Riot games matchmaking btw

fillesten·May 11, 2019·6 votes·5,977 views

https://imgur.com/a/zxEeNJq Alright so riot how is this literally even possible. there is not a single world where a PLATINUM 4 PLAYER should be in a DIAMOND 3 GAME. Not to mention the fact that he literally has a 17% winrate so when u get him on ur team u already feel like the game is over. how does this matchmaking follow the intention that every game should have a 50/50 chance to win or lose. I know this thread is absolute hot garbage but can someone explain to me HOW and WHY.

Edit: changed the imgur link to not show any other names in case i would "shame" or something

6 Comments

MessyStuffMay 12, 20192 votes

Ok I think I know the reason for this. The last season this guy played was season 6. He was probably a bit higher than you in mrr/rank in season 6 and now that he's playing league again he's gonna be kind of trash for a little while. He's only had 12 games so he needs a few more games to used to league. That's why he has a 17% winrate. And that's also why he was put into your game.

GlaricionMay 12, 20192 votes

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Ok I think I know the reason for this. The last season this guy played was season 6. He was probably a bit higher than you in mrr/rank in season 6 and now that he's playing league again he's gonna be kind of trash for a little while. He's only had 12 games so he needs a few more games to used to league. That's why he has a 17% winrate. And that's also why he was put into your game.

With how ranked is he's probably in the 'right' position too.

Going into ranked after a long hiatus sucks. "Oh hey, welcome back! I see that you have a plat MMR" "But I haven't played in years, I'm not even sure what half the items do anymore, I'm practically a Silver 4 player at this point." "That's cute. Have fun in this Plat 3 average game!"

AnotherFeederMay 12, 20191 votes

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Ok I think I know the reason for this. The last season this guy played was season 6. He was probably a bit higher than you in mrr/rank in season 6 and now that he's playing league again he's gonna be kind of trash for a little while. He's only had 12 games so he needs a few more games to used to league. That's why he has a 17% winrate. And that's also why he was put into your game.

Wait but... S6 he was gold.

MessyStuffMay 12, 20191 votes

Oh I couldn't find out what he was in s6(I don't know how to) so I didn't see that. I assumed that he would have been the OP's rank in season 6.

fillestenMay 12, 20191 votes

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Ok I think I know the reason for this. The last season this guy played was season 6. He was probably a bit higher than you in mrr/rank in season 6 and now that he's playing league again he's gonna be kind of trash for a little while. He's only had 12 games so he needs a few more games to used to league. That's why he has a 17% winrate. And that's also why he was put into your game.

This response has got good effort and a reasonable explanation. It COULD make sense but it still just dont. I was Platinum 2 98 lp season 6 and he was gold 1 75 lp. It still just doesn't add up at all.