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why are you in your current elo? what elo would you rank yourself in, and what is holding you back?

SwiftKitten88··3 votes·951 views

In before everyone says "I belong in challenger"

right now i am in silver i placed into silver 1 during season 3 and every sicne sine i have been placed or climbed into silver. i would CURRENTLY rate my skill between silver 2 and gold 4. taking everything into account.

and yet i am not there... why?

well ignoring the fact that last season i was in high silver 3 and because of the new season placement always demoting you i just decided to climb back to silver 5 and say "to hell with ranked" becuase of dynamic que.

since im currently silver 3 as that is the highest i have CLIMBED to (i don't count getting placing into silver 1 season 3 "climbing there")

WHY am i not gold? (again ignoring dynamic que and the fact i don't play ranked anymore becuase of it)

while noob teammates feeding is always a factor. the biggest issue.. is me. becuase while i have the SKILL of a gold player.. possibly even a plat player.

i know my champs at those skill levels, i know thier champs abilties, i know how to properly counterpick, how to change my item build and my pick based on both team comps, i know how to ward, how to purchase a sightstone when playing support. (i really dont think this NEEDs to be included as your not going to climb our of bronze 5 without doing it, but apparently this place is fill with so many low elos player i figured i should add this), i know the differnt matchups for all my champs when to engage, when not to.

and yet, what is holding me back? simple... i cant type... i cant click the right keys, QWER are easy enough, but once i start getting item 3040 item 3157 item 2049 item 3092 item 2003 . i just frankly press the wrong buttons.. i also cant RELIABLY click what i want to, i dont have the APM or the accuracy to click DIRECTLY on a champ 100% of the time. sure i have seen things to train you in this that player warm up with before games. but i cant do those either XD

and i have also trouble following everything going on in a teamfight

every time i see riots "teamfight breakdown" there is no way in hell i would have noticed most of that stuff in real time.. hell even watching it in slow motion i need to watch it multiple times to catch everything.

the worst part of this is... i get placed with teammates who UNLIKE me.. HAVE the APM.. HAVE the abiltiy t press the right keys at the right time. and frankly just dont know how the play the GAME. i know how to play the GAME. i just cant INPUT the command i want.

so whats your story? why are you stuck where you are? or are you ACTUALLY in what you would consider your PROPER elo.

and if not. what is holding you back? (OTHER than dynamic que, or teammates feeding)

15 Comments

CerealBoxOfDoom2 votes

I'm unranked

I have little interest in ranked

From my experiences there are mostly 2 types of ranked players

The weird people you have 0 faith in in-game and the assholes that only bring up their rank to talk shit.

My interest isn't rising much

edit

I'm all for team ranked though

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I like team stuff. If I wanted to do something solo I would play fighting games not a team moba

BattleOxe2 votes

{quoted}

I'm unranked

I have little interest in ranked

From my experiences there are mostly 2 types of ranked players

The weird people you have 0 faith in in-game and the assholes that only bring up their rank to talk shit.

My interest isn't rising much

edit

I'm all for team ranked though

edit again

I like team stuff. If I wanted to do something solo I would play fighting games not a team moba

Me for a long time :)

Slack King2 votes

{quoted}

In before everyone says "I belong in challenger"

right now i am in silver i placed into silver 1 during season 3 and every sicne sine i have been placed or climbed into silver. i would CURRENTLY rate my skill between silver 2 and gold 4. taking everything into account.

and yet i am not there... why?

well ignoring the fact that last season i was in high silver 3 and because of the new season placement always demoting you i just decided to climb back to silver 5 and say "to hell with ranked" becuase of dynamic que.

since im currently silver 3 as that is the highest i have CLIMBED to (i don't count getting placing into silver 1 season 3 "climbing there")

WHY am i not gold? (again ignoring dynamic que and the fact i don't play ranked anymore becuase of it)

while noob teammates feeding is always a factor. the biggest issue.. is me. becuase while i have the SKILL of a gold player.. possibly even a plat player.

i know my champs at those skill levels, i know thier champs abilties, i know how to properly counterpick, how to change my item build and my pick based on both team comps, i know how to ward, how to purchase a sightstone when playing support. (i really dont think this NEEDs to be included as your not going to climb our of bronze 5 without doing it, but apparently this place is fill with so many low elos player i figured i should add this), i know the differnt matchups for all my champs when to engage, when not to.

and yet, what is holding me back? simple... i cant type... i cant click the right keys, QWER are easy enough, but once i start getting item 3040 item 3157 item 2049 item 3092 item 2003 . i just frankly press the wrong buttons.. i also cant RELIABLY click what i want to, i dont have the APM or the accuracy to click DIRECTLY on a champ 100% of the time. sure i have seen things to train you in this that player warm up with before games. but i cant do those either XD

and i have also trouble following everything going on in a teamfight

every time i see riots "teamfight breakdown" there is no way in hell i would have noticed most of that stuff in real time.. hell even watching it in slow motion i need to watch it multiple times to catch everything.

the worst part of this is... i get placed with teammates who UNLIKE me.. HAVE the APM.. HAVE the abiltiy t press the right keys at the right time. and frankly just dont know how the play the GAME. i know how to play the GAME. i just cant INPUT the command i want.

so whats your story? why are you stuck where you are? or are you ACTUALLY in what you would consider your PROPER elo.

and if not. what is holding you back? (OTHER than dynamic que, or teammates feeding)

Im plat 5, I belong in bronze but I just keep going up because no one knows how to fight Mordekaiser Dynamic queue has no issues its in your head

Shinji lkari2 votes

I'm gold 4, I would rank myself Platinum V What's keeping me down is the rigged matchmaking system where my team will have a bunch of silver players and the enemy has 1 or 2 plat players or a full gold team.

