Riot doesn't really give an f about what people have to say, This is how riot manages to make $$$$$. Longer it takes for people to get to highest rank the more time people put into the game, eventually that translates into profit. Its not supposed to be fair, and a legit dumb ass can tell how stupid the ranking system is, this is a strategy team game, you will not win the game all by youself, even if you carry very hard you still need teams co-operaton to pull off consistent wins. I know I have tried a few tests in normals, selected champion I wanted to play instead of champion that is actually helpful for the team, then basically did not communicate with the team at all, blocked everyone! pretty soon came the late game, our team was significantly ahead in kills and dragons. We still lost. simply because late game can require lots of strategy due to everyone being about the same strength, good co-operation usually wins over any sort of personal skill. Obvously personal skill matters but a smart team that co-operates will win more often. If you play ranked just drop the idea that you need to climb ranks, people all the way up to gold are often the same people. idiots still exist. just play the game for fun, try new things, fuck it. If riot wanted this game to be about ranks this game wouldn't take up to 10 minutes to find a ranked game. People in normal bronze games are often so much better, much better team co-operation and overall feel of the game changes when people are stress free about falling behind. In ranked everyone just gets pissed of and gives up trying....it's not fun.