League's Matchmaking is *Severely* out of wack. It's unfair and disrespectful to a lot of us players

B3ta Boy·2/10/2016, 4:03:24 AM·2 votes·535 views

I'm done with the idea that Riot's system doesn't consistently screw over better players, locking them into Bronze or Silver. This is the way it is: 70% or so of my ranked games, I am placed with teammates who absolutely refuse to anything other than feed the enemy team. If I get 1 or 2 good teammates, the enemy team gets 5. "So you're saying the game just singles you out and treats you different than everyone else? well according to the math..." I don't care. I literally see it before my eyes. The enemy team consistently gets better players. That's just how it is. Is the feeding botlane that runs straight into 2v3s ever on the enemy team? Absolutely not! They're always on MY team! I understand that players who were able to get into higher ranks completely scoff at the idea that anyone can't do the same if they're good enough. And again, I don't care. If each person has an individual MMR, but you have to be placed with people within reasonable range of your division (When I check team/enemy stats, we're usually within a couple divisions of each other) And let's say HYPOTHETICALLY that I'm a really good player This means I will probably have a really high MMR from Normals compared to everyone else on the match? So the game balances that out by giving me mega crappy teammates, while the enemy team gets a nice balance of OK players. This whole idea that it's your job to "Carry" out is bogus, because in situations like mine, it's not possible. I am ONE player. Out of 5. I literally have control over 1/5 of the team. Suggesting I deserve to be in whatever position I'm in, bc I should be able to play for 5 people is illogical I have spent lots of time playing this game, and I've seen good players just absolutely stuck in Bronze and they've stopped playing bc League's matchmaking sets it up that way. And if you're gonna comment the usual stuff people with these concerns are generically told "Well u should ping blah blah and then u win!" Save your breath, because the fact is: you don't know Riot's secret matchmaking system aaanny better than I do.

3 Comments

LaughingStapler2/10/2016, 4:09:48 AM1 votes

the conspiracy to keep "good" players in Bronze is real

I've gone from Bronze->Gold on several accounts without difficulty because I improved a lot since I first created them. People in Bronze don't even recognize their own mistakes so of course they don't think that they belong there.

spirit cooking2/10/2016, 4:12:07 AM1 votes

Its real. I consistently get that 2/14 guy. A lot of time two of them.

Very, very common for me to go 6/3 and the rest of my team be 2/9 1/7 3/12 ect...

It is real my friend.

Jorencice2/10/2016, 4:16:21 AM1 votes

We don't know riot's "secret match making system" because their isn't one...

I'd suggest watching the youtube video "elo hell is a state of mind" it's a commentated bronze 5 game that point out some things people do wrong.