I recently reported 2 trolls, 1 that didn't trade with the jungler and afked for 30 minutes, and another where they refused to play well and verbally abused the entire team.

Most of my losses are not because of my lack of judgement or feeding. They're because I get a troll, toxic player or AFK along with the high elo enemy team, and it hasn't even been touched.

And 1 of the trolls I reported DID GET BANNED.

LU Vanilla Rice 2 votes

Not hating at all, I admire the fact that you constantly try to keep working at it. As well, it's good that you have a goal in mind. I am just saying that perhaps you shouldn't think yourself to have the skill of a platinum player. Thinking that can lead to a false sense of skill level would lead to you being overconfident in your matchups. I could be wrong about you, but I am just suggesting a possibility. As well, to answer your question:

  • Why are you in your current elo? I am currently Diamond V, and I actually have terrible map awareness and average to below average mechanics for my elo, but the reason I am where I am is because I don't tilt, and I play very smart. I am currently climbing!

  • What elo would you put yourself in? I am not too sure on this. When I started playing League (mid-end of season 4), I had thought I was bad. But then I started to climb very quickly. So, my estimate may be off, and I do believe my potential is starting to max out, but I might say Diamond III.

  • What's holding you back? For the most part, it was time. With school, hobbies, activities and such, I wasn't able to play ranked a lot, and for most of the school year, I played 1 ranked every so often to stop decay. But I think what's mechanically holding me back is map awareness.

Axe2Handle1 votes

I play like a diamond but I keep getting these Noob supports, JG never ganks, top always feeds/afk farms, and our mid is always garbage.

Sincerely,

Every ADC Main

FioraWillCarry1 votes

Silver 5.....feeding team mates is my #1 problem.

S6 Is Trash1 votes

eh elo is just a conception. when you max out you just float between 3-4 tiers. Nothing holds back anyone besides themselves really. And rank doesnt really matter unless you are masters/challenger. The difference between elos like silver 1 and gold 5 is like 10 mmr which is nothing yet people make a big deal of it since its a new "tier" that riot just makes up thats really the only difference (well besides that 10 mmr)

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Why are you in your current elo?

Platinum 5.

What elo would you rank yourself in?

Probably Platinum 2 to Diamond 4 based on my normal games last season.

I was mostly playing with Diamond 4 to Diamond 1 players near the end, though I ran into a few Master players (probably around 40-ish) during the last couple months (mostly whenever I was trying to learn a new champion...).

What is holding you back?

I can't be bothered to play ranked at the moment.

I dislike the MMR disparity in matches as a result of Dynamic Queue (it's very aggravating to see a Gold V and a Platinum I in the same match) and ranked matches tend to bring out the worst in people.

Also, I don't have my normal computer at the moment and the one I'm currently using (which doubles as my work computer) has background tasks running which cause me to occasionally spike to 150 - 300 ping for a few seconds and I'm not playing ranked (aside from my obligatory game to avoid decay) until I get my computer back.

I hit Platinum 5 (which is the lowest of the "good" ranks), so I don't really care that much about climbing higher at the moment. I'll receive rewards and I made it to the top 10% of the playerbase, so I'm satisfied at the moment.

Reaching Platinum 5 took about 110 games last season (first season playing ranked) and 55 games this season, so it was a pretty fast climb. Last season was pretty fun though since I could experiment more; I was initially playing against Silver players so I just spent some time practicing new champions since it was much easier than normal games.

BattleOxe1 votes

Well, I sit at silver 2 ATM... been there since the beginning of the season. And have maybe 6 or 7 ranked games if we don't count placement matches. I don't like playing ranked. Too many people are flaming and generally QQing. I've beaten platinum players, I've been beaten by bronze players. Where do I belong? I have no idea. And I'll probably just shoot for gold 5 for the skin

The Bearded Bard1 votes

I think I'm gold 3, can't really remember. I know it's somewhere between gold 5 and gold 3. Anyways, the reason I'm there is I typically don't play ranked after getting to gold. I'm in it for the free skin at the end of the season. To me the only difference between gold and plat is time and commitment, of which I have neither.

If I were to take the time to grind out games, I could see myself getting at least to plat 3.

Too Ton1 votes

Plat 4, I go even in lane but not carry so it's up to my teammates to carry

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

I'm Silver 5, and I would rank myself as Silver 5, as that is what I placed at and the average of the people that I play against.

Mysticman891 votes

I'm currently plat 3. I thought my skill level was around low plat when I started the season (edit to add: in silver), feel pretty confident I can get diamond 5 at least now, as I frequently find myself thinking "Oh, so and so is going to show up here..." and then they do, so I can apparently read situations well. I don't feel particularly held back, I just need to find more time to play games outside my work schedule.

My potential rank assessment is primarily in my capacity as a support (and in particular as a janna support). I would rate my elo for other roles somewhat lower, and I daresay most people are effectively at different elos in each role, despite that not necessarily showing in their rank.

Rueian1 votes

it can go on either side. on one side the community, both in bad teams and with being treated poorly as a player. 'its just a game' 'toxic' 'kill yourself' 'stop being negative' 'you are bad'. all of these things are consistently said to me... and im really sick of it, even if it's aggressive, a complaint with substance would be better. an issue with the fact that the game gets fast paced. riot says the community is getting better... ya, no... it's only gotten worse each season.

On the other side, I am emotionally unstable and very emotionally invested in each match.. I get upset and lose morale easily. be it my fault or someone else's, I can sometimes go a bit off the deep end. I don't feed and I don't surrender, but I do complain about the game state and say what we should do. often times no one listens which only gets me more angry or depressed.

ranked should just be removed. it's too stressful and the largest source of toxicity.

I am silver 2, and I don't know where I could get to, I'm rusty

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