Can we address the antiquated ELO system yet?

LXII·Feb 28, 2016·3 votes·325 views

Just a little tired of hitting one losing streak then being locked into that rank forever because my gains are half of what I lose. It seems a little silly that I can get an S rating for my performance in a game then still lose 21 LP for it. You have a system that rates are performance, but to no end whatsoever besides meaningless mastery of the champion. It would be nice to see gains and losses based on my performance on a game to game basis rather than "oh you lost like 5 games the other day, looks like you're gold 5 forever".

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ChargeItDownMidFeb 28, 20161 votes

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LXIIFeb 28, 20161 votes

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The "antiquated" elo system is the best system we have right now. The mastery system is terrible and shouldn't even be used for champion mastery, much less ranked.

I agree that the mastery system shouldn't be the deciding factor, but I still feel that if they can assess champion "skill" in the match they should have something a little more solid to go on.

NyhverFeb 28, 20161 votes

The assessment of actual skill based on singular performance is a formula Riot and no one else is going to approach or attempt to quantify, then implement, most likely.

Their answer, instead of such a formula which can be subjective, (how many points on X facet of skill, under which circumstances) is the current elo system with shiny meaningless promos

Br4ndonFeb 28, 20161 votes

Last season i had a 54% winrate but my LP gains/loses were 12-15/20-30. After one lost streak that got me from plat 1 to plat 3. I was able to maintain the positive winrate but was being demoted because of the huge difference in lp. Its ridiculous you're able to maintain a positive winrate but go down in ranked because our visible rank isnt what counts when we win.

LXIIFeb 28, 20161 votes

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Last season i had a 54% winrate but my LP gains/loses were 12-15/20-30. After one lost streak that got me from plat 1 to plat 3. I was able to maintain the positive winrate but was being demoted because of the huge difference in lp. Its ridiculous you're able to maintain a positive winrate but go down in ranked because our visible rank isnt what counts when we win.

I was in promos for gold 1 a week or so ago, went on a pretty bad losing streak one morning, and since then I've been demoted down to G5 again. I'm still not destroying games atm and that's my fault, but even going 50/50 has gotten me dropped 3 ranks. So I know the feeling.