NEVER MIND MY LAST POST, WTF RIOT?!

Rain Smurff·Nov 9, 2016·4 votes·2,079 views

I'm plat 4, why is there a bronze 5 in my game. or my flex queue thing

3 Comments

RiotMeddlerNov 10, 20165 votes

Disclaimer: Matchmaking and Queue types aren't something I get to work directly on, so this is stuff I'm passing on from those with the expertise I've talked to.

Flex queue MMR is only softly based off your previous ranked MMR. As a result for the first little while matchmaking's going to result in situations like this sometimes, especially if that Bronze 5 player's won some early Flex games. Should sort out pretty quickly over time though as people get more than a few games played.

As a side note this is why we're cautious about doing too hard a reset between ranked seasons. Some degree of reset to ensure people are at ranks they were able to achieve in the current season makes a lot of sense. Do to much though and you can end up with games just after the reset that are way too far off being good matches team wise.

Rain SmurffNov 10, 20161 votes

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Disclaimer: Matchmaking and Queue types aren't something I get to work directly on, so this is stuff I'm passing on from those with the expertise I've talked to.

Flex queue MMR is only softly based off your previous ranked MMR. As a result for the first little while matchmaking's going to result in situations like this sometimes, especially if that Bronze 5 player's won some early Flex games. Should sort out pretty quickly over time though as people get more than a few games played.

As a side note this is why we're cautious about doing too hard a reset between ranked seasons. Some degree of reset to ensure people are at ranks they were able to achieve in the current season makes a lot of sense. Do to much though and you can end up with games just after the reset that are way too far off being good matches team wise.

makes sense, thanks! : )