"We made this new league system to make you nerds feel like you're in LCS"

Lucky·May 27, 2015·2 votes·543 views

Is basically what they said when they made the change. Discuss.

We decided to move to the new league system for a few reasons. For starters, having a single ladder with all ranked players doesn't provide a lot of incentive for advancement. When you’re ranked 290,000 and have 289,999 opponents left to pass on the way up, that process can seem meaningless and interminable. Tiers and divisions also provide milestones and manageable goals you can strive to achieve at your skill level. Through leagues we can move away from focusing on a single number as the core indicator of a player’s skill, and instead move toward something more compelling: competition on a small ladder with a relatable number of opponents.

7 Comments

KãtãrinãMay 27, 20154 votes

You are just now bringing this up why?

FuntaCMay 27, 20153 votes

..., but the real reason it makes sense to a company trying to manage match making for millions of players in distinct network regions is that smaller groups of players can be matched with less server resources by dividing players into branching groups system.

LuggMay 27, 20152 votes

If LCS stands for Levelers Can't Succeed, you are right on the money.

vonGroopahMay 27, 20152 votes

yeah sometimes I too feel like my top laner is dyrus when they feed

meadowMay 27, 20151 votes

The ladder system change was implemented a long time ago...

DrCyanideMay 27, 20151 votes

It makes it more comparable to how other sports operate. A high school soccer team isn't competing against every soccer team in the nation, they're competing in their local area. Then, if they're good enough, they move up and compete against players from a slightly wider area. That process repeats until they're named the best team in the nation.

Also, "new" doesn't seem like the right term to use here.