Does last season rank make it harder to climb?
I have a friend that was bronze 3 last season and he gains 17 loses 23. I also have a friend that was silver 3 this season and gains 30 and loses 10.
Note: both of them have the SAME MMR AND RANK.
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If they are the same rank and gaining different amounts of LP, then they are not the same MMR. Keep in mind that third party estimates of mmr are only estimates, and only riot knows true mmrs, and it's ones MMR relative to their rank that determines LP gain. So if LP gains are different, and a third party is saying the MMRs are the same, thats proof that the third partys estimate is wrong.
Previous seasons final MMR has a pretty big impact on your starting MMR in the new season, so it'd be expected that the person who was previvously bronze would have a relatively low one, and that is consistent with the LP gains being shown there.
That said, if someone did drag their mmr up to the same level as another player at the same rank, then their past ranks wouldn't matter. It's just since MMRs are hidden it's hard to be sure that two people do have the same mmr.
how many total games accumulated do they have from previous seasons of ranked play?
Did friend A play more games in total then Friend B who only started this season?
You can't see your real MMR. Their MMR is clearly different. Case closed.