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How does ranked even test your skill as a player?

CMC Scootaloo 33·5/3/2018, 7:08:13 AM·5 votes·1,238 views

It doesn't matter how well I do, it doesn't matter if I CS well as a solo-laner, or if I'm a god-send support that peels and shields my ADC.

It's really frustrating when 1/3 of my games have a feeder that make the game way more harder (And results in me dying like 20x) or if I get an AFK that AFK after they died and lost lane, then AFK'd because the JGler wouldn't gank.

So annoying that even if -I- improve, my score won't reflect my growth, I just need to PRAY to RNG that I get semi-competant teammates.

/EndRant

I just had a Malphite who ganked top, died, got tilted, then ran it down mid and fed. Great ranked game. https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2775763870/244677830?tab=overview

Another game: Rengar goes AFK for some unknown reason at around 15 mins (His last activity was 13:22. Even though we were 4v5 we were still on the bring of winning, but 1 teamfight we lost because, 1) 4v5, 2) 1 min death timers. https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2775808487/244677830?tab=overview

9 Comments

Lippen275/3/2018, 7:44:11 AM1 votes

It tests your ability to play better than your silver team while beating the enemy plat team.

(low elo match making)

Warlord Rhinark5/3/2018, 9:41:44 AM1 votes

Ranked is actually just one big psychological experiment.

CMC Scootaloo 335/3/2018, 11:54:05 AM1 votes

If you can't beat the trolls, fucking join them, since Riot doesn't do shit anyway :/

Xonra5/3/2018, 10:56:53 PM1 votes

Ranked hasn't been a "test of skill" for years now, unfortunately. It is just a way to have people play more games which in Riot's mind makes someone more likely to buy stuff if they play more. That is the entire reason we got the current rank system with Bronze to Challenger. It makes you play more to climb, and it actively tries to slow you down if you do start climbing. Not to "keep you where you belong" but to simply keep you from skyrocketing up and have to play more games. All the promos, series, etc.

Riot doesn't care about the skill or competitive aspect, they care about the amount of hours you put in and your potential to spend money.

DW Diana5/4/2018, 6:46:05 AM1 votes

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It doesn't matter how well I do, it doesn't matter if I CS well as a solo-laner, or if I'm a god-send support that peels and shields my ADC.

It's really frustrating when 1/3 of my games have a feeder that make the game way more harder (And results in me dying like 20x) or if I get an AFK that AFK after they died and lost lane, then AFK'd because the JGler wouldn't gank.

So annoying that even if -I- improve, my score won't reflect my growth, I just need to PRAY to RNG that I get semi-competant teammates.

/EndRant

I just had a Malphite who ganked top, died, got tilted, then ran it down mid and fed. Great ranked game. https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2775763870/244677830?tab=overview

Another game: Rengar goes AFK for some unknown reason at around 15 mins (His last activity was 13:22. Even though we were 4v5 we were still on the bring of winning, but 1 teamfight we lost because, 1) 4v5, 2) 1 min death timers. https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2775808487/244677830?tab=overview

It doesn't test your skill as a player. It tests your ability to carry the badly player/players in your team