Does your normal mmr have anything to do with what I will get placed in ranked? I get queued with plat-diamond players every game in my normal games, does this mean if I go play ranked when I have enough champions this is the rank I will see?
No, your normals mmr is entirely independant of your ranked mmr, and vice versa.
ok if its your first season.. and your a fresh thirty..
first things first..
DON'T PLAY RANKED!!! and STAY AWAY FROM MOBAFIRE!!! even lolking is better. and that one is pretty bad at times too
you have WAY too much to learn, before u do ranked
trust me" i ranked into silver 1 i season 3..
i played like i was in bronze 3
i didnt know the game.. i didnt know the matchups. i didn't know basic things, like "supports should be buying 
" and not a 
you WILL inevitably be placed MUCH higher than where u belong, becuase EVERY new players is bronze. if your not placed in bronze... then you are going to bring every team you are put on down your team until you get demoted there at the start of the next season. (if not sooner)
believe me (and i know you wont becuase even I myself didnt belive the people who told me this back then) "You ARE NOT good" YOU THINK ARE, but you're not. i did still in ranked in season three some of which i and still ashed to admit and i wish i could profusely apologize to any teammates who had to deal with me that season..
play 1 season unranked, w/e patch you joined on like 7.6 or something.. wait until 8.6 until you play ranked.. by that time you should know ENOUGH about the game to place relatively accurately. AND you wont get instantly demoted after you get placed
I KNOW THIS SOUNDS HARSH.
but its being human. i myself was hot steaming garbage who thought i was "great" about coming off sc2 "hero attack" with 95% win rate becuase i played in a group of 5 pre-made players who only played that custom games vs 5 complete randoms.
if you don't believe me now.. (which you wont) you will in 2 years
playfor an entire year before u play ranked, you will thank yourself later.
Normals MMR and Ranked MMR are different. Generally, when playing Normals you can have some crazy MMR as everyone is all over the place. Ranked MMR most people are in the same areas so it's not as bad. When you first start ranking, then general MMR is set to around mid silver, though the better you do (more wins to losses) you can go higher from placements.
