Ranked Match Making system 2k18 : How does the MM algorithm works ? It seems a complete mess

MOuHahaHAhahaaaa··2 votes·440 views

Hello,

this year more than any year in the past i think that there are many things wrong about the ranked match making system. Here is what is actually hapenning in ranked games

You will have half of the times get lower elo players in your team when the opponent team has more higher elo players. This really isn't big issue at high elo because over plat elo everyone knows how to play the game (farming, map control, overall game vision) and know every abilities from the champs. However if you are gold or near close to gold getting silvers or even bronzes it's a terrible mistake.

Here is why :

  • Many bronzes and silvers don't know every character in the game and their abilities i had a twitch last game he didn't even know that ivern existed...
  • Many bronzes and silvers base their playing on streaming videos and they want to try crazy things when they shouldnt like playing lucian mid against fizz
  • New players are being placed in higher elo that they should but they clearly don't have the level : i had a shyvana that was crying all the game saying she didn't have the level to be in silver and that she felt sorry for us even if we did win.
  • At Bronze/silver elo many players don't take ranked seriously they think it's like a normal game.

I don't understand why riot doesn't make it like this :

You should only play with or against players above or under one rank or equal to yours.

Silver I players should only play with and against S2 S1 and GV Plat 2 players should only play with and against P1 P2 and P3

I'm not worried about my objective of reaching gold this year (i just do it for the skin) cause i know that i have the level already did go 3 times in promos each time it was getting closer but getting trolls isn't easy... it's frustrating to have lucian jungle or mid when they don't know what they are doing...

I'm worried about the fact that riot is making this game a real mess and that there are some very good players getting hard times to climb...

3 Comments

TheProfezzor1 votes

Completely agree it’s a mess below mid plat.

VladCuzBad1 votes

Honestly would agree, being low plat and having been high plat last season, I find it absurd that I have to play the lotto until about p3 where i can actually talk to my teams and make coordinated plays.

RisingTsunami1 votes

The matchmaking algorithm feels like punishment sometimes. I've just come to expect some bs to occur everytime I hit my promos. Someone on my team either just lost their promos and are pissed, or just does not communicate at all even when spoken to nicely. Or I get someone who thinks they are a super jungler and does nothing but take kills away never speaking except to say "I want my Penta" over and over . And then there is the one player who is a higher rank based on their border that has fallen down to your rank that thinks they don't belong among you peasants and speaks to the team like dog crap. Finally, I see this alot more in promos for some reason too when things go bad these players start talking to the other team in /All chat basically taking all of what is left of the wind from my sails. Yes there will always be trolls and afkers but Riot HAS to know promos are fk'd right now.

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