My record in ranked last season (silver) vs this season (bronze)
So after playing a ton in 2013, started ranked in the 2014 season. I only get to play a game or two most days, and depending on whats going on, a lot of times I play an aram or something instead of ranked...Point being, the "over time it evens out" line is not a pleasant way of thinking about things...Matchmaking going to give me outright horrible people to play with 10 games in a row? That is all I experience for a week plus.
I placed in silver in 2014 and by the end had a** 51 win 49 loss record**, and had been slowly climbing. Win one or two, lose one or two, but the thing was, people were trying...It was fun. Afks and horrible attitudes seemed few and far between, and it didnt seem like such a horrible experience.
2015, I played placements and had a legit 6 matches, won 3 lost 3. Other 4 games had 3 afk's and one "welcome to provisionals" troll. ended up 3 and 7, bronze 3. I cant say I would have won those matches and placed higher, I cant say I wouldn't have either, I did not get the chance.
Anyways, after a season in silver, playing at a climbing level, I didnt really mind too much. You read these forums you know that you will eventually get to where you belong. I had no clue.
This season, so far, I am 18 wins 31 losses in bronze. I get almost 25 points a win still, the ranked system seems to know im ranked too low, however the people I am playing with are just...I dont even know...horrible? childish? bad at the game? I cant even....
With the few games I get to play, one or two a day, the fun of playing is quickly fading. Even wins are bullshit. Crying, blaming, quitting, afks, feeding, whining, its just something that comes with playing. Its either keep typing about how you are carrying, or start blaming someone for why you are not. (never the guy who beat you in lane...its a team mates fault.)
In my last two games, the two I get to play today, and probably the last for a while, I became the scapegoat in the first "cait does nothing" (Had a better score at the end than those pointing fingers) and a feeding gnar in the second (seriously 0/10/3 how do you do this without trying?) both teams just berated the guy all game, also something I could do without.
Do I think I am good at the game? Im not spectacular, but I am a solid silver player. I cannot seem to carry when everything else dissolves on my team down in bronze, and its just not fun....It really seems that the choice I am facing is to either hard carry (which in this team game is easier said than done) or keep flipping a coin and clicking play.
Why should riot care? I spent money when I was having fun. Have not spent a dime this season.
Do I think they care about one customer? Nope, but Im just one that is posting about it, no-one is unique, Im sure a ton just quit silently.
I do not know a solution.