Why is that, again?
You're basically acknowledging that low rated players don't have meaningful input on game balance, yet you're not providing us with a place to discuss it without having our threads flooded with Silver III players spewing bad information from their experiences in games with chimpanzees.
ValyrianBlade5 votesHow does balancing around plat + elo imply that lower elo's input doesn't matter?
I mean, first, ANYONE can suggest improvements to the game (i.e. the interface, new content, etc...). It's Riot's job to determine if the suggestion is worthwhile and if so to balance it, but making the suggestion requires no skill.
Second, new players can use the forums to seek advice.
Third, where are you getting this "balance around plat +" stuff, they balance around the LCS - everyone knows that!
There are also plenty of people who are probably at plat + elo in normals and just don't play ranked or haven't played enough ranked to get there. How many games would it take a plat 2 skilled player to rank up a fresh account from unranked to plat 5? Let's say they go 8-2 in placements for silver 1, they'd need to win 5 more than they lose to get in to each series, and win 2 best of 5s and 4 best of 3s. With a 75% win rate from s1 to g3, 70% from g3 to g1, then 65% from g1 to plat 5, you're looking at about 100 more games after placements, give or take 10 depending on if you win each series first try, to get to plat 5. A skilled player who only plays on weekends, say 3 games per week, would still need nearly the entire season to get to plat 5 even with those extremely high win rates...
UltraSceptile3 votesBecause I'm guessing they don't want to listen to plat+ player feedback. Just because you're plat doesn't mean what comes out of your mouth is necessarily useful to Riot. When they say they balance at plat+ I think it means they consider the winrates/pickrates/banrate in that elo more valid than say, amumu's 55% winrate in bronze.
Joe Dredd2 votesyenn is diamond m8
kokopelli21 votesYour point? Oh is this the time I get on my knees and bow down to him?
Joe Dredd2 votesThe point is, the guy called him plat while he is diamond. And you can if you're a submissive bitch.
IllllllIIIIlllll2 votesbecause of players like me who are bronze but are challenger skills. i beat kaceytron once and she's diamond but was playing like bjergsen that game so that makes me AT LEAST the best player in the world but i am stuck in bronze because my jungler never gank team always feed omg elo hell leavers crap teammates feed feed feed
kokopelli21 votesObvious b8 wasn't obvious enough
Joe Dredd1 voteslelelelelelele
Lugg1 votesI guess you are completely right. Once you reach Plat, you automatically know everything and there isn't anything a lower ranked player can teach you or make you think about.
shadecrapper1 votesThen you think, "oh, 80% of the population playing league is gold and down"
BlacksSmokeCrack1 votesWhat you're saying is actually true.
But you have to accept that almost the entirety of the balance boards is silver/bronze so you're going to get downvoted and spammed with "im bronze but i have challenger knowledge"
