Riot, please realize this simple fact.

You talk about making life more enjoyable for the higher tier players, most notably Diamond +. But the statistics should have you doing quite the opposite. I sit at gold 3, nothing spectacular and when I check na.op.gg, I see a very interesting fact. I mean you have 7 total divisions, bronze through challenger. At gold 3, your third out of seven divisions, I am within the top 17% of players. 17%!!! Now, I know, this is just for NA which is fine, but I am willing to bet that other areas have similar trends. If you pissed off Plat +, yea you may lose 15% of your player base. But think of the consequences of you favoring the top divisions? I just think you should be improving this game listening to the mass majority, not the minority.