How did I get to silver V???

Drakavoid·Sep 25, 2015·2 votes·1,545 views

I don't usually play ranked but I decided to finally get my first 10 matches done to get my placement. I finally finished them yesterday, sounds casual BUT the weird thing is my score was 2 wins and 8 loses AND I STILL GOT SILVER V. I'm just wondering how I got it cause my friend got 5w and 5l but was bronze 3. Another one get 7 w and 3 l and also got silver. I got a decent score in all my matches, I did not feed neither got fed, mostly 5 kills and 4 losses and like 3 assists. My cs was also good, and I last hitted most turrents. So maybe it has something to do with that? Discuss. To y!!!!

17 Comments

StealthWardenSep 25, 20152 votes

if youve never played ranked you start with silver mmr. your wins were likely one of the first 2-3 matches which are more important than the latter ones. first time i ever played ranked i place bronze 1 fresh off level 30...i think i won 4?

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

That's true I won the first two

TeemoJenkinsSep 25, 20151 votes

At this point in the season they acknowledge that Bronze V is the dregs of the galaxy and give you an optimistic placement where you can climb or crash and burn from.

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

This ^

SexyTaylorSwiftSep 25, 20151 votes

Did you play ranked last season?

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

Nope

SexyTaylorSwiftSep 25, 20151 votes

Well, then all I can say is that rito is full of dumb business majors that have no idea what they are doing :)

InphernalSep 25, 20151 votes

"Turrents"

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

What are you referring to ?? ^^

ABlueQuakerSep 25, 20151 votes

Default MMR after ~5-5 Placements is Silver III.

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

But most of my friends got bronze first time ranking

BeatzBoyFTWSep 25, 20151 votes

Pretty sure the rank you'll be set in depends on your playstyle, not entirely on the number of wins in your provisional matches.

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

Yeah I'm guessing that, I tried to look up how is it calculated but no luck :( item 3070

DrakavoidSep 25, 20151 votes

Now Rito gonna read this post and demote me to below Bronze. I cri evri time ;'( item 3070 Amumu

Kitten of EvilSep 25, 20151 votes

That's weird, because I got either 7 or 8 wins and also placed into Silver 5. One of my other friends got 2 wins 8 losses and got Silver 5, even though neither of us had done ranked before (unless you count my 3-year-old season 2 ranked history).

I really don't get the provisional system.

MegaManYYZSep 25, 20151 votes

i finished with 5w and 5 l on my placement matches and got into Silver 4. I think it determines where you should go based on your MMR. also this is my first season in league and haven't played a moba since dota 1, which i was awful at.