The game and it's players (an open letter to riot games)
I've been playing league since around season 3 but only recently have i gotten into playing ranked. I generally tend to avoid ranked play because of the massive, ungodly amount of salt (general hostilities of other players) and trolling going on. I had believed that perhaps the tribunal system had worked this out and i could enjoy playing league of legends ranked play once again. But after having finished my placements mere minutes ago i'm left with a great feeling of despair. if anything ranked league has gotten worse since i played it back in season four. I'll categorize below the main problems i had while doing my placements.
First: Queue,
Now that's not to say queue times, they were fine. it's the fact that I had to sit through around ten different queues per match. from people just declining to people dodging left and right because someone banned their favorite champ or they didn't get the lane they wanted because of autofill.
Second: Skill
I know ranked is meant to be a personal measure of your own skills as a player but it's hard to gather the measure of a single player when their teammates have the IQ of a rabid wolverine. I won 4 out of my ten placement games but in all but one of my games did i play what would generally be considered poorly. most of the time i won my lane but others lost theirs which led to the entire enemy team folding me over most of my games.
Finally: People
Ranked should not be open to the general public. It should be open to those who truly wish to be there and are not just there to troll others and ruin their placements. I don't have an answer as to how to do that, but you guys get paid the big bucks and it's the players writing your checks. perhaps you should focus more on how to fix your toxic community and less on what skins will net you the biggest profit this month. you'll net more money by increasing your player base, then by catering to single facets of it.