JUST HIT LEVEL 30! Oh? 9 diamonds in my game?!?!?

Purple Jebus·Mar 1, 2016·1 votes·621 views

So i finally made it through the 30 level system & found out i need 16 champs to play ranked
I want to play the new dynamic que but que times are 30+ minutes, so i resort to blind pick (2-5 min que times)
While i build up the ip for 16 champs i am getting put into lobbies with plenty plat/diamonds on my team & the other team!

I get yelled at consistently for sucking - quote: (go kill yourself, report purplejebus for being sh*t)
I get griefed by the enemy team for getting outplayed.
I'm learning a lot every game but losing consistently & feel obligated to mute the majority of the lobby
I like when people tell me how to improve instead of just slandered for my performance - but this is rare.

Does any one have an understanding as to why i'm in these lobbies with such highly skilled players? What can i do to get myself into an appropriate lobby? *I'm clearly not capable of playing with or against plat/diamonds yet!

14 Comments

SlythionMar 1, 20161 votes

Can I...uh...see your match history? I have no idea what the cause could be, but I know I've been placed with diamonds recently when I know I'm not nearly good enough for that yet lol.

Purple JebusMar 1, 20161 votes

How do i post my match history?

SlythionMar 1, 20161 votes

A good site to use is na.op.gg and just seach a summoner name. You don't need to link it now, but that's one of the best sites for checking a player's game info, including your own. The more you know [slayer-jinx-wink]

Purple JebusMar 1, 20161 votes

http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=purplejebus

I linked it anyways hahaha, wow what a great site! thankyou!

SlythionMar 1, 20162 votes

Not a problem ;) You seem to be having the same problem as me, as I've been having Plats/Diamonds in my games as well. Granted, you are having a significant amount more than me, but my only suggestion is to do as I do and just learn everything you can from these guys. Playing with these higher elo's is teaching me to know how to identify better situations to engage as well as the importance of teamfight positioning etc etc. Also, use Sky William's (pretty well-known league of legends youtuber and extremely funny) method of the DST (d*** sucking theory) with these guys, and just aim to learn and do better until your mmr is dropped. It may suck losing, but imo the knowledge you get from playing at higher elos is worth it. Hang in there man, we can get through these difficult times xD

Purple JebusMar 1, 20161 votes

Thankyou for your help Slythion, much appreciated ! summoner 31

SlythionMar 1, 20161 votes

Haha, don't worry about it. Have fun with these hotshots man [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

xl Kirito lxMar 1, 20161 votes

Because you won a lot ranking up. But, since you were pre-30, the system would attempt to match you against other pre-30's. Admitantly, they were probably smurfs. Now thou, since you have such a high win rate in norms, have fun with diamonds.

Only way to drop mmr is to lose, but that tends to be a bit inconsistent. It's probably easier for you to go ranked at this point, which should put you at around mid-silver mmr. It's not great, especially if this really is a new account, but it's better then plat+.

No flash no lifeMar 1, 20161 votes

If you're still doing placements, plat/diamond ppl are placed @ gold after season reset and you're going to run into them often before they climb back up. That being said, it's quite unexpected for diamond ppl to act negatively toward you. Generally ppl who have gotten high enough are well aware of the consequences when they act pessimistically and would refrain from doing so.

If you're already playing ranked matches, then chances are your mmr places you with players unsuited for your capability, and it's going to take a lot of lost games before you drop to where you actually belong. I feel your pain if this is the case, since I'm in the same position myself as I got carried to where I am and my opponents are too good for me to play against :< .

Purple JebusMar 1, 20161 votes

This is the thing, i can't even do placements because i only have 10 champions so far, so i have to play against plat/diamonds until i have enough ip to by 6 more then i can play ranked to lower my level ?

Mysticman89Mar 1, 20161 votes

Oh hey, that happened on one of my smurfs. The smurf account is technically level 28 but getting thrown in with diamonds all the same which came as a bit of a surprise, considering this is my main account and is only mid gold currently (although I suspect I won't have much issue getting plat this season), no where near diamond.

So issues arise with sub-30 and freshly 30 accounts who win a lot, as their mmrs go bonkers and it seems to overshoot. Then since theres no similarly fresh and/or sub-30 accounts to matchmake them with, the matchmaking expands a bit wider and you get matched against harder folks. If you win those, then your mmr takes another big jump, and apparently can make the leap up to diamond without passing through gold-plat territory.

I'm pretty sure if you bite the bullet and just keep playing (and perhaps inevitably losing), your mmr will shoot down to something more your speed. It might even overshoot in the other direction, but not quite as much, and there might be a bit of a yoyo effect as the system figures out your 'true' mmr.

Still, you should take getting slapped around by diamonds as a great opportunity to learn, as if you can figure out how they're beating you and manage to get to the level where you can break even with them, then you'll be in a really good place to deal with sub-diamonds who are much worse.

Purple JebusMar 1, 20161 votes

Hmm ive heard about smurfs during my climb, very frustrating to play against them

This post makes a ton of sense. Heres to hoping that my true mmr is discovered soon cause holy these games are getting hard! Thank-you Mysticman89

Mysticman89Mar 1, 20161 votes

It is quite rewarding when you actually do manage to go even with (or even beat) a diamond (even if it happens to be a relatively bad low diamond 5) since they become much more human at that point instead of unbeatable gods as newer players might view them. Heck, I recall being a fresh 30 and viewed even gold players as nigh unbeatable. Nowadays I have no fear of plats, and while I feel like I need to go full try-hard versus diamonds, I feel like I can manage them on a good day, and that's a rewarding feeling.

Mechanical skill and game knowledge are both super important things, but your mentality in approaching games helps a lot too. I've definitely had games where people saw the opponent was higher ranked and basically tilted themselves before the game even got going, but if you go in thinking of it as an opportunity to test your mettle instead of going in thinking you've already lost, you're prone to do a lot better.