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Your ranked system is an embarrassment

Håppy·11/5/2019, 12:23:36 PM·2 votes·1,357 views

It's absolutely astounding how this game ever managed to have an esports scene. For it to be "functioning" (strong word there) on the same janky system for 10 years, with Riot adamantly denying that it functions in certain ways despite the entire world noticing recurring themes (Get into promos, get matched with habitually toxic and death-heavy players) should be humiliating as a company. The fact that you can play 20 games in a day and see the same players 2-3-4 times in a row and lose because of it it shameful. That your smurf detection is so bad that it's either labeled me as one, or it can't detect real ones, just makes me want to break my own neck. I love nothing more than looking at the summoner levels on the enemy team and seeing 35, 40, 37, 31, 42, all with roughly 700k mastery points on their chosen champion is just SO COOL. If there's one thing I love, it's that any of my attempts to climb at the end of the season have been met with Riot sternly telling me "No". As annoying as it is and as easy as it is to fall back on "It's not my fault", I really don't see how it's my problem as a player that my jungler is level 1 7 minutes in to the game because they don't know how to take camps without getting executed. I don't understand where my agency as a player lies when my bot lane decides to play with 300 ping and die to shaco ganks. I just can't wrap my head around this stupid fucking ranked system and how inefficiently it works.

Go ahead, downvote me. I don't give a shit. This company is collectively a sham, and they've brilliantly deceived you in to thinking that this game is competitive at a professional level. There is no excuse why a high-plat-low-diamond MMR game should have people first-timing their champions and afking after dying 3 times. Haha, Happy's mad. Trust me, at this point I'd have changed my name to Mad, but that already got taken by someone else in my club. I just do not understand why this game has collapsed on itself and become a complete and utter clusterfuck of outrageous matchmaking hiccups and embarrassingly bad champion balance topped with a complete lack of punishment for people who repeatedly go 0/11 in ranked games.

10 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon11/5/2019, 12:57:35 PM6 votes

despite the entire world noticing recurring themes (Get into promos, get matched with habitually toxic and death-heavy players)

You know, we have a term for that. It's called confirmation bias.

You notice the times it happens, and don't notice the times it doesn't happen.

love nothing more than looking at the summoner levels on the enemy team and seeing 35, 40, 37, 31, 42, all with roughly 700k mastery points on their chosen champion is just SO COOL

None of those are high levels. What that is is returning players playing their mains. How do I know? Because it's fucking impossible to get even 100k mastery on a champion before level 40.

, I really don't see how it's my problem as a player that my jungler is level 1 7 minutes in to the game because they don't know how to take camps without getting executed

That instance is not your fault. However, that is not every single game. The reason you lose games might be due to bad luck or your team, but the reason you can't climb is always YOU.

Darkdemon65311/5/2019, 1:04:13 PM3 votes

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Håppy

How ironic

QancerClown11/5/2019, 1:59:54 PM3 votes

Honestly you are right on many things but it is only a game so even if it is competitive it will have its downfalls. There is not even a single video game that is balanced atm.

SmashburgerBRLA11/5/2019, 2:34:53 PM3 votes

I'll file this post under "plat two goes on a 4 game losing streak and decides that it's Riot's fault."

TeodorusofNoxus11/5/2019, 2:21:58 PM2 votes

When I saw so many downvotes I expected a good post. One brutally true, one downvoted and attacked with the same cliché arguments as any post. And I was right. 90 percent of your post is so true it hurts. And what do most people do when their snowflake opinion gets challenged and hurt - they downvote.

I made a post about Aatrox, saying that his 9.18 nerfs will make him useless. I got downvoted. The downvotes stayed even when Riot themselves admitted the nerfs were too much.

So don't be surprised or offended by the downvotes. I read the same responses." IT IS UP TO YOU. IT IS YOUR FAULT YOU LOST." This statement is impossible to be true in a team game and yet " bright intellectuals" keep repeating it.

Edit: By downvoting you just proved that everything I accused you guys of is absolutely true. Instead of having a discussion with me or the OP you just slam that downvote. Keep repeating your cliché arguments. You are still stupid beyond salvation. Cheers :D