I was 10-1 in my last 11 ranked games between flex and solo. I just lost a game in both queues.

And now I’m terrified to play another game in either. In my win streak, I had great teammates. Cooperative, not toxic, played intelligently, stayed positive. Even lane that lost in this win streak stayed positive and within 20 CS, and didn’t die 6+ times. That changed last night, and the old familiar things started re-emerging in both games. Feeding bot lanes, junglers that refused to help their teams and instead AFK farm while their base was being taken, players AFKINg period - all of these things occurred in games that I could’ve carried if people just...cooperated.

This is becoming an usual stench. I get teams that do cooperate, I’ll get it for like 8-10 games in a row and generally I’ll go at least 60% win rate and those games. Then it’ll turn around and be the opposite for the next 8-10 games in a row, and I’ll only win 20-30% of those games if I’m lucky - I’ve actually had 2 separate 10 game loss streaks this season. Prior to that, and I’ve been playing since season 2, I have never once had a 10 game ranked loss streak. And no, I certainly cannot predict another one now. But the fact is, because this teeter tooter-matchmaking keeps occurring, I’m scared to death to even attempt to play another game because it seems I’m back to getting absolutely terrible teams. And worse off, not only are they bad but they’re incredibly toxic - worse than I’ve ever seen before.

Listen, I don’t like conspiracy theories. I don’t like to assume match making has changed. However, as a player that never struggled to maintain a 54-55% win rate when I tried, I’m struggling to keep a 47-49% win rate. I’ve never seen team match making dynamics like this, and I’m sorry but chance alone of these things occurring the way they do would suggest it’s inconceivable that it’s happening. And yet, it is and I’m at the point where I’m not willing to call it bad luck anymore. I’m playing really well too, so I’m not even willing to blame myself - of course, I always take a loss as an opportunity to learn still, so I’ve actually gotten to a point where I’m playing close to my peak play that I reached around season 5/season 6. And yet, that does not seem to matter at all. I pick first and get countered, so my lane phase is thrown away - and now I have to depend on my team. And with this match-making being what it is, how on earth can I ever do that? And that’s why I’m terrified to even boot up another game, and no player should ever feel that away about a game they’re supposed to enjoy. You’ve got some serious questions to ask yourself riot, though I doubt you hear me over all the damn Esports notifications that nobody gives a shit about being spammed in my client, causing it to crash mid-champ select. I suppose that’s my fault too.