already done with league

Dealth·Dec 12, 2016·2 votes·988 views

I tell myself Season 7 is the one where I try my absolute best

I go 7-3 in placements.. awesome right

proceed to lose my next 6 matches now 7-9

my spirit has been crushed, RIP my winrate

7 Comments

Shac NorrisDec 12, 20161 votes

When you win alot of games in a row (especially your placement matches) you start to get matched against increasingly high elo opponents. To the point that you'll be matched against platinum players after just 3-4 wins in a row.

A DoorknobDec 12, 20161 votes

That's a piss shit system, gotta say. It discourages climbing and stacks odds against you to climb at all, especially during promos.

Shac NorrisDec 12, 20161 votes

When you're already in a division, it doesn't matter as much.

It's only really in your placement matches, as soon as you start losing games, the system says that you belong a bit lower than the opponents you were just matched agaist.

Moooose3Dec 12, 20161 votes

That's just horribly wrong. This doesn't happen. If you're winning like 5-6 games in a row, itll put your elo up a significant amount, but not an entire tier most of the time. You may skip a division. Idk the exact elo algorithm, but if you win 3 games in a row you won't be placed against people an entire tier above you that's just flat out wrong. I've leveled up plenty of accounts from unranked to diamond and if I go like 8-2 in placements which is my average, if I get promoted without losing a single game I'll start to see an increase in my elo. Do it a second time with 1 ish loss and you may skip a division. Do it again and then that's when you'll be against players a full tier or more above you.

Shac NorrisDec 12, 20161 votes

You'll win WAY more LP per game if you won games against higher elo players than what your rank is when you finish your placement matches. You get matched lower so that you have to prove that you can actually beat players from lower tiers before moving on to higher ones.

That's what i've noticed at least. Whenever i do my promos i'm matched against silver players first, and as i win more and more i get matched against increasingly difficult opponents.

Moooose3Dec 12, 20161 votes

I'm aware of this, I've made it to promo series in 3 games before. But you don't get matched with plats after 3-4 wins if you're in gold. That just doesn't happen.

Shac NorrisDec 12, 20161 votes

How come it has happened to me last season then..? Also my TT team, after winning a few games, only gets matched against mid-plat teams despite being only silver, i've even had people ask us why we were up against them in the first place.