I really don't understand how a friend of mine can lose 7 out of 10 provisionals, do exceptionally worse overall than I do in games, and still get placed an entire tier above me. While losing (we were duoing) their MMR goes up, mine goes down despite how well I play and how not well they do. It's very frustrating.
FOR JUSTICE1 votesquick question.
was this the first time your friend ever played ranked? like ever?
Reflexive2531 votesYeah, I just thought about that. Didn't originally place that into consideration.
FOR JUSTICE1 votesyeah, it just works that way lol. in riots defense though, statistically speaking newer players are actually playing around that level.
Reflexive2531 votesShe's been playing 6 months and placed silver lol. I'm still somehow stuck in bronze. Takes too long to get teams that don't feed so I can climb. By the time I'm almost Silver, I'm reset to low bronze. Guess I just don't have enough time to play the 10+ games every day that it takes to really climb.
FOR JUSTICE1 votesofc not, you just climb a bit slower. its still perfectly plausible to climb playing only even 3 games a day. but if she placed silver, but goes on a loss streak, she'll be right there with you (touch wood).