The matchmaking is just makign me want to uninstall this game at this point.
Seriesly matching me with people divisions apart from me in ranked? how am i even suppose to have a chance.
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Bear it for a few months I think the current MMS is sorting out "the current players"
Do your best Cheers~
Its high uncertainty and riots still running some experiments this season. Also there is going to be an uptick in toxicity and tilt because the ladders values are shifting down. Iron and Grandmaster are going to impact other Tiers.
From my understanding of MMR and Riots Leauge systems. What you have is Each Tier and Division is expected to represent a Range of MMR values. Lets make up a number for this. Silver 2 would be 1200-1250. If your MMR is below that range you see LP gains are lower. This gives the system time to fix your MMR rating. By requiring more wins then a set LP Gain, and by having MMR move at a higher rate then LP, You will see players hit that range of MMR or exceed it. If you are in the range then you see fairly equal gains/losses so the # of wins to climb out lowers. If your above it you see higher Gains so again lower # wins to climb. So a Tier+Division is only accurate once a player is at a MMR range with that elusive 50% rate, and as it is expected to represent a range not an absolute value theres some wiggle room that might overlap into other tiers + some luck variance. Point is Tiers and Divisions are then just made by breaking down the ladder into Ranges.
When you look at that concept its pretty obvious divisions don't mean what they did last year. Same need to break down MMR values into Tiers and divisions. But now its new names for those breakdowns. Its not like a 1100-1100 Player got any worse but that might see some one go from being Bronze 3 into Iron 1. You can make a lot of your Tiers/Divisions the same range gap. Each Division being 50 or 100 or 200 MMR, But at the top and bottom of the ladder this wont be the case. Realistically I think Riot might have multiple different ranges for their breakdowns of representation, if you want to control the majority of your players Assigned Tiers this is one way to accomplish that very effectively and its subtle enough that no one can ever prove it with out Riot providing that information, Be that thru the AP or thru a blog/post/tweet.
Oh... and positional MM throws that off more because its making multiple MMR values on an account but only 1 tier gets reflected.
Why you play the game matters, What makes it fun for you. Just climbing? Odds are your going to want to quit someday because you hit a wall. Just going up in rank is a dead end for enjoyment for a massive#. Beating your old record? That's a bit better, but this years going to suck. Treat it as a new starting point or hope for riot to revert, accurate comparisons between prior years and current don't work due to chaos. Getting good on a champ you love? That's achievable this year.
Tldr. Ignore till it sorts out the new Tiers and ranges because if you get caught up in an arbitrary system that does not accurately convey information your going to have a bad time. Also, this is all in theory so there Is a very good probability I got things wrong and provided inaccurate information. Check the logic yourself, please treat it as a reasonable guess if it feels right but don't take it as fact. Let me know if you want a Visual representation for what MMR MM should look to accomplish.