I'm done with this ranking system

MadCurmudgeon13·3/1/2016, 6:54:40 AM·1 votes·614 views

Dear fellow summoners,

My name is MadCurmudgeon13... Hi! I recently hit level 30 and decided it was finally my time that I can play ranked. I duoed with my friend that i think was a perfect partner to get me into a rank. Sadly, I ended up in bronze 3. XD! After that occurrence, I ended up going on a 15 game lose streak, and guess what? I'm Bronze 5 now! YAY! Eventually, I ended my tilt by playing some normals and i started to win some games again. When I motivated myself that I can do it and climb the ladder, I was vastly disappointed by the gameplay i experienced for there were many troll picks. Now i wasn't going to afk, dodge, etc. for these people, but I finally reached the point I should say something. Rank people on their skill, not saying that I'm good, but just do it. Lets say i went 22/7/10 by the end of the game, and because of a team comp that consists of 4 other supports, we lost. Recently, i mentioned my great demotion 15 loss streak. Within those games, sure i did bad because i was tilted, but they weren't feeder scores. I was playing as safe as my brain would let me, and when i saw opportunities, I took them. Now I understand that this just looks like some butthurt bronze player with no skill, but c'mon, I'm just speaking for the people that want to climb. And it's very hard to do that when you have 2 supports playing bot, because they refuse to accept the fact that "bot" is the same as "adc" and they won't leash you because they decide to roam into the enemy jungle at level 1. I can't deal with a blitz top that took smite, A soraka mid without flash, and an ali/jhin combo that fed 0/22 in total. I'm sorry, I love the game, but this ranking system, its just too much.

3 Comments

bad manner kid3/1/2016, 7:12:51 AM2 votes

This game is a career ladder climb.

You can take the helpful hints dropped by high ELO players about how to get through the lower ranks, but overall there is so much you need to know to win games consistently it's mind blowing as a new player.

The last thing you should ever do is hit level 30 and play ranked. The Bronze MMR essentially exists as a pit for people who don't know how to or are incompetent to climb. Realize that many mismatched players exist at low ELO, and sometimes it stacks against you for a long period of time.

If you are seriously interested or concerned with climbing above gold, you should become comfortable on meta champions of every role, atleast have played every single champion to know how they function, and watch higher ELO streamers that talk about game flow mechanics to learn why things shift around.

In my years of experience (though not so much personally playing ranked!) I've noticed that this is not a game people pick up and succeed at laddering without serious commitment.

No flash no life3/1/2016, 7:17:07 AM1 votes

Think of it the other way around. If your teammates play in such hilarious manner, chances are your opponents are just as ridiculous and if you play some sort of damage dealing champ then you get to stomp and have fun ;D

HappyNova3/1/2016, 7:31:01 AM1 votes

Csgo ranking system is way harsher