Being matched with the same people twice in a row in solo queue

kballin··4 votes·990 views

Has Rito ever considered changing solo queue matchmaking to enforce that you won't play with the same people two games in a row? While this might be impossible in diamond/challenger, I'd hope it wouldn't be a problem in lower elos. I almost always find playing with the same people twice in a row to be a neutral experience at best and a negative experience in the typical case. Like when you lose a game because one of your teammates raged and fed, even though everyone else in the game was relatively positive, and your next game has him on your team again. You can always dodge, but then you're hit with a penalty to avoid a game you know is most likely going to be toxic. Smart people will say that you should not queue again right away if you had someone really toxic on your team or if someone on the other team carried super hard, but why can't that be enforced by the system instead?

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Jinxed Amulet2 votes

I've noticed that the higher I climb (now Plat V) the more often I'll get the same people that I just played with. Either they were on my team or the enemy team. One time I played with this guy, we won, then after two matches him and I ended up on the same team again. We won again but he was raging that entire match and I was shocked to see that since he wasn't like that in our earlier match. idk why I get queued with the same people but it is frustrating.

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