Im confused. Could somebody help?

Xilann·1/28/2016, 2:09:58 AM·1 votes·453 views

Hi i'm Xilann and I joined League towards the tail end of season four, a couple months before they began changing the jungle (Spirit of the elder lizard was remove etc.) I got VERY lucky with my provisionals and ended up winning 7 out of 10 with almost no idea how to play the game. That landed me in gold five, I was ecstatic and I managed to maintain that rank until season 5 role along where I was currently maining Shaco in the pre-season, when the provisionals rolled along I (Obviously) lost most of my provisionals but still ended up in Bronze One. Realizing that my Gold 5 rank in season 4 was a total stroke of luck I have humbled down and actually taken the time to learn about the game. So in season five after continuously going up to silver and sinking back down (Several times) I felt I had played enough in the lower Elo to rise above the others and escape the tar-pit of the game. So needless to say I was very excited to hop straight into this seasons provisionals. AND GUESS WHAT I WON 7 OUT OF 10 AGAIN. Im super happy and proud of myself that I was able to achieve this and I felt I actually earned it this time! It was very satisfactory after all that struggle of climbing and falling of that low tier ladder, but imagine my surprise when after what I believed to be a very big steppingstone in my gameplay that I had pride in...landed me in Bronze 5. Not only have I never been in Bronze 5, even in my worst states of gameplay, but I realized that maybe season five was just season four repeated, that I thought I had achieved something just to end up in a worst spot then I had ever been before, and the worst state allowed in the game. Im not mad, Im just disappointed and a little bit confused, I understand that the game is using a new ranking system called MMR, Im unsure what exactly it takes into account when placing you in a tier but I feel that no matter what math is used in the MMR, a 7/10 win rate for placements shows a little more then Bronze 5. In the end I am upset after getting my hopes up and playing these past 10 games with more focus then I had ever done so before, but perhaps I am missing something that is vital to why I was ranked this way so I hope you can answer my question. Why did this happen, and what can I do to fix it?

2 Comments

DrCabes1/28/2016, 3:06:12 AM1 votes

Highest you can get in placements is plat 1, so all Master/Challenger also got placed low which essentially forces everyone to move down from placements to prevent too much mismatch at the beginning of the season. If your mmr is higher then where you are currently at you'll gain more lp for wins and move up faster (can also skip divisions). I'm sure your mmr is above bronze 5 so you should move up fast if I'm not mistaken.