PSA: Placements aren't a 10 game lottery to advance you through the ranks
Getting real sick of seeing all these threads about placements. Let me explain this to you. Placements are not designed to advance you through the ranks. If you played 400 games last season at Silver 5, winning 8 out of only TEN games does NOT mean you deserve Gold. Placements are NOT a jackpot or a climbing tool.
Ranked is a competitive environment that requires consistent effort and skill to do well in. It's not a placeholder for your border next year. You dont make it to your peak rank once then get instalocked into it for eternity.
Everyone moves down the ladder after placements. Thats how they've always worked. This isn't news. Its not some enigma the likes of which we've never seen before. The entire ladder shifts downward, including you.
"BUT WHY DO PLACEMENTS IF I'M GOING TO BE BRONZE 5 NO MATTER WHAT?!"
This is where MMR comes into play. Let's say you do well in your placements, but get placed bronze 5. Your MMR is still going to be higher than Bronze 5. How does this affect you? Well, the system will actively try to push you up the ranks. For example, you could be gaining 25LP for a win and losing 12LP for a loss. If you troll your placements "because they don't matter" or "let me skip placements", have fun trying to climb with garbage MMR. Now instead of gaining more than losing, you could be gaining only 15LP for a win and losing 20LP for a loss.
To reiterate:
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Placements are not a get-out-of-ELO-hell free card
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They are not a placeholder for your rank
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Almost everyone gets shifted downwards
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They still have a purpose even if you get placed Bronze 5
So if you still feel like trolling your placements because you're upset you have to actually put effort into ranked, have a fun time trying to dig yourself out later with your shit MMR that you deserve
