (skip the quote if you know)
**....From Bronze through Gold 2, failing a series will get you a win credit that'll apply toward your next attempt at that series, provided you can get back in. If you're ever demoted, Promo Helper will automatically grant you max credits until you've passed as many series as necessary to get back to your season-high division.
Promo Helper is rolling out now during the off-season for testing so we can ensure everything's tuned accordingly before the 2016 ranked season starts early next year.
DIG TO THE SURFACE Promo Helper only applies when you're in a division below Gold 1 (the same point where ranked decay begins) CONTINUE? If you lose a promotional series, your next attempt at that series will start with a win credit (can stack twice for Tier series) WHY DO WE FALL? Demotion wipes Promo Helper's win credits SO WE CAN LEARN TO PICK OURSELVES UP Promo Helper always grants max win credits for any series you've previously passed USE 'EM OR LOSE 'EM All Promo Helper bonuses will be reset at the beginning of the 2016 ranked season**
What do you think about this?
Personally I appreciate this. I feel it makes up for the games where you have afk's/feeders/hardcore ragers in your promos, even when you won every game up to the promotional series. Yeah, you might still lose the first time around, but now theirs more reason to try again.
My one concern is that it might push people up a little too fast. Do I think I belong in S3? Not really. When I'm not tilting myself or having mysterious lag I generally do well within my main role. But I know I have a lot to learn. When I play with higher ranked friends and I face plats or even diamonds, I learn a lot more than when I face fellow silvers. I know that if I climb, at each rank I have something to learn. Right now I think I'm a little lower than I should be, but that's my own fault for not playing more ranked, or for tilting myself. Yet I still believe I could learn something at the next rank. So my fear is that because this will probably push people up faster, some folks will be in higher ranks than they should have reached before they had a chance to learn what they could at the lower ranks. Granted, this stops at gold, but we all know those people we've encountered where you wondered how they made it to your division.
So what are your opinions on this? Please, keep it civil and light. We are one community and we should behave as such ^_^ -- Jun
