I took notes on my last 20 ranked games. Made some interesting observations.
Game 1 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 2 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 3 Loss(PW) - Inferior team comp (Possibly winnable - Needed to end early)
Game 4 Win - Team mate and I carried
Game 5 Win - Enemy team Hardcore feeders.
Game 6 Loss(PW) - Darius broken, stupid team. (Possibly winnable - Needed smarter team to split instead of group and lose every team fight)
Game 7 Loss(PW) - Internet disconnected, my team had to 4v5 (Possibly winnable - If I didn't disconnect)
Game 8 Win - Better team in general
Game 9 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 10 Win - Won early,lost hard mid game, got a lucky fight later half of mid game.
Game 11 Win - Better team in general.
Game 12 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 13 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 14 Remake(Winning) - AFK on enemy team. Team had a very good start. Most likely would have been a win.
Game 15 Loss(PW) - Hardcore feeding team (Possibly winnable - Had a massive lead. Needed to play better to carry this trash team)
Game 16 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 17 Remake(Even) - AFK on enemy team.
Game 18 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 19 Loss - Hardcore feeding team (Unwinnable)
Game 20 Loss(PW) - Tilted from all the feeding teams I got last few games. Left the game early after team starts hard feeding(Possibly winnable - Stats after game showed my team caught up. If I stayed we might have won)
I tried to be as objective as possible when taking these notes.
Some things to note:
Only 8 of 18 games played were actually unwinnable. Games denoted as PW were games where I felt we could have won if I was a better player.
Trolls and inters are actually quite rare. There were none in any of these games. AFKs are also quite rare. Only 2 in 20 games.
A vast majority of losses are due to hard core feeders but not enough so to prevent climbing.
A very interesting thing is how few hardcore feeders actually ended up on the enemy team. Only once in 18 games did we win due to hard core feeders but lost 8 games for the same reason.
What observations can you make?